cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An Enhanced African vulture’s optimization algorithm for mechanical design problems
Creators: name: khalid, gasmi
name: Hamza, Ferhat
name: Ferhat, Djeddou
name: Lakhdar, Smata
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 490304
subject: Optimisation
classificationCode: 460701
subject: Computer aided design
classificationCode: 401799
subject: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: As meta-heuristics play a crucial role in solving optimization problems, there is a significant orientation towards nature, especially its mechanisms of animal collective intelligence. In the past, well-established algorithms such as Genetic Algorithm (GA), Differential Evolution (DE), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Wale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), and Harmony Search Algorithm (HSA) have proven to be powerful. However, a recently effective optimizer, named the African Vultures Optimization Algorithm (AVOA), has been introduced. In this research, we propose an enhanced version of the African Vulture's Optimization, termed EAVOA, in response to the necessity for solving complex mechanical problems. We tested the proposed EAVOA on four benchmark mechanical problems from the literature. The results obtained indicate that this research contributes a novel and promising approach to the optimization of mechanical systems.
title: Latin America in Cinema and Television of the Americas
Creators: name: Lukens, Shannon
Publisher: name: PORTALES: The Undergraduate Journal of the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Year: 2021

description: Cinema is often a reflective form of media which demonstrates popular opinion on a certain individual, group, or subject. The variety in subject of cinema reflects the vast amount of opinions that exist on every discernable subject. Due to this, film analysis is a particularly relevant form of studying society or a specific subset. Racial or ethnic groups are one example of what can be studied through film analysis. Hispanics/Latinos as an ethnic group have received a long history of bias, and are oftentimes represented by racial portrayals in North American media, and Latin American cinema is rarely consumed in North America.
description: PORTALES: The Undergraduate Journal of the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Portales: The LAIC Undergraduate Journal
Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error-Correcting Codes with Imperfect Ebits
Creators: name: Lai, Ching-Yi
name: Brun, Todd A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The scheme of entanglement-assisted quantum error-correcting (EAQEC) codes assumes that the ebits of the receiver are error-free. In practical situations, errors on these ebits are unavoidable, which diminishes the error-correcting ability of these codes. We consider two different versions of this problem. We first show that any (nondegenerate) standard stabilizer code can be transformed into an EAQEC code that can correct errors on the qubits of both sender and receiver. These EAQEC codes are equivalent to standard stabilizer codes, and hence the decoding techniques of standard stabilizer codes can be applied. Several EAQEC codes of this type are found to be optimal. In a second scheme, the receiver uses a standard stabilizer code to protect the ebits, which we call a "combination code." The performances of different quantum codes are compared in terms of the channel fidelity over the depolarizing channel. We give a formula for the channel fidelity over the depolarizing channel (or any Pauli error channel), and show that it can be efficiently approximated by a Monte Carlo calculation. Finally, we discuss the tradeoff between performing extra entanglement distillation and applying an EAQEC code with imperfect ebits.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures
Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with the Use of Sandostatin® LAR® Depot in a Patient with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. An Association or a Coincidence? The First Case Report
Creators: name: Saif, Muhammad Wasif
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Diarrhea; Flushing; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Pancreatic Neoplasms

description: Context Sandostatin® LAR® depot is a synthetic analogue of the naturally occurring hormone somatostatin and is indicated for certain patients with acromegaly and severe diarrhea and flushing episodes associated with metastatic carcinoid tumors and for the long-term treatment of the profuse watery diarrhea associated with VIP-secreting tumors in patients in whom initial treatment with immediate release Sandostatin® injection has been shown to be effective and tolerated. The most common toxicities include biliary disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, injection-site pain, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. Rheumatoid arthritis or similar toxicities have not been associated with Sandostatin® LAR® depot. Case report We present a 53-year-old female with a history of neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas with metastasis to the liver, lung developed joint pains in the hands as well as feet accompanied with intermittent swelling in the morning and pain in the bilateral joints in the hands as well as feet following 45th cycle of Sandostatin® LAR® depot at a dose of 30 mg. All the work-up including rheumatoid factor, anti nuclear antibody, cryoglobulins were within normal limits except her erythrocyte sedimentation rate was elevated. No radiological abnormalities were revealed. Her symptoms improved after we reduced the dose to 20 mg. Discussion Her Naranjo scale was 7, suggesting a probable relation. The patient had four signs and symptoms as required by the American College of Rheumatology for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. The association of the rheumatoid arthritis with Sandostatin® LAR® depot may be a rare complication but with the extended use beyond acromegaly and carcinoid to acute esophageal variceal bleeding, pancreatic pseudocysts, gastrointestinal, and pancreatic external fistulae, short bowel syndrome, a dumping syndrome and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related refractory hypersecretory diarrhea, physicians should be made aware of this probable toxicity. Further research is warranted to understand this association.

