cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Efficient radiology reporting using the script editor Autohotkey
Creators: name: Garcia-Bennett, Josep
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: Experimental
subject: Efficacy studies
subject: Workforce

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1. To demonstrate the potential of the macro script editor Autohotkey to carry out different tasks in order to increase the efficiency of the radiologist´s work in a digitalized radiology environment. 2. To demonstrate different script designs that...
Bouchea pseudogervao fm. pilosa Herzog 1916
Creators: name: Pablo, Moroni
name: Nataly, O'Leary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Verbenaceae
Bouchea
Bouchea pseudogervao
Bouchea pseudogervao f. pilosa herzog (1916: 46)

description: Bouchea pseudogervao f. pilosa Herzog (1916: 46)
 Type (lectotype, designated by Moldenke 1940b: 112):— BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, ca. 450 m., Jan. 1911, T. Herzog 1504 (L 2762089!; isolectoypes G 00366113!, NY 00103929!).
 Bouchea boliviana (Kuntze) Moldenke (1933: 18) ≡ Valerianoides boliviana Kuntze (1898: 254) ≡ Stachytarpheta boliviana (Kuntze) K. Schum. (1898: 396)
 Type (lectotype, designated by Moldenke 1940b: 112):— BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, 340 m, June 1892, O. Kuntze s.n. (NY [00138153!]).
description: Published as part of Pablo, Moroni & Nataly, O'Leary, 2017, Typification of names in the genus Bouchea (Duranteae, Verbenaceae), pp. 211-216 in Phytotaxa 306 (3) on page 214, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.306.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13696025
title: Prebiopsy 3T MRI and transgluteal CT – guided prostate biopsy in patients lacking ''per rectum approach''
Creators: name: Caglič, Iztok
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Biopsy
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of our educational exhibit is to: 1. present an alternative diagnostic protocol in patients withno rectal accessin whom the presence of prostate cancer is suspected; 2.describe a prebiopsy mpMRI of prostate which serves further on as a...
title: Monte Carlo simulation of a prototypical patient dosimetry system for fluoroscopic procedures
Creators: name: Goertz, Lukas
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dosimetric comparison
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Dosimetry
subject: Catheters
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Cardiac

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: During fluoroscopically guided interventions (FGI) peak skin dose (PSD) is monitored to prevent radiation induced skin and hair injuries at the beam entry site of patient skin [1-3]. Currently, PSD is usually determined indirectly from measured...
title: The Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) for ultrasound of the thyroid : a pratical approach
Creators: name: Ben Lassoued, Majdi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Thyroid / Parathyroids
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The classification system of the thyroid nodules (TN) TI-RADS (Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System)is rarely used. The aim of this work is to make this classification easierthrough a practical...
Bouchea dissecta Watson 1889
Creators: name: Pablo, Moroni
name: Nataly, O'Leary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Verbenaceae
Bouchea
Bouchea dissecta

description: Bouchea dissecta Watson (1889: 68)
 Type (lectotype, designated by Moldenke 1940b: 125):— MEXICO. On rocky ledges at Guaymas, Sonora, October 1–22 1887, E. Palmer 259 (GH 00093652!; isolectotypes BM 000992666!, NY 00103911!, NY [00103910!], US 00118890!, US 01100633!, YU 001915!).
description: Published as part of Pablo, Moroni & Nataly, O'Leary, 2017, Typification of names in the genus Bouchea (Duranteae, Verbenaceae), pp. 211-216 in Phytotaxa 306 (3) on page 214, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.306.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13696025
Studying stellar halos with future facilities
Creators: name: Greggio, Laura
name: Falomo, Renato
name: Uslenghi, Michela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Stellar halos around galaxies retain fundamental evidence of the processes which lead to their build up. Sophisticated models of galaxy formation in a cosmological context yield quantitative predictions about various observable characteristics, including the amount of substructure, the slope of radial mass profiles and three dimensional shapes, and the properties of the stellar populations in the halos. The comparison of such models with the observations provides constraints on the general picture of galaxy formation in the hierarchical Universe, as well as on the physical processes taking place in the halos formation. With the current observing facilities, stellar halos can be effectively probed only for a limited number of nearby galaxies. In this paper we illustrate the progress that we expect in this field with the future ground based large aperture telescopes (E-ELT) and with space based facilities as JWST.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Proc. IAU Symposium 317 "The General Assembly of Stellar Halos: Structure, Origin and Evolution."
title: Preoperative localizations of small pulmonary lesions with a short hook wire and suture system: evaluation of safety and risk factors for pneumothorax
Creators: name: Iguchi, Toshihiro
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Safety
subject: Complications
subject: CT
subject: Lung
subject: Interventional non-vascular

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Conventional computed tomography (CT)-guided hook wire placement is a preoperative localization technique that is frequently used because of its high feasibility and clinical usefulness [1–5]. This method is also relatively safe; pneumothorax is...
