cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nanosized silver, but not titanium dioxide or zinc oxide, enhances oxidative stress and inflammatory response by inducing 5-HETE activation in THP-1 cells
Creators: name: Poon, Wing-Lam
name: Lee, Jetty Chung-Yung
name: Leung, Kin Sum
name: Alenius, Harri
name: El-Nezami, Hani
name: Karisola, Piia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Bioactive, oxygenated metabolites of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important indicators of inflammation and oxidative stress but almost nothing is known about their interactions with nanomaterials (NMs). To investigate the effects of nano-sized materials (n-TiO2, n-ZnO, n-Ag) and their bulk-sized or ionic (b-TiO2, b-ZnO, i-Ag) counterpart, we studied the status of oxidative stress and PUFA metabolism in THP-1 cells at low-toxic concentrations (<15% cytotoxicity) 6 h or 24 h after the particle exposures by LC/MS and microarray. N-Ag had a significant and sustained impact on cellular antioxidant defense, seen as incremental synthesis and accumulation of glutathione (GSH) in the cell, and reduction of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. The cellular particle doses were largely dependent on exposure duration and particle dissolution, and active transporter mechanisms controlled the concentration of Zn in cytosol. Even at these sub-toxic concentrations, n-Ag was able to induce statistically significant elevation in the 5-HETE: arachidonic acid ratio at 24 h, which suggests association to oxidative stress and induction of pro-inflammatory responses. This was supported by the enhanced gene expression of chemotaxis-related genes. Overall, THP-1 cells internalized all tested particles, but only n-Ag led to low level of oxidative stress through ROS production and antioxidant balance disruption. N-Ag stimulated arachidonic acid oxidation to form 5-HETE which further magnified the inflammatory responses by enhancing the production of mitochondrial superoxide and leukocyte chemokines. Since the sustained n-Ag uptake was detected, the effects may last long and function as a trigger for the low-grade inflammation playing role in the chronic inflammatory diseases.
CONNECTING DIGITAL GAPS: A FINANCIAL DATA PLATFORM STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING SME GROWTH IN WENZHOU
Creators: name: Ahmed, Al-Farsi
name: Elena, Petrova
Publisher: name: CARSON JOURNAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Supply chain finance, CiteSpace, Progress and trends, Visual analysis, Knowledge graph.

description: In this paper, 337 literatures related to supply chain finance published in CSSCI and CSCD journals from 2007 to 2022 in CNKI database were selected as samples. CiteSpace, a scientific knowledge graph tool, was used to comprehensively analyze the frontier and research hotspots of supply chain finance by visualization analysis and content analysis. The results show that: from 2007 to 2022, the related research on supply chain finance in China presents a steady rising trend; Research hotspots include credit risk, small and medium-sized enterprises, inclusive finance, blockchain and commercial banks; The combination of supply chain finance and blockchain technology will be the forefront of research. With the advancement of technology, digitalization of supply chain finance and green supply chain finance will become the development trend in the future
title: In Vivo Kinematics for Customized vs. Traditional TKA Designs: A Mobile Fluoroscopy Study
Creators: name: Zeller, Ian
name: Sharma, Adrija
name: Meccia, Bradley
name: Kurtz, William
name: Cates, Harold
name: Anderle, Mathew
name: Komistek, Richard
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Kinematics
subject: Total Knee Arthoplasty
subject: Cruciate Retaining
subject: Personalized
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Objectives: Recently, patient specific posterior cruciate retaining (PCR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have been individually made replicating the patient's femur and tibia geometry. The objective of this study was to determine the in vivo kinematics for subjects having a either a traditional,[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2016)
Radial distribution function for hard spheres in fractal dimensions: A heuristic approximation
Creators: name: Santos, Andrés
name: de Haro, Mariano López
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Analytic approximations for the radial distribution function, the structure factor, and the equation of state of hard-core fluids in fractal dimension $d$ ($1 \leq d \leq 3$) are developed as heuristic interpolations from the knowledge of the exact and Percus-Yevick results for the hard-rod and hard-sphere fluids, respectively. In order to assess their value, such approximate results are compared with those of recent Monte Carlo simulations and numerical solutions of the Percus-Yevick equation for fractal dimension [M. Heinen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{115}, 097801 (2015)], a good agreement being observed.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures; v2: new paragraph added at the end of the conclusion section
title: Langzeitgangveränderungen nach Talusfrakturen
Creators: name: Braun, Benedikt
name: Veith, Nils
name: Pelz, Patrick
name: Klein, Moritz
name: Holstein, Jörg
name: Pohlemann, Tim
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Talusfraktur
subject: Langzeitverlauf
subject: Ganganalyse
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Frakturen des Talus Körpers und Halses sind selten und schwierig zu behandeln (Rammelt, et al.; Injury; 2009). Die wenigen vorhandenen Studien zeigen durchwachsene Ergebnisse (Halvorson, et al.; Foot Ankle Surg; 2013). Ziel unserer Arbeit war es Langzeit-Gangveränderungen nach[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2016)
Length-dependent toxicity of TiO2 nanofibers: mitigation via shortening
Creators: name: Bianchi, Massimiliano G.