Image: NY-Presbyterian Hosp from water jeh (by Jim Henderson). Wikimedia Commons.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 4 (2011): July - p.  316-434
paperChain D02.4 - "Technological and non-technological barriers and constraints"
Creators: name: Oleaga, Asier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Waste
Valorisation
Performance
Long-term
Barriers
Stakeholders
Economic
Technological
Non-technological
Regulatory

description: The construction sector is the largest consumer of raw materials in the EU; construction and demolition activities also account for about 33% of waste generated annually (EEA 2010). A large proportion of different waste streams has the potential to be reused or recycled within the construction sector contributing to saving natural resources and energy, while reducing the carbon footprint. The purpose of the circular economy is to replace the existing systems based on the linear economy “take, make, waste” with closed systems that reuse and conserve energy. Circular economy aims at limiting the extraction of raw materials and the production of waste by a more effective use of materials enables creating a more sustainable process and added value, by cost savings and by developing new markets or growing existing ones.
Giant Brunner's Gland Adenoma of the Duodenal Bulb Presenting with Ampullary and Duodenal Obstruction Mimicking Pancreatic Malignancy
Creators: name: Gupta, Vishal
name: Gupta, Parul
name: Jain, Ajay
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Adenoma; Adenomatous Polyps; Brunner Glands; Duodenal Obstruction; Intussusception; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pancreaticoduodenectomy

description: Context Brunner’s gland adenoma is a rare benign duodenal neoplasm. It usually presents with luminal obstruction or gastrointestinal bleeding. In rare cases, it may mimic a pancreatic malignancy and may present with obstructive jaundice. Case report A 65-year-old female presented with a two-month history of abdominal pain, early satiety and retrosternal burning pain. Liver function tests showed elevated enzymes with normal bilirubin. Imaging studies revealed a large mass in relation to the uncinate process of the pancreas and the distal duodenum along with the dilated common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct. Initial endoscopic evaluation failed to make a correct diagnosis. Repeat endoscopic evaluation combined with endoscopic sonography, however, revealed a large polypoid mass arising from the duodenal bulb. The patient underwent a transduodenal polypectomy. A diagnosis of Brunner’s gland adenoma was made on histopathological examination. Conclusion Giant Brunner’s adenoma may have unusual presentations. It may present with the features of ampullary obstruction mimicking periampullary or pancreatic malignancies. Extensive preoperative evaluation is required to reach a correct diagnosis in order to avoid more extensive surgery.

Image: Long pedicle-like structure.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 4 (2011): July - p.  316-434
Coherent State Functional Integral in Loop Quantum Cosmology: Alternative Dynamics
Creators: name: Qin, Li
name: Ma, Yongge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coherent state functional integral for the minisuperspace model of loop quantum cosmology is studied. By the well-established canonical theory, the transition amplitude in the path integral representation of loop quantum cosmology with alternative dynamics can be formulated through group averaging. The effective action and Hamiltonian with higher-order quantum corrections are thus obtained. It turns out that for a non-symmetric Hamiltonian constraint operator, the Moyal (star)-product emerges naturally in the effective Hamiltonian. For the corresponding symmetric Hamiltonian operator, the resulted effective theory implies a possible quantum cosmological effect in large scale limit in the alternative dynamical scenario, which coincides with the result in canonical approach. Moreover, the first-order modified Friedmann equation still contains the particular information of alternative dynamics and hence admits the possible phenomenological distinction between the different proposals of quantum dynamics.
description: 10 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1110.5480
An introduction to quantum annealing
Creators: name: de Falco, Diego
name: Tamascelli, Dario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum Annealing, or Quantum Stochastic Optimization, is a classical randomized algorithm which provides good heuristics for the solution of hard optimization problems. The algorithm, suggested by the behaviour of quantum systems, is an example of proficuous cross contamination between classical and quantum computer science. In this survey paper we illustrate how hard combinatorial problems are tackled by quantum computation and present some examples of the heuristics provided by Quantum Annealing. We also present preliminary results about the application of quantum dissipation (as an alternative to Imaginary Time Evolution) to the task of driving a quantum system toward its state of lowest energy.
The Use of Aloe Vera As Medicinal Plants and Cultural Plants in the Community from a Health and Culture Perspective
Creators: name: Harahap, Junardi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The aloe vera is a medicinal plant that is widely used by the public and has enormous benefits for society. The aloe vera plant has very strong cultural roots in the cultural narrative of society. Of course, this aspect is very important from the perspective of people's culture regarding the aloe vera plant and also in terms of its benefits for health and other aspects. This question relates to the use of the medicinal plant aloe vera as a medicinal plant and also as a cultural medicinal plant in society. The method used is to use the literature review method and existing literature sources. The results of the research show that the use of the medicinal plant aloe vera is culturally rooted in society, making the medicinal plant aloe vera a favourite medicinal plant in people's lives. The cultural roots of the use of the aloe vera are reflected in folklore related to the aloe vera, as a category that shows the closeness and importance of the aloe vera in the crocodile values of a society. These cultural aspects can provide an illustration of how deeply rooted the use of cultural language is in the dimensions of society, which has many benefits and properties for health and beauty.
Zimmermann, B. (2018): Die griechische Tragödie
Creators: name: Schmitz, Dietmar
Publisher: name: Forum Classicum
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Zimmermann, B. (2018): Die griechische Tragödie. Stuttgart, Alfred Kröner Verlag, 160 S., (ISBN: 978-3-520-51501-8)
description: Forum Classicum, Nr. 4 (2019): Forum Classicum
HOX Genes in Pancreatic Development and Cancer
Creators: name: Gray, Sophie
name: Pandha, Hardev S
name: Michael, Agnieszka
name: Middleton, Gary
name: Morgan, Richard
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: HOXB7 protein, human; HOXD13 protein, human; HXR9 peptide; Pancreatic Neoplasms

