cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Anmerkungen zu Schönheit und Hässlichkeit
Creators: name: Schmied, Wieland
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 4 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 4
Experimental Parameters for a Cerium 144 Based Intense Electron Antineutrino Generator Experiment at Very Short Baselines
Creators: name: Gaffiot, J.
name: Lasserre, T.
name: Mention, G.
name: Vivier, M.
name: Cribier, M.
name: Durero, M.
name: Fischer, V.
name: Letourneau, A.
name: Dumonteil, E.
name: Saldikov, I. S.
name: Tikhomirov, G. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The standard three-neutrino oscillation paradigm, associated with small squared mass splittings $\ll 0.1\ \mathrm{eV^2}$, has been successfully built up over the last 15 years using solar, atmospheric, long baseline accelerator and reactor neutrino experiments. However, this well-established picture might suffer from anomalous results reported at very short baselines in some of these experiments. If not experimental artifacts, such results could possibly be interpreted as the existence of at least an additional fourth sterile neutrino species, mixing with the known active flavors with an associated mass splitting $\ll 0.1\ \mathrm{eV^2}$, and being insensitive to standard weak interactions. Precision measurements at very short baselines (5 to 15 m) with intense MeV electronic antineutrino emitters can be used to probe these anomalies. In this article, the expected antineutrino signal and backgrounds of a generic experiment which consists of deploying an intense beta minus radioactive source inside or in the vicinity of a large liquid scintillator detector are studied. The technical challenges to perform such an experiment are identified, along with quantifying the possible source and detector induced systematics, and their impact on the sensitivity to the observation of neutrino oscillations at short baselines.
description: 21 pages, 27 figures, generated with pdflatex, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Differentially expressed plasmatic microRNAs in Brazilian patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): preliminary results
Creators: name: Eguti A.
name: Silva L.F.S.
name: Visacri M.B.
name: Moriel P.
name: da Costa J.L.
name: Reis L.O.
name: dos Santos L.A.
name: Pincinato E.C.
name: Catharino R.R.
name: Ventura D.S.
name: Nicoletti A.S.
name: Quintanilha J.C.F.
name: Lancellotti M.
name: de Souza R.N.
name: Durán N.
name: Vasconcelos P.E.N.S.
name: Fávaro W.J.
name: Perroud Junior M.W.
name: da Ronda C.R.S.C.
Publisher: name: Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Year: 2022

description: Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is known that host microRNAs (miRNAs) can be modulated to favor viral infection or to protect the host. Herein, we report preliminary results of a study aiming at identifying differentially expressed plasmatic miRNAs in Brazilian patients with COVID-19. Methods and results: miRNAs were extracted from the plasma of eight patients with COVID-19 (four patients with mild COVID-19 and four patients with severe/critical COVID-19) and four healthy controls. Patients and controls were matched for sex and age. miRNA expression levels were detected using high-throughput sequencing. Differential miRNA expression and enrichment analyses were further evaluated. A total of 18 miRNAs were differentially expressed between patients with COVID-19 and controls. miR-4433b-5p, miR-6780b-3p, miR-6883-3p, miR-320b, miR-7111-3p, miR-4755-3p, miR-320c, and miR-6511a-3p were the most important miRNAs significantly involved in the PI3K/AKT, Wnt/β-catenin, and STAT3 signaling pathways. Moreover, 42 miRNAs were differentially expressed between severe/critical and mild patients with COVID-19. miR-451a, miR-101-3p, miR-185-5p, miR-30d-5p, miR-25-3p, miR-342-3p, miR-30e-5p, miR-150-5p, miR-15b-5p, and miR-29c-3p were the most important miRNAs significantly involved in the Wnt/β-catenin, NF-κβ, and STAT3 signaling pathways. Conclusions: If validated by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in a larger number of participants, the miRNAs identified in this study might be used as possible biomarkers for the diagnosis and severity of COVID-19.
Ridge from jet-medium interaction in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN} }$ = 5.02 TeV
Creators: name: Sarkar, Debojit
name: Chattopadhyay, Subhasis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we report the effect of the jet-medium interplay as implemented in EPOS 3 on the ridge like structure observed in high multiplicity p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 5.02 TeV. EPOS 3 takes into account hydrodynamically expanding bulk matter, jets and the jet-medium interaction. The basis of this model is multiple scatterings where each scattering finally produces flux tube / string. In the higher multiplicity event classes where the flux tube/string density is higher, there is a finite probability that the strings will pick up quarks and antiquarks (or diquarks) from the bulk (core) for flux tube breaking to produce jet hadrons (corona) instead of producing them via usual Schwinger mechanism. This will eventually create a correlation between core and corona and also influence the corona-corona correlation as the corona particles containing quarks and antiquarks (or diquarks) from the bulk also carry the fluid information. We report the relative contributions of the core-core, core-corona, corona-core and corona-corona correlations towards the ridge in the high and low multiplicity p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 5.02 TeV using the data generated by EPOS 3. The multiplicity evolution of the ridges in all the cases is also reported.
