cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
DIFFERENCES IN ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES BETWEEN CRITICAL LIMB THREATENING ISCHAEMIA AND INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING AORTO-BIFEMORAL BYPASS
Creators: name: Ferreira, Joana
name: Campos, Jacinta
name: Braga, Sandrina
name: Sousa, Pedro
name: Simões, João
name: Carrilho, Celso
name: Canedo, Alexandra
name: Mesquita, Amílcar
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2020

description: Objective/Background: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an important manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. Obesity is a risk factor for atherosclerosis and for cardiovascular events. However, the relationship between obesity and PAD is unclear. We hypothesized that anthropometric measures of adiposity, in particularly of central obesity will be associated with PAD severity, in patients undergoing aorto-bifemoral bypass. Methods: A prospective observation study was conducted. From 2009 and 2012 a total of 46 males who underwent aorto-bifemoral bypass were enrolled prospectively. 17 with intermittent claudication (IC) and 29 with chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI). They were followed for 5 years. The anthropometric measures, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and the seric levels of hemoglobin, triglycerides, and albumin were recorded. The mortality and cardiovascular events in following five years were also registered. Results: The groups did not differ in the mean age (IC 60.69±7.46 versus CLTI 64.51 ±8.42 years, p=0.712), diabetes (IC 18% versus CLTI 45%, p=0.06), hypertension (IC 70% versus CLTI 52%, p=0.21), hypercholesterolemia (IC 18% versus CLTI 45%, p=0.47) and smoking habits prevalence (IC 100% versus CLTI 86%, p=0.11). The anthropometric measures: weight, WC and WHR were significant lower in CLTI compared to IC patients (IC 72.74±9.84 Kg versus CLTI 65.92±10.89 Kg, p=0.043; IC 98.65±8.19 cm versus CLTI 89.38±15.91 cm, p=0.017; IC 1.06±0.06 versus CLTI 1.01±0.06, p=0.038). The serum levels of hemoglobin, albumin and triglycerides were also lower in CLTI patients (IC 14,40±1.63g/dL versus CLTI 13.3±1.89g/dL, p=0.048; IC 4.6±0.81g/dL versus CLTI 4.3± 0.67g/dL, p=0.007; IC 212±95.60mg/Dl versus CLTI 111±41.53 mg/dL, p=0.001). No relation was found between the anthropometric measures at admission and the cardiovascular events or mortality at five years. Conclusion: CLTI patients had lower anthropometric measures of obesity, when compared to IC patients. These results could be explained by the fact that CLTI patients with severe atherosclerotic disease are in a state of chronic inflammation, with consequent cardiometabolic demands and catabolism.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2020): April - June
DEFINITIVE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE
Creators: name: Brysch, Eva
name: Gonçalves, João
name: Ferreira, Ricardo
name: Sena, André
name: Freitas, Francisco
name: Monteiro, Paula
name: Nobre, Ângelo
name: Bárbara, Cristina
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2020

description: Objectives: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is defined as a pneumothorax without obvious underlying lung disease. Definitive treatment should be offered to patients with recurrent or persistent PSP. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of medical pleurodesis (MP) with video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) on definitive treatment of PSP. Methods: 10 years’ retrospective study of PSP patients that underwent VATS or MP. Baseline characteristics, perioperative and follow-up data were compared. Results: A total of 133 patients were included (MP=54; VATS=79). Baseline characteristics were similar between groups, with a male predominance (MP 83.6 vs VATS 85.5%) with a mean age of 24.78 and 25.81 years old, respectively. Post interventional length of hospital stay was similar (MP 4.94 vs VATS 4.47 days, p=0.20), but chest tube duration was longer in the VATS group (MP 2.94 vs VATS 3.56 days, p=0.03). The overall complications rate was low with no statistically significant difference between groups (MP 5/54 vs VATS 7/79, p=1.00). Regarding the follow-up, MP had a significant higher PSP recurrence rate (MP 11.1% vs VATS 1.3%, p=0.042), most occurring over the first two years. Conclusion: Despite both MP and VATS are safe methods with short hospital stay and few complications associated, the results of this study show that VATS had a significantly lower rate of recurrences. Overall, VATS should be offered as the first line treatment to patients with PSP.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2020): April - June
Infrared-red Cores in Nearby Elliptical Galaxies
Creators: name: Tang, Y. -P
name: Gu, Q. -S.
name: Huang, J. -S.
name: Wang, Y. -P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) observations for a sample of local elliptical galaxies to study later stages of AGN activities. A sample of 36 elliptical galaxies is selected from the Palomar spectroscopic survey. We detect nuclear non-stellar infrared emission in 9 of them. There is unambiguous evidence of circumnuclear dust in these 9 galaxies in their optical images. We also find a remarkable correlation between the infrared excess emission and the nuclear radio/X-ray emission, suggesting that infrared excess emission is tightly related with nuclear activity. Possible origin of infrared excess emission from hot dust heated by the central AGN is supported by spectral indices of IR excess emission.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
PROTOCOL FOR A PERIOPERATIVE APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH CORONARY STENTS UNDERGOING NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
Creators: name: Borrego, Andreia
name: Cruz, Gerson
name: Duarte, Luís
name: Alves, Ângela
name: Canas, Pedro
name: Bernardes, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2020

