cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Factors associated with subgroups of fatigue in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Zheng, Xiao-Yan
name: Zhang, Zhi-Hong
name: Cheng, You-Ming
name: Yang, Qi
name: Xu, Bing
name: Lai, Bao-Chun
name: Huang, Lan-Ting
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This study aimed to investigate affected factors for subgroups of fatigue and the degree of fatigue in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. This study included 120 MHD patients. Questionnaires, pre- and post-dialysis clinical data, bioimpedance spectroscopy, and ultrasound assessment were involved. The prevalence of fatigue in participants was 83%, including 54% of patients with fatigue worsened by dialysis, 13% with fatigue lessened by dialysis, and 16% with undifferentiated fatigue. Based on multi-nominal logistic regression analysis, age was associated with worsened fatigue by dialysis (odds ratio (OR) = 1.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–1.11, p = 0.019), lower post-dialysis phosphorus was associated with lessened fatigue by dialysis (OR = 0.03, 95% CI 0.001–0.981, p = 0.049), and there was an increasing trend of patients experiencing undifferentiated fatigue as the extracellular water / intracellular water (E/I) level increased (p for trend = 0.020). Based on multi-ordinal logistic regression analysis, age was also a significant predictor for more severe fatigue (OR = 1.042, 95% CI 1.008–1.059, p = 0.015). Different subgroups of fatigue in MHD patients have different affecting factors. Older patients were prone to worsened fatigue by dialysis, patients with lower post-dialysis phosphorus were prone to lessened fatigue by dialysis, and patients with higher E/I levels were prone to undifferentiated fatigue. Meanwhile, older patients are prone to suffer from more severe fatigue. However, more in-depth studies are needed to clarify the pathogenesis of fatigue in MHD patients.
Evaluation of the NSTEP Level 1 Certificate Health Promotion Program
Creators: name: Ajibulu, Olalekan
name: Doyle-Baker, Patricia
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2024
Subjects: Program Evaluation, Healthy Nutrition, Physical Fitness, Health Promotion, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Health Educators
Health Promotion

description: Background: Child and youth health is improved through a supported nutrition and physical activity  environment. NSTEP (Nutrition, Students, Teachers, Exercising with Parents), a health promotion organization, offers a certificate program designed to equip educators, community agencies, and adolescent groups with the knowledge and skills to promote healthy living among youth. Although the evaluation of health promotion programs is supported in the literature, evidence in youth programs is limited, likely due to a lack of resources. Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate participants’ behaviour changes related to nutrition and physical activity using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) following the completion of NSTEP's Certificate program. Methods: Participants from two locations voluntarily completed an online survey of 22 questions (knowledge section and the TPB) before the program started, which consisted of one 2-hour seminar for three weeks. A Wilcoxon test was used to analyze pre-post survey changes, as the variables were not normally distributed. Results: The pre-survey was completed by 30 participants, while 24 completed the post-survey (80%). Only 13 (43%; 13/30) responses from the completed pre-post surveys  could be matched. Most participants (n = 13) were between 18-34 yrs. (92%), had high school or above education (84.6%), and some experience (mean 2 years, ± 1) working with children and youth (6–18 yrs.). No significant differences were observed in the TPB constructs (attitudes, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, and intentions), but a small improvement in knowledge occurred (p = 0.025). Conclusion: The program increased participants' knowledge but did not result in positive behavioural change differences.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 17 No. 3 (2024)
Supplemental material for Determining the Humidity-Dependent Ortho-to-Para Ratio of Water Vapor at Room Temperature Using Terahertz Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Miao, Xinyang
name: Zhu, Jing
name: Zhao, Kun
name: Zhan, Honglei
name: Yue, Wenzheng
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material for Determining the Humidity-Dependent Ortho-to-Para Ratio of Water Vapor at Room Temperature Using Terahertz Spectroscopy by Xinyang Miao, Jing Zhu, Kun Zhao, Honglei Zhan and Wenzheng Yue in Applied Spectroscopy
Supplemental_Material – Supplemental material for Determining a Short Form Montreal Cognitive Assessment (s-MoCA) Czech Version: Validity in Mild Cognitive Impairment Parkinson’s Disease and Cross-Cultural Comparison
Creators: name: Bezdicek, Ondrej
name: Červenková, Markéta
name: Moore, Tyler M.
name: Georgi, Hana Stepankova
name: Sulc, Zdenek
name: Wolk, David A.
name: Weintraub, Daniel A.
name: Moberg, Paul J.
