cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluierung des gestuften Planungs- und Genehmigungsverfahrens Stromnetzausbau im Hinblick auf seine Wirksamkeit für den Umweltschutz - juristisch, planerisch, technisch
Creators: name: Hitschfeld, Uwe
name: Eichenseer, Christoph
name: Göge, Marc-Stefan
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Verfahrensbeschleunigung
subject: Planfeststellungsverfahren
subject: Rechtsschutz
subject: Umweltschutz
subject: Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung
subject: Netzausbau
subject: Bedarfsplanung
subject: Bundesfachplanung
subject: Rechtschutz
subject: Beschleunigungselemente
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Für die Energiewende ist der Ausbau der Stromnetze erforderlich. Um diesen zu beschleunigen, hat der Gesetzgeber das gesetzliche Verfahren zur Genehmigung von Stromnetzen mehrfach geändert. Diese Studie im Auftrag des Umweltbundsamtes untersuchte, ob die Änderungen aus den Jahren 2011 und 2015 wirklich zu einer Beschleunigung des Netzausbaus beitragen und welchen Einfluss sie auf die Berücksichtigung von Umweltbelangen haben können.
Supplementary document for Periodically poled thin film lithium niobate microring resonators with a second-harmonic generation efficiency of 250,000 %/W - 4240818.pdf
Creators: name: Tang, Hong
name: Lu, Juanjuan
name: Surya, Joshua
name: Liu, Xianwen
name: Bruch, Alexander
name: Gong, Zheng
name: Xu, Yuntao
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental information
Applications of corpus-based semantic similarity and word segmentation to database schema matching
Creators: name: Islam, Md. Aminul
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: In this thesis, we present a method for database schema matching, the problem of identifying elements of two given schemas that correspond to each other. Schema matching is useful in e-commerce exchanges, in data integration/warehousing, and in Semantic Web applications. We first present two corpus-based methods: one method is for determining the semantic similarity of two target words and the other is for automatic word segmentation. Then we present a name-based element-level database schema matching method that exploits both the semantic similarity and the word segmentation methods. Our word similarity method uses Pointwise Mutual Information (PMI) to sort lists of important neighbor words of the two target words and distinguish the words which are common in both lists and aggregate their PMI values (from the opposite list) to calculate the relative similarity score. Our word segmentation method uses corpus type frequency information to choose the type with maximum length and frequency from "desegmented" text. It also uses a modified forward-backward matching technique using maximum length frequency and entropy rate if any non-matching portions of the text exist. For the database schema matching method, we also use normalized and modified versions of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) string matching algorithm with weight factors to allow for a balanced combination. We validate our methods with experimental studies, the results of which suggest that these methods can be a useful addition to the set of existing methods.
Determination of gamma camera calibration factors for quantitation of therapeutic radioisotopes
Creators: name: Zhao, Wei
name: Esquinas, Pedro L.
name: Hou, Xinchi
name: Uribe, Carlos F.
name: Gonzalez, Marjorie
name: Beauregard, Jean-Mathieu
name: Dewaraja, Yuni K.
name: Celler, Anna
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018

description: Background: Camera calibration, which translates reconstructed count map into absolute activity map, is a prerequisite procedure for quantitative SPECT imaging. Both planar and tomographic scans using different phantom geometries have been proposed for the determination of the camera calibration factor (CF). However, there is no consensus on which approach is the best. The aim of this study is to evaluate all these calibration methods, compare their performance, and propose a practical and accurate calibration method for SPECT quantitation of therapeutic radioisotopes. Twenty-one phantom experiments (Siemens Symbia SPECT/CT) and 12 Monte Carlo simulations (GATE v6.1) using three therapy isotopes (131I, 177Lu, and 188Re) have been performed. The following phantom geometries were used: (1) planar scans of point source in air (PS), (2) tomographic scans of insert(s) filled with activity placed in non-radioactive water (HS + CB), (3) tomographic scans of hot insert(s) in radioactive water (HS + WB), and (4) tomographic scans of cylinders uniformly filled with activity (HC). Tomographic data were reconstructed using OSEM with CT-based attenuation correction and triple energy window (TEW) scatter correction, and CF was determined using total counts in the reconstructed image, while for planar scans, the photopeak counts, corrected for scatter and background with TEW, were used. Additionally, for simulated data, CF obtained from primary photons only was analyzed. Results: For phantom experiments, CF obtained from PS and HS + WB agreed to within 6% (below 3% if experiments performed on the same day are considered). However, CF from HS + CB exceeded those from PS by 4–12%. Similar trend was found in simulation studies. Analysis of CFs from primary photons helped us to understand this discrepancy. It was due to underestimation of scatter by the TEW method, further enhanced by attenuation correction. This effect becomes less important when the source is distributed over the entire phantom volume (HS + WB and HC). Conclusions: Camera CF could be determined using planar scans of a point source, provided that the scatter and background contributions are removed, for example using the clinically available TEW method. This approach is simple and yet provides CF with sufficient accuracy (~ 5%) to be used in clinics for radiotracer quantification.
