cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Baccalaureate Service, 1930
Creators: name: State Normal School
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1930
Subjects: subject: State Normal School
subject: Commencement ceremonies

description: Baccalaureate service program for June 15, 1930, which may include written corrections and annotations. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy in baccalaureate service programs, the service may have changed after the program was printed.
title: The Liberian Crisis: Lessons for Intra-State Conflict Management and Prevention in Africa
Creators: name: Oquaye, Mike
Publisher: name: School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Year: 2001

description: “The topic of protracted conflict in Africa and what might be done about it has exercised some of the best minds in the field of conflict research for a number of decades, and has become an even more urgent problem with the upsurge of violence, civil wars, and collapsed states in the 1990s. The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution is, therefore, particularly pleased to be able to publish Professor Mike Oquaye's analysis of and reflections on one all too typical case-that of Liberian its Working Paper series. Oquaye completed this work while he was a Visiting Scholar at the institute during the academic year 1997-98, and he has subsequently revised and updated the work after returning to his own University in Ghana.”
Baccalaureate Service, 1929
Creators: name: State Normal School
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1929
Subjects: subject: State Normal School
subject: Commencement ceremonies

description: Baccalaureate service program for June 9, 1929, which may include written corrections and annotations. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy in baccalaureate service programs, the service may have changed after the program was printed.
Coalescent angiogenesis—evidence for a novel concept of vascular network maturation
Creators: name: Nitzsche, Bianca
name: Rong, Wen Wei
name: Goede, Andrean
name: Hoffmann, Björn
name: Scarpa, Fabio
name: Kuebler, Wolfgang M.
name: Secomb, Timothy W.
name: Pries, Axel R.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Coalescent angiogenesis
subject: Capillary mesh
subject: Tissue islands
subject: Intussusception
subject: Splitting angiogenesis
subject: Sprouting angiogenesis
subject: Chorioallantoic membrane (CAM)
subject: Intravital microscopy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Angiogenesis describes the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vascular structures. While the most studied mode of angiogenesis is vascular sprouting, specific conditions or organs favor intussusception, i.e., the division or splitting of an existing vessel, as preferential mode of new vessel formation. In the present study, sustained (33-h) intravital microscopy of the vasculature in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) led to the hypothesis of a novel non-sprouting mode for vessel generation, which we termed "coalescent angiogenesis." In this process, preferential flow pathways evolve from isotropic capillary meshes enclosing tissue islands. These preferential flow pathways progressively enlarge by coalescence of capillaries and elimination of internal tissue pillars, in a process that is the reverse of intussusception. Concomitantly, less perfused segments regress. In this way, an initially mesh-like capillary network is remodeled into a tree structure, while conserving vascular wall components and maintaining blood flow. Coalescent angiogenesis, thus, describes the remodeling of an initial, hemodynamically inefficient mesh structure, into a hierarchical tree structure that provides efficient convective transport, allowing for the rapid expansion of the vasculature with maintained blood supply and function during development.
title: Policy Watch: What now in Iraq?
Creators: name: Katz, Mark N.
Publisher: name: UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.)
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: International affairs
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2010

description: © 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Deposited with permission from UPI.com.
description: The recently released Iraq Study Group report has warned against "an open-ended commitment to keep large numbers of (U.S.) troops in Iraq." It calls for the withdrawal of all American combat brigades by early 2008, and for the U.S. mission to "evolve to one of supporting the Iraqi army, which would take over primary responsibility for combat operations." The Report further recommends that, "If the Iraqi government does not make substantial progress toward ... national reconciliation, security, and governance, the United States should reduce its political, military, or economic support for the Iraqi government." What all this means is that the United States should make one final effort to stabilize Iraq in 2007, but if this does not succeed, it should begin to draw down its involvement there in early 2008 -- ahead of the American elections later that year.
LAo PDR Power sector Expansion model using OSeMOSYS
Creators: name: Vignesh Sridharan
name: Nakajima, Yuzuka
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: OSeMOSYS, Lao PDR, Energy systems Modelling

description: The uploaded file is a working version of a power sector expansion model for Lao PDR using the OSeMOSYS framnework.
title: Reston Proposal Part I: Anonymous, ca. 1965
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Reston (Va.)
subject: Ford Foundation

