cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces
Creators: name: Tang, Z.
name: Adamek, E. R.
name: Brandt, A.
name: Callahan, N. B.
name: Clayton, S. M.
name: Currie, S. A.
name: Ito, T. M.
name: Makela, M.
name: Masuda, Y.
name: Morris, C. L.
name: Pattie, R.
name: Ramsey, J. C.
name: Salvat, D. J.
name: Saunders, A.
name: Young, A. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a measurement of the spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with surfaces coated with nickel phosphorus. For 50~$μ$m thick nickel phosphorus coated on stainless steel, the spin-flip probability per bounce was found to be $β_{\rm NiP\;on\;SS} = (3.3^{+1.8}_{-5.6}) \times 10^{-6}$. For 50~$μ$m thick nickel phosphorus coated on aluminum, the spin-flip probability per bounce was found to be $β_{\rm NiP\;on\;Al} = (3.6^{+2.1}_{-5.9}) \times 10^{-6}$. For the copper guide used as reference, the spin flip probability per bounce was found to be $β_{\rm Cu} = (6.7^{+5.0}_{-2.5}) \times 10^{-6}$. The results on the nickel phosphorus-coated surfaces may be interpreted as upper limits, yielding $β_{\rm NiP\;on\;SS} < 6.2 \times 10^{-6}$ (90\% C.L.) and $β_{\rm NiP\;on\;Al} < 7.0 \times 10^{-6}$ (90\% C.L.) for 50~$μ$m thick nickel phosphorus coated on stainless steel and 50~$μ$m thick nickel phosphorus coated on aluminum, respectively. Nickel phosphorus coated stainless steel or aluminum provides a solution when low-cost, mechanically robust, and non-depolarizing UCN guides with a high-Fermi-potential are needed.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Surgical-pathological findings in type 1 and 2 endometrial cancer: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group study on GOG-210 protocol
Creators: name: Creasman, William T.
name: Miller, David S.
name: Waggoner, Steven
name: Edwards, Robert P.
name: Guntupalli, Saketh R.
name: Powell, Matthew A.
name: Lele, Shashikant B.
name: Backes, Floor J.
name: Argenta, Peter A.
name: Filiaci, Virginia L.
name: Pearl, Michael L.
name: DiSilvestro, Paul A.
name: Ali, Shamshad
name: Zaino, Richard J.
name: Mutch, David G.
name: Spirtos, Nick
name: Mannel, Robert S.
name: Boggess, John F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: To report clinical and pathologic relationships with disease spread in endometrial cancer patients.
$\mathbb{P}^1$-bundle bases and the prevalence of non-Higgsable structure in 4D F-theory models
Creators: name: Halverson, James
name: Taylor, Washington
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore a large class of F-theory compactifications to four dimensions. We find evidence that gauge groups that cannot be Higgsed without breaking supersymmetry, often accompanied by associated matter fields, are a ubiquitous feature in the landscape of ${\cal N} = 1$ 4D F-theory constructions. In particular, we study 4D F-theory models that arise from compactification on threefold bases that are $\mathbb{P}^1$ bundles over certain toric surfaces. These bases are one natural analogue to the minimal models for base surfaces for 6D F-theory compactifications. Of the roughly 100,000 bases that we study, only 80 are weak Fano bases in which there are no automatic singularities on the associated elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfolds, and 98.3% of the bases have geometrically non-Higgsable gauge factors. The $\mathbb{P}^1$-bundle threefold bases we analyze contain a wide range of distinct surface topologies that support geometrically non-Higgsable clusters. Many of the bases that we consider contain $SU(3)\times SU(2)$ seven-brane clusters for generic values of deformation moduli; we analyze the relative frequency of this combination relative to the other four possible two-factor non-Higgsable product groups, as well as various other features such as geometrically non-Higgsable candidates for dark matter structure and phenomenological ($SU(2)$-charged) Higgs fields.
description: 51 pages + references, appendices. v2: references added
title: Rural education in Saudi Arabia: secondary school leaders’ and teachers’ experiences and perceptions
Creators: name: Alotaibi, Emad Matar
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2023

