cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The effects of biological crowders on the structure, diffusion, and conformational dynamics of α-synuclein
Creators: name: Heravi, Sina
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2025

description: α-synuclein is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) whose spontaneous aggregation in presynaptic neuronal cells is a pathological hallmark of Lewy body formation and Parkinson’s disease. This aggregation process is likely affected by the crowded cellular environment. In this study, α-synuclein was studied in the presence of a synthetic crowder, Ficoll70, and biological crowders composed of lysed cells that better mimic the biocomplexity of the cellular environment. ¹⁵N-1H HSQC NMR results from freshly prepared samples show similar α-synuclein chemical shifts in non-crowded and all crowded conditions implying that its structure remains disordered in all conditions. Nevertheless, both HSQC NMR and fluorescence measurements indicate that, only in the cell lysate, α-synuclein forms aggregates at timescales of 48 hours. ¹⁵N-edited diffusion measurements indicated that all crowders slow down the IDP diffusivity; however, at high concentrations, α-synuclein diffuses faster in cell lysate than in Ficoll70, possibly due to additional soft (e.g. electrostatic or hydrophobic) interactions. ¹⁵N-edited relaxation measurements show that some residues are more mobile in cell lysate than in Ficoll70; the most strongly different rates are predominantly in hydrophobic residues. I thus examined cell lysates with reduced hydrophobicity and found higher relaxation rates (slower dynamics) in several α-synuclein residues. Taken together, these experiments suggest that while cell lysate does not substantially affect α-synuclein structure (HSQC spectra), it does affect chain dynamics (transverse relaxation rates) and translational motion (diffusion), and strongly affects aggregation over a timescale of days, in a manner that is different from either no crowder or an artificial crowder: soft hydrophobic interactions are implicated.
Retorika E Shkatërrimit T'I Mbijetojmë Fundit Të Humaniteteve
Creators: name: Van Haut, Xhon
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Në këtë artikull do të paraqis një përdorim potencialisht kritik të retorikës së shkatërri-mit, që herë pas here kam për ta quajtur edhe e folura e shkatërrimit, duke u mbështetur kryesisht  mbi  analizen  e  Blanshosë  tek  Shkrimi  i  shkatërrimit.  Cili  është  “shkatërrimi”  për  të  cilin  jemi  duke  folur  në  këtë  konferencë?  Për  ata  që  punojnë  brenda  ose  rreth  akademisë  sot,  është  e  vështirë  të  shpërfillësh  ndryshimet  e  qenësishme  që  po  kalon  universiteti  e  veçanërisht  humanitetet.  Që  do  të  thotë,  ky  ndryshim  brenda  universi-tetit, që në përgjithësi njihet, i ka hapur rrugën prognostikimeve serioze të “fundit” të universitetit. Në këtë pikë, humanitetet ia kanë kaluar vetë universitetit. Në disiplinën time,  filozofi,  për  shembull,  ka  rreth  një  shekull  që  flitet  për  “fundin  e  filozofisë.”  Ka  shumë  arsye  pse  e  folura  e  shkatërrimit  është  kaq  e  përhapur  në  situatën  në  të  cilën  ndodhemi (shumë prej të cilave nuk kanë të bëjnë me universitetin); dhe sigurisht që shembuj  të  së  folurës  së  shkatërrimit  mbi  situatën  e  universitetit  në  përgjithësi  dhe  të  humaniteteve  në  veçanti  nuk  mungojnë.2  Në  çka  vijon  kam  për  të  vënë  mënjanë  pyetjen nëse fundi është vërtetë afër, duke u përqëndruar tek retorika e atij shkatërrimi që zëre se ka ardhur për të vlerësuar një strategji për të shfryrë ndjesinë katastrofike të fundit që provokon e folura e shkatërrimit.
A complete sample of bright Swift short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Creators: name: D'Avanzo, P.
name: Salvaterra, R.
name: Bernardini, M. G.
name: Nava, L.
name: Campana, S.
name: Covino, S.
name: D'Elia, V.
name: Ghirlanda, G.
name: Ghisellini, G.
name: Melandri, A.
name: Sbarufatti, B.
name: Vergani, S. D.