description: Proposal: copy of original, 11" x 8.5" (27.9cm x 21.6cm)
description: Reston Proposal Submitted to Ford Foundation, Part I, Anonymous, ca. 1965. This proposal supports the idea of a central urban center near larger metropolitcan regions will boost America's the decline in urban life by providing a better place to live citizens will have a better chance of attaining goals. This proposal urges the construction of an environment where men and women of all incomes, races, religions, and ethnic backgrounds can gather together to live the good life and to do this requires large-scale experiments in the proper use of land and in the design of buildings for human social progress. This proposal is divided into several sections including Health Care; school enrichment programs; and training for women. Planned Community Archives Collection, 444.18.
Sodium Thiosulfate Reduces Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Cisplatin: A Single-Center Observational Study
Creators: name: Kurreck, Annika
name: Gronau, Felix
name: Vilchez, Miguel Enrique Alberto
name: Abels, Wiltrud
name: Enghard, Philipp
name: Brandl, Andreas
name: Francis, Roland
name: Föhre, Bettina
name: Lojewski, Christian
name: Pratschke, Johann
name: Thuss-Patience, Peter
name: Modest, Dominik
name: Rau, Beate
name: Feldbrügge, Linda
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: sodium thiosulfate
subject: Acute Kidney Injury
subject: Cisplatin
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) in combination with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) represents a multimodal treatment concept for patients with peritoneal surface malignancies. The use of intraperitoneal cisplatin (CDDP) is associated with a risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). The aim of this study is to evaluate the protective effect of perioperative sodium thiosulfate (STS) administration on kidney function in patients undergoing CRS and CDDP-based HIPEC. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of all patients who underwent CRS and CDDP-based HIPEC at our hospital between March 2017 and August 2020. Patients were stratified according to the use of sodium thiosulfate (STS vs. no STS). We compared kidney function and clinical outcome parameters between both groups and determined risk factors for postoperative AKI on univariate and multivariate analysis. AKI was classified according to acute kidney injury network (AKIN) criteria. Results: Of 238 patients who underwent CRS and CDDP-based HIPEC, 46 patients received STS and 192 patients did not. There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics. In patients who received STS, a lower incidence (6.5% vs. 30.7%; p = 0.001) and severity of AKI (p = 0.009) were observed. On multivariate analysis, the use of STS (OR 0.089, p = 0.001) remained an independent kidney-protective factor, while arterial hypertension (OR 5.283, p < 0.001) and elevated preoperative urea serum level (OR 5.278, p = 0.032) were predictors for postoperative AKI. Conclusions: The present data suggest that STS protects patients from AKI caused by CRS and CDDP-based HIPEC. Further prospective studies are needed to validate the benefit of STS among kidney-protective strategies.
When and how should peritoneal endometriosis be operated on in order to improve fertility rates and symptoms? The experience and outcomes of nearly 100 cases
Creators: name: Dückelmann, Anna Maria
name: Taube, Eliane
name: Abesadze, E.
name: Chiantera, V.
name: Sehouli, Jalid
name: Mechsner, Sylvia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Peritoneal endometriosis
subject: Peritonectomy
subject: Laparoscopic surgery
subject: Pelvic pain
subject: Infertility
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose: To analyze the follow-up results of patients suffering from symptomatic early-stage endometriosis after a consistent laparoscopic peritoneal stripping of the altered peritoneum (peritoneal endometriosis and surrounding inflamed tissue) was performed. This type of endometriosis is resistant to medical therapy and/or impairs fertility. Methods: Using our prospectively maintained database, we were able to identify all symptomatic women with the suspicion of only peritoneal endometriosis who underwent laparoscopy at our endometriosis center over a period of 5 years. All procedures were carried out in a standardized fashion by one single surgeon, who is highly experienced in minimal invasive surgery, and included a suspended hormonal pretreatment for 2 months. Postoperative outcomes including complications, fertility and recurrence rates were analysed. Results: Laparoscopic peritonectomy was performed on 94 women. Follow-up data were available in 87% of these cases. At the time of surgery, almost all patients tested showed signs of stage I or II endometriosis (44.7 and 48.9%, respectively). More than three-quarters of the women reported pain relief, inter alia, due to the post-surgical hormonal therapy. About one-third of the patients wanted to have children after the procedure. 62% of them became pregnant and the majority did so without the need for assisted reproductive therapy. In seven women a re-operation was performed. Conclusion: According to our data, a consistent excision of altered peritoneum followed by adjuvant hormonal therapy and multimodal concepts results in better outcomes for the patient, particularly in regards to pregnancy and recurrence rates.
Yan du ji : [wu juan] [volume 01]
燕督記 : [五卷] [第一冊]
Creators: name: Guo, Zaoqing, 1532-1593
name: 郭造卿, 1532-1593
Publisher: name: [China] : Song fen shu shi
Year: 2017

description: Handwritten copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Barjols, atelier Fabre, fabrication d'un tambourin, poursuite de la sculpture au bédane d'un rameau d'olivier
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