description: The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is undergoing fundamental reforms in all areas, including public education, to keep pace with the critical changes brought about by globalisation. There is a growing corpus of literature investigating these systemic shifts in urban settings, while a small amount of research has been conducted in rural educational settings. Compared to their urban and semi-rural counterparts, rural schools are still neglected on a global scale regarding different reform proposals. There are around 3200 schools situated in 1128 rural locations in Saudi Arabia. Rural schools have numerous challenges, particularly in terms of leadership practice, culture, and opportunities for school leaders’ and teachers’ professional development. Even so, there is a lack of ground-level research investigating these concerns in detail. Therefore, this study aims to fill this knowledge gap by exploring and understanding the experiences and perceptions of school leaders and teachers working in rural Saudi schools. Although there is a growing corpus of literature on topics like school leadership, school culture, and CPD, few published studies focus on rural schools. Adopting an in-depth multiple case study approach within a theoretical framework based on the interconnected notions of leadership practice, culture, and CPD, this study makes an original and substantial contribution to the body of knowledge in this field. This research entails multiple qualitative case studies (three girls’ secondary schools and three boys’ secondary schools), employing one-to-one semi-structured interviews with 12 school leaders (six school principals and six deputies), 12 teachers, two school leadership supervisors (one female and one male), and two training supervisors (one female and one male), six semi�structured focus group interviews (five teachers each), and documentary reviews. The findings reveal that leadership in rural schools is unique in terms of challenges and opportunities and suggest that an understanding of these issues is essential for successful school leadership. The cultural aspect also revealed the extent of its impact on these schools, both at the macro level (global, national, and local) and the micro level (within the walls of schools), and suggests that these issues need to be fully understood by school leaders for successful community integration. Finally, high-quality continuing professional development is perceived as essential for rural school staff, although more specifically tailored training programmes are needed. This study is considered essential for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers and has provided the first clear picture of the nature of rural Saudi schools within the country.
Human papillomavirus viral load as a useful triage tool for non-16/18 high-risk human papillomavirus positive women: A prospective screening cohort study
Creators: name: Smith, Jennifer S.
name: Zhang, Qian
name: Zhao, Fang-hui
name: Hu, Shang-ying
name: Feng, Rui-mei
name: Dong, Li
name: Zhao, Xue-lian
name: Qiao, You-lin
name: Wang, Margaret Z.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: ASCCP cervical cancer screening guidelines recommend triaging high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) positive women with cytology and genotyping, but cytology is often unavailable in resource-limited areas. We compared the long-term risk of cervical cancer and precancers among type-specific hrHPV-positive women triaged by viral load to cytology and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA).A cohort of 1742 Chinese women was screened with cytology, VIA, and Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) test and followed for ten years. All HC2-positive samples were genotyped. Viral load was measured by HC2 relative light units/cutoff (RLU/CO). Ten-year cumulative incidence rate (CIR) of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2 +) for type-specific hrHPV viral load was estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods.Baseline hrHPV viral load stratified by specific genotypes was positively correlated with prevalent cytological lesions. Ten-year CIR of CIN2 + was associated with cytological lesions and viral load. Among HPV 16/18-positive women, ten-year CIR of CIN2 + was high, even with normal cytology (15.3%), normal VIA (32.4%), viral load with RLU/CO < 10 (23.6%) or RLU/CO < 100 (33.8%). Among non-16/18 hrHPV positive women, ten-year CIR of CIN2 + was significantly stratified by cytology grade of atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance or higher (2.0% VS. 34.6%), viral load cutoffs at 10 RLU/CO (5.1% VS. 27.2%), at 100 RLU/CO (11.0% VS. 35.5%), but not by VIA (19.1% VS. 19.0%).Our findings support the guidelines in referring all HPV16/18 positive women to colposcopy and suggest triaging non-16/18 hrHPV positive women using viral loads in resource-limited areas where cytology screening was inaccessible.
FEIRA TROPICAL
Creators: name: Pavao Santana, Jose Claudio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ano 11 – vol. 09 – n. 53/2023 –

