cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Magnitude, Severity and Associated Factors of Anemia Among Under- Five Children Attending Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital and Adare Hospital in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2016
Creators: name: G/Selassie, Yeshimebet
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Background: Anemia is a widespread public health problem associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Infants, under 5-year-old children and pregnant women have greater susceptibility to anemia. The magnitude and associated risk factors for anemia vary in different settings. Objective: To determine the magnitude, severity and associated factors of anemia among under five children attending at Hawassa University Teaching and Referral hospital and Adare hospital, Southern Ethiopia. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2015 to June 2016 at Hawassa University Teaching and Referral hospital and Adare hospitals in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia. A total of 422 under five children were included applying convenient sampling method. Socio demographic data and other predisposing factors were collected by using interviewer administered structured questionnaire. Venous blood sample were collected from each child and analyzed for hemoglobin determination using cell-Dyn 1800 automated analyzer. Stained thin and thick smears were prepared for malaria parasites detection. Stool samples were collected and processed using direct wet mount and formol- ether concentration method to detect intestinal parasites. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical packages. Binary and multiple logistic regressions were computed to assess association between variables. P-value less than 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Result: Among the 422 study participants, 235(55.7%) were males and 187(44.3%) were females. The mean hemoglobin level was 10.59 g/dl and about 176(41.7%) of children were anemic. Anemia was of mild, moderate and severe type in 6.6%, 19% and 16.1% of the children, respectively. Being in the age group 6–23 months [AOR = 2.04: 95% CI (1.13, 3.69)], and having mothers with no formal education [AOR = 1.73: 95%CI (0.99, 3.02)] were identified as associated factors for anemia. Conclusion: The magnitude of anemia was remarkably high being predominantly of moderate and severe type. Children between 6 to 23 months and those who had mothers with no formal education were more likely to be anemic. Thus, interventions like health education for mothers/care givers should be strengthened. Key words: Anemia, Under five children
Self-interacting charged massive spin two particles in Minkowski spacetime
Creators: name: Ohara, Yuichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model of the self-interacting charged massive spin-two field is constructed. We investigate several properties of the model and find that the trivial vacuum is only allowed due to the internal symmetry. This suggests that the Higgs mechanism might not be induced by the model of the massive spin-two field with the ghost-free potential.
description: 7 pages, no figure, published version
Chitosan-SO3H (CTSA) an efficient and biodegradable polymeric catalyst for the synthesis of 4,4′-(arylmethylene)bis(1H-pyrazol-5-ol) and α-amidoalkyl-β-naphthol’s
Creators: name: Patil, Paresh G.
name: Sehlangia, Suman
name: More, Dhananjay H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: An efficient, green procedure for the synthesis of 4,4′-(arylmethylene)bis(1H-pyrazol-5-ol) and α-amidoalkyl-β-naphthol’s using biodegradable polymeric catalyst chitosan-SO3H (CTSA), is operationally easy to prepare by mixing chitosan and chlorosulfonic acid. This catalyst displays excellent catalytic activity and reusable for five subsequent reactions without significant loss of catalytic activity. This protocol proceeds with short reaction times, at mild temperatures, in a solvent-free reaction, and generally with high yields. We present herein a practical, efficient and simple procedure with a broad substrate scope that allows access to two different reactions 1H-pyrazole-5-ol and α-amidoalkyl-β-naphthol’s core unit.
title: All the sides of censorship
title: Online media accountability practices in pre-revolutionary Tunisia
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Ferjani, Riadh
Publisher: name: MediaAcT/Erich Brost Institute
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Accountability
subject: Ethics
subject: Internet
subject: Journalism
subject: Media
subject: Online
subject: Responsiveness
subject: Social Media
subject: Transparency
subject: Tunisia
subject: 070
subject: Glaubwürdigkeit
subject: Journalismus
subject: Massenmedien
subject: Soziale Software
subject: Tunesien

description: The historical formation of the national media field in Tunisia shows that media accountability issues are mainly shaped by the autonomization and professionalization of journalists vs. state control and censorship. Scrutiny of the transformation with the national media field since the end of the 1990s reveals the emergence of several mechanisms and new spheres of debates, which are contributing to shape a nascent movement of reflexivity and criticism on news making practices and representations of society. Online journalism and others initiatives are evolving between continuities and ruptures with the traditional media. The continuities are related to the different positioning of the profession vis-à-vis state control. When the ruptures occurred the Internet offered possibilities to widen editorial freedom, to enhance independence from advertisers and to diversify public expression of opinions. This report explains the developments in media accountability online just before the revolution at the end of 2010. Interviewees were granted anonymity considering the political situation at that time.