Molecular Hydrogen Absorption from the Halo of a z ~ 0.4 Galaxy
Creators: name: Muzahid, Sowgat
name: Kacprzak, Glenn G.
name: Charlton, Jane C.
name: Churchill, Christopher W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lyman- and Werner-band absorption of molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) is detected in $\sim$50% of low redshift ($z<1$) DLAs/sub-DLAs with $N$(H$_2$) > 10$^{14.4}$ cm$^{-2}$. However the true origin(s) of the H$_2$ bearing gas remain elusive. Here we report a new detection of an H$_{2}$ absorber at $z=$ 0.4298 in the HST/COS spectra of quasar PKS 2128-123. The total $N$(HI) of 10$^{19.50\pm0.15}$ cm$^{-2}$ classifies the absorber as a sub-DLA. H$_{2}$ absorption is detected up to the $J=3$ rotational level with a total $\log N$(H$_{2}$) = 16.36$\pm$0.08 corresponding to a molecular fraction of log $f$(H$_{2}$) = $-$2.84$\pm$0.17. The excitation temperature of $T_{ex}$ = 206$\pm$6K indicates the presence of cold gas. Using detailed ionization modelling we obtain a near-solar metallicity (i.e., [O/H]= $-$0.26$\pm$0.19) and a dust-to-gas ratio of $\log κ\sim -0.45$ for the H$_{2}$ absorbing gas. The host-galaxy of the sub-DLA is detected at an impact parameter of $ρ\sim$ 48 kpc with an inclination angle of $i \sim$ 48 degree and an azimuthal angle of $Φ\sim$ 15 degree with respect to the QSO sightline. We show that co-rotating gas in an extended disk cannot explain the observed kinematics of Mg II absorption. Moreover, the inferred high metallicity is not consistent with the scenario of gas accretion. An outflow from the central region of the host-galaxy, on the other hand, would require a large opening angle (i.e., 2$θ>$150 degree), much larger than the observed outflow opening angles in Seyfert galaxies, in order to intercept the QSO sightline. We thus favor a scenario in which the H$_2$ bearing gas is stemming from a dwarf-satellite galaxy, presumably via tidal and/or ram-pressure stripping. Detection of a dwarf galaxy candidate in the HST/WFPC2 image at an impact parameter of $\sim$12 kpc reinforces such an idea.
description: Published in ApJ; arXiv version matches the published one ( http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/66 )
Characterizing biobank organizations in the U.S.: results from a national survey
Creators: name: Davis, Arlene M
name: Weiner, Bryan
name: Zimmer, Catherine
name: Evans, James P
name: Henderson, Gail
name: Nelson, Anders G
name: Cadigan, R Jean
name: Edwards, Teresa
name: Conlon, Ian
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Effective translational biomedical research hinges on the operation of 'biobanks,' repositories that assemble, store, and manage collections of human specimens and related data. Some are established intentionally to address particular research needs; many, however, have arisen opportunistically, in a variety of settings and with a variety of expectations regarding their functions and longevity. Despite their rising prominence, little is known about how biobanks are organized and function beyond simple classification systems (government, academia, industry). Methods In 2012, we conducted the first national survey of biobanks in the U.S., collecting information on their origins, specimen collections, organizational structures, and market contexts and sustainability. From a list of 636 biobanks assembled through a multi-faceted search strategy, representatives from 456 U.S. biobanks were successfully recruited for a 30-minute online survey (72% response rate). Both closed and open-ended responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results While nearly two-thirds of biobanks were established within the last decade, 17% have been in existence for over 20 years. Fifty-three percent listed research on a particular disease as the most important reason for establishment; 29% listed research generally. Other reasons included response to a grant or gift, and intent to centralize, integrate, or harmonize existing research structures. Biobank collections are extraordinarily diverse in number and types of specimens and in sources (often multiple) from which they are obtained, including from individuals, clinics or hospitals, public health programs, and research studies. Forty-four percent of biobanks store pediatric specimens, and 36% include postmortem specimens. Most biobanks are affiliated in one or multiple ways with other entities: 88% are part of at least one or more larger organizations (67% of these are academic, 23% hospitals, 13% research institutes). The majority of biobanks seem to fill a particular 'niche' within a larger organization or research area; a minority are concerned about competition for services, although many are worried about underutilization of specimens and long-term funding. Conclusions Effective utilization of biobank collections and effective policies to govern their use will require understanding of the immense diversity found in organizational features, including the very different history and primary goals that many biobanks have.
