cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
sj-pdf-3-car-10.1177_19476035211030991 – Supplemental material for Etiology of Cartilage Lesions Does Not Affect Clinical Outcomes of Patellofemoral Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
Creators: name: Mestriner, Alexandre Barbieri
name: Ackermann, Jakob
name: Merkely, Gergo
name: Galvão, Pedro Henrique Schmidt Alves Ferreira
name: Ambra, Luiz Felipe Morlin
name: Gomoll, Andreas H.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-car-10.1177_19476035211030991 for Etiology of Cartilage Lesions Does Not Affect Clinical Outcomes of Patellofemoral Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation by Alexandre Barbieri Mestriner, Jakob Ackermann, Gergo Merkely, Pedro Henrique Schmidt Alves Ferreira Galvão, Luiz Felipe Morlin Ambra and Andreas H. Gomoll in CARTILAGE
Online supplementary file 1 - Supplemental material for Gymsyloside F and Gymsyloside G, Two New Pregnane Glycosides From the Leaves of Gymnema sylvestre and Their α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase Inhibitory Activities
Creators: name: Yen, Pham Hai
name: Hai Yen, Duong Thi
name: Viet Thanh, Nguyen Thi
name: Hung, Nguyen Anh
name: Bang, Ngo Anh
name: Tai, Bui Huu
name: Nhiem, Nguyen Xuan
name: Kiem, Phan Van
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Online supplementary file 1, for Gymsyloside F and Gymsyloside G, Two New Pregnane Glycosides From the Leaves of Gymnema sylvestre and Their α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase Inhibitory Activities by Pham Hai Yen, Duong Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen Thi Viet Thanh, Nguyen Anh Hung, Ngo Anh Bang, Bui Huu Tai, Nguyen Xuan Nhiem and Phan Van Kiem in Natural Product Communications
Mimicking Nature to Design Degradable Adhesives from Renewable Resources
Creators: name: Siebert, Heather M
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Macromolecular and materials chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: Adhesives are widespread. They hold together the furniture, cars and electronics that we use on a daily basis. The majority of commercially available glues are sourced from petroleum-based monomers and are not degradable in any practical way. The permanent nature of these adhesive materials makes disassembly for recycling difficult. Current bio-based glues such as hide and starch glue are not strong enough to compete with commercial glues. Inspiration from nature is helping us to tackle this problem. Marine mussels achieve strong bonding to underwater surfaces through the use of adhesive plaques containing the uncommon amino acid 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. Incorporating this chemistry into a degradable polylactic acid backbone allows for the development of strong bonding biodegradable glue. Throughout this work, the synthesis of these materials is discussed as well as methods to improve the bonding of these materials to compete with commercial glues. The degradation of these materials as well as their cytocompatibility is discussed.
Additional file 1 of Supporting underrepresented students in health sciences: a fuzzy cognitive mapping approach to program evaluation
Creators: name: Chiang, Danielle F.
name: Guerrero, Scott A.
name: Sexton, Emma C.
name: Gardner, Stephen S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. STAHR Ambassador Map Code Book; the codebook used by researchers to code maps created by STAHR students.
Perceptual Evaluation and Metric for Terrain Models
Creators: name: Rajasekaran, Suren Deepak
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Computer graphics

description: The use of Procedural Modeling for the creation of 3D models such as Buildings, Terrains, Trees etc., is becoming increasingly common in Films, Video Games, Urban Modeling and Architectural Visualization. This is due to the primary factor that using procedural models in comparison to traditional hand-modeled models helps in saving time, cost and aids in generation of a larger variety in comparison to a few. However, there are so many open problems in procedural modeling methods that does not rely on any user assistance or aid in generating models especially in terms of their visual quality and perception. Although, it is easy to identify realistic looking models from procedural models, the metrics that make them ’Real’ or ’Procedural’ is still in the indeterminable and remains uncanny in nature. The perceptual metrics (intrinsic factors such as surface features and details, extrinsic factors such as environmental attributes and visual cues) that contributes to the visual perception of Procedural models have not been studied in detail or quantified yet. This dissertation presents a first step in the direction of perceptual evaluation of procedural models of terrains. We gathered and categorized several types of real and synthetic terrains generated by methods used in computer graphics and conducted two large studies with 70 participants ranking them perceptually.

