cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Assessing Usual Care in Clinical Trials
Creators: name: Remien, Robert H.
name: Wagner, Glenn
name: Schneiderman, Neil
name: Banderas, Julie W.
name: Reynolds, Nancy
name: Rosen, Marc I.
name: Tamres, Lisa K.
name: Erlen, Judith A.
name: Liu, Honghu
name: Bangsberg, David R.
name: Golin, Carol E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Researchers designing clinical trials often specify usual care received by participants as the control condition expecting that all participants receive usual care regardless of group assignment. The assumption is that the groups in the study are affected similarly. We describe the assessment of usual care within the 16 studies in MACH 14, a multi-site collaboration on adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Only five of the studies in MACH 14 assessed usual care. Assessment protocols varied as did the timing and frequency of assessments. All usual care assessments addressed patient education focused on HIV, HIV medications, and medication adherence. Our findings support earlier work that calls for systematic assessments of usual care within the study design, inclusion of descriptions of usual care in reports of the study, and the influence of usual care on the experimental condition in clinical trials.
The Reality of Casimir Friction
Creators: name: Milton, K. A.
name: Høye, J. S.
name: Brevik, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For more than 35 years theorists have studied quantum or Casimir friction, which occurs when two smooth bodies move transversely to each other, experiencing a frictional dissipative force due to quantum electromagnetic fluctuations, which break time-reversal symmetry. These forces are typically very small, unless the bodies are nearly touching, and consequently such effects have never been observed, although lateral Casimir forces have been seen for corrugated surfaces. Partly because of the lack of contact with phenomena, theoretical predictions for the frictional force between parallel plates, or between a polarizable atom and a metallic plate, have varied widely. Here we review the history of these calculations, show that theoretical consensus is emerging, and offer some hope that it might be possible to experimentally confirm this phenomenon of dissipative quantum electrodynamics.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures
[ARTICLE] Gamma Derivatives of the Extended Sine and Cosine Functions for the Upgraded Mass-Spring Oscillatory System (Canadian Journal of Mathematics Research / 2023) - GAMMA TRIGONOMETRY
Creators: name: Teia, Luis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Dynamics, vibration and vibration control
Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified
Electrical circuits and systems
Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
Dynamical systems in applications
Applied mathematics not elsewhere classified
Complex systems
Mathematical physics not elsewhere classified

description: ABSTRACT Derivatives in trigonometry have always been defined in orthogonal contexts (i.e., where the y-axis is set perpendicular to the x-axis). Within the context of trigonometric, the present work expands the concept of derivative (operating by the principle of 90 degrees phase shift when applicable to sine and cosine functions) to the realm where the y-axis is at a variable angle $\gamma$ to the x-axis (i.e., non-orthogonal systems). This gives rise to the concept of the \emph{gamma derivative} --- which expands the classical derivative to impart phase shifts of $\gamma$ degrees. Hence, the ordinary derivative (with respect to $\alpha$) or $d/d \alpha$ is a particular case of the more general \emph{gamma derivative} or $d_\gamma/d_\gamma \alpha$. Formula for the $n^{th}$ gamma derivative of the extended sine and cosine functions are defined. For applied mathematics, the gamma derivatives of the extended sine function $\sin^*(\alpha,\gamma)$ and cosine function $\cos^*(\alpha,\gamma)$ determine the extended governing equation of the energy-coupled mass-spring oscillatory system, and by extended analogy that of the electrical LC (Inductance-Capacitance) circuit.
Température et salinité de l'eau de mer au large de Roscoff de 1991 à 1997
Creators: name: CONQ, Claude
name: DAUVIN, Jean-Claude
name: LORGERÉ, Jean-Claude
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 1998

description: Sea water temperature and salinity off Roscoff, 1991-1997. Temperature and salinity were measured bimonthly in
 a station located at 3.5 nautical miles from the coast line at 60 m depth. The results of surface and bottom measures are
 presented for the 1991-1997 period. The annual mean temperatures are compared with that of the four last decades (1958-
 1997). The 1958-1997 mean temperature is 12.15°C, but the last decade 1988-1997 mean temperature reaching 12.45°C is
 the warmest.