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8326120

Não há coisa mais colorida do que uma feira, sobretudo nas

barquinhas ou nas gôndolas de frutas. Enche os olhos de

qualquer um.
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Schreiben in Lehramt und Sonderpädagogik. Ein Leitfaden
Creators: name: Gebhardt, Markus
name: Ebenbeck, Nikola
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, wissenschaftliches Schreiben, Lehramt, Sonderpädagogik
subject: 370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: Dieses Skript richtet sich an Studierende des Lehramts und der Sonderpädagogik. Es führt in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und Schreiben ein und stellt verschiedene Formen von Abschlussarbeiten vor. Das Buch ist als Leitfaden für das wissenschaftliche Schreiben im Rahmen des universitären Studiums gedacht. Es führt Studierende anwendungsnah durch den Schreibprozess, beginnend bei der Formulierung von Forschungsfragen über Recher-chen und korrekte Schreib- und Zitierstile bis hin zu digitalen Unterstützungstools und Formalia für Texttypen im Rahmen des Studiums.
$n$-point amplitudes with a single negative-helicity graviton
Creators: name: Alston, Sam D.
name: Dunbar, David C.
name: Perkins, Warren B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct an expression for the n-point one-loop graviton scattering amplitude with a single negative helicity external leg using an augmented recursion technique. We analyse the soft-limits of these amplitudes and demonstrate that they have soft behaviour beyond the conjectured universal behaviour.
description: Title changed to conform to journal style; 2 refs added
Predictive modeling for determination of microscopic residual disease at primary cytoreduction: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group 182 Study
Creators: name: Hamilton, Chad A.
name: Rungruang, Bunja
name: Horowitz, Neil S.
name: Lee, Roger B.
name: Fowler, Jeffrey M.
name: Larry Maxwell,
name: Tewari, Krishnansu S.
name: Miller, Austin
name: Java, James J.
name: Argenta, Peter
name: Van Le, Linda
name: Bookman, Michael A.
name: Bender, David
name: Mutch, David G.
name: Richard, Scott D.
name: Gershenson, David
name: Krivak, Thomas C.
name: Rodriguez, Noah
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Microscopic residual disease following complete cytoreduction (R0) is associated with a significant survival benefit for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Our objective was to develop a prediction model for R0 to support surgeons in their clinical care decisions.Demographic, pathologic, surgical, and CA125 data were collected from GOG 182 records. Patients enrolled prior to September 1, 2003 were used for the training model while those enrolled after constituted the validation data set. Univariate analysis was performed to identify significant predictors of R0 and these variables were subsequently analyzed using multivariable regression. The regression model was reduced using backward selection and predictive accuracy was quantified using area under the receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (AUC) in both the training and the validation data sets.Of the 3882 patients enrolled in GOG 182, 1480 had complete clinical data available for the analysis. The training data set consisted of 1007 patients (234 with R0) while the validation set was comprised of 473 patients (122 with R0). The reduced multivariable regression model demonstrated several variables predictive of R0 at cytoreduction: Disease Score (DS) ( < 0.001), stage ( = 0.009), CA125 ( < 0.001), ascites ( < 0.001), and stage-age interaction ( = 0.01). Applying the prediction model to the validation data resulted in an AUC of 0.73 (0.67 to 0.78, 95% CI). Inclusion of DS enhanced the model performance to an AUC of 0.83 (0.79 to 0.88, 95% CI).We developed and validated a prediction model for R0 that offers improved performance over previously reported models for prediction of residual disease. The performance of the prediction model suggests additional factors (i.e. imaging, molecular profiling, etc.) should be explored in the future for a more clinically actionable tool.
Combined study of $2S$ and $1D$ open-charm mesons with natural spin-parity
Creators: name: Chen, Bing
name: Liu, Xiang
name: Zhang, Ailin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we perform a combined study of $2S$ and $1D$ open-charm mesons with natural spin-parity. Our results indicate that $D^*_1(2600)/D^*_{s1}(2700)$ and $D^*_1(2760)/D^*_{s1}(2860)$ are predominantly the $2^3S_1$ and $1^3D_1$ charmed/charmed-strange mesons, respectively, while $D_3^*(2760)/D_{s3}^*(2860)$ can be regarded as the $1^3D_3$ charmed/charmed-strange mesons. In addition, some typical ratios of partial widths of the discussed natural states are predicted, by which future experiments can test these assignments, especially for the $2S$-$1D$ mixing scheme existing in $D^*_1(2600)/D^*_1(2760)$ and $D^*_{s1}(2700)/D^*_{s1}(2860)$.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, 8 tables, RevTex, Accepted by Phys. Rev. D
Improved survival after acute graft-
Creators: name: Socie, Gerard
name: Schultz, Kirk R.
name: Battiwalla, Minoo
name: Dandoy, Christopher
name: Lehmann, Leslie
name: Arora, Mukta
name: Gergis, Usama
name: Jamani, Kareem
name: Pidala, Joseph
name: Hashmi, Shahrukh
name: Kamble, Rammurti T.
name: Hayashi, Robert J.
name: Cutler, Corey
name: Savani, Bipin
name: Vij, Ravi
name: Spellman, Stephen
name: Juckett, Mark
name: Hemmer, Michael T.
name: Wood, William A.
name: Cairo, Mitchell
name: Solh, Melham
name: Hematti, Peiman
name: Martino, Rodrigo
name: Litzow, Mark
name: Aljurf, Mahmoud
name: Schoemans, Helene
name: Gale, Robert Peter
name: Antin, Joseph H.
name: Chen, Yi-Bin
name: Kharfan-Dabaja, Mohamed
name: Wirk, Baldeep M.
name: Cahn, Jean-Yves
name: Wang, Tao
name: Schouten, Harry C.
name: Couriel, Daniel
name: Majhail, Navneet
name: Yu, Lolie
name: Qayed, Muna
name: Storek, Jan
name: Nishihori, Taiga
name: Miller, Alan
name: Khoury, Hanna J.
name: Alousi, Amin
name: Carabasi, Matthew
name: Verdonck, Leo
name: Jagasia, Madan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: A cute graft- versus -host disease remains a major threat to a successful outcome after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. While improvements in treatment and supportive care have occurred, it is unknown whether these advances have resulted in improved outcome specifically among those diagnosed with acute graft- versus -host disease. We examined outcome following diagnosis of grade II-IV acute graft- versus -host disease according to time period, and explored effects according to original graft- versus -host disease prophylaxis regimen and maximum overall grade of acute graft- versus -host disease. Between 1999 and 2012, 2,905 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (56%), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (30%) or myelodysplastic syndromes (14%) received a sibling (24%) or unrelated donor (76%) blood (66%) or marrow (34%) transplant and developed grade II-IV acute graft- versus -host disease (n=497 for 1999-2001, n=962 for 2002-2005, n=1,446 for 2006-2010). The median (range) follow-up was 144 (4-174), 97 (4-147) and 60 (8-99) months for 1999-2001, 2002-2005, and 2006-2010, respectively. Among the cohort with grade II-IV acute graft- versus -host disease, there was a decrease in the proportion of grade III-IV disease over time with 56%, 47%, and 37% for 1999-2001, 2002-2005, and 2006-2012, respectively ( P <0.001). Considering the total study population, univariate analysis demonstrated significant improvements in overall survival and treatment-related mortality over time, and deaths from organ failure and infection declined. On multivariate analysis, significant improvements in overall survival ( P =0.003) and treatment-related mortality ( P =0.008) were only noted among those originally treated with tacrolimus-based graft- versus -host disease prophylaxis, and these effects were most apparent among those with overall grade II acute graft- versus -host disease. In conclusion, survival has improved over time for tacrolimus-treated transplant recipients with acute graft- versus -host disease.
MY REPORT ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE BENUE SOIL PRODUCTIVITY INDEX RATING PROJECT I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE PART
Creators: name: Kelvin, Gbakaan
name: Kelvin, Gbakaan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: soil testing
subject: Nigeria
subject: extension

