cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Perceptions of caregivers and adolescents/young adults with cystic fibrosis regarding health care transition readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Creators: name: Lynn, Mary R.
name: Kainz, Kirsten
name: Dellon, Elisabeth P.
name: Girdwood, Tyra C.
name: Toles, Mark P.
name: Goralski, Jennifer L.
name: Ferris, Maria E.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023

description: Purpose Medical advances have increased the life expectancy of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cystic fibrosis (CF) and importance of high-quality health care transitions (HCT) from pediatric-to-adult focused health care. The purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of HCT readiness among caregivers and AYA with CF during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design and methods Using a qualitative descriptive design, caregivers and AYA aged 12–21 years old were recruited from three large CF care centers across the eastern U.S. Data were collected using an online questionnaire with open ended and closed ended questions. Survey topics were: perceptions of HCT readiness, actions to prepare for HCT, and the impact of COVID-19. Results were interpreted using an adapted framework of the Health Care Transition Research Consortium Model and qualitative content analysis. Results The sample included 73 caregivers (62 mothers) and 34 AYA (24 female, mean age 15.5 years). Three attributes of HCT readiness were identified from caregiver and AYA perceptions: (1) strong concerns that AYA lacked readiness to manage self-care needs in the future, (2) gaps in resources hindered ongoing efforts to enhance transition readiness, and (3) COVID changes created new barriers and facilitators to health care transition readiness. Conclusions Caregivers and AYA felt they lacked readiness for HCT, they worried about worsening outcomes in adult-focused care, and they were challenged by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Practical implications These findings provide a solid description of perceived transition readiness during a pandemic that may enhance transitional care design.
Optimisation of the thermo-mechanical treatment for enhanced formability of AA6111 alloy sheet
Creators: name: Rhee., KiHo
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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title: Vortrag über die weltweiten GRVD-Aktivitäten
Creators: name: Isbary, Jobst
name: Reimann, J.-C.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Die humanitäre Hilfsorganisation German Rotary Volunteer Doctors e.V. (GRVD) ist ein 1998 von Rotariern aus allen deutschen Rotary Distrikten gegründeter gemeinnütziger Verein, der sich die Verbesserung der Gesundheitsversorgung in Entwicklungsländern zum Ziel gesetzt hat. Seit seiner[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Czech adaptation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire.
Creators: name: Cernovska, Aneta
name: Novák, Lukas
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: The level of alexithymia affects a person's mental and physical health. Nevertheless, this trait is still measured using problematic measurement tools. The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is suitable measuring tool, but no study has examined its psychometric characteristics using Modern Test Theory (MTT). Thus, we aimed to explore psychometric features of the PAQ using MTT and Classical Test Theory.
title: Kennen wir den Bedarf der Katarakt- und Glaukomchirurgie? Herausforderungen und Grenzen der Versorgungsforschung
Creators: name: Nickels, Stefan
name: Schuster, A.K.
name: Pfeiffer, N.
name: Schmidtmann, I.
name: Wild, P.S.
name: Münzel, T.
name: Beutel, M.E.
name: Lackner, K.J.
name: Voßmerbäumer, U.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Die Katarakt-Operation gilt als die häufigste Operation in Deutschland. Zahlen hierzu basieren bisher auf Umfragen oder Verkaufszahlen von Intraokularlinsen. Wir berichten nun die Häufigkeit von Kataraktoperationen über ein Fünfjahresintervall bei Personen im Alter[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Plans Should Consider Spatial Distribution of Age-Specific Population
Creators: name: Kim, Kyusik
name: Jung, Jihoon
name: Kang, Jeon-Young
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023

description: In the early phases of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, most countries adopted age-based rollout plans due to vaccine shortages. The plans, however, might overlook different spatial distributions of each age group. In this study, we first examine separate spatial accessibility to vaccine sites varying by different age groups, transportation modes, and times to find differences in spatial patterns of accessibility scores based on the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method. We also investigate spatial inequality in measured accessibility through the Gini coefficient. Finally, we scrutinize to what extent spatial accessibility to vaccine sites is overestimated or underestimated by different age groups. Results showed that there is spatial disparity in accessibility scores between the total population and multiple age-stratified groups. We also found that transportation modes play a significant role in determining spatial patterns of accessibility to vaccine locations, whereas time was not a major factor making differences in spatial accessibility patterns. Our findings suggest that vaccine rollout plans should incorporate age-specific population distribution to maximize accessibility and minimize spatial disparity.
