cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An alternative to dark matter: do braneworld effects hold the key?
Creators: name: Pal, Supratik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An alternative way of explaining astrophysical observations without dark matter is proposed. In the braneworld scenario, where our universe is visualised as a 4-dimensional hypersurface embedded in a higher dimensional spacetime, the effective Einstein equation on the brane contains extra terms. We show that the astrophysical observations which are usually explained by particle dark matter, can be explained in this modified theory of gravity via those extra terms, without the need for dark matter. As specific example, we model X-ray profiles of clusters of galaxies and the galaxy rotation curves which are consistent with observations. Further, we investigate whether gravitational lensing can discriminate between the two possibilities. Significant differences between the values of the deflection angles are obtained, which can be tested in future observations.
description: 9 pages, 2nd prize winning paper presented at XXIII Young Physicists' Colloquium of the IPS, to appear in The Physics Teacher
A Timeline From Index Procedure To Complex Reinterventions For Thoracoabdominal Aortic Dissection
Creators: name: Duh, Kevin
name: Levy, Christopher
name: Volteas, Panagiotis
name: Giannopoulos, Stefanos
name: Koudounas, George
name: Virvilis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2024

description: The optimal management of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) remains a controversial subject. While some surgeons opt for a hemiarch approach to minimize bypass and cross-clamping time, others prefer partial or total arch replacement to prevent the need for additional operations. The advent of hybrid approaches offers a variety of options to the aortic surgeon in treating ATAAD. Herein, we present a complex case of ATAAD requiring multistage reconstruction of the aortic arch and its branch vessels utilizing hybrid techniques. A 67-year-old man presented with chest pain and hypertension, leading to diagnosis of ATAAD. He initially underwent hemiarch replacement, which required multiple further interventions secondary to progressive thoracic aorta aneurysmal dilation, innominate artery dissection, and subclavian steal syndrome. A hybrid approach of open and endovascular techniques was utilized to treat the patient’s pathology. ATAAD represents a challenging clinical entity in its acute, subacute, and long-term management. Currently, no consensus exists on ideal initial management of this disease. Nonetheless, new techniques such as fenestration of thoracic endografts can be utilized for the subsequent operations. Individualized care tailored to each case is the most effective management of this intricate disease.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 31 No. 3 (2024): Jul-Sep
Corydalus batesii MacLachlan 1868
Creators: name: Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De
name: Fernandes, André Silva
name: Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Corydalus
Corydalus batesii

description: Corydalus batesii MacLachlan, 1868
Fig. 2 F–J
 Diagnosis, male. Head and pronotum pale to dark reddish brown (unpatterned) (Fig. 2F, J). Mandibles elongate, with frontal margin on base light yellow (Fig. 2F). Antennae filiform, slender; escape and pedicel light yellow, with an apical infuscation (Fig. 2F). Genitalia with gonostyli IX elongate and subclavate, expanded apically, with approximately ⅔ the length of the tergite X (Fig. 2 H–I). Female. Morphologically similar to the male, except for the shorter mandibles and genital characters (Fig. 2G). Mandibles typically with proximal ½ reddish brown and darker distal ½ (Fig. 2G).
 Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Brejinho de Nazaré, Fazenda Santa Angelina, 11°01’18.6” S, 48°34’15.6” W, 25.i.2003, leg. Nogueira, C.A. (1♀, 1♂ CEUFT); Porto Nacional, Campus UFT, 10°41’21.2” S, 48°22’53.6” W, 20.xi.2013, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (1♀ CEUFT); idem, Faz. Lajes, 10°78’98.53” S, 48°35’84.57” W, 29.xi.2019, leg. Montanuci, P. S. B. (1♀ CEUFT); Palmas, Roncadeira, 10°18’.226ʹ S, 48°08’.338ʹ W, 20-22.ii.2015, leg. Gomes, O.M. (1♂ CEUFT); idem, 20.x.2017, leg. Fernandes, A.S. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT); idem, Vale do Vai Quem Quer, 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 13- 14.xi.2017, leg. Krolow, T. K. & Equipe (5♀, 3♂ CEUFT); Pium, Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu, 09°58ʹ44.4ʺ S, 50°02ʹ13.1ʺ W, 10-12.xii.2015, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (1♀ CEUFT); Wanderlândia, Balneário Águas Lindas, 6°52’51.4” S, 47°58’24.7” W, 09-10.x.2018, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT).
 Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Tocantins; Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Contreras-Ramos 1998; Filho & Junior 2001; Ardila-Camacho & Contreras-Ramos 2018; Rafael & Câmara 2020).
description: Published as part of Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De, Fernandes, André Silva & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2020, The Megaloptera (Insecta) of Tocantins State, Brazil, pp. 144-148 in Zootaxa 4816 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/3954081
title: Early commercial mortgage terminations and real estate supply constraints
Creators: name: Tong, Lok Man Michelle
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2019