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ECOG and BMI as preoperative risk factors for severe postoperative complications in ovarian cancer patients: results of a prospective study (RISC-GYN—trial)
Creators: name: Inci, Melisa Guelhan
name: Rasch, Julia
name: Woopen, Hannah
name: Mueller, Kristina
name: Richter, Rolf
name: Sehouli, Jalid
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ovarian cancer
subject: Performance status
subject: Body mass index
subject: Comorbidity
subject: Gynecology
subject: Surgery
subject: Postoperative complications
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Accompanying co-morbidities in patients with ovarian cancer are of major relevance for scheduling debulking surgery, especially in the anesthesiological consultations. Aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of co-morbidities and patient characteristics on postoperative complications. Methods: Patients undergoing maximal cytoreductive surgery were prospectively enrolled from October 2015 to January 2017. Various variables were recorded, such as the Charlson comorbidity index, Eastern cooperative oncology group scale of performance status (ECOG PS) and the American society of anesthesiologists physical status classification system (ASA PS). Surgical complications were graded using the Clavien-Dindo criteria. Logistic regression models were used to analyze risk factors for severe postoperative complications. Results: Of 106 enrolled patients, 19 (17.9%) developed severe postoperative complications grade >= IIIb according to Clavien-Dindo criteria. In the multivariable regression analysis impaired (ECOG PS) > 1 (odds ratio OR) 13.34, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.74-102.30, p = 0.01), body mass index (BMI) > 25 kg/m(2) (OR 10.48, 95% CI 2.38-46.02, p = 0.002) along with the use of intraoperative norepinephrine > 0.11 mu g/kg/min (OR 4.69, 95% CI 1.13-19.46, p = 0.03) and intraoperative fresh frozen plasma (FFP) > 17 units (OR 4.11, 95% CI 1.12-15.14, p = 0.03) appeared as significant predictors of severe postoperative complications. Conclusion: We demonstrated that neither the presence of a certain comorbidity nor the summation of the co-morbidities were associated with adverse outcome. Patient characteristics, such as ECOG PS > 1 and obesity (BMI > 25 kg/m(2)), are highly predictive factors for severe postoperative complications. The analysis of intraoperative data showed that the need for more than > 0.11 mu g/kg/min of norepinephrine and transfusions of FFPs more than 17 units were strongly associated with severe postoperative complications.
Systemic Mastocytosis
Creators: name: Nogueira, Miguel
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Bones
subject: CT
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Education
subject: Haematologic diseases
subject: Pathology

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 66 years
description: Clinical History: Asymptomatic 64 year old male patient. Routine chest x-ray is performed. Final Diagnosis: Systemic Mastocytosis
App-based rehabilitation program after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Bäcker, Henrik C.
name: Wu, Chia H.
name: Schulz, Matthias R. G.
name: Weber-Spickschen, Thomas Sanjay
name: Perka, Carsten
name: Hardt, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Total knee arthroplasty
subject: GenuSport
subject: Rehabilitation
subject: Outcome
subject: Arthritis
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: New app-based programs for postoperative rehabilitation have been developed, but no long-term study has been published to date. Thus, a prospective randomized control trial with 2-year follow-up was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of app-based rehabilitation (GenuSport) compared to a control group after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods: Between April and October 2016, 60 patients were enrolled in the study. Twenty-five patients were lost to follow-up, leaving 35 patients undergoing TKA for inclusion. In this group, twenty patients received app-based exercise program and 15 were randomized to the control group. The mean age was 64.37 +/- 9.32 years with a mean follow-up of 23.51 +/- 1.63 months. Patients in the app group underwent an app-based knee training starting on the day of surgery; whereas, patients in the control group underwent regular physiotherapy. Functional outcome scores using the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Knee Society Score (KSS) and VAS of pain were analyzed. Results: In the short term, significant differences between the app group and control group in time of 10-m walk (19.66 +/- 7.80 vs. 27.08 +/- 15.46 s; p = 0.029), VAS pain at rest and activity (2.65 +/- 0.82 vs. 3.57 +/- 1.58, respectively 4.03 +/- 1.26 vs. 5.05 +/- 1.21; p < 0.05) were observed. In the long term, a variety of different tendencies was found, highest in KSS Function with 76.32 +/- 16.49 (app group) vs. 67.67 +/- 16.57 (control group) (p = 0.130). Additionally, patients in the app group required less painkillers (10.0% vs. 26.7%) and more likely to participate in sports (65.0% vs. 53.3%). Conclusions: An app-based knee trainer is a promising tool in improving functional outcomes such as KSS function score and VAS after TKA.
Scaphoid fracture
Creators: name: Oliveira, Carlos
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Trauma