name: Jech, Robert
name: Kopecek, Miloslav
name: Roalf, David R.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental_Material for Determining a Short Form Montreal Cognitive Assessment (s-MoCA) Czech Version: Validity in Mild Cognitive Impairment Parkinson’s Disease and Cross-Cultural Comparison by Ondrej Bezdicek, Markéta Červenková, Tyler M. Moore, Hana Stepankova Georgi, Zdenek Sulc, David A. Wolk, Daniel A. Weintraub, Paul J. Moberg, Robert Jech, Miloslav Kopecek and David R. Roalf in Assessment
The effects of timing onset and progression of AKI on the clinical outcomes in AKI patients with sepsis: a prospective multicenter cohort study
Creators: name: Wang, Meiping
name: Wang, Xia
name: Zhu, Bo
name: Li, Wen
name: Jiang, Qi
name: Zuo, Yingting
name: Wen, Jing
name: He, Yan
name: Xi, Xiuming
name: Jiang, Li
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Mental Health

description: Limited studies are available concerning on the earlier identification of AKI with sepsis. The aim of the study was to identify the risk factors of AKI early which depended on the timing onset and progression of AKI and investigate the effects of timing onset and progression of AKI on clinical outcomes. Patients who developed sepsis during their first 48-h admission to ICU were included. The primary outcome was major adverse kidney events (MAKE) consisted of all-cause mortality, RRT-dependence, or an inability to recover to 1.5 times of the baseline creatinine value up to 30 days. We determined MAKE and in-hospital mortality by multivariable logistic regression and explored the risk factors of early persistent-AKI. C statistics were used to evaluate model fit. 58.7% sepsis patients developed AKI. According to the timing onset and progression of AKI, Early transient-AKI, early persistent-AKI, late transient-AKI, late persistent-AKI were identified. Clinical outcomes were quite different among subgroups. Early persistent-AKI had 3.0-fold (OR 3.04, 95% CI 1.61 − 4.62) risk of MAKE and 2.6-fold (OR 2.60, 95%CI 1.72 − 3.76) risk of in-hospital mortality increased compared with the late transients-AKI. Older age, underweight, obese, faster heart rate, lower MAP, platelet, hematocrit, pH and energy intake during the first 24 h on ICU admission could well predict the early persistent-AKI in patients with sepsis. Four AKI subphenotypes were identified based on the timing onset and progression of AKI. Early persistent-AKI showed higher risk of major adverse kidney events and in-hospital mortality. This study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (www.chictr.org/cn) under registration number ChiCTR-ECH-13003934.
Serum uric acid is associated with chronic kidney disease in elderly Chinese patients with diabetes
Creators: name: Zhou, Qing
name: Ke, Sisi
name: Yan, Yaqiong
name: Guo, Yan
name: Liu, Qing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology

description: The relationship between hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been investigated extensively. However, studies on elderly individuals are still limited. Moreover, there is no consensus on whether hyperuricemia or elevated serum uric acid (SUA) within the normal range is correlated with the new onset of CKD and whether there are differences between males and females. We included 39039 elderly diabetic patients without CKD at baseline from a community-based cohort in Wuhan, China. The outcome event was the new onset of CKD (defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2). Multivariate Cox models were used to assess the adjusted hazard ratio (HR). During the 2-year follow-up period, 3162 (8.10%) patients with diabetes developed new-onset CKD. The optimal cutoff value of SUA for incident CKD was 347.4 μmol/L. The adjusted HRs of hyperuricemia for new-onset CKD were 1.925 (1.724–2.150) and 1.676 (1.520–1.848) for males and females, respectively. The risk of developing CKD increased across the Q4 group up to 2.242 times for their counterparts in the lowest SUA quartile, independent of age, sex, diabetes duration, obesity, hypertension, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, smoking, drinking, dyslipidemia, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and fasting plasma glucose. Hyperuricemia is an independent predictor of incident CKD. Elevated SUA was linearly correlated with CKD in elderly patients with diabetes, showing a relatively higher intensity among males compared with that among females. The optimal cutoff value of SUA for the risk of new-onset CKD in elderly patients with diabetes was 347.4 μmol/L.
Apelin-13 alleviates contrast-induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress
Creators: name: Liu, Qian
name: Duan, Shao-Bin
name: Wang, Lin
name: Luo, Xiao-Qin
name: Wang, Hong-Shen
name: Deng, Ying-Hao
name: Wu, Xi
name: Wu, Ting
name: Yan and, Ping
name: Kang, Yi-Xin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology

description: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a severe complication associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and effective therapeutic strategies are still lacking. Apelin is an endogenous physiological regulator with antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic properties. However, the role of apelin-13 in CI-AKI remains unclear. In our study, we found that the protein expression levels of apelin were significantly downregulated in rat kidney tissues and HK-2 cells during contrast media treatment. Moreover, we explored the protective effect of apelin-13 on renal tubule damage using in vitro and in vivo models of CI-AKI. Exogenous apelin-13 ameliorated endoplasmic reticulum stress, reactive oxygen species and apoptosis protein expression in contrast media-treated cells and rat kidney tissues. Mechanistically, the downregulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress contributed critically to the antiapoptotic effect of apelin-13. Collectively, our findings reveal the inherent mechanisms by which apelin-13 regulates CI-AKI and provide a prospective target for the prevention of CI-AKI.