The EGIDA Methodology
Creators: name: Mazzetti, Paolo
name: Bonora, Nico
name: Cinnirella, Sergio
name: Nativi, Stefano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Data Infrastructures
GEOSS

description: The EGIDA METHODOLOGY is a general methodological approach for implementing a (re-) engineering process of the Science and Technology national infrastructures and systems. It can be adopted by national/regional Science and Technology communities, for a sustainable contribution to the GEOSS and relevant European initiatives based on a SoS approach, through the mobilization of resources made available from the participation in national, European and international initiatives and projects.
VV116 or Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir for Oral Treatment of Covid-19
Creators: name: Lin, Dan-Yu
name: Fleming, Thomas R
Publisher: name: Massachusetts Medical Society
Year: 2023

description: To the Editor: Cao and colleagues (Feb. 2 issue)1 report that the oral antiviral agent VV116 was noninferior to nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in alleviating Covid-19–related symptoms.
The peculiar dipping events in the disk-bearing young-stellar object EPIC 204278916
Creators: name: Scaringi, S.
name: Manara, C. F.
name: Barenfeld, S. A.
name: Groot, P. J.
name: Isella, A.
name: Kenworthy, M. A.
name: Knigge, C.
name: Maccarone, T. J.
name: Ricci, L.
name: Ansdell, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: EPIC 204278916 has been serendipitously discovered from its K2 light curve which displays irregular dimmings of up to 65% for ~25 consecutive days out of 78.8 days of observations. For the remaining duration of the observations, the variability is highly periodic and attributed to stellar rotation. The star is a young, low-mass (M-type) pre-main-sequence star with clear evidence of a resolved tilted disk from ALMA observations. We examine the K2 light curve in detail and hypothesise that the irregular dimmings are caused by either a warped inner-disk edge or transiting cometary-like objects in either circular or eccentric orbits. The explanations discussed here are particularly relevant for other recently discovered young objects with similar absorption dips.
description: 9 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Letter from Saul Holiff to Johnny Cash, 12 June 1961
Creators: name: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cash, Johnny
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31281
subject: Music trade--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030650
subject: Concert tours--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/872993
subject: Country musicians
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881442
subject: Music trade--Marketing
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030651

description: A reply to an earlier letter. This letter primarily discusses publicity and upcoming trips, along with passing remarks on illness and Cash's new home. Connected to Letter from Johnny Cash to Saul Holiff, 6 June 1961 (Accession Number: 2016-018, File: 1.31)
Spatially Resolved HCN Absorption Features in the Circumnuclear Region of NGC 1052
Creators: name: Sawada-Satoh, Satoko
name: Roh, Duk-Gyoo
name: Oh, Se-Jin
name: Lee, Sang-Sung
name: Byun, Do-Young
name: Kameno, Seiji
name: Yeom, Jae-Hwan
name: Jung, Dong-Kyu
name: Kim, Hyo-Ryoung
name: Hwang, Ju-Yeon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first VLBI detection of HCN molecular absorption in the nearby active galactic nucleus NGC 1052. Utilizing the 1 milliarcsecond resolution achieved by the Korean VLBI Network, we have spatially resolved the HCN absorption against a double-sided nuclear jet structure. Two velocity features of HCN absorption are detected significantly at the radial velocity of 1656 and 1719 km/s, redshifted by 149 and 212 km/s with respect to the systemic velocity of the galaxy. The column density of the HCN molecule is estimated to be 10^{15}-10^{16} cm^{-2}, assuming the excitation temperature of 100-230 K. The absorption features show high optical depth localized on the receding jet side, where the free-free absorption occurred due to the circumnuclear torus. The size of the foreground absorbing molecular gas is estimated to be on approximately one-parsec scales, which agrees well with the approximate size of the circumnuclear torus. HCN absorbing gas is likely to be several clumps smaller than 0.1 parsec inside the circumnuclear torus. The redshifted velocities of the HCN absorption features imply that HCN absorbing gas traces ongoing infall motion inside the circumnuclear torus onto the central engine.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
A Proximity-Dependent Biosensor System for Visualizing Cell-Cell Interactions Induced by Therapeutic Antibodies
Creators: name: Tang, Yu
name: Cao, Yanguang
name: Liao, XiaoZhi
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023

description: Despite the promise of therapeutic antibodies in engaging the immune system to eliminate malignant cells, many aspects of the complex interplay between immune cells and cancer cells induced by antibody therapy remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to develop a biosensor system that can evaluate direct cell-cell physical contact and interactions between immune effector and target cells induced by therapeutic antibodies in physiologically relevant environments. The system uses two structural complementary luciferase units (SmBit and LgBit) expressed on the respective membranes of effector and target cells. Upon cell-cell contact, the two subunits form active NanoLuc, generating a luminescent signal, allowing for real-time monitoring of cell-cell interactions and quantitatively assessing the pharmacological effects of therapeutic antibodies. We optimized the system to ensure selectivity by adjusting the spacer lengths between two luciferase units to minimize interference from nonspecific intercellular contact. The system was applied to quantitatively monitor cell-cell interactions between NK and target cells induced by rituximab and between T and target cells induced by blinatumomab in a 3D cell culture system. The biosensor system has the potential to characterize antibody pharmacology through a deeper understanding of antibody-mediated cell-cell interactions.