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 21 years
description: Clinical History: Patient attends the emergency room wtih intense pain in the right anatomical snuffbox after a fall. The x-ray was interpreted as normal and the patient discharged. A week after the patient returned and did another x -ray where a fracture could was d... Final Diagnosis: Scaphoid fracture
title: The Astronaut of Willendorf (Beginning Chapters)
Creators: name: Ross, Alison
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Creative fiction
subject: Science fiction
subject: Venus
subject: Sci-fi

description: This thesis contains the beginnings of a creative fiction novel. Astronaut and engineer Maria de la Cruz should have listened to her gut feeling when a shady billionaire convinced her to join the crew of his personally funded mission to the planet Venus. Now she’s been abandoned by a less than competent and treacherous crew, with limited resources and PTSD. Can she survive long enough to send an SOS to humanity? But that’s only half the story. Occasional corporate infiltrator, one-time lobbyist, and sometimes fixer Amber Gray is haunted by the last conversation she had with her long term on-again, off-again girlfriend before she was supposedly killed in a spaceflight accident. Proving a conspiracy is only the first step – can she convince the world to spend billions of dollars and more than 15 minutes of attention on one human being? What odds are more impossible – the unyielding laws of space or getting humanity to do the right thing?
Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma
Creators: name: Ovelar Ferrero, Ainhoa
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: MR
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 40 years
description: Clinical History: A 40-year-old woman with a known osteochondroma in the left distal tibial metaphysis consulted for a growing mass in the same ankle, with tenderness and posterior tibial nerve compression symptoms. Final Diagnosis: Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma
THERAPEUTIC EFECTS OF YOGA IN CARDIOLOGY
Creators: name: Vadde Venkata Karthik
name: Hemavathi K S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: YOGA
subject: Cardiology
subject: CARDIOLOGY

description: Yoga, an ancient practice originating from Indian philosophy, has been increasingly recognized for its therapeutic benefits across a broad spectrum of physical and mental health conditions. Numerous studies have demonstrated that yoga significantly reduces stress and improves overall mental well-being. For instance, research indicates that yoga effectively lowers cortisol levels, the body's primary stress hormone, thereby promoting relaxation and alleviating symptoms of anxiety and depression (Cramer et al., 2013). In addition to its mental health benefits, yoga enhances flexibility, strength, and balance, contributing to improved physical functioning. Clinical trials have shown that yoga is particularly beneficial for managing chronic pain conditions, such as lower back pain and arthritis (Sherman et al., 2011). Moreover, yoga's emphasis on pranayama (controlled breathing) has been shown to improve respiratory function, making it a viable therapeutic intervention for individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Field, 2011). Cardiovascular health is another area positively influenced by yoga, with studies indicating that it can lower blood pressure and enhance heart rate variability, contributing to overall cardiovascular wellness (Innes & Selfe, 2016). Furthermore, yoga promotes mindfulness and self-regulation, which are associated with improved sleep quality, enhanced immune function, and greater emotional resilience (Ross & Thomas, 2010). These holistic benefits make yoga a valuable complementary therapy for a range of chronic conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and mood disorders. As a mind-body practice, yoga's integration of mental focus, physical postures, and breathing exercises provides a comprehensive therapeutic approach that is increasingly being incorporated into modern medical practice.
Yan du ji : [wu juan] [volume 03]
燕督記 : [五卷] [第三冊]
Creators: name: Guo, Zaoqing, 1532-1593
name: 郭造卿, 1532-1593
Publisher: name: [China] : Song fen shu shi
Year: 2017