Hardware-Aware Quantization for Biologically Inspired Machine Learning and Inference
Creators: name: Schafer, Clemens
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: The high computing and memory cost of modern machine learning (ML), especially deep neural networks (DNNs), often precludes their use in resource-constrained devices. However, the promise of ML deployed on always-on edge devices requires on-device, low-latency, low-power, high-accuracy DNN inference and training. Materializing this promise entails developing techniques to reduce the precision of neural network weights, activations, or errors to improve their deployment and training energy efficiency. This thesis focuses on hardware-software codesign optimizations to alleviate the computational cost of DNN training and inference, enabling their use in resource-constraint environments. First, we focus on post training quantization by proposing a method that combines second-order information (Hessians) and inter-layer dependencies to guide a bisection search for finding quantization configurations within a user-configurable model accuracy degradation range, where we highlight latency reductions of 25.48\% (ResNet50), 21.69\% (MobileNetV2), and 33.28\% (BERT) while maintaining model accuracy to within 99.99\% of the baseline. Next, we propose a new quantization aware training approach for mixed precision convolutional neural networks (CNNs) targeting edge-computing, including gradient scaling and channel-wise learned precision. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our techniques on the ImageNet dataset across a range of models including EfficientNet-Lite0 (e.g., 4.14 MB of weights and activations at 67.66\% accuracy) and MobileNetV2 (e.g., 3.51 MB weights and activations at 65.39\% accuracy). Following, we propose a quantization method for continual learning which leverages the Hadamard domain to make efficient use of quantization ranges in the backward pass, this technique beats a floating-point baseline model by 1\% when using 4-bit inputs and 12-bit accumulators for all matrix multiplications in the model. Pushing quantization further we then explore spiking neural networks, e.g. binary activations in stateful models. We start by exploring the energy efficiency of neuromorphic hardware, which is greatly affected by the energy of storing, accessing, and updating synaptic parameters and propose quantization and accessing schemes. We then study the trade-offs associated with learning performance and the quantization of neural dynamics, weights and learning components in spiking neural networks (SNNs), demonstrating a memory reduction by 73.78\% at the cost of 1.04\% test error increase on the dynamic vision sensor cameras (DVS) gesture data set. Finally, we study various combinations of pruning and quantization in isolation, cumulatively, and simultaneously (jointly) to a state-of-the-art SNN targeting DVS gestures showing that a modern SNN does not suffer any loss in accuracy down to ternary weights.
Comparative safety of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Liu, Yi
name: An, Chuan
name: Liu, Peilong
name: Yang, Fan
name: Zhao, Quanlin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Marine Biology

description: The safety of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in elderly patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is still controversial. This study aimed to analyze the safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and DKD. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library from inception to March 2023. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included. Data including patient characteristics and interesting outcomes were extracted, and the dichotomous data and continuous variables were evaluated using risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and mean difference (MD) with 95% CIs, respectively. A total of 14 RCTs with 59874 participants were finally included. There were 38,252 males (63.9%) and 21,622 females (36.1%). The patients’ mean age was > 64.6 years. SGLT2 inhibitors could delay the further decline of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) when eGFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73m2 (MD: 2.36; 95%CI [1.15–3.57]). SGLT2 inhibitors in elderly patients with eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2 (RR: 0.86; 95%CI [0.67–1.11]) may have a relatively increased risk of acute kidney injury compared to eGFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73m2. SGLT2 inhibitors increased the incidence of genital mycotic infections (RR: 3.47; 95%CI [2.97–4.04]) and diabetic ketoacidosis (RR: 2.25; 95%CI [1.57–3.24]). Except for genital mycotic infections and diabetic ketoacidosis, other adverse reactions were few, indicating that SGLT2 inhibitors are relatively safe for elderly patients with T2DM and DKD. Safety and renoprotection may be diminished when SGLT2 inhibitors are used in elderly patients with eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2.
