cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Verification of diluted injection and dual energy for reduction of contrast media -Phantom Experiment for 3D CTA-
Creators: name: TOMITA, HIRONOBU
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CT
subject: Vascular
subject: Physics
subject: Image verification

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: PURPOSE CT Angiography is widely used in clinical application. Variations in body size, securing a venous pathway for upper extremity can be difficult and cardiac function variations, all make it challenging to obtain a stable level of enhancement...
Using A Tracer Gas Technique to Evaluate Laboratory Hood Effectiveness
Creators: name: Lilley, David B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1987

description: Animal researchers and pathologists who perform necropsies on animals may be exposed to significant concentrations of formaldehyde vapor. Because of complaints of respiratory and eye irritation, nausea, headaches, and recent animal data that suggests formaldehyde may be a carcinogen, several types of hoods have been used to control the process. A partial enclosure hood designed to control this process was evaluated using a tracer gas, sulfur hexafluoride, to determine the minimal operating conditions necessary to control vapors emitted within the hood under working conditions. Recommendations are made for improving the work practices of the researchers.
title: Efficacy of a liver detection algorithm for image quality improvement in CT abdomen
Creators: name: Lau, Ken
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Liver
subject: CT
subject: Physics
subject: Cancer
subject: Pathology
subject: Cirrhosis

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Advances in state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) technology has generated great interest in its potential to improve image quality (IQ) while aiding diagnosis and simultaneously reducing radiation dose to patients in accordance with the ALARA...
Additional file 1 of Characteristics of lymphoedema, in particular midline lymphoedema, after treatment for prostate cancer: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Van Calster, Charlotte
name: Everaerts, Wouter
name: Geraerts, Inge
name: De Groef, An
name: Heroes, An-Kathleen
name: De Vrieze, Tessa
name: Alar, Ceyhun
name: Devoogdt, Nele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Factors that Affect Dust Generation
Creators: name: Holstein, David B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1989

description: It is important to understand factors that affect the generation rate and size distribution of dust in an industrial setting. Information about these factors is necessary: (1) to develop product specifications for allowable dustiness of industrial materials, (2) to assess the inherent dustiness of processes and materials, and (3) to evaluate changes to materials or processes that can control dust problems. Investigation of these factors may be aided by the development of a general theoretical framework, and a way to measure the generation rate and size distribution of dusts. To meet this need a drop test has been developed, which employs a high volume cascade impactor to size the dust. Experiments measured the generation rate and size distribution of an aerosol generated by dropping sand with varying drop heights, mass flow rates, moisture contents, and size distributions.
title: Combination therapy of TACE and PEI, TACE and RFA, and PEI and RFA for treatment of HCC
Creators: name: Jeon, Seong Woo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Cirrhosis
subject: Cancer
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Education
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Percutaneous
subject: CT
subject: Management
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: It has been well-known that combination of the two of RFA, PEI, and TACE produces a synergistic effect. The combination of TACE and PEI, TACE and RFA, or PEI and RFA is more effective than each of the monotherapies in preventing incomplete...
Introduzione. Prospettive di ricerca per la promozione delle Comunità Energetiche Rinnovabili nella pianificazione urbanistica
Creators: name: Gerundo, Roberto
name: Marra, Alessandra
Publisher: name: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini
Year: 2023