description: Handwritten copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Long-circulating XTEN864-annexin A5 fusion protein for phosphatidylserine-related therapeutic applications
Creators: name: Haeckel, Akvile
name: Ascher, Lena
name: Beindorff, Nicola
name: Prasad, Sonal
name: Garczyńska, Karolina
name: Guo, Jing
name: Schellenberger, Eyk
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Programmed cell death
subject: Apoptotic mimicry
subject: Atherosclerosis
subject: Inflammation
subject: Inflammatory cytokine storm
subject: Cancer
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Annexin A5 (anxA5) is a marker for apoptosis, but has also therapeutic potential in cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and, due to apoptotic mimicry, against dangerous viruses, which is limited by the short blood circulation. An 864-amino-acid XTEN polypeptide was fused to anxA5. XTEN864-anxA5 was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified using XTEN as tag. XTEN864-anxA5 was coupled with DTPA and indium-111. After intravenous or subcutaneous injection of In-111-XTEN864-anxA5, mouse blood samples were collected for blood half-life determination and organ samples for biodistribution using a gamma counter. XTEN864-anxA5 was labeled with 6S-IDCC to confirm binding to apoptotic cells using flow cytometry. To demonstrate targeting of atherosclerotic plaques, XTEN864-anxA5 was labeled with MeCAT(Ho) and administered intravenously to atherosclerotic ApoE(-/-) mice. MeCAT(Ho)-XTEN864-anxA5 was detected together with MeCAT(Tm)-MAC-2 macrophage antibodies by imaging mass cytometry (CyTOF) of aortic root sections. The ability of anxA5 to bind apoptotic cells was not affected by XTEN864. The blood half-life of XTEN864-anxA5 was 13 h in mice after IV injection, markedly longer than the 7-min half-life of anxA5. 96 h after injection, highest amounts of XTEN864-anxA5 were found in liver, spleen, and kidney. XTEN864-anxA5 was found to target the adventitia adjacent to atherosclerotic plaques. XTEN864-anxA5 is a long-circulating fusion protein that can be efficiently produced in E. coli and potentially circulates in humans for several days, making it a promising therapeutic drug.
Sexual Risk Behavior in HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women in Western Uganda
Creators: name: Theuring, Stefanie
name: Rubagumya, Kenyonyozi
name: Schumann, Hannah
name: Harms, Gundel
name: Rubaihayo, John
name: Wanyenze, Rhoda
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sexual risk behavior
subject: HIV risk
subject: Uganda
subject: Pregnancy
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Our aim was to identify sexual risk behavior among HIV-negative pregnant women in Kabarole District, Uganda, by conducting a cross-sectional study among 1610 women within three healthcare settings. One in six women engaged in HIV-specific risk behaviors including multiple sexual partners or alcohol abuse; 80% of the pregnant women reported to generally abstain from using condoms. In multivariate analysis, predictors of sexual risk behavior included being a client of the public health facilities as compared to the private facility (AOR 3.6 and 4.8, p < 0.001), being single, widowed or divorced or not cohabiting with the partner (AOR 4.7 and 2.3, p < 0.001), as well as higher household wealth (AOR 1.8, p < 0.001) and lack of partner status knowledge (AOR 1.6, p = 0.008). Self-estimated risk perception was linked with engagement in HIV-related risk behaviors except for alcohol abuse. Our findings indicate that reducing risky behaviors in pregnancy in order to prevent HIV should be a high-priority public health concern.
Face masks suitable for preventing COVID-19 and pollen allergy. A study in the exposure chamber
Creators: name: Bergmann, Karl-Christian
name: Kugler, Sebastian
name: Zuberbier, Torsten
name: Becker, Sylvia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Pollen
subject: Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
subject: Protection to pollen
subject: Pollen allergy
subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the population in Germany has been asked to wear face masks in public areas. The masks are accepted by the public. People with a pollen allergy have an interest in knowing whether masks can also provide protection against pollen and thus prevent symptoms even without medication. Method: In order to evaluate the potential 'antipollen effect' of face masks, 14 adults with confirmed grass pollen-induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitis were exposed to grass pollen for a period of two hours following a standardised protocol. The test was conducted outside of the grass pollen season. The subjects wore either no mask, a medical mask or a FFP2 mask. Results: Subjects wearing either mask were clearly able to avoid both nasal and conjunctival symptoms. There were no significant differences between the two masks in terms of effect. Mask wearing to prevent pollen exposure clearly supports overall well-being. Conclusion: Wearing a mask during pollen season can be recommended as an effective nondrug option for people with a pollen allergy. Supplementary information: The online version of this article (10.1007/s40629-021-00180-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Reliability of NI-RADS criteria in the interpretation of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging considering the potential role of diffusion-weighted imaging
