cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Optimizing Returns: A Streamlined Approach to Investment Strategy Utilizing Exchange–Traded Funds
Creators: name: Moosa Sharif, Mohamed
Publisher: name: American University of Bahrain
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3502
subject: Banking, finance and investment
classificationCode: 350208
subject: Investment and risk management

description: Return optimization remains a key factor in the dynamic world of investing strategies. The effectiveness of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as flexible tools for attaining ideal investing results is examined in this paper. Rather than focusing solely on retirement, this study examines ETFs as powerful financial instruments that may provide individualized investing strategies. The study highlights how ETFs can accommodate various investor needs and objectives by examining ETFs according to risk tolerance. These funds range from low-risk commodities such as Gold to moderately diversified like the Pacer Wealth Shield to aggressive equity-focused such as the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF to highly leveraged, the S&P 500 Leveraged ETF 3x Bull alternatives. Following a quantitative study and Goel’s (2014) paper, the compound interest and the monthly contribution rates were calculated; thus, the findings highlight the significance of diversity and risk tolerance in building robust investment portfolios. Investors in ETFs have more leeway to tailor their investing strategies to their risk tolerance and long-term goals, in contrast to traditional paradigms that place a premium on capital protection. ETFs’ liquidity and accessibility allow investors to quickly rebalance their portfolios in reaction to changes in the market and their investing tastes. By delving deeply into ETFs, this research promotes a simplified investing method that allows investors to manage the intricate financial markets confidently and precisely. Ultimately, the research is a great tool for investors who want to take advantage of ETFs and ensure they are safe in this ever-changing financial world.
The relationship between urban form and GHG emissions
Creators: name: Senbel, Maged
name: Church, Sarah
Publisher: name: Centre for Human Settlements
Year: 2011

description: The design of our cities and towns has a direct impact on our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Local governments have the ability to respond to the challenges posed by climate change through specific planning and development practices. Strategies such as densification and mixed-use development, reduced distances between housing and employment, and improved transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure all play a role in reducing GHG emissions.The configuration of land use, density, transportation networks and other relationships between buildings, roads, and infrastructure directly influence how much energy and materials we use to live, work, shop, and play. This report synthesizes research demonstrating the direct link between urban form and levels of energy consumption, with their resultant GHG emissions, and provides a number of examples of community responses to the challenge of reducing GHG emissions. The examples cover a number of Canadian communities, with a focus on B.C.
Isozyme pattern comparison between tissue-cultured grapevines and mother plants
Creators: name: Botta, R.
name: Vallania, R.
name: Miaja, M. L.
name: Vergano, G.
name: Me, G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: • Isozyme analysis is one of the means suitable to characterize clonally propagated cultivars. Isoelectric focusing was used to reveal differences in isozyme patterns between tissue-cultured plants and mother plants, for the cultivars Barbera, Queen of the Vineyards, Dolcetto and Delight. In cultivar Barbera both 2n and 4n plants were considered. • Leaf samples were collected from shoots grown on cuttings under controlled environmental conditions and from plants obtained by tissue culture. The buds used for tissue culture were taken from the same shooted cuttings. Leaf extracts were analyzed by isoelectric focusing considering the following isozymes: AcPH (acid phosphatase), GPI (glucose phosphate isomerase) and PGM (phosphoglucomutase). • The banding patterns of GPI and PGM showed differences among the cultivars, while for AcPH there seemed to be no differences among them in the pH range considered. There were no differences between isozyme patterns of the Barbera 2n and Barbera 4n. • The main difference between in vitro plants and mother plants was the amount of isozyme evaluated by densitometric measurements. In all the cultivars, the amount of isozymes for AcPH was higher in mother plants than in in vitro ones, while for PGM and GPI it was the opposite. • This can be due to the different environmental conditions affecting cellular metabolism.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Variability of must acidity in self pollinated Chardonnay progeny
Creators: name: Villa, P.
name: Scienza, A.
name: Romano, F.
name: Stefini, S.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: From a total of 2,200 seedlings, obtained by self-pollination of cv. Chardonnay clone SMA 130, 250 plants were chosen and grown in a hot microclimate area. During 1986-88, morphological traits of shoot tip, leaf and bunch, as well as juice quality (sugars, pH, titratable acidity, malic and tartaric acid) were evaluated. A wide variability of the acid characteristics was noticed in the offspring. There was a significant positive correlation between total acidity and bunch size. Tartaric acid concentration was highest in medium-size bunches. A highly significant negative correlation was found between tartaric acid concentration and berry volume. More acid juice was also obtained from grapevines with a narrower apex.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Quantification of lung surface area using computed tomography
Creators: name: Yuan, Ren
name: Nagao, Taishi
name: Paré, Peter D.
name: Hogg, James C.
name: Sin, Don D.
name: Elliott, Mark W.
name: Loy, Leanna
name: Xing, Li
name: Kalloger, Steve
name: English, John C.
name: Mayo, John R.
name: Coxson, Harvey O.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Objective: To refine the CT prediction of emphysema by comparing histology and CT for specific regions of lung. To incorporate both regional lung density measured by CT and cluster analysis of low attenuation areas for comparison with histological measurement of surface area per unit lung volume. Methods: The histological surface area per unit lung volume was estimated for 140 samples taken from resected lung specimens of fourteen subjects. The region of the lung sampled for histology was located on the pre-operative CT scan; the regional CT median lung density and emphysematous lesion size were calculated using the X-ray attenuation values and a low attenuation cluster analysis. Linear mixed models were used to examine the relationships between histological surface area per unit lung volume and CT measures. Results: The median CT lung density, low attenuation cluster analysis, and the combination of both were important predictors of surface area per unit lung volume measured by histology (p < 0.0001). Akaike's information criterion showed the model incorporating both parameters provided the most accurate prediction of emphysema. Conclusion: Combining CT measures of lung density and emphysematous lesion size provides a more accurate estimate of lung surface area per unit lung volume than either measure alone.
Characterization of Vitis vinifera biotypes through biochemical methods
Creators: name: Tedesco, G.
name: Cargnello, G.
name: Zanardini, E.
name: Villa, P.
name: Gianazza, E.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Wild grapevine (Vitis vinifera var. silvestris) in Italy: Distribution, characteristics and germplasm preservation-1989 report
Creators: name: Anzani, R.
name: Failla, O.
name: Scienza, A.
name: Campostrini, F.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research on the distribution and characteristics of wild grapevines (Vitis vinifera var. silvestris) in Italy was started whose main goals are: • the preservation of the germplasm by setting up plant collections; • the furthering of biological knowledge about this plant; • the study of relations between wild and cultivated grapevines by means of chemotaxonomic techniques; • the assessment of the possibility of using wild plants for genetic improvement of grapevines. The gathering of data began in 1984. • 221 sites in 15 out of the 20 Italian regions have been indicated as possible locations in which wild grapevines grow. So far, 49 of these sites have been inspected. The greatest number of individuals were found in central Italy. This population is dioecious (male/female = 1.8) with few (2.0 %) hermaphrodite examples. • The leaves of the Italian wild grapevines generally have 3 lobes (57 %), but 5 to 7-lobe (36%) and non-lobed (8.9 %) plants exist. Lower variability exists with regard to leaf shape. The study of seed morphology has classified the plants into three groupe, one of which is very numerous. • Two germplasm collections have been established with approximately 400 vines.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DETENTION CENTERS ON CHILDREN
Creators: name: Garcia, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: detention
mental health
immigration
analysis