GravitinoPack and late decays involving gravitinos
Creators: name: Eberl, Helmut
name: Spanos, Vassilis C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this talk, we present the package GravitinoPack that calculates decays of unstable supersymmetric particles, involving gravitinos in the final or initial state. If the gravitino is the dark matter particle and therefore stable, the package calculates the decays of the lightest neutralino, and the lighter stau or stop NLSP into the gravitino LSP and one or two Standard Model particles. On the other hand, assuming that the gravitino is unstable, GravitinoPack calculates all its two-body and the three-body decay widths to the neutralino LSP and Standard Model particles. Since all these decays, involving the gravitino, are of gravitational nature, the lifetime of the decaying particle can be of the order of seconds are more, hence called "late decays". The precise knowledge of all these partial decay widths enables the user to apply accurately the relevant cosmological constraints.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference From the Planck Scale to the Electroweak Scale, PLANCK-2015, 25-29 May 2015, Ioannina, Greece
title: Optimization method of MRI scan parameters of a double inversion recovery sequence using a T1 map and a developed analysis algorithm
Creators: name: Hayashi, Norio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dementia
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Gray matter (GM) imaging is important in the investigation of many neurological diseases, including schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, tuberous sclerosis, and epilepsy, all of which are associated with changes in the...
Lecanorchis triloba Smith 1908
Creators: name: Suetsugu, Kenji
name: Hsu, Tian-Chuan
name: Fukunaga, Hirokazu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Lecanorchis
Lecanorchis triloba

description: Lecanorchis triloba Smith (1908: 26)
 Type: — NEW GUINEA. Irian Jaya: Versteeg 1676 (holotype BO? n.v.).
 Synonym: — Lecanorchis flavicans Fukuyama (1942: 241), syn. nov.
 Type: JAPAN. Ryukyu, Iriomote Island, along Nakara River, N.Fukuyama s.n., 30 May 1938, (lectotype KPM-NA 0105553, isolectotypes KPM-NA 0105554, KPM-NA 0105555), designated here.
Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan (New Taipei and Pingtung), the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
description: Published as part of Suetsugu, Kenji, Hsu, Tian-Chuan & Fukunaga, Hirokazu, 2017, The identity of Lecanorchis flavicans and L. flavicans var. acutiloba (Vanilleae, Vanilloideae, Orchidaceae), pp. 217-222 in Phytotaxa 306 (3) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.306.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13696037
Information-Theoretic Lower Bounds for Recovery of Diffusion Network Structures
Creators: name: Park, Keehwan
name: Honorio, Jean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study the information-theoretic lower bound of the sample complexity of the correct recovery of diffusion network structures. We introduce a discrete-time diffusion model based on the Independent Cascade model for which we obtain a lower bound of order $Ω(k \log p)$, for directed graphs of $p$ nodes, and at most $k$ parents per node. Next, we introduce a continuous-time diffusion model, for which a similar lower bound of order $Ω(k \log p)$ is obtained. Our results show that the algorithm of Pouget-Abadie et al. is statistically optimal for the discrete-time regime. Our work also opens the question of whether it is possible to devise an optimal algorithm for the continuous-time regime.
description: ISIT'16
Genetic and functional characterization of putative Ras/Raf interaction inhibitors in C. elegans and mammalian cells
Creators: name: Der, Channing
name: Edwards, Lloyd
name: González-Pérez, Vanessa
name: Cox, Adrienne
name: Alan, Jamie K
name: Mitchell, Cicely
name: Reiner, David
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract Background Activation of the mammalian Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK MAPK signaling cascade promotes cellular proliferation, and activating Ras mutations are implicated in cancer onset and maintenance. This pathway, a therapeutic target of interest, is highly conserved and required for vulval development in C. elegans. Gain-of-function mutations in the Ras ortholog lead to constitutive pathway signaling and a multivulva (Muv) phenotype. MCP compounds were identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen for their ability to disrupt Ras-Raf interactions. However, this had not been confirmed in another system, and conflicting results were reported regarding selective MCP-mediated blockade of Ras- and Raf-mediated biological activities in mammalian cells. Here we used the easily-scored Muv phenotype as an in vivo readout to characterize the selectivity of MCP110 and its analogs, and performed biochemical studies in mammalian cells to determine whether MCP treatment results in impaired interaction between Ras and its effector Raf. Results Our genetic analyses showed significant dose-dependent MCP-mediated reduction of Muv in C. elegans strains with activating mutations in orthologs of Ras (LET-60) or Raf (LIN-45), but not MAP kinases or an Ets-like transcription factor. Thus, these inhibitors selectively impair pathway function downstream of Ras and upstream of or at the level of Raf, consistent with disruption of the Ras/Raf interaction. Our biochemical analyses of MCP110-mediated disruption of Ras-Raf interactions in mammalian cells showed that MCP110 dose-dependently reduced Raf-RBD pulldown of Ras, displaced a fluorescently-tagged Raf-RBD probe from plasma membrane locations of active Ras to the cytosol and other compartments, and decreased active, phosphorylated ERK1/2. Conclusions We have effectively utilized C. elegans as an in vivo genetic system to evaluate the activity and selectivity of inhibitors intended to target the Ras-Raf-MAPK pathway. We demonstrated the ability of MCP110 to disrupt, at the level of Ras/Raf, the Muv phenotype induced by chronic activation of this pathway in C. elegans. In mammalian cells, we not only demonstrated MCP-mediated blockade of the physical interaction between Ras and Raf, but also narrowed the site of interaction on Raf to the RBD, and showed consequent functional impairment of the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway in both in vivo and cell-based systems.