description: MediaAcT Working Paper ; 12/2011
How did you feel during the navigation? Influence of emotions on browsing time and interaction frequency in immersive virtual environments
Creators: name: Mandolfo, Marco
name: Baisi, Francesco
name: Lamberti, Lucio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) represent virtual settings that simulate the physical world. Users interacting in such virtual venues commonly display behaviours like the ones that would occur in the physical world. However, little is known about how the affective states experienced while browsing IVEs may in turn, influence user’s interactive behaviour. The present research investigates how the affect in terms of arousal and valence generated by IVEs influences browsing time and interaction frequency. Three studies analyse various facets of affect in IVEs. Study 1 investigates the cognitive responses and shows that browsing time is positively affected by self-reported arousal. Study 2 analyses neurophysiological responses and demonstrates consistent results with Study 1. It further shows that physiological correlates of arousal and valence positively influence interaction frequency. Study 3 delves into personal interest, a recurring factor emerged in the two previous studies, and investigates its interaction with arousal. Findings show that in a high arousal IVE, highly interested users are more likely to browse longer than low-interested users. Overall, the results show that behavioural realism evoked in IVEs involves both users’ actions and affective states. Implications in terms of design guidelines to foster positive affect in IVEs are drawn.
Exploiting prognostic biomarkers in early-onest alzheimer disease for personalized neuroprotection-based therapies -ADAPT
Creators: name: Altigeri Annalisa
name: Aricò Eleonora
name: Di Martino Simona,
name: Gibertini Sara
name: Meoni Massimiliano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The presentation shows a proposal hypothesis of European project, based on an ERA-NET or Horizon Europe template. The proposal includes the three Research Infrastructures (BBMRI.it, A_IATRIS and ItaCRIN).
MOCCA-SURVEY Database I: Coalescing Binary Black Holes Originating From Globular Clusters
Creators: name: Askar, Abbas
name: Szkudlarek, Magdalena
name: Gondek-Rosińska, Dorota
name: Giersz, Mirek
name: Bulik, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this first of a series of papers, we utilize results for around two thousand star cluster models simulated using the MOCCA code for star cluster evolution (Survey Database I) to determine the astrophysical properties and local merger rate densities for coalescing binary black holes (BBHs) originating from globular clusters (GCs). We extracted information for all coalescing BBHs that escape the cluster models and subsequently merge within a Hubble time along with BBHs that are retained in our GC models and merge inside the cluster via gravitational wave (GW) emission. By obtaining results from a substantial number of realistic star cluster models that cover different initial parameters, we have an extremely large statistical sample of BBHs with stellar mass and massive stellar BH ($\lesssim 100M_{\odot}$) components that merge within a Hubble time. Using this data, we estimate local merger rate densities for these BBHs originating from GCs to be at least 5.4 ${\rm Gpc}^{-3}\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
Synthesis of various acylating agents directly from carboxylic acids
Creators: name: Pilathottathil, Fathima
name: Kumar, Doppalapudi Vineet
name: Kaliyamoorthy, Alagiri
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: A straightforward synthesis of acylating reagents such as Weinreb and MAP amides from aromatic, aliphatic carboxylic acids, and amino acids using PPh3/NBS combination is described. A chemo-selective modification of the carboxylic acid group into Weinreb amide in the presence of more reactive aldehydes and ketones is presented. All reactions were performed at ambient temperature under air using undried commercial grade solvent. Furthermore, the present methodology could be performed at a gram scale under inert-free reaction conditions. In addition, 7-azaindoline amide auxiliary (used for catalytic asymmetric aldol- and Mannich-type reactions), which behaves like Weinreb amide is also synthesized under similar reaction conditions.