description: The HOX genes are a family of homeodomain-containing transcription factors that determine cellular identity during development and which are subsequently re-expressed in many types of cancer. Some recent studies have shown that HOX genes may have key roles both in pancreatic development and in adult diseases of the pancreas, including cancer. In this review we consider recent advances in elucidating the role of HOX genes in these processes, how they may connect early developmental events to subsequent adult disease, and their potential both as diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets.

Image: The arrangement of HOX genes in the mammalian genome.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
Surface Alfven waves in solar flux tubes
Creators: name: Goossens, M.
name: Andries, J.
name: Soler, R.
name: Van Doorsselaere, T.
name: Arregui, I.
name: Terradas, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. Alfven waves and magneto-sonic waves are particular classes of MHD waves. These wave modes are clearly different and have pure properties in uniform plasmas of infinite extent only. Due to plasma non-uniformity MHD waves have mixed properties and cannot be classified as pure Alfven or magneto-sonic waves. However, vorticity is a quantity unequivocally related to Alfven waves as compression is for magneto-sonic waves. Here, we investigate MHD waves superimposed on a one-dimensional non-uniform straight cylinder with constant magnetic field. For a piecewise constant density profile we find that the fundamental radial modes of the non-axisymmetric waves have the same properties as surface Alfven waves at a true discontinuity in density. Contrary to the classic Alfveen waves in a uniform plasma of infinite extent, vorticity is zero everywhere except at the cylinder boundary. If the discontinuity in density is replaced with a continuous variation of density, vorticity is spread out over the whole interval with non-uniform density. The fundamental radial modes of the non-axisymmetric waves do not need compression to exist unlike the radial overtones. In thin magnetic cylinders the fundamental radial modes of the non-axisymmetric waves with phase velocities between the internal and the external Alfven velocities can be considered as surface Alfven waves. On the contrary, the radial overtones can be related to fast-like magneto-sonic modes.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
Europejska Szkoła Odnowy Terenów Nieużytkowanych
Creators: name: Sierka, Edyta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Stalmachová B., Sierka E. (2013). EUROPEJSKA SZKOŁA ODNOWY TERENÓW NIEUŻYTKOWANYCH. In: INNOWACYJNOŚĆ KSZTAŁCENIA W ZAKRESIE OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA (ed. Sierka E., Ciepał), Katowice, 33-42.
Left Posterior Approach to the Superior Mesenteric Vascular Pedicle in Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Cancer of the Pancreatic Head
Creators: name: Kurosaki, Isao
name: Minagawa, Masahiro
name: Takano, Kabuto
name: Takizawa, Kazuyasu
name: Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Dissection; Mesenteric Artery, Superior; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Surgical Procedures, Operative