description: Molteplici accordi e agende internazionali stabiliscono la necessità di introdurre azioni per il contenimento della temperatura media globale (UNFCCC, 2015; UN, 2015). La recente normativa europea sul clima rende giuridicamente vincolante il traguardo della neutralità carbonica entro il 2050 promosso dal Green Deal europeo, introducendo l’ambizioso obiettivo di ridurre le emissioni nette di gas a effetto serra di almeno il 55% entro il 2030, rispetto ai livelli del 1990 (EU, 2021a). Inoltre, l’aumento della povertà, dovuto alla recente pandemia, e il rincaro dei prezzi dell’energia stanno accrescendo significativamente il rischio di sperimentare condizioni di povertà energetica. La Commissione europea (CE) ha stimato che nell’Unione Europea (UE) la povertà energetica colpisce fino a 31 milioni di persone nel 2019, con differenze persistenti tra Stati membri e livelli di reddito (EU, 2021b). In Italia, nello stesso anno, la percentuale di persone con difficoltà a riscaldare adeguatamente la propria abitazione è stata doppia rispetto alla media europea (Istat, 2021). In questo contesto, è fondamentale proteggere le persone vulnerabili dall’attuale aumento dei prezzi e garantire una giusta transizione verso la neutralità climatica in tutta l’UE (EU, 2021b). La pianificazione urbanistica non può non tenere conto di queste esigenze, da collocare tra i suoi obiettivi primari (UN, 2015; UN Habitat, 2021). Le Comunità Energetiche Rinnovabili (CER) rappresentano coalizioni di cittadini, piccole medie imprese e autorità locali, comprese le amministrazioni comunali, che risultano in grado di produrre, consumare e scambiare energia prodotta localmente da fonti rinnovabili, con il principale fine di fornire benefici ambientali, economici o sociali alla comunità stessa o alle aree fisicamente più prossime in cui essa opera (EU, 2018). Il tema è di crescente interesse per gli esiti di alcune sperimentazioni condotte in Europa e negli Stati Uniti in termini di riduzione della povertà energetica e, più in generale, di apporto di numerosi benefici ambientali, tra cui: l’efficientamento energetico degli edifici esistenti; la promozione dell’uso di energia da fonti rinnovabili (FER) e l’accettazione sociale di queste ultime; la riduzione delle emissioni climalteranti e il conseguente contrasto ai cambiamenti climatici nelle aree urbane (Brummer, 2018; McCabe et al, 2018; Koltunov & Bisello, 2021).
description: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini, V. 22 N. 2 (2022): Renewable Energy Communities: Urban Research and Land Use Planning
title: Role of Follow-Up Examination in negative Doppler Ultrasound of the lower limb.
Creators: name: Fenlon, Clare
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Vascular
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Ultrasound is a sensitive test for lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Even in negative scans there is a risk of occult clot, particularly in the calf veins and this can propagate further in the limb if untreated. For this reason, when the...
Combined Effects of External Moments and Muscle Activations on ACL Loading during Numerical Simulations of a Female Model in OpenSim
Creators: name: Sigurðsson, Haraldur
name: Daliet, Oliver
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Kinesiology
subject: Biomechanics
subject: Life Sciences

description: Contains the data for the paper of the same title, published in applied sciences.
Additional file 5 of Characteristics of lymphoedema, in particular midline lymphoedema, after treatment for prostate cancer: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Van Calster, Charlotte
name: Everaerts, Wouter
name: Geraerts, Inge
name: De Groef, An
name: Heroes, An-Kathleen
name: De Vrieze, Tessa
name: Alar, Ceyhun
name: Devoogdt, Nele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 5
Learning Environments under COVID-Induced School Closures: Evidence from Vietnam
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: Chua, Kenn
name: Glewwe, Paul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Education systems not elsewhere classified
Inclusive education
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This Insight Note analyses how Vietnam's schools responded to the COVID-induced closures in 2020 and shows that Vietnam was in many ways an outlier in that it flattened its epidemic curve early in that year roughly three months after schools were first shut down. While the period of school closure in Vietnam was brief, the country’s example may provide lessons for other nations that faced, and are still facing, the educational consequences of the pandemic.
title: Quantitative results of diffusion tensor imaging of the liver (LDTI): is there any difference between right and left liver lobes?
Creators: name: Girometti, Rossano
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Background DTI Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is a variant of Diffusion-weighted Imaging (DWI) in which motion probing gradients are applied along multiple space directions in order to build a “tensor”, i.e. a matrix of translational motions of...
Additional file 7 of Randomised controlled trial of a psychotherapeutic intervention to improve quality of life and other outcomes in people who repeatedly self-harm: FReSH START study protocol
Creators: name: Farley, K.
name: Copsey, B.
name: Wright-Hughes, A.
name: Farrin, A.
name: Bojke, C.
name: McMillan, D.
name: Graham, C.  D.
name: Mattock, R.
name: Brennan, C. A.
name: Gates, C.
name: Martin, A.
name: Dowse, A.
name: Horrocks, J.
name: House, A. O.
name: Guthrie, E. A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 7. 6 month Outcome Questionnaire.
Politiche regionali e comunità dell’energia rinnovabile: verso percorsi di apprendimento reciproco?
Creators: name: Bonifazi, Alessandro
name: Bolognesi, Monica
name: Sala, Franco
Publisher: name: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini
Year: 2023