title: Between hope and fear
title: Distinctiveness of media accountability online in The Netherlands
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Groenhart, Harmen
Publisher: name: MediaAcT/Erich Brost Institute
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Accountability
subject: Ethics
subject: Europe
subject: Internet
subject: Journalism
subject: Media
subject: Online
subject: Responsiveness
subject: Social Media
subject: The Netherlands
subject: Transparency
subject: 070
subject: Glaubwürdigkeit
subject: Journalismus
subject: Massenmedien
subject: Niederlande
subject: Soziale Software

description: News media in The Netherlands show great variety in the extent and ways, in which they realize media accountability online in terms of actor transparency, product transparency and feedback opportunities online. It is suggested that even those news rooms that seem to adhere to transparency and public accountability still need to explore the functionality and application of media accountability instruments (MAI). Both in terms of potentials and pitfalls, news rooms need to consider about what they want to be transparent and in what ways. To the extent that online innovations are visible, traditional news media seem to experiment, as is the case with newsroom blogs or the project of hyper local journalism Dichtbij.nl, part of the Telegraaf Company. Various news media have on-going projects on audience participation, online applications and distribution models. However, since many projects merely aim at finding new applications, processes, platforms and business models, it remains to be seen assess whether projects are indeed reasonably innovative and feasible at the same time. The development of an online and therefore immediate, archived, personalized and interactive context, offers practical and ethical challenges to Dutch journalism. These challenges bring shifts in its role and responsibility to society. It means that changes occur in what journalists are accountable for, as well as ways in how they are accountable. The Dutch media landscape lodges various professional accountability instruments like the press council and both profession-wide and news media specific codes of ethics, but some of these instruments receive only moderate support. Proactive openness is more an exception than the rule and may well be a distinctive indicator for quality journalism. Although news media often acknowledge the importance of media accountability offline and online, they often lack the resources or courage to use them or have different priorities. This ambiguous position may indicate that in relation to media accountability online, Dutch news media are between hope and fear: that it will either improve their relationship with the public and fuel professional quality, or ask too much of resources with too little benefit.
description: MediaAcT Working Paper;7/2011
Nonlinear conductivity and the ringdown of currents in metallic holography
Creators: name: Withers, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the electric and heat current response resulting from an electric field quench in a holographic model of momentum relaxation at nonzero charge density. After turning the electric field off, currents return to equilibrium as governed by the vector quasi-normal modes of the dual black brane, whose spectrum depends qualitatively on a parameter controlling the strength of inhomogeneity. We explore the dynamical phase diagram as a function of this parameter, showing that signatures of incoherent transport become identifiable as an oscillatory ringdown of the heat current. We also study nonlinear conductivity by holding the electric field constant. For small electric fields a balance is reached between the driving electric field and the momentum sink -- a steady state described by DC linear response. For large electric fields Joule heating becomes important and the black branes exhibit significant time dependence. In a regime where the rate of temperature increase is small, the nonlinear electrical conductivity is well approximated by the DC linear response calculation at an appropriate effective temperature.
description: 28 pages, 10 figures. Plot of thermal conductivity added. Version as published in JHEP
Structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Owen Conglomerate, West Coast Range, western Tasmania
Creators: name: Noll, Christian A.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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News from Cosmic Gamma-ray Line Observations
Creators: name: Diehl, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The measurement of gamma rays at MeV energies from cosmic radioactivities is one of the key tools for nuclear astrophysics, in its study of nuclear reactions and how they shape objects such as massive stars and supernova explosions. Additionally, the unique gamma-ray signature from the annihilation of positrons falls into this same astronomical window, and positrons are often produced from radioactive beta decays. Nuclear gamma-ray telescopes face instrumental challenges from penetrating gamma rays and cosmic-ray induced backgrounds. But the astrophysical benefits of such efforts are underlined by the discoveries of nuclear gamma~rays from the brightest of the expected sources. In recent years, both thermonuclear and core-collapse supernova radioactivity gamma~rays have been measured in spectral detail, and complement conventional supernova observations with measurements of origins in deep supernova interiors, from the decay of $^{56}$Ni, $^{56}$Co, and $^{44}$Ti. The diffuse afterglow in gamma rays of radioactivity from massive-star nucleosynthesis is analysed on the large (galactic) scale, with findings important for recycling of matter between successive stellar generations: From $^{26}$Al gamma-ray line spectroscopy, interstellar cavities and superbubbles have been recognised in their importance for ejecta transport and recycling. Diffuse galactic emissions from radioactivity and positron-annihilation $γ$~rays should be connected to nucleosynthesis sources: Recently new light has been shed on this connection, among others though different measurements of radioactive $^{60}$Fe, and through spectroscopy of positron annihilation gamma~rays from a flaring microquasar and from different parts of our Galaxy.
