cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Traverhyphes (Traverhyphes) pirai Molineri 2001
Creators: name: Dias, Lucimar G.
name: Molineri, Carlos
name: Ferreira, Paulo S. F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptohyphidae
Traverhyphes
Traverhyphes pirai

description: Traverhyphes (T.) pirai Molineri
 Traverhyphes pirai Molineri, 2001a:138. Traverhyphes (T.) pirai (Molineri) Molineri, 2004:201.
 Diagnose: Subimago: 1) metade apical do pênis mais larga que a basal (Fig. 41B); 2) placa estilígera com projeção posterolateral pouco desenvolvida (Fig. 41A); 3) tergos abdominais sombreados uniformemente de cinza, mais escuros em um par de faixas submedianas longitudinais nos tergos I-VI. Ninfas e adultos desconhecidos.
 Registro Geográfico (Tabela 1): Brasil: Rio de Janeiro (Rio Claro).
description: Published as part of Dias, Lucimar G., Molineri, Carlos & Ferreira, Paulo S. F., 2007, Ephemerelloidea (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) do Brasil, pp. 213-244 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 47 (19) on page 223, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492007001900001, http://zenodo.org/record/13236289
Supplementary document for Particle velocity measurement within a free-falling particle curtain using microscopic shadow velocimetry - 5139081.pdf
Creators: name: Han, Shipu
name: Sun, Zhiwei
name: Tian, Zhao
name: Lau, Timothy
name: Nathan, G.J. 'Gus'
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details of experiment settings and curtain characteristics analysis
Encoded cultural heritage knowledge in Australian aboriginal traditional representation of country
Creators: name: Wyeld, Theodor
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: From tactile paintings in sand to acrylic on board, Australian Aboriginal performative art can be thought of as also cultural heritage survival maps. This paper synthesises the two key authors' work [1; 2] that address this concept. In so doing, it sheds new light on understandings of the indexicality of the Australian Aboriginal cultural heritage survival map to form a theory of the cultural specificity of the conventions used and their role as storytelling navigation aids.
Separation of ethanol during its production by fermentation using a silicone rubber hollow fiber membrane module
Creators: name: Kumarappan, Sriram
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Monosaccharides form the basis of more complex sugars. Sucrose consists of a fructose molecule linked to a glucose molecule. Both glucose and fructose are readily fermentable by brewers yeast. In this study, a mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used for the co-production of fructose and ethanol by selectively converting glucose to ethanol from a sucrose medium. To enhance the fermentation process, a pervaporation unit was coupled to the bioreactor to keep the ethanol concentration in the broth at a low level, thereby reducing the ethanol inhibition on the yeast. The membrane module consisted of silicone rubber hollow fibers assembled in an inside feed/outside vacuum module design. Various experiments changing the time at which pervaporation was started were carried out (after 6 hrs, 3hrs and 0hrs), to examine its effects on the ethanol, fructose, biomass yields, ethanol productivity rates and the time required to complete the fermentation. Certain experiments were carried out by changing the flow rate through the membrane module. Two different membrane modules (different in area) were used for the co-production of fructose and ethanol. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The project Salvalarte respira pulito: a multidisciplinary operative tool for the conservation and use of Cultural Heritage in Sicily
Il progetto Salvalarte respira pulito: uno strumento operativo multidisciplinare per la conservazione e la fruizione dei Beni Culturali nella Regione Sicilia
Creators: name: Barbaro, Salvatore
name: Caracausi, Rosario
name: Chisesi, Rosa Maria
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2004

description: The present work concerns the description of the contents and of the methods of the project “SALVALARTE respira pulito” (“SAVE ART and breathe clean air”) promoted by Legambiente, ARPA and the Regional Center for the Project and the Restoration of the Region Sicily, in cooperation with the University of Palermo. The goal of the project was to analyze and collect information on the condition of the cultural heritage in Sicily. The purpose of the goal was both to provide guidelines for the safeguard, the promotion and the correct use of cultural sites, adopting a more scientific approach of the problem which would be divided in three phases: detection and cataloging of the cultural heritage at risk, monitoring of a significant sample of monuments that might represent the whole nation, and finally diffusion of the results. The activities carried out in 2003 enabled the definition of an optimal monitoring procedure. The main test of validation of the survey and analysis methodology was executed considering Corso V Emanuele in Palermo as case-study, since it is where many and important monumental elements and structures are located.
Supplementary document for Particle velocity measurement within a free-falling particle curtain using microscopic shadow velocimetry - 5139081.pdf
Creators: name: Han, Shipu
name: Sun, Zhiwei
name: Tian, Zhao
name: Lau, Timothy
name: Nathan, G.J. 'Gus'
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Details of experiment settings and curtain characteristics analysis
DNA damage repair as a target in pancreatic cancer: state-of-the-art and future perspectives
Creators: name: Perkhofer, Lukas
name: Gout, Johann
name: Roger, Elodie
name: De Almeida, Fernando Kude
name: Simoes, Carolina Baptista
name: Wiesmüller, Lisa
name: Seufferlein, Thomas
name: Kleger, Alexander
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: DNA damage repair
subject: DDR
subject: PDAC
subject: Bauchspeicheldrüsengang
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: DNA damage
subject: DNA repair
subject: Pancreatic neoplasms; Therapy
subject: DNA breaks, Double-stranded
subject: Carcinoma, Pancreatic ductal
subject: Adenocarcinoma
subject: DNS-Doppelstrangbruch
subject: DNS-Schädigung
subject: Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs
subject: Ductus pancreaticus