description: The EPOS model description part is similar to our previous EPOS-based paper: arXiv:2209.05568
Der Gekreuzigte als Paradox theologischer Ästhetik
Creators: name: Maier, Hans
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 4 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 4
DNALI1 interacts with the MEIG1/PACRG complex within the manchette and is required for proper sperm flagellum assembly in mice
Creators: name: Touré, A.
name: Granneman, J.G.
name: Williams, D.C., Jr.
name: Mladenovic-Lucas, L.
name: Huang, Q.
name: Zhou, Q.
name: Tian, Y.
name: Li, W.
name: Zhang, D.
name: Sheng, Y.
name: Zhang, Z.
name: Hess, R.A.
name: Yee, S.-P.
name: Orwig, K.E.
Publisher: name: eLife
Year: 2023

description: The manchette is a transient and unique structure present in elongating spermatids and required for proper differentiation of the germ cells during spermatogenesis. Previous work indicated that the MEIG1/PACRG complex locates in the manchette and is involved in the transport of cargos, such as SPAG16L, to build the sperm flagellum. Here using co48 immunoprecipitation and pull-down approaches in various cell systems, we established that DNALI1, an axonemal component originally cloned from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, recruits and stabilizes PACRG and we confirm in vivo, the co-localization of DNALI1 and PACRG in the manchette by immunofluorescence of elongating murine spermatids. We next generated mice with a specific deficiency of DNALI1 in male germ cells, and observed a dramatic reduction of the sperm cells, which results in male infertility. In addition, we observed that the majority of the sperm cells exhibited abnormal morphology including misshapen heads, bent tails, enlarged midpiece, discontinuous accessory structure, emphasizing the importance of DNALI1 in sperm differentiation. Examination of testis histology confirmed impaired spermiogenesis in the mutant mice. Importantly, while testicular levels of MEIG1, PACRG and SPAG16L proteins were unchanged in the Dnali1 mutant mice, their localization within the manchette was greatly affected, indicating that DNALI1 is required for the formation of the MEIG1/PACRG complex within the manchette. Interestingly, in contrast to MEIG1 and PACRG-deficient mice, the DNALI1-deficient mice also showed impaired sperm spermiation/individualization, suggesting additional functions beyond its involvement in the manchette structure. Overall, our work identifies 63 DNALI1 as a protein required for sperm development.
Dose-Ranging Plasma and Genital Tissue Pharmacokinetics and Biodegradation of Ultra-Long-Acting Cabotegravir In Situ Forming Implant
Creators: name: Kashuba, Angela D. M.
name: Benhabbour, Soumya Rahima
name: Sykes, Craig
name: Cottrell, Mackenzie L.
name: Thorson, Allison L.
name: Shrivastava, Roopali
name: Young, Isabella C.
name: Schauer, Amanda P.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023

description: HIV continues to affect millions of men and women worldwide. The development of long-acting injectables for HIV prevention can overcome adherence challenges with daily oral prevention regimens by reducing dosing frequency and stigma. We previously developed an ultra-long-acting injectable, biodegradable, and removeable in situ forming implant (ISFI) with cabotegravir (CAB) that demonstrated protection after multiple rectal SHIV challenges in female macaques. Here, we sought to further characterize CAB ISFI pharmacokinetics (PK) in mice by assessing the effect of dose and number of injections on CAB PK, time to completion of CAB release and polymer degradation, long-term genital tissue PK, and CAB PK tail after implant removal. CAB concentrations in plasma were above the benchmark for protection for 11–12 months with proportionality between dose and drug exposure. CAB ISFI exhibited high concentrations in vaginal, cervical, and rectal tissues for up to 180 days. Furthermore, depots were easily retrievable up to 180 days post-administration with up to 34% residual CAB and near complete (85%) polymer degradation quantified in depots ex vivo. After depot removal, results demonstrated a median 11-fold decline in CAB plasma concentrations across all doses. Ultimately, this study provided critical PK information for the CAB ISFI formulation that could aid in its future translation to clinical studies.
Driving force of COVID-19 among people living with HIV in Wuhan, China
Creators: name: Feng Y.
name: Liang K.
name: Tang W.
name: Liu L.
name: Zhang Q.
name: Zhang X.
name: Ming F.
name: Guo W.
name: Mo P.
name: Dong Y.
name: Gao M.