Appendices – Supplemental material for Major Outcomes With Personalized Dialysate TEMPerature (MyTEMP): Rationale and Design of a Pragmatic, Registry-Based, Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Al-Jaishi, Ahmed A.
name: McIntyre, Christopher W.
name: Sontrop, Jessica M.
name: Dixon, Stephanie N.
name: Anderson, Sierra
name: Bagga, Amit
name: Benjamin, Derek
name: Berry, David
name: Blake, Peter G.
name: Chambers, Laura
name: Chan, Patricia C. K.
name: Delbrouck, Nicole
name: Devereaux, P. J.
name: Ferreira-Divino, Luis F.
name: Goluch, Richard
name: Gregor, Laura
name: Grimshaw, Jeremy M.
name: Hanson, Garth
name: Iliescu, Eduard
name: Jain, Arsh K.
name: Lok, Charmaine E.
name: Mustafa, Reem A.
name: Nathoo, Bharat
name: Nesrallah, Gihad E.
name: Oliver, Matthew J.
name: Pandeya, Sanjay
name: Parmar, Malvinder S.
name: Perkins, David
name: Presseau, Justin
name: Rabin, Eli
name: Sasal, Joanna
name: Shulman, Tanya
name: Sood, Manish M.
name: Steele, Andrew
name: Tam, Paul
name: Tascona, Daniel
name: Wadehra, Davinder
name: Wald, Ron
name: Walsh, Michael
name: Watson, Paul
name: Wodchis, Walter
name: Zager, Phillip
name: Zwarenstein, Merrick
name: Garg, Amit X.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Appendices for Major Outcomes With Personalized Dialysate TEMPerature (MyTEMP): Rationale and Design of a Pragmatic, Registry-Based, Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Ahmed A. Al-Jaishi, Christopher W. McIntyre, Jessica M. Sontrop, Stephanie N. Dixon, Sierra Anderson, Amit Bagga, Derek Benjamin, David Berry, Peter G. Blake, Laura Chambers, Patricia C. K. Chan, Nicole Delbrouck, P. J. Devereaux, Luis F. Ferreira-Divino, Richard Goluch, Laura Gregor, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Garth Hanson, Eduard Iliescu, Arsh K. Jain, Charmaine E. Lok, Reem A. Mustafa, Bharat Nathoo, Gihad E. Nesrallah, Matthew J. Oliver, Sanjay Pandeya, Malvinder S. Parmar, David Perkins, Justin Presseau, Eli Rabin, Joanna Sasal, Tanya Shulman, Manish M. Sood, Andrew Steele, Paul Tam, Daniel Tascona, Davinder Wadehra, Ron Wald, Michael Walsh, Paul Watson, Walter Wodchis, Phillip Zager, Merrick Zwarenstein and Amit X. Garg in Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Some results about equichordal convex bodies
Creators: name: Jerónimo-Castro, Jesús
name: Jimenez-Lopez, Francisco G.
name: Morales-Amaya, Efrén
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $K$ and $L$ be two convex bodies in $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geq 2$, with $L\subset \text{int}\, K$. We say that $L$ is an equichordal body for $K$ if every chord of $K$ tangent to $L$ has length equal to a given fixed value $λ$. J. Barker and D. Larman proved that if $L$ is a ball, then $K$ is a ball concentric with $L$. In this paper we prove that there exist an infinite number of closed curves, different from circles, which possess an equichordal convex body. If the dimension of the space is more than or equal to 3, then only Euclidean balls possess an equichordal convex body. We also prove some results about isoptic curves and give relations between isoptic curves and convex rotors in the plane.
The systemic inflammation indexes predict all-cause mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients
Creators: name: Yang, Yan
name: Xu, Yuanyuan
name: Liu, Shusu
name: Lu, Peiyu
name: Zhou, Hua
name: Yang, Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Chronic inflammation is a common complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The aim of this study is to investigate the capacity of aggregate index of systemic inflammation (AISI), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), and systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) to predict all-cause mortality in PD patients. This was a single-center retrospective study. The optimal cutoff values were identified by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. The area under the curve (AUC) was calculated to evaluate the predictive ability of these indexes. The Kaplan–Meier curves and log-rank test were performed to estimate cumulative survival rate. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were conducted to determine the independent prognostic power of inflammation indexes. A total of 369 incident PD patients were involved. During a median follow-up period of 32.83 months, 65 patients (24.2%) died. The ROC analysis indicated the largest value of AUC was obtained for SII (AUC = 0.644, 95% CI = 0.573–0.715, p < .001), followed in order by AISI (AUC = 0.617, 95% CI = 0.541–0.693, p = .003), and SIRI (AUC = 0.612, 95% CI = 0.535–0.688, p  = .004). The Kaplan–Meier survival curves revealed significantly lower survival rate with higher AISI (p  = .001), higher SSI (p  = .001), and higher SIRI (p  = .003). Even after adjustment for the confounding factors, higher AISI [hazard ratio (HR)=2.508, 95% confidence intervals (CI)=1.505–4.179, p < .001), SII (HR = 3.477, 95% CI = 1.785–6.775, p < .001), and SIRI (HR = 1.711, 95% CI = 1.012–2.895, p  = .045) remained as independent predictors of all-cause mortality. The higher AISI, SII, and SIRI were independent indicators of all-cause mortality in PD patients. Furthermore, they could provide comparable predictive value and assist clinicians to ameliorate PD management.