description: Invited talk at the international symposium "Nuclei in the Cosmos XIV", June 2016, at Niigata, Japan. Six pages, two figures. Accepted for publication in JPS (Japan Physical Society) Conference Proceedings (http://jpscp.jps.jp/)
Prognostic Importance of Lactate dehydrogenase and UricAacid as compared to breakpoint cluster region-Abelson transcript level among Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients in Tikur Anbessa Specialized teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Sisay, Temesgen
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is characterized by the presence of Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, which results from by the breakpoint cluster region-Abelson (BCR-ABL) fusion gene. Increasing levels of BCR-ABL are strongly predictive of cytogenetic and hematologic relapse. However, this molecular test for BCR-ABL is readily available in the developed world and rarely available in low and middle-income countries, which is also limited in access and very expensive to afford. As a result of this, serum LDH and uric acid estimations, which are easily available and cost effective, have gained considerable appreciation as valuable prognostic markers of CML. Objectives: To evaluate prognostic importance of total LDH and uric acid as compared to breakpoint cluster region-Abelson (BCR-ABL) transcript level in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients among treated and treatment naive patients. Methods: A cross- sectional study was carried out from January to March 2017 at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital in Addis Ababa. Convenient sampling method was used to include eighty one (81) CML patients from those who came for testing GeneXpert RT-PCR transcript level. We studied the correlation between LDH with BCR-ABL and hematological parameters using spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney U test and roc curve data analysis tool. Result: A total of 81 CML patients were assayed 46(56.8%), medication treated group and the remaining 35 (43.2%) are treatment naive patients. Significant positive correlations were observed between LDH and BCR-ABL (r=0.79, P<0.001). The correlation coefficient value of (r=0.295, p<0.008) indicated that weak correlation exists between uric acid and BCR-ABL. Strong correlation were observed between LDH and hematological parameters: WBC, lymphocyte and Basophil (r=0.73, p<0.001), (r=-0.61<0.001), (r=0.75, p<0.001) respectively. No significant correlation of LDH and platelet count (r=0.24, p<0.069).There was statistically significant (p<0.001) difference in the median level of BCR-ABL and LDH among patients on treatment group (median=21%, 350U/L) and treatment naive group (median=57%, 1246U/L), respectively. For uric acid there was no statistically significant (p < 0.542) difference between the study group. AUC for LDH, Basophil and WBC 0.881, 0.889, and 0.748 respectively showed better performance for the follow-up of patients with CML compared with uric acid (0.695) and platelets (0.70). Conclusion and recommendation: CML LDH value strongly correlated with BCR-ABL transcript level whereas uric acid was weakly correlated with BCR-ABL therefore; LDH could serve as an alternative cost effective prognostic biomarker to follow-up in those patients. Keywords: Chronic Myeloid leukemia, LDH, Uric acid, BCR-ABL, WBC, platelets, RBC, hemoglobin
Auditory and haptic feedback to train basic mathematical skills of children with visual impairments
Creators: name: Marichal, Sebastián
name: Rosales, Andrea
name: Perilli, Fernando González
name: Pires, Ana Cristina
name: Blat, Josep
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Physical manipulatives, such as rods or tiles, are widely used for mathematics learning, as they support embodied cognition, enable the execution of epistemic actions, and foster conceptual metaphors. Counting them, children explore, rearrange, and reinterpret the environment through the haptic channel. Vision generally complements physical actions, which makes using traditional manipulatives limited for children with visual impairments (VIs). Digitally augmenting manipulatives with feedback through alternative modalities might improve them. We specifically discuss conveying number representations to children with VIs using haptic and auditory channels within an environment encouraging exploration and supporting active touch counting strategies while promoting reflection. This paper presents LETSMath, a tangible system for training basic mathematical skills of children with VIs, developed through Design-Based Research with three iterations in which we involved 19 children with VIs and their educators. We discuss how the system may support training skills in the composition of numbers and the impact that the different system features have on slowing down the interaction pace to trigger reflection, on understanding, and on incorporation.