Long distance transport of magnon spin information in a magnetic insulator at room temperature
Creators: name: Cornelissen, L. J.
name: Liu, J.
name: Duine, R. A.
name: Youssef, J. Ben
name: Van Wees, B. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transport of spin information has been studied in various materials, such as metals, semiconductors and graphene. In these materials, spin is transported by diffusion of conduction electrons. Here we study the diffusion and relaxation of spin in a magnetic insulator, where the large bandgap prohibits the motion of electrons. Spin can still be transported, however, through the diffusion of non-equilibrium magnons, the quanta of spin wave excitations in magnetically ordered materials. Here we show experimentally that these magnons can be excited and detected fully electrically in linear response, and can transport spin angular momentum through the magnetic insulator yttrium iron garnet (YIG) over distances as large as 40 micrometer. We identify two transport regimes: the diffusion limited regime for distances shorter than the magnon relaxation length, and the relaxation limited regime for larger distances. With a model similar to the diffusion-relaxation model for electron spin transport in (semi)conducting materials, we extract the magnon relaxation length lambda = 9.4 micrometer in a 200 nm thin YIG film at room temperature.
梨炭疽菌野生型和突变体菌株的转录组测序
Creators: name: 李朝辉(Chaohui Li)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2023
Subjects: Transcriptome or Gene expression
Monoisolate
Agricultural

description: 梨炭疽菌CfMK1敲除突变体和野生型
Additional file 1 of Enhancing microbial predator–prey detection with network and trait-based analyses
Creators: name: Martínez Rendón, Cristina
name: Braun, Christina
name: Kappelsberger, Maria
name: Boy, Jens
name: Casanova-Katny, Angélica
name: Glaser, Karin
name: Dumack, Kenneth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary figures: Figure S1. In silico comparison of amplification efficiency of diatom designed and literature primers. All reactions were conducted with the forward primer EukF1. a. Total matched accessions of every tested PCR. The non-redundant SILVA database had 1,571 sequences within the Bacillariophyta at the time of the study. b. Major terrestrial taxa of the three diatom classes are presented. Results are based on a perfect match (0 mismatches) on the SILVA database. Figure S2. In silico comparison of amplification efficiency of green algae primers. All reactions were conducted with the forward primer EukF1. a. Total matched accessions of every tested PCR. The non-redundant SILVA database had 1,908 Chlorophyta and 4,738 Charophyta sequences at the time of the study. The compared methodology [ 27 ] comprise general eukaryotic primers, which expectedly matched a large number of eukaryotic accessions. b. Major terrestrial microalgae taxa are shown within each phylum. Total Embryophyta matched accessions are also shown. Since the developed protocol was intended for microalgae analysis, we aimed to develop specific primers to avoid the amplification embryophytes. Results are based on a perfect match (0 mismatches) on the SILVA database. Figure S3. Rarefaction curves per sampling sites, Cercozoa. Figure S4. Rarefaction curves per sampling sites, green algae. Figure S5. Rarefaction curves per sampling sites, ochrophytes. Figure S6. Cercozoan genera by sampling regions. Figure S7. Green algal genera by sampling regions. Figure S8. Ochrophyte genera by sampling regions. Figure S9. HMSC species-to-species co-occurrence and correlation networks for Cercozoan algivores and bacterivores with microalgae, inferred using presence-absence and abundance models. Panels (a–d) depict associations between cercozoan eukaryvores and omnivores with green algae and ochrophytes, while panels (e–h) show associations between cercozoan bacterivores and microalgae. The presence-absence models (a, b, e, f) were inferred using a probit model, whereas the abundance models (c, d, g, h) were based on a normal model. Each model includes both a null version (a, c, e, g) to represent random patterns and a full version (b, d, f, h) that incorporates environmental covariates. The correlations marked with black squares represent interactions validated through laboratory testing.
Localized modulated wave solutions in diffusive glucose-insulin systems
Creators: name: Mvogo, Alain
name: Tambue, Antoine
name: Ben-Bolie, Germain Hubert
name: Kofane, Timoleon Crepin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate intercellular insulin dynamics in an array of diffusively coupled pancreatic islet \b{eta}-cells. The cells are connected via gap junction coupling, where nearest neighbor interactions are included. Through the multiple scale expansion in the semi-discrete approximation, we show that the insulin dynamics can be governed by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. The localized solutions of this equation are reported. The results suggest from the biophysical point of view that the insulin propagates in pancreatic islet \b{eta}-cells using both temporal and spatial dimensions in the form of localized modulated waves.