description: Having little social media coverage, the issue of the separation of immigrant families in detention centers persists. The aim of this project is to generate a thorough analysis of the psychological effects children experience during their detention in immigration centers. The project also addresses the in human living conditions and abuse immigrants endure while in detention. The study reveals the various subsequent types of mental illnesses children develop after being detained, such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression. It also analyzes the Zero-tolerance immigration policy that makes children subject to forced separation from families and explains its psychological impact.
Petalocephala bicolor Distant
Creators: name: VIRAKTAMATH, C. A.
name: WEBB, M. D.
name: YESHWANTH, H. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Petalocephala
Petalocephala bicolor

description: Petalocephala bicolor Distant
Figs 2A–D.
Petalocephala bicolor Distant 1908: 167.
Diagnosis. Greenish ochraceous, lateral margins of crown, pronotum, forewing clavus mesad of claval suture and apical margin narrowly reddish brown to piceous. Lateral margins of crown straight for short distance in front of eyes then strongly convergent, apex bluntly angled. It resembles female P. umbrosa but has more strongly convergent lateral margins of crown in addition to differences in coloration of pronotum and forewings.
Description. Distant (1908) adequately described the external features of this species. Additional features are as follows. Crown without prominent median suture, lateral margins in front of eyes straight for a short distance and then convergent, apex bluntly angled; about 0.97× as long medially as interocular distance, about 1.4× as long as median length of pronotum. Pronotum with lateral margins divergent posteriorly, distance between posterolateral angles about 1.2× as long as distance between anterolateral angles. Mesonotum shorter than median length of pronotum.
Material examined. SRI LANKA: SYNTYPE ♀, “Kandy, Ceylon, 6.02”, “ Petalocephala bicolor Dist., type”, “Type”, “ Syntype ”, “Distant Coll. 1911–383” (BMNH).
Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species from an unspecified number of specimens (syntypic) with locality data: “ Ceylon; Kandy (Green)”.
description: Published as part of VIRAKTAMATH, C. A., WEBB, M. D. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2025, Leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae of the Indian subcontinent: 2. Genera Digitata Wang, Li & Dai, Latycephala McKamey, Petalocephala Stål and Thlasia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of six new species, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 5623 (1) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5623.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15324666
Evaluation and utilization of Vitis riparia as a source of genes for extreme cold hardiness
Creators: name: Hemstad, P. R.
name: Luby, J. J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Vitis vinifera - a chemotaxonomic approach: Seed storage proteins
Creators: name: Scienza, A.
name: Anzani, R.
name: Failla, O.
name: Mattivi, F.
name: Villa, P. L.
name: Tedesco, G.
name: Righetti, P. G.
name: Ettori, C.
name: Magenes, S.
name: Gianazza, E.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The IEF pattern of the constituent peptides for the storage protein from Viris vinifera endosperm is used for the construction of a dendrogram relating 74 seed specimens.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
International Polar Year Data and Information Service (IPYDIS) Website
Creators: name: Parsons, Mark
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This is an archive copy of the International Polar Year Data and Information Service (IPYDIS) website.