description: Complex rearrangement patterns and mitotic errors are hallmarks of most pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), a disease with dismal prognosis despite some therapeutic advances in recent years. DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) bear the greatest risk of provoking genomic instability, and DNA damage repair (DDR) pathways are crucial in preserving genomic integrity following a plethora of damage types. Two major repair pathways dominate DSB repair for safeguarding the genome integrity: non-homologous end joining and homologous recombination (HR). Defective HR, but also alterations in other DDR pathways, such as BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM and PALB2, occur frequently in both inherited and sporadic PDAC. Personalised treatment of pancreatic cancer is still in its infancy and predictive biomarkers are lacking. DDR deficiency might render a PDAC vulnerable to a potential new therapeutic intervention that increases the DNA damage load beyond a tolerable threshold, as for example, induced by poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors. The Pancreas Cancer Olaparib Ongoing (POLO) trial, in which olaparib as a maintenance treatment improved progression-free survival compared with placebo after platinum-based induction chemotherapy in patients with PDAC and germline BRCA1/2 mutations, raised great hopes of a substantially improved outcome for this patient subgroup. This review summarises the relationship between DDR and PDAC, the prevalence and characteristics of DNA repair mutations and options for the clinical management of patients with PDAC and DNA repair deficiency.
Complexity in unclassified auto-inflammatory disease: a case report illustrating the potential for disease arising from the allelic burden of multiple variants
Creators: name: Tucker, Lori B.
name: Lamot, Lovro
name: Niemietz, Iwona
name: Chung, Brian K.
name: Cabral, David A.
name: Houghton, Kristin
name: Petty, Ross E.
name: Morishita, Kimberly
name: Rice, Gillian I.
name: Turvey, Stuart E.
name: Gibson, William T.
name: Brown, Kelly L.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and understanding of many autoinflammatory diseases, there are still a great number of patients with phenotypes that do not fit any clinically- and/or genetically-defined disorders. Case presentation: We describe a fourteen-year-old boy who presented at two and a half years of age with recurrent febrile episodes. Over the course of the disease, the episodes increased in frequency and severity, with new signs and symptoms continuing to appear. Most importantly, these included skin changes, splenomegaly and transaminitis. Only partial control of the disease was achieved with anti-IL-1 therapy. Extensive investigation showed generalized inflammation without immune deficiency, with increased levels of serum amyloid A and several pro-inflammatory cytokines including interferon-γ, as well as an increased type I interferon score. Exome sequence analysis identified P369S and R408Q variants in the MEFV innate immunity regulator, pyrin (MEFV) gene and T260 M and T320 M variants in the NLR family pyrin domain containing 12 (NLRP12) gene. Conclusion: Patients with unclassified and/or unexplained autoinflammatory syndromes present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and collectively form a substantial part of every cohort of patients with autoinflammatory diseases. Therefore, it is important to acquire their full genomic profile through whole exome and/or genome sequencing and present their cases to a broader audience, to facilitate characterization of similar patients. A critical mass of well-characterized cases will lead to improved diagnosis and informed treatment.
Environmental Footprint: Der Umwelt-Fußabdruck von Produkten und Dienstleistungen
Creators: name: Finkbeiner, Matthias
name: Bach, Vanessa
name: Lehmann, Annekatrin
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Product Environmental Footprint
subject: PEF
subject: Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules
subject: PEFCR
subject: Umweltfußabdruck
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: 2013 wurde von der Europäischen Kommission (EC) der „Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)“ veröffentlicht, dessen Pilotphase das Forschungsvorhabens begleitete. Im Vordergrund standen die Analyse, Kommentierung und Erarbeitung von Verbesserungsvorschlägen von 21 sog. Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR). Identifizierte methodische Herausforderungen betrafen den Untersuchungsrahmen (z. B. Definition der funktionellen Einheit), die Modellierung des Produktsystems (z. B. die Modellierung von Elektrizität) sowie die Auswertung und Interpretation (z. B. Bestimmung relevanter Wirkungskategorien und Lebenswegabschnitte). Zudem wurde untersucht, wie der PEF bzw. die einzelnen PEFCRs angewendet werden könnten - als eigenständiges umweltpolitisches Instrument oder als Bewertungsgrundlage für bereits bestehende Instrumente wie der freiwilligen Umweltkennzeichnung.
Geotechnical problems in the consolidation of buildings of historical interest
Creators: name: Calabresi, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2003