name: Tagliaferri, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a carefully selected sample of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) observed by the Swift satellite up to June 2013. Inspired by the criteria we used to build a similar sample of bright long GRBs (the BAT6 sample), we selected SGRBs with favorable observing conditions for the redshift determination on ground, ending up with a sample of 36 events, almost half of which with a redshift measure. The redshift completeness increases up to about 70% (with an average redshift value of z = 0.85) by restricting to those events that are bright in the 15-150 keV Swift Burst Alert Telescope energy band. Such flux-limited sample minimizes any redshift-related selection effects, and can provide a robust base for the study of the energetics, redshift distribution and environment of the Swift bright population of SGRBs. For all the events of the sample we derived the prompt and afterglow emission in both the observer and (when possible) rest frame and tested the consistency with the correlations valid for long GRBs. The redshift and intrinsic X-ray absorbing column density distributions we obtain are consistent with the scenario of SGRBs originated by the coalescence of compact objects in primordial binaries, with a possible minor contribution (~10%-25%) of binaries formed by dynamical capture (or experiencing large natal kicks). This sample is expected to significantly increase with further years of Swift activity.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Indización de documentos según la Metodología LILACS 2019: IX – Indización de estudios en Enfermedades Desatendidas
Creators: name: BIREME/OPS/OMS
name: Micco, Lucilena M Bragion de
name: Conceição, Maria Anália da
name: Vidili, Ana Lucia
name: Suga, Sueli Mitiko Yano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Indizacion de documentos
subject: Metodologia LILACS
subject: https://decs.bvsalud.org/ths/resource/?id=56243
subject: https://decs.bvsalud.org/ths/resource/?id=46

description: 09 - Sesión virtual de actualización en indización de documentos según Metodología LILACS 2019. Apresentação do dia 28 nov.2019
Mirërpitja* E Të Huajit Nga Përshirja Sociale Tek Arsimi Mërgimtar
Creators: name: Doron, Edit
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Filloj  me  këtë  poezi  mbi  ardhjen  e  të  huajit  dhe  çështjen  e  komunitetit  sepse  ajo  i  drejtohet, nga njëra anë, dallimit midis gjestit të përfshirjes sociale të legjitimuar nga idealet  kozmopolite  kantiane  dhe  të  përkthyer  në  arsimin  multikulturor  nëpër  muze  dhe,  nga  ana  tjetër,  gjestit  të  mirëpritjes  së  të  huajit.  Ajo  i  drejtohet,  nga  njëra  anë,  dallimit  midis  pritjes  së  tjetrit  si  një  akt  i  interesuar,  si  pjesë  e  një  beteje  për  njohje  [recognition]  për  hir  të  të-qenit-si-në-shtëpi  dhe  kësisoj  si  një  akt  që  vendos  vetësinë  [ipseity]  sovrane  të  dikujt  dhe,  nga  ana  tjetër,  takimit  me  tjetrin  për  të  cilin  nuk  ekziston  asnjë  kufi  i  përbashkët  por  afërsia  e  të  cilit  krijon  megjithatë  shpronësimin  tur-bullues të shtëpisë, ndjenjën e brendshme të një zhbërje. Ajo i drejtohet joterrenit të komunitetit për të cilin “unë” dhe “ti” nuk jemi individë të një koncepti të përbashkët. Midis  shumëllojshmërisë  së  banesave  të  poezisë,  lind  një  “ne”  për  të  performuar  saji-min  [fiction]  e  një  lidhje  sociale.  I  huaji  largohet  dhe  kthehet  në  shkretëtirë  –  atje  ku  mikpritja është një çështje jete ose vdekje – por shqiptimi i tij mbetet për të kthyer në një shkretëtirë ato banesa në mendje ku Identiteti sovran jeton si zot; kur për një çast habija e bën identitetin një mysafir
Device-scale perpendicular alignment of colloidal nanorods
Creators: name: Baker, Jessy L
name: Widmer-Cooper, Asaph
name: Toney, Michael F
name: Geissler, Phillip L
name: Alivisatos, A Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The self-assembly of nanocrystals enables new classes of materials whose properties are controlled by the periodicities of the assembly, as well as by the size, shape and composition of the nanocrystals. While self-assembly of spherical nanoparticles has advanced significantly in the last decade, assembly of rod-shaped nanocrystals has seen limited progress due to the requirement of orientational order. Here, the parameters critically relevant to self-assembly are systematically quantified using a combination of diffraction and theoretical modeling; these highlight the importance of kinetics on orientational order. Through drying-mediated self-assembly we achieve unprecedented control over orientational order (up to 96% vertically oriented rods on 1cm2 areas) on a wide range of substrates (ITO, PEDOT:PSS, Si3N4). This opens new avenues for nanocrystal-based devices competitive with thin film devices, as problems of granularity can be tackled through crystallographic orientational control over macroscopic areas.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures
Suppression of the Charge-Density-Wave State in Sr$_{10}$Ca$_{4}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ by External Pressure
Creators: name: Kuntscher, C. A.
name: Huber, A.
name: Hücker, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The influence of external pressure on the charge-density-wave (CDW) ground state of the quasi-one-dimensional two-leg ladder compound Sr$_{10}$Ca$_{4}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ has been studied by optical reflectivity measurements as a function of temperature (10 - 300~K) and pressure $P$ (0.3 - 4.3~GPa) over the spectral range 580 - 6000 cm$^1$. With increasing pressure the CDW transition temperature $T_{CDW}$ decreases with the linear pressure coefficient $\approx$-70~K/GPa, and above $\approx$3~GPa the CDW phase is suppressed at all temperatures. This behavior is similar to that in compounds Sr$_{14-x}$Ca$_x$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ with increasing Ca content $x$ at ambient pressure, with the simple scaling $x \approx 3\cdot P(GPa)$. The size of the CDW gap decreases with increasing pressure, whereas the dimensionality of the high-temperature insulating phase in Sr$_{10}$Ca$_{4}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ within the ladder plane is hardly affected by external pressure.