Anti-PEG immunity: emergence, characteristics, and unaddressed questions: Anti-PEG immunity
Creators: name: Yang, Qi
name: Lai, Samuel K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: The modification of protein and nanoparticle therapeutics with polyethylene glycol (PEG), a flexible, uncharged and highly hydrophilic polymer, is a widely adopted approach to reduce RES clearance, extend circulation time, and improve drug efficacy. Nevertheless, an emerging body of literature, generated by numerous research groups, demonstrates that the immune system can produce antibodies that specifically bind PEG, which can lead to the “accelerated blood clearance” of PEGylated therapeutics. In animals, anti-PEG immunity is typically robust but short-lived and consists of a predominantly anti-PEG IgM response. Rodent studies suggest that the induction of anti-PEG antibodies (α-PEG Abs) primarily occurs through a type 2 T-cell independent mechanism. Although anti-PEG immunity is less well-studied in humans, the presence of α-PEG Abs has been correlated with reduced efficacy of PEGylated therapeutics in clinical trials. The prevalence of anti-PEG IgG and reports of memory immune responses, as well as the existence of α-PEG Abs in healthy untreated individuals, suggests that the mechanism(s) and features of human anti-PEG immune responses may differ from those of animal models. Many questions, including the incidence rate of pre-existing α-PEG Abs and immunological mechanism(s) of α-PEG Ab formation in humans, must be answered in order to fully address the potential complications of anti-PEG immunity.
(533) George Rodger
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Recent advances in nanotechnology for diabetes treatment: Nanotechnology for Diabetes Treatment
Creators: name: DiSanto, Rocco Michael
name: Subramanian, Vinayak
name: Gu, Zhen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Nanotechnology in diabetes research has facilitated the development of novel glucose measurement and insulin delivery modalities which hold the potential to dramatically improve quality of life for diabetics. Recent progress in the field of diabetes research at its interface with nanotechnology is our focus. In particular, we examine glucose sensors with nanoscale components including metal nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures. The addition of nanoscale components commonly increases glucose sensor sensitivity, temporal response, and can lead to sensors which facilitate continuous in vivo glucose monitoring. Additionally, we survey nanoscale approaches to “closed-loop” insulin delivery strategies which automatically release insulin in response to fluctuating blood glucose levels. “Closing the loop” between blood glucose level (BGL) measurements and insulin administration by removing the requirement of patient action holds the potential to dramatically improve the health and quality of life of diabetics. Advantages and limitations of current strategies, as well as future opportunities and challenges are also discussed.
Extrasolar Binary Planets II: Detectability by Transit Observations
Creators: name: Lewis, K. M.
name: Ochiai, H.
name: Nagasawa, M.
name: Ida, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the detectability of gravitationally bounded pairs of gas-giant planets (which we call "binary planets") in extrasolar planetary systems that are formed through orbital instability followed by planet-planet dynamical tides during their close encounters, based on the results of N-body simulations by Ochiai, Nagasawa and Ida (Paper I). Paper I showed that the formation probability of a binary is as much as $\sim 10\%$ for three giant planet systems that undergo orbital instability, and after post-capture long-term tidal evolution, the typical binary separation is 3--5 times the sum of physical radii of the planets. The binary planets are stable during main sequence lifetime of solar-type stars, if the stellarcentric semimajor axis of the binary is larger than 0.3 AU. We show that detecting modulations of transit light curves is the most promising observational method to detect binary planets. Since the likely binary separations are comparable to the stellar diameter, the shape of the transit light curve is different from transit to transit, depending on the phase of the binary's orbit. The transit durations and depth for binary planet transits are generally longer and deeper than those for the single planet case. We point out that binary planets could exist among the known inflated gas giant planets or objects classified as false positive detections at orbital radii > 0.3 AU, propose a binary planet explanation for the CoRoT candidate SRc01 E2 1066, and show that binary planets are likely to be present in, and could be detected using Kepler-quality data.
description: accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal
Mixed normal-superconducting states in the presence of strong electric currents
Creators: name: Almog, Yaniv
name: Helffer, Bernard
name: Pan, Xing-Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Ginzburg-Landau equations in the presence of large electric currents, that are smaller than the critical current where the normal state losses its stability. For steady-state solutions in the large $κ$ limit, we prove that the superconductivity order parameter is exponentially small in a significant part of the domain, and small in the rest of it. Similar results are obtained for the time-dependent problem, in continuation of the paper by the two first authors [3]. We conclude by obtaining some weaker results, albeit similar, for steady-state solutions in the large domain limit.
Judgments About Work and the Features of Young Adults’ Jobs
Creators: name: Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick
name: Monserud, Maria A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: This study revisits the relationship between adolescent judgments about work and later job characteristics, tackling the twin temporal dimensions of age and history. Drawing on 15 consecutive cohorts of high school seniors, we examine 1) whether adolescents' judgments about work become more strongly predictive of the characteristics of their jobs as they move through their twenties, and 2) whether the relationship between adolescents' judgments about work and their later job characteristics has weakened across cohorts of high school seniors between 1976 and 1990. Findings indicate a limited role of history; the larger life course story of these findings is tied to age. Adolescent judgments about work, measured in the senior year of high school, became more predictive of earnings with age during this period of the life course. They were also most predictive of the level of intrinsic job characteristics at the oldest age we examined, but the pattern was not one of progressive strengthening with age as it was for earnings.