description: Le comunità dell’energia rinnovabile (CER) costituiscono un modello distribuito e collaborativo di produzione e consumo, con un ruolo fondamentale nella transizione energetica. L’attività di ricerca, i cui risultati preliminari sono illustrati in questo articolo, si concentra sul ruolo delle autonomie locali nella diffusione delle CER, effettuando una ricognizione del complesso delle politiche, prevalentemente pubbliche, per la promozione della transizione energetica in corso di attuazione nelle regioni e province autonome italiane. Il punto di partenza è costituito dal repertorio legislativo, una cornice procedurale nella quale si articolano varie categorie di misure di promozione delle CER (azioni di sostegno finanziario, meccanismi di coordinamento fra attori pubblici e privati, indirizzi per la patrimonializzazione energetica, programmi di valutazione e monitoraggio, ecc.). L’articolo, interpretando i risultati dell’analisi comparativa e illustrando elementi ricorrenti e differenziazioni territoriali fra le politiche regionali, sviluppa una riflessione sui fattori abilitanti e disabilitanti la diffusione delle CER nel territorio italiano e mira a facilitare percorsi di apprendimento reciproco fra gruppi di attori regionali della transizione energetica. Parole chiave: comunità energetiche rinnovabili, transizione energetica, politiche energetiche, regioni italiane, patrimonializzazione energetica
description: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini, V. 22 N. 2 (2022): Renewable Energy Communities: Urban Research and Land Use Planning
A stroll along the gamma
Creators: name: Arras, Benjamin
name: Swan, Yvik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60E15, 26D10, 60B10

description: We provide the first in-depth study of the "smart path" interpolation between an arbitrary probability measure and the gamma-$(α, λ)$ distribution. We propose new explicit representation formulae for the ensuing process as well as a new notion of relative Fisher information with a gamma target distribution. We use these results to prove a differential and an integrated De Bruijn identity which hold under minimal conditions, hereby extending the classical formulae which follow from Bakry, Emery and Ledoux's $Γ$-calculus. Exploiting a specific representation of the "smart path", we obtain a new proof of the logarithmic Sobolev inequality for the gamma law with $α\geq 1/2$ as well as a new type of HSI inequality linking relative entropy, Stein discrepancy and standardized Fisher information for the gamma law with $α\geq 1/2$.
description: Typos corrected
title: Repeatability of diffusion tensor imaging of the liver
Creators: name: Girometti, Rossano
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Background DTI Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is a variant of Diffusion-weighted Imaging (DWI) in which motion probing gradients are applied along multiple space directions in order to build a “tensor”, i.e. a matrix of translational motions of...
title: Proton and phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy in treatment monitoring in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Creators: name: Abrigo, Jill
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Biological effects

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Phyllanthus is an herbal hepatoprotective medication and has been shown to reduce hepatic steatosis and attenuate steatohepatitis in in vitro and in vivo animal studies [1].We previously reported the clinical and histological outcomes of patients...
An Open-source Dual-beam Spectrophotometer for Citizen-science-based Water Quality Monitoring
Creators: name: King, Hunter
name: , Banafsheh
name: Feng, Jiansheng
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Other Engineering
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: Engineering

description: The project contains design files and code for image analysis for a simple and open-source smartphone-based spectrometer for measuring contaminants in water via commercial reagents.
Investigation of the Influences of Anthropogenic Emissions on Isoprene-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Formation During the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) at the Look Rock, TN, Ground Site
Creators: name: Li, Xinxin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Isoprene is the most abundant non-methane hydrocarbon emitted into Earth's atmosphere and is derived from deciduous trees. Its atmospheric oxidation in the presence of anthropogenic pollution is now recognized as a substantial source of secondary organic aerosol (SOA); however, it remains unclear how isoprene-derived SOA forms under atmospheric conditions. In this study, fine aerosol samples were collected from June 1-July 17 at Look Rock, TN, during the 2013 Southeast Oxidant & Aerosol Study (SOAS). Isoprene-derived SOA tracers were characterized and quantified using GC/EI-MS and UPLC/ESI-HR-QTOFMS. Isoprene epoxydiols (IEPOX), oxidation products from isoprene under low-nitric oxide conditions, were the dominant source of SOA. On average, known isoprene-derived SOA tracers accounted for 9.4% of total organic aerosol (OA) mass (upwards of 25%) and positive matrix factorization of real-time OA mass spectral data corroborated this finding. Weak association (R2=0.3) between sulfate and isoprene-derived SOA was observed at the site; however, IEPOX and sulfate likely synergistically interacted upwind to form SOA.
title: Intravoxel incoherent motion can be a biomarker of sorafenib treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study
Creators: name: Shirota, Natsuhiko
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: •To prospectively evaluate the relationship between the therapeutic outcomes of sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intravoxel incoherent motion...
Additional file 1 of Uncovering the key working mechanisms of a complex community-based obesity prevention programme in the Netherlands using ripple effects mapping
Creators: name: Huiberts, Irma
name: Collard, Dorine
name: Singh, Amika
name: Hendriks, Mara
name: Chinapaw, Mai J. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1.
Verso la transizione energetica: un possibile approccio metodologico incluso nella Strategia di Transizione Climatica
Creators: name: Boglietti, Stefania
name: Fumagalli, Ilaria
name: Tiboni, Michela
Publisher: name: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini
Year: 2023