description: accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
First Responder CPR and Survival Differences in Texas Minority and Lower Socioeconomic Status Neighborhoods
Creators: name: Huebinger, Ryan
name: Panczyk, Micah
name: Villa, Normandy
name: Al-Araji, Rabab
name: Schulz, Kevin
name: Humphries, Amanda
name: Gill, Joseph
name: Persse, David
name: Bobrow, Bentley J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: First responder (FR) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an important component of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) care. However, little is known about FR CPR disparities. We linked the 2014–2021 Texas Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES) database to census tract data. We included non-traumatic OHCAs that were not witnessed by 9-1-1 responders and did not receive bystander CPR. We defined census tracts as having >50% of a race/ethnicity: White, Black, or Hispanic/Latino. We also stratified patients into quartiles based on socioeconomic status (SES): household income, high school graduation, and unemployment. We also combined race/ethnicity and income to create a total of five mixed strata, comparing lower income and minority census tracts to high income White census tracts. We created mixed model logistic regression models, adjusting for confounders and modeling census tract as a random intercept. Using the models, we compared FR CPR rates for census race/ethnicity (Black and Hispanic/Latino compared to White), and SES quartiles (2nd, 3rd, and 4th quartiles compared to 1st quartiles). Secondarily, we evaluated the association between FR CPR and survival for all strata. We included 21,966 OHCAs, and 57.4% had FR CPR. Evaluating the association between census tract characteristic and FR CPR, majority Black (aOR 0.30, 95% CI 0.22–0.41) had a lower bystander CPR rate when compared to majority White. The lowest income quartile had a lower rate of bystander CPR (aOR 0.80, 95% CI 0.65–0.98). The worst unemployment quartile was also associated with a lower rate of FR CPR (aOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.61–0.92). Combining race/ethnicity and income, middle income majority Black (30.0%; aOR 0.27, 95% CI 0.17–0.46) and low income >80% Black (31.8%; aOR 0.27, 95% CI 0.10–0.68) had lower rates of FR CPR in comparison to high income majority White. There were no associations between Hispanic or lower high school graduation and lower rates of FR CPR. We found no association between FR CPR and survival for all three strata. While we identified disparities in FR CPR in low SES and majority Black census tracts, we identified no association between FR CPR and survival in Texas.
Coverage Dependence of the Level Alignment for Methanol on TiO$_2$(110)
Creators: name: Migani, Annapaola
name: Mowbray, Duncan J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electronic level alignment at the interface between an adsorbed molecular layer and a semiconducting substrate determines the activity and efficiency of many photocatalytic materials. We perform $G_0W_0$ calculations to determine the coverage dependence of the level alignment for a prototypical photocatalytic interface: 1/2 and 1 monolayer (ML) intact and dissociated CH$_3$OH on rutile TiO$_2$(110). We find changes in the wavefunction's spatial distribution, and a consequent renormalization of the quasiparticle energy levels, as a function of CH$_3$OH coverage and dissociation. Our results suggest that the occupied molecular levels responsible for hole trapping are not those observed in the ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) spectrum. Rather, they are those of isolated CH$_3$O on the surface. We find the unoccupied molecular levels have either 2D character with weight above the surface at 1 ML coverage, or significant hybridization with the surface at 1/2 ML coverage. These results suggest the resonance observed in the two photon phooemission (2PP) spectrum arises from excitations to unoccupied "Wet electron" levels with 2D character.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Evaluation of the CARES Skills Framework as a Peer Support Model in the Paramedic Undergraduate Curriculum: Facilitating Challenging Discussions in a Safe Environment
Creators: name: Flanagan, Belinda
name: Warren-James, Matthew
name: Young, Jeanine
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Infant or child death is reported as being the most distressing type of case paramedics attend. Student paramedics also identify supporting bereaved families as an area associated with low confidence. This study evaluated the CARES skills framework (Connect to emotion, Attention training, Reflective listening, Empathy, Support help seeking) as a peer support model to encourage student paramedics to talk about grief and death related to infants and children. A convenience sample of first-year paramedic students (target n = 154) was recruited from a single Australian regional university. A modified nominal group technique method was used following a student debriefing session designed to identify problems, generate solutions, and make decisions regarding the efficacy of the CARES skills framework. Of 154 eligible participants, 141 participated (92% response rate). Peer social support normalized students’ emotions related to death and dying. Although naming emotions was challenging, students reported that the CARES model facilitated a safe environment to talk about death and dying. Students reported feeling heard and connected to their peers during the exercise and an enhanced sense of belonging after the exercise. Findings contribute to evidence that suggests the CARES model is a useful mechanism to enhance peer social support in paramedic students.