description: Context Dissection of the superior mesenteric artery is the most important part of a pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer. Since 2005, we have used the left posterior approach for superior mesenteric vascular pedicle dissection, in which the superior mesenteric artery and the superior mesenteric vein are dissected first in a clockwise fashion. Objective This article presents the technique of a left posterior approach and the clinical outcome. Patients Forty patients underwent a left posterior approach and were compared to 35 patients treated with a conventional dissection. Main outcome measures The differences in surgical technique between the left posterior approach and the conventional method were described, and the short- and long-term surgical results compared patients who underwent the left posterior approach to those who were treated with the conventional method. Intervention The superior mesenteric vascular pedicle was first dissected from the left lateral border of the superior mesenteric artery. The superior mesenteric vein was also dissected from the left side. Then, the uncinate process and perivascular soft tissue were separated en bloc from the vasculature. Results No life-threatening complications occurred after the pancreaticoduodenectomies using a left posterior approach. Diarrhea requiring the administration of antidiarrheal agents occurred in 65% of patients; however, planned adjuvant chemotherapy was completed in all patients who did not have an early tumor recurrence. Survival rate was 52.8% at 3 years after surgery. Conclusion After a pancreaticoduodenectomy with a left posterior approach, most patients had various degrees of diarrhea, but the adjuvant chemotherapy was able to be continued with close monitoring. The left posterior approach facilitates understanding of the topographic anatomy in the superior mesenteric vascular pedicle.

Image: Technical illustration of the transverse plane (detail).
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
Scattering of Scalar Waves by Schwarzschild Black Hole Immersed in Magnetic Field
Creators: name: Chen, Juhua
name: Liao, Hao
name: Wang, Yongjiu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetic field is one of the most important constituents of the cosmic space and one of the main sources of the dynamics of interacting matter in the universe. The astronomical observations imply the existence of a strong magnetic fields of up to $10^4-10^8G$ near supermassive black holes in the active galactic nuclei and even around stellar mass black holes. In this paper, with the quantum scattering theory, we analysis the Schröedinger-type scalar wave equation of black hole immersed in magnetic field and numerically investigate its absorption cross section and scattering cross section. We find that the absorption cross sections oscillate about the geometric optical value in the high frequency regime. Furthermore in low frequency regime, the magnetic field makes the absorption cross section weaker and this effect is more obviously on lower frequency brand. On the other hand, for the effects of scattering cross sections for the black hole immersed in magnetic field, we find that the magnetic field makes the scattering flux weaker and its width narrower in the forward direction. We find that there also exists the glory phenomenon along the backforward direction. At fixed frequency, the glory peak is higher and the glory width becomes narrower due to the black hole immersed in magnetic field.
description: 7 pages, 10 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:0707.1156 by other authors
Masters of Modern Art
Creators: name: Trier, Eduard
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2019

description: Rezension zu: Masters of Modern Art, hg. von Alfred H. Barr jr. unter Mitarbeit von William S. Liebermann, Edward Steichen, Richard Griffith und Philip C. Johnson. The Museum of Modern Art. New York 1954. 240 S., 356 Abb., davon 77 farbig. $ 15.
description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 8 Nr. 6 (1955): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
title: "Gruppo di Venere, Marte e Cupido", arte romana, inv. CCL (ITA/EN)
title: Scheda catalogo digitale Borghese
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Clementi, Jessica
name: Galleria Borghese
Publisher: name: Galleria Borghese
Year: 2024

description: Pubblicazione delle schede delle opere conservate nel museo ed estratte dal catalogo digitale di

Galleria Borghese, nelle due versioni esistenti online, in italiano e inglese.

Collegamento al catalogo digitale:

ITA: https://www.collezionegalleriaborghese.it/

EN: https://www.collezionegalleriaborghese.it/en
A tale of two stories: astrocyte regulation of synaptic depression and facilitation
Creators: name: De Pittà, Maurizio
name: Volman, Vladislav
name: Berry, Hugues
name: Ben-Jacob, Eshel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Short-term presynaptic plasticity designates variations of the amplitude of synaptic information transfer whereby the amount of neurotransmitter released upon presynaptic stimulation changes over seconds as a function of the neuronal firing activity. While a consensus has emerged that changes of the synapse strength are crucial to neuronal computations, their modes of expression in vivo remain unclear. Recent experimental studies have reported that glial cells, particularly astrocytes in the hippocampus, are able to modulate short-term plasticity but the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the characteristics of short-term plasticity modulation by astrocytes using a biophysically realistic computational model. Mean-field analysis of the model unravels that astrocytes may mediate counterintuitive effects. Depending on the expressed presynaptic signaling pathways, astrocytes may globally inhibit or potentiate the synapse: the amount of released neurotransmitter in the presence of the astrocyte is transiently smaller or larger than in its absence. But this global effect usually coexists with the opposite local effect on paired pulses: with release-decreasing astrocytes most paired pulses become facilitated, while paired-pulse depression becomes prominent under release-increasing astrocytes. Moreover, we show that the frequency of astrocytic intracellular Ca2+ oscillations controls the effects of the astrocyte on short-term synaptic plasticity. Our model explains several experimental observations yet unsolved, and uncovers astrocytic gliotransmission as a possible transient switch between short-term paired-pulse depression and facilitation. This possibility has deep implications on the processing of neuronal spikes and resulting information transfer at synapses.
description: 93 pages, manuscript+supplementary text, 10 main figures, 11 supplementary figures, 1 table
Βei der Redaktion eingegangene Neuerscheinungen
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 20 Nr. 11 (1967): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Groove Pancreatitis. A Mini-Series Report and Review of the Literature
Creators: name: Manzelli, Antonio
name: Petrou, Athanasios
name: Lazzaro, Alesandra
name: Brennan, Nicholas
name: Soonawalla, Zahir
name: Friend, Peter
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pancreatitis; Pancreatitis, Chronic