description: L’aumento delle emissioni urbane di gas serra è solo una delle cause del cambiamento climatico. Il 70% di queste emissioni è prodotto dalle città, che sono quindi attori fondamentali negli sforzi per rallentare gli impatti ambientali. L’allarme suscitato da questa situazione ha spinto a adottare, a livello nazionale ed internazionale, una serie di normative orientate alla riduzione dei gas climalteranti e alla promozione di politiche di transizione energetica. Come può la pianificazione urbana dare un contributo? Il Comune di Brescia ha cercato di rispondere a questa domanda approvando una Strategia di Transizione Climatica (STC), che mira a raggiungere gli impegnativi obiettivi posti dall’adattamento delle città ai cambiamenti climatici. Questo lavoro ha l’obiettivo di illustrare il percorso programmatico introdotto dall’amministrazione comunale per avviare la transizione energetica. Inoltre, dimostra come sia necessario un approccio metodologico basato su una visione sistemica e multisettoriale strettamente legata alle caratteristiche del territorio analizzato. Parole chiave: transizione energetica, comunità energetiche, One-Stop-Shop, povertà energetica
description: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini, V. 22 N. 2 (2022): Renewable Energy Communities: Urban Research and Land Use Planning
title: Real-time elastography: a comparison of qualitative and semi-quantitative methods for analysis of the elastograms
Creators: name: Puppo, Cristina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Elastography
subject: Liver

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The prognosis of patients with chronic liver diseases is related to the progression of hepatic fibrosis and the increased risk of complications such as portal hypertension, liver failure or hepatocarcinogenesis [1]. Liver biopsy is still considered...
Evaluation of an Inhalation Device to be Used in Cystic Fibrosis Research
Creators: name: Thomas, Catherine A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1987

description: Powder aerosols are being considered as treatment for patients with Cystyic Fibrosis because powders can deliver amiloride hydrochloride directly to airway surfaces more quickly and easily than is possible when the drug is administered in solution. The goals of this research were: 1) to increase the fraction of respirable amiloride hydrochloride mass generated, 2) to remove larger, non-respirable particles from the aerosol before inhalation, and 3) to assess the effectiveness of these aerosol generation techniques for delivering amiloride to the lower airway surfaces. Three independent variables were tested, each at three levels: 1) size range of lactose powder flow-aid used to help disperse the amiloride aggregates 2) ratio of amiloride to lactose in the capsule, and 3) total mass of amiloride and lactose in the capsule. For the particle size of interest, 0.7 to 3.3 micrometers, all three independent variables had a significant effect on the fraction of respirable amiloride hydrochloride mass generated. For size range of lactose flow-aid used to disperse amiloride aggregates, the trend indicated that smaller lactose particles, <38 um, were most effective. For ratio of amiloride to lactose, a 1:2 ratio of lactose flow-aid to amiloride drug was most effective. For total mass of amiloride and lactose in the capsule, the least mass, 30 mg, was most effective in dispersing amiloride aggregates.
Teaching Practices That Support and Promote Learning: Qualitative Evidence from High and Low Performing Classes in Vietnam
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: DeJaeghere, Joan
name: Duong, Bich-Hang
name: Dao, Vu
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Teacher education and professional development of educators
Education systems not elsewhere classified
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This Insight Note contributes to the growing body of knowledge on teaching practices that foster student learning and achievement by analysing in-depth qualitative data from classroom observations and teacher interviews.
Application of a multiscale maximum entropy image restoration algorithm to HXMT observations
Creators: name: Guan, Ju
name: Song, Li-Ming
name: Huo, Zhuo-Xi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: F.2.1
subject: 85-08