Indización de documentos según la Metodología LILACS 2019: I - Sesiones virtuales sobre indización de documentos según metodología LILACS
Creators: name: BIREME/OPS/OMS
name: Suga, Sueli Mitiko Yano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Indizacion de documentos
subject: Metodologia LILACS
subject: https://decs.bvsalud.org/ths/resource/?id=56243
subject: https://decs.bvsalud.org/ths/resource/?id=46

description: Sesión 01 de 09 – Indización de documentos según Metodología LILACS Tema: Proceso de indización: Identificación y selección de descriptores
Women’s Participation in Leadership Roles in a Single Canadian Paramedic Service
Creators: name: Mausz, Justin
name: Salvis, Sarah
name: Arseneau-Bruneau, Dominique
name: Donnelly, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biotechnology
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Like other public safety professions, paramedicine has historically been a male-dominated occupation. Although women are increasingly choosing paramedicine as a career, participation in leadership roles remains limited. Drawing on data from a comprehensive mental health survey, we describe the proportion of women in leadership in a single, large, urban paramedic service in Ontario, Canada. We distributed an in-person, paper-based survey during the fall 2019 - winter 2020 continuing medical education sessions. Participating paramedics completed a demographic questionnaire alongside a battery of mental health screening tools. We assessed the demography of the workforce and explored differences in employment classification, educational achievement, clinician level (e.g., primary vs. advanced care), and participation in formal leadership roles along self-reported gender lines. Out of 607 paramedics attending, we received 600 completed surveys, with 11 excluded for missing data, leaving 589 for analysis and a 97% response rate. Women comprised 40% of the active-duty paramedic workforce, with an average of 8 years of experience. Compared to men, women were more than twice as likely to have university degrees (odds ratio [OR] 2.02, 95% compatibility interval [CI] 1.45–2.83), but almost half as likely to practice at the advanced care paramedic level (OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.42–0.88), and potentially less likely to be employed full-time (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.54–1.09). Women were nearly 70% less likely to hold leadership roles in the service compared to men (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.14–0.90), occupying 20% of leadership positions. Although paramedicine is witnessing an encouraging shift in the demography of its workforce, our results point to a potential under-representation of women in leadership roles. Future research should focus on identifying and ameliorating barriers to career advancement among women and other historically underrepresented people.
"Occupy Baghdad": On the Occupation of Images
Creators: name: Shirhan, Urok
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Occupy Baghdad is a project that takes as its main premise the idea of non-physical oc-cupation, in other words: how the image and idea of Iraq has been occupied by cultural and  artistic  production.  The  inception  of  this  project  was  marked  by  strange  “coinci-dence”  that  occurred  when  I  had  decided,  in  late  2011,  to  do  something  I  had  never  done before: take my own family archive as material for artistic research.Remake of Paul Chan’s “Baghdad in No Particular Order”As an Iraqi born refugee who has never been to Iraq, and having grown up in the Neth-erlands  since  1993,  I  decided  to  work  through  fourteen  vhs  tapes  of  footage  that  my  father had filmed during his first trip back to Baghdad in 2003. About one month after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship following the American invasion – or occupa-tion – this trip marked a return after 25 years of forced exile. An artist himself, he took it  on  himself  to  conduct  interviews  with  other  artists  and  intellectuals  in  an  attempt  to recount the way in which cultural production in Iraq had been affected during Sad-dam’s Ba’athist regime.
Emergency Medical Services Clinicians’ Perspectives on Pediatric Non-Transport
Creators: name: Ward, Caleb E.
name: Singletary, Judith
name: Hatcliffe, Rachel E.
name: Colson, Cindy D.
name: Simpson, Joelle N.
name: Brown, Kathleen M.
name: Chamberlain, James M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Emergency medical services clinicians do not transport one-third of all children assessed, even without official pediatric non-transport protocols. Little is known about how EMS clinicians and caregivers decide not to transport a child. Our objectives were to describe how EMS clinicians currently decide whether or not to transport a child and identify barriers to and enablers of successfully implementing an EMS clinician-initiated pediatric non-transport protocol. We conducted six virtual focus groups with EMS clinicians from the mid-Atlantic. A PhD trained facilitator moderated all groups using a semi-structured moderator guide. Multiple investigators independently coded a deidentified sample transcript. One team member then completed axial coding of the remaining transcripts. Thematic saturation was achieved. Clusters of similar codes were grouped into themes by consensus. We recruited 50 participants, of whom 70% were paramedics and 28% emergency medical technicians. There was agreement that caregivers often use 9-1-1 for low acuity complaints. Participants stated that non-transport usually occurs after shared decision-making between EMS clinicians and caregivers; EMS clinicians advise whether transport is necessary, but caregivers are responsible for making the final decision and signing refusal documentation. Subthemes for how non-transport decisions were made included the presence of agency protocols, caregiver preferences, absence of a guardian on the scene, EMS clinician variability, and distance to the nearest ED. Participants identified the following features that would enable successful implementation of an EMS clinician-initiated non-transport process: a user-friendly interface, clear protocol endpoints, the inclusion of vital sign parameters, resources to leave with caregivers, and optional direct medical oversight. EMS clinicians in our study agreed that non-transport is currently a caregiver decision, but noted a collaborative process of shared decision-making where EMS clinicians advise caregivers whether transport is indicated. Further research is needed to understand the safety of this practice. This study suggests there may be a need for EMS-initiated alternative disposition/non-transport protocols.