description: The early termination of commercial mortgages represents a financial risk for lenders. Default and prepayment risks are the two main options priced in the main literature, where competing risk models are adopted to analyze both risks simultaneously. In this research, we examines the impact of collateral underlying real estate supply constraints on early mortgage termination. To achieve this, we suggest three original ideas. First, as we need to estimate supply elasticities of office markets in the US, we develop a mismatch conceptual model estimating long run supply elasticity and computing the correlation between structural vacancy and supply constraints. The results imply that low controlling power of landlords reduces the flexibility in adjusting equilibrium vacancies to respond to market shocks. Second, we suggest adopting the installment option valuation model for pricing early mortgage termination options. Early mortgage termination (joint mortgage default and prepayment) is analogous to an American continuous installment option embedded with straddle or strangle like payoff as this can capture the decision path that keeps the option alive by making scheduled mortgage payments. Third, we suggest two pairs of early termination options: (1) mortgage default vs restructuring; and (2) full prepayment in cash vs defeasance in empirical analysis. The significant impacts of tightening property supply constraints on the likelihood of different types of early mortgage termination are proved. Overall, we expect that these three original ideas offer a helpful insight for mortgage originators and regulators as well as policymakers to manage related risk by including the geographical composition of collateral by supply constraints in risk models.
Segmentectomies: 5-Year Experience Of A Center
Creators: name: Nunes Figueiredo, Catarina
name: Moita, Catarina
name: Cruz, Zenito
name: Costa, Ana Rita
name: Santos Silva, João
name: Reis, João Eurico
name: Maciel, João
name: Calvinho, Paulo
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Segmental anatomical resections have been a subject of debate in recent years. There is increasing evidence that these procedures may offer some advantages in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer, with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) similar to those seen in lobar anatomical resections.

Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent segmentectomy at Santa Marta Hospital (HSM) between January 2018 and September 2022. Patients undergoing trauma-related segmentectomy or as a secondary procedure were excluded.

Results: 37 segmentectomies were performed, of which 34 were included in this analysis. 29 (85.3%) were performed for malignancies, 5 (14.7%) for benign conditions. Of the malignancies, 24 (82.8%) were primary lung cancer (PLC): 18 (75%) adenocarcinomas (ADC), 2 (8.3%) squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), 4 (16.7%) typical carcinoids (TC); 5 (17.2%) were colorectal-origin metastases. Among the benign cases: 3 (60%) were aspergillomas. Mean age of PLC patients was 71 years (min=56;max=88), with 9 (37.5%) females and 15 (62.5%) males. In 11 (45.8%), FEV1 or DLCO was <60%. 18 (75%) were smokers. Lesions were mostly solid nodules (N=12;50%). Others included subsolid lesions (N=11;45%) and 1 (4.2%) cystic formation.
At surgery, only 3 (12.5%) patients had a pre-operative histological diagnosis (ADC=2; SCC=1). 21 (87.5%) were stage IA, 2 (8.33%) patients were stage IB and 1 (8.33%) patient was stage IIA. Procedures were performed via VATS (N=17;70.8%), via thoracotomy (N=5;20.8%) and via RATS (N=2;8.3%). 23 (95.8%) were R0 resections.

Postoperatively: 19 (79.2%) were stage IA; 3 (12.5%) IB; ,1 (4.2%) IIB, and 1 (4.2%) IIIA. 3 (12.5%) had upstaging. 2 (8.3%) patients underwent adjuvant chemotherapy, 1 (4.2%) had completion lobectomy. 2 (8.3%) experienced recurrence. DFS was 100% at 3, 6, and 12 months, and at 3 and 5 years, was 88.9% and 66.7% respectively. OS was 100% at 3, 6, and 12 months and 95% at 3 and 5 years. Median follow up time was 29 months (IQR: 18 – 44).