description: Patients undergoing angioplasty and stent insertion require double prophylactic anti-aggregation or monotherapy. This is a challenging procedure with a high risk of morbidity and coronary mortality. The aim of this protocol is to provide guidelines for a presurgical approach to patients with a coronary stent who will be undergoing non-coronary surgery. This protocol highlights potential complications that may occur, namely those related with the cardiac stent and the evaluation of cardiac risk, and notes the thrombotic and hemorrhagic risks associated with the surgical procedure and the decision algorithms for both elective surgery and urgent surgery involving the suspension and re-introduction of antiplatelet therapy. Our main goal is to outline an optimized approach to these cases in order to improve cardiac outcomes and to minimize the risk of complications.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2020): April - June
Compactified Jacobians of Néron type
Creators: name: Caporaso, Lucia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14k30, 14H10

description: We characterize stable curves $X$ whose compactified degree-$d$ Jacobian is of Néron type. This means the following: for any one-parameter regular smoothing of $X$, the special fiber of the Néron model of the Jacobian of the generic fiber is isomorphic to a dense open subset of the degree-$d$ compactified Jacobian. It is well known that compactified Jacobians of Néron type have the best modular properties, and that they are endowed with a mapping property useful for applications.
description: Published version. Minor corrections
PLATELET COUNT DROP AFTER RAPID DEPLOYMENT AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION
Creators: name: Sena, André
name: Ferreira, Ricardo
name: Nobre, Mariana
name: Ferreira, Hugo
name: Junqueira, Nádia
name: Velho, Tiago
name: Silva, Joana
name: Gonçalves, João
name: Guerra, Nuno
name: Pereira, Ricardo
name: Nobre, Ângelo
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2020