"Occupy Baghdad" Mbi Pushtimin E Imazheve
Creators: name: Shirhan, Urok
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Occupy Baghdad është një projekt premisa kryesore e të cilit është ideja s një pushtimi jofizik, e thënë ndryshe: se si imazhi dhe ideja e Irakut janë pushtuar nga prodhimtaria kulturore dhe artistike. Zanafilla e këtij projekti u shënua nga një “rastësi” e çuditshme që ndodhi kur unë vendosa, në fund të 2011-s, të bëj diçka që nuk e kisha bërë kurrë më parë: të përdorja arkivat e familjes time si material për kërkim artistik.Rikrijimi i “Bagdadit jo sipas ndonjë renditje të caktuar” të Pol ÇanitSi një refugjate e lindur irakene por që nuk ka qenë asnjëherë në Irak dhe që qysh prej vitit  1993  është  rritur  në  Hollandë,  vendosa  të  punoj  me  katërmbëdhjetë  kasetat  me  regjistrime që kishte xhiruar im atë gjatë udhëtimit të tij të pare atje në 2003-shin. Ky udhëtim, rreth një muaj pas rënies së diktaturës së Sadam Huseinit pas pushtimit ameri-kan, ishte një kthim në Bagdad pas 25 vitesh mërgimi të detyruar. Duke qenë vetë artist, im atë mori përsipër të intervistonte artistë dhe intelektualë të tjerë për të përshkruar se si prodhimtaria kulturore në Irak ishte prekur prej regjimit baatist të Sadamit.
The nature of dark energy and discussions on relevant phenomena_0E
Creators: name: Charles, William
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Dark energy
Curvature
Gravitation
Inertia
Universal repulsion

description: Abstract: From the discrepancy between theoretical predictions and actual observations, we can find something beyond previous understanding exists. In following content, a gravitation effect deduced from the principle of equivalence will be introduced. It derives from the place with lower curvature and will cause redshift when light is transmitting in space among galaxies. Meanwhile, it can be considered as the repulsion from mass, and provide a reasonable explanation for the concept of inertia. *Correspondence to: WM.Anonymous@hotmail.com
description: Compared with previous version: The description of redshift is re-organized to keep in line with current convention.
Community Interventions for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Resource-Limited Settings: A Scoping Review Across Low, Middle, and High-Income Countries
Creators: name: Grubic, Nicholas
name: Hill, Braeden
name: Allan, Katherine S.
name: Dainty, Katie N.
name: Johri, Amer M.
name: Brooks, Steven C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major global health challenge, characterized by poor survival outcomes worldwide. Resource-limited settings are burdened with suboptimal emergency response and worse outcomes than high-resource areas. Engaging the community in the response to OHCA has the potential to improve outcomes, although an overview of community interventions in resource-limited settings has not been provided. This review evaluated the scope of community-based OHCA interventions in resource-limited settings. Literature searches in electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Clinical Trials) and grey literature sources were performed. Abstract screening, full-text review, and data extraction of eligible studies were conducted independently by two reviewers. The PCC (Population, Concept, and Context) framework was used to assess study eligibility. Studies that evaluated community-based interventions for laypeople (Population), targeting emergency response activation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), or automated external defibrillator (AED) use (Concept) in resource-limited settings (Context) were included. Resource-limited settings were identified by financial pressures (low-income or lower-middle-income country, according to World Bank data on year of publication) or geographical factors (setting described using keywords indicative of geographical remoteness in upper-middle-income or high-income country). Among 14,810 records identified from literature searches, 60 studies from 28 unique countries were included in this review. Studies were conducted in high-income (n = 35), upper-middle-income (n = 2), lower-middle-income (n = 22), and low-income countries (n = 1). Community interventions included bystander CPR and/or AED training (n = 34), community responder programs (n = 8), drone-delivered AED networks (n = 6), dispatcher-assisted CPR programs (n = 4), regional resuscitation campaigns (n = 3), public access defibrillation programs (n = 3), and crowdsourcing technologies (n = 2). CPR and/or AED training were the only interventions evaluated in low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries. Interventions aimed at improving the community response to OHCA in resource-limited settings differ globally. There is a lack of reported studies from low-income countries and certain continental regions, including South America, Africa, and Oceania. Evaluation of interventions other than CPR and/or AED training in low- and middle-income countries is needed to guide community emergency planning and health policies.