description: Soil productivity rating training in the North Central state of Benue in Nigeria. Soil samples were tested for organic carbon content and the percentage of nitrogen in the soil.
Association of acute myeloid leukemias most immature phenotype with risk groups and outcomes
Creators: name: Jones, Richard J.
name: Smith, B. Douglas
name: Zeidner, Joshua F.
name: Morsberger, Laura
name: Morse, Sarah
name: Zhang, Hao
name: Perkins, Brandy
name: Blackford, Amanda L.
name: Rosner, Gary L.
name: Yanagisawa, Breann
name: Ning, Yi
name: Gocke, Christopher D.
name: Gerber, Jonathan M.
name: Karp, Judith
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The precise phenotype and biology of acute myeloid leukemia stem cells remain controversial, in part because the “gold standard” immunodeficient mouse engraftment assay fails in a significant fraction of patients and identifies multiple cell-types in others. We sought to analyze the clinical utility of a novel assay for putative leukemia stem cells in a large prospective cohort. The leukemic clone’s most primitive hematopoietic cellular phenotype was prospectively identified in 109 newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia patients, and analyzed against clinical risk groups and outcomes. Most (80/109) patients harbored CD34+CD38− leukemia cells. The CD34+CD38− leukemia cells in 47 of the 80 patients displayed intermediate aldehyde dehydrogenase expression, while normal CD34+CD38− hematopoietic stem cells expressed high levels of aldehyde dehydrogenase. In the other 33/80 patients, the CD34+CD38− leukemia cells exhibited high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, and most (28/33, 85%) harbored poor-risk cytogenetics or FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 internal tandem translocations. No CD34+ leukemia cells could be detected in 28/109 patients, including 14/21 patients with nucleophosmin-1 mutations and 6/7 acute promyelocytic leukemia patients. The patients with CD34+CD38− leukemia cells with high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity manifested a significantly lower complete remission rate, as well as poorer event-free and overall survivals. The leukemic clone’s most immature phenotype was heterogeneous with respect to CD34, CD38, and ALDH expression, but correlated with acute myeloid leukemia risk groups and outcomes. The strong clinical correlations suggest that the most immature phenotype detectable in the leukemia might serve as a biomarker for “clinically-relevant” leukemia stem cells. ClinicalTrials.gov: {"type":"clinical-trial","attrs":{"text":"NCT01349972","term_id":"NCT01349972"}}NCT01349972.
Optimizing StackSlide setup and data selection for continuous-gravitational-wave searches in realistic detector data
Creators: name: Shaltev, Miroslav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The search for continuous gravitational waves in a wide parameter space at fixed computing cost is most efficiently done with semicoherent methods, e.g. StackSlide, due to the prohibitive computing cost of the fully coherent search strategies. Prix&Shaltev arXiv:1201.4321 have developed a semi-analytic method for finding \emph{optimal} StackSlide parameters at fixed computing cost under ideal data conditions, i.e. gap-less data and constant noise floor. In this work we consider more realistic conditions by allowing for gaps in the data and changes in noise level. We show how the sensitivity optimization can be decoupled from the data selection problem. To find optimal semicoherent search parameters we apply a numerical optimization using as example the semicoherent StackSlide search. We also describe three different data selection algorithms. Thus the outcome of the numerical optimization consists of the optimal search parameters and the selected dataset. We first test the numerical optimization procedure under ideal conditions and show that we can reproduce the results of the analytical method. Then we gradually relax the conditions on the data and find that a compact data selection algorithm yields higher sensitivity compared to a greedy data selection procedure.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
Zmiany w branży public relations wywołane pandemią COVID-19
Creators: name: Tworzydło, Dariusz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160503 Communications and Media Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Celem artykułu jest wskazanie kluczowych zmian, jakie dokonały się w branży public relations w czasie pandemii COVID-19. W toku prac badawczych, które stały się podstawą do napisania artykułu, pozyskiwano wiedzę od praktyków zajmujących się public relations, zaś operatem badawczym byli pracownicy podmiotów zrzeszonych w Stowarzyszeniu Agencji Public Relations. Badania pozwoliły na uzyskanie odpowiedzi na pytania dotyczące między innymi wpływu pandemii na sektor agencji PR, rodzajów zmian, jakie dokonały się w wyniku pandemii, czy wpływu, jaki pandemia COVID-19 będzie miała w przyszłości na zapotrzebowanie klientów agencji PR na podejmowane przez nie aktywności.
Ein Weckruf des Papstes zum einheitlichen, planmäßigen Handeln
Creators: name: Pius XII., Papst
Publisher: name: Herder Korrespondenz
Year: 1970