Supplementary_File1_NE – Supplemental material for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Upper-Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke: One-Year Follow-up
Creators: name: Dawson, Jesse
name: Navzer D. Engineer
name: Prudente, Cecília N.
name: Pierce, David
name: Francisco, Gerard
name: Yozbatiran, Nuray
name: W. Brent Tarver
name: Casavant, Reema
name: Kline, Danielle K.
name: Cramer, Steven C.
name: Winckel, Ann Van De
name: Kimberley, Teresa J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_File1_NE for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Upper-Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke: One-Year Follow-up by Jesse Dawson, Navzer D. Engineer, Cecília N. Prudente, David Pierce, Gerard Francisco, Nuray Yozbatiran, W. Brent Tarver, Reema Casavant, Danielle K. Kline, Steven C. Cramer, Ann Van de Winckel and Teresa J. Kimberley in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
Altered resting-state cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity in patients with end-stage renal disease
Creators: name: Fang, Jie
name: Miao, Yingying
name: Zou, Fan
name: Liu, Yarui
name: Zuo, Jiangle
name: Qi, Xiangming
name: Wang, Haibao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have functional and structural brain abnormalities. The cerebellum also showed varying degrees of damage. However, no studies on cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity (FC) have been conducted in ESRD patients. This study aimed to investigate the changes in cerebellar-cerebral FC in ESRD patients and its relationship with neuropsychological and clinical indexes. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological assessment were performed on 37 ESRD patients and 35 control subjects. Seed-based FC analysis was performed to investigate inter-group differences in cerebellar-cerebral FC. In addition, the relations of altered FC with the neuropsychological function and clinical indicators were analyzed in ERSD patients. ESRD patients exhibited alterations in cerebellar-cerebral FC involving the executive control network, default mode network, and affective-limbic network compared to control subjects (False discovery rate-corrected, p < 0.05). The altered cerebellar-cerebral FC was associated with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale score (p < 0.05), and correlated with serum creatinine and uric acid levels within the ESRD group (p < 0.05). The study indicates that cerebellar-cerebral FC is involved in the neural substrates of cognitive impairment in ESRD patients. The findings may provide clinically relevant new neuroimaging biomarkers for the neuropathological mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment of ESRD.
Supporting_Information_for – Supplemental material for Heterogeneous gold(III)-catalyzed tandem cyclization of 2-alkynylbenzamides with ammonium acetate toward 1-aminoisoquinolines
Creators: name: Weisen Yang
name: Yingying Du
name: Feiyan Yi
name: Mingzhong Cai
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, Supporting_Information_for for Heterogeneous gold(III)-catalyzed tandem cyclization of 2-alkynylbenzamides with ammonium acetate toward 1-aminoisoquinolines by Weisen Yang, Yingying Du, Feiyan Yi and Mingzhong Cai in Journal of Chemical Research
Comparison of the prophylactic antithrombotic effect of indobufen and warfarin in patients with nephrotic syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Gao, Xin-Yi
name: Liu, Yue-Ming
name: Zheng, Dan-Na
name: Li, Yi-Wen
name: Li, Hua
name: Xiong, Xiao-Ling
name: Chen, Hong-Yu
name: Wang, Hua
name: Yu, Xiao-Yong
name: Qu, Kai
name: Jin, Juan
name: Lin, Bo
name: He, Qiang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: The risk of thromboembolic events is elevated in patients with nephrotic syndrome, and warfarin use has been associated with an increased risk of bleeding. Indobufen, a selective cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitor, is currently being evaluated for the prevention of thromboembolic events in nephrotic syndrome. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of indobufen with that of warfarin in patients with nephrotic syndrome. This multicenter, randomized, three-arm, open-label, parallel controlled trial involved a total of 180 adult patients with nephrotic syndrome from four centers in China. Patients were randomly assigned to receive 100 mg indobufen (bid), 200 mg indobufen (bid), and 3 mg warfarin (qd) daily for 12 weeks. The primary endpoints included thromboembolic and bleeding events, while laboratory results and adverse events constituted secondary endpoints. No thromboembolic events occurred in the high-/low-dose indobufen and warfarin groups. Moreover, the use of a low dose of indobufen significantly reduced the risk of minor bleeding events compared with warfarin use (2% versus 18%, p < .05). Finally, adverse events were more frequent in warfarin-treated patients. This study found that indobufen therapy provided equivalent effects in preventing thromboembolic events compared with warfarin therapy, while low dose of indobufen was associated with a reduced risk of bleeding events, thus it should be recommended for the prevention of thromboembolic events in clinical practice in patients with nephrotic syndrome. ChiCTR-IPR-17013428.