Orbital-free DFT study of the energetics of vacancy clustering and prismatic dislocation loop nucleation in aluminum
Creators: name: Radhakrishnan, Balachandran
name: Gavini, Vikram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present work, we conduct large-scale orbital-free DFT calculations to study the energetics of vacancy clustering in aluminum from electronic structure calculations. The simulation domains considered in this study are as large as those containing a million atoms to accurately account for both the electronic structure and long-ranged elastic fields. Our results indicate that vacancy clustering is an energetically favorable mechanisms with positive binding energies for a range of vacancy clusters considered in the present study. In particular, the $19$ vacancy hexagonal cluster lying in $\{111\}$ plane has a very large binding energy with the relaxed atomic structure representative of a prismatic dislocation loop. This suggests that vacancy prismatic loops as small as those formed from 19 vacancies are stable, thus providing insights into the nucleation sizes of these defects in aluminum.
title: Diabetes-the lifestyle epidemic:-spectrum of imaging findings in diabetes
Creators: name: Bava, Jernail Singh
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CNS
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Endocrine disorders
subject: Infection

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To recognize common and pathognomonic CT & MRI findings in Diabetes Mellitus...
Predictors associated with unplanned hospital readmission of medical and surgical intensive care unit survivors within 30 days of discharge
Creators: name: Brookhart, M. Alan
name: Ohnuma, Tetsu
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract Background Reducing the 30-day unplanned hospital readmission rate is a goal for physicians and policymakers in order to improve quality of care. However, data on the readmission rate of critically ill patients in Japan and knowledge of the predictors associated with readmission are lacking. We investigated predictors associated with 30-day rehospitalization for medical and surgical adult patients separately. Methods Patient data from 502 acute care hospitals with intensive care unit (ICU) facilities in Japan were retrospectively extracted from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) database between April 2012 and February 2014. Factors associated with unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge among medical and surgical ICU survivors were identified using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results Of 486,651 ICU survivors, we identified 5583 unplanned hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge following 147,423 medical hospitalizations (3.8% readmitted) and 11,142 unplanned readmissions after 339,228 surgical hospitalizations (3.3% readmitted). The majority of unplanned hospital readmissions, 60.9% of medical and 63.1% of surgical case readmissions, occurred within 15 days of discharge. For both medical and surgical patients, the Charlson comorbidity index score; category of primary diagnosis during the index admission (respiratory, gastrointestinal, and metabolic and renal); hospital length of stay; discharge to skilled nursing facilities; and having received a packed red blood cell transfusion, low-dose steroids, or renal replacement therapy were significantly associated with higher unplanned hospital readmission rates. Conclusions From patient data extracted from a large Japanese national database, the 30-day unplanned hospital readmission rate after ICU stay was 3.4%. Further studies are required to improve readmission prediction models and to develop targeted interventions for high-risk patients.
The hydrodynamical models of the cometary compact H II region
Creators: name: Zhu, Feng-Yao
name: Zhu, Qing-Feng
name: Li, Juan
name: Zhang, Jiang-Shui
name: Wang, Jun-Zhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have developed a full numerical method to study the gas dynamics of cometary ultra-compact (UC) H II regions, and associated photodissociation regions (PDRs). The bow-shock and champagne-flow models with a $40.9/21.9 M_\odot$ star are simulated. In the bow-shock models, the massive star is assumed to move through dense ($n=8000~cm^{-3}$) molecular material with a stellar velocity of $15~km~s^{-1}$. In the champagne-flow models, an exponential distribution of density with a scale height of 0.2 pc is assumed. The profiles of the [Ne II] 12.81\mum and $H_2~S(2)$ lines from the ionized regions and PDRs are compared for two sets of models. In champagne-flow models, emission lines from the ionized gas clearly show the effect of acceleration along the direction toward the tail due to the density gradient. The kinematics of the molecular gas inside the dense shell is mainly due to the expansion of the H II region. However, in bow-shock models the ionized gas mainly moves in the same direction as the stellar motion. The kinematics of the molecular gas inside the dense shell simply reflects the motion of the dense shell with respect to the star. These differences can be used to distinguish two sets of models.