description: Herder Korrespondenz, Bd. 6 Nr. 6 (1951): Herder Korrespondenz, Band 6, Heft 6
Modelling and control of a small-scale unmanned helicopter
Creators: name: Du, J. F.
name: Kondak, K.
name: Zhang, Y. O.
name: Lu, T. S.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: helicopter
subject: MPC
subject: flight control
subject: Kane's equation

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: The dynamical model of a toy helicopter considered as two rigid bodies is deduced using Kane's equation. Another model is presented that considers the helicopter as a single rigid body. It is shown that the response of the rotational dynamics modelled as two rigid bodies is cosine while that modelled as one rigid body is linear. In addition, a flight controller is presented that is based on dynamic inversion and model predictive control (MPC). In order to decrease the online computational effort associated with a conventional model predictive controller, an explicit MPC algorithm is introduced, which converts the online computations to offline computations to solve the real-time problem. Experimental results show that the controller is able to operate in real-time and can closely track the trajectory without overshoot.
Risk factors for mortality in adult patients with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis of studies in North America and Europe
Creators: name: Maitra, Poulami
name: Cai, Jianwen
name: Nouraie, Mehdi
name: Desai, Payal C.
name: Robinson, Laura
name: Caughey, Melissa
name: Ataga, Kenneth I.
name: Gladwin, Mark T.
name: Hinderliter, Alan
name: Jones, Susan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Although recent studies show an improved survival of children with sickle cell disease in the US and Europe, for adult patients mortality remains high. This study was conducted to evaluate the factors associated with mortality in adult patients following the approval of hydroxyurea. We first evaluated the association between selected variables and mortality at an academic center (University of North Carolina). Data sources were then searched for publications from 1998 to June 2016, with meta-analysis of eligible studies conducted in North America and Europe to evaluate the associations of selected variables with mortality in adult patients. Nine studies, combined with the UNC cohort (total n=3257 patients) met the eligibility criteria. Mortality was significantly associated with age (per 10-year increase in age) [7 studies, 2306 participants; hazard ratio (HR): 1.28; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.10–1.50], tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity 2.5 m/s or more (5 studies, 1577 participants; HR: 3.03; 95%CI: 2.0–4.60), reticulocyte count (3 studies, 1050 participants; HR: 1.05; 95%CI: 1.01–1.10), log(N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide) (3 studies, 800 participants; HR: 1.68; 95%CI: 1.48–1.90), and fetal hemoglobin (7 studies, 2477 participants; HR: 0.97; 95%CI: 0.94–1.0). This study identifies variables associated with mortality in adult patients with sickle cell disease in the hydroxyurea era.
The family of E. M. Jellinek: Documenting a history
Creators: name: Bariahtaris, Christine
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This is the third in a series of papers depicting the mostly undocumented life of E.M. Jellinek. This paper investigates Jellinek’s family history from a genealogical perspective using popular resources from the field. The author points out the potential connections and influences of Jellinek’s notable and distinguished family as related to the little known period of Jellinek’s early life. The information in these papers was first presented at the 36th Annual Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) Conference on May 1st, 2014, by seven presenters in a panel entitled “Mystery and speculations: Piecing together E.M. Jellinek’s redemption.”
title: [Book Review:] Germany and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons
title: Kelleher, Catherine McArdle: Germany and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons. New York/London: Columbia University Press, 1975, 373 pp.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Endruweit, Günter
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: 320 Politikwissenschaft
subject: book review
subject: West Germany
subject: nuclear weapon
subject: NATO
subject: politics
subject: national defense policy

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
Care models in the management of haemophilia: a systematic review
Creators: name: Pai,
name: Makris,
name: Yeung,
name: Key,
name: Navarro-Ruan,
name: Soucie,
name: Schünemann,
name: Iorio,
name: Santesso,
name: Kessler,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Haemophilia care is commonly provided via multidisciplinary specialized management. To date, there has been no systematic assessment of the impact of haemophilia care delivery models on patient-important outcomes.
Qualitative Inquiries into Social Representations of Health
Creators: name: Flick, Uwe
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: cultural differences
subject: health concepts
subject: qualitative methods
subject: social representations