Synthesis and characterization of some new 1,2,3-thiadiazole and 1,2,3-selenadiazole triterpene derivatives from allobetulone and 2-oxoallobetulin
Creators: name: Ngoc, Thuc Dinh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The synthesis of new 1,2,3-thiadiazole and 1,2,3-selenadiazole derivatives from triterpenoid ketones has been investigated via the corresponding semicarbazones. The intermediates 5, 8 have also been isolated, separated and their structures identified. The Hurd–Mori reaction and Lalezari method have been applied to synthesize a series of new substances 6 and 7. The regioselectivity of the functionalization mostly was centered at the C-3 position for the products 9 and 10. The structures of these compounds were confirmed by 2D-NMR spectroscopy.
Redshift drift constraints on holographic dark energy
Creators: name: He, Dong-Ze
name: Zhang, Jing-Fei
name: Zhang, Xin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Sandage-Loeb (SL) test is a promising method for probing dark energy because it measures the redshift drift in the spectra of Lyman-$α$ forest of distant quasars, covering the "redshift desert" of $2\lesssim z\lesssim5$, which is not covered by existing cosmological observations. Therefore, it could provide an important supplement to current cosmological observations. In this paper, we explore the impact of SL test on the precision of cosmological constraints for two typical holographic dark energy models, i.e., the original holographic dark energy (HDE) model and the Ricci holographic dark energy (RDE) model. To avoid data inconsistency, we use the best-fit models based on current combined observational data as the fiducial models to simulate 30 mock SL test data. The results show that SL test can effectively break the existing strong degeneracy between the present-day matter density $Ω_{m0}$ and the Hubble constant $H_0$ in other cosmological observations. For the considered two typical dark energy models, not only can a 30-year observation of SL test improve the constraint precision of $Ω_{m0}$ and $h$ dramatically, but can also enhance the constraint precision of the model parameters $c$ and $α$ significantly.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures; published in Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1511.06957
SeroPrevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV Infected Individuals and Comparison of Basic Laboratory and Clinical Parameters at ART clinics of Tikur Anbessa Specialized and Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Yigezu, Agerie
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common in Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons as both may have common mode of transmission. HIV and HCV co infection is a major global health concern. However, data on co-infection are limited in Ethiopia. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine sero-prevalence of hepatitis C virus among HIV infected individuals and comparison of basic laboratory and clinical parameters at ART clinics of Tikur Anbessa Specialized and Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional survey was carried out on HIV follow up attendees from July to November, 2013. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on demographic information, and risk factors associated with HCV infection and clinical, common hematological ,CD4 T cell count and LFT profiles were also collected using pretested structured checklists .AntiHCV antibodies was detected using enzyme immunoassay test kit (EIA-ANTI-HCV) according to manufacturer instruction. We used Epi–Info version 3.5.1 and SPSS version 21 statistical package for data entry and analysis. Results: All consecutive attendants recruited in the study (n=282), were HIV follow up cases. There were more females 207(73.4%) than males 75 (26.6%). The sero-prevalence of HCV was 5.3% (15/282, 95% CI= 3% - 8%). There was no significant difference in HCV seroprevalence with age and sex (p > 0.05). Hospital admission was found to be a possible risk factor for HCV infection (p<0.05). Majority of HCV infected patients were functionally active and had normal BMI. About 3.7 % of HCV infected subjects were belongs to WHO stage II. Mean WBC, Hgb, HCT, Plateletes,Lymphocyte, Neutrophile, CD4 T cells count , ALT, AST and ALP for HIV/HCV co- infected and only HIV infected persons found to be {9,09 ± 10.05*,13.3 ±1.6, 40.7 ± 4.8, 287.7 ± 72.1*, 2.1 ± 1.1*, 3. 6 ± 1.9*,415.5 ± 219.2, 29.47 ± 30.8, 40.07 ± 39.4, 273.2 ± 120.8}, {7.38 ± 9.039*,14.3 ± 5.149, 42.07 ± 4.94, 291.9 ± 103.56*, 2.43 ± 0.96*, 3.7 ± 1.8*, 451.29 ± 243.2, 25.4 ± 14.6, 26.1 ± 12.1, 254.58 ± 96.82}, respectively. About 5 % of co infected patients are taking ART. There is statistically significant difference in mean AST level for HCV co infected and HIV monoinfected groups (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The seroprevalence of HCV infection in HIV positive cases is found to be moderately high. Hence it is appropriate to screen all HIV patients for HCV. It is also appropriate to give health education concerning transmission, risk factors and prevention of HCV infection. * should be multiplied with 10 3 Keywords: HIV, HCV, Co-infection, ALT, AST, ALP