Ricci solitons on low-dimensional generalized symmetric spaces
Creators: name: Calvaruso, Giovanni
name: Rosado, Eugenia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider three- and four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian generalized symmetric spaces, whose invariant metrics were explicitly described in [15]. While four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian generalized symmetric spaces of types A, C and D are algebraic Ricci solitons, the ones of type B are not so. The Ricci soliton equation for their metrics yields a system of partial differential equations. Solving such system, we prove that almost all the four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian generalized symmetric spaces of type B are Ricci solitons. These examples show some deep differences arising for the Ricci soliton equation between the Riemannian and the pseudo-Riemannian cases, as any homogeneous Riemannian Ricci soliton is algebraic [21]. We also investigate three-dimensional generalized symmetric spaces of any signature and prove that they are Ricci solitons.
title: 7-Jahres-Langzeitergebnisse nach Small Lenticule Extraction bei geringer Myopie
Creators: name: Kaymak, Hakan
name: Breyer, D.R.H.
name: Klabe, K.
name: Breyer-Pacurar, A.
name: Kirca, M.
name: Beckers, L.
name: Kretz, F.
name: Auffarth, G.U.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Ziel dieser retrospektiven Analyse ist es, die Langzeitergebnisse von bis zu 7 Jahren konsekutiven Small Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)-Operationen bei geringer Myopie durch Bestimmung der visuellen Ergebnisse zu bewerten. Methoden: SMILE (VisuMax, CZM) wurde bei 2143 Augen durchgeführt,[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Note from June Carter to Saul and Barbara Holiff, 19 September 1964
Creators: name: Cash, June Carter, 1929-2003
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Weddings
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1173328
subject: Marriage
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010443
subject: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1958130
subject: Cash, June Carter, 1929-2003
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31457
subject: Holiff, Barbara

description: Note from June Carter to Saul and Barbara Holiff congratulating them on their wedding.
Soft phonon driven orbital order in CaMn7O12
Creators: name: Souliou, S. M.
name: Li, Y.
name: Du, X.
name: Tacon, M. Le
name: Bosak, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use variable-temperature x-ray thermal diffuse scattering and inelastic scattering to investigate the lattice dynamics in single crystals of multiferroic CaMn7O12 which undergo a series of orbital and magnetic transitions at low temperatures. Upon approaching the charge and orbital ordering temperature To=250 K from above, we observe intense diffuse scattering features and a pronounced optical phonon softening centered around the superstructure reflections of the incommensurately modulated structure. The phonon anomaly appears well above To and continuously increases upon cooling, following a canonical power-law temperature dependence that confirms the transition at To to be of second order and related to a soft-phonon lattice instability. Microscopic mechanisms for the incommensurate charge and orbital ordering based on competing interactions and on momentum dependent electron-phonon coupling could both account for the observed extended momentum width of the phonon softening. Our results highlight the importance of the lattice interactions in the physics of this magnetically induced ferroelectric system.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Physical Review B
Depolymerization of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Waste Via "Split Phase" Glycolysis Using Zinc Acetate [Zn(Ac)2] for Ultimate Recovery of Polyol
Creators: name: Fikadu, Hiwot
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Polyurethanes find wider range of application, in many industrial sectors. This results generation of bulk of waste which affects the environment in many aspects of pollution. Amongst many techniques, chemical recycling is most preferred to carry out the recycling of PU waste scrap because of its ability to yield recycled polyol that can be used as an alternative to the virgin polyol. For this study one of chemical recycling approach, which is glycolysis specifically "split phase glycolysis" was chosen as a method that allows recovering a polyol with related quality and property of the virgin polyol. The recovery process goes through on by using ethylene glycol as a solvent and zinc acetate Zn (Ac)2 as a catalyst by considering parameters like, temperature, catalyst loading and decomposition time. Then, two phases are obtained: an upper phase which contains the recovered polyol and, a bottom phase which includes sub-products of the reaction with the excess of glycol. Finally, properties such us hydroxyl value, viscosity, amine value, acid value and water content of the recovered polyol were analyzed in considering of "ASTDM" and compared with that of virgin polyol. Based on that hydroxyl value of (144.3mg KOH/g), viscosity of (276.208cps), total amine value (10.878mg KOH/g), then moisture content (1.74%) and acid value of (0.012mg KOH/g); at a temperature 190 0c, catalyst load of 2% and reaction time of 2hr were found as best result of the recovered polyol properties lied under the standard range of virgin polyol. Keywords: Chemical Recycling, Glycolysis, Polyurethane, Polyol