Art After Democratism: The Pedagogy of the New World Summit
Creators: name: Staal, Jonas
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: In 2007, philosopher Vincent van Gerven Oei and myself came across a leaked file doc-umenting an interrogation at Guantánamo prison in Cuba, which had been distributed through  the  website  of  Time  Magazine.  The  log  contained  a  detailed  report  of  three  months of interrogation of Mohammed Mani Ahmed al-Khatani, the supposed “20th hijacker” of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in 2001.The report caught our interest specifically because of the nature of the torture tech-niques  involved.  Apart  from  the  terrifying  torture  method  called  water  boarding,  we  were  struck  by  the  use  of  popular  culture  as  means  of  “torturing”  the  prisoner.  The  guards  severely  disoriented  al-Khatani  by  moving  him  to  different  closed  darkened  spaces, which made it impossible for him to grasp the time of day or the direction in which he, as a Muslim, was supposed send his prayers. Subsequently, they deregulated his  sleep  pattern,  upon  which  his  general  sense  of  disorientation  became  even  more  severe.  This  set  the  theatrical  stage  for  the  guards  to  subject  al-Khatani  to  a  complex  of contemporary cultural iconography. He was, for example, exposed to loud popular music, such as songs by Metallica, Eminem, and Christina Aguilera’s song “Dirrty.” Al-Khatani was further subjected to images of pin-up girls, non-halal Burger King food, and stroboscope lights. These are all symbols of Western “liberation,” which in the con-text of Guantánamo obtain extremely oppressive dimensions. Or rather, in this context that the extremely oppressive dimensions already present in these symbols of so-called liberation become unbearably visible.
Arti Pas Demokratizmit Pedagogjia E Samitit Të Ri Botëror
Creators: name: Stal, Jonas
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Në  2007-n,  filozofi  Vinsent  van  Herven  Uj  dhe  unë  ndeshëm  një  dosje  të  klasifikuar  që  dokumentonte  një  interrogim  në  burgun  e  Guantanamos  në  Kubë,  e  cila  ishte  shpërndarë përmes website-it të Time Magazine. Kabllogrami përmbante një raport të detajuar  të  interrogimit  përgjatë  tre  muajve  të  Mohamed  Mani  Ahmed  Al-Katani,  që  presupozohej të ishte rrëmbyesi i 20-të i sulmeve mbi Kullat Binjake dhe Pentagonin në 2001-shin.Në  veçanti  raporti  na  tërhoqi  vëmendjen  për  shkak  të  natyrës  së  teknikave  të  tor-tures  që  ishin  përdorur.  Përveç  metodës  së  tmerrshme  të  tortures  të  quajtur  water boarding,  na  la  përshtypje  përdorimi  i  kulturës  pop  si  një  mjet  për  të  “torturuar”  të  burgosurin.  Rojet  e  çorientonin  thellësisht  Al-Katanin  duke  e  lëvizur  nëpër  vende  të  ndryshme të errëta, gjë që e bënte të pamundur për të të rrokte kohën ose drejtimin në të cilin ai, si një mysliman, duhej të drejtonte lutjet e tij. Më pas, ata i çrregulluan edhe gjumin, duke bërë që ndjesia e përgjithme e çorientimit që ai kishte të thellohej akoma më tepër. E gjithë kjo ngriti skenën teatrale në të cilën Al-Katanin iu nënshtrua një iko-nografie komplekse të kulturës bashkëkohore. Për shembull, ai iu nënshtrua dëgjimit të muzikës së zhurmët, si këngë nga Metallica, Eminem, dhe këngës “Dirrty” të Kristina Agileras.
"Reading on DIsaster" Intervention: Imaginaries in Participatory Artistic Practice
Creators: name: Stadler, Katharina
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: How to give a voice to others? How to invite a voice to articulate itself and further, to be heard. Amidst my own voicelessness and speechlessness while working in a location of foreign language. Focused on the process of including the voice/s of the barely audible in an academic conference.during the “reading on disaster” intervention i chose a different location in tirana each day as to create a small space of possible participation. my popcorn bike as a mobile seminar room shaped the center of those imaginary spaces, providing each day’s text in multiple copies, each day’s motto as well as papers and pens.every day i worked on site, intervening the city with the purpose to engage thinking about education, the future of education in albania. collecting wishes/dreams/desires as to bring not only one voice but voices, combined in a manifesto medley envisioning an imaginary future to the “pedagogies of disaster” conference.to trigger the agency of reflection and vision telling i had selected texts on education and/or knowledge production; texts by irit rogoff, boyan manchev, hakim bey, yael navaro-yashin, tim ingold, and jacques rancière. out of these texts the following daily mottos were chosen:potentialities; the critical realm [...] is by definition void; poetic ter-rorism; in the midst of the piles of the debris of knowledge production; movement is knowing; knowing is nothing. doing is everything.