Estimating reservoir fluid interfacial tension: an insight into the role of polar species of crude oil
Creators: name: Li, Huaping
name: Mahavadi, Sharath Chandra
name: Anton, Adrian
name: Andersen, Simon I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Interfacial tension (IFT) is important in developing oilfield exploration and production strategies, enhanced oil recovery, and oil-water separation. Tests using reservoir simulators such as Eclipse show that the selected IFT has significant impact on prediction of water coning and production. In petroleum engineering, IFT is often assessed through correlations based on bulk properties excluding the impact of surface-active components. Crude oil contains many different types of surface-active components among which naphthenic acids and asphaltene-like molecules play an important role in IFT between oil and water. It is desirable to be able to link the IFT to the concentration of the natural surfactants to predict variations across a petroleum reservoir. To develop this relation, the equilibrium IFT was investigated in various systems of varying acid content. As expected, naphthenic acids reduce IFT of oil and water significantly. The IFT reduction is however dependent on the structure and composition of naphthenic acids as well as the nature of the solvent. To include the natural surfactancy in the model a Gibbs-Langmuir approach is used to describe the impact of naphthenic acids content in crude oil on IFT. This is compared to two models currently used to estimate IFT in the petroleum industry. The current models are not equipped to capture the role of natural surfactants and hence results may lead to erroneous predictions on crude oil production. We therefore propose an approach where bulk properties that estimate the bulk IFT is used in combination of a term based on the Gibbs-Langmuir model to capture the perturbation by the naphthenic acids to yield more accurate estimates of IFT. This require fitting to at least two experimental points to yield accurate results.
Migration and the coalescent in population genetics
Creators: name: Nath, Harmindar B.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund Nr. 75
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Verlängerung der vorläufigen Diplomprüfungsordnung der Abteilung Chemietechnik
description: Vorläufige Diplomprüfungsordnung für die Abteilung Elektrotechnik
description: Vorläufige Promotionsordnung der Abteilung Bauwesen
description: Vorläufige Promotionsordnung der Universität Dortmund für die Fachrichtung Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
description: Vorläufige Studienordnung der Abteilung Informatik
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund ; 75
The influence of housing density and urban design on the surface energy balance and local climates of Melbourne, Australia, and the impact of Melbourne 2030's vision
Creators: name: Coutts, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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華埠通訊 Vol. 11, Issue 03, April 2010
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Practice of Prothrombin Time, Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time and Mixing Test in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from March - June 2016
Creators: name: Biresaw, Gelila
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Background: Coagulation tests are vital to the diagnosis, treatment as well as management of bleeding and hypercoagulability disorders. Inappropriate performance of coagulation tests, such as the prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and mixing test contributes to coagulation and bleeding complications including death. Practice of coagulation tests is not well documented in resource limited settings like Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the practice of PT, aPTT and Mixing test in public hospitals of Addis Ababa from March - June 2016. Methodology: A prospective hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from March – June 2016 in all the 13 public hospitals of Addis Ababa. Standard questionnaires and checklists were used as a tool to investigate the practice of PT, aPTT and mixing test in the respective hospitals. On site assessment was carried out using a checklist. Questionnaires were used to interview all laboratory professionals working in hemostasis section during the data collection period. Mixing tests were performed at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) on 40 plasma samples with prolonged PT/aPTT to demonstrate its usefulness and establish the technique in this premier referral and teaching hospital of the country. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21 employing descriptive statistics such as frequency and mean. Result: Of all the 13 public hospitals in Addis Ababa, only 4 were performing either of the two coagulation tests. The performance of PT/aPTT tests was irregular among the 4 hospitals and did not comply with some SOPs. The results of this study indicate that the laboratories do not follow certain testing guidelines. None of the hospitals perform mixing test. Out of the 40 patients for whom mixing test was performed, 18 had a corrected mixing test results, suggesting factor deficiency while 22 had no correction suggesting presence of inhibitors. Conclusion: The practice of PT/aPTT tests in the public hospitals of Addis Ababa is insufficient. Regardless of the vital role the mixing tests plays in the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of patients with coagulopathy, it is not performed in any one of the public hospitals and none of the laboratory professionals had the knowledge of it. This warrants efforts in establishing the test at least at TASH. Key words: Coagulation, PT, aPTT, Mixing Test, Hemostasis, public hospitals