description: Background: A transient postoperative drop in platelet count is an expected finding after aortic valve replacement using extracorporeal circulation. The implantation of the Perceval valve has been associated with a more intense drop of platelet count compared to other bio-prostheses. This study analyses and compares the platelets progression associated with the Perceval and Intuity valves. Methods: The data was collected retrospectively for patients submitted to isolated aortic valve replacement with the Perceval valve (80 patients) and the Intuity valve (141 patients) in our institution between March 2014 and December 2018. The groups were further divided into those who receive platelet transfusion and those who did not. Results: The minimum values of platelet count were 54% and 67% of the preoperative platelet count in the patients treated with a Perceval and an Intuity valves, respectively (p<0.001). In the patients transfused with platelets, the minimum values were 52% and 79% of the preoperative platelet count, respectively (p<0.01). Recovery of the count was faster in the patients treated with an Intuity valve. Abnormal bleeding and transfusion of packed red blood cells were not significantly different between groups (without platelet transfusion: p=0.71 and p=0.99, respectively; with platelet transfusion: p=0.58 and p=0.99, respectively). Conclusion: Compared to the Intuity valve, the Perceval valve is associated with a transient, but significant, drop in platelet count. This drop was not associated to an increased risk of bleeding. Platelet transfusion, in this setting, should be judicious and not only ruled by absolute values.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2020): April - June
Additional file 12: of Genome-wide characterization and phylogenetic analysis of GSK gene family in three species of cotton: evidence for a role of some GSKs in fiber development and responses to stress
Creators: name: Wang, Lingling
name: Yang, Zhaoen
name: Zhang, Bin
name: Yu, Daoqian
name: Liu, Ji
name: Gong, Qian
name: Qanmber, Ghulam
name: Li, Yi
name: Lu, Lili
name: Lin, Yongjun
name: Yang, Zuoren
name: Li, Fuguang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S7. 20 GhSKs expression patterns in response to BL treatment were analyzed by qRT-PCR. The relative expression levels of CK (0 h) were normalized to 1. Data are the mean ± SE of three independent experiments. (PDF 459 kb)
Analysis of the ${\bar B} \to {\bar K}_2(1430) \ell^+ \ell^-$ decay
Creators: name: Choudhury, S. Rai
name: Cornell, A. S.
name: Gaur, Naveen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the decay process ${\bar B} \to {\bar K}_2(1430) \ell^+ \ell^-$, where this process has all the features of the related and well investigated process ${\bar B} \to {\bar K}^*(890) \ell^+ \ell^-$, with theoretically comparable branching ratios. The differential decay rate as well as the forward-backward asymmetry are worked out, where the sensitivity of these to possible right-handed couplings for the related $b \to s$ radiative decay are also investigated.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 1 of Transcriptional profiling of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in viable but nonculturable state
Creators: name: Bai, Kaihong
name: Xu, Xiaoli
name: Wang, Xudong
name: Li, Yao
name: Yu, Chengxuan
name: Jiang, Na
name: Li, Jianqiang
name: Luo, Laixin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primers used for the qPCR analysis conducted in the current study.
Vitamin A deficiency and Eimeria acervulina infection in the chick
Creators: name: Coles, Barbara Margaret
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The present investigation was conducted to determine the effect of an infection with Eimeria acervulina on vitamin A deficient birds. One hundred day-old chicks were divided into 2 equal groups, and one group was raised on 440 I.U. vitamin A per kilogram of feed, while the second group received the normally recommended 4400 I.U. per kilogram. At 5 weeks of age, half the birds from each group were given an immunizing infection with 3 million oocysts of E. acervulina. The clinical symptoms were more acute, and the oocyst production, mortality, and weight losses significantly higher, in the birds on the low vitamin A diet. When the birds were 9 weeks old, half were subjected to a second infection and the other half held until they were 19 weeks old. The 9-week-old birds were given an oral inoculation of 10 million oocysts to evaluate the effect of a low vitamin A diet on: the strength of the immune response; a primary infection with E. acervulina in 9-week-old birds; and the early tissue stages of the parasite in immune and non-immune birds. The results from this experiment showed that the degree of immunity is not affected by a low vitamin A ration, but primarily determined by the severity of the initial infection; and that the primary infection in 9-week-old chicks is clinically very similar to that in younger birds. The histological examinations demonstrated that the low vitamin A level used in this study did not affect the integrity of the intestinal epithelium, nor the development of the endogenous forms of the parasite. It was also shown that the sporozoite invasion was the same in immune and non-immune birds, but the schizont development was severely inhibited in the immune birds regardless of the vitamin A level. The non-immune birds on the low vitamin A ration did not show as distinct a heterophil response to infection as did the other groups. The remaining birds, half which were immunized, were maintained on their respective diets until 19 weeks of age, and during this period there was no clinical evidence of a vitamin A deficiency, and the growth rate was not significantly affected by the level of vitamin A in the diet. When 19 weeks old, the birds were inoculated with 25 million oocysts of E. acervulina to assess the effect of an extremely heavy primary infection in older birds, and to evaluate the degree of immunity still retained 14 weeks after an initial infection. The mortality was very high, and the weight losses significantly greater, in birds on the low vitamin A dietary level. Immunity, although decreased from the earlier experiment, was still present in birds on both levels of vitamin A.
Jet Formation in MHD Simulations
Creators: name: Fragile, P. Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this talk I review the current status of jet formation in direct numerical simulations of black-hole accretion disks and magnetospheres. I address the following critical questions: What constitutes the jet? What is the launching mechanism? Where is the launching point of the jet? What is the Lorentz factor? What is the opening angle? How is the jet collimated? Just as importantly, I also discuss how dependent the answers to the above questions are on factors such as the initial conditions of the simulation. I end by discussing possible future directions for this research.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures, invited review for VII Microquasar Workshop, Sept 1 - 5, 2008, Foca, Turkey
Additional file 2 of Atorvastatin-pretreated mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote cardiac repair after myocardial infarction via shifting macrophage polarization by targeting microRNA-139-3p/Stat1 pathway
Creators: name: Ning, Yu
name: Huang, Peisen
name: Chen, Guihao
name: Xiong, Yuyan
name: Gong, Zhaoting
name: Wu, Chunxiao
name: Xu, Junyan
name: Jiang, Wenyang
name: Li, Xiaosong
name: Tang, Ruijie
name: Zhang, Lili
name: Hu, Mengjin
name: Xu, Jing
name: Xu, Jun
name: Qian, Haiyan
name: Jin, Chen
name: Yang, Yuejin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 2. The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: author checklist.
Perfect State Transfer without State Initialization and Remote Collaboration
Creators: name: Markiewicz, Marcin
name: Wiesniak, Marcin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a perfect state transfer protocol via a qubit chain with the evolution governed by the $xx$ Hamiltonian. In contrast to the recent protocol announced in [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 101}, 230502 (2008)], our method does not demand any remote-cooperated initialization and sending classical information about measurement outcomes. We achieve the perfect state transfer only with the assumption of access to two spins at each end of the chain, while the initial state of the whole chain is irrelevant.
Percorsi nella Storia dell'arte
Creators: name: Ladogana, Rita Pamela
name: Campus, Simona
Publisher: name: Medea
Year: 2021