The results show that synthetic terrains lack in visual quality and are perceived worse than real terrains with statistical significance. We performed a quantitative study by using localized geomorphology based landform features on terrains (geomorphons) that indicate that valleys, ridges, and hollows have significant perceptual importance. We then used generative deep generative neural network to transfer the features from real terrains to synthetic ones and vice versa to further confirm their importance. A second perceptual experiment with 128 participants confirmed the importance of the transferred features for visual perception. Based on these results, we introduce PTQM (Perceived Terrain Quality Metrics); a novel perceptual metrics based on geomorphons that assigns a number of estimated visual quality of a terrain represented as a digital elevation map. The introduced perceptual metric based on geomorphons indicate that features such as Valley (0.66), Ridge (0.64), Summit (0.44), Depression (0.42), Spur(0.33), and Hollow (0.22) in order have significant perceptual importance. By using linear regression, we show that the presented features are strongly correlated with perceived visual quality.
title: Effective communication of Operational Earthquake Forecasts (OEF)
title: Findings from a New Zealand workshop
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Becker, JS
name: Potter, SH
name: McBride, SK
name: Gerstenberger, MC
name: Christophersen, A
Publisher: name: GNS Science
Year: 2018

description: Operational Earthquake Forecasts (OEFs) describe the time-dependent probabilities of earthquakes, and have been communicated for many earthquakes in New Zealand since 2010. This research sought to explore options for improving communication of OEFs both in the context of forecasts before a major earthquake, and after a major earthquake has occurred. In October 2015, we conducted a workshop with 14 participants from a range of organisations in Wellington to understand how earthquake forecasting might be of use to them, how they would like an OEF communicated to them, and their perceived challenges for OEFs. We found that there was a high level of support for OEFs, and a wide range of potential uses of the information, including to assist with their understanding of risk, planning, informing decisions and actions, and informing their communications with the public. Participants suggested that they would like to receive OEF information in multiple formats, although maps were the most popular. We describe the time windows, thresholds, and variables that the participants would like the information to be framed in. Our findings support the notion that much can be done to prepare OEF communications in advance of the next event, and that relationships should be built between agencies to develop trust and ease of communication in an event. We suggest that there be investigation and co-development of preparedness and response actions that can accompany OEF information, and further research into user needs for OEF communications. Findings from this research will be used to inform the development of future OEF generation and communication. (auth)
Additional file 2 of Supporting underrepresented students in health sciences: a fuzzy cognitive mapping approach to program evaluation
Creators: name: Chiang, Danielle F.
name: Guerrero, Scott A.
name: Sexton, Emma C.
name: Gardner, Stephen S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis R Code.; the code used by the researcher to confirm the final two-factor structure of the concepts brought up in the maps by STAHR students.
Supplemental Material, sj-docx-1-smr-10.1177_00491241211031271 - Open-ended versus Closed Probes: Assessing Different Formats of Web Probing
Creators: name: Neuert, Cornelia E.
name: Meitinger, Katharina
name: Behr, Dorothée
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, sj-docx-1-smr-10.1177_00491241211031271 for Open-ended versus Closed Probes: Assessing Different Formats of Web Probing by Cornelia E. Neuert, Katharina Meitinger and Dorothée Behr in Sociological Methods & Research
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_08944393211032199 - COVID-19 and Technological Maturity of HEIs in Poland
Creators: name: Kucharska, Agnieszka
name: Rostek, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_08944393211032199 for COVID-19 and Technological Maturity of HEIs in Poland by Agnieszka Kucharska and Katarzyna Rostek in Social Science Computer Review
Brucellosis in a refugee who migrated from Syria to Germany and lessons learnt, 2016
Creators: name: Grunow, Roland
name: Jacob, Daniela
name: Klee, Silke
name: Schlembach, D.
name: Jackowski-Dohrmann, S.
name: Loenning-Baucke, V.
name: Eberspächer, B.
name: Swidsinski, S.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Brucella
subject: biosafety
subject: brucellosis
subject: clinic
subject: emerging or re-emerging diseases
subject: refugee
subject: 610 Medizin

description: A teenage woman migrating from Syria arrived in May 2015 in Germany. She gave birth to a healthy child in early 2016, but became febrile shortly after delivery. Blood cultures revealed Brucella melitensis. In retrospect, she reported contact with sheep in Syria and recurrent pain in the hip joints over about five months before diagnosis of brucellosis. We discuss consequences for adequate treatment of mother and child as well as for clinical and laboratory management.
Additional file 1 of A novel laccase from Trametes polyzona with high performance in the decolorization of textile dyes
Creators: name: Bucchieri, Daniela
name: Mangiagalli, Marco
name: Martani, Francesca
name: Butti, Pietro
name: Lotti, Marina
name: Serra, Immacolata
name: Branduardi, Paola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1 Solid-plate screening of fungi for laccase production. Fungal species were grown at 30 °C for 7 days on MEA plates supplemented with 3 mM ABTS to identify putative laccase activity.