Skills on the Move: Rethinking the Relationship Between Human Capital and Immigrant Economic Mobility
Creators: name: Lowe, Nichola
name: Hagan, Jacqueline
name: Quingla, Christian
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Studies of immigrant labor market incorporation in the unregulated sector of the US economy either assume that immigrant workers are trapped in low-wage jobs because of low human capital, or paint a picture of blocked mobility because of exploitation and discrimination. In this paper we offer a third sociological alternative to understand processes of occupational mobility and skill learning. Drawing on work histories of 111 immigrant construction workers, we find that many immigrants are skilled, having come to their jobs with technical skill sets acquired in their home communities and their previous U.S. jobs. We further find that these less-educated immigrants, who rank low on traditional human capital attributes but high on work experience may circumvent exploitation and build mobility pathways through skill transference, on- the- job reskilling, and brincando (job jumping).
(529) Jane Williamson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
At risk or not at risk? A meta-analysis of the prognostic accuracy of psychometric interviews for psychosis prediction
Creators: name: Borgwardt, Stefan
name: Riecher-Rössler, Anita
name: Fusar-Poli, Paolo
name: Lee, Jimmy
name: Rutigliano, Grazia
name: McGlashan, Thomas H.
name: Addington, Jean
name: Klosterkötter, Joachim
name: Yung, Alison R.
name: Schultze-Lutter, Frauke
name: McGuire, Philip
name: Bonoldi, Ilaria
name: Perkins, Diana
name: Woods, Scott W.
name: Cappucciati, Marco
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: An accurate detection of individuals at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis is a prerequisite for effective preventive interventions. Several psychometric interviews are available, but their prognostic accuracy is unknown. We conducted a prognostic accuracy meta-analysis of psychometric interviews used to examine referrals to high risk services. The index test was an established CHR psychometric instrument used to identify subjects with and without CHR (CHR+ and CHR−). The reference index was psychosis onset over time in both CHR+ and CHR− subjects. Data were analyzed with MIDAS (STATA13). Area under the curve (AUC), summary receiver operating characteristic curves, quality assessment, likelihood ratios, Fagan’s nomogram and probability modified plots were computed. Eleven independent studies were included, with a total of 2,519 help-seeking, predominately adult subjects (CHR+: N=1,359; CHR−: N=1,160) referred to high risk services. The mean follow-up duration was 38 months. The AUC was excellent (0.90; 95% CI: 0.87-0.93), and comparable to other tests in preventive medicine, suggesting clinical utility in subjects referred to high risk services. Meta-regression analyses revealed an effect for exposure to antipsychotics and no effects for type of instrument, age, gender, follow-up time, sample size, quality assessment, proportion of CHR+ subjects in the total sample. Fagan’s nomogram indicated a low positive predictive value (5.74%) in the general non-help-seeking population. Albeit the clear need to further improve prediction of psychosis, these findings support the use of psychometric prognostic interviews for CHR as clinical tools for an indicated prevention in subjects seeking help at high risk services worldwide.
B-cells recognize non-self only, and T-cells recognize self only
Creators: name: Nygren, Johan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Antigen presentation to T-cells with MHC I and II is a young science. It has not been explored that long. Younger than antibodies, since those were observable more easy. And since antibodies clearly bind to non-self, there would be a priori prejudice to assume T-cell receptors did as well. It is known that self-antigen are fewer than non-self. This is self-evident. What is not as intuitive is that the self-antigen that MHC can present, might only be a fraction of all self-antigen peptide fragments that can be produced from the human body. And T-cells that learn to recognize self, with one self-antigen per T-cell receptor, would only have to recognize the self-antigen that MHC can present.
ÉTUDE AU MICROSCOPE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LA GLANDE DIGESTIVE DES PYURIDAE (ASCIDIES)
Creators: name: DEGAIL, Lucette
name: LÉVI, Claude
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 1964

description: 4 cell types can be found in the digestive gland or the “liver” of Pyuridae (Tunicata) : mucous cells of canalicules, granular cells and basophil cells of tubules and distal cells with folded basal part. These 4 cell types were studied with the electron microscope and their functions are discussed.
INDICAÇÕES DE CESÁREA ENTRE GESTANTES INCLUÍDAS NO GRUPO 1 E 2 DA CLASSIFICAÇÃO DE ROBSON
Creators: name: DARZE, OMAR ISMAIL SANTOS PEREIRA
name: JULIANA MONTEIRO BEZERRA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cesárea, Assistência ao Parto, Boas Práticas, Saúde da Mulher, Classificação de Robson

description: Estudo procurou identificar as indicações de parto cesáreo entre nulíparas, com gestação única e gravidez a termo. Para tal se realizou um estudo transversal incluindo 401 nulíparas com gravidez a termo.