description: This paper introduces a multiscale maximum entropy (MSME) algorithm for image restoration of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), which is a collimated scan X-ray satellite mainly devoted to a sensitive all-sky survey and pointed observation in 1-250 keV. The novelty of the MSME method is to use wavelet decomposition and multiresolution support to control noise amplification in the different scales. And our work is focused on the application and modification of this method to restore diffuse sources detected by HXMT scanning observation. And an improved method, ensemble multiscale maximum entropy (EMSME) algorithm, is proposed to alleviate the problem of mode mixing exiting in MSME. Simulation have been performed on the detection of the diffuse source Cen A by HXMT in the all-sky survey mode. The results show that the MSME method is adapted to the deconvolution task of HXMT for diffuse source detection and the improved method could suppress noise and improve the correlation and signal-to-noise ratio, thus proving itself a better algorithm for image restoration. Through one all-sky survey, HXMT could reach a capacity of detecting a diffuse source with maximum differential flux of 0.5 mCrab.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures, 1 table
title: Pseudocirrhosis of the liver due to chemotherapeutic drug toxicity
Creators: name: Heursen, Eva-Marie
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Toxicity
subject: Drugs / Reactions
subject: Cirrhosis
subject: Complications
subject: Chemotherapy
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Pseudocirrhosis is a radiologic term that describes morphologic changes in liver parenchyma due to the toxicity of some chemotherapeutic drugs [i] . It is seen in patients with liver metastasis, mostly from breast cancer.This side effect is rare and...
Using machine learning algorithms to support the delivery of patient-centered and value-based care for carpal tunnel syndrome: experimental research
Creators: name: Harrison, Conrad
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is extremely common and typically treated with carpal tunnel decompression (CTD). Up to 25% of patients do not experience meaningful benefit from this procedure. This study aimed to develop and internally validate machine learning models for predicting which patients would report improvement following CTD. We used registry data from 1916 patients undergoing CTD at a Scottish hand center between 2010 and 2019. We defined improvement as change exceeding the QuickDASH subscales' minimal important change estimates, and included a range of patient-reported, clinical, and demographic predictors. We split data into training and test sets. Machine learning algorithms were trained on bootstraps of the training data and evaluated in the test set. The best performing algorithms predicted functional and symptomatic improvement with accuracies of 0.718 [95% CI 0.660, 0.771] and 0.759 [95% CI 0.708, 0.810] respectively. Clinical decision support tools that combine psychometrics and machine learning could support patient-centered and value-based healthcare.
Additional file 8 of Randomised controlled trial of a psychotherapeutic intervention to improve quality of life and other outcomes in people who repeatedly self-harm: FReSH START study protocol
Creators: name: Farley, K.
name: Copsey, B.
name: Wright-Hughes, A.
name: Farrin, A.
name: Bojke, C.
name: McMillan, D.
name: Graham, C.  D.
name: Mattock, R.
name: Brennan, C. A.
name: Gates, C.
name: Martin, A.
name: Dowse, A.
name: Horrocks, J.
name: House, A. O.
name: Guthrie, E. A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 8. 9 month Outcome Questionnaire.
Comunità energetiche e territorio, binomio indissolubile
Creators: name: Leone, Antonio
name: Ripa, Maria N.
name: Vomero, Michele
name: Verardi, Fernando
Publisher: name: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini
Year: 2023

description: L’emergenza climatica ed energetica sta focalizzando l’attenzione sulle Comunità Energetiche Rinnovabili (CER). Le CER sono costituite da cittadini che diventano produttori e consumatori di energia (prosumer), ma anche piccole e medie imprese e amministrazioni comunali, al fine della distribuzione locale di energia prodotta da fonti rinnovabili, portando una serie di benefici ambientali, economici e sociali a livello locale. Inoltre, le CER contribuiscono a ridurre la povertà energetica quale obiettivo di sviluppo sostenibile ed al raggiungimento del comune obiettivo di decarbonizzazione richiesto dal futuro sistema energetico dell’Unione Europea. È quindi immediata l’esigenza di pianificazione, per cui l’articolo espone delle riflessioni conseguenti, con particolare riferimento alla pianificazione paesaggistica, basandosi sul caso di studio del Comune di Corsano (Lecce). Dai processi di decentramento e localismo energetico, emergono alcune prospettive che convergono sul distretto energetico come proiezione della comunità energetica locale e che sembrano valorizzarne una più sistemica e dimensione strategica della pianificazione energetica a scala urbana. Parole chiave: Sostenibilità urbana, Pianificazione energetica, Sviluppo locale, Comunità Energetiche
description: BDC. Bollettino Del Centro Calza Bini, V. 22 N. 2 (2022): Renewable Energy Communities: Urban Research and Land Use Planning
Utilization of Market Transfers to Minimize the Cost of Maintaining Water Supply Reliability in the Edwards Aquifer
Creators: name: Durbin, Scott W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2002