Explainable machine learning model for predicting furosemide responsiveness in patients with oliguric acute kidney injury
Creators: name: Jiang, Meng
name: Pan, Chun-qiu
name: Li, Jian
name: Xu, Li-gang
name: Li, Chang-li
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Although current guidelines didn’t support the routine use of furosemide in oliguric acute kidney injury (AKI) management, some patients may benefit from furosemide administration at an early stage. We aimed to develop an explainable machine learning (ML) model to differentiate between furosemide-responsive (FR) and furosemide-unresponsive (FU) oliguric AKI. From Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) and eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU-CRD), oliguric AKI patients with urine output (UO) < 0.5 ml/kg/h for the first 6 h after ICU admission and furosemide infusion ≥ 40 mg in the following 6 h were retrospectively selected. The MIMIC-IV cohort was used in training a XGBoost model to predict UO > 0.65 ml/kg/h during 6–24 h succeeding the initial 6 h for assessing oliguria, and it was validated in the eICU-CRD cohort. We compared the predictive performance of the XGBoost model with the traditional logistic regression and other ML models. 6897 patients were included in the MIMIC-IV training cohort, with 2235 patients in the eICU-CRD validation cohort. The XGBoost model showed an AUC of 0.97 (95% CI: 0.96–0.98) for differentiating FR and FU oliguric AKI. It outperformed the logistic regression and other ML models in correctly predicting furosemide diuretic response, achieved 92.43% sensitivity (95% CI: 90.88–93.73%) and 95.12% specificity (95% CI: 93.51–96.3%). A boosted ensemble algorithm can be used to accurately differentiate between patients who would and would not respond to furosemide in oliguric AKI. By making the model explainable, clinicians would be able to better understand the reasoning behind the prediction outcome and make individualized treatment.
Online_Supplemental_Material_Codes – Supplemental material for Preparing Teachers for Relationships With Students: Two Visions, Two Approaches
Creators: name: Theisen-Homer, Victoria
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, Online_Supplemental_Material_Codes for Preparing Teachers for Relationships With Students: Two Visions, Two Approaches by Victoria Theisen-Homer in Journal of Teacher Education
Parasmilia Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Creators: name: Löser, Hannes
name: Werner, Winfried
name: Darga, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia

description: Parasmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 c
Type species.
 Madrepora centralis Mantell, 1822.
Description.
Turbinate solitary coral with circular outline. A columella is present, but difficult to distinguish from the septa. No pali. The endotheca is poorly developed.
description: Published as part of Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, pp. 89-147 in Zitteliana 97 on pages 89-147, DOI: 10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
Supplemental Material
Creators: name: Lechner, Bettina
name: Handschuh, Stephan
name: Bockstahler, Barbara
name: Tichy, Alexander
name: Peham, Christian
name: Schnabl-Feichter, Eva
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Cadaveric specimen
Supplementary Material
Creators: name: Kouno, Shigenori
name: Shimada, Masakazu
name: Asaka Sato
name: Kanno, Nobuo
name: Suzuki, Shuji
name: Harada, Yasuji
name: Hasegawa, Daisuke
name: Hara, Yasushi
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70706 Veterinary Medicine
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Pre- and postoperative MRI findings in cases 4 and 7
Gallic acid improves the metformin effects on diabetic kidney disease in mice
Creators: name: Hong, Yan
name: Wang, Jidong
name: Sun, Wenjuan
name: Zhang, Lai
name: Xu, Xuefang
name: Zhang, Kaiyue
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Metformin is an antidiabetic agent that is used as the first-line treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Gallic acid is a type of phenolic acid that has been shown to be a potential drug candidate to treat diabetic kidney disease, an important complication of diabetes. We aimed to test whether a combination of gallic acid and metformin can exert synergetic effect on diabetic kidney disease in diabetic mice model. Streptozotocin (65 mg/kg) intraperitoneal injection was used to induce diabetic kidney disease in mice. The diabetic mice were treated with saline (Vehicle), gallic acid (GA) (30 mg/kg), metformin (MET) (200 mg/kg), or the combination of gallic acid (30 mg/kg) and metformin (200 mg/kg) (GA + MET). Our results demonstrated that compared to the untreated diabetic mice, all three strategies (GA, MET, and GA + MET) exhibited various effects on improving renal morphology and functions, reducing oxidative stress in kidney tissues, and restoring AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 (SIRT1) signaling in kidney tissues of diabetic mice. Notably, the combination strategy (GA + MET) provided the most potent renal protection effects than any single strategies (GA or MET). Our results support the hypothesis that gallic acid might serve as a potential supplement to metformin to enhance the therapeutical effect of metformin.