Clinical Efficacy of a Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing Digital Denture System
Creators: name: Cox, Stephen J
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: The present study aims to test the clinical success of Ivoclar Ivotion Digital Denture Professional System. 8 completely edentulous subjects were enrolled for fabrication of maxillary and mandibular complete dentures. Both clinical success of the esthetics, fit, and function will be evaluated from both the patient and the provider standpoint. Further, the integritity and durability of the Ivotion denture material will be evaluated. The criteria set to be evaluated in this study includes: Clinical Evaluation: Mucosa in Contact with Denture Base, Clinical Evaluation: Subject Evaluation, Clinical Evaluation: Clinician Evaluation, Denture Base Evaluation: Surface Luster, Denture Base Evaluation: Surface Staining, Denture Base, Evaluation: Plaque Accumulation, Denture Base Evaluation: Cracks/Chips/Fractures, Denture Base Evaluation: Color Stability, Denture Tooth Evaluation: Surface Quality, Denture Tooth Evaluation: Cracks/Chips/Fractures, Denture Tooth – Base Interface: Adhesive/Cohesive Failure at Interface, Denture Tooth – Base Interface: Marginal Adaptation at Interface, Denture Tooth – Base Interface: Marginal Staining at Interface. Each category was ranked on a scale from 1, success, to 4, failure, in context of each category and measured at baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months. The present study will only analyze data collected at baseline and 6 months as the study is still underway for the 12 and 24 months follow up. Statistical significance was analyzed using the McNemar test and a descriptive analysis was completed for the proportions of success in each of the aforementioned criteria. Lastly, both the integration of digital dentistry into removable prosthodontics will be discussed, as well as the efficacy of the Ivoclar Ivotion Digital Denture System as a feasible alternative for digital denture fabrication.
‘Thrown in at the deep end’: a qualitative analysis into the transition from trainee to consultant during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons for the future
Creators: name: Chiu, Yuan-Li Tiffany
name: Riyat, Amardeep
name: Greenberg, Neil
name: Sharpe, Roger
name: Johannsson, Helgi
name: Zhang, Xiaoxi
name: Tucker, Joseph D.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023

description: Background: Sustained crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic would be expected to impact the transition from trainee to consultant for anaesthetists or intensivists, but limited research exists on this important topic. This study aimed to examine the social context of this crucial career transition during the pandemic and post-pandemic periods.
Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with anaesthetists and intensivists who became consultants after the first UK lockdown. Thematic analysis was used and data saturation was reached at 33 interviews.
Results: The pandemic substantially impacted the transition to consultant role in various ways, including professional identity, clinical and non-clinical responsibilities, and wellbeing. Participants experienced identity confusion, self-doubt, and moral injury, resulting in intense emotional distress, feelings of guilt and helplessness, which persisted beyond the pandemic. They also felt unprepared for their consultant roles because of disruptions in training. The pandemic exaggerated the vulnerability of those transitioning to consultants, because of increased clinical uncertainties, and pressures of the growing backlog. Additionally, the pandemic impacted on the wellbeing of those transitioning to consultants, intensifying feelings of anxiety and stress. We also identified unique opportunities presented by the pandemic, which accelerated learning and encouraged post-traumatic growth. Our study identified practical solutions that may improve transition experience at individual, organisational, and national levels.
Conclusions: Persistent crises significantly impact the transition from trainee to consultant. Our findings generated insights into the challenges of this critical career transition and staff wellbeing, and serve to inform approaches of ongoing support for those transitioning to consultants.
Autonomous topological navigation using egocentric, visuo-spatial perceptions
Creators: name: Rawlinson., David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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3D Evaluation of Craniofacial Changes Associated with MARPE in Young Adults
Creators: name: Shukla, Chandani
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of mini-screw-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) on the craniofacial complex in non-growing patients. Thirty patients with skeletal transverse maxillary deficiency underwent MARPE therapy at UIC Department of Orthodontics. Cone-beam computed tomography images with collected pre-MARPE treatment, post-MARPE treatment, and at 1 year follow up. Using Dolphin imaging software, CBCTs were analyzed to determine changes in multiple craniofacial parameters, including skeletal changes, dental changes, periodontal changes, and nasal septum changes. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between the pre-treatment and post-treatment groups. Results indicate MARPE can be considered an alternative for the correction of a transverse skeletal deficiency in adults, but limitations should be considered.