Creators: name: Elsholtz, Fabian Henry Jürgen
name: Erxleben, Christoph
name: Bauknecht, Hans-Christian
name: Dinkelborg, Patrick
name: Kreutzer, Kilian
name: Hamm, Bernd
name: Niehues, Stefan Markus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Head and neck cancer
subject: Magnetic resonance imaging
subject: Surveillance
subject: Reliability of results
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives: To assess inter- and intrareader agreement of the Neck Imaging Reporting and Data System (NI-RADS) used in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including analysis of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), which is currently not part of the NI-RADS criteria. Methods: This retrospective study included anonymized surveillance contrast-enhanced MRI datasets of 104 patients treated for different head and neck cancers. Three radiologists experienced in head and neck imaging reported findings for the primary site and the neck using NI-RADS criteria in a first step and evaluated DWI sequences for the primary site in a second step. Thirty randomly selected imaging datasets were again presented to the readers. Kappa statistics and observed agreement (A(o)) were calculated. Results: Interreader agreement across all MRI datasets was moderate (kappa(Fleiss) = 0.53) for NI-RADS categories assigned to the primary site, substantial for NI-RADS categories of the neck (kappa(Fleiss) = 0.67), and almost perfect for DWI of the primary site (kappa(Fleiss) = 0.83). Interreader agreement for the primary site was particularly low in cases of cancer recurrence (kappa(Fleiss) = 0.35) and when categories 2a, 2b, and 3 were combined (kappa(Fleiss) = 0.30). Intrareader agreement was considerably lower for NI-RADS categories of the primary site (range A(o) = 53.3-70.0%) than for NI-RADS categories of the neck (range A(o) = 83.3-90.0%) and DWI of the primary site (range A(o) = 93.3-100.0%). Conclusion: Interreader agreement of NI-RADS for reporting contrast-enhanced MRI findings is acceptable for the neck but limited for the primary site. Here, DWI has the potential to serve as a reliable additional criterion.
Age-dependent microstructural changes of the intervertebral disc: a validation of proteoglycan-sensitive spectral CT
Creators: name: Pohlan, Julian
name: Stelbrink, Carsten
name: Pumberger, Matthias
name: Deppe, Dominik
name: Schömig, Friederike
name: Hecht, Nils
name: Göhler, Friedemann
name: Hamm, Bernd
name: Diekhoff, Torsten
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Tomography
subject: X-ray Computed
subject: Spine
subject: Collagen
subject: Chondroitin sulfates
subject: Intervertebral disc
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objective: To analyze the two major components of the intervertebral disc (IVD) in an ex vivo phantom, as well as age-related changes in patients. Methods: Collagen and chondroitin sulfate were imaged at different concentrations in agar solution. Age-related changes in disc density were retrospectively analyzed in normal-appearing discs in dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) images from a patient cohort with various spinal pathologies (n = 136). All computed tomography (CT) scans were acquired using single-source DECT at 80 and 135 kVp with automatic exposure calculation. In 136 patients, the attenuation of normal-appearing discs on collagen/chondroitin maps (cMaps) correlated with the patients' age with Pearson's r using standardized regions of interest in the anterior anulus fibrosus (AAF) and nucleus pulposus (NP). Results: DECT collagen mapping revealed concentration-dependent Hounsfield units (HU) of IVD components. For collagen, we found Pearson's r = 0.9610 (95% CI 0.6789-0.9959), p = 0.0023 at 120 kVe, and r = 0.8824 (95% CI 0.2495-0.9871), p = 0.0199 in cMap. For chondroitin sulfate, Pearson's r was 0.9583 (95% CI 0.6603-0.9956), p = 0.0026 at 120 kVp, and r = 0.9646 (95% CI 0.7044-0.9963), p = 0.0019 in cMap. Analysis of normal-appearing IVDs revealed an inverse correlation of density with age in the AAF: Pearson's r = - 0.2294 at 135 kVp (95% CI - 0.4012 to - 0.04203; p=0.0141) and r = - 0.09341 in cMap (95% CI - 0.2777 to 0.09754; p = 0.0003). In the NP, age and density did not correlate significantly at 135 kVp (p = 0.9228) and in cMap (p = 0.3229). Conclusions: DECT-based collagen mapping allows microstructural analysis of the two main intervertebral disc components-collagen and chondroitin sulfate. IVD density declines with age, presumably due to a reduction in collagen and chondroitin sulfate content. Age-related alterations of disc microstructure appear most pronounced in the AAF.
Nan lai zhi ; Bei gui zhi ; Guangzhou you lan xiao zhi
南來志 ; 北歸志 ; 廣州游覽小志
Creators: name: Wang, Shizhen, 1634-1711
name: 王士禛, 1634-1711
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of Wang Shizheng's diaries when he was in Guangzhou.
On double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Guangdong Qing dai dang an lu [volume 10]
廣東清代檔案錄 [第十冊]
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of archives about Guangdong in Qing dynasty.
Title from label, on double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
title: The Haunting and Other Stories
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ghanaian characters
subject: African women's fiction
subject: Ghanaian American characters
subject: Black women's fiction
subject: African fiction
subject: Ghanaian fiction