Understanding the role of biochar in agriculture
Creators: name: Tenic, Elvir
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biochar
Crops and soils

description: Biochar (BC) is the carbon-rich product derived from pyrolysis of plant biomass. While currently gaining traction for agro-ecosystem services, it was utilized by ancient farmers to improve soil health. BC, based on its recalcitrance index, can be retained in the soil for several hundred years, thereby aiding in long-term carbon sequestration. Several recent studies have demonstrated BC's ability to positively impact soil health by changing its physical, chemical and biological properties. BC has also been shown to positively impact plant growth and development, and yields; however, contradictory results have also been reported. The variation in the results could be attributed to several variables like type of feedstock used to produce the biochar, pyrolysis conditions, preexisting conditions of the soil and type of crop. In this study, the impact of wheat-derived BC on the agronomic performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) var 'Oregon Spring' was evaluated. BC was added to the organic Palouse soil on the Washington State University Eggert Organic Farm at a rate of 1 and 2 ton/ha. The control and treatment plants were identical in their agronomic performance based on the quantification of above ground shoot biomass, yield and fruit quality. The addition of BC resulted in carbon sequestration in an organic production system, which represents healthy soils with adequate organic content. These observations in the context of other published studies indicate that BC may have a significant influence on soil health and crop performance when used in water depleted conditions or when soil health is marginal. In healthy soils, it is able to aid in carbon sequestration. However, the long-term effects of BC amendment in organic soils remains to be determined.
INSSEPT__codes – Supplemental material for INSSEPT: An open-source relational database of seismic performance estimation to aid with early design of buildings
Creators: name: Esteghamati, Mohsen Zaker
name: Jeonghyun Lee
name: Musetich, Matthew
name: Flint, Madeleine M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, INSSEPT__codes for INSSEPT: An open-source relational database of seismic performance estimation to aid with early design of buildings by Mohsen Zaker Esteghamati, Jeonghyun Lee, Matthew Musetich and Madeleine M Flint in Earthquake Spectra
Supplementary_data_2020-5 – Supplemental material for Disease activity guided stepwise tapering or discontinuation of rhTNFR:Fc, an etanercept biosimilar, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective, randomized, open-label, multicentric study
Creators: name: Zhang, Ting
name: Zhu, Jianing
name: He, Dongyi
name: Chen, Xiaowei
name: Wang, Hongzhi
name: Zhang, Ying
name: Xue, Qin
name: Liu, Weili
name: Xiang, Guangbo
name: Li, Yasong
name: Yu, Zhongming
name: Wu, Huaxiang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_data_2020-5 for Disease activity guided stepwise tapering or discontinuation of rhTNFR:Fc, an etanercept biosimilar, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective, randomized, open-label, multicentric study by Ting Zhang, Jianing Zhu, Dongyi He, Xiaowei Chen, Hongzhi Wang, Ying Zhang, Qin Xue, Weili Liu, Guangbo Xiang, Yasong Li, Zhongming Yu and Huaxiang Wu in Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
Parasmilia centralis
Creators: name: Löser, Hannes
name: Werner, Winfried
name: Darga, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia
Parasmilia centralis

description: Parasmilia centralis (Mantell, 1822)
Plate 2: figs 1, 2
 * v 1822 Madrepora centralis – Mantell: 159, pl. 16, figs 2, 4.
 v 2016 c Madrepora centralis Mantell, 1822 – Löser: 510, figs P 30 a, b.
Material.
LFU 8336 SG 015132 # 2, 8336 SG 015132 # 3, 8336 SG 015132 # 4, 8336 SG 015133 # 1; seven thin sections.
Dimensions.
(LFU 8336 SG 015132 # 2).
Remarks.
 The coral Parasmilia centralis is far more than one hundred times cited in the literature. Since most of these citations are not accompanied by proper illustrations and / or corallite measurements and septal counts, a synonymy list cannot be compiled. The distribution data are based on material observed by the first author (H. L.).
Other occurrences.
Cenomanian of the European Boreal (UK), Coniacian to lower Santonian of the Central Tethys (Austria), upper Coniacian to Maastrichtian of the European Boreal (UK, Germany).
description: Published as part of Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, pp. 89-147 in Zitteliana 97 on pages 89-147, DOI: 10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
Supplemental Material, Fixed-term_transitions_Supplementary_Material - Who moves from fixed-term to open-ended contracts? Youth employment transitions in a segmented labour market
Creators: name: Kiersztyn, Anna
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, Fixed-term_transitions_Supplementary_Material for Who moves from fixed-term to open-ended contracts? Youth employment transitions in a segmented labour market by Anna Kiersztyn in Acta Sociologica
Caryophylliidae d'Orbigny 1851
Creators: name: Löser, Hannes
name: Werner, Winfried
name: Darga, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia

description: Superfamily Cladocoroidea d’Orbigny, 1851
Description.