Etiological overlap between obsessive-compulsive disorder and anorexia nervosa: a longitudinal cohort, multigenerational family and twin study
Creators: name: Mataix-Cols, David
name: Larsson, Henrik
name: Lichtenstein, Paul
name: Bulik, Cynthia M.
name: Cederlöf, Martin
name: Thornton, Laura M.
name: Rück, Christian
name: Baker, Jessica
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often co-occurs with anorexia nervosa (AN), a comorbid profile that complicates the clinical management of both conditions. This population-based study aimed to examine patterns of comorbidity, longitudinal risks, shared familial risks and shared genetic factors between OCD and AN at the population level. Participants were individuals with a diagnosis of OCD (N=19,814) or AN (N=8,462) in the Swedish National Patient Register between January 1992 and December 2009; their first-, second- and third-degree relatives; and population-matched (1:10 ratio) unaffected comparison individuals and their relatives. Female twins from the population-based Swedish Twin Register (N=8,550) were also included. Females with OCD had a 16-fold increased risk of having a comorbid diagnosis of AN, whereas males with OCD had a 37-fold increased risk. Longitudinal analyses showed that individuals first diagnosed with OCD had an increased risk for a later diagnosis of AN (risk ratio, RR=3.6), whereas individuals first diagnosed with AN had an even greater risk for a later diagnosis of OCD (RR=9.6). These longitudinal risks were about twice as high for males than for females. First- and second-degree relatives of probands with OCD had an increased risk for AN, and the magnitude of this risk tended to increase with the degree of genetic relatedness. Bivariate twin models revealed a moderate but significant degree of genetic overlap between self-reported OCD and AN diagnoses (ra=0.52, 95% CI: 0.26-0.81), but most of the genetic variance was disorder-specific. The moderately high genetic correlation supports the idea that this frequently observed comorbid pattern is at least in part due to shared genetic factors, though disorder-specific factors are more important. These results have implications for current gene-searching efforts and for clinical practice.
Comparative effectiveness of a bilayered living cellular construct and a porcine collagen wound dressing in the treatment of venous leg ulcers
Creators: name: Marston, William A.
name: Kirsner, Robert S.
name: Parsons, Nathan B.
name: Sabolinski, Michael L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Using data from a national wound-specific electronic medical record (WoundExpert, Net Health, Pittsburgh, PA), we compared the effectiveness of a bilayered living cellular construct (BLCC) and an acellular porcine small intestine submucosa collagen dressing (SIS) for the treatment of venous leg ulcer. Data from 1,489 patients with 1,801 refractory venous leg ulcers (as defined by failure to have >40% reduction in size in the 4 weeks prior to treatment) with surface areas between 1 and 150 cm2 in size, treated between July 2009 and July 2012 at 158 wound care facilities across the US were analyzed. Patient baseline demographics and wound characteristics were comparable between groups. Kaplan-Meier–derived estimates of wound closure for BLCC (1,451 wounds) was significantly greater (p = 0.01, log-rank test) by weeks 12 (31% vs. 26%), 24 (50% vs. 41%), and 36 (61% vs. 46%), respectively, compared with SIS (350 wounds). BLCC treatment reduced the median time to wound closure by 44%, achieving healing 19 weeks sooner (24 vs. 43 weeks, p = 0.01, log-rank test). Treatment with BLCC increased the probability of healing by 29% compared with porcine SIS dressing (hazard ratio = 1.29 [95% confidence interval 1.06, 1.56], p = 0.01).
Inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in dense neutron-star matter
Creators: name: Buballa, Michael
name: Carignano, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An increasing number of model results suggests that chiral symmetry is broken inhomogeneously in a certain window at intermediate densities in the QCD phase diagram. This could have significant effects on the properties of compact stars, possibly leading to new astrophysical signatures. In this contribution we discuss this idea by reviewing recent results on inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking under an astrophysics-oriented perspective. After introducing two commonly studied spatial modulations of the chiral condensate, the chiral density wave and the real kink crystal, we focus on their properties and their effect on the equation of state of quark matter. We also describe how these crystalline phases are affected by different elements which are required for a realistic description of a compact star, such as charge neutrality, the presence of magnetic fields, vector interactions and the interplay with color-superconductivity. Finally, we discuss possible signatures of inhomogeneous chiral symmetry breaking in the core of compact stars, considering the cases of mass-radius relations and neutrino emissivity explicitly.