description: 27 pages,15 figures
UK TRE Community September 2023 Meeting Lightning Talks
Creators: name: Roberts, Alexander
name: Casey, Arlene
name: Cole, Chris
name: Squires, Emma
name: Jennings, Harry Hamilton
name: Chukwu, Ifeanyi
name: O'Sullivan, Katherine
name: Barnsley, Pete
name: Bacon, Seb
name: Thompson, Simon
name: Krueger, Susan
name: Goble, Carole
name: Meredith, David
name: Torabi, Fatemeh
name: Farah, Ibrahim
name: Robinson, James
name: Smith, Jim
name: Arnold, Pete
name: Maccallum, Peter
name: Baxter, Rob
name: Heath, Rob
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: tre
trustedresearchenvironment
safehaven
securedata
uktre

description: Lightning talks from the UK-TRE Community meeting on Monday 4 September 2023 Location: Swansea University Bay Campus and online Agenda: https://www.uktre.org/en/latest/events/wg_workshops/2023-09-04-september-meeting/index.html
title: Charcot foot: Imaging insights from the High Risk Diabetic Foot MDT
Creators: name: Mautone, Marcela
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Demineralisation-Bone
subject: Inflammation
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Musculoskeletal system

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of our educational exhibit is to: 1. Present key features of Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy (CN) and lessons learned from the High Risk Diabetic Foot (HRDF) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) collaboration at our institution....
Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of extracts from sponge-associated bacterial endophytes
Creators: name: Abdulrahman, Idris
name: Jamal, Mamdoh Taha
name: Pugazhendi, Arulazhagan
name: Dhavamani, Jeyakumar
name: Al-shaeri, Majed
name: Al-Maaqar, Saleh
name: Satheesh, Sathianeson
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Sponges forms association with many bacteria that serve as sources of new bioactive compounds. The compounds are produced in response to environmental and nutritional conditions of the environment that enable them to protect their host from colonization. In this study, three sponge bacterial endophytes were isolated, identified, and subjected to solvent extraction processes. The identified bacteria are Bacillus amyloquifaciens, Bacillus paramycoides, and Enterobacter sp. The bacteria were cultured in two different fermentation media with varying nutritional composition for the extraction process. The extracts were evaluated for antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against microfouling bacteria and the chemical composition of each extract was analyzed via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The extract from the endophytes shows varying antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against the tested strains. Several compounds were detected from the extracts including some with known antibacterial/antibiofilm activity. The results showed variations in activity and secondary metabolite production between the extracts obtained under different nutritional composition of the media. In conclusion, this study indicated the role of nutrient composition in the activity and secondary metabolites production by bacteria associated with sponge Also, this study confirmed the role of sponge bacterial endophytes as producers of bioactive compounds with potential application as antifouling (AF) agents.
title: Novel Approach towads Knee Injury Reporting- Correlating Bone Marrow Edema Patterns & Soft Tissue Injuries
Creators: name: Devu, Sridhar
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Acute
subject: Structured reporting
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1.To understand the dynamic anatomy of knee joint. 2.To characterise the pattern of contusions . 3.To characterise the soft tissue injuries. 4.To evaluate a pattern, correlating specific patterns of bone contusions and soft tissue...
Predictions for $\sqrt {s_{NN}}=5.02$ TeV Pb+Pb Collisions from a Multi-Phase Transport Model
Creators: name: Ma, Guo-Liang
name: Lin, Zi-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present predictions from the string melting version of a multi-phase transport model on various observables in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt {s_{NN}}=5.02$ TeV. We use the same version of the model as an earlier study that reasonably reproduced dN/dy, $p_{\rm T}$-spectra and elliptic flow of charged pions and kaons at low-$p_{\rm T}$ for central and semi-central heavy ion collisions at 200 GeV and 2.76 TeV. While we compare with the already-available centrality dependence data on charged particle $dN/dη$ at mid-pseudorapidity in Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV, we make predictions on identified particle dN/dy, $p_{\rm T}$-spectra, azimuthal anisotropies $v_n (n=2,3,4)$, and factorization ratios $r_{n}(η^{a},η^{b}) (n=2,3)$ for longitudinal correlations.