description: The structural damages of ancient structures and monuments are very often due to differential settlements of their foundations, or to other effects of soil-structure interaction. A correct analysis of the damaging phenomena should be based on a sound geotechnical engineering approach, which requires expensive and long investigations on the mechanical characteristics of the foundation soils. However the last decade’s progress in construction technologies has offered a new and flexible kind of solutions to consolidate foundation structures that are often quicker and less expensive than a serious and complete geotechnical study. Therefore very often one of the above-mentioned solutions is simply adopted avoiding any previous study. The paper briefly illustrates the main negative effects of that approach, referring to some interesting case histories.
RaQuN: a generic and scalable n-way model matching algorithm
Creators: name: Schultheiß, Alexander
name: Bittner, Paul Maximilian
name: Boll, Alexander
name: Grunske, Lars
name: Thüm, Thomas
name: Kehrer, Timo
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Model-driven engineering
subject: n-Way model matching
subject: Clone-and-own development
subject: Software product lines
subject: DDC 000 / Computer science, information & general works
subject: Software product line engineering
subject: Identification
subject: Domain engineering
subject: Software
subject: Identifikation
subject: Evolution

description: Model matching algorithms are used to identify common elements in input models, which is a fundamental precondition for many software engineering tasks, such as merging software variants or views. If there are multiple input models, an n-way matching algorithm that simultaneously processes all models typically produces better results than the sequential application of two-way matching algorithms. However, existing algorithms for n-way matching do not scale well, as the computational effort grows fast in the number of models and their size. We propose a scalable n-way model matching algorithm, which uses multi-dimensional search trees for efficiently finding suitable match candidates through range queries. We implemented our generic algorithm named RaQuN (Range Queries on N input models) in Java and empirically evaluate the matching quality and runtime performance on several datasets of different origins and model types. Compared to the state of the art, our experimental results show a performance improvement by an order of magnitude, while delivering matching results of better quality.
Using pulsars to limit the existence of a gravitational wave background
Creators: name: Hobbs, George B.
name: Jenet, Fredrick A.
name: Lommen, A.
name: Coles, W.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
name: Manchester, Richard N.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Gravitational waves passing the Earth induce signals in pulsar timing residuals that are potentially detectable using modern pulsar timing observations. It has been predicted that merging supermassive black hole systems will cause an isotropic background of gravitational waves. Pulsar timing observations will soon be able to provide useful constraints on models for its formation. Future experiments will either detect this background or rule out all existing models. Various cosmic string theories and inflationary era models have also been proposed that predict gravitational wave backgrounds, but the amplitude of the background in these models is not well constrained. We review new techniques to limit the existence of any gravitational wave background, provide results obtained using data taken as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project and describe the implications of these new upper limits.
BMI is associated with FEV1 decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis of clinical trials
Creators: name: Sun, Yilan
name: Milne, Stephen
name: Jaw, Jen E
name: Yang, Chen X
name: Xu, Feng
name: Li, Xuan
name: Obeidat, Ma’en
name: Sin, Don D
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: There is considerable heterogeneity in the rate of lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the determinants of which are largely unknown. Observational studies in COPD indicate that low body mass index (BMI) is associated with worse outcomes, and overweight/obesity has a protective effect – the so-called “obesity paradox”. We aimed to determine the relationship between BMI and the rate of FEV1 decline in data from published clinical trials in COPD. Methods: We performed a systematic review of the literature, and identified 5 randomized controlled trials reporting the association between BMI and FEV₁ decline. Four of these were included in the meta-analyses. We analyzed BMI in 4 categories: BMI-I (< 18.5 or <  20 kg/m²), BMI-II (18.5 or 20 to < 25 kg/m²), BMI-III (25 to < 29 or < 30 kg/m²) and BMI-IV (≥29 or ≥ 30 kg/m²). We then performed a meta-regression of all the estimates against the BMI category. Results: The estimated rate of FEV₁ decline decreased with increasing BMI. Meta-regression of the estimates showed that BMI was significantly associated with the rate of FEV₁ decline (linear trend p = 1.21 × 10− 5). Conclusions: These novel findings support the obesity paradox in COPD: compared to normal BMI, low BMI is a risk factor for accelerated lung function decline, whilst high BMI has a protective effect. The relationship may be due to common but as-of-yet unknown causative factors; further investigation into which may reveal novel endotypes or targets for therapeutic intervention.
Elucidating a Role for UCP3 in the Control of Mitochondrial Superoxide Flashes
Creators: name: McBride, Skye
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Superoxide
Mitochondria
OXPHOS
Uncoupling Protein 3