description: This thesis is a collection of six short stories. It is the beginning of ideas that I have been thinking about for some time and hope to continue exploring. The stories portray the lives of Ghanaians and Ghanaian Americans. They present everyday characters who grapple with tradition, religion, spirituality, the various challenges of their lives and decisions. Common thematic issues are family, secrets and internal and external struggles of individuals and the family unit. The setting of these stories range from the colonial era through postcolonial times. While each story stands alone, some characters from separate stories are connected via familial ties, thus providing insight to characters’ developments and motivations.
title: Digital Campus Podcast - Episode 73 – Farewell Steve Jobs
Creators: name: Center For History And New Media
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2011

description: Originally published by the Center for History and New Media through the Digital Campus podcast (http://digitalcampus.tv). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/).
description: A few days before we recorded the latest episode of Digital Campus, Apple visionary and guru of all things cool in digital technology Steve Jobs announced that he would step down as CEO in what we assume will be the end of his adept micromanaging of the business. Tom, Dan, Amanda, and Mills mused on what Jobs' legacy will be and how the tech world may or may not be different without him. Will we feel like orphans now that the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Sphere can no longer descend upon us at times of severe tech ennui? And what about those other digital orphans — the "orphan books" we hear so much about? Amanda reviewed for us the latest on this subject coming out of the University of Michigan Library and some of us agreed that we will henceforth banish the term "orphan work" from our vocabulary. Why? Listen and learn. And from what we learned about student searching skills, someone should start teaching students more about online quests for information. That someone could be you.
title: Conflict and Culture: A Literature Review and Bibliography, 1992-98 update
Creators: name: LeBaron, Michelle
name: Garon, Stephen
Publisher: name: School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Year: 1998

description: “The 1992 publication, Conflict and Culture: A Literature Review and Bibliography by Michelle LeBaron begins with the premise that the goals of conflict resolution are complementary to those of multiculturalism. It further posits that conflict resolution is a tool to achieve multiculturalism, which is defined as valuing the existence, maintenance and extension of individual cultures. A true multicultural society, it claims, is one in which equal participation is unfettered by race, ethnicity, gender, or class. LeBaron further proposes that if conflict resolution is to fulfill its promise vis-a-vis multiculturalism and facilitate successful intergroup relations, the conflict resolution community must engage in critical self reflection and examine its theoretical underpinnings for cultural biases. In particular, it contends that any process for effective multicultural conflict resolution must address cultural diversity, culture-influenced perceptions, and the issue of power. In addition to making these claims, the literature review addresses several related themes. For example, it deals with the ubiquity of the mediation model and the numerous culture-bound assumptions which undergird it. Recognizing the rapid changes in ethnic diversity and the growth of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), it asserts the need for both formal and informal conflict resolution systems to respond to cultural concerns. It also explores some of the characteristics of effective service providers in cross-cultural settings, and raises the implications of multiculturalism for dispute resolution training.”
title: Shared Subjugation: Acadians and African Americans in Kate Chopin's Bayou Folk
Creators: name: Emerson, Susanna
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Short stories
subject: In Sabine
subject: The Wizard from Gettysburg
subject: A Visit to Avoyelles
subject: A Gentleman of Bayou Teche
subject: Race
subject: Ethnicity

description: In comparing the ways in which Kate Chopin depicts Acadian and African American characters in three of her Bayou Folk stories, this thesis presents a new way to examine her treatment of subjugated characters. Though other critics have often focused on Chopin‟s female characters, this paper instead serves to introduce another distinct and often overlooked group of subjugated people: the lower-class, white Acadians (who were distinguished from socially “superior” Creoles) and the lower-class, racially discriminated African Americans. The stories examined closely include “A Gentleman of Bayou Têche,” “The Wizard from Gettysburg,” and “In Sabine.” While Chopin‟s representations often place Acadians and African Americans in opposition to one another, this thesis argues that Chopin also portrays their shared poverty, disempowerment, and even their teamwork. Pitted against a late nineteenth-century society that tended to categorize and demean them, the Acadians and African Americans in Kate Chopin‟s Bayou Folk emerge as more complex characters whose contradicting images reveal that Chopin did not merely understand the plight of women but that of other subjugated groups as well.
title: Porgy and Bess Becomes Reply to Red Propaganda
Creators: name: Marsters, Ann
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Porgy and Bess
subject: State Department
subject: Breen, Robert
subject: Colbert, Helen
subject: James, Joseph
subject: Davis, Blevins
subject: Gershwin, George
subject: Warfield, William
subject: Price, Leontyne
subject: Calloway, Cab
subject: Heyward, DuBose

description: column
Introducing the Node Reporting and Data System 1.0 (Node-RADS): a concept for standardized assessment of lymph nodes in cancer
Creators: name: Elsholtz, Fabian H. J.
name: Asbach, Patrick
name: Haas, Matthias
name: Becker, Minerva
name: Beets-Tan, Regina G. H.
name: Thoeny, Harriet C.
name: Padhani, Anwar R.
name: Hamm, Bernd
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Consensus
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: Magnetic resonance imaging
subject: Neoplasms
subject: Tomography
subject: X-ray computed
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Node-RADS addresses the lack of consensus in the radiologic assessment of lymph node involvement by cancer and meets the increasing demand for structured reporting on the likelihood of disease involvement. Node Reporting and Data System 1.0 (Node-RADS) systematically classifies the degree of suspicion of lymph node involvement based on the synthesis of established imaging findings. Straightforward definitions of imaging findings for two proposed scoring categories "size" and "configuration" are combined into assessment categories between 1 ("very low likelihood") and 5 ("very high likelihood"). This scoring system is suitable for assessing likely involvement of lymph nodes on CT and MRI scans. It can be applied at any anatomical site, and to regional and non-regional lymph nodes in relation to a primary tumor location. Node-RADS will improve communication with referring physicians and promote the consistency of reporting for primary staging and in response assessment settings.
Baccalaureate Service, 1932
Creators: name: State Normal School
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1932
Subjects: subject: State Normal School
subject: Commencement ceremonies