description: 27 pages, 18 figures, added a new figure, v_2 analysis method modified for some figures; matches published version
Engineered Alcaligenes sp. by chemical mutagen produces thermostable and acido-alkalophilic endo-1,4-β-mannanases for improved industrial biocatalyst
Creators: name: Olaniyi, Oladipo Oladiti
name: Ajulo, Ademola Sunday
name: Lawal, Olusola Tosin
name: Olatunji, Victoria Kehinde
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Plant Biology

description: This study reported physicochemical properties of purified endo-1,4-β-mannanase from the wild type, Alcaligenes sp. and its most promising chemical mutant. The crude enzymes from fermentation of wild and mutant bacteria were purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange and gel-filtration chromatography followed by an investigation of the physicochemical properties of purified wild and mutant enzymes. β-mannanase from wild and mutant Alcaligenes sp. exhibited 1.75 and 1.6 purification-folds with percentage recoveries of 2.6 and 2.5% and molecular weights of 61.6 and 80 kDa respectively. The wild and mutant β-mannanase were most active at 40 and 50 °C with optimum pH 6.0 for both and were thermostable with very high percentage activity but the wild-type β-mannanase showed better stability over a broad pH activity. The β-mannanase activity from the parent strain was stimulated in the presence of Mn2+, Co2+, Zn2+, Mg2+ and Na+. Vmax and Km for the wild type and its mutant were found to be 0.747 U//mL/min and 5.2 × 10−4 mg/mL, and 0.247 U/mL/min and 2.47 × 10−4 mg/mL, respectively. Changes that occurred in the nucleotide sequences of the most improved mutant may be attributed to its thermo-stability, thermo-tolerant and high substrate affinity- desired properties for improved bioprocesses.
Genome-wide association Scan of dental caries in the permanent dentition
Creators: name: Hu, Frank B
name: Weeks, Daniel E
name: Vieira, Alexandre R
name: Weyant, Robert J
name: Pugh, Elizabeth W
name: Crout, Richard
name: Doheny, Kimberly F
name: Polk, Deborah E
name: Cornelis, Marilyn C
name: Noel, Jacqueline
name: Shaffer, John R
name: Cuenco, Karen T
name: Lee, Myoung-Keun
name: Begum, Ferdouse
name: Crosslin, David R
name: Feingold, Eleanor
name: Zeng, Zhen
name: Laurie, Cathy C
name: Nelson, Sarah C
name: McNeil, Daniel W
name: Wang, Xiaojing
name: Marazita, Mary L
name: Boerwinkle, Eric
name: Beck, James
name: Anjomshoaa, Ida
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract Background Over 90% of adults aged 20 years or older with permanent teeth have suffered from dental caries leading to pain, infection, or even tooth loss. Although caries prevalence has decreased over the past decade, there are still about 23% of dentate adults who have untreated carious lesions in the US. Dental caries is a complex disorder affected by both individual susceptibility and environmental factors. Approximately 35-55% of caries phenotypic variation in the permanent dentition is attributable to genes, though few specific caries genes have been identified. Therefore, we conducted the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify genes affecting susceptibility to caries in adults. Methods Five independent cohorts were included in this study, totaling more than 7000 participants. For each participant, dental caries was assessed and genetic markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) were genotyped or imputed across the entire genome. Due to the heterogeneity among the five cohorts regarding age, genotyping platform, quality of dental caries assessment, and study design, we first conducted genome-wide association (GWA) analyses on each of the five independent cohorts separately. We then performed three meta-analyses to combine results for: (i) the comparatively younger, Appalachian cohorts (N = 1483) with well-assessed caries phenotype, (ii) the comparatively older, non-Appalachian cohorts (N = 5960) with inferior caries phenotypes, and (iii) all five cohorts (N = 7443). Top ranking genetic loci within and across meta-analyses were scrutinized for biologically plausible roles on caries. Results Different sets of genes were nominated across the three meta-analyses, especially between the younger and older age cohorts. In general, we identified several suggestive loci (P-value ≤ 10E-05) within or near genes with plausible biological roles for dental caries, including RPS6KA2 and PTK2B, involved in p38-depenedent MAPK signaling, and RHOU and FZD1, involved in the Wnt signaling cascade. Both of these pathways have been implicated in dental caries. ADMTS3 and ISL1 are involved in tooth development, and TLR2 is involved in immune response to oral pathogens. Conclusions As the first GWAS for dental caries in adults, this study nominated several novel caries genes for future study, which may lead to better understanding of cariogenesis, and ultimately, to improved disease predictions, prevention, and/or treatment.