description: A cura di Rita Pamela Ladogana, Simona Campus Il volume raccoglie gli Atti delle “Giornate di Studi in onore di Maria Luisa Frongia”, tenutisi all’Università degli Studi di Cagliari il 6 e 8 giugno 2016. I saggi affrontano una pluralità di temi in un'ottica prevalentemente interdisciplinare, abbracciando un arco cronologico, geografico e storico-critico particolarmente ampio. Il vasto orizzonte degli studi è suggerito e ispirato dagli interessi scientifici di Maria Luisa Frongia, docente di Storia dell’arte contemporanea.
description: Medea, N. 2 (2021): LA BIBLIOTECA DI MEDEA - Percorsi nella Storia dell'arte. Giornate di studi in onore di Maria Luisa Frongia
Additional file 2 of The histone deacetylase HOS2 controls pathogenicity through regulation of melanin biosynthesis and appressorium formation in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Creators: name: Liu, Shike
name: Wang, Qiannan
name: Liu, Na
name: Luo, Hongli
name: He, Chaozu
name: An, Bang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Construction of the complementation strain and CgHOS2-sGFP expression strain. Figure S2. Construction of the CgHOS2 knockout mutant. Figure S3. Histone acetylation status in ∆CgHOS2. Figure S4. Hierarchical clustering of the genes that are involved in stress tolerance based on RNA-seq data.
High-resolution 21-cm observations of low-column density gas clumps in the Milky Way halo
Creators: name: Bekhti, N. Ben
name: Richter, P.
name: Winkel, B.
name: Kenn, F.
name: Westmeier, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the properties of low-column density gas clumps in the halo of the Milky Way based on high-resolution 21-cm observations. Using interferometric data from the WSRT and the VLA we study HI emission at low-, intermediate- and high radial velocities along four lines of sight towards quasars. Along these sightlines we previously detected weak CaII and NaI absorbers in their optical spectra. The analysis of the high-resolution HI data reveals the presence of several compact and cold clumps of neutral gas at velocities similar to the optical absorption. The clumps have narrow HI line widths in the range of 1.8 to 13 km/s, yielding upper limits for the kinetic temperature of the gas of 70 to 3700 K. The neutral gas has low HI column densities in the range of 5E18 to 3E19 1/cm^2. All clumps have angular sizes of only a few arcminutes. Our high-resolution 21-cm observations indicate that many of the CaII and NaI absorbers seen in our optical quasar spectra are associated with low-column density HI clumps at small angular scales. This suggests that next to the massive, high-column density neutral gas clouds in the halo (the common 21-cm LVCs, IVCs, and HVCs) there exists a population of low-mass, neutral gas structures in the halo that remain mostly unseen in the existing 21-cm all-sky surveys of IVCs and HVCs. The estimated thermal gas pressures of the detected HI clumps are consistent with what is expected from theoretical models of gas in the inner and outer Milky Way halo.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures
Additional file 1 of The relationship between components of hypoglycemia worries and avoiding hypoglycemia behavior in type 2 diabetes mellitus with hypoglycemia: a network analysis
Creators: name: Wu, Chao
name: Wang, Wenwen
name: Cheng, Sizhe
name: Zhang, Hongli
name: Li, Lu
name: Tian, Ci
name: Zhang, Linyuan
name: Chen, Nana
name: Du, Juan
name: Ren, Lei
name: Lang, Hongjuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Duke Charles of Burgundy and the Low Countries : 1467-1477
Creators: name: Groenewold, Harm Jan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis investigates the position of Duke Charles of Burgundy in the Low Countries. The heart of this thesis is found in the three chapters dealing with the life and work of Duke Charles and his significance for the Low Countries. His role in the political and economic spheres cannot he subordinated to the Franco-Burgundian conflict which came to the foreground during his lifetime. Charles’ attitude towards the economy and the position of the towns and counties was based on the needs and interests of the Low Countries. To understand the attitude of Duke Charles, the preliminary chapters give a brief analysis of the available historiography and of the heritage of Duke Charles. The succeeding chapters deal with the various aspects of his reign in an attempt to assess his position in the Low Countries and in Europe. Duke Charles' attitude towards the towns and institutions are also examined to illustrate his activity as a state-builder. These two chapters reveal that Duke Charles was consistent in his aims and that his activity was beneficial for the Low Countries. The conclusion of this thesis is that the traditional view of Duke Charles must be modified. It becomes quite clear that he was not a destructive force in the political development of the Low Countries but that he brought into focus the needs of the 'state'. Charles provided political stability and the opportunity for economic expansion which contributed to the growth of the Low Countries.
How the curvaton scenario, modulated reheating and an inhomogeneous end of inflation are related
Creators: name: Alabidi, Laila
name: Malik, Karim A.
name: Byrnes, Christian T.
name: Choi, Ki-Young
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we analyse three models of the early universe, for which the respective mechanisms for generating the curvature perturbation are considered disparate. We find that in fact the mechanisms are very similar, and hence explain why they give rise to a large non-gaussianity. We show that the mechanism for generating the primordial curvature perturbation, and hence the observable non-gaussianity, is similar in both the Curvaton and Modulated Reheating models. In both cases the model can be written in terms of an energy transfer between the constituting fluids. We then show that this is also true for the mechanism of generating the curvature perturbation by symmetry breaking the end of inflation. We then relate this to the non-gaussian contribution to the curvature perturbation and find that it is inversely proportional to the efficiency with which the curvature perturbation is transferred between the fluids. For the first time, we generalise models of modulated reheating to allow for a non-linear energy transfer rate.
description: 12 pages, to appear in JCAP
Closures of K-orbits in the flag variety for U(p,q)
Creators: name: McGovern, William M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G05