Effects of Spin on High-Energy Radiation from Accreting Black Holes
Creators: name: Riordan, Michael O'
name: Pe'er, Asaf
name: McKinney, Jonathan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observations of jets in X-ray binaries show a correlation between radio power and black hole spin. This correlation, if confirmed, points towards the idea that relativistic jets may be powered by the rotational energy of black holes. In order to examine this further, we perform general-relativistic radiative transport calculations on magnetically arrested accretion flows, which are known to produce powerful jets via the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism. We find that the X-ray and gamma-ray emission strongly depend on spin and inclination angle. Surprisingly, the high-energy power does not show the same dependence on spin as the BZ jet power, but instead can be understood as a redshift effect. In particular, photons observed perpendicular to the spin axis suffer little net redshift until originating from close to the horizon. Such observers see deeper into the hot, dense, highly-magnetized inner disk region. This effect is largest for rapidly rotating black holes due to a combination of frame dragging and decreasing horizon radius. While the X-ray emission is dominated by the near horizon region, the near-infrared radiation originates at larger radii. Therefore, the ratio of X-ray to near-infrared power is an observational signature of black hole spin.
description: 15 pages, 13 figures, added panel in Figure 4 showing viewing angle dependence and extended the discussion in Section 4, accepted for publication in ApJ
Plasma UCHL1, GFAP, Tau, and NfL Are Not Different in Young Healthy Persons With Mild COVID-19 Symptoms Early in the Pandemic: A Pilot Study
Creators: name: Augenreich, Marc A.
name: Ratchford, Stephen M.
name: Szeghy, Rachel E.
name: Stickford, Jonathon L.
name: Stickford, Abigail S.L.
name: Stute, Nina L.
name: Hanson, Erik D.
name: Province, Valesha M.
name: Rogatzki, Matthew J.
Publisher: name: Mary Ann Liebert
Year: 2023

description: Elevated levels of brain injury biomarkers have been found primarily in middle-aged or older persons experiencing moderate-to-severe COVID-19 symptoms. However, there is little research in young adults, and there is concern that COVID-19 causes brain injury even in the absence of moderate-to-severe symptoms. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to investigate whether neurofilament light (NfL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), tau, or ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal esterase L1 (UCHL1) are elevated in the plasma of young adults with mild COVID-19 symptoms. Twelve participants diagnosed with COVID-19 had plasma collected 1, 2, 3, and 4 months after diagnosis to determine whether NfL, GFAP, tau, and UCHL1 concentrations increased over time or whether plasma concentrations were elevated compared with COVID-19-naïve participants. We also compared plasma NfL, GFAP, tau, and UCHL1 concentrations between sexes. Our results showed no difference between NfL, GFAP, tau, and UCHL1 concentrations in COVID-19-naïve participants and COVID-19-positive participants at any of the four time points (p = 0.771). Within the COVID-19-positive participants, UCHL1 levels were higher at month 3 after diagnosis compared to month 1 or month 2 (p = 0.027). Between sexes, females were found to have higher UCHL1 (p = 0.003) and NfL (p = 0.037) plasma concentrations compared to males, whereas males had higher plasma tau concentrations than females (p = 0.024). Based on our data, it appears that mild COVID-19 in young adults does not increase plasma NfL, GFAP, tau, or UCHL1.
Statistics of fully turbulent impinging jets
Creators: name: Wilke, Robert
name: Sesterhenn, Jörn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Direct numerical simulations of sub- and supersonic impinging jets with Reynolds numbers of 3300 and 8000 are carried out to analyse their statistical properties. The influence of the parameters Mach number, Reynolds number and ambient temperature on the mean velocity and temperature fields are studied. For the compressible subsonic cold impinging jets into a heated environment, different Reynolds analogies are assesses. It is shown, that the (original) Reynolds analogy as well as the Chilton Colburn analogy are in good agreement with the DNS data outside the impinging area. The generalised Reynolds analogy (GRA) and the Crocco-Busemann relation are not suited for the estimation of the mean temperature field based on the mean velocity field of impinging jets. Furthermore, the prediction of fluctuating temperatures according to the GRA fails. On the contrary, the linear relation between thermodynamic fluctuations of entropy, density and temperature as suggested by Lechner et al. (2001) can be confirmed for the entire wall jet. The turbulent heat flux and Reynolds stress tensor are analysed and brought into coherence with the primary and secondary ring vortices of the wall jet. Budget terms of the Reynolds stress tensor are given as data base for the improvement of turbulence models.