Conclusion: This study reinforces the idea that segmental resections should be considered a viable option for patients with early-stage lung cancer. Although this analysis has some limitations, such as a limited number of preoperative histological diagnoses and postoperative upstaging, our results demonstrate promising OS and DFS, in accordance with recent literature.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 31 No. 3 (2024): Jul-Sep
Anisotropies in the Neutrino Fluxes and Heating Profiles in Two-dimensional, Time-dependent, Multi-group Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations of Rotating Core-Collapse Supernovae
Creators: name: Walder, R.
name: Burrows, A.
name: Ott, C. D.
name: Livne, E.
name: Lichtenstadt, I.
name: Jarrah, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the 2D multi-group, flux-limited diffusion version of the code VULCAN/2D, that also incorporates rotation, we have calculated the collapse, bounce, shock formation, and early post-bounce evolutionary phases of a core-collapse supernova for a variety of initial rotation rates. This is the first series of such multi-group calculations undertaken in supernova theory with fully multi-D tools. We find that though rotation generates pole-to-equator angular anisotropies in the neutrino radiation fields, the magnitude of the asymmetries is not as large as previously estimated. Moreover, we find that the radiation field is always more spherically symmetric than the matter distribution, with its plumes and convective eddies. We present the dependence of the angular anisotropy of the neutrino fields on neutrino species, neutrino energy, and initial rotation rate. Only for our most rapidly rotating model do we start to see qualitatively different hydrodynamics, but for the lower rates consistent with the pre-collapse rotational profiles derived in the literature the anisotropies, though interesting, are modest. This does not mean that rotation does not play a key role in supernova dynamics. The decrease in the effective gravity due to the centripetal effect can be quite important. Rather, it means that when a realistic mapping between initial and final rotational profiles and 2D multi-group radiation-hydrodynamics are incorporated into collapse simulations the anisotropy of the radiation fields may be only a secondary, not a pivotal factor, in the supernova mechanism.
description: Includes 11 low-resolution color figures, accepted to the Astrophysical Journal (June 10, 2005; V. 626); high-resolution figures and movies available from the authors upon request
Bringing light into darkness
Creators: name: McEwan, Dorothea
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: The art historian Fritz Saxl, Aby Warburg’s librarian and trusted friend, researched apart from art historical topics images of gods of late antiquity, Oriental and Greek mystery cults and the pictorial presentation of dialogue in early Christian art. This research led him to Mithraism, the images and practices of this mystery cult and in particular how Oriental thought flowed into Occidental thought. Saxl was engaged in this work for many years. In this article I touch upon Saxl’s extended correspondence with Aby Warburg in 1929, when Warburg was in Rome and was able to see Mithraic temples for himself. The exchange of their queries and tentative answers, their theoretical speculations and findings, their approach to understanding Mithraic monuments and sites, shed light on their unique method of scholarly collaboration.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2015): Warburghiana and Benjaminiana
Economic Factors and Body Weight: An Empirical Analysis
Creators: name: Schroeter, Christiane
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
name: Schroeter, Christiane
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: body mass index
subject: body weight
subject: obesity
subject: subsidy
subject: tax

description: With this study, we investigate the effects of changes in economic factors on body weight by constructing a utility theoretic model. The model is empirically estimated by combining data on individuals’ body weight, demographic and physical activity information, and statelevel measures pertaining to the prices of food away from home, food at home, and wages. By combining these data sources, we aim to estimate directly the weight effects of price and income changes. The empirical analysis suggests that decreasing the price of food at home could decrease body weight, a finding which has important public policy implications.
Wandering towards Bruno: synderesis and “synthetic intuition”
Creators: name: Johnson, Christopher
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: Focusing on the faculty of intuition, my essay considers different ways that Aby Warburg (1866-1929) and Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968) interpret the late Renaissance cosmographer, Giordano Bruno. It argues that Warburg, in the last year of his life and with the help of Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), appropriates the concept of synderesis from Bruno not only to rethink the Nachleben der Antike but also to inscribe himself in the history of word and image, a history that admits the irrational and the mystical as much as the rational. By contrast, Panofsky's Bruno is ultimately a more dialectical, prudential figure. Over the course of several decades, Bruno for Panofsky becomes symbolic of the possibility of "synthesis," the aim of his iconological method. This, however, diminishes the dynamism of Bruno's imagery, even as it gives intuition a more systematic role.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2015): Warburghiana and Benjaminiana
CAN DOMESTICATION OF WILDLIFE LEAD TO CONSERVATION? THE ECONOMICS OF TIGER FARMING IN CHINA
Creators: name: Abbott, Brant
name: Van Kooten, G. Cornelis
name: Abbott, Brant
name: Van Kooten, G. Cornelis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: endangered species
subject: extinction
subject: wildlife farming and bioeconomics