description: The Edwards Aquifer (EA) is the sole source of water for 2 million people in south central Texas and provides the habitat for several endangered species. Recently, environmental concerns over declining aquifer levels and spring flows resulted in a mandated reduction in water use. This project seeks to provide a decision-making framework for municipalities that utilizes several types of market transfers to meet demand, while simultaneously improving the efficiency of regional water use. A hydrologic and economic simulation model is developed that predicts monthly probability distributions of aquifer levels, market demand, and supply. The benefits of new alternatives (spot leases and options) are assessed along with the existing market transfer types (permanent transfers and annual leases). The model evaluates hundreds of combinations of the four transfer types to find the "optimal" portfolio that minimizes water acquisition costs while providing a specified level of supply. Results indicate that spot leases and options lead to a substantial reduction in the average cost and quantity of water needed to meet demand. The use of options results in a much smaller standard deviation in costs than spot leases. Given the risk adverse behavior of most municipalities, the ability of options to reduce cost without increasing risk may make them the most practical market alternative. Because of the water (and cost) savings that result from improved allocation through water transfers, markets should be considered as a viable alternative to meet demand in the EA.
title: CT Angioportogram and volumetry in focal liver lesions - its role in surgical planning and virtual hepatic resection
Creators: name: Parekh, Sonali
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Surgery
subject: CT
subject: Management
subject: Liver
subject: Outcomes

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Liver resection offers a potential cure for patients with focal liver lesions. Surgical planes are defined based on the anatomy of liver as described by Couinaud [1]. Survival rates are improving even for malignant lesions [2]. However, the major...
He II Proximity Effect and the Lifetime of Quasars
Creators: name: Khrykin, I. S.
name: Hennawi, J. F.
name: McQuinn, M.
name: Worseck, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lifetime of quasars is fundamental for understanding the growth of supermassive black holes, and is an important ingredient in models of the reionization of the intergalactic medium. However, despite various attempts to determine quasar lifetimes, current estimates from a variety of methods are uncertain by orders of magnitude. This work combines cosmological hydrodynamical simulations and 1D radiative transfer to investigate the structure and evolution of the He II Ly$α$ proximity zones around quasars at $z \simeq 3-4$. We show that the time evolution in the proximity zone can be described by a simple analytical model for the approach of the He II fraction $x_{\rm HeII}\left( t \right)$ to ionization equilibrium, and use this picture to illustrate how the transmission profile depends on the quasar lifetime, quasar UV luminosity, and the ionization state of helium in the ambient IGM (i.e. the average He II fraction, or equivalently the metagalactic He II ionizing background). A significant degeneracy exists between the lifetime and the average He II fraction, however the latter can be determined from measurements of the He II Ly$α$ optical depth far from quasars, allowing the lifetime to be measured. We advocate stacking existing He II quasar spectra at $z\sim 3$, and show that the shape of this average proximity zone profile is sensitive to lifetimes as long as $\sim 30$ Myr. At higher redshift $z\sim 4$ where the He II fraction is poorly constrained, degeneracies will make it challenging to determine these parameters independently. Our analytical model for He II proximity zones should also provide a useful description of the properties of H I proximity zones around quasars at $z \simeq 6-7$.
description: 26 pages, 18 figures, accepted to ApJ
Zone-center phonons of bulk, few-layer, and monolayer 1T-TaS$_2$: Detection of the commensurate charge density wave phase through Raman scattering
Creators: name: Albertini, Oliver R.
name: Zhao, Rui
name: McCann, Rebecca L.
name: Feng, Simin
name: Terrones, Mauricio
name: Freericks, James K.
name: Robinson, Joshua A.
name: Liu, Amy Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present first-principles calculations of the vibrational properties of the transition metal dichalcogenide 1T-TaS$_2$ for various thicknesses in the high-temperature (undistorted) phase and the low-temperature commensurate charge density wave (CDW) phase. We also present measurements of the Raman spectra for bulk, few-layer, and monolayer samples at temperatures well below that of the bulk transition to the commensurate phase. Through our calculations, we identify the low-frequency folded-back acoustic modes as a convenient signature of the commensurate CDW wave structure in vibrational spectra. In our measured Raman spectra, this signature is clearly evident in all of the samples, indicating that the commensurate phase remains the ground state as the material is thinned, even down to a single layer. This is in contrast to some previous studies which suggest a suppression of the commensurate CDW transition in thin flakes. We also use polarized Raman spectroscopy to probe c-axis orbital texture in the low-T phase, which has recently been suggested as playing a role in the metal-insulator transition that accompanies the structural transition to the commensurate CDW phase.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, PRB
Integrating Inactivation Kinetics, Disinfectant Decay and Reactor Hydraulics for Evaluating Disinfection Effectiveness
Creators: name: Talbot, Mark E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2002