Publisher: name: Routledge
Year: 2022

description: Background: Although people living with HIV (PLWH) were considered to be at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the driving force among this group of individuals is still not clear. Methods: We investigated 1,709 PLWH through a telephone interview and identified 11 COVID-19 patients in four districts of Wuhan, China. The demographic features and major clinical characteristics of these patients were retrieved from the information management systems for COVID-19 patients of the four districts’ CDC. Statistical analysis was performed to find out the driving force of COVID-19 among PLWH. Results: The prevalence of COVID-19 in PLWH is 0.6% (95% CI: 0.2% - 1.0%), which is comparable to the overall population prevalence in Wuhan city (0.6%). Nine out of the 11 COVID-19 patients had relatively high CD4+ T lymphocyte count (>200/μl) and undetectable HIV viral load (<20 copies/ml), and ten of them were on antiretroviral therapy. Older PLWH with low CD4 + count, got HIV infected through homosexual activity, and had been diagnosed with HIV for a long time, were more likely to develop COVID-19. Conclusions: COVID-19 related morbidity rates were comparable between PLWH and the general population. Older age with low CD4 count, an extended period of HIV diagnosis, and treatment-naivety were potential driving forces of COVID-19 prevalence among PLWH. Strategies for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection among PLWH with weak immune responses are required.
Welche Kunst verträgt der Kirchenraum?
Creators: name: Hofmann, Friedhelm
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 4 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 4
Die Fetischisierung des "schönen" Körpers
Creators: name: Wendel, Saskia
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 4 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 4
On the Expressiveness of Mixed Choice Sessions
Creators: name: Peters, Kirstin
name: Yoshida, Nobuko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.1.2; F.3.2

description: Session types provide a flexible programming style for structuring interaction, and are used to guarantee a safe and consistent composition of distributed processes. Traditional session types include only one-directional input (external) and output (internal) guarded choices. This prevents the session-processes to explore the full expressive power of the pi-calculus where the mixed choices are proved more expressive than the (non-mixed) guarded choices. To account this issue, recently Casal, Mordido, and Vasconcelos proposed the binary session types with mixed choices (CMV+). This paper carries a surprising, unfortunate result on CMV+: in spite of an inclusion of unrestricted channels with mixed choice, CMV+'s mixed choice is rather separate and not mixed. We prove this negative result using two methodologies (using either the leader election problem or a synchronisation pattern as distinguishing feature), showing that there exists no good encoding from the pi-calculus into CMV+, preserving distribution. We then close their open problem on the encoding from CMV+ into CMV (without mixed choice), proving its soundness and thereby that the encoding is good up to coupled similarity.
description: In Proceedings EXPRESS/SOS 2022, arXiv:2208.14777. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2208.07041
Asynchronous Functional Sessions: Cyclic and Concurrent
Creators: name: Heuvel, Bas van den
name: Pérez, Jorge A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present Concurrent GV (CGV), a functional calculus with message-passing concurrency governed by session types. With respect to prior calculi, CGV has increased support for concurrent evaluation and for cyclic network topologies. The design of CGV draws on APCP, a session-typed asynchronous pi-calculus developed in prior work. Technical contributions are (i) the syntax, semantics, and type system of CGV; (ii) a correct translation of CGV into APCP; (iii) a technique for establishing deadlock-free CGV programs, by resorting to APCP's priority-based type system.
description: In Proceedings EXPRESS/SOS 2022, arXiv:2208.14777. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2208.07644
Why Is the Great Solar Active Region 12192 Flare-Rich But CME-Poor?
Creators: name: Sun, Xudong
name: Bobra, Monica G.
name: Hoeksema, J. Todd
name: Liu, Yang
name: Li, Yan
name: Shen, Chenglong
name: Couvidat, Sebastien
name: Norton, Aimee A.
name: Fisher, George H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solar active region (AR) 12192 of October 2014 hosts the largest sunspot group in 24 years. It is the most prolific flaring site of Cycle 24, but surprisingly produced no coronal mass ejection (CME) from the core region during its disk passage. Here, we study the magnetic conditions that prevented eruption and the consequences that ensued. We find AR 12192 to be "big but mild"; its core region exhibits weaker non-potentiality, stronger overlying field, and smaller flare-related field changes compared to two other major flare-CME-productive ARs (11429 and 11158). These differences are present in the intensive-type indices (e.g., means) but generally not the extensive ones (e.g., totals). AR 12192's large amount of magnetic free energy does not translate into CME productivity. The unexpected behavior suggests that AR eruptiveness is limited by some relative measure of magnetic non-potentiality over the restriction of background field, and that confined flares may leave weaker photospheric and coronal imprints compared to their eruptive counterparts.