Solitary and (cerioid, phaceloid, plocoid) colonial corals. Septa compact and with regular thickness. Septal symmetry radial, regular or sub-regular. Septa often connected to each other. Septal lateral faces with thorns and / or granulae, septal upper margin with fine granulations. Lonsdaleoid septa and main septum absent. Microstructure of medium-sized trabeculae. Synapticulae absent. Pali present in some genera. Columella present in most genera, styliform, lamellar, parietal, or by septal fusion. Endotheca generally present. Marginarium absent. Wall present, septothecal (by septal thickening) or as tabulotheca. Coenosteum present in plocoid genera. Budding extracalicinal (cerioid, plocoid) or intracalicinal (phaceloid).
description: Published as part of Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, pp. 89-147 in Zitteliana 97 on pages 89-147, DOI: 10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
Platelet-albumin-bilirubin score and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predict intensive care unit admission in patients with end-stage kidney disease infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19: a single-center prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Zhou, Yufen
name: Zhang, Muyin
name: Wu, Xiaojing
name: Li, Xin
name: Hao, Xu
name: Xu, Lili
name: Li, Hao
name: Qiao, Panpan
name: Chen, Ping
name: Wang, Weiming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: The objective of this study was to develop clinical scores to predict the risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients with COVID-19 and end stage kidney disease (ESKD). This was a prospective study in which 100 patients with ESKD were enrolled and divided into two groups: the ICU group and the non-ICU group. We utilized univariate logistic regression and nonparametric statistics to analyze the clinical characteristics and liver function changes of both groups. By plotting receiver operating characteristic curves, we identified clinical scores that could predict the risk of ICU admission. Out of the 100 patients with Omicron infection, 12 patients were transferred to the ICU due to disease aggravation, with an average of 9.08 days from hospitalization to ICU transfer. Patients transferred to the ICU more commonly experienced shortness of breath, orthopnea, and gastrointestinal bleeding. The peak liver function and changes from baseline in the ICU group were significantly higher, with p values <.05. We found that the baseline platelet-albumin-bilirubin score (PALBI) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were good predictors of ICU admission risk, with area under curve values of 0.713 and 0.770, respectively. These scores were comparable to the classic Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE-II) score (p > .05). Patients with ESKD and Omicron infection who are transferred to the ICU are more likely to have abnormal liver function. The baseline PALBI and NLR scores can better predict the risk of clinical deterioration and early transfer to the ICU for treatment.
Supplementary document for Subradiance and Superradiant Long Range Excitation Transport among Quantum Emitter Ensembles in a Waveguide - 7210883.pdf
Creators: name: Fasser, Martin
name: Ostermann, Laurin
name: Ritsch, Helmut
name: Hotter, Christoph
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supporting content for main manuscript
Cladocoridae d'Orbigny 1851
Creators: name: Löser, Hannes
name: Werner, Winfried
name: Darga, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Cladocoridae

description: Family Cladocoridae d’Orbigny, 1851
Description.
Phaceloid colonies. Septal symmetry sub-regularly radial. Pali present in some genera. Columella styliform, lamellar or parietal.
description: Published as part of Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, pp. 89-147 in Zitteliana 97 on pages 89-147, DOI: 10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
sj-pdf-2-asp-10.1177_0003702820931156 - Supplemental material for Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy: The Power of Power Spectra
Creators: name: Mirosław A. Czarnecki
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-asp-10.1177_0003702820931156 for Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy: The Power of Power Spectra by Mirosław A. Czarnecki in Applied Spectroscopy
Effects of high-flux hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration on the mortality of patients with end-stage kidney disease: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Ma, Sihui
name: Pu, Nan
name: Ma, Juan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: High-flux hemodialysis (HFHD) is widely used in hemodialysis centers and is the mode of hemodialysis actively recommended by the guidelines. Additionally, hemodiafiltration (HDF) is widely used in clinical practice. However, there are some inconsistencies in the results of studies on the effects of HDF and HFHD, which has caused controversy regarding which of these two dialysis modalities to select. To explore the effect of HFHD and HDF on the survival of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). A systematic search of the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases was conducted, focusing on cohort studies and randomized controlled trials on hemodialysis in patients with ESKD using HFHD or HDF. A meta-analysis of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality was conducted using Review Manager 5.3 software, and fixed and random effect models were applied according to the heterogeneity results. A total of 13 studies, including six cohort studies and seven randomized controlled trials, were included in the final analysis. The results revealed that HFHD had no statistically significant effect on the all-cause mortality (odds ratio (OR): 1.16, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.86, 1.57) or cardiovascular mortality (OR: 0.86, 95% CI: 0.64, 1.15) of patients with ESKD. However, compared with HDF, HFHD reduced the infection mortality rate (OR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.33, 0.77). Compared with HDF, HFHD has no obvious benefits for all-cause mortality or cardiovascular mortality in patients with ESKD, but reduced risk of infection-related death.