Supplementary Table 1
Creators: name: Siewert, Jacob
name: Pellin, MacKenzie A
name: Husbands, Brian D
name: Curran, Kaitlin M
name: Scavelli, Diane
name: Sampene, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Individual patient treatment.
Versorgungsforschung: Regionale Unterschiede bei OP-Zahlen
Creators: name: Kurth, Bärbel-Maria
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Eine sachgerechte Quantifizierung und die Berücksichtigung möglicher Verzerrungen ist entscheidend für die Darstellung und Interpretation der vorhandenen Daten.
APOBEC4 Enhances the Replication of HIV-1
Creators: name: Marino, Daniela
name: Perković, Mario
name: Hain, Anika
name: Vasudevan, Ananda A. Jaguva
name: Hofmann, Henning
name: Hanschmann, Kay-Martin
name: Mühlebach, Michael D.
name: Schumann, Gerald G.
name: König, Renate
name: Cichutek, Klaus
name: Häussinger, Dieter
name: Münk, Carsten
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: APOBEC4 (A4) is a member of the AID/APOBEC family of cytidine deaminases. In this study we found a high mRNA expression of A4 in human testis. In contrast, there were only low levels of A4 mRNA detectable in 293T, HeLa, Jurkat or A3.01 cells. Ectopic expression of A4 in HeLa cells resulted in mostly cytoplasmic localization of the protein. To test whether A4 has antiviral activity similar to that of proteins of the APOBEC3 (A3) subfamily, A4 was co-expressed in 293T cells with wild type HIV-1 and HIV-1 luciferase reporter viruses. We found that A4 did not inhibit the replication of HIV-1 but instead enhanced the production of HIV-1 in a dose-dependent manner and seemed to act on the viral LTR. A4 did not show detectable cytidine deamination activity in vitro and weakly interacted with single-stranded DNA. The presence of A4 in virus producer cells enhanced HIV-1 replication by transiently transfected A4 or stably expressed A4 in HIV-susceptible cells. APOBEC4 was capable of similarly enhancing transcription from a broad spectrum of promoters, regardless of whether they were viral or mammalian. We hypothesize that A4 may have a natural role in modulating host promoters or endogenous LTR promoters.
Dismembering the Multi-Armed Bandit
Creators: name: Keaton, Timothy J
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Applied statistics
Statistics not elsewhere classified

description: The multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem refers to the task of sequentially assigning treatments to experimental units so as to identify the best treatment(s) while controlling the opportunity cost of further investigation. Many algorithms have been developed that attempt to balance this trade-off between exploiting the seemingly optimum treatment and exploring the other treatments. The selection of an MAB algorithm for implementation in a particular context is often performed by comparing candidate algorithms in terms of their abilities to control the expected regret of exploration versus exploitation. This singular criterion of mean regret is insufficient for many practical problems, and therefore an additional criterion that should be considered is control of the variance, or risk, of regret.This work provides an overview of how the existing prominent MAB algorithms handle both criteria. We additionally investigate the effects of incorporating prior information into an algorithm's model, including how sharing information across treatments affects the mean and variance of regret.A unified and accessible framework does not currently exist for constructing MAB algorithms that control both of these criteria. To this end, we develop such a framework based on the two elementary concepts of dismemberment of treatments and a designed learning phase prior to dismemberment. These concepts can be incorporated into existing MAB algorithms to effectively yield new algorithms that better control the expectation and variance of regret. We demonstrate the utility of our framework by constructing new variants of the Thompson sampler that involve a small number of simple tuning parameters. As we illustrate in simulation and case studies, these new algorithms are implemented in a straightforward manner and achieve improved control of both regret criteria compared to the traditional Thompson sampler. Ultimately, our consideration of additional criteria besides expected regret illuminates novel insights into the multi-armed bandit problem.Finally, we present visualization methods, and a corresponding R Shiny app for their practical execution, that can yield insights into the comparative performances of popular MAB algorithms. Our visualizations illuminate the frequentist dynamics of these algorithms in terms of how they perform the exploration-exploitation trade-off over their populations of realizations as well as the algorithms' relative regret behaviors. The constructions of our visualizations facilitate a straightforward understanding of complicated MAB algorithms, so that our visualizations and app can serve as unique and interesting pedagogical tools for students and instructors of experimental design.