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: Concepts of health and illness have been a major topic for social representations research. Whereas studies on cognitive representations of health and illness develop a general, decontextualized schema of illness, social representations research focuses on the diversity of lay concepts of health and illness and how health and illness are socially constructed in different contexts. Two qualitative studies about the social representations of health are presented. The episodic interview and theoretical coding were used to study health concepts of nurses and clerks in East and West Germany and among Portuguese and German women. Results in both studies show different forms of awareness of health as the core of the health concepts in the various groups. Social representations theory connects these differences back to the political and cultural backgrounds of the study participants.
Zeitlose Orte : Überlegungen zur fragilen Zeitstruktur von Höhle, Nacht und Paradies in der römischen Literatur
Creators: name: Wolkenhauer, Anja
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Philologie , Rhetorik
subject: 800

description: "Zweitveröffentlichung"
Die Rezeption von Jacques Derridas Œuvre in der arabischen Welt - Forschungskritische Vorbemerkung samt arabischer Derrida-Bibliographie
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Friedhelm
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Derrida, Jacques , Philosophie , Rezeption , Rezeptionsforschung , Wissenschaftskritik , Arabische Staaten , Jüdische Philosophie , Dekonstruktion , Juden , Judentum , Orientalist , Fremdsprachenlernen , Korruption , Geheimdienst , Betrug , Nepotismus , Klüngel , Fachbibliografie , Bibliografie
subject: 100
subject: 400
subject: 490
subject: Mangelhafte Arabischkenntnisse
subject: vorgetäuschte Arabischkenntnisse
subject: verhinderte Wissenschaftskooperation
subject: obstructed scientific cooperation
subject: Weak Arabic language skills
subject: fake Arabic language skills

description: Wie konnte es dazu kommen, dass die intensive Rezeption der Derrida’schen Philosophie in der arabischen Welt den westlichen Experten verborgen blieb? Der zweiteilige Beitrag klärt zunächst in der Forschungskritischen Vorbemerkung, welche wissenschaftlichen Defizite der Erforschung arabischer Rezeptionsvorgänge im Wege stehen, im konkreten Fall der intensiven Derrida-Rezeption durch arabische Intellektuelle, um anschliessend in einer Fachbibliographie der arabischen Derrida-Literatur das grosse Interesse zu dokumentieren, das arabische Autoren und Übersetzer Derridas Leben und Werk entgegenbringen.
description: فذلكة : إنّ هذه المقالة تطرح السؤال : كيف غاب استقبال القرّاء العرب الواسع لفلسفة دريدا واهتمامهم الكبير بها عن أنظار الباحثين الغربيين المتخصّصين المستشرقين والمستعربين ؟ تنقسم المقالة إلى جزئين : الجزء الأوّل عبارة عن دراسة وعنوانها "ةوطئة منتقدة على البحوث الجارية". تدلّ هذه التوطئة على الخلال والنواقص العلمية في منظومة الاستشراق الأكاديمي الغربية عامّة والألمانية خاصّة والتي تعرقل وحتّى تعوّق نجاح البحوث والدراسات الرصينة في شأن عمليّات استقبال المجتمعات العربية للأعمال الأدبية والفلسفية الأجنبية عموماً واستقبال فلسفة دريدا عند المثقّفين العرب خصوصاً. ويتكوّن الجزء الثاني من بيبليوغرافيا خاصّة بالأدبيات العربية المعنية بأعمال دريدا وأفكاره وحياته, إضافةً إلى ترجمات أعماله العربية. فتقوم هذه البيبليوغرافيا بتوثيق النتاج الأدبي الثري الخاصّ بدريدا والذي أنتجه المؤلّفون والمترجمون العرب في العقود الماضية
description: How is it that the great interest Derrida’s philosophy arouses in the Arab public has escaped the notice of the Western experts concerned? Firstly, a preliminary remark critical of recent research (Forschungskritische Vorbemerkung) expounds the scholarly deficits which hamper effective research on reception processes by Arab societies, in the present case the intense reception Derrida’s philosophy found among Arab intellectuals. Secondly, a special bibliography (Fachbibliographie der arabischen Derrida-Literatur) documents the rich literary production on Derrida and his œuvre brought forth by Arab authors and translators.
Supplemental material for "Influence of dietary fiber content and horn status on thermoregulatory responses of Brown Swiss dairy cows under thermoneutral and short-term heat stress conditions"
Creators: name: Anna-Maria Reiche
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Supplemental material for the article "Influence of dietary fiber content and horn status on thermoregulatory responses of Brown Swiss dairy cows under thermoneutral and short-term heat stress conditions" Table S1 Means and effects of significant interactions (Diet × THI condition and Horn status x THI condition)
NHF-McMaster Guideline on Care Models for Haemophilia Management
Creators: name: Schünemann,
name: Skinner,
name: Makris,
name: Key,
name: Soucie,
name: Lane,
name: Santesso,
name: Riker,
name: Kessler,
name: Feinstein,
name: Curtis,
name: Pai,
name: Yeung,
name: Iorio,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This guideline was developed to identify evidence-based best practices in haemophilia care delivery, and discuss the range of care providers and services that are most important to optimize outcomes for persons with haemophilia (PWH) across the United States. The guideline was developed following specific methods described in detail in this supplement and based on the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach). Direct evidence from published literature and the haemophilia community, as well as indirect evidence from other chronic diseases, were reviewed, synthesized and applied to create evidence-based recommendations. The Guideline panel suggests that the integrated care model be used over non-integrated care models for PWH (conditional recommendation, moderate certainty in the evidence). For PWH with inhibitors and those at high risk for inhibitor development, the same recommendation was graded as strong, with moderate certainty in the evidence. The panel suggests that a haematologist, a specialized haemophilia nurse, a physical therapist, a social worker and round-the-clock access to a specialized coagulation laboratory be part of the integrated care team, over an integrated care team that does not include all of these components (conditional recommendation, very low certainty in the evidence). Based on available evidence, the integrated model of care in its current structure, is suggested for optimal care of PWH. There is a need for further appropriately designed studies that address unanswered questions about specific outcomes and the optimal structure of the integrated care delivery model in haemophilia.
Attitudes, preferences, and intentions of German households concerning participation in peer-to-peer electricity trading
Creators: name: Hackbarth, André
name: Löbbe, Sabine
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Marketing , Management
subject: 330
subject: Energy Systems
subject: Energy Efficiency
subject: Energieeffizienz
subject: Energiesysteme