name: Campagnolo, Luisa
name: Allegri, Manfredi
name: Ortelli, Simona
name: Blosi, Magda
name: Chiu, Martina
name: Taurino, Giuseppe
name: Lacconi, Valentina
name: Pietroiusti, Antonio
name: Costa, Anna L.
name: Poland, Craig A.
name: Baird, Daniel
name: Duffin, Rodger
name: Bussolati, Ovidio
name: Bergamaschi, Enrico
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Length and aspect ratio represent important toxicity determinants of fibrous nanomaterials. We have previously shown that anatase TiO2 nanofibers (TiO2 NF) cause a dose-dependent decrease of cell viability as well as the loss of epithelial barrier integrity in polarized airway cell monolayers. Herein we have investigated the impact of fiber shortening, obtained by ball-milling, on the biological effects of TiO2 NF of industrial origin. Long TiO2 NF (L-TiO2 NF) were more cytotoxic than their shortened counterparts (S-TiO2 NF) toward alveolar A549 cells and bronchial 16HBE cells. Moreover, L-TiO2 NF increased the permeability of 16HBE monolayers and perturbed the distribution of tight-junction proteins, an effect also mitigated by fiber shortening. Raw264.7 macrophages efficiently internalized shortened but not long NF, which caused cell stretching and deformation. Compared with L-TiO2 NF, S-TiO2 NF triggered a more evident macrophage activation, an effect suppressed by the phagocytosis inhibitor cytochalasin B. Conversely, a significant increase of inflammatory markers was detected in either the lungs or the peritoneal cavity of mice exposed to L-TiO2 NF but not to S-TiO2 NF, suggesting that short-term macrophage activation in vitro may not be always a reliable indicator of persistent inflammation in vivo. It is concluded that fiber shortening mitigates NF detrimental effects on cell viability and epithelial barrier competence in vitro as well as inflammation development in vivo. These data suggest that fiber shortening may represent an effective safe-by-design strategy for mitigating TiO2 NF toxic effects.
Ascending Aorta Sacular Aneurysm
Creators: name: Carvalho Guerra, Nuno
name: Velho, Tiago
name: Sena, André
name: Nobre, Ângelo
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: . A 83 year old woman with history of arterial hypertension, hypothyroidism, obesity, chronic renal insufficiency and incipient dementia was transferred to our hospital after complaints of chest pain. Investigation revealed a sacular ascending aortic aneurysm with the aneurysmal sac adjacent to the sternum. Due to her age, cognitive state and risk of sternal entry, she was refused for surgery. She was discharged after coronariography showed normal coronaries and other causes of chest pain were excluded. She is still alive and stable after 40 months, with no growth of aneurysm dimensions.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
MPInterfaces: A Materials Project based Python Tool for High-Throughput Computational Screening of Interfacial Systems
Creators: name: Mathew, Kiran
name: Singh, Arunima K.
name: Gabriel, Joshua J.
name: Choudhary, Kamal
name: Sinnott, Susan B.
name: Davydov, Albert V.
name: Tavazza, Francesca
name: Hennig, Richard G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Materials Project based open-source Python tool, MPInterfaces, has been developed to automate the high-throughput computational screening and study of interfacial systems. The framework encompasses creation and manipulation of interface structures for solid/solid hetero-structures, solid/implicit solvents systems, nanoparticle/ligands systems; and the creation of simple system-agnostic workflows for in depth computational analysis using density-functional theory or empirical energy models. The package leverages existing open-source high-throughput tools and extends their capabilities towards the understanding of interfacial systems. We describe the various algorithms and methods implemented in the package. Using several test cases, we demonstrate how the package enables high-throughput computational screening of advanced materials, directly contributing to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), which aims to accelerate the discovery, development, and deployment of new materials.