description: Tigers are a threatened species that might soon disappear in the wild. Not only are tigers threatened by deteriorating and declining habitat, but poachers continue to kill tigers for traditional medicine, decoration pieces and so on. Although international trade in tiger products has been banned since 1987 and domestic trade within China since 1993, tigers continue to be poached and Chinese entrepreneurs have established tiger farms in anticipation of their demise. While China desires to permit sale of tiger products from captive-bred tigers, this is opposed on the grounds that it likely encourages illegal killing. Instead, wildlife conservationists lobby for more spending on anti-poaching and trade-ban enforcement. In this study, a mathematical bioeconomic model is used to investigate the issue. Simulation results indicate that, unless range states are characterized by institutions (rule of law, low corruption) similar to those found in the richest countries, reliance on enforcement alone is insufficient to guarantee survival of wild tigers. Likewise, even though conservation payments could protect wild tigers, the inability to enforce contracts militates against this. Our model indicates that wild tigers can be protected by permitting sale of products from tiger farms, although this likely requires the granting of an exclusive license to sellers. Finally, it is possible to tradeoff enforcement effort and sale of products from captive-bred animals, but such tradeoffs are worsened by deteriorating tiger habitat.
Die armenische Rezension der syrischen Chronik Michaels des Großen
Creators: name: Haase, Felix
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 13 Nr. 1 (1915): Oriens christianus, Band 13, Heft 1
Building Journal Impact Factor Quartile into the Assessment of Academic Performance: A Case Study
Creators: name: Orbay, Keziban
name: Miranda, Ruben
name: Orbay, Metin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This study aims to provide information about the Q Concept defined as the division of journal impact factors into quartiles based on given field categories so that the disadvantages resulting from the direct use of journal impact factors can be eliminated. While the number of "Original articles published in the Web of Science (WoS) database-indexed journals like SCI, SSCI and A&HCI" is an important indicator for research assessment in Turkey, neither the journal impact factors nor the Q Concept of these papers have been taken into account. Present study analyzes the scientific production of the Amasya University researchers in journals indexed in WoS database in the period 2014-2018 using the Q concept. The share of publications by Q category journals as well as the average citations received by the works from Amasya University were compared to the average situation in Turkey and other different countries in the world. Results indicate that the articles published by Amasya University researchers were mostly published in low impact factor journals (Q4 journals) (36.49%), in fact, only a small share of papers were published in high impact journals (14.32% in Q1 journals). The share of papers published in low impact journals by researchers from Amasya University is higher than the Turkish average and much higher than the scientific leading countries. The average citations received by papers published in Q1 journals was around six times higher than papers published in Q4 journals (8.92 vs. 1.56), thus papers published in Q1 journals received 30.02% citations despite only 14.32% of the papers was published in these journals. The share of papers published which were never cited in WoS was 27.48%, increasing from 9.68% in Q1 to almost half (48.10%) in Q4. The study concludes with some suggestions on how and where the Q Concept can be used.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables
Additional file 2 of The cost-effectiveness of controlling dengue in Indonesia using wMel Wolbachia released at scale: a modelling study
Creators: name: Brady, Oliver J.
name: Dinar D. Kharisma
name: Nandyan N. Wilastonegoro
name: O’Reilly, Kathleen M.
name: Hendrickx, Emilie
name: Bastos, Leonardo S.
name: Yakob, Laith
name: Shepard, Donald S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. The ISPOR Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) checklist.
Foreword
Creators: name: Barale, Alice
name: Desideri, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2015): Warburghiana and Benjaminiana
Corydalus diasi Navas 1915
Creators: name: Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De
name: Fernandes, André Silva
name: Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Corydalus
Corydalus diasi

description: Corydalus diasi Navás, 1915
Fig. 2 K–O
 Diagnosis, male. Head light brown to dark brown (Fig. 2K, O). Mandibles elongate (Fig. 2K). Antennae brown with tip infuscate, filiform, moderately thick (Fig. 2K). Genitalia slightly sclerotized; tergite IX subquadrate; tergite X elongate, wide at base, gradually narrowing to proximal ⅔, widening to apical ⅓ (Fig. 2 M–N); gonostyli IX elongate, subclavate (Fig. 2N). Female. Morphologically similar to the male, except for the shorter mandibles (Fig. 2L) and genital characters. Mandibles with basal side of first pre-apical tooth concave (Fig. 2L).
 Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Palmas, Evilson, 10°14’00.8” S, 48°07’18.0”W, 27.ix.2016, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (1♀ CEUFT); idem, Vale do Vai Quem Quer, 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 13–14.xi.2017, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (2♀, 5♂ CEUFT); idem, 04-07.xii.2018, leg. Fernandes, A.S. e Equipe, (10♀, 11♂ CEUFT); Pedro Afonso, Rio Sono, 8°58’58.5” S, 48°09’05.3” W, 11-12.x.2018, leg. Krolow, T. K e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT); Monte do Carmo, Corrego Sucuri, 10°46’21.49” S, 48°5’19.80” W, 13-14.ii.2019, leg. Fernandes, A.S. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT).
 Distribution. Argentina, Brazil: Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Tocantins; Paraguay (Contreras-Ramos 1998; Heckman 2017).
description: Published as part of Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De, Fernandes, André Silva & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2020, The Megaloptera (Insecta) of Tocantins State, Brazil, pp. 144-148 in Zootaxa 4816 (1) on pages 146-147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/3954081
Energy and entropy conservation for dynamical black holes
Creators: name: Hayward, Sean A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Ashtekar-Krishnan energy-balance law for dynamical horizons, expressing the increase in mass-energy of a general black hole in terms of the infalling matter and gravitational radiation, is expressed in terms of trapping horizons, allowing the inclusion of null (isolated) horizons as well as spatial (dynamical) horizons. This first law of black-hole dynamics is given in differential and integral forms, regular in the null limit. An effective gravitational-radiation energy tensor is obtained, providing measures of both ingoing and outgoing, transverse and longitudinal gravitational radiation on and near a black hole. Corresponding energy-tensor forms of the first law involve a preferred time vector which plays the role for dynamical black holes which the stationary Killing vector plays for stationary black holes. Identifying an energy flux, vanishing if and only if the horizon is null, allows a division into energy-supply and work terms, as in the first law of thermodynamics. The energy supply can be expressed in terms of area increase and a newly defined surface gravity, yielding a Gibbs-like equation, with a similar form to the so-called first law for stationary black holes. A Clausius-like relation suggests a definition of geometric entropy flux. Taking entropy as area/4 for dynamical black holes, it is shown that geometric entropy is conserved: the entropy of the black hole equals the geometric entropy supplied by the infalling matter and gravitational radiation. The area or entropy of a dynamical horizon increases by the so-called second law, not because entropy is produced, but because black holes classically are perfect absorbers.
description: 16 revtex4 pages, 2 eps figures, expanded discussion of horizon types and evaporating black holes
High And Intermediate-High Risk Pulmonary Embolism Management: A 5-Year Intensive Care Unit Casuistic Review
Creators: name: Mendonça, Inês
name: Teixeira, Sara
name: Ferreira, Ana Rita
name: Paiva, José Artur
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2024