description: Published in ApJL; minor changes in content and reference
Design Thinking and Innovation Strategy
Creators: name: Demir, Fatma
name: Saur-Amaral, Irina
name: Polónia, Daniel
Publisher: name: International Journal of Marketing, Innovation and Strategy
Year: 2023

description: Throughout the world, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are recognized as integral components of the economic landscape. Historically focused on domestic markets, since the late 1990s, SMEs have found themselves operating within a globalized marketplace characterized by increasingly discerning customers and intense competition. This newfound global exposure presents a considerable challenge for SMEs, given that many of them possess limited resources and capabilities, often lacking the capacity to establish and sustain a structured innovation management system. In light of this backdrop, this paper embarks on a systematic literature review aimed at exploring the nexus between Design Thinking, innovation, and competitiveness within the context of SMEs. The study involved the retrieval of 308 papers published between 1998 and 2021 from ISI Web of Science – Current Contents. These papers underwent comprehensive analysis with the help of Endnote 20 and NVivo 20, encompassing both bibliometric and content-based analysis. Subsequently, a refined sample of 70 papers, directly related to the research question, was isolated following the application of the exclusion criteria. The findings of this study underscore the need for the development of an innovation framework tailored specifically to SMEs, to seamlessly integrate Design Thinking processes while maintaining alignment with overarching corporate strategy. This holistic approach to innovation management is poised to play a pivotal role in enhancing the competitive standing of SMEs in today's complex and dynamic business landscape
description: International Journal of Marketing, Innovation and Strategy, Articles in Press
Effectiveness of the Swachh Bharat Mission and barriers to ending open defecation in India: a systematic review
Creators: name: VerKuilen, Anna
name: Sprouse, Lauren
name: Lebu, Sarah
name: Salzberg, Aaron
name: Manga, Musa
name: Beardsley, Rachel
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media
Year: 2023

description: In 2016, nearly 60% of the population of India practiced open defecation (OD), which was 4 times the global rate, and reducing OD in India will be essential in meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2 and improving global public health. The government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in 2014 with one key goal for all Indian states to achieve OD-free (ODF) status by 2019. Despite reports from the Government of India on the success of SBM, the true ODF status of Indian states is still unknown. A systematic review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted to assess the impact of SBM on OD in India, evaluate the barriers to reducing OD, and provide recommendations for future interventions to reduce or eliminate OD in India. A total of 237 publications were screened, and 22 were selected for inclusion. While the Prime Minister declared India ODF in 2019, studies suggest that the government monitoring system overestimates numbers of ODF villages and toilet coverage. Reasons for households’ continued OD practice include financial constraints, lack of water supply, governmental mistrust, cultural beliefs, and personal preference. Community incentives and penalties have been used to encourage proper sanitation practices with varying success. Overarching strategies and approaches that have worked well across study districts to reduce OD include high involvement of district leadership and innovative behavior-change and local community mobilization campaigns.
Emissions redistribution and environmental justice implications of California’s clean vehicle rebate project
Creators: name: Mejía-Duwan, Jaye
name: Hino, Miyuki
name: Mach, Katharine J.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Vehicle electrification is expected to reduce, in aggregate, emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants. However, increased electricity generation to support new electric vehicles introduces possible redistribution of point-source emissions from mobile vehicles to electric generating units such that emissions may decrease in some locations and increase in others, with implications for equity. The potential for vehicle electrification to thereby shift the spatial distribution of air-pollution burdens has been previously noted, but analyses have yet to evaluate specific implemented climate policies. Here, we develop a model to analyze the implications of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) for emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants, both in aggregate and in their distribution. Analyzing rebates for 2010–2021, we find that the CVRP reduced aggregate statewide emissions of CO2, NOX, and SO2 and increased aggregate statewide emissions of primary PM2.5. Furthermore, changes in air pollution are not distributed equally: our results indicate that, as a result of the CVRP, net primary PM2.5, NOX, and SO2 emissions reductions disproportionately occur in Least Disadvantaged Communities, as compared to Disadvantaged Communities, with community disadvantage defined according to CalEnviroScreen 4.0 per California legislation. If the current spatial distribution of electric vehicle rebates remains unchanged, we project that these inequities will continue through the state’s legislative goal of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on California roadways by 2025, even with increased cleanliness of the electricity sources for new vehicles. Increased uptake of electric vehicles in communities facing the highest air pollution exposure, along with accelerated clean-energy generation, could ameliorate associated environmental inequities.
title: ON THE INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE SURFACE DEFECTS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF MEDIA OF DIFFERENT RHEOLOGY
Creators: name: Babeshko, V.A.
name: Evdokimova,  O.V.
name: Babeshko, O.M.
name: Telatnikov, I.S.
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2020

description: The behavior of coated media is investigated using the block element method under the assumption that the coating is exposed to a liquid substance that gradually leads to the destruction of the coating. It is assumed that the coating contains many defects that are parallel to each other. A similar situation occurs when the body is bent around the axis in a liquid medium, resulting in high tensile stresses in the coating. Such problems occur in bearing pairs. Another example of such a situation occurs in seismology, in the subduction zone, which represents the advance of oceanic lithospheric plates under the continental ones.