title: Rolle von Interleukin-6 in der frühen und späten Frakturheilungsphase
Creators: name: Prystaz, Katja
name: Kovtun, Anna
name: Kaiser, Kathrin
name: Heidler, Verena
name: Haffner-Luntzer, Melanie
name: Kroner, Jochen
name: Ignatius, Anita
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Frakturheilung
subject: Mausmodell
subject: Interleukin-6
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) wird von einer Vielzahl von Immunzellen wie auch Knochenzellen sekretiert und beeinflusst den Knochenmetabolismus. Während der Frakturheilung wird IL-6 biphasisch in der frühen inflammatorischen Phase und später in der Knochenbildungsphase im Kallus[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2016)
FRAILTY – A prognosis index turned to a healthcare planner feature for vascular surgery and carotid revascularization
Creators: name: Pereira-Macedo, Juliana
name: Rocha-Neves, João
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
Evidence for unidirectional nematic bond ordering in FeSe
Creators: name: Watson, M. D.
name: Kim, T. K.
name: Rhodes, L. C.
name: Eschrig, M.
name: Hoesch, M.
name: Haghighirad, A. A.
name: Coldea, A. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lifting of $d_{xz}$-$d_{yz}$ orbital degeneracy is often considered a hallmark of the nematic phase of Fe-based superconductors, including FeSe, but its origin is not yet understood. Here we report a high resolution Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy study of single crystals of FeSe, accounting for the photon-energy dependence and making a detailed analysis of the temperature dependence. We find that the hole pocket undergoes a fourfold-symmetry-breaking distortion in the nematic phase below 90~K, but in contrast the changes to the electron pockets do not require fourfold symmetry-breaking. Instead, there is an additional separation of the existing $d_{xy}$ and $d_{xz/yz}$ bands - which themselves are not split within resolution. These observations lead us to propose a new scenario of "unidirectional nematic bond ordering" to describe the low-temperature electronic structure of FeSe, supported by a good agreement with 10-orbital tight binding model calculations.
title: Enhanced chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stromal cells by intermittent PTHrP: Role of pulse duration versus pulse frequency
Creators: name: Fischer, Jennifer
name: Ortel, Marlen
name: Hagmann, Sebastien
name: Richter, Wiltrud
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: mesenchymal stromal cells
subject: MSC
subject: intermittent PTHrP
subject: chondrogenesis
subject: extracellular matrix
subject: hypertrophy
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Objectives: Generation of phenotypically stable, articular chondrocytes from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) is still an unaccomplished task, with formation of abundant, hyaline extracellular matrix and the avoidance of pre-mature hypertrophy being the prime challenges. As one of the master regulators[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2016)
Ventilatory Failure And Pulmonary Embolism In Covid-19 Requiring Enhanced Venous Drainage For Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Creators: name: Talha, Khawaja M.
name: Brewer, Joseph M.
name: Shake, Jay G.
name: Jeyakumar, Ashok C.
name: Protos, Adam N.
name: Hernandez, Gabriel A.