Free vibration analysis of rectangular plates with internal point supports.
Creators: name: Ohman, Hans J. L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Interest in the free vibration frequencies and associated mode shapes of rectangular plates resting on internal point supports has arisen in connection with the design of electronic circuit boards, solar panels and other industrial problems. An analytical solution is presented for the free vibration analysis of rectangular plates with multiple internal point supports. The solution is also shown to be easily modified to account for the effects of attached masses. The basic solution for each case consists of the Levy type solution for a plate with one discrete point support. N similar solutions for N discrete point supports are then superimposed to create an eigenvalue matrix from which the plate's natural frequencies and associated mode shapes can be determined. Due to the nature of the Levy type solution, only plates with two opposite edges simply supported are considered. The remaining edges are either simply supported, clamped or free. There are therefore six possible combinations of plate boundary conditions. The objective of this thesis is to give a concise and clear description of the mathematical procedure employed and to present the results of some representative frequency and mode shape studies.
Fine-Scale Mapping at 9p22.2 Identifies Candidate Causal Variants That Modify Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
Creators: name: Vigorito, Elena
name: Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.
name: Beesley, Jonathan
name: Adlard, Julian
name: Agnarsson, Bjarni A.
name: Andrulis, Irene L. [U.A.]
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Population-based genome wide association studies have identified a locus at 9p22.2 associated with ovarian cancer risk, which also modifies ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. We conducted fine-scale mapping at 9p22.2 to identify potential causal variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Genotype data were available for 15,252 (2,462 ovarian cancer cases) BRCA1 and 8,211 (631 ovarian cancer cases) BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following genotype imputation, ovarian cancer associations were assessed for 4,873 and 5,020 SNPs in BRCA1 and BRCA 2 mutation carriers respectively, within a retrospective cohort analytical framework. In BRCA1 mutation carriers one set of eight correlated candidate causal variants for ovarian cancer risk modification was identified (top SNP rs10124837, HR: 0.73, 95%CI: 0.68 to 0.79, p-value 2× 10−16). These variants were located up to 20 kb upstream of BNC2. In BRCA2 mutation carriers one region, up to 45 kb upstream of BNC2, and containing 100 correlated SNPs was identified as candidate causal (top SNP rs62543585, HR: 0.69, 95%CI: 0.59 to 0.80, p-value 1.0 × 10−6). The candidate causal in BRCA1 mutation carriers did not include the strongest associated variant at this locus in the general population. In sum, we identified a set of candidate causal variants in a region that encompasses the BNC2 transcription start site. The ovarian cancer association at 9p22.2 may be mediated by different variants in BRCA1 mutation carriers and in the general population. Thus, potentially different mechanisms may underlie ovarian cancer risk for mutation carriers and the general population.
TOLEDO: enhancing Maestro GUI for non-expert users to perform massive MD simulations
Creators: name: Carmena-Bargueño, Miguel
name: Martínez-Cortés, Carlos
name: Banegas-Luna, Antonio Jesús
name: Pérez-Sánchez, Horacio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulates the dynamical evolution of biological systems at the atomic level. Using MD in conjunction with high-performance computing (HPC) architectures, we can evaluate the possible interactions between a ligand library against one protein target to find a drug that can influence a protein target to cure a disease. Simultaneously, we can also obtain information about their dynamic evolution. One of the primary software packages for MD simulations is Desmond, which employs Maestro for the setup, execution, and analysis of MD through a graphical user interface (GUI), which is suitable even for non-expert users. However, using the GUI, users can typically run only one short (less than 1000 ns) MD each time. Our work aims to create a method/protocol to run several MD simulations simultaneously on a remote HPC cluster within Maestro-Desmond. In this work, we provide TOLEDO (Throughput Optimization of Ligand-Protein Systems Exploration through Dynamics simulation in Optimized HPC systems) to overcome such limitations and run several MD simulations simultaneously. The best feature of TOLEDO is its independence from the usual time constraints of many clusters, with storage space being the only limitation. To run TOLEDO, we prepare/set up the protein-ligand complex before running MD via Maestro GUI. Next, we run the main TOLEDO script for several MD simulations on a supercomputer. When TOLEDO finishes, users obtain reports and graphics. The obtained results are easily interpretable. In essence, TOLEDO significantly enhances MD throughput beyond the capabilities of the Maestro GUI.
Characterization of the murine Unp promoter.