Fréchet Lie algebroids and their cohomology
Creators: name: Eftekharinasab, Kaveh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We define Lie and Courant algebroids on Fréchet manifolds. Moreover, we construct a Dirac structure on the generalized tangent bundle of a Fréchet manifold and show that it inherits a Fréchet Lie algebroid structure. We show that the Lie algebroid cohomology of the $\bb$-cotangent bundle Lie algebroid of a weakly symplectic Fréchet manifold $M$ is the Lichnerowicz-Poisson cohomology of $M$.
Engaging Multistakeholder Perspectives to Identify Patient-Centered Research Priorities Regarding Vaccine Uptake Among Adults With Autoimmune Conditions
Creators: name: George, M.D.
name: Merkel, P.A.
name: Banbury, B.
name: Banerjee, S.
name: Degrassi, A.
name: Blazer, A.
name: Sullivan, H.
name: Emrich, L.
name: Stradford, L.
name: McBurney, R.N.
name: Kappelman, M.D.
name: Weaver, K.N.
name: Gavigan, K.
name: Shaw, D.G.
name: Nowell, W.B.
name: Curtis, J.R.
name: Dronadula, V.
name: Venkatachalam, S.
name: Gordon, J.
name: Larsen, K.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc
Year: 2023

description: Objective: The study objective was to prioritize topics for future patient-centered research to increase uptake of common vaccines, such as for pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza, herpes zoster, human papillomavirus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, among adults living with autoimmune conditions. Methods: A steering committee (SC) was formed that included clinicians, patients, patient advocates, and researchers associated with rheumatic diseases (psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis), inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis. Through a scoping review and discussions, SC members identified research topics regarding vaccine uptake and/or hesitancy for prioritization. A larger multistakeholder alliance that included patients and patient advocates, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, regulators, and vaccine manufacturers conducted a modified Delphi exercise online with three rating rounds and one ranking round. Frequency analysis and comparisons across stakeholder groups were conducted. A weighted ranking score was generated for each item in the ranking round for final prioritization. Results: Through the Delphi process, 33 research topics were identified, of which 13 topics were rated as critical by more than 70% of all stakeholders (n = 31). The two highest ranked critical topics per the full stakeholder group were “How well a vaccine works for adults with autoimmune conditions” and “How beliefs about vaccine safety affect vaccine uptake.”. Conclusion: A multistakeholder group identified key topics as critically important priorities for future research to decrease vaccine hesitancy and improve uptake of vaccines for adults with autoimmune conditions.
Qualitative inquiry feeding infants with cleft (Kotlarek et al., 2024)
Creators: name: Kotlarek, Katelyn
name: J. Bush, Erin
name: Zarzycka, Aleksandra S.
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320301
subject: Craniofacial biology
classificationCode: 321302
subject: Infant and child health
classificationCode: 390305
subject: Professional education and training

description: Purpose: Feeding infants with cleft lip/palate is a specialty area that crosses disciplinary lines. Due to the low incidence of this condition, information regarding feeding infants with orofacial clefting is often not taught in training programs, potentially leading to variations in practice. The purpose of this study was to explore the current practice and training patterns of health care professionals with regard to feeding infants with cleft lip/palate. Method: In accordance with Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies guidelines, qualitative, semistructured interviews were conducted via videoconference with four expert feeding providers serving individuals with craniofacial differences. Descriptive thematic analysis informed researchers’ understanding through scrutiny of each case and a search for cross-case similarities. Final coding of all transcripts was completed, and coding disagreements were resolved through discussion and refining of theme descriptions.Results: Despite similar expertise and experience within craniofacial care, analysis revealed both similarities and differences in feeding practices, training, and perceived issues in cleft lip/palate care among providers. The final qualitative data analysis revealed the following four emergent themes: Informal Education and Training, Multidisciplinary Practice Issues (subtheme: Postoperative Instructions), Clinical Decision Making, and Recommendations (three subthemes: Components of a Feeding Consultation, Educational Issues, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care).Conclusions: Practice patterns and training vary widely despite similar levels of expertise. Mechanisms for formal training are needed in this area.Supplemental Material S1. Completed Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies (COREQ) Checklist.Kotlarek, K. J., Bush, E. J., & Zarzycka, A. (2024). A qualitative inquiry of practice and training in feeding infants with orofacial clefting: Insight from four expert providers. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-23-00122
Data and results related to the article "Trained immunity in perivascular adipose tissue of abdominal aortic aneurysm—a novel concept for a still elusive disease"
Creators: name: Piacentini, Luca
name: Colombo, Gualtiero Ivanoe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This record contains data and results related to the article "Trained immunity in perivascular adipose tissue of abdominal aortic aneurysm—a novel concept for a still elusive disease" Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a chronic, life-threatening vascular disease whose only therapeutic option is surgical repair to prevent vessel rupture. Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) has received growing interest in the study of vascular diseases because its dysfunction affects large arteries mainly through the infiltration of immune cells. We have recently produced evidence that both innate and adaptive immune cells of PVAT in AAA patients concur to sustain a detrimental inflammatory loop. Here, we tested whether AAA PVAT could present epigenetic signatures associated with trained immunity (i.e., histone modifications) that can be linked to disease progression.
description: This work was supported by the Italian Ministry of Health (Research Projects RC Nos. 2600658, 2627621, and 2631196 to G.I. Colombo).