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: COVID-19 infection manifests as a spectrum of respiratory and vascular complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pulmonary embolism. Herein, we describe a case of a healthy young male who presented with ARDS refractory to mechanical ventilation and concomitant bilateral pulmonary emboli managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and embolectomy. The embolectomy and initial veno-venous ECMO configuration failed to correct the patient’s hypoxemia despite maximal flows. This was thought to be due to a high-output state secondary to vasodilatory shock preventing adequate drainage from the existing single drainage ECMO cannulation, following which a second venous cannula was placed to form a unique veno-veno-venous ECMO circuit that resolved the persistent hypoxemia. The case underscores the importance of identifying embolic events and vasodilatory shock in COVID-19 patients, both of which need to be addressed simultaneously to avoid worsening right ventricular failure (via both mechanical and hypoxia-driven pathways) and the resulting veno-arterial ECMO along with its associated complications.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
The early onset and persistent worsening pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in rats by indium oxide nanoparticles
Creators: name: Kim, Sung-Hyun
name: Jeon, Soyeon
name: Lee, Dong-Keun
name: Lee, Seonghan
name: Jeong, Jiyoung
name: Kim, Jong Sung
name: Cho, Wan-Seob
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Workplace inhalation exposure to indium compounds has been reported to produce ‘indium lung disease’ characterized by pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), granulomas, and pulmonary fibrosis. However, there is little information about the pulmonary toxicity of nano-sized indium oxide (In2O3), which is widely used in various applications such as liquid crystal displays. In this study, we evaluated the time-course and dose-dependent lung injuries by In2O3 nanoparticles (NPs) after a single intratracheal instillation to rats. In2O3 NPs were instilled to female Wistar rats at 7.5, 30, and 90 cm2/rat and lung injuries were evaluated at day 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90, and 180 after a single intratracheal instillation. Treatment of In2O3 NPs induced worsening diverse pathological changes including PAP, persistent neutrophilic inflammation, type II cell hyperplasia, foamy macrophages, and granulomas in a time- and dose-dependent manner. PAP was induced from day 3 and worsened throughout the study. The concentrations of interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) showed dose- and time-dependent increases and the levels of these inflammatory mediators are consistent with the data of inflammatory cells in BALF and progressive lung damages by In2O3 NPs. This study suggests that a single inhalation exposure to In2O3 NPs can produce worsening lung damages such as PAP, chronic active inflammation, infiltration of foamy macrophages, and granulomas. The early onset and persistent PAP even at the very low dose (7.5 cm2/rat) implies that the re-evaluation of occupational recommended exposure limit for In2O3 NPs is urgently needed to protect workers.
title: Three competitive methods to achieve primary stability in THR: Biomechanical analysis
Creators: name: Grechenig, Stephan
name: Nerlich, Michael
name: Gueorguiev, Boyko
name: Pfeifer, Christian
name: Dreu, Manuel
name: Acklin, Yves
name: Loibl, Markus
name: Schmitz, Paul
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Objectives: In THR it is essential to achieve a primary stability to guaranty good long-term results. Especially for the increasing amount of old patients who receive a hip endoprosthesis due to a fracture of the femoral neck, it is a necessary to generate a postoperative full weight bearing situation.[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
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Helicity and nuclear $β$ decay correlations
Creators: name: Hong, Ran
name: Sternberg, Matthew G.
name: García, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present simple derivations of nuclear $β$-decay correlations with an emphasis on the special role of helicity. This provides a good opportunity to teach students about helicity and chirality in particle physics through exercises using simple aspects of quantum mechanics. In addition, this paper serves as an introduction to nuclear $β$-decay correlations from both a theoretical and experimental vantage. This article can be used to introduce students to ongoing experiments searching for hints of new physics in the low-energy precision frontier.
Mechanisms for cellular uptake of nanosized clinical MRI contrast agents
Creators: name: Guggenheim, Emily J.
name: Rappoport, Joshua Z.
name: Lynch, Iseult
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Engineered Nanomaterials (NMs), such as Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs), offer significant benefits in a wide range of applications, including cancer diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. However, the use of NMs in biomedicine raises safety concerns due to lack of knowledge on possible biological interactions and effects. The initial basis for using SPIONs as biomedical MRI contrast enhancement agents was the idea that they are selectively taken up by macrophage cells, and not by the surrounding cancer cells. To investigate this claim, we analyzed the uptake of SPIONs into well-established cancer cell models and benchmarked this against a common macrophage cell model. In combination with fluorescent labeling of compartments and siRNA silencing of various proteins involved in common endocytic pathways, the mechanisms of internalization of SPIONs in these cell types has been ascertained utilizing reflectance confocal microscopy. Caveolar mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis are both implicated in SPION uptake into cancer cells, whereas in macrophage cells, a clathrin-dependant route appears to predominate. Colocalization studies confirmed the eventual fate of SPIONs as accumulation in the degradative lysosomes. Dissolution of the SPIONs within the lysosomal environment has also been determined, allowing a fuller understanding of the cellular interactions, uptake, trafficking and effects of SPIONs within a variety of cancer cells and macrophages. Overall, the behavior of SPIONS in non-phagocytotic cell lines is broadly similar to that in the specialist macrophage cells, although some differences in the uptake patterns are apparent.