Creators: name: Kilcup, Michael.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Our lab is interested in the physiological role of the murine Unp proto-oncogene, a putative ubiquitin protease, which we postulate is involved in removing ubiquitin molecules from protein substrates, thereby preventing or delaying their degradation by the 26S proteasome. The work presented in this thesis describes the characterization of the Unp promoter and an analysis of Unp expression patterns in adult mice. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-mediated deletion mutagenesis was carried out using the full-length Unp promoter as a template and deletion constructs were designed by fusion of PCR products to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene. Unp promoter deletions were subsequently transiently transfected into 293T human fibroblast cells and P19 murine embryonal carcinoma cells and promoter activity was assessed by CAT analysis. Transgenic mice were created that employed a 411 bp fragment of the Unp promoter driving expression of the E. Coli $\beta$-galactosidase reporter gene. Expression of the transgene was then assessed by Northern blot analysis as well as tissue sectioning and staining with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-$\beta$-D-galactopyranoside (X-GAL). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Le discours des intervenants sur le traitement des criminels psychiatrisés en clinique psychiatrique externe.
Creators: name: Pilon, Guylaine.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: Parce que nous croyons que l'émergence de la psychiatrie dans les procédures judiciaires a fait surgir des débats concernant la clientèle d'une part et les méthodes d'interventions d'autre part; nous avons cru pertinent d'aller vérifier, auprès des professionnels en santé mentale communautaire, la dynamique actuelle entourant le partage d'une clientèle entre deux systèmes sociaux. Alors que le débat est déjà engagé en ce qui concerne le traitement des justiciables, notre recherche suscite une réflexion tant au niveau des difficultés dans le traitement psychiatrique de la clientèle judiciarisé, que dans les procédures pénales en matière de sentences. Problème de motivation et traitement coercitif, sont en quelque sorte le pivot qui nourrit le discours des intervenants en psychiatrie. À la recherche d'une cause interne de la maladie, les thérapeutes semblent passer à côté du problème. Si l’on ne peut déterminer la source de la maladie, la psychiatrie se trouve alors devant une impasse. Ayant interrogé quelques thérapeutes en santé mentale, nous avons découvert qu'effectivement, les traitants se retrouvent devant le dilemme de satisfaire les exigences de deux systèmes sociaux différents. Quoique le chevauchement du système médical et du système pénal soulève quelques points litigieux, il semble que les intervenants se sont toutefois adaptés aux procédures actuelles. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Revisión de los tumores neuroendocrinos de pancreas
Creators: name: Hernandez Caler, Rocio
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Pancreas
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: Biopsy
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Describir los hallazgos epidemiológicos,
clínicos y radiológicos de los tumores neuroendocrinos de páncreas (PETs) Valorar la utilidad de las principales técnicas de imagen radiologica (ecografia,TC,RM) en el diagnostico de...
Understanding and quantifying polariton-polariton interactions using coherent multidimensional spectroscopy
Creators: name: Lemma, Tatek Hizikel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Strong coupling between photon modes and quantum well excitons embedded in a microcavity leads to the appearance of new quasi-particles called polaritons. In this thesis, we implemented coherent multidimensional spectroscopy to reveal and quantify polariton-polariton interaction through homogeneous linewidth measurements. These type of interactions are currently a hot topic in the polariton community in particular their application to the field of Bose-Einstein condensation. This work aims to measure the interaction strength through the application of coherent multidimensional spectroscopy by measuring the homogeneous linewidth for different excitation densities.
Post-earthquake recovery performance of modern buildings and development of recovery-based seismic design provisions
Creators: name: Blowes, Kristen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Past earthquakes have shown that seismic damage may lead to lengthy loss of function and tenant displacement, even in modern buildings. A new generation of computational tools has enabled researchers to assess post-earthquake safety, loss of function, and recovery time. With this development, there is an opportunity to develop new recovery-based seismic design provisions that ensure building recovery performance meets societal expectations. In the first half of this dissertation, methods to evaluate functional recovery risk across a broad range of intensity levels are introduced. These methods are then implemented to evaluate the current functional recovery risk and the variability of risk across cities in the United States. The results show that the risk of exceeding short recovery targets is high (e.g., 50% probability in 50 years of the functional recovery time exceeding 1 month) and is driven by nonstructural damage in frequent events. The risk of exceeding long recovery targets, however, is much lower (e.g., 12% probability in 50 years of the functional recovery time exceeding 1 year). Safety-critical structural damage (i.e., structural damage that must be addressed before tenants can safely reoccupy) in rarer earthquakes has a larger impact on the risk of exceeding longer recovery targets. For recovery time targets under one year, current life-safety design practice in the United States also does not ensure uniform recovery risk across high seismicity cities. In the second half of this dissertation, the efficacy of structural and nonstructural design requirements is assessed to support the 2026 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s effort to develop the first generation of recovery-based design provisions in the United States. The results of this dissertation include structural design recommendations, such as response modification coefficients, Rfr, and allowable drift limits, Δafr, for functional recovery, for a wide range of lateral force-resisting systems. Nonstructural design recommendations include a component importance factor for functional recovery, Ipfr, and requirements for seismic qualification of equipment. At this moment of renewed focus on post-earthquake recovery, this work provides crucial methods and data to inform this major advance in building code development.