description: The Integrated Disinfection Design Framework (IDDF), a software package provided by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation, was evaluated as a tool for improving the prediction of microbial inactivation in drinking water. The results using the IDDF on several model systems were compared to spreadsheet calculations based upon well-known microbial inactivation kinetics and disinfectant decay combined with the hydraulic behavior of model reactors. After assessing the appropriateness of the computer model, an integrated approach to disinfection was applied to the clearwells at four water utilities in North Carolina. The hydraulic behavior of these reactors was characterized by tracer data collected by the utilities. The best-fit F curve for the raw tracer data was found using the completely mixed flow reactor (CMFR)-in-series model. To attain a more accurate characterization of the residence time distribution, the gamma function was used to model non-integer values of N (the number of reactors) in the CMFRs-in-series model. Several methods of modeling the residence time distribution were evaluated. The best technique was found to be a two-parameter model that minimizes the residuals between the theoretical F values (objective function) and the raw tracer data. After accurately characterizing the hydraulic behavior of the four reactors, an analysis was conducted on the sensitivity of disinfection to the inactivation rate constant (k'), disinfectant decay constant (kcl) and the residence time (θ). The results from the sensitivity analysis were then compared to the amount of disinfection credit granted by the US EPAs' Surface Water Treatment Rule under the same circumstances to ascertain the conservative nature of current regulations. Finally, recommendations are provided for improving the IDDF before further implementation of the software to practice.
Conditional symmetries in axisymmetric quantum cosmologies with scalar fields and the fate of the classical singularities
Creators: name: Zampeli, Adamantia
name: Pailas, Theodoros
name: Terzis, Petros A.
name: Christodoulakis, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, the classical and quantum solutions of some axisymmetric cosmologies coupled to a massless scalar field are studied in the context of minisuperspace approximation. In these models, the singular nature of the Lagrangians entails a search for possible conditional symmetries. These have been proven to be the simultaneous conformal symmetries of the supermetric and the superpotential. The quantization is performed by adopting the Dirac proposal for constrained systems, i.e. promoting the first-class constraints to operators annihilating the wave function. To further enrich the approach, we follow \cite{Christodoulakis:2012eg} and impose the operators related to the classical conditional symmetries on the wave function. These additional equations select particular solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. In order to gain some physical insight from the quantization of these cosmological systems, we perform a semiclassical analysis following the Bohmian approach to quantum theory. The generic result is that, in all but one model, one can find appropriate ranges of the parameters, so that the emerging semiclassical geometries are non-singular. An attempt for physical interpretation involves the study of the effective energy-momentum tensor which corresponds to an imperfect fluid.
description: 29 pages, LaTeX2e source file, no figures; v2 References and a new appendix added. Typo in title corected. Matches accepted version in JCAP
title: Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in overweight/obese subjects
Creators: name: Ferraioli, Giovanna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Liver
subject: Absorptiometry / Bone densitometry
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Metabolic disorders