description: Invited contribution to the EPJA Topical Issue "Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars". v2: extended discussion on strange quarks, updated mass-radius section, other small changes; matches published version. 16 pages, 14 figures
(531) Elizabeth Rodger
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Revisiting the Middleton Alienation Scale: In Search of a Cross-Culturally Valid Instrument
Creators: name: Lytkina, Ekaterina
Publisher: name: Survey Research Methods
Year: 2020

description: The article contributes to the issue how to deal with measurement non-variance. I address a well-established scale by Middleton (1963) which was created to measure alienation. However, unlike commonly treated in literature, there is evidence that the scale is two-dimensional, and consists of the measures of anomie and alienation. I use the data from two datasets, where the scale was most recently applied, World Values Survey (2011), and Euromodule (1999-2002), for a set of diverse countries representing Western, post-communist, and Eastern societies. The datasets are analyzed separately. Results of confirmatory factor analysis followed by multigroup comparisons give evidence that for a set of countries the two-dimensional scale is applicable or preferable. Full measurement invariance is reached for Russia and Kazakhstan in the World Values Survey, and Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Turkey, and South Korea in the Euromodule. Approximate measurement invariance using Bayesian statistics enabled to reach approximate scalar invariance in Russia and Kazakhstan in the World Values Survey and in Slovenia, and Switzerland in the Euromodule dataset. Additionally, to be sure that the two dimensions are indeed distinct, I used a set of indicators to predict each of the factors.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 14 No 4 (2020): Special Issue: Measurement Equivalence: Testing for It and Explaining Why It is Absent
Investigating the Relative Impact of Different Sources of Measurement Non-Equivalence in Comparative Surveys
Creators: name: Roberts, Caroline
name: Sarrasin, Oriane
name: Ernst Stähli, Michèle
Publisher: name: Survey Research Methods
Year: 2020

description: Different factors are known to affect the comparability of multinational, multicultural and multiregional (‘3MC’) survey data. These include factors relevant to the design of the questionnaire in different contexts (such as cultural differences in how a concept is understood, inaccurate or approximate translations of concepts, and variant adaptations to question formats). Others include factors relating to the survey design in general and how it is implemented across contexts (such as sample design, choice of mode(s), and contact strategies). Together, they contribute item, method and construct biases that can affect the invariance of composite measures. While research to date has looked at the effects of these factors on measurement invariance individually, there have been few attempts to compare them directly and assess their relative impact. To illustrate how this can be done, the present paper tests for measurement invariance in a subjective wellbeing measure across question formats, modes, languages, and countries, combining European Social Survey data from designed and natural experiments (resulting from the use of variant question formulations and translations) from Germany, Switzerland and France. Overall, we find translation errors, language and culture to be bigger sources of non-equivalence than question format and mode. The findings have implications for both survey designers making decisions about optimal resource allocation in the design of 3MC studies, as well as for comparative analysts interested in comparing countries with shared languages and interpreting cross-group differences.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 14 No 4 (2020): Special Issue: Measurement Equivalence: Testing for It and Explaining Why It is Absent
The Comparability of Measures in the Ageism Module of the Fourth Round of the European Social Survey, 2008-2009
Creators: name: Seddig, Daniel
name: Maskileyson, Dina
name: Davidov, Eldad
Publisher: name: Survey Research Methods
Year: 2020

description: Age is an important dimension that is used by people to categorize others. Age-based discrimination is directed toward specific age groups (young and old). In spite of their importance, attitudes toward the elderly have hardly been studied from a cross-country perspective. The fourth round of the European Social Survey (ESS) from 2008-2009 offers, for the first time, the opportunity to study ageism and attitudes toward age groups from a cross-country perspective (European Social Survey Round 4 Data, 2008). However, this opportunity also bears the risk of drawing wrong conclusions, if the scales measuring ageism are not comparable across the countries under study. Such comparisons require measurement equivalence across countries. In the current study, utilizing ESS fourth round data from 29 European countries we examine the cross-country measurement equivalence properties of two concepts that are measured by multiple indicators in the module: (1) competence and warmth and (2) experience of age discrimination. We test for measurement equivalence using two analytical methods: multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) and the alignment optimization. Our findings suggest that cross-country comparisons of these measures are trustworthy. We briefly discuss cross-country differences in competence and warmth and experience of age discrimination. Finally, we underline the importance of testing the cross-group equivalence of measurement instruments before using them in different groups (such as countries) so that meaningful substantive conclusions can be drawn.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 14 No 4 (2020): Special Issue: Measurement Equivalence: Testing for It and Explaining Why It is Absent
ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS OF ESTERASIC SYSTEMS IN INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS BETWEEN 3 SPECIES OF THE GENUS SPHAEROMA, SPHAEROMA-MONODI BOCQUET, HOESTLANDT, LEVI, SPHAEROMA-RUGICAUDA LEACH, AND SPHAEROMA-HOOKERI LEACH (ISOPODA, FLABELLIFERA)
Creators: name: Laulier, M.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 1981

Abstract
Geometrical pumping with a Bose-Einstein condensate
Creators: name: Lu, Hsin-I
name: Schemmer, Max
name: Aycock, Lauren M.