The IPYDIS was an international federation of data centers, archives, and networks working to ensure proper stewardship of International Polar Year 2007-8 and related data. The IPY Data Policy and Management Subcommittee guided the actions of the IPYDIS and provided the overall IPY data management strategy developed in accordance with the recommendations described in the Glaciological Data Report GD-33.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) acted as a coordination office for the IPYDIS and to

Coordinate and promote the infrastructure, practices, and international relationships necessary to ensure the capture, accessibility, sharing, and long-term preservation of data produced by IPY projects

Provide information and help on IPY data management practices, policies, standards, and services

Promote data management as a discipline and as an important ingredient for IPY success

Enhance the ability for educators to understand and use scientific data.

The project ended in 2011. Polar data coordination continues through the Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management,  the Arctic Data Committee and other bodies.
A model of discriminant analysis on the basis of descriptor variables for the ampelography of Vitis sp.
Creators: name: Camussi, A.
name: Calo, A.
name: Costacurta, A.
name: Lorenzoni, C.
name: Ottaviano, E.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Use of descriptor variables in ampelography is recommended to simplify recording of data and to enable useful comparisons. Parametric assumptions are, however, poorly satisfied especially with regard to statistical interference. In the paper some statistical procedures to improve the discriminant ability of descriptor variables are considered. The use of variances and covariances of variety by year interactions is suggested for the error matrix within a multiple discriminant analysis procedure. The adequacy of this model is verified in a 3-year experiment with Italian wine varieties. The discriminant power, as evaluated on the basis of the estimated distances among varieties, is satisfactory.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Improvement of Vitis vinifera sativa D. C. taxonomy
Creators: name: Troshin, L. P.
name: Nedov, P. N.
name: Litvak, A. I.
name: Guzun, N. I.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: A method of mathematical statistics for evaluation of the taxonomic usefulness of characters included in the Vitis vinifera sativa D. C. cultivar clustering has been developed. The method works as follows: The irregularity of the distribution of characters in taxons is calculated, and the probability of achieving such estimates is calculated when all taxons are assigned to the same general population after a certain character. The method does not depend on the type of the distribution of characters and is computer-programmed (a CM-4 computer). Using the method, it is possible to conclude that the higher the taxon hierarchy, the smaller is the amount of taxonomically useful characters the taxons differ in, i.e. in order to differentiate taxons of lower hierarchy a smaller amount of descriptive characters is necessary. Var. transcaucasica and var. mediiasica have been isolated in the taxon convar. orientalis subconvar. caspica NEGR. and in the taxon subconvar. antasiatica NEGFL, while the taxon convar. pontica NEGR has been supplemented with subconvar. meridionali-balcanica and georgica-caspica along with subconvar. balcanica and georgica NEGR. Using discriminant analysis, assignment of many cultivars to proper taxons has been verified. The phenogenetic proximity of taxons has been established. Some problems of the theory of evolution and those of practical breeding are discussed.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Use of simulator-based medical procedural curriculum: the learner's perspectives
Creators: name: Shanks, David
name: Wong, Roger Y.
name: Roberts, James M.
name: Nair, Parvathy
name: Ma, Irene W. Y.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background. Simulation is increasingly used for teaching medical procedures. The goal of this study was to assess learner preferences for how simulators should be used in a procedural curriculum. Methods A 26-item survey was constructed to assess the optimal use of simulators for the teaching of medical procedures in an internal medicine residency curriculum. Survey domains were generated independently by two investigators and validated by an expert panel (n = 7). Final survey items were revised based on pilot survey and distributed to 128 internal medicine residents. Results Of the 128 residents surveyed, 106 (83%) responded. Most responders felt that simulators should be used to learn technical skills (94%), refine technical skills (84%), and acquire procedural teaching skills (87%). Respondents felt that procedures most effectively taught by simulators include: central venous catheterization, thoracentesis, intubation, lumbar puncture, and paracentesis. The majority of learners felt that teaching should be done early in residency (97%). With regards to course format, 62% of respondents felt that no more than 3-4 learners per simulator and an instructor to learner ratio of 1:3-4 would be acceptable. The majority felt that the role of instructors should include demonstration of technique (92%), observe learner techniques (92%), teach evidence behind procedural steps (84%) and provide feedback (89%). Commonly cited barriers to procedural teaching were limitations in time, number of instructors and simulators, and lack of realism of some simulators. Conclusions Our results suggest that residents value simulator-based procedural teaching in the form of small-group sessions. Simulators should be an integral part of medical procedural education.
Activities concerning conservation of Vitis germplasm
Creators: name: Dettweiler-Münch, Erika
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Activities in the field of Vitis germplasm conservation in the Federal Republic of Germany are reported. The results of the worldwide inventory of Vitis species, cultivars and genotypes are given. The questionable identity of grapevine cultivars requires appropriate identification tools. Efforts to improve the currently performed methods in this field are described. The necessity of national and international collaboration is stressed.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Research on the meaning of the enzymatic systems (GPI and PGM) as parameters for the definition of varieties (Vitis sp.): The Italian case of Cabernet franc