Emancipatory School Leaders in Educational Market Contexts
Creators: name: Richard, Meagan S
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Schools in the U.S. are faced with a complex set of barriers that limit their ability to provide equitable and meaningful education to students, such as reduced funding levels, increased concentrations of high-needs students, and institutionalized forms of oppression. However, research suggests that school leaders can spearhead efforts to overcome these challenges toward more equitable and socially-just ends for historically marginalized students. Marketized districts, in which families choose schools rather than being zoned to geographically-proximal schools, are a context research suggests can negatively impact the provision of equitable educational resources to historically-marginalized students. Additionally, research suggests school leaders face a different set of circumstances than leaders working in non-marketized districts, such as pressure to compete for student enrollment, which can encourage unjust leadership actions. Leadership is a localized process, and to understand equity-oriented leadership we must analyze it with a contextual lens. Unfortunately, research has rarely investigated equity-oriented leadership within markets. This study aims to fill this gap by incorporating a mixed-methods design to examine equity-oriented school leaders’ practices and perceptions within seven marketized urban districts in the United States. The findings show that equity-oriented leaders included in this study tended to perceive market policy as conflicting with ideals of equity and justice. However, leaders drew on their justice orientations to engage in more emancipatory work, both broadly and to respond to market imperatives to compete for student enrollment. This study makes three contributions to equity-oriented school leadership literature. First, and most substantially, it presents a framework of 17 complementary and mutually-reinforcing emancipatory leadership practice areas with 31 sub-practices across four domains of work. Second, it connects emancipatory school leadership practice to educational market policy, showing alternative and more socially-just ways of leading than previous research has shown. Finally, it elevates the perceptions of emancipatory school leaders who are embedded within marketized school districts, providing unique insights into the justice-oriented impacts of market policy in schools and districts. The study has implications for educational stakeholders, including researchers, practitioners, and preparation programs seeking to develop leaders who can engage in the actions listed on the framework, particularly within marketized settings.
title: Make your own microbit seismometer instructions and classroom activities
Creators: name: D., Iffland
name: D., Iffland
name: J., Kuoni
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Earthquakes
subject: vibrations
subject: Classroom activities
subject: microbit
subject: seismometer
subject: OTHER EDUCATION
subject: Educational Product
subject: Published_External

description: This 12-page teacher guide is intended for upper primary teachers but may also be useful in secondary classrooms as well. The guide explains how to set up a micro:bit (tiny inexpensive computer) as a mini seismometer that will detect shaking, and how to collect and display the data. The guide also includes classroom-ready activities on how to introduce and explore vibrations and earthquake monitoring.
ARFID Genes and Environment (ARFID-GEN): study protocol
Creators: name: Dumain, Alexis
name: Berthold, Natasha
name: Micali, Nadia
name: Thornton, Laura M.
name: MacDermod, Casey M.
name: Halvorsen, Matthew
name: Silverman, Ava E.
name: Bulik, Cynthia M.
name: Devine, Katelin R.
name: Qi, Baiyu
name: Munn-Chernoff, Melissa A.
name: Dinkler, Lisa
name: Guintivano, Jerry
name: Ortiz, Shelby N.
name: Pisetsky, Emily M.
name: Crowley, James J.
name: Johnson, Jessica
name: White, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2023

description: Background The Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder – Genes and Environment (ARFID-GEN) study is a study of genetic and environmental factors that contribute to risk for developing ARFID in children and adults.MethodsA total of 3,000 children and adults with ARFID from the United States will be included. Parents/guardians and their children with ARFID (ages 7 to 17) and adults with ARFID (ages 18 +) will complete comprehensive online consent, parent verification of child assent (when applicable), and phenotyping. Enrolled participants with ARFID will submit a saliva sample for genotyping. A genome-wide association study of ARFID will be conducted. Discussion ARFID-GEN, a large-scale genetic study of ARFID, is designed to rapidly advance the study of the genetics of eating disorders. We will explicate the genetic architecture of ARFID relative to other eating disorders and to other psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and metabolic disorders and traits. Our goal is for ARFID to deliver “actionable” findings that can be transformed into clinically meaningful insights. Trial registrationARFID-GEN is a registered clinical trial: clinicaltrials.gov NCT05605067.