description: Context Groove pancreatitis is a rare condition characterized by fibrotic inflammation affecting the groove anatomical area between the head of the pancreas, the duodenum and the common bile duct.

Objectives We report a miniseries of five cases treated surgically in our centre over a period of four years. A review of the literature is also discussed.

Methods Patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy over a four-year period were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with a confirmed histological diagnosis of groove pancreatitis were assessed under the headings; patient demographics, presenting symptoms, radiological and histological findings.

Results One-hundred and 60 pancreaticoduodenectomies were performed. Thirty-nine cases demonstrated benign disease and within this, five cases (3.1% of total series; 12.8% of benign cases) were groove pancreatitis. All patients presented with abdominal pain and weight loss, and the majority consumed excess alcohol and were smokers. Radiological findings (CT/MRCP/EUS) revealed duodenal wall thickening in all cases, abnormalities at the head of pancreas and bile duct dilation in four, and cystic changes in the duodenal wall and pancreatic duct dilation in three cases. Groove fibrosis, Brunner’s gland hyperplasia and cystic changes in duodenal wall were present in all cases on histological review. All patients reported significant improvement in quality of life at 12 months after surgery.

Conclusion Groove pancreatitis can present in a similar fashion to head of pancreas cancer and chronic pancreatitis. For this reason it is paramount for clinicians to be aware of groove pancreatitis, as this can lead to the correct diagnosis and management of this unique disease.

Image: Ill-defined hypoechoic mass in the head of the pancreas at CECT.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
Potential Use of Left Renal Vein Graft in Pancreaticoduodenectomy Combined with Long Segmental Resection of the Superior Mesenteric-Splenic-Portal Vein Confluence
Creators: name: Choi, Sung Hoon
name: Hwang, Ho Kyoung
name: Kang, Chang Moo
name: Lee, Woo Jung
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Neoadjuvant Therapy; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Renal Veins; Transplants

description: Context Various techniques for reconstruction after superior mesenteric-splenic-portal vein confluence resection during pancreaticoduodenectomy have been introduced. A certain kind of vascular grafting may be necessary especially when long segmental resection of superior mesenteric-splenic-portal vein confluence is required. Case report we herein report the cases of two patients who underwent left renal vein grafting in a pancreaticoduodenectomy with combined resection of the long segment of the superior mesenteric-splenic-portal vein confluence for pancreatic head cancer following neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiation therapy as well as their long-term outcomes with graft patency without deterioration of renal function. Conclusion Our experience with these two cases indicates that an autologous interposition graft using the left renal vein may be considered a safe and convenient conduit in the case of long segmental resection of the superior mesenteric-splenic-portal vein confluence during a pancreaticoduodenectomy following preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy.

Image: Postoperative follow-up of BUN and serum creatinine levels.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
The Academic Cycle
Creators: name: Purvis, Alison
name: Payne, Chris
name: Hannah, Claire
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 390299
subject: Education policy, sociology and philosophy not elsewhere classified