Creators: name: Calo, A.
name: Costacurta, A.
name: Di Stefano, R.
name: Calo, G.
name: Paludetti, G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Several studies carried out at Davis and Conegliano showed that isozyme analysis of the GPI and PGM enzymatic systems agrees with the conventional definition of the variety in ampelography. Differences were reported among varieties but not among biotypes of the same varieties. The only exception recorded was in the population of Cabernet franc in which GPI and PGM reveal two different types (A - the traditional type encountered in France and B - type encountered in the Italian region of Veneto). Further ampelographic, ampelometric, phenological and chemical studies on the polyphenolic and aromatic substances in fruits have shown considerable differences between the two types. Such differences demonstrate that the type B is a different variety and not a clone of Cabernet franc. Preliminary ampelographic analysis and the equality in GPI and PGM patterns lead to the conclusion that the type B very probably is Carmenère. Therefore, the hypothesis of variety discrimination based on the analysis of GPI and PGM is valid and this method is useful to help to characterize the varieties.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Studies on germplasm resources of wild grape species (Vitis spp.) in China
Creators: name: Fengqin, Zhang
name: Fangmei, Luo
name: Dabin, Gu
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: China is the country rich in germplasm resources of the genus Vitis, with nearly 40 native species. This paper introduces into their geographical distribution and chief characteristics, utilization and research on 11 wild species.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 (1990): Vitis (Special Issue)
Petalocephala cephalotes Distant
Creators: name: VIRAKTAMATH, C. A.
name: WEBB, M. D.
name: YESHWANTH, H. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Petalocephala
Petalocephala cephalotes

description: Petalocephala cephalotes Distant
Figs 2E–G.
Petalocephala cephalotes Distant 1916: 218.
Diagnosis. Female. Crown lateral margins straight for half-length in front of eyes then convergent with broadly rounded apex. Resembling P. kempi but differs in having the crown slightly shorter than interocular distance whereas in the latter the crown is much longer (1.4 ×) than interocular distance.
Description. Distant (1916) adequately described the external features of this species. Additional features are as follows. Crown margin yellowish white; median suture not prominent, lateral margins in front of eyes straight for half-length and then convergent, apex broadly rounded; about 0.85× as long medially as interocular distance, about 1.2× as long as median length of pronotum. Pronotum with lateral margins parallel sided. Mesonotum as long as median length of pronotum.
Material examined. INDIA: SYNTYPE ♀, “Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills, B.40”, “ Petalocephala cephalotes Dist., type”, “Type”, “ Syntype ” (BMNH).
Remarks. Distant (1916) described this species from unspecified number of specimens (syntypic) with the following data: “Nilgiri Hills; Coonoor (T.V. Campbell)”.
description: Published as part of VIRAKTAMATH, C. A., WEBB, M. D. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2025, Leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae of the Indian subcontinent: 2. Genera Digitata Wang, Li & Dai, Latycephala McKamey, Petalocephala Stål and Thlasia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of six new species, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 5623 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5623.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15324666
Congenital Abnormalities and Multiple Sclerosis
Creators: name: Ramagopalan, Sreeram V
name: Guimond, Colleen
name: Criscuoli, Maria
name: Dyment, David A
name: Orton, Sarah-Michelle
name: Yee, Irene M
name: Ebers, George C
name: Sadovnick, Dessa
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: There is a strong maternal parent-of-origin effect in determining susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). One hypothesis is that an abnormal intrauterine milieu leading to impaired fetal development could plausibly also result in increased susceptibility to MS. A possible marker for this intrauterine insult is the presence of a non-fatal congenital anomaly. Methods We investigated whether or not congenital anomalies are associated with MS in a population-based cohort. We identified 7063 MS index cases and 2655 spousal controls with congenital anomaly information from the Canadian Collaborative Project on Genetic Susceptibility to MS (CCPGSMS). Results The frequency of congential anomalies were compared between index cases and controls. No significant differences were found. Conclusions Congenital anomalies thus do not appear to be associated with MS. However, we did not have complete data on types and severity of congenital anomalies or on maternal birth history and thus this study should be regarded as preliminary.
"Why Mass Always attracts Mass"
Creators: name: Wilcox, Clyde Jermaine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper proposes a novel explanation for gravitational attraction grounded in Magnetic Information Density (MID). Instead of treating gravity as a purely geometric or force-based interaction, the model suggests that mass emits and responds to structured magnetic information fields. These fields inherently seek equilibrium by minimizing localized electromagnetic stress, resulting in a consistent attractive behavior between masses. The framework sidesteps traditional gravitational curvature and offers a pathway to reconcile classical mass attraction with emergent EM-based models. Implications include reinterpretation of gravitational lensing, matter clustering, and potential lab-based falsifiability using controlled MID environments.