Buenoa amnigenopsis Nieser 1975
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Buenoa
Buenoa amnigenopsis

description: Buenoa amnigenopsis Nieser, 1975
(Fig. 41A–B)
Buenoa amnigenus: Truxal (1953): 1462 (partim; specimens from Rio Juruá)
Buenoa amnigenus: Nieser (1968): 122 (misidentification)
Buenoa amnigenus: Nieser (1970b): 80 (misidentification)
Buenoa amnigenopsis Nieser, 1975: 179 (original description)
Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas (Truxal 1953; Nieser 1970b, 1975; Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a), Pará (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a). Suriname (Nieser 1968).
Distribution in Pará. Juruti, Oriximiná (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a).
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 285, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988
Auswirkungen von Abgasnachbehandlungsanlagen (Scrubbern) auf die Umweltsituation in Häfen und Küstengewässern
Creators: name: Lange, Beate
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Berufsschifffahrt
subject: Hafen
subject: Küstengewässer
subject: Treibstoff
subject: Schiff
subject: Abwassereinleitung
subject: Seeschiffahrt
subject: Abgasnachbehandlung
subject: Schiffsverkehr
subject: Wasser
subject: Water
subject: Verkehr
subject: Transport

description: Der derzeitige Umweltzustand der deutschen Küstengewässer ist mäßig bis schlecht. Die belasteten Abwässer bedeuten einen zusätzlichen Stressfaktor für die marinen Organismen in Nord- und Ostsee und den angrenzenden von Seeschiffen befahrenen Flussgebieten. Grundsätzlich ist die Nutzung sauberer flüssiger (Diesel) oder gasförmiger (LNG) Kraftstoffe einer Abgasnachbehandlung zur Schwefelreduktion vorzuziehen.
Auf Grundlage rechtlicher und steuerungspolitischer Erwägungen erscheinen nach derzeitigem Kenntnisstand Einleitungsbeschränkungen von Scrubber-Abwässern grundsätzlich am besten geeignet, um potenzielle Schäden aus dem Einsatz von Scrubbern abzuwenden.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Der derzeitige Umweltzustand der deutschen Küstengewässer ist mäßig bis schlecht. Die belasteten Abwässer bedeuten einen zusätzlichen Stressfaktor für die marinen Organismen in Nord- und Ostsee und den angrenzenden von Seeschiffen befahrenen Flussgebieten. Grundsätzlich ist die Nutzung sauberer flüssiger (Diesel) oder gasförmiger (⁠LNG⁠) Kraftstoffe einer Abgasnachbehandlung zur Schwefelreduktion vorzuziehen.Auf Grundlage rechtlicher und steuerungspolitischer Erwägungen erscheinen nach derzeitigem Kenntnisstand Einleitungsbeschränkungen von Scrubber-Abwässern grundsätzlich am besten geeignet, um potenzielle Schäden aus dem Einsatz von Scrubbern abzuwenden.
title: MRSA
title: A Density-Equalizing Mapping Analysis of the Global Research Architecture
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Addicks, Johann P.
name: Uibel, Stefanie
name: Jensen, Anna-Maria
name: Bundschuh, Matthias
name: Klingelhoefer, Doris
name: Groneberg, David A.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::616 Krankheiten

description: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has evolved as an alarming public health thread due to its global spread as hospital and community pathogen. Despite this role, a scientometric analysis has not been performed yet. Therefore, the NewQIS platform was used to conduct a combined density- equalizing mapping and scientometric study. As database, the Web of Science was used, and all entries between 1961 and 2007 were analyzed. In total, 7671 entries were identified. Density equalizing mapping demonstrated a distortion of the world map for the benefit of the USA as leading country with a total output of 2374 publications, followed by the UK (1030) and Japan (862). Citation rate analysis revealed Portugal as leading country with a rate of 35.47 citations per article, followed by New Zealand and Denmark. Country cooperation network analyses showed 743 collaborations with US-UK being most frequent. Network citation analyses indicated the publications that arose from the cooperation of USA and France as well as USA and Japan as the most cited (75.36 and 74.55 citations per collaboration article, respectively). The present study provides the first combined density-equalizing mapping and scientometric analysis of MRSA research. It illustrates the global MRSA research architecture. It can be assumed that this highly relevant topic for public health will achieve even greater dimensions in the future.
title: Criterios diagnósticos para la Esclerosis Múltiple. Evolución de los criterios de Mc Donald.