description: This PowerPoint template can be used to provide guidance and links for the pertinent things which take place during a given month, split into different roles.The cycle represents the activity that academic staff are involved in throughout the year. We have included examples of content that you might want to consider, with our institutional links removed. You can add your own content and links for your own internal and external webpages.The months are hyperlinked and clicking on a month will take you to the relevant page.When complete, save as PowerPoint Show (*.ppsx) and it can be used as an interactive resource.
Modulations of the local pairing interaction near magnetic impurities in d-wave superconductors
Creators: name: Roemer, A. T.
name: Graser, S.
name: Hirschfeld, P. J.
name: Andersen, B. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spin-fluctuation based pairing mechanism has proven successful in explaining the pairing symmetries due to Fermi surface nesting of both cuprates and iron-based materials. In this work, we study signatures of a spin-fluctuation mediated pairing at the local scale. Specifically, we focus on magnetic impurities and calculate both the local antiferromagnetism and the resulting modulated pairing interaction. The latter gives rise to distinct local enhancements of the superconducting gap in the immediate vicinity of the impurities. Our results show that Coulomb-driven pairing naturally leads to unusual superconducting gap modulations near disorder potentials.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Eberhard Hempel †
Creators: name: Franz, Heinrich Gerhard
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 20 Nr. 12 (1967): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Sedimentation as a Measure of Wheat Quality, 1963 Crop
Creators: name: Zeleny, Lawrence
name: Laubis, Robert E.
name: Doty, James M.
name: Zeleny, Lawrence
name: Laubis, Robert E.
name: Doty, James M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1964
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Repot Summary: Analysis of 1801 samples of 1963-crop hard red winter and hard red spring wheat showed the sedimentation value to be more highly correlated with bread-baking quality as measured by the Doty "flour evaluation score” in most of the 33 areas of production than were either the protein content or any of the farinogram characteristics. Protein content in most areas was more highly correlated with bread-loaf volume than were either the sedimentation value or any of the farinogram characteristics. Bread-loaf volume, however , is considered to be only one of the important factors of quality included in determining the flour evaluation score, and therefore to be less reliable than flour evaluation score as an index of bread-baking quality. In most areas sedimentation was also correlated more highly than was protein content with mixing time, mixing tolerance, MTI value, and valorimeter value. Essentially the same relationships were found among sedimentation, protein, farinogram characteristics, and bread-baking quality when the 1962 and 1963 crop data were combined.
Heterotopic Pancreatic Neoplasm Presenting as an Obstructing Mass at the Fourth Portion of the Duodenum
Creators: name: Stock, Cameron
name: Keutgen, Xavier M
name: Pisapia, David
name: Crawford, Carl
name: Zarnegar, Rasa
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Adenocarcinoma; Duodenum; Pancreas

description: Context Heterotopic pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a rare finding at laparotomy. Herein we present the case of a patient with malignant transformation of a heterotopic pancreas located in the fourth portion of the duodenum. Case report A 79-year-old woman was admitted to the surgery service with complaints of early satiety and abdominal fullness progressively worsening over the previous two years. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen and an upper endoscopy revealed an obstructing mass in the fourth portion of the duodenum, biopsies were negative for carcinoma. A segmentectomy of the third and fourth portions of the duodenum was performed. Post-operative histology revealed malignant transformation of a heterotopic pancreas. The patient had an unremarkable postoperative recovery and was discharged home. Conclusion In evaluation of patients with distal duodenal masses, we report that heterotopic pancreatic neoplasms should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

Image: Image of the mass from upper endoscopy.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
Generalized Fokker-Planck equation and its solution for linear non-Markovian Gaussian systems
Creators: name: Sliusarenko, O. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we suggest a consistent approach to derivation of generalized Fokker-Planck equation (GFPE) for Gaussian non-Markovian processes with stationary increments. This approach allows us to construct the probability density function (PDF) without a need to solve the GFPE. We employ our method to obtain the GFPE and PDFs for free generalized Brownian motion and the one in harmonic potential for the case of power-law correlation function of the noise. We prove the fact that the considered systems may be described with Einstein-Smoluchowski equation at high viscosity levels and long times. We also compare the results with those obtained by other authors. At last, we calculate PDF of thermodynamical work in the stochastic system which consists of a particle embedded in a harmonic potential moving with constant velocity, and check the work fluctuation theorem for such a system.
description: 14 pages
Mitteilung des Verbandes deutscher Kunsthistoriker e. V.
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 21 Nr. 7 (1968): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
{Coherent Dissociation $^{12}$C~$\rightarrow$~3$α$ in Lead-Enriched Emulsion at 4.5 GeV/$c$~per Nucleon
Creators: name: Belaga, V. V.
name: Benjaza, A. A.
name: Rusakova, V. V.
name: Salamov, J. A.
name: Chernov, G. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transverse-momentum distributions and correlation characteristics of relativistic $α$ particles from the coherent dissociation of a carbon nucleus into three $α$ particles at 4.5 GeV/$c$ are studied in lead-enriched emulsion. Comparative analysis of data obtained in ordinary and lead-enriched emulsion stacks is performed. It is shown that the statistical model of rapid fragmentation does not describe the momentum and correlation characteristics of a $α$ particles in the rest frame of the carbon nucleus. The estimated decay temperature of $^{12}$C is weakly dependent on the target atomic mass. It is shown that the carbon nucleus undergoing fragmentation acquires angular momentum in the collision.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables; Translated from Yadernaya Fizika
An Unusual Case of a Coexistent Serous Cystadenoma and Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of Pancreas. EUS to the Rescue!
Creators: name: Chahal, Prabhleen
name: Saad, Assad J
name: Jeyarajah, Rohan D
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Cystadenoma, Serous; Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous; Pancreatic Cyst