MPEC 2023-Q35 : 2023 QS
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 QS

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Isolated Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection, A Rare Cause Of Abdominal Pain
Creators: name: F. Ribeiro, Tiago
name: Soares Ferreira, Rita
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: A 42-year-old previously healthy male presented with 5 days of spontaneous mid-epigastric intense abdominal pain and mild epigastric tenderness on palpation. CT angiography revealed a Sakamoto type 2 isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection (SMA) with a “cul-de-sac” shaped false lumen (B- C: large arrow), side branch perfusion from both lumens, and compression of the true (A-D: small arrow) by the false lumen (A-D: large arrow). Dissection flap presented just distal to an aberrant right hepatic artery arising from the SMA (B.D: star). CT, clinical and analytic findings did not suggest visceral compromise and was successfully treated with bowel rest and anticoagulation. He is now on close clinical and imaging follow-up.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
3000 Kidney Transplants: How We Did It
Creators: name: Loureiro, Luís
name: Almeida, Paulo
name: Cabral, João
name: Almeida, Rui
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
What Do Patients Know About Peripheral Arterial Disease? A Knowledge Questionnaire
Creators: name: Pedras, Susana
name: Oliveira, Rafaela
name: Veiga, Carlos
name: Silva, Ivone
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Introduction: The lack of knowledge about Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is worryingly high as it triggers and main- tains behaviors of denial, indifference, and non-adherence to therapeutics. Therefore, the aim of this study was to build and assess the reliability and validity of a knowledge questionnaire about PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease Knowledge Questionnaire - PADKQ). Materials and methods: A longitudinal study was carried out with two evaluations that included a sample of patients with PAD and Intermittent Claudication, with no history of surgical interventions, in follow-up at the vascular surgery consulta- tion. The PADKQ was applied to 114 patients (85% men, with a mean age of 65 years, SD=7.2). Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected from clinical records, and physical activity level (International Physical Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ) and walking impairment (Walking Impairment Questionnaire - WIQ) were evaluated through questionnaires. A 2nd evaluation session took place two weeks after the 1st evaluation session where an educational intervention was performed. Internal consistency, temporal stability, content validity, and convergent validity were performed Results: The sample related results have reflected the good reliability (kr-20=0.775) and validity properties of the PADKQ. This sample showed a high level of knowledge about PAD (10.96 points, SD=3.28, from 0 to 16 possible points), which increased significantly from moment 1 to moment 2 (t= -7.457, p<.001). Only half of the sample considered the disease to be serious and identified smoking habits as one of the risk factors. Patients with higher education were the most physically active. Conclusion: The PADKQ proved to be a useful, brief, and easy-to-use instrument in health contexts to identify patients' level of knowledge about PAD. Education about PAD increases patients' knowledge about the disease and the greater the knowl- edge about PAD, the greater the practice of physical activity.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
title: Is it recommended to release the ipsilateral hip for severe flexed knee in patients with haemophilia?
Creators: name: Caviglia, Horacio
name: Daffunchio, Carla
name: Galatro, Gustavo
name: Moretti, Noemí
name: Cambiaggi, Guillermo
name: Egle, Honnorat
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: flexed knee
subject: haemophilia
subject: haemartroses
subject: hamstring release
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Objectives: The flexed knee remains a serious problem to solve, especially because it occurs in young patients who do not have adequate access to factor replacement therapy. The literature showed that hamstring release is indicated when the knee flexion contracture is from 30º to 45º or more,[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2016)
Brief an [Karl] Geigy[-Hagenbach]
Creators: name: Bernoulli, Carl Albrecht
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1925

description: von Carl Albr[echt] Bernoulli
description: Eigenhändige Briefe mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire März 2017 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und Verzeichnis von Karl Geigy-Hagenbach und Briefkatalog der UB Basel
Feldmeier, Reinhard / Spieckermann, Hermann, Der Gott der Lebendigen
Creators: name: Felber, Stefan
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie
Year: 2025

description: 1823804837
description: Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie, V. 27 (2013): Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie, Band 27
title: Subjektives Wohlbefinden als patientenrelevanter Nutzen: Wie lassen sich Verzerrungen durch Response Shift quantifizieren?