description: Mitochondria are a major site of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in cells. While ROS can cause oxidative damage, they are vital in many signaling processes. Recently, mitochondrial superoxide flashes (mSOF) were defined through sensitive measurements of temporal and spatial differences in superoxide production. mSOF are stochastic events of quantal bursts in superoxide production, which are temporally linked to transient mitochondrial inner membrane depolarizations. The aims of the present study were to characterize a hydrogen peroxide sensitive biosensor to monitor these events and elucidate a role for uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) and the mechanistic details of mSOF. While pHyPer- dmito was sensitive enough to monitor these dynamic changes its kinetics were insufficient to detect these ~20s long flashes. Additionally, analyses showed a prolonged duration of flashes in the absence of UCP3. Furthermore, we unearthed a novel relationship between flash amplitude and mitochondrial depolarization. Finally, investigations of mSOF in muscles of various fiber type compositions showed no differences, though additional investigations are warranted.
Supplementary document for High-power femtosecond all-fiber laser system at 1.5 μm with a fundamental repetition rate of 4.9 GHz - 5139400.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Xuewen
name: Lin, Wei
name: Wang, Wenlong
name: Guan, Xianchao
name: Wen, Xiaoxiao
name: qiao, tian
name: Wei, Xiaoming
name: Yang, Zhongmin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental information
Infinite divisibility of random fields admitting an integral representation with an infinitely divisible integrator
Creators: name: Karcher, Wolfgang
name: Scheffler, Hans-Peter
name: Spodarev, Evgueni
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Infinite divisibility
subject: DDC 510 / Mathematics
subject: Random fields
subject: Teilbarkeit
subject: Zufälliges Feld

description: We consider random fields that can be represented as integrals of deterministic functions with respect to infinitely divisible random measures and show that these random fields are infinitely divisible.
The “Cultural Heritage” under the patronage and the protection of the bishops. The late antique model
Creators: name: Orselli, Alba Maria
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2003

description: Radiating from the episcopal palace to embrace the city as a whole – the city as cultural heritage par excellence – and from late antique Ravenna across the entire ecumenical domain of the Mediterranean, the bishop’s patronage and protection cannot but extend beyond the patrimony of places of worship and sacred objects per se. The bishop is the pivot of urban religious unity, the guarantor of its civil continuity: building, rebuilding, innovating, always taking as his starting point the structure that most embodies that “civicness” – the city walls, which Roman law held to be “sanctified”, and which the bishops resanctify the Christian way. The author therefore highlights the bishop’s responsibility towards his church and his city, along the two “political” lines of Romano-Hellenism: civic evergetism and legal tutelage over goods and infrastructure, including weakened public infrastructure. The bishop’s role (as patron, protector and guarantor) should in any case be seen in the context of a providential quest for salvation which acquires concrete form in the well ordered earthly city.
Binaural Speech Intelligibility Prediction and Nonlinear Hearing Devices
Creators: name: Ellaham, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Speech intelligibility
Binaural hearing
Nonlinear distortion
hearing device

description: A new objective measurement system to predict speech intelligibility in binaural listening conditions is proposed for use with nonlinear hearing devices. Digital processing inside such devices often involves nonlinear operations such as clipping, compression, and noise reduction algorithms. Standard objective measures such as the Articulation Indeix (AI), the Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) and the Speech Transmission Index (STI) have been developed for monaural listening. Binaural extensions of these measures have been proposed in the literature, essentially consisting of a binaural pre-processing stage followed by monaural intelligibility prediction using the better ear or the binaurally enhanced signal. In this work, a three-stage extension of the binaural SII approach is proposed that deals with nonlinear acoustic input signals. The reference-based model operates as follows: (1) a stage to deal with nonlinear processing based on a signal-separation model to recover estimates of speech, noise and distortion signals at the output of hearing devices; (2) a binaural processing stage using the Equalization-Cancellation (EC) model; and (3) a stage for intelligibility prediction using the SII or the short-time Extended SII (ESII). Multiple versions of the model have been developed and tested for use with hearing devices. A software simulator is used to perform hearing-device processing under various binaural listening conditions. Details of the modeling procedure are discussed along with an experimental framework for collecting subjective intelligibility data. In the absence of hearing-device processing, the model successfully predicts speech intelligibility in all spatial configurations considered. Varying levels of success were obtained using two simple distortion modeling approaches with different distortion mechanisms. Future refinements to the model are proposed based on the results discussed in this work.
Study and analytical characterization of corrosion products from minting dies and punches belonging to the Estense collection of Modena
Studio e caratterizzazione analitica dei prodotti di corrosione di conii e punzoni appartenenti alla Collezione Estense di Modena
Creators: name: Campanella, Luigi
name: Chicco, Federica
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2002

description: The aim of the present work is to make a physico-chemical characterization of corrosion products found on minting dies and punches belonging to the Estense Collection. The data, obtained using different instrumental chemical methods, proved to be useful in characterizing both the products and their phases (crystalline and amorphous). The analysis of the composition of the items was realised by the use of non destructive and non invasive test techniques (EDXRF, ADXD, EDXD). Whenever this was not possible, we in any case attempted to use specific techniques (DRIFT, TGA/DTA, XRD,ICP) aimed at shedding some light on our problem without in any way altering the objects of the study or their state of conservation.
Traverhyphes (Mocoihyphes) Molineri
Creators: name: Dias, Lucimar G.
name: Molineri, Carlos
name: Ferreira, Paulo S. F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptohyphidae
Traverhyphes