Steep rise in norovirus cases and emergence of a new recombinant strain GII.P16-GII.2, Germany, winter 2016
Creators: name: Niendorf, Sandra
name: Jacobsen, Sonja
name: Faber, Mirko
name: Eis-Hübinger, A. M.
name: Hofmann, Jörg
name: Zimmermann, Ortrud
name: Höhne, Marina
name: Bock, Thomas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Since early November 2016, the number of laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections reported in Germany has been increasing steeply. Here, we report the detection and genetic characterisation of an emerging norovirus recombinant, GII.P16-GII.2. This strain was frequently identified as the cause of sporadic cases as well as outbreaks in nine federal states of Germany. Our findings suggest that the emergence of GII.P16-GII.2 contributed to rising case numbers of norovirus gastroenteritis in Germany.
Respondents’ report of a clinician-diagnosed depression in health surveys: comparison with DSM-IV mental disorders in the general adult population in Germany
Creators: name: Maske, Ulrike E.
name: Hapke, Ulfert
name: Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
name: Busch, Markus A.
name: Kessler, Ronald C.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Respondents’ report of a previously diagnosed depression by a health professional is frequently used to estimate depression prevalence. This study contributes to a better understanding of survey results based on this measure by comparing it with a comprehensive standardized diagnostic interview. Methods: Data came from the cross-sectional nationwide German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) and its mental health module (DEGS1-MH, n = 4483). In DEGS1, participants were asked whether they have been diagnosed with depression by a physician or psychotherapist (last 12-month). DSM-IV-based 12-month major depressive disorder (MDD) and other mental disorders were assessed with the German version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Time lag between both assessments was 6 weeks (median). Results: 73.4% of participants reporting clinician-diagnosed depression met criteria for any mental disorder in the CIDI (any affective disorder: 51.8%, any anxiety disorder: 54.7%). The proportion of participants reporting a clinician-diagnosed depression who met MDD criteria was highest among those aged 18–29 years (62.6%) and decreased with age (65–79 years: 29.8%). Among participants with MDD, the proportion with clinician-diagnosed depression was 33.0%, highest among those aged 45–64 years (49.3%) and lowest among those aged 18–29 years (22.7%) and 30–44 years (20.3%). MDD severity was positively associated with clinician-diagnosed depression. Conclusions: Respondents’ report of a clinician-diagnosed depression and major depression assessed with the CIDI substantially differ. Concordance of both measures varies with age and severity of depressive symptoms. Health surveys should assess a range of depression indicators in order to cover a wide spectrum.
sj-pdf-1-lup-10.1177_09612033211034234 - Supplemental material for The relationship between the modified National Institute of Health activity and chronicity scoring system, and the long-term prognosis for lupus nephritis: A retrospective single-center study
Creators: name: Nakagawa, Shiori
name: Toyama, Tadashi
name: Iwata, Yasunori
name: Oshima, Megumi
name: Ogura, Hisayuki
name: Sato, Koichi
name: Yamamura, Yuta
name: Miyakawa, Taro
name: Kitajima, Shinji
name: Hara, Akinori
name: Sakai, Norihiko
name: Shimizu, Miho
name: Wada, Takashi
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-lup-10.1177_09612033211034234 for The relationship between the modified National Institute of Health activity and chronicity scoring system, and the long-term prognosis for lupus nephritis: A retrospective single-center study by Shiori Nakagawa, Tadashi Toyama, Yasunori Iwata, Megumi Oshima, Hisayuki Ogura, Koichi Sato, Yuta Yamamura, Taro Miyakawa, Shinji Kitajima, Akinori Hara, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu and Takashi Wada in Lupus
Road Infrastructure Readiness for Autonomous Vehicles
Creators: name: Saeed, Tariq Usman
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Civil engineering not elsewhere classified
Transport planning
Transport economics
Transport engineering
Autonomous vehicle systems

description: Contemporary research indicates that the era of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is not only inevitable but may be reached sooner than expected; however, not enough research has been done to address road infrastructure readiness for supporting AV operations. Highway agencies at all levels of governments seek to identify the needed infrastructure changes to facilitate the successful integration of AVs into the existing roadway system. Given multiple sources of uncertainty particularly the market penetration of AVs, agencies find it difficult to justify the substantial investments needed to make these infrastructure changes using traditional value engineering approaches. It is needed to account for these uncertainties by doing a phased retrofitting of road infrastructure to keep up with the AV market penetration. This way, the agency can expand, defer, or scale back the investments at a future time. This dissertation develops a real options analysis (ROA) framework to address these issues while capturing the monetary value of investment timing flexibility. Using key stakeholder feedback, an extensive literature review, and discussions with experts, the needed AV-motivated changes in road infrastructure were identified across two stages of AV operations; the transition phase and the fully-autonomous phase. For a project-level case study of a 66-mile stretch of Indiana’s four-six lane Interstate corridor, two potential scenarios of infrastructure retrofitting were established and evaluated using the net present value (NPV) and ROA approaches. The results show that the NPV approach can lead to decisions at the start of the evaluation period but does not address the uncertainty associated with AV market penetration. In contrast, ROA was found to address uncertainty by incorporating investment timing flexibility and capturing its monetary value. Using the dissertation’s framework, agencies can identify and analyze a wide range of possible scenarios of AV-oriented infrastructure retrofitting to enhance readiness, at both the project and network levels.