description: Context Synchronous cystic neoplasms of pancreas are a highly rare occurrence. Case report We report a very rare case of coexistent serous cystadenoma and multi-side branch intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN). Conclusion To our knowledge, there has been only one previous case report in the literature of a synchronous serous cystadenoma and a solitary IPMN lesion. This case report is intended to increase the awareness of this condition while alluding to the need for diligent examination by endosonographers. It also highlights the clinical impact of endosonography on the diagnosis and management of cystic legions in the pancreas.

Image: Histological slide demonstrating synchronous IPMN and serous cystadenoma.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
The Role for Prudence Before Describing Novel Infectious Etiologies for Acute Pancreatitis. The Experience of One Institution Before Describing Influenza B Pancreatitis
Creators: name: Sheikh, Imran
name: Kanwal, Ayesha
name: Kyprianou, Annette
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Influenza, Human; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing; Polymerase Chain Reaction

description: Context While the majority of acute pancreatitis is secondary to alcohol and gallstones in the developed world, infectious causes are recognized and recent evidence has linked influenza A to acute pancreatitis. Case report We report a patient with acute pancreatitis deemed secondary to influenza B virus; however considering this would be the first reported case, retesting showed that the initial PCR was falsely positive and a system-wide contamination discovered that unearthed other false negatives. Conclusions While research must continue to describe novel infectious etiologies of acute pancreatitis, caution must be exercised before new associations are described. New tests are leading to increasing incidence and prevalence of disease and while such testing generally has high sensitivity and specificity, the role for false results still exists.

Image: Extensive peripancreatic inflammatory changes and stranding.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
Lawrence-Krammer-Bigelow representations and dual Garside length of braids
Creators: name: Ito, Tetsuya
name: Wiest, Bert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that the span of the variable $q$ in the Lawrence-Krammer-Bigelow representation matrix of a braid is equal to the twice of the dual Garside length of the braid, as was conjectured by Krammer. Our proof is close in spirit to Bigelow's geometric approach. The key observation is that the dual Garside length of a braid can be read off a certain labeling of its curve diagram.
Urban and Industrial Habitats: How Important They Are for Ecosystem Services
Creators: name: Sierka, Edyta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Woźniak G., Sierka E., Wheeler A. (2018). Urban and Industrial Habitats: How Important They Are for Ecosystem Services. Ecosystem Services and Global Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75723.
Neuerscheinung
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege, Bd. 49 Nr. 1 (2020)
Avaliação do potencial citotóxico de microplásticos em linhas celulares intestinais, hepáticas e neuronais
Creators: name: Valente, João V.
name: Barros, Rafael A.
name: Cristovão, Ana C.
name: Ramiro Pastorinho, M.
name: Sousa, Ana Catarina A.
Publisher: name: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos
Year: 2021

description: Os Microplásticos (MPs) são uma classe emergente de contaminantes, que resultam da libertação directa de pequenas partículas que constituem total ou parcialmente objetos de uso quotidiano ou da deterioração de plásticos que originalmente possuem maiores dimensões. O polietileno (PE), a poliamida (PA-nylon 12) e o policloreto de vinilo (PVC) são três polímeros muito comumente utilizados no fabrico de sacos de plástico, recipientes e utensílios domésticos, produtos de higiene pessoal, componentes automóveis e de eletrónica e materiais de construção. Devido à sua ubiquidade (resultante da extensa utilização), os seres vivos estão constantemente expostos a estes contaminantes. No caso humano, a ingestão diária de microplásticos é uma das formas mais frequentes de exposição, tornando assim fundamental avaliar a sua potencial toxicidade. Neste trabalho a citotoxicidade de PE, PA-nylon 12 e PVC foram avaliadas em três linhas celulares distintas: células do intestino (Caco-2), do fígado (HepG2) e neurónios (N27). De uma forma geral, os microplásticos testados apresentaram toxicidade para as linhas celulares N27 e HepG2, com exceção do PE nesta última. Por outro lado, para as células Caco-2 não foram registadas reduções significativas na viabilidade celular.
description: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos, Avanço de publicação
Megalithgräber der Kreise Bleckede, Dannenberg, Lüneburg und Winsen a. d. Luhe
Creators: name: Krüger, Franz
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 1 (1927): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Memory Resilient Gain-scheduled State-Feedback Control of Uncertain LTI/LPV Systems with Time-Varying Delays
Creators: name: Briat, Corentin
name: Sename, Olivier
name: Lafay, Jean-François
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The stabilization of uncertain LTI/LPV time delay systems with time varying delays by state-feedback controllers is addressed. At the difference of other works in the literature, the proposed approach allows for the synthesis of resilient controllers with respect to uncertainties on the implemented delay. It is emphasized that such controllers unify memoryless and exact-memory controllers usually considered in the literature. The solutions to the stability and stabilization problems are expressed in terms of LMIs which allow to check the stability of the closed-loop system for a given bound on the knowledge error and even optimize the uncertainty radius under some performance constraints; in this paper, the $\mathcal{H}_\infty$ performance measure is considered. The interest of the approach is finally illustrated through several examples.
Azathioprine Induced Pancreatitis in a Patient with Co-Existing Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Hepatitis
Creators: name: Venkatesh, Preethi G K
name: Navaneethan, Udayakumar
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Autoimmune Diseases; Azathioprine; Endoscopy; Pancreatic Pseudocyst; Pancreatitis