Retrospektive 5 Jahre TKFDM - Ausblick bis 2025
Creators: name: Lang, Kevin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: FDM Tage
Forschungsdatenmanagement
rdm

description: Deutsch: Folien zum Vortrag "Retrospektive 5 Jahre TKFDM - Ausblick bis 2025" im Rahmen der 5. Thüringer FDM-Tage vom 20.-21. Juni 2023, ausgerichtet vom Thüringer Kompetenznetzwerk Forschungsdatenmanagement (TKFDM). Links zu allen weiteren Materialien finden sie auf der Webseite des TKFDM: https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/material-veranstaltungen.html Die Aufzeichnung dieses Vortrags finden Sie hier: https://youtu.be/eQTVL3GCWAI ------------------------------------------ English: Slides of the presentation "Retrospektive 5 Jahre TKFDM - Ausblick bis 2025" as part of the 5th Thuringian RDM Days from June 20-21, 2023, hosted by the Thuringian Competence Network Research Data Management (TKFDM). Links to all other materials can be found on the TKFDM website: https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/material-veranstaltungen.html The recording of the presentation can be found here: https://youtu.be/eQTVL3GCWAI
Flexural phonon scattering induced by electrostatic gating in graphene
Creators: name: Gunst, Tue
name: Kaasbjerg, Kristen
name: Brandbyge, Mads
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Graphene has an extremely high carrier mobility partly due to its planar mirror symmetry inhibiting scattering by the highly occupied acoustic flexural phonons. Electrostatic gating of a graphene device can break the planar mirror symmetry yielding a coupling mechanism to the flexural phonons. We examine the effect of the gate-induced one-phonon scattering on the mobility for several gate geometries and dielectric environments using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) and the Boltzmann equation. We demonstrate that this scattering mechanism can be a mobility-limiting factor, and show how the carrier density and temperature scaling of the mobility depends on the electrostatic environment. Our findings may explain the high deformation potential for in-plane acoustic phonons extracted from experiments and furthermore suggest a direct relation between device symmetry and resulting mobility.
description: Accepted at Physical Review Letters
The conformal transformation of the night sky
Creators: name: Minguzzi, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a simple differential geometric proof of the conformal transformation of the night sky under change of observer. The proof does not rely on the four dimensionality of spacetime or on spinor methods. Furthermore, it really shows that the result does not depend on Lorentz transformations. This approach, by giving a transparent covariant expression to the conformal factor, shows that in most situations it is possible to define a thermal sky metric independent of the observer.
description: 10 pages. v2: a minimal change in the Introduction
Ammonium based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) on extraction of benzothiophene from iso-octane: experiment and COSMO-RS model
Creators: name: Santhi, Vivek Mariappan
name: Ramalingam, Anantharaj
name: Sreekala, Deepthi Jayachandran
name: Malaiyarasan, Vichitra
name: Ayyavu, Chandramohan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Densities of pure benzothiophene (BT), iso-octane (ISO), and tetra butyl ammonium bromide decanoic acid {[TBAB][DA]} as deep eutectic solvent and their binary mixtures of [BT] + [ISO], [BT] + {[TBAB][DA]} and {[TBAB][DA]} + [ISO] over the entire mole fractions were measured at different temperatures 303.15 K–353.15 K at 1 atm. From this measured density data, the solution thermodynamic properties such as excess molar volume, partial molar volume, excess partial molar volumes, apparent molar volume, isobaric expansivity, and excess isobaric expansivity were calculated. Further, this calculated excess molar volume data were correlated by Redlich-Kister polynomial fit equation. Subsequently, liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) experiment were conducted for the removal of BT from ISO using {[TBAB + DA]} at 298.15 K and 1 atm. This LLE process was characterized in terms of distribution coefficient and selectivity and thermodynamic consistency test were done by Othmer-Tobias and Hand Equations. Finally, the sigma (σ) profile and sigma (σ) potential of all the studied species were generated and analyzed using COSMO-RS model.