SLIMM: species level identification of microorganisms from metagenomes
Creators: name: Dadi, Temesgen Hailemariam
name: Renard, Bernhard Y.
name: Wieler, Lothar H.
name: Semmler, Torsten
name: Reinert, Knut
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Metagenomics
subject: Microbial communities
subject: Microorganisms
subject: Taxonomic profiling
subject: NGS
subject: data
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Identification and quantification of microorganisms is a significant step in studying the alpha and beta diversities within and between microbial communities respectively. Both identification and quantification of a given microbial community can be carried out using whole genome shotgun sequences with less bias than when using 16S-rDNA sequences. However, shared regions of DNA among reference genomes and taxonomic units pose a significant challenge in assigning reads correctly to their true origins. The existing microbial community profiling tools commonly deal with this problem by either preparing signature-based unique references or assigning an ambiguous read to its least common ancestor in a taxonomic tree. The former method is limited to making use of the reads which can be mapped to the curated regions, while the latter suffer from the lack of uniquely mapped reads at lower (more specific) taxonomic ranks. Moreover, even if the tools exhibited good performance in calling the organisms present in a sample, there is still room for improvement in determining the correct relative abundance of the organisms. We present a new method Species Level Identification of Microorganisms from Metagenomes (SLIMM) which addresses the above issues by using coverage information of reference genomes to remove unlikely genomes from the analysis and subsequently gain more uniquely mapped reads to assign at lower ranks of a taxonomic tree. SLIMM is based on a few, seemingly easy steps which when combined create a tool that outperforms state-of-the-art tools in run-time and memory usage while being on par or better in computing quantitative and qualitative information at species-level.
sj-pdf-1-lup-10.1177_09612033211033981 - Supplemental material for Impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on systemic lupus erythematosus patients: Results from a multi-center prospective cohort
Creators: name: Kasturi, Shanthini
name: Price, Lori Lyn
name: Paushkin, Vasilissa
name: Salmon, Jane E
name: McAlindon, Timothy E
name: Mandl, Lisa A
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-lup-10.1177_09612033211033981 for Impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on systemic lupus erythematosus patients: Results from a multi-center prospective cohort by Shanthini Kasturi, Lori Lyn Price, Vasilissa Paushkin, Jane E Salmon, Timothy E McAlindon and Lisa A Mandl in Lupus
GPU Accelerated Lattice Boltzmann Analysis for Dynamics of Global Bubble Coalescence in the Microchannel
Creators: name: Chen, Rou
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Underlying physics in bubble coalescence is critical for understanding bubble transportation. It is one of the major mechanisms of microfluidics. Understanding the mechanism has benefits in the design, development, and optimization of microfluidics for various applications. The underlying physics in bubble coalescence is investigated numerically using the free energy-based lattice Boltzmann method by massive parametrization and classification.
 Firstly, comprehensive GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) parallelization, convergence check, and validation are carried out to ensure the computational efficiency and physical accuracy for the numerical simulations.
 Then, the liquid-gas system is characterized by an Ohnesorge number (Oh). Two distinct coalescence phenomena with and without oscillation, are separated by a critical Oh (~0.477)number. For the oscillation cases(Oh<0.477), the mechanism of damped oscillation in microbubble coalescence is explored in terms of the competition between driving and resisting forces. Through an analogy to the conventional damped harmonic oscillator, the saddle-point trajectory over the entire oscillation can be well predicted analytically. Without oscillation in the range of 0.50r-n
 After that, the liquid-gas-solid interface is taken into consideration in the liquid-gas system. Six cases based on the experiment set-ups are simulated first for validation of the computational results. Based on these, a hypothesis is established about critical factors to determine if coalescence-induced microbubble detachment (CIMD) will occur. From the eighteen experimental and computational cases, we conclude that when the radius ratio is close to 1 and the father bubble is larger, then it will lead to CIMD.