 

 

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Comprehensive List of South African Frog and Reptile Species Names in 11 Languages
Creators: name: Phaka, Fortunate
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 319999
subject: Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified

description: A Comprehensive list of Indigenous language names for South African frog and reptile species. These names are extended from existing general names used by the country's various cultures.
Validity and inter-rater reliability of medio-lateral knee motion observed during a single-limb mini squat
Creators: name: Ageberg, Eva
name: Bennell, Kim L.
name: Hunt, Michael A.
name: Simic, Milena
name: Roos, Ewa M.
name: Creaby, Mark W.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Muscle function may influence the risk of knee injury and outcomes following injury. Clinical tests, such as a single-limb mini squat, resemble conditions of daily life and are easy to administer. Fewer squats per 30 seconds indicate poorer function. However, the quality of movement, such as the medio-lateral knee motion may also be important. The aim was to validate an observational clinical test of assessing the medio-lateral knee motion, using a three-dimensional (3-D) motion analysis system. In addition, the inter-rater reliability was evaluated. Methods Twenty-five (17 women) non-injured participants (mean age 25.6 years, range 18-37) were included. Visual analysis of the medio-lateral knee motion, scored as knee-over-foot or knee-medial-to-foot by two raters, and 3-D kinematic data were collected simultaneously during a single-limb mini squat. Frontal plane 2-D peak tibial, thigh, and knee varus-valgus angles, and 3-D peak hip internal-external rotation, and knee varus-valgus angles were calculated. Results Ten subjects were scored as having a knee-medial-to-foot position and 15 subjects a knee-over-foot position assessed by visual inspection. In 2-D, the peak tibial angle (mean 89.0 (SE 0.7) vs mean 86.3 (SE 0.4) degrees, p = 0.001) and peak thigh angle (mean 77.4 (SE 1.0) vs mean 81.2 (SE 0.5) degrees, p = 0.001) with respect to the horizontal, indicated that the knee was more medially placed than the ankle and thigh, respectively. Thus, the knee was in more valgus (mean 11.6 (SE 1.5) vs 5.0 (SE 0.8) degrees, p < 0.001) in subjects with the knee-medial-to-foot than in those with a knee-over-foot position. In 3-D, the hip was more internally rotated in those with a knee-medial-to-foot than in those with a knee-over-foot position (mean 10.6 (SE 2.1) vs 4.8 (SE 1.8) degrees, p = 0.049), but there was no difference in knee valgus (mean 6.1 (SE 1.8) vs mean 5.0 (SE 1.2) degrees, p = 0.589). The kappa value and percent agreement, respectively, was >0.90 and 96 between raters. Conclusions Medio-lateral motion of the knee can reliably be assessed during a single-leg mini-squat. The test is valid in 2-D, while the actual movement, in 3-D, is mainly exhibited as increased internal hip rotation. The single-limb mini squat is feasible and easy to administer in the clinical setting and in research to address lower extremity movement quality.
Single-photon emission at a rate of 143 MHz from a deterministic quantum-dot microlens triggered by a mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser
Creators: name: Schlehahn, Alexander
name: Gaafar, M.
name: Vaupel, M.
name: Gschrey, Manuel
name: Schnauber, Peter
name: Schulze, Jan-Hindrik
name: Rodt, Sven
name: Strittmatter, André
name: Stolz, W.
name: Rahimi-Iman, A.
name: Heindel, Tobias
name: Koch, M.
name: Reitzenstein, Stephan
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik
subject: quantum dot
subject: laser
subject: microoptics
subject: emission spectroscopy
subject: quantum information
subject: ML-VECSEL