Creators: name: Joaquín Laguna, Alfredo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- Conocer la revisión 2010 de los criterios de Mc Donald y cuales son los cambios respecto a los establecidos el 2005. - Aprender mediante ejemplos los cambios más...
Impact of Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter on Gas Properties at Very High Redshift: A Semi-Analytical Model
Creators: name: Casanueva-Villarreal, C.
name: Tissera, P. B.
name: Padilla, N.
name: Liu, B.
name: Bromm, V.
name: Pedrosa, S.
name: Bignone, L.
name: Dominguez-Tenreiro, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Primordial black holes (PBHs) have been proposed as potential candidates for dark matter (DM) and have garnered significant attention in recent years. Aims. Our objective is to delve into the distinct impact of PBHs on gas properties and their potential role in shaping the cosmic structure. Specifically, we aim to analyze the evolving gas properties while considering the presence of accreting PBHs with varying monochromatic masses and in different quantities. By studying the feedback effects produced by this accretion, our final goal is to assess the plausibility of PBHs as candidates for DM. Methods. We develop a semi-analytical model which works on top of the CIELO hydrodynamical simulation around $z\sim23$. This model enables a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of gas properties influenced by PBHs. Our focus lies on the temperature and hydrogen abundances, placing specific emphasis on the region closest to the halo center. We explore PBH masses of $1$, $33$, and $100~\Msun$, located within mass windows where a substantial fraction of DM could exist in the form of PBHs. We investigate various DM fractions composed of these PBHs ($f_{\rm{PBH}}>10^{-4}$). Results. Our findings suggest that the existence of PBHs with masses of $1~\Msun$ and fractions greater than or equal to approximately $10^{-2}$ would be ruled out due to the significant changes induced in gas properties. The same applies to PBHs with a mass of $33~\Msun$ and $100~\Msun$ and fractions greater than approximately $10^{-3}$. These effects are particularly pronounced in the region nearest to the halo center, potentially leading to delayed galaxy formation within haloes.
Analysis of microplastics - sampling, preparation and detection
Creators: name: Braun, Ulrike
name: Altmann, Korinna
name: Bannik, Claus G.
name: Obermaier, Nathan
name: Ricking, Mathias
Publisher: name: Deutschland. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: Forschung
Kunststoff
Mikroplastikpartikel

description: This status report was prepared within the framework of the cross-cutting topic 1 "Analytics and reference materials" of the research focus. It summarizes the contents of the project discussions and coordination within the cross-cutting issue. The organization of this ongoing process of development or elaboration has been supported by several events. The status report presents a summary of the physicochemical methods for the analysis of MP used in the research focus "Plastics in the Environment". The present recommendations are based on the current state of knowledge of the analysis of MP and are directed at actors in science as well as potential users in practice © bmf-plastik.de
Supplementary document for Deep-Inverse Correlography: Towards Real-Time High-Resolution Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging - 4249588.pdf
Creators: name: Metzler, Chris
name: heide, felix
name: Rangarajan, Prasanna
name: Balaji, Muralidhar Madabhushi
name: Viswanath, Aparna
name: Veeraraghavan, Ashok
name: Baraniuk, Richard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Source files used to form our supplementary material.
Characterization of the genes for Myoclonus-dystonia
Creators: name: Han, Fabin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Biology, Genetics.

description: Myoclonus-dystonia (M-D; OMIM 159900) is an autosomal dominant movement disorder characterized by alcohol responsive myoclonic jerks typically affecting the arms and axial muscles. Mutations in the epsilon-sarcoglycan (SGCE) gene on chromosome 7q21 were shown to cause M-D but not in all cases. Currently, in the literature mutations in SGCE are responsible for 20--50% of all cases of M-D. By direct sequencing, we have identified mutations in four families and we were able to find large deletions in two additional families using a semi-quantitative PCR-based DHPLC method. One of these families (family 2) has an 18 kb deletion that includes exons 2 and 3 while another family (family 6) has a 13 kb deletion covering exons 2 through 5. We have confirmed these large deletions by identifying the exact deletion breakpoints. In our cohort of 17 unrelated M-D families, 35% of patients with M-D have mutations in the SGCE gene. Previously, we characterized a large five-generation Canadian family with M-D (family 1) that did not have a mutation in SGCE and mapped a novel locus for this disorder to a 4 Mb region between the markers D18S1132 and D18S843 on 18p11 (OMIM number: 607488). Since additional informative STS markers were not found between the flanking recombinant and non-recombinant markers, we utilized single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for fine-mapping. As a result, we identified three recombinant SNPs (rs385769, rs727951 and rs727952) in the proximal flanking region between markers D18S1163 and D18S843 in family 1. Our previous 4 Mb critical region has been reduced to 3.18 Mb, flanked by markers D18S1132 and rs385769. There are seven known genes and eight predicted genes within or very close to this region. We have sequenced all the exons and exon-intron boundaries of these seven known genes ( MGC17515, ZFP161, EPB41L3 (KIAA0987), L3MBT4, ARHGAP28 (FLJ10312), LAMA1, and PTPRM) and four predicted genes (LOC388459, LOC388460, LOC400643 and LOC388461) without identifying the causative mutations. Future studies should be directed to the investigation of the functional effects of the known SGCE mutations using in vitro and in vivo models. With respect to the identification of a novel gene in family 1, we will focus on the novel transcripts in the critical region based on gene prediction and EST (expressed sequence tag) mapping. Once the second M-D causing gene is identified, we will perform gene expression and cellular localization analyses of the mutated and wild type protein in tissues and generate a mouse model.