Spatial-Dependent Diffusion of Cosmic Rays and the Ratio of pbar/p, B/C
Creators: name: Guo, Yi-Qing
name: Tian, Zhen
name: Jin, Chao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent precise measurements of cosmic ray spectral revealed an anomalous hardening at ~200 GV for nuclei from PAMELA, CREAM, ATIC, AMS02 experiments and at tens of GeV for primary electron derived from AMS02 experiment. Particularly, the latest observation of pbar/p ratio by AMS02 demonstrated a flat distribution, which further validated the spectrum anomalies of secondary particles. All those new phenomena indicated that the conventional propagation model of cosmic rays meet challenge. In this work, the spatial-dependent propagation coefficient D(r,z,ρ) is employed by tracing the source distribution under the physical picture of two-halo model in DRAGON package. Under such scenario, the model calculation will result in a two-component spectral for primary nuclei and electron. Simultaneously, due to the smaller rigidity dependence of D(r,z,ρ) in galactic disk, the ratio of secondary-to-primary will be inevitablly flatter than the calculation in the conventional propagation model. As a result, we can reproduce the spectral hardening of proton, electron and the flat ratio of pbar/p and B/C by only adopting the spatial-dependent propagation coefficient D(r,z,ρ) in galactic disk.
title: Evaluation of CT volumetry in associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS)
Creators: name: Rodríguez, Cristina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: CT
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe the surgical technique. To evaluate the role of CT volumetry in indicating ALPPS. To illustrate the imaging findings after...
Antiferromagnetic Ordering in MnF(salen)
Creators: name: Čižmár, Erik
name: Risset, Olivia N.
name: Wang, Tong
name: Botko, Martin
name: Ahir, Akhil R.
name: Andrus, Matthew J.
name: Park, Ju-Hyun
name: Abboud, Khalil A.
name: Talham, Daniel R.
name: Meisel, Mark W.
name: Brown, Stuart E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Antiferromagnetic order at $T_{\mathrm{N}} = 23$ K has been identified in Mn(III)F(salen), salen = H$_{14}$C$_{16}$N$_2$O$_2$, an $S = 2$ linear-chain system. Using single crystals, specific heat studies performed in magnetic fields up to 9 T revealed the presence of a field-independent cusp at the same temperature where $^1$H NMR studies conducted at 42 MHz observed dramatic changes in the spin-lattice relaxation time, $T_1$, and in the linewidths. Neutron powder diffraction performed on a randomly-oriented, as-grown, deuterated (12 of 14 H replaced by d) sample of 2.2 g at 10 K and 100 K did not resolve the magnetic ordering, while low-field (less than 0.1 T) magnetic susceptibility studies of single crystals and randomly-arranged microcrystalline samples reveal subtle features associated with the transition. Ensemble these data suggest a magnetic signature previously detected at 3.8 T for temperatures below nominally 500 mK is a spin-flop field of small net moments arising from alternating subsets of three Mn spins along the chains.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Topological quasi-one-dimensional state of interacting spinless electrons
Creators: name: Sun, G.
name: Vekua, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By decreasing the transversal confinement potential in interacting one-dimensional spinless electrons and populating the second energetically lowest sub-band, for not too strong interactions system transitions into a quasi-one-dimensional state with dominant superconducting correlations and one gapless mode. By combining effective field theory approach and numerical density matrix renormalization group simulations we show that this quasi-one-dimensional state is a topological state that hosts zero-energy edge modes. We also study the single-particle correlations across the interface between this quasi-one-dimensional and single-channel states.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures
The effect of carotenoid supplementation on immune system development in juvenile male veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Creators: name: DeNardo, Dale F
name: McGraw, Kevin J
name: Butler, Michael W
name: McCartney, Kristen L
name: Ligon, Russell A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2014

description: Abstract Introduction Nutrient availability, assimilation, and allocation can have important and lasting effects on the immune system development of growing animals. Though carotenoid pigments have immunostimulatory properties in many animals, relatively little is known regarding how they influence the immune system during development. Moreover, studies linking carotenoids to health at any life stage have largely been restricted to birds and mammals. We investigated the effects of carotenoid supplementation on multiple aspects of immunity in juvenile veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus). We supplemented half of the chameleons with lutein (a xanthophyll carotenoid) for 14 weeks during development and serially measured multiple aspects of immune function, including: agglutination and lysis performance of plasma, wound healing, and plasma nitric oxide concentrations before and after wounding. Results Though lutein supplementation effectively elevated circulating carotenoid concentrations throughout the developmental period, we found no evidence that carotenoid repletion enhanced immune function at any point. However, agglutination and lysis scores increased, while baseline nitric oxide levels decreased, as chameleons aged. Conclusions Taken together, our results indicate that body mass and age, but not carotenoid access, may play an important role in immune performance of growing chameleons. Hence, studying well-understood physiological processes in novel taxa can provide new perspectives on alternative physiological processes and nutrient function.
title: Comparison of radiological criteria in antiangiogenic therapy of renal cell carcinoma: experience of a single center
Creators: name: Abousiam, Romeo Naim
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Treatment effects
subject: CT
subject: Kidney
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of different radiological criteria used in the assessment of antiangiogenic response in patients with metastatic Renal Cell...