description: This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 041105 (2015) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927429.
description: We report on the realization of a quantum dot (QD) based single-photon source with a record-high single-photon emission rate. The quantum light source consists of an InGaAs QD which is deterministically integrated within a monolithic microlens with a distributed Bragg reflector as back-side mirror, which is triggered using the frequency-doubled emission of a mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (ML-VECSEL). The utilized compact and stable laser system allows us to excite the single-QD microlens at a wavelength of 508 nm with a pulse repetition rate close to 500 MHz at a pulse width of 4.2 ps. Probing the photon statistics of the emission from a single QD state at saturation, we demonstrate single-photon emission of the QD-microlens chip with g(2)(0)
Development of integrated marketing communication strategy for buildingperception of eco-tourism value in Ratchaburi Province
Creators: name: ChanidaPhumSi
Publisher: name: Faculty of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Year: 2018
Subjects: strategy
marketing
tourism

description: Journal of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, 5, 2, 1-14
Macroprosopon Capobianco 2025, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Capobianco, Alessio
name: Zouhri, Samir
name: Friedman, Mat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Osteoglossiformes
Osteoglossidae
Macroprosopon

description: † Macroprosopon Capobianco et al., gen. nov.
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0D894681-7DF7- 4892-8198-D37EFFBCA20D.
Type species: † Macroprosopon hiltoni (monotypic).
Etymology: Generic name from the combination of the Ancient Greek makrós (‘long’) and prósōpon (‘face’), referring to the elongated snout.
Diagnosis: As for the type species.
description: Published as part of Capobianco, Alessio, Zouhri, Samir & Friedman, Mat, 2025, A long-snouted marine bonvtongue (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the earlv Eocene of Morocco and the phvlogenetic affinities of marine osteoglossids, pp. 1-31 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203 on page 5, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae015, http://zenodo.org/record/15006518
Effects of prescription adaptation by pharmacists
Creators: name: Law, Michael R.
name: Morgan, Steve
name: Majumdar, Sumit R.
name: Lynd, Larry D.
name: Marra, Carlo A.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Granting dispensing pharmacists the authority to prescribe has significant implications for pharmaceutical and health human resources policy, and quality of care. Despite the growing number of jurisdictions that have given pharmacists such privileges, there are few rigorous evaluations of these policy changes. This study will examine a January 2009 policy change in British Columbia (BC), Canada that allowed pharmacists to independently adapt and renew prescriptions. We hypothesize this policy increased drug utilization and drug costs, increased patient adherence to medication, and reduced total healthcare resource use. Methods/Design We will study a population-based cohort of approximately 4 million BC residents from 2004 through 2010. We will use data from BC PharmaNet on all of the prescriptions obtained by this cohort during the study period, and link it to administrative billings from physicians and hospital discharges. Using interrupted time series analysis, we will study longitudinal changes in drug utilization and costs, medication adherence, and short-term health care use. Further, using hierarchical modelling, we will examine the factors at the regional, pharmacy, patient, and prescription levels that are associated with prescription adaptations and renewals. Discussion In a recent survey of Canadian policymakers, many respondents ranked the issue of prescribing privileges as one of their most pressing policy questions. No matter the results of our study, they will be important for policymakers, as our data will make policy decisions surrounding pharmacist prescribing more evidence-based.
Petalocephala confusa Distant
Creators: name: VIRAKTAMATH, C. A.
name: WEBB, M. D.
name: YESHWANTH, H. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Petalocephala
Petalocephala confusa