description: Background and Objectives: The optimal management of high-risk and intermediate-high-risk Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is a matter of ongoing debate. This paper aims to assess the short and long-term clinical outcomes associated with different treatment approaches for high-risk and intermediate-high-risk PE within an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and identify potential areas for improvement.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients admitted to an ICU with high and intermediate-high-risk PE between January 2018 and December 2023. The therapeutic approach and clinical outcomes were evaluated: ICU and 28-days survival, ICU and hospital length of stay, major hemorrhagic complications and direct and indirect signs of pulmonary hypertension (PHT). Demographic, comorbid state and severity at admission data were also collected (sex, age, Charlson Comorbidity and APACHE II scores).

Results: 64 patients were included: 32 high-risk PE (including 18 in cardiac arrest) [Groups 1-5] and 32 intermediate-high-risk PE [Group 6a-c]. Treatment approaches varied: Group 1 - High-risk PE treated with systemic thrombolysis (ST) (n=18); Group 2 - High-risk PE treated with Veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) plus ST (n=6); Group 3 - High-risk PE treated with VA-ECMO alone (n=5); Group 4 - High-risk PE treated with catheter-direct-therapy (n=1); Group 5 - Heparin only (n=2). Group 1 demonstrated an ICU and 28-day survival of 83.0%, while Groups 2 and 3 exhibited survival rates of 66.67% and 60.0%, respectively. There were 10 major bleeding complications in Group 1 and 2. For intermediate-high-risk PE, heparin alone was used in 90%; ICU and 28-day survival rate was 97%. Three patients exhibited signs of PHT during follow-up.