Indoor environment and asthma in children
Creators: name: Garrett, Maria H.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Dieter Fröhlich, Beate Kindler, Monika Sombetzki, unter Mitarbeit von Annette Schnabel: Drahtseilakt. Die angestelltenpolitische Initiative der IG Metall zwischen Organisationsreform und Mitgliederwerbung, München/Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-87988-156-1, 240 S., DM 29,80
Creators: name: Martens, Helmut
Publisher: name: Westdeutscher Verlag
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: 300
subject: 650

description: Arbeit
Robotization of Construction for Reciprocal Frame Structures
Creators: name: CHEA, CHEAV POR
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 330201
subject: Automation and technology in building and construction
classificationCode: 400510
subject: Structural engineering
classificationCode: 401602
subject: Composite and hybrid materials

description: Robotic technologies have demonstrated significant potential for applications in the construction industry. However, a review of previous studies reveals that current practices in robotic construction require the development of various specialized robots to accommodate individual tasks in complex building processes. This thesis introduces a robot-friendly structure, the reciprocal frame (RF) structure, along with its geometric form-finding method and mechanical performance. The thesis then develops a collaborative robotic system for the construction of RF structures and studies the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic parameters on the developed robotic collaborative system.
Stable and bioactive W/O/W emulsion loaded with “Pitanga” (Eugenia uniflora L.) leaf hydroethanolic extract
Creators: name: Tessaro, Larissa
name: Luciano, Carla Giovana
name: Martins, Maria Fernanda Libório
name: Ramos, Ana Paula
name: Martelli-Tosi, Milena
name: do Amaral Sobral, Paulo José
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: “Pitanga” leaf hydroethanolic extract (PLHE) presents high antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. The encapsulation of this extract in W/O/W double emulsions could protect its bioactive properties. The objective of this research was to encapsulate PLHE in the inner W phase of a double emulsion and analyze the emulsifiers concentrations and phase ratios effects on its droplet size and the physical stability. Moreover, the double emulsion rheological behavior, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in their more stable formulation was investigated. For comparison purpose, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the PLHE was also determined. Overall, the droplet size and stability were affected by the concentration of emulsifiers and phase ratios. The double emulsion presented heterogeneous droplet size, good physical stability and non-Newtonian behavior. PLHE presented high antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, which was maintained after processing to encapsulation into double emulsion. In conclusion, it was possible to produce active and stable double emulsion loaded with PLHE.
Testing General Relativity with Accretion-Flow Imaging of Sgr A*
Creators: name: Johannsen, Tim
name: Wang, Carlos
name: Broderick, Avery E.
name: Doeleman, Sheperd S.
name: Fish, Vincent L.
name: Loeb, Abraham
name: Psaltis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Event Horizon Telescope is a global very-long baseline interferometer capable of probing potential deviations from the Kerr metric, which is believed to provide the unique description of astrophysical black holes. Here we report an updated constraint on the quadrupolar deviation of Sagittarius A* within the context of a radiatively inefficient accretion flow model in a quasi-Kerr background. We also simulate near-future constraints obtainable by the forthcoming eight-station array and show that in this model already a one-day observation can measure the spin magnitude to within $0.005$, the inclination to within $0.09^\circ$, the position angle to within $0.04^\circ$, and the quadrupolar deviation to within $0.005$ at $3σ$ confidence. Thus, we are entering an era of high-precision strong gravity measurements.
description: 5+1 pages, 3 figures
Dynamical piezoelectric and magnetopiezoelectric effects in polar metals from Berry phases and orbital moments
Creators: name: Varjas, Daniel
name: Grushin, Adolfo G.
name: Ilan, Roni
name: Moore, Joel E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The polarization of a material and its response to applied electric and magnetic fields are key solid-state properties with a long history in insulators, although a satisfactory theory required new concepts such as Berry-phase gauge fields. In metals, quantities such as static polarization and magnetoelectric $θ$-term cease to be well-defined. In polar metals there can be analogous dynamical current responses, which we study in a common theoretical framework. We find that current responses to dynamical strain in polar metals depend on both the first and second Chern forms, related to polarization and magnetoelectricity in insulators, as well as the orbital magnetization on the Fermi surface. We provide realistic estimates that predict that the latter contribution will dominate and investigate the feasibility of experimental detection of this effect.
description: 4+ pages, 1 figure