description: Baccalaureate service program for June 5, 1932, which may include written corrections and annotations. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy in baccalaureate service programs, the service may have changed after the program was printed.
title: SHIMER COLLEGE EFFECTS ON STUDENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE STUDY
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020

description: This qualitative study explored the effects of attending Shimer College, a small Midwestern Great Books school. The research design was a case study in which I interviewed 16 people who attended Shimer between 1960 and 1976. During the interviews, I tried to learn what aspects of their experiences as Shimer students affected them during their time at Shimer and through their subsequent lives. Most studies on the effects of college on students cover specific domains such as social activism or religiosity and do not address periods beyond the first decade after completing their education. This study used open questions and encouraged the participants to speak on any topics they chose. Working with participants at this stage of their lives also provided a retrospective look at what they considered important decades after the experience. After coding the interview transcripts, a descriptive framework guided my analysis and produced five categories. The five categories included: why the participants attended Shimer, the campus physical environment, the curriculum, academics beyond the curriculum, and post-Shimer outcomes. I then used an iterative process in which I consolidated or restructured some emerging themes to focus them. The eight resulting themes are: Push–Pull (early entrants attended Shimer as an escape while others were attracted to the school’s program), ideal vision (the location, campus, and size), learning how to learn, the curricular interconnectedness, relationships with faculty and with other students, academics outside the classroom, increased self-confidence among the alumni, and the flexible skill sets they used in the workplace. The findings point to aspects of college that mattered to the participants and insights as to the long-term effects of those experiences. These findings inform implications, which include recommendations linked to class size and integration across the curriculum. The analysis concludes with recommendations for future research.
Advanced MR techniques in glioblastoma imaging—upcoming challenges and how to face them
Creators: name: Auer, Timo A.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
subject: Brain Neoplasms
subject: Glioblastoma
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The management of gliomas has changed dramatically since the presentation of the revised WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System in 2016 emphasizing the tumor heterogeneity based on their molecular profile. The need for a more noninvasive characterization of glioblastomas (GBM) by establishing reliable imaging biomarkers to predict patient outcome and improve therapy monitoring is bigger than ever. Multiparametric MRI, including promising newer techniques like electrical property tomography and mapping, may have the potential to provide enough information for intelligent imaging postprocessing algorithms to face the challenge by decoding GBM heterogeneity noninvasively.
title: A computational model of pattern separation efficiency in the dentate gyrus with implications in schizophrenia
Creators: name: Faghihi, Faramarz
name: Moustafa, Ahmed A.
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Pattern separation
subject: Sparse spiking
subject: Sparse coding
subject: Feedback inhibition
subject: Connectivity rate
subject: Mutual information
subject: Dentate gyrus
subject: Entorhinal cortex

description: Information processing in the hippocampus begins by transferring spiking activity of the entorhinal cortex (EC) into the dentate gyrus (DG). Activity pattern in the EC is separated by the DG such that it plays an important role in hippocampal functions including memory. The structural and physiological parameters of these neural networks enable the hippocampus to be efficient in encoding a large number of inputs that animals receive and process in their life time. The neural encoding capacity of the DG depends on its single neurons encoding and pattern separation efficiency. In this study, encoding by the DG is modeled such that single neurons and pattern separation efficiency are measured using simulations of different parameter values. For this purpose, a probabilistic model of single neurons efficiency is presented to study the role of structural and physiological parameters. Known neurons number of the EC and the DG is used to construct a neural network by electrophysiological features of granule cells of the DG. Separated inputs as activated neurons in the EC with different firing probabilities are presented into the DG. For different connectivity rates between the EC and DG, pattern separation efficiency of the DG is measured. The results show that in the absence of feedback inhibition on the DG neurons, the DG demonstrates low separation efficiency and high firing frequency. Feedback inhibition can increase separation efficiency while resulting in very low single neuron’s encoding efficiency in the DG and very low firing frequency of neurons in the DG (sparse spiking). This work presents a mechanistic explanation for experimental observations in the hippocampus, in combination with theoretical measures. Moreover, the model predicts a critical role for impaired inhibitory neurons in schizophrenia where deficiency in pattern separation of the DG has been observed.