description: Petalocephala confusa Distant
Figs 3I–K, 17I.
Petalocephala confusa Distant 1908: 164.
Diagnosis. Female. Externally resembling P. conica but smaller and posterior margin of female sternite VII different. Lateral margins of pronotum comparatively more divergent posteriorly. Mesonotum shorter than median length of pronotum. Female sternite VII with posterior margin almost straight with median 0.33 concave.
Description. Distant (1908) adequately described the external features of this species. Additional features are as follows. Crown medially finely carinate; lateral margins in front of eyes convex and convergent, apex conically rounded; about 0.92× as long medially as interocular distance, about 1.38× as long as median length of pronotum. Pronotum with lateral margins slightly divergent, distance between posterolateral angles 1,1×as long as that between anterolateral angles and shorter (0.84×) than mesonotum. Female sternite VII with posterior margin almost straight with median 0.33 concave.
Material examined. SRI LANKA: SYNTYPES 1♀, “1167” “Kandy Ceylon 7.02”, “Distant Coll. 1911–383”, “ Petalocephala confusa Dist., type”, “Type”, “ Syntype ”; 2♀, “Kandy Ceylon 7.02”, “Distant Coll. 1911–383”, “ Syntype ” (all BMNH).
Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species based on four females (syntypes) with the data “ Ceylon; Kandy (Green)”. He distinguished this species from P. conica by its smaller size.
description: Published as part of VIRAKTAMATH, C. A., WEBB, M. D. & YESHWANTH, H. M., 2025, Leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae of the Indian subcontinent: 2. Genera Digitata Wang, Li & Dai, Latycephala McKamey, Petalocephala Stål and Thlasia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of six new species, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 5623 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5623.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15324666
Evaluation of resident attitudes and self-reported competencies in health advocacy
Creators: name: Stafford, Sara
name: Sedlak, Tara
name: Fok, Mark C
name: Wong, Roger Y
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background. The CanMEDS Health Advocate role, one of seven roles mandated by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada, pertains to a physician's responsibility to use their expertise and influence to advance the wellbeing of patients, communities, and populations. We conducted our study to examine resident attitudes and self-reported competencies related to health advocacy, due to limited information in the literature on this topic. Methods We conducted a pilot experience with seven internal medicine residents participating in a community health promotion event. The residents provided narrative feedback after the event and the information was used to generate items for a health advocacy survey. Face validity was established by having the same residents review the survey. Content validity was established by inviting an expert physician panel to review the survey. The refined survey was then distributed to a cohort of core Internal Medicine residents electronically after attendance at an academic retreat teaching residents about advocacy through didactic sessions. Results The survey was completed by 76 residents with a response rate of 68%. The majority agreed to accept an advocacy role for societal health needs beyond caring for individual patients. Most confirmed their ability to identify health determinants and reaffirmed the inherent requirements for health advocacy. While involvement in health advocacy was common during high school and undergraduate studies, 76% of residents reported no current engagement in advocacy activity, and 36% were undecided if they would engage in advocacy during their remaining time as residents, fellows or staff. The common barriers reported were insufficient time, rest and stress. Conclusions Medical residents endorsed the role of health advocate and reported proficiency in determining the medical and bio-psychosocial determinants of individuals and communities. Few residents, however, were actively involved in health advocacy beyond an individual level during residency due to multiple barriers. Further studies should address these barriers to advocacy and identify the reasons for the discordance we found between advocacy endorsement and lack of engagement.
Ordonnance du conseil souverain, portant Règlement provisionnel pour assurer la perception des deniers nécessaires pour l'acquittement des contributions au Village d'Ellegnies
Creators: name: Plouvain, Pierre-Antoine-Samuel-Joseph (1754-1832)
name: Six, Philippe-Josse-Auguste-Joseph (1732-1793)
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: Justice royale
Fiscalité
Impôts locaux