Anharmonic particles: suppressing van der Waals forces by an external field
Creators: name: Soo, Heino
name: Dean, David
name: Krüger, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the classical thermal component of Casimir, or van der Waals, forces between point particles with highly anharmonic dipole Hamiltonians when they are subjected to an external electric field. Using a model for which the individual dipole moments saturate in a strong field (a model that mimics the charges in a neutral, perfectly conducting sphere), we find that the resulting Casimir force depends strongly on the strength of the field, as demonstrated by analytical results. For a certain angle between external field and center to center axis, the fluctuation force can be tuned and suppressed to arbitrarily small values. We compare the forces between these anharmonic particles to those between harmonic ones, and also provide a simple formula for asymptotically large external fields, which we expect to be generally valid for the case of saturating dipole moments.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
AZD5582 plus SIV-specific antibodies reduce lymph node viral reservoirs in antiretroviral therapy-suppressed macaques
Creators: name: Deleage, Claire
name: Margolis, David M.
name: Singh, Vidisha
name: Jean, Sherrie
name: Neja, Margaret
name: Silvestri, Guido
name: Ke, Ruian
name: Siddiqi, Zain
name: Archin, Nancie M.
name: Safrit, Jeffrey T.
name: Mavigner, Maud
name: Falcinelli, Shane D.
name: Monroe, Dominique
name: Dashti, Amir
name: King, Hannah A. D.
name: Lin, Alice
name: Ferrari, Guido
name: Perelson, Alan S.
name: Lifson, Jeffrey D.
name: Mason, Rosemarie D.
name: Schoof, Nils
name: Waller, Chevaughn
name: Chahroudi, Ann
name: Sukkestad, Sophia
name: Horner, Anna M.
name: Goldy, Jordan
name: Dunham, Richard M.
name: Roederer, Mario
name: Tuyishime, Marina
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2023

description: The main barrier to HIV cure is a persistent reservoir of latently infected CD4+ T cells harboring replication-competent provirus that fuels rebound viremia upon antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption. A leading approach to target this reservoir involves agents that reactivate latent HIV proviruses followed by direct clearance of cells expressing induced viral antigens by immune effector cells and immunotherapeutics. We previously showed that AZD5582, an antagonist of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins and mimetic of the second mitochondrial-derived activator of caspases (IAPi/SMACm), induces systemic reversal of HIV/SIV latency but with no reduction in size of the viral reservoir. In this study, we investigated the effects of AZD5582 in combination with four SIV Env-specific Rhesus monoclonal antibodies (RhmAbs) ± N-803 (an IL-15 superagonist) in SIV-infected, ART-suppressed rhesus macaques. Here we confirm the efficacy of AZD5582 in inducing SIV reactivation, demonstrate enhancement of latency reversal when AZD5582 is used in combination with N-803 and show a reduction in total and replication-competent SIV-DNA in lymph-node-derived CD4+ T cells in macaques treated with AZD5582 + RhmAbs. Further exploration of this therapeutic approach may contribute to the goal of achieving an HIV cure.
Textile Wastewater Treatment by Using Moringa Seed as A Natural Coagulant
Creators: name: Hamid, Fetiya
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Currently, there are a number of textile factories which are operating in Ethiopia. Consequently, the magnitude of textile wastewater generation rate of the county has been increased. However, wastewater discharge practice in Ethiopia does not meet the national discharge standard. Because, there is a trend of discharging untreated or little treated textile wastewater into environment [3]. Therefore, to limit the bad consequence of such trend on environment it is indispensable to apply the most effective wastewater treatment system. In this connection, coagulation is one of the most effective treatment methods to remove toxic pollutants of textile wastewaters that technically need adding of either chemical or natural coagulant. However, use of chemical coagulants has been criticized to have some limitations. Consequently, recently there is an interest to replace chemical coagulants by natural materials. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Moringa seed as a coagulant for the treatment of textile wastewat er. This research followed quantitative approach and used primary data. Accordingly, experiments were carried out using jar tests apparatus by varying some operating parameters such as dose of coagulant, pH, and mixing time in order to study their effect as well as optimum condition on coagulation. The optimum conditions were at 6g/l of coagulant dose, pH 4 and 45 minutes of mixing time with rapid mixing 100 rpm for 2 minutes and slow mixing 40 rpm for 45 minute and 30 minutes of settling time. At these optimum conditions 94 % color reduction, 90 % turbidity reduction, 82.7 % TDS and 86.8 % TSS reduction were obtained. Hence, it is recommended to use Moringa seed as coagulant since it is found effective for removal of color, turbidity, TDS and TSS from textile industry wastewater. Keywords: coagulation, coagulant, textile wastewater, wastewater treatment Moringa seed, Moringa.