V-logs induced tourism in Pakistan. Journal of Media & Communication, 3(1), pp. 65-83, July 31, 2022. ISSN: 2707-8906 (print), 2788-8304 (electronic).
Creators: name: Khan, Iqra
name: Rizvi, Wajiha Raza
name: Khalid, Muhammad Sohail
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 190299 Film, Television and Digital Media not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 190204 Film and Television

description: The recent increase in Pakistani tourism is partly due to substantial coverage of tourist locations in films/v-logs and the trend of sharing them on social media. This study examines the link between tourism and films/v-logs on tourism in Pakistan. The researchers studied v-log films uploaded on social media especially Facebook and YouTube for this research. They selected four variables after the review of literature, which include destination image, information quality, motivation, and intentions. This research uses quantitative methodology to study the relation between these variables. The results show a positive relation between the variables and the hypothesis were accepted. The study also shed some light upon how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the tourism in Pakistan.
The effect of landscape composition on stingless bee (Melipona fasciculata) honey productivity in a wetland ecosystem of Eastern Amazon, Brazil
Creators: name: Farfan, Silver Jonas Alves
name: Celentano, Danielle
name: Silva, Celso Henrique Leite
name: de Freitas Silveira, Marcus Vinicius
name: Serra, Raymony Tayllon Alves
name: Gutierrez, Jhonatan Andres Munoz
name: Barros, Harryson Corrêa
name: Ribeiro, Monique Hellen Martins
name: Barth, Ortrud Monika
name: de Oliveira Alves, Rogério Marcos
name: García, Luis Manuel Hernández
name: Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Humanity depends on the processes and resources of natural ecosystems, such as natural grassland fields and forests. These ecosystems depend on pollinators, especially bees, to ensure crossbreeding and plant productivity. Faced with deforestation and the fragmentation of forest remnants, meliponiculture plays an important role in biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, and generating income for family farmers. Little is known about the effect of landscape on the productivity of native tiúba bees (Melipona fasciculata Smith, 1854) in the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area (APA) in the Brazilian Amazon. This study aimed to evaluate the landscape effect on M. fasciculata honey productivity in APA. We selected 34 stingless beekeepers, mapped and classified landscapes within a 2,000 m radius around the meliponaries, measured honey productivity, and identified the pollen types. We analyzed honey productivity as a function of landscapes and floral origin. Our results show that honeys from forest landscapes have greater richness and abundance of species, indicating more pollination ecosystem services in these landscapes, but have lower honey productivity. The highest productivity occurs in landscapes with a greater percentage of natural grassland fields and a composition dominated by shrubs. Melissopalynology and geographical information from landscape mapping provided ecological dimensioning of M. fasciculata honey productivity in the APA, which can guide conservation, management, and restoration actions in this region, and enhance the recognition of environmental services provided by stingless beekeepers.
Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards (Prunus avium)
Creators: name: Hamroud, Laila
name: Lhomme, Patrick
name: Christmann, Stefanie
name: Sentil, Ahlam
name: Michez, Denis
name: Rasmont, Pierre
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Food production is highly dependent on pollination services provided by insects; 75% of the leading global food crops need animals for successful production. Pollinators, including managed and wild bees, are declining in many parts of the world. The loss of natural habitats providing nesting sites is considered as one of the main factors driving the decline of crop-visiting wild bees. The researchers had hypothesized that providing bee hotels in cherry orchards may be a useful strategy to support visitors of cherry flowers (Prunus avium). To test this hypothesis, observation was made on the attractiveness of bee hotels to wild bees in cherry orchards in Sefrou Province (Morocco). Bee hotels were installed at the border of two cherry orchards. Surrounding landscapes were described and pollinator communities were observed and sampled within bee hotels, cherry flowers, and also within the surrounding landscape. Bumblebees (Bombus spp.), Mason bees (Osmia spp.), sand bees (Andrena spp.), and sweat bees (Lasioglossum spp.) are the most abundant genera representing almost two-thirds of all wild bee visitors of cherry trees. Mason bees (Osmia spp.) are the most abundant bees nesting in bee hotels with almost three-quarters of all insects recorded. Bee hotels could therefore be used to sustain or even increase cavity-nesting bees visiting cherry orchards in Morocco.