description: Traverhyphes (Mocoihyphes) Molineri
 Traverhyphes (Mocoihyphes) Molineri, 2004:203.
 Diagnose: Adulto: 1) placa estilígera sem projeção posterolateral (Figs. 42 A-43A); 2) pênis quase completamente fusionado no ápice e com dois pares de lóbulos (Figs. 42 B-43B); 3) pênis com um par de espinhos na base da projeção dorsal (Figs. 44-45); 4) pênis com uma escavação subapical lateral (Figs. 42-43). Ninfa: 1) palpo maxilar bissegmentado com ou sem seta apical (Fig. 46-47); 2) brânquia II conforme Fig. 51A; 3) fórmula branquial 3/3/3/3/2 (Fig. 51 B-F).
description: Published as part of Dias, Lucimar G., Molineri, Carlos & Ferreira, Paulo S. F., 2007, Ephemerelloidea (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) do Brasil, pp. 213-244 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 47 (19) on page 223, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492007001900001, http://zenodo.org/record/13236289
Efficacy and Safety of Bisphosphonates for Fracture Prevention in Osteoporosis: Systematic Reviews and Indirect Treatment Comparisons
Creators: name: Maher, Maurica
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: osteoporosis
bisphosphonates
network meta-analysis
systematic reviews

description: Osteoporosis is a growing cause of morbidity and mortality in aging populations worldwide, especially in postmenopausal women. Bisphosphonates are widely prescribed for fracture prevention in osteoporosis. Meta-analyses have been performed for alendronate, risedronate, and etidronate, examining their effectiveness versus placebo in fracture prevention. Total withdrawals and adverse event withdrawals were examined as safety outcomes. Systematic reviews were performed for two other bisphosphonates, ibandronate and zoledronic acid and the results combined with previously obtained data for the other bisphosphonates. Indirect treatment comparisons of the drugs against each other and versus placebo were performed using Bayesian and frequentist methods. Both types of analyses yielded almost identical results: zoledronic acid and alendronate were the most effective bisphosphonates for preventing vertebral fractures. No differences were found regarding withdrawals. Subgroup analyses found that fracture prevention was generally more effective with longer therapy (greater than or longer than 3 years).
Biological effect and chemical monitoring of Watch List substances in European surface waters: steroidal estrogens and diclofenac - effect-based methods for monitoring frameworks
Creators: name: Duffek, Anja
name: Simon, Eszter
name: Stahl, Cordula
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022

description: Three steroidal estrogens, 17(alpha)-ethinylestradiol (EE2), 17(beta)-estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), diclofenac have been included in the first Watch List of the Water Framework Directive (WFD, EU Directive 2000/60/EC, EU Implementing Decision 2015/495). This triggered the need for more EU-wide surface water monitoring data on these micropollutants, before they can be considered for inclusion in the list of priority substances regularly monitored in aquatic ecosystems. The revision of the priority substance list of the WFD offers the opportunity to incorporate more holistic bioanalytical approaches, such as effect-based monitoring, alongside single substance chemical monitoring. Effect-based methods (EBMs) are able to measure total biological activities (e.g., estrogenic activity or cyxlooxygenase [COX]-inhibition) of specific group of substances (such as estrogens and NSAIDs) in the aquatic environment at low concentrations (pg/L). This makes them potential tools for a cost-effective and ecotoxicologically comprehensive water quality assessment. In parallel, the use of such methods could build a bridge from chemical status assessments towards ecological status assessments by adressing mixture effects for relevant modes of action. Our study aimed to assess the suitability of implementing EBMs in the WFD, by conducting a large-scale sampling and analysis campaign of more than 70 surface waters across Europe. This resulted in the generation of high-quality chemical and effect-based monitoring data for the selected Watch List substances. Overall, water samples contained low estrogenicity (0.01-1.3 ng E2-Equivalent/L) and a range of COX-inhibition activity similar to previously reported levels (12-1600 ng Diclofenac-Equivalent/L). Comparison between effect-based and conventional analytical chemical methods showed that the chemical analytical approach for steroidal estrogens resulted in more (76%) non-quantifiable data, i.e., concentrations were below detection limits, compared to the EBMs (28%). These results demonstrate the excellent and sensitive screening capability of EBMs. © 2021 The Authors
Etno-anthropological study on an Andin mummy preserved in the Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia (preliminary investigation)
Creators: name: Lenares, Maria
name: Longhena, Maria
name: Orzincolo, Carlo
name: Vandini, Mariangela
name: Bernabò-Brea, Maria
name: Macellari, Roberto
name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Gruppioni, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2003

description: This work describes the results obtained from interdisciplinary studies carried out on an Andin mummy preserved in the Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia and entrusted to the Department of Histories and Methods for Cultural Heritage Preservation of the University of Bologna where it was subjected to careful museum-graphical, anthroposcopic, radiographic and topographic researches and to X-Rays Fluorescence spectroscopy investigations. These preliminary investigations gave important results and, for the forthcoming work, deeper investigations have been planned, together with hypothesis about possible restoration interventions.
Supplementary document for Angular sensitivity of X-ray differential phase contrast imaging system with real and virtual source images - 5140523.pdf
Creators: name: Ge, Yongshuai
name: Yang, jiecheng
name: Zhu, Peiping
name: Chen, Jianwei
name: Zhang, Huitao
name: Zheng, Hairong
name: Liang, Dong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental file
Klimaneutraler Verkehr
Creators: name: Adlunger, Kirsten
name: Dziekan, Katrin
name: Mönch, Lars
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015