title: Tumores de fosa posterior y Difusión
Creators: name: Vicente Olabarria, Iñigo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Neoplasia

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
La valoración correcta de los tumores de fosa posterior mas frecuentes ha sido siempre problemática.
Aunque pueden mostrar algunos hallazgos característicos,
es conocido que un tipo puede parecerse a otros en secuencias convencionales de RM.
En...
Adversarial Attacks Against DNNs Towards Real-World Threat
Creators: name: Ranjie, Duan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Deep neural networks (DNNs) have reshaped the computer vision research. However, studies have shown that by malicious crafting human imperceptible adversarial perturbations on normal samples, DNNs can be fooled by adversarial examples with a high level of confidence. The failures raise security and safety concerns on the applicability of DNNs in the real world. This thesis investigate DNNs’ behavior through adversarial examples, with the aim of achieving more secure and robust deep learning in the real world. Specifically, we study the real-world threat caused by adversarial examples for computer vision applications.
Transforming Learning with Open Education
Creators: name: Fields, Erin
name: Wright, Lucas
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Open education is more than openly sharing teaching and learning materials. It can transform learners from consumers of knowledge to contributors by creating for public audiences. This session will focus on ways of engaging in open education practices, including the basics of creating, reusing, and sharing. This workshop will examine both how educators can support learners in their role as active participants in knowledge creation and how open education approaches can support authentic learning about scholarly engagement.
William James's theory of personal identity.
Creators: name: Anderson, Julie B.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: In this thesis I examine William James's theory of personal identity. I argue that James's work is best viewed as an attempt to incorporate the fundamental insights of both the atomist and the holist traditions. James's ultimate commitment is to the unassailable nature of the basic facts of consciousness. He rejects the theories offered by both Hume and Kant because of their inability to account for basic indubitable characteristics of thought. However, I also show how James's own theory of personal identity also runs its philosophical commitments over the facts of consciousness. My aim here is to show the dangers inherent in any attempt to provide philosophical mechanisms designed to explain the nature of selfhood.
title: Cómo interpretar un estudio de Resonancia Magnética de Hipófisis: anatomía, secuencias y lesiones frecuentes.
Creators: name: Vaño Molina, María
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
- Describir el protocolo de RM utilizado para el estudio de la hipófisis,
conocer la anatomía radiológica normal e interpretar los hallazgos relevantes de las principales lesiones de la región selar y paraselar para establecer un diagnóstico...
Early emission lines in SN 2024ggi revealed by high-resolution spectroscopy
Creators: name: Pessi, Thallis
name: Cartier, Régis
name: Hueichapan, Emilio
name: Silva, Danielle de Brito
name: Prieto, Jose L.
name: Muñoz, Ricardo R.
name: Medina, Gustavo E.