description: Source: http://nordnum.univ-lille.fr/ark:/72505/a0115224001360im5Ol/from/a011522400136ypxWl2
description: Coverage: Parlement de Flandre
description: created: 27/06/2018
description: created: 28/07/1676
Developing a Performance Measurement Framework and Indicators for Community Health Service Facilities in Urban China
Creators: name: Wong, Sabrina T.
name: Yin, Delu
name: Bhattacharyya, Onil
name: Wang, Bin
name: Liu, Liqun
name: Chen, Bowen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: China has had no effective and systematic information system to provide guidance for strengthening PHC (Primary Health Care) or account to citizens on progress. We report on the development of the China results-based Logic Model for Community Health Facilities and Stations (CHS) and a set of relevant PHC indicators intended to measure CHS priorities. Methods We adapted the PHC Results Based Logic Model developed in Canada and current work conducted in the community health system in China to create the China CHS Logic Model framework. We used a staged approach by first constructing the framework and indicators and then validating their content through an interactive process involving policy analysis, critical review of relevant literature and multiple stakeholder consultation. Results The China CHS Logic Model includes inputs, activities, outputs and outcomes with a total of 287 detailed performance indicators. In these indicators, 31 indicators measure inputs, 64 measure activities, 105 measure outputs, and 87 measure immediate (n = 65), intermediate (n = 15), or final (n = 7) outcomes. Conclusion A Logic Model framework can be useful in planning, implementation, analysis and evaluation of PHC at a system and service level. The development and content validation of the China CHS Logic Model and subsequent indicators provides a means for stronger accountability and a clearer sense of overall direction and purpose needed to renew and strengthen the PHC system in China. Moreover, this work will be useful in moving towards developing a PHC information system and performance measurement across districts in urban China, and guiding the pursuit of quality in PHC.
AARP 2018 Loneliness and Social Connections: A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older
Creators: name: American Association Of Retired Persons (AARP)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Overall health (1); exercise (2); medical conditions, disabilities (4); stress (1); smoking (1); drinking, drug use (2); sleep (1); sexual activity (1); relationship status (4); parents still living (1); number of siblings (1); number of children (2); frequency, mode of communication with various people (28); people with whom respondent discusses personal matters (3); supportive people in life (3); death of friends, family (1); friends, family moving away (1); more/fewer friends than five years ago (1); unpaid caregiver for friend, family member (3); religiosity, spirituality (2); volunteering, community organizations (2); hobbies (1); retirement (2); current job (2); socializing with coworkers outside of work (2); time at current residence (1); moves in past 10 years (1); neighborhood safety (1); transportation (1); companionship (2); social connections, belonging, support (20); feelings of loneliness, isolation (10); outgoing, shy (2); activities done when lonely (22); amount of time physically alone (1); loneliness over time (2); internet access (6); smartphone (1); cell phone activities (7); internet activities (6); online friends (3); effect of technology, social media on relationships, loneliness (10); online communication vs. phone, letters (1); balancing internet and in-person activities (1); interest in learning online tools (2); relationships with neighbors (3); community type (2).
Sex, drugs and gender roles: mapping the use of sex and gender based analysis in pharmaceutical policy research
Creators: name: Greyson, Devon
name: Becu, Annelies R
name: Morgan, Steven G
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Sex and gender sensitive inquiry is critical in pharmaceutical policy due to the sector's historical connection with women's health issues and due to the confluence of biological, social, political, and economic factors that shape the development, promotion, use, and effects of medicinal treatments. A growing number of research bodies internationally have issued laws, guidance or encouragement to support conducting sex and gender based analysis (SGBA) in all health related research. Methods: In order to investigate the degree to which attempts to mainstream SGBA have translated into actual research practices in the field of pharmaceutical policy, we employed methods of literature scoping and mapping. A random sample of English-language pharmaceutical policy research articles published in 2008 and indexed in MEDLINE was analysed according to: 1) use of sex and gender related language, 2) application of sex and gender related concepts, and 3) level of SGBA employed. Results: Two thirds of the articles (67%) in our sample made no mention of sex or gender. Similarly, 69% did not contain any sex or gender related content whatsoever. Of those that did contain some sex or gender content, the majority focused on sex. Only 2 of the 85 pharmaceutical policy articles reviewed for this study were primarily focused on sex or gender issues; both of these were review articles. Eighty-one percent of the articles in our study contained no SGBA, functioning instead at a sex-blind or gender-neutral level, even though the majority of these (86%) were focused on topics with sex or gender aspects. Conclusions: Despite pharmaceutical policy's long entwinement with issues of sex and gender, and the emergence of international guidelines for the inclusion of SGBA in health research, the community of pharmaceutical policy researchers has not internalized, or "mainstreamed," the practice. Increased application of SGBA is, in most cases, not only appropriate for the topics under investigation, but well within the reach of today's pharmaceutical policy researchers.
Diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid NT-pro-BNP for pleural effusions of cardiac origin: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Janda, Surinder
name: Swiston, John
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Several studies have been published in the literature on the diagnostic accuracy of NT-pro-BNP for pleural effusions from heart failure in the last decade. The purpose of our study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on the diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid NT-pro-BNP for pleural effusions of cardiac origin. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PapersFirst, and the Cochrane collaboration and the Cochrane Register of controlled trials were searched. All searches were inclusive as of March 2010. Studies were only included if the absolute number of true-positive, false-negative, true-negative, and false-positive observations were available, and the "reference standards" were described clearly. Two investigators independently reviewed articles and extracted data. Quality was assessed with the Quality Assessment for Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS). The bivariate model for diagnostic meta-analysis was used to obtain a pooled sensitivity and a pooled specificity. Results: Ten studies (total number of patients 1120) were included in the meta-analysis. The average pleural fluid NT-pro-BNP level in effusions of cardiac origin was 6140 pg/mL. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of all studies combined was 94% (95% CI: 90-97) and 94% (95% CI: 89-97) respectively. The pooled positive likelihood ratio was 15.2 (95% CI: 8.1-28.7) and the pooled negative likelihood ratio was 0.06 (95% CI: 0.03-0.11). The area under the ROC curve was 0.98 (95% CI: 0.96-0.99) and the diagnostic odds ratio was 246 (95% CI: 81-745). Conclusions: Pleural fluid NT-pro-BNP is a very useful biomarker with high diagnostic accuracy for distinguishing pleural effusions of cardiac origin.
Guidelines for health behavior promotion of the supporting staffs in the faculty of medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital
Creators: name: Somjintana Risongnern
Publisher: name: Faculty of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Year: 2018
Subjects: health behavior
supporting staff
Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospit

description: Journal of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, 5, 2, 15-29