name: Genkina, Dina
name: Sugawa, Seiji
name: Spielman, Ian B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We realized a quantum geometric "charge" pump for a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in the lowest Bloch band of a novel bipartite magnetic lattice. Topological charge pumps in filled bands yield quantized pumping set by the global -- topological -- properties of the bands. In contrast, our geometric charge pump for a BEC occupying just a single crystal momentum state exhibits non-quantized charge pumping set by local -- geometrical -- properties of the band structure. Like topological charge pumps, for each pump cycle we observed an overall displacement (here, not quantized) and a temporal modulation of the atomic wavepacket's position in each unit cell, i.e., the polarization.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures for the main text + supplementary material
Choreografien klinischer und städtischer Alltage
Creators: name: Klausner, Martina
name: Bister, Milena
name: Niewöhner, Jörg
name: Beck, Stefan
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: collaboration
subject: choreography
subject: psychiatry
subject: theory of practice
subject: everyday life
subject: city
subject: 301 Soziologie, Anthropologie
subject: 303 Gesellschaftliche Prozesse
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: The aim of this contribution is twofold: First, it shows methodologically an ethnographic mode of research that we call co-laborative. This mode enables new forms of reflexivity in European Ethnology and makes them analytically productive. Second, we argue on the basis of such a colaborative research with social psychiatry that the dominant analytical dichotomies of the social and cultural sciences – namely normal vs. pathological or care vs. control – only insufficiently describe today’s psychiatric treatment processes. Our ethnographic material shows how ‘normal everyday life’ is choreographed in hospitals for therapeutic purposes, and how this choreographing becomes problematic in post-clinical everyday lives. On the basis of these findings we discuss the extent to which a practice theoretical approach can extend the established critique of subjectification by focusing on the processuality of psychiatric treatment and thus problematizing the multiple embeddedness of the production of everyday life in clinical and urban environments.
A high-dimensional look at VIPERS galaxies
Creators: name: Granett, B. R.
name: Abbas, U.
name: Adami, C.
name: Arnouts, S.
name: Bel, J.
name: Bolzonella, M.
name: Bottini, D.
name: Branchini, E.
name: Burden, A.
name: Cappi, A.
name: Coupon, J.
name: Cucciati, O.
name: Davidzon, I.
name: De Lucia, G.
name: de la Torre, S.
name: Di Porto, C.
name: Franzetti, P.
name: Fritz, A.
name: Fumana, M.
name: Garilli, B.
name: Guzzo, L.
name: Hudelot, P.
name: Ilbert, O.
name: Iovino, A.
name: Krywult, J.
name: Brun, V. Le
name: Fèvre, O. Le
name: Maccagni, D.
name: Małek, K.
name: Marchetti, A.
name: Marinoni, C.
name: Marulli, F.
name: McCracken, H. J.
name: Mellier, Y.
name: Moscardini, L.
name: Nichol, R. C.
name: Paioro, L.
name: Peacock, J. A.
name: Percival, W. J.
name: Polletta, M.
name: Pollo, A.
name: Scodeggio, M.
name: Tasca, L. A. M.
name: Tojeiro, R.
name: Vergani, D.
name: Zamorani, G.
name: Zanichelli, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate how galaxies in VIPERS (the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey) inhabit the cosmological density field by examining the correlations across the observable parameter space of galaxy properties and clustering strength. The high-dimensional analysis is made manageable by the use of group-finding and regression tools. We find that the major trends in galaxy properties can be explained by a single parameter related to stellar mass. After subtracting this trend, residual correlations remain between galaxy properties and the local environment pointing to complex formation dependencies. As a specific application of this work we build subsamples of galaxies with specific clustering properties for use in cosmological tests.