description: We classify the GL_p x GL_q-orbits in the flag variety for GL_{p+q} with rationally smooth closure, showing that they are all either already closed or are pullbacks from orbits with smooth closure in a partial flag variety.
description: 4 pages
Interdepartmental Collaborations and the Solo Librarian
Creators: name: Gottlieb-Miller, Lauren
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Library outreach programs
subject: Museum libraries
subject: Librarians
subject: Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)

description: Presentation from the session Insight and Impact: Thriving as a Solo Art Information Professional
Moderators: Amanda McKnight
Speakers: Abby Stambach, Amye McCarther, John Burns, Lauren Gottlieb-Miller, Nilda Sanchez-Rodriguez

For solo art information professionals, the demands of individual positions are various, but the goal is the same:
to leverage all available resources, relationships, and expertise to make the greatest impact on behalf of the
institutions and users they serve. To be successful, solos develop a raft of skills and strategies that respond to
the specificities of their context. Solo librarians and archivists often find themselves uniquely situated within their
institutions, whether serving as an intellectual bridge for students in an academic setting, or fostering the visibility
of collections through interdepartmental collaborations within a museum. As such, the ability to recognize
opportunities and cultivate relationships across departments and within their communities can have an outsize
effect.

This discussion group shares perspectives from solos who have developed projects and strategies to optimize
resources and achieve substantial outcomes. Operating within small and large institutions and representing a
range of hybrid and traditional roles, the moderators will lead a conversation to share insights and methodologies
that can be applied by solo and non-solo art information professionals alike.

The goal is to network, build connections with solo art librarians who may be able to support each other, and
share success stories that can be scaled and applied in new ways.
Supersymmetric solutions of gauged five-dimensional supergravity with general matter couplings
Creators: name: Bellorin, Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform the characterization program for the supersymmetric configurations and solutions of the $\mathcal{N}=1$, $d=5$ Supergravity Theory coupled to an arbitrary number of vectors, tensors and hypermultiplets and with general non-Abelian gaugins. By using the conditions yielded by the characterization program, new exact supersymmetric solutions are found in the $SO(4,1)/SO(4)$ model for the hyperscalars and with $SU(2)\times U(1)$ as the gauge group. The solutions also content non-trivial vector and massive tensor fields, the latter being charged under the U(1) sector of the gauge group and with selfdual spatial components. These solutions are black holes with $AdS_2 \times S^3$ near horizon geometry in the gauged version of the theory and for the ungauged case we found naked singularities. We also analyze supersymmetric solutions with only the scalars $ϕ^x$ of the vector/tensor multiplets and the metric as the non-trivial fields. We find that only in the null class the scalars $ϕ^x$ can be non-constant and for the case of constant $ϕ^x$ we refine the classification in terms of the contributions to the scalar potential.
description: Minor changes in wording and some typos corrected. Version to appear in Class. Quantum Grav. 38 pages
Analysis of Metal Nanoparticle - Quantum Emitter Composite Nanostructures
Creators: name: GAMACHARIGE, DASUNI NETHANJALIE LELWALA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 20502 Lasers and Quantum Electronics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 100705 Nanoelectronics
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: 100708 Nanomaterials
subject: 91202 Composite and Hybrid Materials
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Over the past decade, plasmonics has emerged as an elixir to the ambitious demands of ultra-fast operation of truly nanoscopic devices urged by the technological revolution. When placed in nanoscale vicinity and under external illumination, multifaceted nanoparticles from the two classes metal nanoparticles (MNP) and quantum emitters (QE) form a composite nanostructure with fascinating optical signatures, proficient in simultaneously conquering those challenges. This thesis presents improved, computationally inexpensive yet powerful analytical and numerical studies of MNP-QE composite nanostructures paving the way towards the realization of pragmatic plasmonic nanodevices which hold the promise of a multitude of futuristic nanoscale optical applications.
THE PERIPHERAL ARTERY QUESTIONNAIRE: VALIDATION OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION
Creators: name: Rocha-Neves, João
name: Ferreira, André
name: Pereira-Neves, António
name: Ferreira-Castro, João
name: Macedo, Juliana
name: Pinto, Ana
name: Sousa, Joel
name: Dias-Neto, Marina
name: Teixeira, José
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2020