name: Diaz, Paula
name: Li, Ting S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of very early high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the Type II supernova (SN) 2024ggi, a nearby SN that occurred in the galaxy NGC 3621 at a distance of 7.24 Mpc ($z\approx0.002435$). These observations represent the earliest high-resolution spectra of a Type II SN ever made. We analyzed the very early-phase spectroscopic evolution of SN 2024ggi obtained in a short interval at 20.6 and 27.8 h after its discovery, or 26.6 and 33.8 h after the SN first light. Observations were obtained with the high-resolution spectrograph MIKE ($R \approx 22600 - 28000$) at the 6.5 m Magellan Clay Telescope, located at the Las Campanas Observatory, on the night of April 12, 2024 UT. We analyzed the evolution of ions of HI, HeI, HeII, NIII, CIII, SiIV, NIV and CIV detected across the spectra. We modeled these features with multiple Gaussian and Lorentzian profiles, and estimated their velocities and full widths at half maximum (FWHMs). The spectra show asymmetric emission lines of HI, HeII, CIV, and NIV that can be described by narrow Gaussian cores with broader Lorentzian wings, and symmetric narrow emission lines of HeI, NIII, and CIII. The emission lines of HeI are detected only in the first spectrum, indicating the rapid ionization of HeI to HeII. The narrow components of the emission lines show a systematic blueshift relative to their zero-velocity position, with an increase of $\sim18$ km s$^{-1}$ in the average velocity between the two epochs. The broad Lorentzian components show a blueshift in velocity relative to the narrow components, and a significant increase in the average velocity of $\sim103$ km s$^{-1}$. Such a rapid evolution and significant ionization changes in a short period of time were never observed before, and are probably a consequence of the radiative acceleration generated in the SN explosion.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication at A&A
title: Seespiegelschwankungen in Nordost-Deutschland : Beobachtung und Rekonstruktion
Creators: name: Kaiser, Knut
name: Germer, Sonja
name: Kuester, Mathias
name: Lorenz, Sebastian
name: Stueve, Peter
name: Bens, Oliver
Publisher: name: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
Year: 2012

description: System Erde; Vol. 2, Issue 1; ISSN 2191-8589
title: Autotransplant with and without induction chemotherapy in older multiple myeloma patients
title: long-term outcome of a randomized trial
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Straka, Christian
name: Liebisch, Peter
name: Salwender, Hans
name: Hennemann, Burkhard
name: Metzner, Bernd
name: Knop, Stefan
name: Sezer, Orhan [U.V.M.]
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Autologous transplantation is controversial for older patients with multiple myeloma. The role of age-adjusted high-dose melphalan and the impact of induction chemotherapy cycles is still unclear. A total of 434 patients aged 60–70 years were randomly assigned to 4 cycles of standard anthracycline-based induction chemotherapy or no induction. For all patients, double autologous transplantation after melphalan 140 mg/m2 (MEL140) was planned. The primary end point was progression-free survival. Of 420 eligible patients, 85% received a first transplant and 69% completed double transplantation. Treatment duration was short with a median of 7.7 months with induction chemotherapy cycles and 4.6 months without induction. On an intention-to-treat basis, median progression-free survival with induction chemotherapy cycles (207 patients) was 21.4 months versus 20.0 months with no induction cycles (213 patients) (hazard ratio 1.04, 95% confidence interval 0.84–1.28; P=0.36). Per protocol, progression-free survival was 23.7 months versus 23.0 months (P=0.28). Patients aged 65 years or over (55%) did not have an inferior outcome. Patients with low-risk cytogenetics [absence of del17p13, t(4;14) and 1q21 gains] showed a favorable overall survival and included the patients with sustained first remission. MEL140 was associated with a low rate of severe mucositis (10%) and treatment-related deaths (1%). Based on hazard ratio, the short treatment arm consisting of mobilization chemotherapy and tandem MEL140 achieved 96% of the progression-free survival, demonstrating its value as an independent component of therapy in older patients with multiple myeloma who are considered fit for autologous transplantation. (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: 02288741)
Cavity and other radial substructures in the disk around HD 97048
Creators: name: Van Der Plas, G.
name: Wright, C. M.
name: Ménard, F.
name: Casassus, S.
name: Canovas, H.
name: Pinte, C.
name: Maddison, Sarah
name: Maaskant, K.
name: Avenhaus, H.
name: Cieza, L.
name: Perez, S.
name: Ubach, C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Context. Gaps, cavities, and rings in circumstellar disks are signposts of disk evolution and planet-disk interactions. We follow the recent suggestion that Herbig Ae/Be disks with a flared disk harbor a cavity, and investigate the disk around HD 97048. Aims. We aim to resolve the 34 ± 4 AU central cavity that has been predicted and to investigate the structure of the disk. Methods. We imaged the disk around HD 97048 using ALMA at 0.85 mm and 2.94 mm and ATCA (multiple frequency) observations. Our observations also include the 12CO J = 1-0, 12CO J = 3-2 and HCO+ J = 4-3 emission lines. Results. A central cavity in the disk around HD 97048 is resolved with a 40-46 AU radius. Additional radial structure present in the surface brightness profile can be accounted for either by an opacity gap at 90 AU or by an additional emitting ring at 150 AU. The continuum emission tracing the dust in the disk is detected out to 355 AU. The 12CO J = 3-2 disk is detected 2.4 times farther out. The 12CO emission can be traced down to ? 10 AU scales. Apparent non-Keplerian kinematics are detected inside the cavity on the HCO+ J = 4-3 velocity map. The mm spectral index measured from ATCA observations suggests that grain growth has occurred in the HD 97048 disk. Finally, we resolve a highly inclined disk out to 150 AU around the nearby 0.5 MȮ binary ISO-ChaI 126. Conclusions. The data presented here reveal a cavity in the disk of HD 97048, and prominent radial structure in the surface brightness. The cavity size varies for different continuum frequencies and gas tracers. The gas inside the cavity follows non-Keplerian kinematics seen in HCO+ emission. The variable cavity size along with the kinematical signature suggests the presence of a substellar companion or a massive planet inside the cavity.