Conclusion: This paper provides insights for the decision-making process involved in managing high and intermedi-
ate-high-risk PE drawing from a 5-year retrospective cohort study conducted at an ECMO center and literature review. Fur-
ther research is needed to identify the specific subgroup within the intermediate-high-risk PE that would benefit from more
advanced treatment modalities for both short and long-term outcomes.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 31 No. 3 (2024): Jul-Sep
An inexpensive, high resolution scan camera
Creators: name: Wang, Shuzhen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The use of digital imaging devices has been growing very fast and having amazing influence over the last decade. Being easier to integrate with other digital media, digital imaging is taking the place of analog imaging in more and more fields. Although the resolution and color quality of digital cameras have reached those of 35mm films, there are still a number of applications which require better quality, such as museum catalogs, professional digital photography and research in image based modeling and rendering. These applications all benefit from high resolution digital imaging. Our work extends digital photography in this particular direction. We present the design of a high-resolution scan camera using a flatbed scanner as the backend of a large format camera. The scan camera we built can take images with the resolution of up to 122 million pixels, while the camera itself can be built from off-the-shelf components for only 2,000 dollars. If we simply attach the two parts of the system together (the large format camera and the flatbed scanner) in their original setup, the system won't work properly because of mechanical and optical constraints. We dealt with these constraints by removing the light source and lenses from the scanner, and aligning the scanner with the imaging plane of the view camera. Due to the changed optics in the scanner, we can not directly use the commercial scanning software from the vendor. Instead, we get the raw image data from the scanner, then do denoising and calibration to acquire high quality images. A more advanced process is proposed to first detect artifact features, then remove them by image inpainting. Finally, some quantitative measurement of the light sensitivity and the optical resolution of the camera are obtained.
Additional file 2 of An application of analytic network process model in supporting decision making to address pharmaceutical shortage
Creators: name: Zarei, Leila
name: Najmeh Moradi
name: Peiravian, Farzad
name: Gholamhosein Mehralian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2.
Reviews & Comments
Creators: name: Portera, A Cura Di Mariagrazia
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: Books Christy Mag Uidhir (ed.), Art and Abstract Objects [Elisa Caldarola, p. 182] • Julie Jaffee Nagel, Melodies of the Mind. Connections Between Psychoanalisis and Music [Michele Gardini, p. 185] • Dominic McIver Lopes, Beyond Art [Filippo Focosi, p. 187] • Annemarie Gethmann-Siefert, Herta Nagl-Docekal, Erzsébet Ròsza, Elisabeth Weisser-Lohmann (eds.), Hegels Ästhetik als Theorie der Moderne [Lorenzo Leonardo Pizzichemi, p. 190] Comments Toward an Integrated Science of Aesthetics. Getting Rid of the Main Misunderstandings in Evolutionary Aesthetics [Mariagrazia Portera, p. 194]
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): The Aesthetic Mind and the Origin of Art
Advancing Vascular Surgery: The Role Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning In Managing Carotid Stenosis
Creators: name: Pias, Ana Daniela
name: Pereira-Macedo, Juliana
name: Marreiros, Ana
name: António, Nuno
name: Rocha-Neves, João
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases affect 17.7 million people annually, worldwide. Carotid degenerative disease, commonly described as atherosclerotic plaque accumulation, significantly contributes to this, posing a risk for cerebrovascular events and ischemic strokes. With carotid stenosis (CS) being a primary concern, accurate diagnosis, clinical staging, and timely surgical interventions, such as carotid endarterectomy (CEA), are crucial. This review explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in improving diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of CS.

Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted using PubMed and SCOPUS, focusing on AI and ML applications in diagnosing and managing extracranial CS. English language publications from the past two decades were reviewed, including cross-referenced scientific articles.

Results: Recent advancements in AI-enhanced imaging techniques, particularly in deep learning, have significantly improved diagnostic accuracy in identifying carotid plaque vulnerability and symptomatic plaques. Integration of clinical risk factors with AI systems has further enhanced precision. Additionally, ML models have shown promising results in identifying culprit arteries in patients with previous cerebrovascular events. These advancements hold immense potential for improving CS diagnosis and classification, leading to better patient management.

Conclusion: Integrating AI and ML into vascular surgery, particularly in managing CS, marks a transformative advancement. These technologies have significantly improved diagnostic accuracy and risk assessment, paving the way for more personalized and safer patient care. Despite clinical validation and data privacy challenges, AI and ML have immense potential for enhancing clinical decision-making in vascular surgery, marking a pivotal phase in the field's evolution.
description: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vol. 31 No. 3 (2024): Jul-Sep
Equations for filling factor estimation in opal matrix
Creators: name: Abrarov, S. M.
name: Kim, T. W.
name: Kang, T. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider two equations for the filling factor estimation of infiltrated zinc oxide (ZnO) in silica (SiO_2) opal and gallium nitride in ZnO opal. The first equation is based on the effective medium approximation, while the second one - on Maxwell-Garnett approximation. The comparison between two filling factors shows that both equations can be equally used for the estimation of the quantity of infiltrated nanocrystals inside opal matrix.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Addendum to the article: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508152
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008: Preliminary Analysis of Selected Provisions
Creators: name: Westhoff, Patrick C.
name: Brown, Scott
name: Westhoff, Patrick C.
name: Brown, Scott
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: This report provides preliminary analysis of impacts of selected Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) provisions.
State Support for Ethanol Use and State Demand for Ethanol Produced in the Midwest
Creators: name: Thompson, Wyatt
name: Thompson, Wyatt
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This study examines US demand for ethanol produced in the Midwest and assesses how state policies that target ethanol demand affect biofuel and agricultural commodity markets.
Reflections on Mathematics and Aesthetics
Creators: name: Bell, John L.
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: In this paper I reflect on the nature of mathematical beauty, and examine the connections between mathematics and the arts. I employ Plutarch’s distinction between the intelligible and the sensible, to compare the beauty of mathematics with the beauties of music, poetry and painting. While the beauty of mathematics is almost exclusively intelligible, and the beauties of these arts primarily sensible, it is pointed out that the latter share with mathematics a certain kind of intelligible beauty. The paper also contains reflections on the formal beauty and timelessness of mathematics, beauty as richness flowing from simplicity, form and content in mathematics, and mathematics and fiction. It concludes with some remarks on the question of why mathematical beauty is so little appreciated by non-mathematicians.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): The Aesthetic Mind and the Origin of Art
Towards a Genuine Sustainability Standard for Biofuel Production
Creators: name: De Gorter, Harry
name: Tsur, Yacov
name: De Gorter, Harry
name: Tsur, Yacov
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Political Economy
subject: Sustainability
subject: Biofuel Production