description: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is a prevalent condition that predisposes the patients to major cardiovascular events. The majority of patients are asymptomatic, however PAD has a great impact in the patients’ lifestyle due to its chronic nature. The Peripheral Arterial Questionnaire (PAQ) is a validated tool to quantify the patients’ subjective experience of the disease. The aim of this work is to validate the Portuguese version of PAQ. A retrospective study of 59 patients with aortoiliac disease Trans-Atlantic Inter Society Consensus (TASC) type D from two centers in Portugal was conducted. Only 36 patients were able to answer the PAQ and two Portuguese validated questionnaires – a disease-specific (Walk Impairment Questionnaire – WIQ) and a generic one (EuroQol 5 dimensions – 5 level EQ5D-5L). Convergent validity of the PAQ was evaluated by correlating the extracted PAQ subscales and Summary score with the WIQ subscales and summary score, as with EQ5D-5L Summary score and EQ5D-5L index by calculating the covariance. The Portuguese version of the peripheral artery questionnaire presented a Cronbach’s α for the Summary scale of 0.913. Mean inter-item correlation for the Physical Function domain was 0.471, 0.551 for the Perceived Disability, and 0.464 for Treatment Satisfaction. In summary, the Portuguese version of PAQ demonstrated a good level of discrimination between patients with or without symptomatic PAD and its severity and was sensitive to the presence of risk-factors relevant for PAD.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 27 No. 1 (2020): January - March
D-instantons and twistors: some exact results
Creators: name: Alexandrov, Sergei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present some results on instanton corrections to the hypermultiplet moduli space in Calabi-Yau compactifications of Type II string theories. Previously, using twistor methods, only a class of D-instantons (D2-instantons wrapping A-cycles) was incorporated exactly and the rest was treated only linearly. We go beyond the linear approximation and give a set of holomorphic functions which, through a known procedure, capture the effect of D-instantons at all orders. Moreover, we show that for a sector where all instanton charges have vanishing symplectic invariant scalar product, the hypermultiplet metric can be computed explicitly.
description: 32 pages, 3 figures, uses JHEP3.cls; some changes in section 3.3.3; corrected formula for the contact potential
The Stoichiometry of FeSe
Creators: name: Williams, A. J.
name: McQueen, T. M.
name: Cava, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Tetragonal iron selenide, FeSe, the layered parent compound of the recently discovered superconducting arsenide family, has previously been shown to be non magnetic and superconducting with a critical temperature near 8 K. There has, however, been a lack of consensus as to whether selenium vacancies present due to large deviations from ideal stoichiometry are required to give rise to the superconductivity. Here we describe the results of experiments that demonstrate simply that superconducting iron selenide can only be synthesized as a pure material when near stoichiometric (i.e. FeSe). Significant selenium deficiency or excess gives rise to secondary magnetic phases, and a suppression of the superconductivity.
Nonequilibrium steady states in contact: Approximate thermodynamic structure and zero-th law for driven lattice gases
Creators: name: Pradhan, Punyabrata
name: Amann, Christian P.
name: Seifert, Udo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore driven lattice gases for the existence of an intensive thermodynamic variable which could determine "equilibration" between two nonequilibrium steady-state systems kept in weak contact. In simulations, we find that these systems satisfy surprisingly simple thermodynamic laws, such as the zero-th law and the fluctuation-response relation between the particle-number fluctuation and the corresponding susceptibility remarkably well. However at higher densities, small but observable deviations from these laws occur due to nontrivial contact dynamics and the presence of long-range spatial correlations.
description: Revised, 4 pages, 5 figures
MergeStrip. Development and results
Creators: name: Ramonjoan, Àlex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: GreAT
green aviation
H2020 Transport
climate change
CINEA
air traffic operations
ATM