description: Verkehr gilt als wichtige Voraussetzung für wirtschaftlichen Austausch und individuellen Wohlstand. Gute Verkehrssysteme helfen, die Mobilitätsbedürfnisse der Menschen zu befriedigen. Im Rahmen des Individualverkehrs nimmt der Pkw-Verkehr eine dominierende Rolle ein, doch auch im Güterverkehr ist der Straßenverkehr der zentrale Verkehrsträger. Auf die Umwelt und damit auch auf den Menschen hat motorisierter Verkehr, wie er sich derzeit gestaltet, viele negative Auswirkungen: Treibhausgasemissionen, Luftverschmutzung, Lärm, Flächeninanspruchnahme und Ressourcenverbrauch für die Herstellung der Infrastruktur und der Fahrzeuge oder die Bereitstellung der Kraftstoffe (siehe auch [1]). Im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrages stehen die vom motorisierten Verkehr verursachten Treibhausgasemissionen.Quelle: Verlagsinformation
¿Episodio depresivo mayor o trastorno bipolar tipo II? Dificultad para su diagnóstico
Creators: name: Andreo Vidal, Marina A.
name: Calvo Valcárcel, María
name: Fernández Lozano, María
name: González Zapatero, Francisco Javier
name: del Canto Martínez, Laura
name: Rodríguez Valbuena, Claudia
name: Fiorini Talavera, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS:

El trastorno bipolar (TB) tiene una prevalencia del 2,4%, siendo más diagnosticado el tipo I (0,6%) que el tipo II (0,4%), estimando un 1,4% en grupos subumbrales. El diagnóstico de TB tipo II es más díficil e incluso se demora más de 10 años puesto que los episodios hipomaníacos pueden pasar desapercibidos como etapas de gran éxito y productividad, en las que el paciente no percibe malestar ni solicita ayuda.

DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CASO:

Varón de 52 años con antecedentes de hernia discal, espondilodiscitis secundaria y síndrome facetario lumbar. Cuenta con antecedentes conocidos de episodios depresivos en 2014 y 2022, ambos tras cirugía lumbar con limitación funcional significativa. Niega tóxicos.

Presenta sintomatología compatible con episodio depresivo. Ante escasa mejoría, se cambia antidepresivo a Duloxetina y Trazodona. Posteriormente se observa clínica hipomaníaca que obliga a retirar Trazodona y pautar Olanzapina, que el paciente rechaza.

EXPLORACIÓN Y PRUEBAS COMPLEMENTARIAS:

Durante el último mes se objetiva un mayor nivel de actividad, expansividad e irritabilidad, aumento de conductas de riesgo y gastos, y nula necesidad de descanso. Dada la inestabilidad psicopatógica, se decide ingreso.

DIAGNÓSTICO DIFERENCIAL Y TRATAMIENTO:

Inicialmente sería planteable pensar en un viraje a episodio hipomaníaco causado por la toma de antidepresivos. Sin embargo, realizando una profunda anamnesis, el paciente refiere haber presentado etapas en las que se ha sentido particularmente bien, acelerado, con comportamientos desajustados y gastos excesivos, que podrían corresponderse con episodios hipomaníacos. Estos datos nos orientan a un TB tipo II.

Se inicia tratamiento con Ácido Valproico y Aripiprazol, con tendencia a la estabilización anímica y normalización del sueño.

DISCUSIÓN Y CONCLUSIONES:

Muchos pacientes con síntomas depresivos en contexto de un trastorno bipolar son frecuentemente mal diagnosticados de episodio depresivo mayor dada la dificultad de diagnosticar retrospectivamente.

Resulta fundamental preguntar de manera rutinaria por posibles síntomas de manía/hipomanía previos en cada paciente con un episodio depresivo mayor para detectar y tratar de manera adecuada, así como trabajar la conciencia de enfermedad en personas ya diagnosticadas y conocer los signos de alarma para evitar recaídas.
Projecting databases and information systems
Creators: name: Colizzi, Lucio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2003

description: A systematic approach in the project of a database allows to treat information, apparently complex, in an exhaustive, efficient and effective way. The reference methodologies are now consolidated in the field of software engineering and they found direct application in different applicative contexts where the managing and aggregation processes and the analyses of big sets of data are critic. The base model for the logic analysis of the structures and the set of the constructions useful to data representations refer to the so-called Relational Model. The philosophy of information extraction is reconducted to the manipulation of Tables containing data instances and to simple Cartesian products.
Reflectarray Antennas: Operating Mechanisms and Remedies for Problem Aspects
Creators: name: Almajali, E'qab Rateb Fayeq
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Reflectarray Antennas
Operating Mechanisms
Problem Aspects