Creators: name: Blome, Christine
name: Augustin, Matthias
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Wir schlagen vor, den patientenseitigen Nutzen von Behandlungen auch anhand des subjektiven Wohlbefindens (SWB) zu bestimmen. Die Messung des SWB kann jedoch, ebenso wie die gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität (LQ), durch sogenannte Response-Shift-Effekte verzerrt sein. Unter dem Überbegriff[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 15. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 70.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 15.04.2013, 08:45, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2013

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 4.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Nickel Allergy After a Negative Test Result Following Nuss Procedure for Pectus Excavatum: a Case Report
Creators: name: Fontoura-Matias, José
name: Pereira-Nunes, Joana
name: Vasconcelos-Castro, Sofia
name: Gomes, Nuno
name: Cunha, Ana Paula
name: Soares-Oliveira, Miguel
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
Providing administrative access to large numbers of archived databases
Creators: name: Andersen, Nikolaj Wolthers
name: Johansen, Kathrine Hougaard Edsen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Poster describing bottlenecks and possible solutions to specific issues in connection with granting administrative access to large numbers of archived databases, based on experiences accumulated by the Copenhagen City Archives over the past 20 years.
title: Häusliche Unterstützung und Pflege von Demenzkranken – die gesundheitliche Belastung pflegender Angehöriger: der Bayerische Demenz Survey
Creators: name: Barth, Janina
name: Nickel, Franziska
name: Schaller, Sandra
name: Marinova-Schmidt, Velislava
name: Hess, Manuela
name: De La Rosa, Vanessa
name: Pape, Franziska
name: Gräßel, Elmar
name: Hartl, Gabriele
name: Kolominsky-Rabas, Peter L.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Durch die demographische Entwicklung und die steigende Lebenserwartung wird auch die Prävalenz von Demenzerkrankungen in Zukunft steigen [ref:1]. Allein in Deutschland leben gegenwärtig bereits 1,5 Mio. Menschen mit Demenzerkrankungen [ref:2]. Davon werden [zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 15. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung
Is SS 433 a misaligned ultraluminous X-ray source? Constraints from its reflected signal in the Galactic plane
Creators: name: Khabibullin, Ildar
name: Sazonov, Sergey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the emission that must arise due to reflection of the putative collimated X-ray radiation of SS 433 by atomic gas and molecular clouds in the Galactic plane and compare the predicted signal with existing RXTE and ASCA data for the region of interest. Assuming that the intrinsic X-ray spectrum of SS 433 is similar to that of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs), we obtain an upper limit of $\sim 2\times 10^{39}$ erg s$^{-1}$ on its total (angular-integrated) luminosity in the 2--10 keV energy band, which is only weakly dependent on the half-opening angle, $Θ_r$, of the emission cone. In contrast, the upper limit on the apparent luminosity of SS 433 (that would be perceived by an observer looking at its supercritical accretion disk face-on) decreases with increasing $Θ_r$ and is $\sim 3\times 10^{40}$ erg s$^{-1}$ for $Θ_r\gtrsimΘ_p=21°$, where $Θ_p$ is the precession angle of the baryonic jets (assuming that the emission cones precess in the same manner as the jets). This leaves open the possibility that SS 433 is a misaligned ULX. Further investigation of the reflection signal from the molecular clouds using higher angular resolution observations could improve these constraints with the potential to break the degeneracy between $ Θ_r $ and the apparent luminosity.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration
Creators: name: Cabral, Daniel
name: Silvestre, Carina
name: Cardoso, Teresa
name: Rodrigues, Cristina
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Male, 71 year-old, asymptomatic, former smoker and previous history of lung tuberculosis. Referred to outpatient clinic due to left lower lobe consolidation diagnosed on non-contrasted CT scan, with increased uptake on PET-CT. Then, a contrast-enhanced CT scan revealed extralobar pulmonary sequestration with venous drainage to the left azygos vein (Blue arrow) and a double branch arterial supply from the thoracic aorta (Red arrow).