 Lastly, the effects of initial conditions on the coalescence of two equal-sized air microbubbles (R0) in water are investigated. In both initial scenarios, the neck bridge evolution exhibits a half power-law scaling, r/R0=A0(t/ti)1/2 after development time. The development time is caused by the significant bias between the capillary forces contributed by the meniscus curvature and the neck bridge curvature. Meanwhile, the physical mechanism behind each behavior has been explored.
Smoking among adults in Germany
Creators: name: Zeiher, Johannes
name: Kuntz, Benjamin
name: Lange, Cornelia
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: ADULTS
subject: GERMANY
subject: HEALTH MONITORING
subject: SMOKING
subject: EDUCATION
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Smoking poses a considerable health risk and is the leading cause of premature death. Germany has implemented numerous measures (such as tax increases, protection of non-smokers, and cigarette warning labels) to reduce the population’s tobacco consumption. According to the GEDA 2014/15–EHIS survey, 20.8% of women and 27.0% of men aged 18 and over smoke at least occasionally. For both genders, the share of smokers is highest among the younger age groups. Among women and men with higher levels of education, smoking is far less common than among those with lower levels of education. Since 2003, the share of smokers in the adult population has decreased. Compared to other European countries, and in spite of making considerable progress in tobacco prevention policy, Germany still has great potential for improvement in many areas, such as bans on tobacco adverts and tobacco taxation.
Additional file 1 of Ariadne: synthetic long read deconvolution using assembly graphs
Creators: name: Mak, Lauren
name: Meleshko, Dmitry
name: Danko, David C.
name: Barakzai, Waris N.
name: Maharjan, Salil
name: Belchikov, Natan
name: Hajirasouliha, Iman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary tables and figures with an extended comparison of Ariadne and Minerva on a subset of the full MOCK5 10x dataset demonstrating Ariadne’s improvements in deconvolution.
Parvovirus B19-induced vascular damage in the heart is associated with elevated circulating endothelial microparticles
Creators: name: Bachelier, Katrin
name: Biehl, Susanne
name: Schwarz, Viktoria
name: Kindermann, Ingrid
name: Kandolf, Reinhard
name: Sauter, Martina
name: Ukena, Christian
name: Yilmaz, Ali
name: Sliwa, Karen
name: Bock, Thomas
name: Klingel, Karin
name: Böhm, Michael
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Diagnosis of viral myocarditis is difficult by clinical criteria but facilitated by detection of inflammation and viral genomes in endomyocardial biopsies. Parvovirus B19 (B19V) targets endothelial cells where viral nucleic acid is exclusively detected in the heart. Microparticles (MPs) are released after cell damage or activation of specific cells. We aimed to investigate whether circulating endothelial MPs (EMPs) in human and experimental models of myocarditis are associated with B19V myocarditis. Methods: MPs were investigated in patients with myocarditis (n = 54), divided into two groups: B19V+ (n = 23) and B19V- (n = 31) and compared with healthy controls (HCTR, n = 25). MPs were also investigated in B19V transgenic mice (B19V-NS1+) and mice infected with coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3). MPs were analyzed with fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS). Results: In human samples, EMP subpopulation patterns were significantly different in B19V+ compared to B19V- and HCTR (p
sj-pdf-3-lup-10.1177_09612033211034559 - Supplemental material for Methyl donor micronutrients, CD40-ligand methylation and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus: A cross-sectional association study
Creators: name: Vordenbäumen, Stefan
name: Sokolowski, Alexander
name: Rosenbaum, Anna
name: Gebhard, Claudia
name: Raithel, Johanna
name: Düsing, Christina
name: Chehab, Gamal
name: Richter, Jutta G
name: Brinks, Ralph
name: Rehli, Michael
name: Schneider, Matthias
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-lup-10.1177_09612033211034559 for Methyl donor micronutrients, CD40-ligand methylation and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus: A cross-sectional association study by Stefan Vordenbäumen, Alexander Sokolowski, Anna Rosenbaum, Claudia Gebhard, Johanna Raithel, Christina Düsing, Gamal Chehab, Jutta G Richter, Ralph Brinks, Michael Rehli and Matthias Schneider in Lupus
sj-pdf-1-cph-10.1177_17151635211018479 – Supplemental material for Exploring the perspectives and strategies of Ontario community pharmacists to improve routine follow-up for patients with diabetes: A qualitative study
Creators: name: Surkic, Natali
name: Mathers, Annalise
name: Kellar, Jamie
name: MacCallum, Lori
name: Dolovich, Lisa
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cph-10.1177_17151635211018479 for Exploring the perspectives and strategies of Ontario community pharmacists to improve routine follow-up for patients with diabetes: A qualitative study by Natali Surkic, Annalise Mathers, Jamie Kellar, Lori MacCallum and Lisa Dolovich in Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada
Development and preliminary evaluation of a multiplexed amplification and next generation sequencing method for viral hemorrhagic fever diagnostics
Creators: name: Brinkmann, Annika
name: Ergünay, Koray
name: Radonić, Aleksandar
name: Tufan, Zeliha Kocak
name: Domingo, Cristina
name: Nitsche, Andreas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Biologische Sicherheit