Blobs in recurring EUV jets
Creators: name: Zhang, Q. M.
name: Ji, H. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we report our discovery of blobs in the recurrent and homologous jets that occurred at the western edge of NOAA active region 11259 on 2011 July 22. The jets were observed in the seven extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) filters of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Using the base-difference images of the six filters (94, 131, 171, 211, 193, and 335 Å), we carried out the differential emission measure (DEM) analyses to explore the thermodynamic evolutions of the jets. The jets were accompanied by cool surges observed in the H$α$ line center of the ground-based telescope in the Big Bear Solar Observatory. The jets that had lifetimes of 20$-$30 min recurred at the same place for three times with interval of 40$-$45 min. Interestingly, each of the jets intermittently experienced several upward eruptions at the speed of 120$-$450 km s$^{-1}$. After reaching the maximum heights, they returned back to the solar surface, showing near-parabolic trajectories. The falling phases were more evident in the low-$T$ filters than in the high-$T$ filters, indicating that the jets experienced cooling after the onset of eruptions. We identified bright and compact blobs in the jets during their rising phases. The simultaneous presences of blobs in all the EUV filters were consistent with the broad ranges of the DEM profiles of the blobs ($5.5\le \log T\le7.5$), indicating their multi-thermal nature. The median temperatures of the blobs were $\sim$2.3 MK. The blobs that were $\sim$3 Mm in diameter had lifetimes of 24$-$60 s. To our knowledge, this is the first report of blobs in coronal jets. We propose that these blobs are plasmoids created by the magnetic reconnection as a result of tearing-mode instability and ejected out along the jets.
description: 22 pages, 10 figures
Manifesto for Education in Albania
Creators: name: Jenkins, Nico (Ed.)
name: Van Gerven Oei, Vincent W.J. (Ed.)
name: Groves, Adam Staley  (Ed.)
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: We are students, professors, people with or without jobs, with children or young our-selves. Who demand.We aim for an adequate education of European standard. Meaning better schools, aca-demic freedom, more study possibilities, language classes and choice of language in our studies.  As  well  as  a  focus  on  Albanian  language  and  expression.  Meaning  improved  physical environments at universities and most definitely no corruption.We ask students to be more idealistic and active, work for a common progress in educa-tion as well as follow the rules and excercise their rights.
Metric characterizations of superreflexivity in terms of word hyperbolic groups and finite graphs
Creators: name: Ostrovskii, Mikhail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 46B85, Secondary: 05C12, 20F67, 46B07

description: We show that superreflexivity can be characterized in terms of bilipschitz embeddability of word hyperbolic groups. We compare characterizations of superreflexivity in terms of diamond graphs and binary trees. We show that there exist sequences of series-parallel graphs of increasing topological complexity which admit uniformly bilipschitz embeddings into a Hilbert space, and thus do not characterize superreflexivity.
Disparities in Emergency Medical Services Care Delivery in the United States: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Farcas, Andra M.
name: Joiner, Anjni P.
name: Rudman, Jordan S.
name: Ramesh, Karthik
name: Torres, Gilberto
name: Crowe, Remle P.
name: Curtis, Travis
name: Tripp, Rickquel
name: Bowers, Karen
name: von Isenburg, Megan
name: Logan, Robert
name: Coaxum, Lauren
name: Salazar, Gilberto
name: Lozano, Michael
name: Page, David
name: Haamid, Ameera
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Emergency medical services (EMS) often serve as the first medical contact for ill or injured patients, representing a critical access point to the health care delivery continuum. While a growing body of literature suggests inequities in care within hospitals and emergency departments, limited research has comprehensively explored disparities related to patient demographic characteristics in prehospital care. We aimed to summarize the existing literature on disparities in prehospital care delivery for patients identifying as members of an underrepresented race, ethnicity, sex, gender, or sexual orientation group. We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed (gray) literature. We searched PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Proquest Dissertations, Scopus, Google, and professional websites for studies set in the U.S. between 1960 and 2021. Each abstract and full-text article was screened by two reviewers. Studies written in English that addressed the underrepresented groups of interest and investigated EMS-related encounters were included. Studies were excluded if a disparity was noted incidentally but was not a stated objective or discussed. Data extraction was conducted using a standardized electronic form. Results were summarized qualitatively using an inductive approach. One hundred forty-five full-text articles from the peer-reviewed literature and two articles from the gray literature met inclusion criteria: 25 studies investigated sex/gender, 61 studies investigated race/ethnicity, and 58 studies investigated both. One study investigated sexual orientation. The most common health conditions evaluated were out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (n = 50), acute coronary syndrome (n = 36), and stroke (n = 31). The phases of EMS care investigated included access (n = 55), pre-arrival care (n = 46), diagnosis/treatment (n = 42), and response/transport (n = 40), with several studies covering multiple phases. Disparities were identified related to all phases of EMS care for underrepresented groups, including symptom recognition, pain management, and stroke identification. The gray literature identified public perceptions of EMS clinicians’ cultural competency and the ability to appropriately care for transgender patients in the prehospital setting. Existing research highlights health disparities in EMS care delivery throughout multiple health outcomes and phases of EMS care. Future research is needed to identify structured mechanisms to eliminate disparities, address clinician bias, and provide high-quality equitable care for all patient populations.
Manifest Për Arsimin Në Shqirëri
Creators: name: Jenkins, Nico (Ed.)
name: Van Gerven Oei, Vincent W.J. (Ed.)
name: Groves, Adam Staley  (Ed.)