Transformations of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species during gasification of Victorian brown coal
Creators: name: Quyn., Dimple Mody
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Letter from Woodrow Bean to Saul Holiff, 18 October 1965
Creators: name: Bean, Woodrow
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Music trade--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030650
subject: Motions (Law)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1027514
subject: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1958130
subject: Arrest
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/815072
subject: Concert tours--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/872993
subject: Travel
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1155558
subject: Concert tours
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/872992
subject: Cash, Johnny
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31281

description: Letter to Saul Holiff from Woodrow Bean, the attorney who represented Johnny Cash's after his arrest in El Paso in October 1965. The letter states that Bean has attained legal permission for Cash to leave the U.S. to travel and perform in Canada from 1-10 November 1965. Bean also urges Holiff to have Cash arrange a meeting with his lawyers to work on his case.
Investigation of the Adsorption Performance of Acid Treated Lignite Coal for Cr(Vi) Removal From Aqueous Solution
Creators: name: Beksissa, Regassa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: The presence of heavy metals in aqueous streams arising from the discharge of industrial effluents into water bodies is one of the most important environmental issues because of their toxic nature and its removal is highly essential. This paper deals with the adsorption studies for the removal of hexavalent chromium ions from aqueous solutions using acid treated lignite coal as adsorbent. The collected samples were stage crushed and sieved to a wide particle size range of (250-500μm) and washed using hydrochloric acidic solution to remove any inorganic ash material for production of adsorbent. Preliminary investigation of proximate analyses for raw lignite coal and acid treated was done. The adsorption study was evaluated as the function of initial chromium(VI) concentration, adsorbent dosage and pH. Batch experiments were conducted using artificial wastewater containing Cr(VI). The effects of independent variables on various initial Cr(VI) concentrations between 20 mg/l and 100 mg/l were evaluated. A Cr(VI) removal efficiency of 98 % was achieved at pH 1 with 3.5 g of acid treated lignite in 200mL of solution at 4 hours contact time using initial Cr(VI) concentration of 20 mg/l. Adsorption of Cr(VI) ions was highly pH-dependent and the results showed that the optimum pH for the removal was found to be pH 1. The equilibrium adsorption isotherm (Langmuir and Frendlich) and adsorption kinetic models (first and second order) were evaluated using experimental data. Frendlich isotherm model and second order kinetic model were better for the description of acid treated lignite coal for the adsorption of Cr(VI). Keywords: Cr(VI) Adsorption, Acid treated Lignite Coal, Equilibrium Isotherms, Kinetics.
Direct Detection of Dark Matter Bound to the Earth
Creators: name: Catena, Riccardo
name: Kouvaris, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the properties and direct detection prospects of an as of yet neglected population of dark matter (DM) particles moving in orbits gravitationally bound to the Earth. This DM population is expected to form via scattering by nuclei in the Earth's interior. We compute fluxes and nuclear recoil energy spectra expected at direct detection experiments for the new DM population considering detectors with and without directional sensitivity, and different types of target materials and DM-nucleon interactions. DM particles bound to the Earth manifest as a prominent rise in the low-energy part of the observed nuclear recoil energy spectrum. Ultra-low threshold energies of about 1 eV are needed to resolve this effect. Its shape is independent of the DM-nucleus scattering cross-section normalisation.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
Biotypes of Central Nervous System Complications in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Virology, Immunology, and Neuropathology
Creators: name: Nath, Avindra
name: Morgello, Susan
name: Ndhlovu, Lishomwa C
name: Burdo, Tricia H
name: Gianella, Sara
name: Cinque, Paola
name: Gisslen, Magnus
name: Letendre, Scott
name: Spudich, Serena
name: Joseph, Sarah B
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Year: 2023

description: Despite viral suppression with antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continue to experience central nervous system (CNS) complications, primarily in the form of mild cognitive impairment and mental health disorders (eg, depression, anxiety, other neuropsychiatric problems). The multifactorial pathogenesis and heterogeneity of mechanisms likely underlying CNS complications must be addressed in the development of preventive interventions and effective treatments. The biotyping approach has previously been useful to define phenotypes of other CNS diseases based on underlying mechanisms and could be translated to the field of neuroHIV. The purpose of the Biotype Workshop series, and the Virology, Immunology and Neuropathology Working Group in particular, is to capitalize on current and new technologies and guide future research efforts using the wealth of available immunological, virologic, and neuropathological data collected from people with HIV on and off ART.