Estimates of Presumed Population Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 by State in the United States, August 2021
Creators: name: Brown L.M.
name: Atwell J.E.
name: Rhea S.
name: Swerdlow D.L.
name: Angulo F.J.
name: McLaughlin J.M.
name: MacDonald P.D.M.
name: Stoner M.C.D.
name: Nguyen J.L.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2022

description: Background: Information is needed to monitor progress toward a level of population immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sufficient to disrupt viral transmission. We estimated the percentage of the US population with presumed immunity to SARS-CoV-2 due to vaccination, natural infection, or both as of August 26, 2021. Methods: Publicly available data as of August 26, 2021, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to calculate presumed population immunity by state. Seroprevalence data were used to estimate the percentage of the population previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, with adjustments for underreporting. Vaccination coverage data for both fully and partially vaccinated persons were used to calculate presumed immunity from vaccination. Finally, we estimated the percentage of the total population in each state with presumed immunity to SARS-CoV-2, with a sensitivity analysis to account for waning immunity, and compared these estimates with a range of population immunity thresholds. Results: In our main analysis, which was the most optimistic scenario, presumed population immunity varied among states (43.1% to 70.6%), with 19 states with ≤60% of their population having been infected or vaccinated. Four states had presumed immunity greater than thresholds estimated to be sufficient to disrupt transmission of less infectious variants (67%), and none were greater than the threshold estimated for more infectious variants (≥78%). Conclusions: The United States remains a distance below the threshold sufficient to disrupt viral transmission, with some states remarkably low. As more infectious variants emerge, it is critical that vaccination efforts intensify across all states and ages for which the vaccines are approved.
Göttliches Verzeihen und menschliches Hoffen
Creators: name: Kapp, Volker
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 3 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 3
Observation of Wakefields and Resonances in Coherent Synchrotron Radiation
Creators: name: Billinghurst, B. E.
name: Bergstrom, J. C.
name: Baribeau, C.
name: Batten, T.
name: Dallin, L.
name: May, T. E.
name: Vogt, J. M.
name: Wurtz, W. A.
name: Warnock, R.
name: Bizzozero, D. A.
name: Kramer, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on high resolution measurements of resonances in the spectrum of coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) at the Canadian Light Source (CLS). The resonances permeate the spectrum at wavenumber intervals of $0.074 ~\textrm{cm}^{-1}$, and are highly stable under changes in the machine setup (energy, bucket filling pattern, CSR in bursting or continuous mode). Analogous resonances were predicted long ago in an idealized theory as eigenmodes of a smooth toroidal vacuum chamber driven by a bunched beam moving on a circular orbit. A corollary of peaks in the spectrum is the presence of pulses in the wakefield of the bunch at well defined spatial intervals. Through experiments and further calculations we elucidate the resonance and wakefield mechanisms in the CLS vacuum chamber, which has a fluted form much different from a smooth torus. The wakefield is observed directly in the 30-110 GHz range by RF diodes, and indirectly by an interferometer in the THz range. The wake pulse sequence found by diodes is less regular than in the toroidal model, and depends on the point of observation, but is accounted for in a simulation of fields in the fluted chamber. Attention is paid to polarization of the observed fields, and possible coherence of fields produced in adjacent bending magnets. Low frequency wakefield production appears to be mainly local in a single bend, but multi-bend effects cannot be excluded entirely, and could play a role in high frequency resonances. New simulation techniques have been developed, which should be invaluable in further work.
description: 5 figures. Differs from first posting by correction of typo and inclusion of responses to referee's questions
Revealing the astragalin mode of anticandidal action
Creators: name: Ivanov, Marija
name: Kannan, Abhilash
name: Stojković, Dejan
name: Glamočlija, Jasmina
name: Golič Grdadolnik, Simona
name: Sanglard, Dominique
name: Soković, Marina
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: astragalin
mode of action
antimicrobial
ergosterol biosynthesis
hyphal transition
membrane integrity

description: Due to limited arsenal of systemically available antifungal agents, infections caused by Candida albicans are difficult to treat and the emergence of drug-resistant strains present a major challenge to the clinicians worldwide. Hence further exploration of potential novel and effective antifungal drugs is required. In this study we have explored the potential of a flavonoid, astragalin, in controlling the growth of C. albicans, in both planktonic and biofilm forms by microdilution method; and in regulating the morphological switch between yeast and hyphal growth. Astragalin ability to interfere with membrane integrity, ergosterol synthesis and its role in the regulation of genes encoding for efflux pumps has been addressed. In our study, astragalin treatment produced good antimicrobial and significant antibiofilm activity. Anticandidal activity of astragalin was not related to ERG11 downregulation, neither to direct binding to CYP51 enzyme nor was linked to membrane ergosterol assembly. Instead, astragalin treatment resulted in reduced expression of CDR1 and also affected cell membrane integrity without causing cytotoxic effect on human gingival fibroblast cells. Considering that astragalin-mediated decreased expression of efflux pumps increases the concentration of antifungal drug inside the fungal cells, a combinatorial treatment with this agent could be explored as a novel therapeutic option for candidiasis.