description: Sustainability standards for biofuel production calculated via life cycle accounting (LCA) require a certain reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to gasoline. Recently it has been shown that LCA gives biased results and should be extended to incorporate indirect land use change (iLUC). We show that even including iLUCs, LCA is still biased and distorted because it is based on GHG emission and uptake calculations, which assume economic values only if (i) the environmental price of carbon is constant over time and (ii) the social discount rate (SDR) equals zero. We offer a sustainability standard free of these restrictions, expressed in terms of a range of SDRs and a maximal GHG payback period. Applying our methodology to Brazilian and U.S. data, we find that in Brazil conversion to biofuel production of two land types is genuinely sustainable, i.e., satisfies our sustainability standard, whereas in the United States no land type satisfies our criterion. Furthermore, the social value of CO2e savings by having the ethanol production from 12.8 million hectares of U.S. corn be produced in Brazil instead may be as high as $817.7 bil.
John L. Bell: A biographical note
Creators: name: Peruzzi, Alberto
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: Born in 1945, John Lane Bell is not only one of the greatest logicians of our time, but he is also one the most gifted in the art of writing, as witnessed by the success of his introductory texts, many of which were originally written as lecture notes: their essential clarity is an exemplar of the Attic style. More generally, Bell’s works are a rare example of how rigour and sophisticated elegance can coexist.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): The Aesthetic Mind and the Origin of Art
Early art and the evolution of grounded emotions
Creators: name: Consoli, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: On the basis of a theoretical framework derived from grounded cognition and with reference to the available archaeological data concerning early art, this talk/article proposes an evolutionary conception of the aesthetic emotions, considered as an indispensable means that favored the emergence of the ordinary emotions in their modern version.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): The Aesthetic Mind and the Origin of Art
Phenomenology and Neuroaesthetics
Creators: name: Franzini, Elio
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: Phenomenology is not the simple description of a fact, but rather the description of an intentional immanent moment, and it presents itself as a science of essences, and not of matter of facts. The Leib, the lived body of the phenomenological tradition, is not a generic corporeal reality, but rather an intentional subject, a transcendental reference point, on the base of which the connections between physical body and psychic body should be grasped. So, the reduction of empathy to mirror neurons amounts to an “objectivisation”, with the consequent absolutisation of a process that is a function of the Leib as intentional subject, not as a physical reality. The main task of the philosophical research, bracketed by the new “neuro” researches, thus emphasizing their theoretical limits as soon as they depart from experimental enquiries, is then to understand the conditions of possibility of cognitive procedures, that is to say, in other words, the genesis of consciousness, that in aesthetics becomes “the genesis of aesthetic consciousness”. Interdisciplinarity is already an ancient and out of fashion word, now it is the time of “dialogue”, being aware however that the “logoi” not always require synthesis, and that the unity of the corporeal reality implies, as Husserl emphasizes, very different descriptive behaviours.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): The Aesthetic Mind and the Origin of Art
't Hooft surface in lattice gauge theory
Creators: name: Shimazaki, Takuya
name: Yamamoto, Arata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the lattice formulation of the 't Hooft surface, that is, the two-dimensional surface operator of a dual variable. The 't Hooft surface describes the world sheets of topological vortices. We derive the formulas to calculate the expectation value of the 't Hooft surface in the multiple-charge lattice Abelian Higgs model and in the lattice non-Abelian Higgs model. As the first demonstration of the formula, we compute the intervortex potential in the charge-2 lattice Abelian Higgs model.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures; references updated, results unchanged, published in PRD
Initial Negotiating Rights (INRs) in the WTO
Creators: name: Babili, Mahmoud
name: Babili, Mahmoud
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: INRs
subject: WTO
subject: concessions
subject: article XXVIII

description: Initial Negotiating Rights is a useful tool to find a compromise in the WTO bilateral negotiations, particularly in the accession stage. This policy brief sheds light on the provisions of INRs in the WTO. It also elaborates a number of case studies, and draws some recommendations. Particularly, the paper focuses on the INRs and small and medium –sized countries, and the reasons which pushed these countries to confer INRs.
description: INRs as an important card in the game of WTO accession
Chloronia hieroglyphica
Creators: name: Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De
name: Fernandes, André Silva
name: Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Chloronia
Chloronia hieroglyphica