description: Presentation at GreAT project Final Event in KLM Headquarters in Amsterdam (NL) on 24/5/23.
On axoplasmic pressure waves and their possible role in nerve impulse propagation
Creators: name: Rvachev, Marat M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is suggested that the propagation of the action potential is accompanied by an axoplasmic pressure pulse propagating in the axoplasm along the axon length. The pressure pulse stretch-modulates voltage-gated Na (Nav) channels embedded in the axon membrane, causing their accelerated activation and inactivation and increasing peak channel conductance. As a result, the action potential propagates due to mechano-electrical activation of Nav channels by straggling ionic currents and the axoplasmic pressure pulse. The velocity of such propagation is higher than in the classical purely electrical Nav activation mechanism, and it may be close to the velocity of propagation of pressure pulses in the axoplasm. Extracellular Ca ions influxing during the voltage spike, or Ca ions released from intracellular stores, may trigger a mechanism that generates and augments the pressure pulse, thus opposing its viscous decay. The model can potentially explain a number of phenomena that are not contained within the purely electrical Hodgkin-Huxley-type framework: the Meyer-Overton rule for the effectiveness of anesthetics, as well as various mechanical, optical and thermodynamic phenomena accompanying the action potential. It is shown that the velocity of propagation of axoplasmic pressure pulses is close to the measured velocity of the nerve impulse, both in absolute magnitude and in dependence on axon diameter, degree of myelination and temperature.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures; this revision to appear in Biophysical Reviews and Letters
Clustering of Dust-Obscured Galaxies at z ~ 2
Creators: name: Brodwin, Mark
name: Dey, Arjun
name: Brown, Michael J. I.
name: Pope, Alexandra
name: Armus, Lee
name: Bussmann, Shane
name: Desai, Vandana
name: Jannuzi, Buell T.
name: Floc'h, Emeric Le
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the angular autocorrelation function of 2603 dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs) in the Bootes field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey. DOGs are red, obscured galaxies, defined as having R-[24] \ge 14 (F_24/F_R \ga 1000). Spectroscopy indicates that they are located at 1.5 \la z \la 2.5. We find strong clustering, with r_0 = 7.40^{+1.27}_{-0.84} Mpc/h for the full F_24 > 0.3 mJy sample. The clustering and space density of the DOGs are consistent with those of submillimeter galaxies, suggestive of a connection between these populations. We find evidence for luminosity-dependent clustering, with the correlation length increasing to r_0 = 12.97^{+4.26}_{-2.64} Mpc/h for brighter (F_24 > 0.6 mJy) DOGs. Bright DOGs also reside in richer environments than fainter ones, suggesting these subsamples may not be drawn from the same parent population. The clustering amplitudes imply average halo masses of log M = 12.2^{+0.3}_{-0.2} Msun for the full DOG sample, rising to log M = 13.0^{+0.4}_{-0.3} Msun for brighter DOGs. In a biased structure formation scenario, the full DOG sample will, on average, evolve into ~ 3 L* present-day galaxies, whereas the most luminous DOGs may evolve into brightest cluster galaxies.
description: ApJL in press; 4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Social facilitation through a one-way screen
Creators: name: Criddle, William David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The study examines the effects of being observed via a one-way screen on individuals' ability to learn competitive and non-competitive lists of paired associates. A between-groups design was used, with different subjects serving in each of the four experimental groups. The study was initially carried out with male business administration students at the University of Washington and was repeated with student nurses at the University of British Columbia. All subjects were administered the Manifest Anxiety Scale (Taylor, 1953) and the Suspiciousness Scale (Endicott et al., 1969). The results showed that the male subjects were not significantly affected by observation from behind a one-way screen but that the females made significantly more errors on the competitive list when observed as opposed to when not observed. In learning the non-competitive list the females were also not affected by- observation, but the overall observation-by-list interaction was significant for the females. No relationships were found between performances on the experimental task and the Manifest Anxiety Scale scores for either males or females. Suspiciousness Scale scores were significantly and negatively related to the number of errors made by the males when the four experimental groups were combined; this relationship approached significance for the females. Implications for further research are discussed.
SPCCTV 4D VISIONS 2019 MEETING – THE ACCLAMATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARITY
Creators: name: Cabral, Gonçalo
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2020

description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 27 No. 1 (2020): January - March
Towards a relevant set of state variables to describe static granular packings
Creators: name: Pugnaloni, Luis A.
name: Sánchez, Iván
name: Gago, Paula A.
name: Damas, José
name: Zuriguel, Iker
name: Maza, Diego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze, experimentally and numerically, the steady states, obtained by tapping, of a 2D granular layer. Contrary to the usual assumption, we show that the reversible (steady state branch) of the density--acceleration curve is nonmonotonous. Accordingly, steady states with the same mean volume can be reached by tapping the system with very different intensities. Simulations of dissipative frictional disks show that equal volume steady states have different values of the force moment tensor. Additionally, we find that steady states of equal stress can be obtained by changing the duration of the taps; however, these states present distinct mean volumes. These results confirm previous speculations that the volume and the force moment tensor are both needed to describe univocally equilibrium states in static granular assemblies.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Paths in quantum Cayley trees and L^2-cohomology
Creators: name: Vergnioux, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study existence, uniqueness and triviality of path cocycles in the quantum Cayley graph of universal discrete quantum groups. In the orthogonal case we find that the unique path cocycle is trivial, in contrast with the case of free groups where it is proper. In the unitary case it is neither bounded nor proper. From this geometrical result we deduce the vanishing of the first L^2-Betti number of A_o(I_n).
description: 30 pages ; v2: major update with many improvements and new results about the unitary case ; v3: accepted version
Research by HungaroControl and PildoLabs. Outcomes & Outlook
Creators: name: Pasztor, Attila
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: GreAT
green aviation
H2020 Transport
climate change
CINEA
air traffic operations
ATM