description: EXCLI Journal; 19:Doc1436; ISSN 1611-2156
Electronic effects in high-energy radiation damage in tungsten
Creators: name: Zarkadoula, Eva
name: Duffy, Dorothy M.
name: Nordlund, Kai
name: Seaton, Michael A.
name: Todorov, Ilian T.
name: Weber, William J.
name: Trachenko, Kostya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although the effects of the electronic excitations during high-energy radiation damage processes are not currently understood, it is shown that their role in the interaction of radiation with matter is important. We perform molecular dynamics simulations of high-energy collision cascades in bcc-tungsten using the coupled two-temperature molecular dynamics (2T-MD) model that incorporates both the effects of electronic stopping and electron-phonon interaction. We compare the combination of these effects on the induced damage with only the effect of electronic stopping, and conclude in several novel insights. In the 2T-MD model, the electron-phonon coupling results in less damage production in the molten region and in faster relaxation of the damage at short times. These two effects lead to significantly smaller amount of the final damage at longer times.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
title: CONTROL OF (AL,GA)P COMPOSITION IN SELF-CATALYZED NANOWIRE GROWTH
Creators: name: Sibirev, Nickolay V.
name: Fedorov, Vladimir
name: Shtrom, Igor V.
name: Bolshakov, Alexey D.
name: Berdnikov, Yury
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2020

description: Composition of ternary III-V nanowires became a subject of recent intensive studies inspired by several optoelectronic applications. Among these nanostructures, phosphide nanowires possess a wider bandgap making it especially promising for applications operating in the green visible range. However, unlike other III-V materials, the growth of AlGaP nanowires remains rather unexplored. In this work, we model the stationary composition of self-catalyzed AlGaP grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We show that under a wide range of growth parameters our theoretical approach does not require any fitting parameter and thus allows direct interpretation of experimental data. The obtained numerical results demonstrate a tendency to Al domination over Ga at rather low fluxes of the first. Interesting phenomena of the rise of Al fraction with an increase of the total group III flux is demonstrated. On the other hand, high tolerance of the chemical composition to the temperature, concentration of phosphorus in the droplet, and adatom kinetics is shown numerically.
Heilsuniversalismus - die Provokation Asiens
Creators: name: Bürkle, Horst
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 3 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 3
Heil zwischen Allerlösung und Prädestination von Origenes bis Augustinus
Creators: name: Dassmann, Ernst
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 3 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 3
Induced interactions in a superfluid Bose-Fermi mixture
Creators: name: Kinnunen, J. J.
name: Bruun, G. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) mixed with a superfluid two-component Fermi gas in the whole BCS-BEC cross-over. Using a quasiparticle random phase approximation combined with Beliaev theory to describe the Fermi superfluid and the BEC respectively, we show that the single particle and collective excitations of the Fermi gas give rise to an induced interaction between the bosons, which varies strongly with momentum and frequency. It diverges at the sound mode of the Fermi superfluid, resulting in a sharp avoided crossing feature and a corresponding sign change of the interaction energy shift in the excitation spectrum of the BEC. In addition, the excitation of quasiparticles in the Fermi superfluid leads to damping of the excitations in the BEC. Besides studying induced interactions themselves, these prominent effects can be used to systematically probe the strongly interacting Fermi gas.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Evaluating the validity of depression-related stigma measurement among diabetes and hypertension patients receiving depression care in Malawi: A mixed-methods analysis
Creators: name: Hosseinipour, Mina C.
name: Masiye, Jones
name: Matewere, Maureen
name: Akello, Harriet
name: Pence, Brian W.
name: Dussault, Josée M.
name: Mbota, MacDonald
name: Akiba, Christopher
name: Go, Vivian F.
name: Malava, Jullita
name: Gaynes, Bradley N.