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm As A Rare Case Of Constipation And Weight Loss
Creators: name: Chálim Rebelo, Carolina
name: Moura, Diogo Bernardo
name: Costa Santos, Vera
name: Pereira, José Renato
name: Duarte, Maria Antónia
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Mycotic aortic aneurysm is a rare entity, manifesting with nonspecific symptoms of abdominal pain, fever, general malaise. We present a case of an 83-years-old-man, with hematemesis, generalized abdominal pain, and a six-month history of constipation, anorexia, and involuntary weight loss. Upper endoscopy revealed an erosion with oozing hemorrhage and hemostasis was performed. Later he developed a hemorrhagic shock. Abdominal computed tomography disclosed a 3,7x2,5x- 2,5cm aneurysm of the abdominal aorta with an aortoduodenal fistula, inducing an inflammatory plastron that encompassed the descending colon and duodenum. The inflammatory plastron prompted partial duodenal and colonic obstruction and led to an atypical presentation of an aortic aneurysm. Mycotic aneurysms complicated with aorto-enteric fistulas are potentially life-threatening conditions. We highlight the rarity of this case, as the clinical manifestations were prolonged and atypical. The goal is to drive awareness to maintain a high clinical suspicion, as early detection is critical to avoid a tragic outcome.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
A three-tier digital preservation strategy
Creators: name: Wise, Alicia
name: Becker, Snowden
name: Leroy, Anthony
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: As university libraries, one of our key missions is to preserve scholarly digital content for future generations.This implies safeguarding our own digital collections, of which we are the sole custodian, as these often include unique materials created by our scientific community. Examples include Ph.D. theses, offprints, and research data.We must also ensure enduring access to subscribed scholarly content even if the subscription is canceled or if publishers discontinue publications. To meet these challenges, we encourage libraries to adopt a global strategy based on three solutions leveraging the LOCKSS open-source technology. Our poster depicts the implementation of this 3-pillar strategy at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) :

1. Community networkWhile a university library alone is unlikely to have the required human and technological resources to build an efficient distributed preservation solution, LOCKSS technology makes it easy for libraries to build their own community network to safeguard their collections of interest. Following this approach, ULB - together with 6 university partners worldwide - has funded the SAFEPLN network in 2014. Content is collected from our institutional repositories and replicated in seven preservation nodes, distributed across servers hosted in Europe and Canada.Currently, a dozen similar networks have been created worldwide, with various objectives, scopes and organizational models.

2. Global LOCKSS NetworkAs a solution for post-cancellation access to our electronic resources, ULB joined the Global LOCKSS Network in 2012.If we terminate a subscription to one of our resources or the resource becomes temporarily unavailable from the publisher, a copy remains available in our local server and we can restore access to our users.

3. CLOCKSSUnfortunately, not all our key electronic resources are available on the Global LOCKSS network. Therefore, ULB also chose to support the CLOCKSS service from 2024. CLOCKSS is a dark archive encompassing over 54 million journal articles, and 475.000 e-books from the world's leading publishers, ensuring open access if content disappears from the web.

The three-pillar approach outlined here empowers libraries to take charge of their digital preservation. Instead of relying on third-party solutions, we become active players in preservation, embracing our essential mission.
Digital Thoracic Drainage System: A New Tool For Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
Creators: name: Vasconcelos-Castro, Sofia
name: Borges-Dias, Mariana
name: Soares-Oliveira, Miguel
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Introduction: Digital thoracic drainage systems usage in pediatrics is underreported, making current recommen- dations based on those for adults. We aim to review our experience on the use of this digital system and to evaluate the adequacy of those recommendations. Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients in whom digital thoracic drainage system was used. All patients were submitted to thoracoscopic bleb/apical lung resection for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Initially patients were man- aged using the few existing recommendations for children, but after 2 unsuccessful cases we changed our approach into tube clamping after continuous air leak < 5mL/min for at least 24 hours. Results: Seventeen procedures (median 17.2-years) were performed; there were no intraoperative complications. After changing the air leak target, 11 procedures were consecutively managed without complications; the median number of chest radiographs per procedure was 3.0 and the median number of days with chest tube was 4.0 days. Conclusions: This is the first report on the usage of this system in children in Portugal. This system constitutes an important technological innovation, but it needs more data gathering and prospective trials in order to maximize its use in children. The authors suggest an algorithm for the management of thoracic digital drainage in children: removal of chest tubes when the air leak is <5mL/min for 24 hours and to perform chest tube clamping for a minimum of 6 hours before removal.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
MPEC 2023-Q36 : 2023 QT
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 QT

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Wenzel, Heiko, Reading Zechariah with Zechariah 1:1-6 as the Introduction to the Entire Book
Creators: name: Möller, Karl
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie
Year: 2025

description: 1823805264
description: Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie, V. 27 (2013): Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie, Band 27
The bandmerged Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue: Probing sub-structure in the molecular gas at high Galactic latitude
Creators: name: Chen, Xi
name: Chary, Ranga-Ram
name: Pearson, Timothy J.
name: McGehee, Peregrine
name: Fowler, John W.