description: Presentation at GreAT project Final Event in KLM Headquarters in Amsterdam (NL) on 24/5/23.
Cosmic Evolution of Virial and Stellar Mass in Massive Early-Type Galaxies
Creators: name: Lagattuta, David J.
name: Fassnacht, Christopher D.
name: Auger, Matthew W.
name: Marshall, Philip J.
name: Bradač, Maruša
name: Treu, Tommaso
name: Gavazzi, Raphaël
name: Schrabback, Tim
name: Faure, Cécile
name: Anguita, Timo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the average mass properties of a sample of 41 strong gravitational lenses at moderate redshift (z ~ 0.4 - 0.9), and present the lens redshift for 6 of these galaxies for the first time. Using the techniques of strong and weak gravitational lensing on archival data obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope, we determine that the average mass overdensity profile of the lenses can be fit with a power-law profile (Delta_Sigma prop. to R^{-0.86 +/- 0.16}) that is within 1-sigma of an isothermal profile (Delta_Sigma prop. to R^{-1}) with velocity dispersion sigma_v = 260 +/- 20 km/s. Additionally, we use a two-component de Vaucouleurs+NFW model to disentangle the total mass profile into separate luminous and dark matter components, and determine the relative fraction of each component. We measure the average rest frame V-band stellar mass-to-light ratio (Upsilon_V = 4.0 +/- 0.6 h M_sol/L_sol) and virial mass-to-light ratio (tau_V = 300 +/- 90 h M_sol/L_sol) for our sample, resulting in a virial-to-stellar mass ratio of M_vir/M_* = 75 +/- 25. Finally, we compare our results to a previous study using low redshift lenses, to understand how galaxy mass profiles evolve over time. We investigate the evolution of M_vir/M_*(z) = alpha(1+z)^{beta}, and find best fit parameters of alpha = 51 +/- 36 and beta = 0.9 +/- 1.8, constraining the growth of virial to stellar mass ratio over the last ~7 Gigayears. We note that, by using a sample of strong lenses, we are able to constrain the growth of M_vir/M_*(z) without making any assumptions about the IMF of the stellar population.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures, Updated to version accepted by ApJ
COMPLEX CHEST WALL DEFORMITY CAUSING CARDIAC ARREST: A PECULIAR PEDIATRIC CASE
Creators: name: Soares-Oliveira, Miguel
name: Vasconcelos-Castro, Sofia
name: Estevinho, Norberto
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2021

description: Introduction: Congenital chest wall deformities are common in children, causing self and parental concern mainly due to cosmesis. These defects rarely cause severe symptoms in patients. Case report: 11-year-old girl with a complex chest wall deformity and severe scoliosis causing progressive neurological loss of function. When mobilized to prone position for orthopedic surgery, she suffered sudden hypotension immediately followed by a cardiac arrest, that reverted after moving the child back to supine position. The cardiac arrest was interpreted as a result of a decrease in venous blood return secondary to heart and great vessels compression. She was then proposed and submitted to a modified Ravitch procedure with retrosternal metal bar placement in order to allow ventral positioning. This was successfully achieved, and the patient underwent scoliosis correction 3 months later. After more than a year of follow up, she reduced the need for non-invasive ventilation and tolerates prone positioning. Conclusion: This case report alerts medical community that beyond cosmesis concerns, severe chest wall deformities can cause life-threatening events if not correctly managed.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 28 No. 1 (2021): January - March
DELAYED PRESENTATION OF FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION IN ADULTS
Creators: name: Alves Moreira, Ana Catarina
name: Cintra Torres, Carolinaq
name: Ribeiro Da Silva Couto, Carlos André
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2021

description: Foreign body (FB) aspiration in adults is usually associated with predisposing risk factors. Clinical manifestations are immediate but less frequently it could lead to insidious lung damage, as demonstrated by the presented case. We present a case of unsuspected FB aspiration, mimicking an infection vs lung tumour. After left lower lobectomy, pathology revealed a foreign body (animal bone) at the origin of the lingular bronchus.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 28 No. 1 (2021): January - March
Galaxy Clusters at 0.9
Creators: name: Goto, Tomotsugu
name: Hanami, Hitoshi
name: Im, Myungshin
name: Imai, Koji
name: Inami, Hanae
name: Ishigaki, Tsuyoshi
name: Lee, Hyung Mok
name: Matsuhara, Hideo
name: Nakagawa, Takao
name: Ohyama, Youichi
name: Oyabu, Shinki
name: Pearson, Chris P.
name: Takagi, Toshinobu
name: Wada, Takehiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There is a huge gap between properties of red-sequence selected massive galaxy clusters at z<1 and Lyman-break selected proto-clusters at z>3. It is important to understand when and how the z>3 proto-clusters evolve into passive clusters at z<1. We aim to fill this cluster desert by using the space-based N4(4um) imaging with the AKARI. The z'-N4 color is a powerful separator of cluster galaxies at z>1, taking advantage of the 4000A break and the 1.6um bump. We carefully selected 16 promising cluster candidates at 0.9
description: Accepted for publication in PASJ AKARI special issue. Full-resolution version available at http://ifa.hawaii.edu/~tomo/research/out/akari_cluster_v10.pdf Typos fixed