description: Reflectarrays that emulate paraboloidal main-reflectors, and hyperboloidal or ellipsoidal sub-reflectors, have undergone a great deal of development over the past two decades. More recently, research on the topic has concentrated on overcoming some remaining disadvantages, re-examining certain design issues, and extending reflectarray functionality. This thesis concerns itself with fixed-beam offset-fed single-layer main-reflectarrays and sub-reflectarrays comprised of square or rectangular variable size conducting elements. Both full-wave analyses and experiment are used in all the deliberations. In order to examine reflectarray operating mechanisms the thesis first describes a component-by-component technique whereby the role of the various reflectarray parts can be assessed by determining their individual and aggregate contributions to the reflectarray near- and far-fields. This technique is used to diagnose the fact that feed-image-lobes that appear at off-centre frequencies are caused not only by the groundplane as first thought, but by an imbalance in the complex currents on the patches and groundplane at such frequencies. The use of sub-wavelength elements is shown to suppress such unwanted lobes. The thesis then uses receive- and transmit-modes analysis to show that beam squint at off-centre frequencies, often not accounted for when stating the gain bandwidth of a reflectarray, is due to the shifting of the true focal points away from the geometrical one at these frequencies. It is demonstrated that a two-feed reflectarray arrangement is capable of eliminating beam squint, and that the use of smaller focal length to aperture size (F/D) ratios removes the grating lobes that can appear in such two-feed reflectarrays due to clustering of the aperture amplitude distribution. Finally, the thesis studies the effect of the reality that the angle of incidence of the feed fields on the various reflectarray elements is not the same for all elements, even though this is most often assumed when using element reflection phase versus element size databases in performing reflectarray designs. Careful full-wave analysis reveals that it is not only the dependence of element reflection phase on incidence angle that is important, but that the individual element pattern beamwidths change and distort as this angle increases. This is important not only from the point of view of the coupling of the feed fields to the elements, but also as far as the angular sector within which the reradiated fields are important. Thus sub-reflectarrays, whose radiation patterns are considerably wider than main-reflectors, are more susceptable to incidence angle effects. It is shown that the use of sub-wavelength elements in a reflectarray largely ensures its immunity to such effects.
Historical, analytic-diagnostic and environmental study of the  wood ceilings covered in painted paper in “Casa Romei” (Ferrara): Room of the 1500s
Creators: name: Lorusso, Salvatore
name: Vandini, Mariangela
name: Lanterna, Giancarlo
name: Lesniakova, Petra
name: Toreno, Georgia
name: Matteucci, Chiara
name: Pinna, Daniela
name: Iannucci, Anna Maria
name: Alberti, Andrea
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2003

description: This study aims at the evaluation of the conservation state of painted paper ceilings in the museum of Casa Romei (Ferrara). These ceilings are very important as rare witnesses of the art in Ferrara in 1400 to simulate wooden ceilings through painted paper. The overall project, proposed for the study of both the manufacture techniques and the state of conservation, is divided into two stages relative to the knowledge of the materials and the conservation environment. The study involves the artefacts control (diagnostic, materials and products characterisation through biological and chemical analyses) and microclimate monitoring.
The facade of the church of Saint Spirit in Urbino: from scientific investigations to restoration
Creators: name: Amadori, Maria Letizia
name: Gramegna, Elena
name: Raffaelli, Giuliana
name: Schillaci, Francesca
name: Mangani, Filippo
name: Bachiocca, Isodoro
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Di.S.Me.C.)
Year: 2003

description: The state of advanced deterioration of the church of Saint Spirito of Urbino has induced the Superintendence for the Historical Artistic and Demoetnoanthropological Heritage of the Marches-Urbino and the Archiepiscopal Curia to program an intervention of restoration. Before that, the facade was covered from black crusts, grey deposits and yellowish films. The bricks of the wall, until to a height of approximately three meters from the bottom, moreover they were interested from processes of detachment, disintegration and exfoliation. In such area the presence of humidity was rather obvious and was attributable to phenomena of rising dump. In order to identify the constituent materials and to estimate of the state of conservation they have been carry out scientific investigations, whose it turns out have supplied profits indications for the restoration.
¿EPISODIO DEPRESIVO MAYOR O TRASTORNO BIPOLAR TIPO II? DIFICULTAD PARA SU DIAGNÓSTICO
Creators: name: Andreo Vidal, Marina A.
name: Calvo Valcárcel, María
name: Fernández Lozano, María
name: González Zapatero, Francisco Javier
name: del Canto Martínez, Laura
name: Rodríguez Valbuena, Claudia
name: Fiorini Talavera, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS:

El trastorno bipolar (TB) tiene una prevalencia del 2,4%, siendo más diagnosticado el tipo I (0,6%) que el tipo II (0,4%), estimando un 1,4% en grupos subumbrales. El diagnóstico de TB tipo II es más díficil e incluso se demora más de 10 años puesto que los episodios hipomaníacos pueden pasar desapercibidos como etapas de gran éxito y productividad, en las que el paciente no percibe malestar ni solicita ayuda.

DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CASO:

Varón de 52 años con antecedentes de hernia discal, espondilodiscitis secundaria y síndrome facetario lumbar. Cuenta con antecedentes conocidos de episodios depresivos en 2014 y 2022, ambos tras cirugía lumbar con limitación funcional significativa. Niega tóxicos.

Presenta sintomatología compatible con episodio depresivo. Ante escasa mejoría, se cambia antidepresivo a Duloxetina y Trazodona. Posteriormente se observa clínica hipomaníaca que obliga a retirar Trazodona y pautar Olanzapina, que el paciente rechaza.

EXPLORACIÓN Y PRUEBAS COMPLEMENTARIAS:

Durante el último mes se objetiva un mayor nivel de actividad, expansividad e irritabilidad, aumento de conductas de riesgo y gastos, y nula necesidad de descanso. Dada la inestabilidad psicopatógica, se decide ingreso.

DIAGNÓSTICO DIFERENCIAL Y TRATAMIENTO:

Inicialmente sería planteable pensar en un viraje a episodio hipomaníaco causado por la toma de antidepresivos. Sin embargo, realizando una profunda anamnesis, el paciente refiere haber presentado etapas en las que se ha sentido particularmente bien, acelerado, con comportamientos desajustados y gastos excesivos, que podrían corresponderse con episodios hipomaníacos. Estos datos nos orientan a un TB tipo II.

Se inicia tratamiento con Ácido Valproico y Aripiprazol, con tendencia a la estabilización anímica y normalización del sueño.

DISCUSIÓN Y CONCLUSIONES:

Muchos pacientes con síntomas depresivos en contexto de un trastorno bipolar son frecuentemente mal diagnosticados de episodio depresivo mayor dada la dificultad de diagnosticar retrospectivamente.

Resulta fundamental preguntar de manera rutinaria por posibles síntomas de manía/hipomanía previos en cada paciente con un episodio depresivo mayor para detectar y tratar de manera adecuada, así como trabajar la conciencia de enfermedad en personas ya diagnosticadas y conocer los signos de alarma para evitar recaídas.
Encapsulation of Cardiac Stem Cells to Enhance Cell Retention and Cardiac Repair
Creators: name: Mayfield, Audrey
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Cardiac stem cell
Encapsulation
Myocardial infarction
Biomaterials

description: Despite advances in treatment, heart failure remains one of the top killers in Canada. This recognition motivates a new research focus to harness the fundamental repair properties of the human heart, with human cardiac stem cells (CSCs) emerging as a promising cell candidate to regenerate damaged myocardium. The rationale of this approach is simple with ex vivo amplification of CSCs from clinical grade biopsies, followed by delivery to areas of injury, where they engraft and regenerate the heart. Currently, outcomes are limited by modest engraftment and poor long-term survival of the injected CSCs due to on-going cell loss during transplantation. As such, we explored the effect of cell encapsulation to increase CSC engraftment and survival after myocardial injection. Transcript and protein profiling of human atrial appendage sourced CSCs revealed strong expression the pro-survival integrin dimers αVβ3 and α5β1- thus rationalizing the integration of fibronectin and fibrinogen into a supportive intra-capsular matrix. Encapsulation maintained CSC viability and expression of pro-survival transcripts when compared to standard suspended CSCs. Media conditioned by encapsulated CSCs demonstrated superior production of pro-angiogenic/ cardioprotective cytokines, angiogenesis and recruitment of circulating angiogenic cells. Intra-myocardial injection of encapsulated CSCs after experimental myocardial infarction favorably affected long-term retention of CSCs, reduced scar burden and improved overall cardiac function. Taken together, cell encapsulation of CSCs prevents detachment induced cell death while boosting the mechanical retention of CSCs to enhance repair of damaged myocardium.
Datalog - An overview and outlook on a decade-old technology
Creators: name: Schiessle, Pascal
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: databases
subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Database design
subject: Deductive databases
subject: Logic programming
subject: Query languages (Computer science)
subject: Database management
subject: Deduktives Datenbanksystem
subject: Logische Programmierung
subject: Abfragesprache
subject: Datalog

description: Especially with the increasing amount of web services and other data collection applications, the need for convinient data managment software increases as well. More and more companies as well as communities around the world look outside the current tech stack to find better solutions to interconnect data. I believe that this could be a chance of revival for Datalog, a logic based query language based on the established programming language Prolog developed in the 1970s. While not resulting in a noticable application back then, the logic based approach gathered interest among multiple areas in computer science today. Even though Datalog had a promising start, it declined short after. This was due to some internal factors, like technical limitations, but also to a noteable amount due to external circumstances like an overall decline in logic programming and limited hardware ressources. As of today, many of these are no longer valid and result in an increased viability of Datalog. This is why this work is designed to first explain its history, reintroduce Datalogs syntax and evaluation techniques as well as a discussion part to investigate its potential today. Although desired, no definitve answer can be given if Datalog will succeed or not, rather then a good estimation based on the recent development.