description: Based on a survey among customers of seven German municipal utilities, we estimate hierarchical multiple regression models to identify consumer motivations for participating in P2P electricity trading and develop implications for marketing strategies for this currently relatively unknown product. Our results show a low importance of socio-demographics in explaining differences between consumer groups, but high influence of attitudes, knowledge and likelihood to purchase related products. The most valuable target groups for P2P electricity trading marketing strategies of municipal utilities first and foremost should aim at are innovators, especially prosumers. They are well-informed about and open-minded concerning electricity sharing and highly environmentally aware. They ask for transparency and are willing to purchase related products. They are attracted by the ability to share generation and consumption and to a lesser extent by economic reasons. Our results indicate that the marketing efforts should to a special degree take peer effects into account, as they are found to wield great influence on general openness towards and purchase intention for P2P electricity products. Finally, municipal utilities should build on the high level of satisfaction and trust of consumers and use P2P electricity trading as measure to keep and win customers willing to change their supplier.
Techniques for effective and efficient fire detection from social media images
Creators: name: Bedo, Marcos
name: Blanco, Gustavo
name: Oliveira, Willian
name: Cazzolato, Mirela
name: Costa, Alceu
name: Rodrigues, Jose
name: Traina, Agma
name: Traina, Caetano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Social media could provide valuable information to support decision making in crisis management, such as in accidents, explosions and fires. However, much of the data from social media are images, which are uploaded in a rate that makes it impossible for human beings to analyze them. Despite the many works on image analysis, there are no fire detection studies on social media. To fill this gap, we propose the use and evaluation of a broad set of content-based image retrieval and classification techniques for fire detection. Our main contributions are: (i) the development of the Fast-Fire Detection method (FFDnR), which combines feature extractor and evaluation functions to support instance-based learning, (ii) the construction of an annotated set of images with ground-truth depicting fire occurrences -- the FlickrFire dataset, and (iii) the evaluation of 36 efficient image descriptors for fire detection. Using real data from Flickr, our results showed that FFDnR was able to achieve a precision for fire detection comparable to that of human annotators. Therefore, our work shall provide a solid basis for further developments on monitoring images from social media.
description: 12 pages, Proceedings of the International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Specifically: Marcos Bedo, Gustavo Blanco, Willian Oliveira, Mirela Cazzolato, Alceu Costa, Jose Rodrigues, Agma Traina, Caetano Traina, 2015, Techniques for effective and efficient fire detection from social media images, ICEIS, 34-45
Oxidative stress, NADPH oxidases, and arteries
Creators: name: Runge, Marschall S.
name: Sun, Qi-An
name: Madamanchi, Nageswara R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Atherosclerosis and its major complications –myocardial infarction and stroke– remain major causes of death and disability in the United States and world-wide. Indeed, with dramatic increases in obesity and diabetes mellitus, the prevalence and public health impact of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) will likely remain high. Major advances have been made in development of new therapies to reduce the incidence of atherosclerosis and CVD, in particular for treatment of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension. Oxidative stress is the common mechanistic link for many CVD risk factors. However, only recently have the tools existed to study the interface between oxidative stress and CVD in animal models. The most important source of reactive oxygen species (and hence oxidative stress) in vascular cells are the multiple forms of enzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH oxidase). Recently published and emerging studies now clearly establish that: 1) NADPH oxidases are of critical importance in atherosclerosis and hypertension in animal models; 2) given the tissue-specific expression of key components of NADPH oxidase, it may be possible to target vascular oxidative stress for prevention of CVD.
title: Quality of Life and Sustainability in Rural Switzerland
Creators: name: Wiesli, Thea Xenia
Publisher: name: Universität Bern
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology

description: Most wealthy countries, such as the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, offer an above-average quality of life. Switzerland is known for being one of the wealthiest countries in the world and one of those that offer the highest quality of life. However, like many other wealthy countries, Switzerland massively overuses natural resources. This threatens the quality of life of those humans living in less wealthy countries and those who will belong to future generations. Reducing the inequitable distribution of high quality of life in the present and future generations is one of humanity's greatest challenges. To contribute to this discussion, this thesis is dedicated to the topic of sustainable quality of life and investigates this topic in Swiss rural areas in general and three regional nature parks. Thus, all four articles focus on the quality of life and its connection to sustainability. Specifically, the thesis addresses the conceptualisation of sustainable quality of life (Article 1), assesses the opinions of Swiss rural inhabitants on how to combine the quality of life with sustainability in rural areas (Article 2), tests regional nature parks as a model region for social and ecological sustainability and the relationship between resource use and life satisfaction (Article 3), and provides recommendations to regional nature park managers on how to improve quality of life in a sustainable manner (Article 4).
The research project in which the thesis is embedded took place in cooperation with the management of the regional nature parks. Two empirical studies were conducted. The first involved qualitative interviews analysed via a content analysis (n = 90). The second was a cross-sectional survey, analysed via inferential statistics (n = 3’358).
The resulting sustainable quality of life concept is multidimensional and contains nine components that integrate quality of life and sustainability. In the opinion of the rural inhabitants, the most important components for quality of life are not necessarily in conflict with sustainability. On the other hand, challenges to reconciling quality of life with sustainability revealed within the rural regions concern mainly equality between specific social groups and the supply of sustainable infrastructure.
Further results of this thesis suggest that the regional nature parks do not yet provide quality of life and ecological sustainability in a significantly different way than in other comparable rural regions. However, another result of this thesis rejects the common hypothesis that resource use leads to life satisfaction and indicates the opposite relation. It can be assumed that the individual’s quality of life can promote sustainable development. Therefore, the thesis presents several opportunities to promote the quality of life of the population in the future.
Policy brief on barriers to up-take of practices
Creators: name: Sutherland, Lee-Ann M.
name: MacLeod, Kit
name: Kuhfuss, Laure
name: Blackstock, Kirsty
name: Martinat, Stanislav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: path dependency, triggering change, succession, agricultural policy

description: This policy brief describes barriers to up-take of new farming practices, and means of overcoming these barriers.
New findings on venous thrombogenesis
Creators: name: Wolberg, Alisa S.
name: Byrnes, James R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Venous thrombosis (VT) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death worldwide. Complications from VT and pulmonary embolism are the leading cause of lost disability-adjusted life years. Risks include genetic (e.g., non-O blood group, activated protein C resistance, hyperprothrombinemia) and acquired (e.g., age, surgery, cancer, pregnancy, immobilisation, female hormone use) factors. Pathophysiologic mechanisms that promote VT are incompletely understood, but involve abnormalities in blood coagulability, vessel function, and flow (so-called Virchow’s Triad). Epidemiologic studies of humans, animal models, and biochemical and biophysical investigations have revealed contributions from extrinsic, intrinsic, and common pathways of coagulation, endothelial cells, leukocytes, red blood cells, platelets, cell-derived microvesicles, stasis-induced changes in vascular cells, and blood rheology. Knowledge of these mechanisms may yield new therapeutic targets. Characterisation of mechanisms that mediate VT formation and stability, particularly in aging, are needed to advance understanding of VT.
Pharmaceutical pollution: Prediction of environmental concentrations from national wholesales data
Creators: name: Welch, Samuel
name: Olsen, Kristine
name: Sharikabad, Mohammad
name: Tollefsen, Knut
name: Grung, Merete
name: Moe, S.
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Other Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health

description: Pharmaceutical Wholesale Weights by API, 2016-19, Norway. Associated with the pre-print: https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14129.1
Temporal and structural heterogeneities emerging in adaptive temporal networks
Creators: name: Aoki, Takaaki
name: Rocha, Luis E. C.
name: Gross, Thilo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a model of adaptive temporal networks whose evolution is regulated by an interplay between node activity and dynamic exchange of information through links. We study the model by using a master equation approach. Starting from a homogeneous initial configuration, we show that temporal and structural heterogeneities, characteristic of real-world networks, spontaneously emerge. This theoretically tractable model thus contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of human activity and interaction networks.