Supplementary document for Deep-Inverse Correlography: Towards Real-Time High-Resolution Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging - 4249588.pdf
Creators: name: Metzler, Chris
name: heide, felix
name: Rangarajan, Prasanna
name: Balaji, Muralidhar Madabhushi
name: Viswanath, Aparna
name: Veeraraghavan, Ashok
name: Baraniuk, Richard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Source files used to form our supplementary material.
title: Effects of obstructive sleep apnoea risk on postoperative respiratory complications
title: protocol for a hospital-based registry study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Shin, Christina H.
name: Zaremba, Sebastian
name: Devine, Scott
name: Nikolov, Milcho
name: Kurth, Tobias
name: Eikermann, Matthias
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), the most common type of sleep- disordered breathing, is associated with significant immediate and long-term morbidity, including fragmented sleep and impaired daytime functioning, as well as more severe consequences, such as hypertension, impaired cognitive function and reduced quality of life. Perioperatively, OSA occurs frequently as a consequence of pre-existing vulnerability, surgery and drug effects. The impact of OSA on postoperative respiratory complications (PRCs) needs to be better characterised. As OSA is associated with significant comorbidities, such as obesity, pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction and stroke, it is unclear whether OSA or its comorbidities are the mechanism of PRCs. This project aims to (1) develop a novel prediction score identifying surgical patients at high risk of OSA, (2) evaluate the association of OSA risk on PRCs and (3) evaluate if pharmacological agents used during surgery modify this association. Methods Retrospective cohort study using hospital-based electronic patient data and perioperative data on medications administered and vital signs. We will use data from Partners Healthcare clinical databases, Boston, Massachusetts. First, a prediction model for OSA will be developed using OSA diagnostic codes and polysomnography procedural codes as the reference standard, and will be validated by medical record review. Results of the prediction model will be used to classify patients in the database as high, medium or low risk of OSA, and we will investigate the effect of OSA on risk of PRCs. Finally, we will test whether the effect of OSA on PRCs is modified by the use of intraoperative pharmacological agents known to increase upper airway instability, including neuromuscular blockade, neostigmine, opioids, anaesthetics and sedatives. Ethics and dissemination The Partners Human Research Committee approved this study (protocol number: 2014P000218). Study results will be made available in the form of manuscripts for publication and presentations at national and international meetings.
title: Επιθέσεις κοινωνικής μηχανικής
title: Social engineering attacks
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Χαλκιαδάκης, Αλέξανδρος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Κοινωνική Μηχανική
Αρχές επιρροής
Deep fake
Ηλεκτρονικό ψάρεμα
Πλαστοπροσωπία

description: Στην 4η βιομηχανική επανάσταση την οποία διανύουμε, οι νέες τεχνολογίες όπως η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (AI), το Διαδίκτυο των Πραγμάτων (IoT), η αυτοματοποίηση και η ρομποτική συνυπάρχουν και αλληλοεπιδρούν διαμορφώνοντας νέες πρακτικές τόσο στη βιομηχανία όσο και στους υπόλοιπους τομείς της ζωής μας, δημιουργώντας ευκαιρίες αλλά και προκαλώντας δομικές αλλαγές στη λειτουργία της κοινωνίας και της οικονομίας. Ο μετασχηματισμός αυτός εκτός όλων των άλλων δημιουργεί και πεδίο δράσης για τους κοινωνικούς μηχανικούς. Η εφαρμογή τεχνολογικών μέτρων για την ασφάλεια των δεδομένων καθίσταται μη αποτελεσματική, καθώς οι επιτιθέμενοι βασίζονται στον απρόβλεπτο ανθρώπινο παράγοντα. Οι τελευταίοι εκμεταλλεύονται την ανθρώπινη φύση (περιέργεια η φόβο) καθώς και την άγνοια των χρηστών σε πολλές περιπτώσεις, για την επίτευξη των στόχων τους. Με τους χρήστες του διαδικτύου να αφιερώνουν καθημερινά κατά μέσο όρο, περισσότερες από 6 1/2 ώρες συνδεδεμένοι, χρονικό διάστημα που αντιστοιχεί περίπου στο 40% της χρονικής διάρκειας της περιόδου που είμαστε ξύπνιοι, είναι σχεδόν βέβαιο ότι οι περισσότεροι από εμάς, αν όχι όλοι θα πέσουμε θύματα επίθεσης κοινωνικής μηχανικής.