description: Chloronia hieroglyphica (Rambur, 1842)
Fig. 2 P–R
 Diagnosis, male. Head light yellow with one dark spot on each side of dorsolateral part of occiput (Fig. 2P). Antennae yellow with tip dark (Fig. 2P). Pronotum light yellow with four dark spots, an anterior and a posterior pair (Fig. 2P). Legs uniformly yellow (Fig. 2P). Gonostyli IX distinctly narrowed and projected in form of sharp apical tooth (Fig. 2 Q–R).
 Female. Morphologically similar to the male, except for the genital characters.
 Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Porto Nacional, 10°42’12.4” S, 48°23’26.8” W, 25.v.2005, leg. Rodrigues F.M. (1♀ CEUFT); Palmas, Vale do Vai Quem Quer, 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 13-14.xi.2017, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (5♀, 4♂ CEUFT); idem, 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 04-07.xii.2018, leg. Fernandes, A.S. e Equipe (33#, 24♂ CEUFT); Pedro Afonso, Rio Sono, 8°58’58.5” S, 48°09’05.3” W, 11-12.x.2018, leg. Krolow, T. K. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT);.
 Distribution. Argentina, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins; French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico?, Panama, Peru, Venezuela (Heckman 2017, Rafael & Câmara 2020).
AC = Acre, AM = Amazonas, AP = Amapá, BA = Bahia, ES = Espírito Santo, GO = Goiás, MG = Minas Gerais, MT = Mato Grosso, PA = Pará, PR = Paraná, RS = Rio Grande do Sul, RO = Rondônia, RR = Roraima, SC = Santa Catarina, SP = São Paulo, TO = Tocantins.
description: Published as part of Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De, Fernandes, André Silva & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2020, The Megaloptera (Insecta) of Tocantins State, Brazil, pp. 144-148 in Zootaxa 4816 (1) on page 147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/3954081
Use of non-adiabatic geometric phase for quantum computing by nuclear magnetic resonance
Creators: name: Das, Ranabir
name: Kumar, S. K. Karthick
name: Kumar, Anil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Geometric phases have stimulated researchers for its potential applications in many areas of science. One of them is fault-tolerant quantum computation. A preliminary requisite of quantum computation is the implementation of controlled logic gates by controlled dynamics of qubits. In controlled dynamics, one qubit undergoes coherent evolution and acquires appropriate phase, depending on the state of other qubits. If the evolution is geometric, then the phase acquired depend only on the geometry of the path executed, and is robust against certain types of errors. This phenomenon leads to an inherently fault-tolerant quantum computation. Here we suggest a technique of using non-adiabatic geometric phase for quantum computation, using selective excitation. In a two-qubit system, we selectively evolve a suitable subsystem where the control qubit is in state |1>, through a closed circuit. By this evolution, the target qubit gains a phase controlled by the state of the control qubit. Using these geometric phase gates we demonstrate implementation of Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm and Grover's search algorithm in a two-qubit system.
Making the Difference: John Dewey and the Naturalization of Aesthetics
Creators: name: Cometti, Jean-Pierre
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2015

description: The “Neuronal man”, as Changeux has called him, is now credited with an aesthetic mind. This mind is not the “Geist” of the philosophical tradition. The cognitive sciences have took over from philosophy and now they deal with art and aesthetics as they do with whatever aspect of human thought, experience and activity. Philosophers like Kant were interested in the empirical sources of beauty, but for him empirical features of its development did not change anything at all to its very essence. The naturalism implemented in the philosophy of mind and sciences of cognition has changed the terms of the question, so that the main point in discussion is whether aesthetic experience can be explained in terms of brain and/or computational process or whether it should be considered as irreductible to empirical or physical facts. These debates can be seen as new and interesting, but they drive directly to an aporia reminding in a certain way the old debate between the "Sons of the ground" and the "Friends of ideas".
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): The Aesthetic Mind and the Origin of Art
Bringing Growth Theory "Down to Earth"
Creators: name: Lopez, Ramon E.
name: Stocking, Andrew
name: Lopez, Ramon E.
name: Stocking, Andrew
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: International Development
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Political Economy
subject: endogenous growth theory
subject: unbalanced growth
subject: structural change
subject: stagnation

description: Explicitly accounting for certain basic physical laws governing the “earth” sector dramatically enriches our ability to explain a high degree of diversity in observed patterns of economic growth. We provide a theoretical explanation of why some countries have been able to sustain a more or less constant and positive rate of economic growth for many decades while so many others have failed to do so. The analysis predicts that countries that have an over abundance of physical capital (a concept that is precisely defined in the text) may be unable to sustain a positive rate of economic growth over the long run. Too much physical capital may affect the dynamics of the economy ultimately leading to stagnation. The plausibility of the growth model introduced here is demonstrated by its ability to predict some important stylized facts for which standard endogenous growth models generally cannot account.