description: 3 pages. To appear in Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 306, A. H. Heavens & J.-L. Starck, eds
Global, regional, and national burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Creators: name: Gupta, Bhawna
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2022
Subjects: Major global burdens of disease

description: Summary Background Bone fractures are a global public health issue; however, to date, no comprehensive study of their incidence and burden has been done. We aimed to measure the global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) of fractures from 1990 to 2019. Methods Using the framework of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019, we compared numbers and age-standardised rates of global incidence, prevalence, and YLDs of fractures across the 21 GBD regions and 204 countries and territories, by age, sex, and year, from 1990 to 2019. We report estimates with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). Findings Globally, in 2019, there were 178 million (95% UI 162–196) new fractures (an increase of 33·4% [30·1–37·0] since 1990), 455 million (428–484) prevalent cases of acute or long-term symptoms of a fracture (an increase of 70·1% [67·5–72·5] since 1990), and 25·8 million (17·8–35·8) YLDs (an increase of 65·3% [62·4–68·0] since 1990). The age-standardised rates of fractures in 2019 were 2296·2 incident cases (2091·1–2529·5) per 100 000 population (a decrease of 9·6% [8·1–11·1] since 1990), 5614·3 prevalent cases (5286·1–5977·5) per 100 000 population (a decrease of 6·7% [5·7–7·6] since 1990), and 319·0 YLDs (220·1–442·5) per 100 000 population (a decrease of 8·4% [7·2–9·5] since 1990). Lower leg fractures of the patella, tibia or fibula, or ankle were the most common and burdensome fracture in 2019, with an age-standardised incidence rate of 419·9 cases (345·8–512·0) per 100 000 population and an age-standardised rate of YLDs of 190·4 (125·0–276·9) per 100 000 population. In 2019, age-specific rates of fracture incidence were highest in the oldest age groups, with, for instance, 15 381·5 incident cases (11 245·3–20 651·9) per 100 000 population in those aged 95 years and older. Interpretation The global age-standardised rates of incidence, prevalence, and YLDs for fractures decreased slightly from 1990 to 2019, but the absolute counts increased substantially. Older people have a particularly high risk of fractures, and more widespread injury-prevention efforts and access to screening and treatment of osteoporosis for older individuals should help to reduce the overall burden. Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Stellar Multiplicity and Debris Disks: An Unbiased Sample
Creators: name: Rodriguez, David R.
name: Duchene, Gaspard
name: Tom, Henry
name: Kennedy, Grant
name: Matthews, Brenda
name: Greaves, Jane
name: Butner, Harold
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Circumstellar dust disks have been observed around many nearby stars. However, many stars are part of binary or multiple stellar systems. A natural question arises regarding the presence and properties of such disks in systems with more than one star. To address this, we consider a sample of 449 systems (spectral types A-M) observed with the Herschel Space Observatory as part of the DEBRIS program. We have examined the stellar multiplicity of this sample by gathering information from the literature and performing an adaptive optics imaging survey at Lick Observatory. Five new companions were revealed with our program. In total, we identify 188 (42%) binary or multiple star systems. The multiplicity of the sample is examined with regards to the detection of circumstellar disks for stars of spectral types AFGK. In general, disks are less commonly detected around binaries than single stars, though the disk frequency is comparable among A stars regardless of multiplicity. However, this sample reveals the period distribution of disk-bearing binaries is consistent with that of non-disk binaries and with comparison field samples. We find that the properties of disks in binary systems are not statistically different from those around single stars. Although the frequency of disk-bearing FGK binaries may be lower than in single star systems, the processes behind disk formation and the characteristics of these disks are comparable among both populations.
description: Accepted in MNRAS. 13 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables. Machine readable versions of tables 1, 2, 4 and 5 can be found at http://das.uchile.cl/~drodrigu/data/
ЭКСПЕРТНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ ПО ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЮ КАЧЕСТВА СТРОИТЕЛЬНОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ В РАМКАХ АРБИТРАЖНОГО СУДОПРОИЗВОДСТВА
Creators: name: СОРОЧАЙКИН АНДРЕЙ НИКОНОВИЧ
name: АНПИЛОВ СЕРГЕЙ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ
Publisher: name: Эксперт: теория и практика
Year: 2020
Subjects: СУДЕБНАЯ СТРОИТЕЛЬНО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕРТИЗА
ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВЕННОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ ВЫВОДОВ ЭКСПЕРТА-СТРОИТЕЛЯ
ЭКСПЕРТ-СТРОИТЕЛЬ
АРБИТРАЖНАЯ ПРАКТИКА
FORENSIC CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATION
PROBATIVE VALUE OF THE CONSTRUCTION EXPERT’S FINDINGS
CONSTRUCTION EXPERT
ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS

description: В статье дан анализ выводов судебной строительно-технической экспертизы объекта капитального строительства. На основе конкретного примера из экспертной практики продемонстрированы и сформулированы выводы экспертов-строителей. Рассмотрены вопросы оценки заключения эксперта в качестве доказательственного значения и обоснована возможность использования в доказывании по арбитражному делу строительно-технических экспертиз.