name: Stockton, Melissa
name: Zimba, Chifundo
name: Udedi, Michael
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Mental illness stigma research is sparse in Malawi. Our team previously analyzed the reliability and statistical validity of a quantitative tool to measure depression-related stigma among participants with depressive symptoms using quantitative psychometric methods. This analysis aims to further evaluate the content validity of the stigma tool by comparing participants’ quantitative responses with qualitative data. The SHARP project conducted depression screening and treatment at 10 noncommunicable disease clinics across Malawi from April 2019 through December 2021. Eligible participants were 18–65 years with depressive symptoms indicated by a PHQ-9 score ≥5. Questionnaires at each study timepoint included a vignette-based quantitative stigma instrument with three thematic domains: disclosure carryover (i.e., concerns about disclosure), treatment carryover (i.e., concerns about external stigma because of receiving depression treatment), and negative affect (i.e., negative attitudes about people having depression). Sub-scores were aggregated for each domain, with higher scores indicating greater stigma. To better understand participants’ interpretation of this quantitative stigma questionnaire, we asked a subset of six participants a parallel set of questions in semi-structured qualitative interviews in a method similar to cognitive interviewing. Qualitative responses were linked with participants’ most recent quantitative follow-up interviews using Stata 16 and NVivo software. Participants with lower quantitative stigma disclosure sub-scores had qualitative responses that indicated less stigma around disclosure, while participants with higher quantitative stigma sub-scores had qualitative responses indicating greater stigma. Similarly, in the negative affect and treatment carryover domains, participants had parallel quantitative and qualitative responses. Further, participants identified with the vignette character in their qualitative interviews, and participants spoke about the character’s projected feelings and experiences based on their own lived experiences. The stigma tool was interpreted appropriately by participants, providing strong evidence for the content validity of the quantitative tool to measure these stigma domains.
Attracted to de Sitter: cosmology of the linear Horndeski models
Creators: name: Martin-Moruno, Prado
name: Nunes, Nelson J.
name: Lobo, Francisco S. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider Horndeski cosmological models, with a minisuperspace Lagrangian linear in the field derivative, that are able to screen any vacuum energy and material content leading to a spatially flat de Sitter vacuum fixed by the theory itself. Furthermore, we investigate particular models with a cosmic evolution independent of the material content and use them to understand the general characteristics of this framework. We also consider more realistic models, which we denote the "term-by-term" and "tripod" models, focusing attention on cases in which the critical point is indeed an attractor solution and the cosmological history is of particular interest.
description: V1: 25 pages, 14 figures. V2: 5 references added, minor clarifications added. This version accepted for publication in JCAP
Evolution of Mode Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Implications for the Future of Transit
Creators: name: Bhat, Chandra R.
name: Batur, Irfan
name: Bhagat-Conway, Matthew
name: Pendyala, Ram M.
name: Javadinasr, Mohammadjavad
name: Asmussen, Katherine E.
name: Salon, Deborah
name: Mohammadian, Abolfazl (Kouros)
name: Magassy, Tassio B.
name: Derrible, Sybil
name: Mondal, Aupal
name: Chauhan, Rishabh
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about transformative changes in human activity-travel patterns. These lifestyle changes were naturally accompanied by and associated with changes in transportation mode use and work modalities. In the United States, most transit agencies are still grappling with lower ridership levels, thus signifying the onset of a new normal for the future of transit. This paper addresses this challenge using a novel panel survey data set collected from a representative sample of individuals across the United States. The study involved the estimation of a panel multinomial probit model of mode choice to capture both socio-economic effects and period (pre-, during-, and post-COVID) effects that contribute to changes in mode choice. This paper provides rich insights into the evolution of commute mode use as a result of the pandemic, with a particular focus on public transit. Through a rigorous modeling approach, this paper provides a deep understanding of how transit use has evolved, how it is likely to evolve into the future, and the socio-economic and demographic characteristics that affect the evolution (and expected future use) of public transit. Results suggest that transit patronage is likely to remain depressed by about 30% for the foreseeable future, in the absence of substantial changes in service configurations. This study also shows that minority groups and those living in higher density regions are more likely to exhibit a return to transit use in the post-pandemic period.
A non-iterative method for the electrical impedance tomography based on joint sparse recovery
Creators: name: Lee, Ok Kyun
name: Kang, Hyeonbae
name: Ye, Jong Chul
name: Lim, Mikyoung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35R30, 65F50

description: The purpose of this paper is to propose a non-iterative method for the inverse conductivity problem of recovering multiple small anomalies from the boundary measurements. When small anomalies are buried in a conducting object, the electric potential values inside the object can be expressed by integrals of densities with a common sparse support on the location of anomalies. Based on this integral expression, we formulate the reconstruction problem of small anomalies as a joint sparse recovery and present an efficient non-iterative recovery algorithm of small anomalies. Furthermore, we also provide a slightly modified algorithm to reconstruct an extended anomaly. We validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm over the linearized method and the MUSIC algorithm by numerical simulations.
description: 22 pages, 8 figures