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: We describe the development and evaluation of a novel method for targeted amplification and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based identification of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) agents and assess the feasibility of this approach in diagnostics. Methodology: An ultrahigh-multiplex panel was designed with primers to amplify all known variants of VHF-associated viruses and relevant controls. The performance of the panel was evaluated via serially quantified nucleic acids from Yellow fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus, Ebola virus, Junin virus and Chikungunya virus in a semiconductor-based sequencing platform. A comparison of direct NGS and targeted amplification-NGS was performed. The panel was further tested via a real-time nanopore sequencing-based platform, using clinical specimens from CCHF patients. Principal findings: The multiplex primer panel comprises two pools of 285 and 256 primer pairs for the identification of 46 virus species causing hemorrhagic fevers, encompassing 6,130 genetic variants of the strains involved. In silico validation revealed that the panel detected over 97% of all known genetic variants of the targeted virus species. High levels of specificity and sensitivity were observed for the tested virus strains. Targeted amplification ensured viral read detection in specimens with the lowest virus concentration (1–10 genome equivalents) and enabled significant increases in specific reads over background for all viruses investigated. In clinical specimens, the panel enabled detection of the causative agent and its characterization within 10 minutes of sequencing, with sample-to-result time of less than 3.5 hours. Conclusions: Virus enrichment via targeted amplification followed by NGS is an applicable strategy for the diagnosis of VHFs which can be adapted for high-throughput or nanopore sequencing platforms and employed for surveillance or outbreak monitoring.
sj-pdf-1-jef-10.1177_15589250211032324 – Supplemental material for Flexural behavior analysis of composites with triaxial woven fabric as reinforcement
Creators: name: Rao, Yunfei
name: Zhang, Chen
name: Li, Zhe
name: Li, Qianqian
name: Zhang, Honghua
name: Li, Wei
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jef-10.1177_15589250211032324 for Flexural behavior analysis of composites with triaxial woven fabric as reinforcement by Yunfei Rao, Chen Zhang, Zhe Li, Qianqian Li, Honghua Zhang and Wei Li in Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
Additional file 1 of Opening of Cx43-formed hemichannels mediates the Ca2+ signaling associated with endothelial cell migration
Creators: name: Espinoza, Hilda
name: Figueroa, Xavier F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional File 1: Supplementary Figures
sj-pdf-1-hpq-10.1177_1359105318775194 – Supplemental material for Personality and its relation to the use of alcohol and cigarettes during pregnancy: A multinational study
Creators: name: Lupattelli, Angela
name: Ronningen, Elke
name: Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe
name: Nordeng, Hedvig
name: Ystrom, Eivind
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-hpq-10.1177_1359105318775194 for Personality and its relation to the use of alcohol and cigarettes during pregnancy: A multinational study by Angela Lupattelli, Elke Ronningen, Stine Kleppe Krogsrud, Hedvig Nordeng and Eivind Ystrom in Journal of Health Psychology
Finding a Path to Disclosure: How Suicide Attempt Survivors Describe Their Decision to Disclose
Creators: name: Mikkelsen, Daniel G
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Communication studies

description: This study examines how suicide attempt survivors (SASs) decide whether or not to disclose their suicide attempt to close others. The investigation is framed using the revelation risk model (RRM) of disclosure (Afifi & Steuber, 2009) with particular focus on the risk assessment and willingness to disclose components of the model. Additionally, the investigation considers the concept of stigma in an effort to expand how stigma is relevant within the decision to disclose about prior suicide attempts. The sample includes 10 participants recruited from the Live Through This project, a project dedicated to collecting and sharing stories online from suicide attempt survivors. Interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Data analysis showed that suicide attempt survivor disclosure generally follows the framework of the RRM. Notably, stigma was shown to be a major factor in the secret valence and risk assessment stages of the model. Additionally, the disclosure decision-making process was found to change over time.
sj-pdf-1-pic-10.1177_09544062211017942 - Supplemental material for A mathematical model for evaluating adhesion contact of an elastomeric seal-on-seal structure
Creators: name: Liao, C-J
name: Lu, H-R
name: Sun, H-L
name: Chang, X-H
name: Dai, W
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pic-10.1177_09544062211017942 for A mathematical model for evaluating adhesion contact of an elastomeric seal-on-seal structure by C-J Liao, H-R Lu, H-L Sun, X-H Chang and W Dai in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
Additional file 2 of Ariadne: synthetic long read deconvolution using assembly graphs
Creators: name: Mak, Lauren
name: Meleshko, Dmitry
name: Danko, David C.
name: Barakzai, Waris N.
name: Maharjan, Salil
name: Belchikov, Natan
name: Hajirasouliha, Iman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. The review history.