description: Context Azathioprine induced pancreatitis usually runs a benign self limited course with rapid disappearance of signs and symptoms upon with drawl of the drug. Azathioprine is used in treating relapses in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis and maintenance of remission in autoimmune hepatitis. Acute pancreatitis complicated by symptomatic pseudocysts requiring drainage is not usually associated with drug induced pancreatitis. The risk of azathioprine use in patients with underlying disease of pancreas including autoimmune pancreatitis is unclear. Case report We report here a case of an African American patient with co-existing autoimmune pancreatitis and autoimmune hepatitis who developed azathioprine induced acute pancreatitis complicated by a large symptomatic pseudocyst compressing the duodenum requiring a cystoduodenostomy. Conclusions Future studies to investigate the risk of azathioprine induced pancreatitis in the presence of underlying disease of the pancreas including autoimmune pancreatitis are required to further understand the safety of azathioprine in this sub group of patients.

Image: Pseudocyst in the head of the pancreas compressing the common bile duct and duodenum.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315
Petzler, Wilhelm: Das Heimat=Museum im deutschen Sprachgebiet als Spiegel deutscher Kultur
Creators: name: Jacob-Friesen, Karl Hermann
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Petzler, Wilhelm: Das Heimat=Museum im deutschen Sprachgebiet als Spiegel deutscher Kultur. 8°. 158 S. mit 94 Abb. auf 51 Taf. u. 6 Textbildern. Veröffentlichung des Wertbundes für deutsche Volkstums= und Rassenforschung. München 1927
description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 1 (1927): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Holste, I.: Unsere Heimat vor Christi Geburt
Creators: name: Sprockhoff, Ernst
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Holste, I.: Unsere Heimat vor Christi Geburt. Verden a. d. Aller, 1927. 8°. 78 S.
description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 1 (1927): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Die ur= und frühgeschichtlichen Funde in der Umgebung von Bad Harzburg
Creators: name: Tenner, F.
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 2 (1928): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Rademacher, C. Heideterrasse zwischen Rheinebene, Acher und Sülz
Creators: name: Sprockhoff, Ernst
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Rademacher, C. Heideterrasse zwischen Rheinebene, Acher und Sülz. 126 S. 62 Abb. und 2 Karten. Leipzig 1927
description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 2 (1928): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Simultaneous Non-Functioning Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas and Extra-Hepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. A Case of Early Diagnosis and Favorable Post-Surgical Outcome
Creators: name: Maurea, Simone
name: Corvino, Antonio
name: Imbriaco, Massimo
name: Avitabile, Giuseppe
name: Mainenti, Pierpaolo
name: Camera, Luigi
name: Galizia, Gennaro
name: Salvatore, Marco
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2011
Subjects: Diagnostic Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary

description: Context Thanks to the wide use of diagnostic imaging modalities, multiple primary malignancies are being diagnosed more frequently and different associations of malignancies have been reported in this setting. Case report In this paper, we describe the case of a patient with non-functioning well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the head of the pancreas associated with extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma, in which an early diagnosis using magnetic resonance imaging allowed a good outcome. Conclusion The simultaneous association of neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors and cholangiocarcinoma has not yet been described; however, this association should be considered and, due to the high contrast of magnetic resonance imaging, this technique is recommended in such patient in order to reach an accurate diagnosis.
Image: T1-weighted fast-field echo short-time inversion recovery (FFE STIR) post-contrast image shows a solid lesion with inhomogeneous late-phase enhancement.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): May - p. 216-315