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Ne  jemi  studentë,  pedagogë,  njerëz  me  ose  pa  punë,  me  fëmijë  ose  të  rinj  vetë.  Që  kërkojmë.Ne  duam  një  arsimim  të  standardeve  evropiane.  Që  do  të  thotë,  shkolla  më  të  mira,  liri akademike, më tepër mundësi studimi, klasa gjuhe dhe mundësinë për të zgjedhur gjuhën në të cilën studiojmë. Dhe gjithashtu fokus mbi gjuhën shqipe. Që do të thotë, ambiente më të mira në universitetet tona dhe jo korrupsion.Ne kërkojmë që studentët të jenë më idealist dhe më aktiv, të punojnë për progresin e përbashkët në arsim si dhe të zbatojnë rregullat dhe të ushtrojnë të drejtat e tyre.
Mesh refinement for uncertainty quantification through model reduction
Creators: name: Li, Jing
name: Stinis, Panagiotis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65C20, 65M99, 41A10

description: We present a novel way of deciding when and where to refine a mesh in probability space in order to facilitate the uncertainty quantification in the presence of discontinuities in random space. A discontinuity in random space makes the application of generalized polynomial chaos expansion techniques prohibitively expensive. The reason is that for discontinuous problems, the expansion converges very slowly. An alternative to using higher terms in the expansion is to divide the random space in smaller elements where a lower degree polynomial is adequate to describe the randomness. In general, the partition of the random space is a dynamic process since some areas of the random space, particularly around the discontinuity, need more refinement than others as time evolves. In the current work we propose a way to decide when and where to refine the random space mesh based on the use of a reduced model. The idea is that a good reduced model can monitor accurately, within a random space element, the cascade of activity to higher degree terms in the chaos expansion. In terms, this facilitates the efficient allocation of computational sources to the areas of random space where they are more needed. For the Kraichnan-Orszag system, the prototypical system to study discontinuities in random space, we present theoretical results which show why the proposed method is sound and numerical results which corroborate the theory.
description: 26 pages
The targum (1929:Sept. 24 - 1929:Sept. 28)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1929

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
Generalized solutions of nonlocal elliptic problems
Creators: name: Gurevich, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35J40, 35J30, 46E35

description: An elliptic equation of order $2m$ with general nonlocal boundary-value conditions, in a plane bounded domain $G$ with piecewise smooth boundary, is considered. Generalized solutions belonging to the Sobolev space $W_2^m(G)$ are studied. The Fredholm property of the unbounded operator corresponding to the elliptic equation, acting on $L_2(G)$, and defined for functions from the space $W_2^m(G)$ that satisfy homogeneous nonlocal conditions is proved.
description: 18 pages, 2 figures
Filozofia Dhe Shkollimi Humanist: Pedagogjia Katastrofike E J.S. Millit
Creators: name: Vrahimis, Andreas
Publisher: name: punctum books
Year: 2013

description: Jemi  mësuar  tashmë  të  dëgjojmë  për  fundin  e  humaniteteve  dhe  mbrojtje  të  huma-niteteve  nga  sulme  të  llojeve  të  ndryshme  nuk  mungojnë.  Ia  vlen  ndoshta  që,  në  pa-rantezë,  të  bëjmë  një  diagnozë  këtu,  sa  pa  filluar  mirë:  ndonëse  sot  këto  argumenta  në  mbrojtje  të  humaniteteve  janë  në  modë,  pozicioni  i  sulmuesve  nuk  është  një  pozi-cion bashkëbisedues. Në fakt, duket sikur sulmi nuk bazohet mbi argumenta, por, në shumë  pikëpamje,  mbi  një  forcë  të  patundur  –  një  lloj  force  që  nuk  është  në  gjendje  t’i  përgjigjet  argumentit  (ose  të  paktën  të  jetë  e  gatshme  të  lexojë  mbrojtjet  për  hu-manitetet). Shkrutimisht pra, ndonëse duket sikur ka shumë mënyra për të mbrojtur dhe për të përforcuar humanitetet nëpërmjet argumentash tërësisht të vlefshëm dhe të shëndoshë, vërshimi kundër humaniteteve nuk duket se ka ndërmend as të dëgjojë e as të përgjigjet.
Interaction of phonons at superfluid helium-solid interfaces
Creators: name: Adamenko, I. N.
name: Nemchenko, E. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new method of obtaining the interaction Hamiltonian of phonons at superfluid helium-solid interface is proposed in the work. Equations of hydrodynamic variables are obtained in terms of second quantization if helium occupies a half-space. The contributions of all processes to the heat flux from solid to superfluid helium are calculated based on the obtained Hamiltonian. The angular distribution of phonons emitted by a solid is found in different processes. It is shown that all the exit angles of superfuild helium phonons are allowed. The obtained results are compared with experimental data and with previous theoretical works.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
The targum (1929:Oct. 1 - 1929:Oct. 29)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1929

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.