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common causes of chronic liver injury. NAFLD ranges from simple steatosis, which is a reversible and benign condition, to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which may progress to liver...
Schmidt-number benchmarks for continuous-variable quantum devices
Creators: name: Namiki, Ryo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present quantum fidelity benchmarks for continuous-variable (CV) quantum devices to outperform quantum channels which can transmit at most $k$-dimensional coherences for positive integers $k$. We determine an upper bound of an average fidelity over Gaussian distributed coherent states for quantum channels whose Schmidt class is $k$. This settles fundamental fidelity steps where the known classical limit and quantum limit correspond to the two endpoints of $k=1$ and $k= \infty $, respectively. It turns out that the average fidelity is useful to verify to what extent an experimental CV gate can transmit a high dimensional coherence. The result is also extended to be applicable to general quantum operations. While the fidelity is directly associated with heterodyne measurements in quantum optics, we can also obtain similar criteria based on mean square quadrature deviations via homodyne measurements.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures
Modular Bond-graph Modelling and Analysis of Biomolecular Systems
Creators: name: Gawthrop, Peter
name: Crampin, Edmund
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Bond graphs can be used to build thermodynamically-compliant hierarchical models of biomolecular systems. As bond graphs have been widely used to model, analyse and synthesise engineering systems, this paper suggests that they can play the same role in the modelling, analysis and synthesis of biomolecular systems. The particular structure of bond graphs arising from biomolecular systems is established and used to elucidate the relation between thermodynamically closed and open systems. Block diagram representations of the dynamics implied by these bond graphs are used to reveal implicit feedback structures and are linearised to allow the application of control-theoretical methods. Two concepts of modularity are examined: computational modularity where physical correctness is retained and behavioural modularity where module behaviour (such as ultrasensitivity) is retained. As well as providing computational modularity, bond graphs provide a natural formulation of behavioural modularity and reveal the sources of retroactivity. A bond graph approach to reducing retroactivity, and thus inter-module interaction, is shown to require a power supply such as that provided by the ATP = ADP + Pi reaction. The MAPK cascade (Raf-MEK-ERK pathway) is used as an illustrative example.
title: Imaging of Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction
Creators: name: Cohen-Hallaleh, Violette
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Varices
subject: Cirrhosis
subject: Shunts
subject: Angioplasty
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To identify the spectrum of abnormalities causing hepatic venous outflow obstruction To understand imaging findings including hepatic morphologic changes, perfusion abnormalities, collateral vessels and hepatic nodules related to hepatic venous...
The Politics of Education and Learning in Vietnam: Contributions to a Theory of Embedded Accountabilities
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: London, Jonathan D.
name: Duong, Bich-Hang
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Education systems not elsewhere classified
Other education not elsewhere classified
Political economy and social change

description: This paper locates many of the most important strengths and weaknesses in Vietnam’s education system in the politics of education and in features of the country’s education system’s societal embedding.
Regulation of the Cholesterol-Biosynthesis Pathway Influences Effects of Peroxisome Proliferators in Mouse Liver
Creators: name: Burns, Amanda
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Phthalates and a variety of other environmental compounds belong to a class of chemicals known as peroxisome proliferators (PPs). PPs are a widely studied class of compounds that cause non-genotoxic liver carcinogenesis in rodents. The mechanism by which PPs cause cancer and a number of other pleotropic effects, including induction of peroxisomes, hepatocellular hypertrophy and oxidative stress involve activation of the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) alpha. While it is known that PPARα is required for these effects, the exact mechanism of action is unknown. In order to determine how human health is affected by these compounds it is necessary to elucidate the mechanism of action. A number of studies have suggested that PPARα plays a role in the cholesterol biosynthesis (mevalonate) pathway. We hypothesize that by affecting the key regulators of this pathway, we can modulate the effects of peroxisome proliferators in the mouse liver. Here, we explored the consequences of blocking the mevalonate pathway with lovastatin or increasing the availability of isoprenoids by treating with farnesol on PP induced liver effects. While farnesol had no effect on PP-induced AGO activity (i.e., peroxisome proliferation), it blocked the increase in cell proliferation. Collectively, these results indicated that disregulation of the mevalonate pathway affects the promotional ability of PPs in liver, but not their ability to cause induction of peroxisomes. Thus, the perturbations of lipid metabolism in liver that are caused by PPs may be linked to the ability of the agents to induce cell proliferation.
Survival and Behavioral Responses of the Snail Elimia clavaeformis (Lea) in a Metal Contaminated Stream
Creators: name: Burris, Janet
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1987

description: The responses of transplanted snails, Elimia clavaeformis were used to assess in situ toxicity and the bioavailability of metals in a stream. Bear Creek, draining a large waste disposal area near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Caged snails were placed monthly at four study sites in the contaminated stream and one study site in a reference stream for 7 day exposures from September 1986 to January 1987. Substrate-filled trays containing snails were also placed in each site for 30 day exposures. Toxicity (measured as the percentage of snails stressed or dying) decreased with distance downstream. Aluminum, cadmium and strontium were significantly (p < 0.05) accumulated by the snails at the most upstream study site compared to background levels of these metals in snails from the reference site. Cadmium and cobalt accumulation in the snails correlated with duration of exposure. Marked Elimia released in the most contaminated site exhibit abnormal patterns of dispersal compared to dispersal patterns of snails in the reference stream and other less contaminated sites in Bear Creek. Suspended flocculent metal hydroxides, suspended solids, and dissolved Cd and Ni are implicated as potential contributors to the mortality, stress and behavior of Elimia upstream in Bear Creek. The in situ use of snails to assess toxicity of ambient water and the bioavailability of contaminants is a promising technique for evaluating ecological effects of waste disposal operations.