name: Helou, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue (ERCSC) includes nine lists of highly reliable sources, individually extracted at each of the nine Planck frequency channels. To facilitate the study of the Planck sources, especially their spectral behaviour across the radio/infrared frequencies, we provide a "bandmerged" catalogue of the ERCSC sources. This catalogue consists of 15191 entries, with 79 sources detected in all nine frequency channels of Planck and 6818 sources detected in only one channel. We describe the bandmerging algorithm, including the various steps used to disentangle sources in confused regions. The multi-frequency matching allows us to develop spectral energy distributions of sources between 30 and 857 GHz, in particular across the 100 GHz band, where the energetically important CO J=1->0 line enters the Planck bandpass. We find ~3-5sigma evidence for contribution to the 100 GHz intensity from foreground CO along the line of sight to 147 sources with |b|>30 deg. The median excess contribution is 4.5+/-0.9 percent of their measured 100 GHz flux density which cannot be explained by calibration or beam uncertainties. This translates to 0.5+/-0.1 K km s^{-1} of CO which must be clumped on the scale of the Planck 100 GHz beam, i.e., ~10 arcmin. If this is due to a population of low mass (~15 Msun) molecular gas clumps, the total mass in these clumps may be more than 2000 Msun. Further, high-spatial-resolution, ground-based observations of the high-latitude sky will help shed light on the origin of this diffuse, clumpy CO emission.
description: 15 pages, 15 figures, MNRAS in press
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 107.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 10.06.2013, 11:45, erstellt von Sergio Cortesi
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2013

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Solitary Diaphragmatic Metastasis of a Previously Excised Chest Wall Chondrosarcoma
Creators: name: Leite, Filipe
name: Lopes, Sara
name: Paupério, Gonçalo
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Chest wall chondrosarcomas are relatively infrequent tumours. Diaphragmatic metastasis are rarer still, and are generally associated with disseminated disease, usually involving the liver and the lungs. The authors present the case of a 65 year old man with a prior history of a chest wall chondrosarcoma, which on a routine chest CT was identified a single diaphragmatic metastasis. A redo thoracotomy was performed, with partial resection and reconstruction of the diaphragm. The post-resection histopathological examination revealed a conventional chondrosarcoma metastasis, centred in the diaphragmatic muscle, not reaching the pleura or the peritoneum.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
Preoperative Embolization Of Carotid Body Tumours: Yes Or No?
Creators: name: Soares, Tiago
name: Dias, Paulo
name: Sampaio, Sérgio
name: Teixeira, José
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2023

description: Introduction: Carotid body tumours (CBT) are rare paragangliomas for which surgical resection is still the recommended treatment. Frequently they are a benign disorder, discovered as asymptomatic neck masses located at the carotid bifurcation. Preoperative embolization has been used to decrease tumor volume, intraoperative blood loss and nerve injuries.There is however still much controversy and some studies argue that this strategy could increase risks without benefit. This study aimed to investigate the impact of embolization on CBT resection outcomes. Methods: We analyzed all electronic clinical records on consecutive patients treated in the last 10 years (January 2008 – January 2018) in our vascular surgery department. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to treatment: preoperative embolization and subsequent resection (PE) and resection alone (RA). The following variables were reviewed and compared between groups: age, gender, tumor size, surgery duration, days of hospitalization, complications and transfusion needs. Results: Sixteen tumours were treated. Of these, 6 underwent PE and 10 underwent RA. Median follow-up was 54 months (IQR 78). All tumours were benign and no disease recurrence was detected. When compared, PE and RA groups had no differences in Shamblin classification (p=0.068), although tumor’s median size was significantly bigger in CBT-PE (49mm v. 35,5mm, p=0,016).The days of hospitalization were significantly higher in the PE group (median 7 vs 3 p=0.012). Concerning surgery time (201min v. 141min, p=0.093), cranial nerve injury (66.7% v. 20%, p=0.092) and need for intraoperative transfusion (16,7% v. 10%, p=0.625), no differences were found. Conclusions: The role of preoperative embolization in CBT has been questioned. In this study we found no benefits supporting embolization prior to surgery.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Oct - Dec
23 Things: Libraries for Research Data - Portuguese
Creators: name: Principe, Pedro Miguel Oliveira Bento
name: Witt, Michael
Publisher: name: Research Data Alliance
Year: 2016

description: An overview of practical, free, online resources and tools that you can begin using today to incorporate research data management into your practice of librarianship from the Libraries for Research Data Interest Group of the Research Data Alliance. Translated from English into Portuguese.