Improving Problem Solving with Retrieval-Based Learning
Creators: name: O'Day, Garrett M
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Other psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Recent research asserts that the mnemonic benefits gained from retrieval-based learning vanish for complex materials. Subsequently, it is recommended that students study worked examples when learning about complex, problem-centered tasks. The experiments that have evaluated the effectiveness of studying worked examples tend to overlook the mental processing that students engage in when completing retrieval-based learning activities. In contrast, theories of transfer-appropriate processing emphasize the importance of compatibility between the cognitive processing required by the test and the cognitive processing that is activated during learning. For learners to achieve optimal test performance, according to transfer-appropriate processing, they need to study in such a way that they are engaging in the same mental processing that will be required of them when tested. This idea was used to generate testable predictions that compete against the claim that the retrieval practice effect disappears for complex materials, and these competing predictions were evaluated in three experiments that required students to learn about the Poisson probability distribution.
 In Experiment 1, students learned the general procedure for how to solve these problems by either repeatedly recalling the procedural steps or by simply studying them. The retrieval practice condition produced better memory for the procedure on an immediate test compared to the study only condition. In Experiment 2, students engaged in the same learning activities as Experiment 1, but the test focused on their problem- solving ability. Students who practiced retrieval of the procedural steps experienced no benefit on the problem-solving test compared to the study only condition. In Experiment 3, students learned to solve Poisson probability problems by studying four worked examples, by studying one worked example and solving three practice problems, or by studying one worked example and solving three practice problems with feedback. Students were tested on their problem-solving ability one week later. The problem- solving learning activities outperformed the worked example condition on the final problem-solving test. Taken together, the results demonstrate a pronounced retrieval practice effect but only when the retrieval-based learning activities necessitated the same mental processing that was required during the final assessment, providing support for the transfer-appropriate processing account.
sj-pdf-1-tam-10.1177_17588359211018018 – Supplemental material for Is there any room for PD-1 inhibitors in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy as frontline treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis with indirect comparisons among subgroups and landmark survival analyses
Creators: name: Gristina, Valerio
name: Galvano, Antonio
name: Castellana, Luisa
name: Insalaco, Lavinia
name: Cusenza, Stefania
name: Graceffa, Giuseppa
name: Iacono, Federica
name: Barraco, Nadia
name: Castiglia, Marta
name: Perez, Alessandro
name: Rizzo, Sergio
name: Russo, Antonio
name: Bazan, Viviana
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-tam-10.1177_17588359211018018 for Is there any room for PD-1 inhibitors in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy as frontline treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis with indirect comparisons among subgroups and landmark survival analyses by Valerio Gristina, Antonio Galvano, Luisa Castellana, Lavinia Insalaco, Stefania Cusenza, Giuseppa Graceffa, Federica Iacono, Nadia Barraco, Marta Castiglia, Alessandro Perez, Sergio Rizzo, Antonio Russo and Viviana Bazan in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Uma estranha criatura para uma estranha teoria: O Aye- Aye como ataque às concepções evolucionistas por Richard Owen (1804-1890)
Creators: name: Lombardi, Ricardo
name: Siqueira, Guilherme
name: Stefano, Waldir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Em uma visita ao Museu Britânico de História Natural em Londres, ao subir das escadarias nosdeparamos com uma estátua de mármore branco de um homem na terceira idade, sentado em uma poltrona,com uma capa em seu colo, pernas cruzadas, mãos sobrepostas, barba longa, sobrancelhas proeminentes eum olhar tácito que emitem ao visitante a sensação de serenidade. Ali está, beirando um ícone santificado,Charles Darwin (1809-1882) (figura 1), considerado a mente por trás da teoria de evolução por seleçãonatural. Contudo, Darwin não é o único personagem a ter para si uma estátua no Museu, dentre outrosbustos e estátuas, uma forjada a bronze e situada nas proximidades, representa um senhor de meia idade,em pé, vestindo uma comprida capa, com longos cabelos e olhos bem abertos. Abaixo uma placa com oescrito: Richard Owen (1804-1892) “o primeiro diretor deste museu”.