cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nurse scientists overcoming challenges to lead transdisciplinary research teams
Creators: name: Atkinson, Daryl
name: Sheely, Amanda
name: Schwartz, Todd
name: Gilmore, Robert M.
name: Kneipp, Shawn M.
name: Gilleskie, Donna
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Increasingly, scientific funding agencies are requiring that researchers move toward an integrated, transdisciplinary team science paradigm. While the barriers to and rewards of conducting this type of research have been discussed in the literature, examples of how nurse investigators have led these teams to reconcile the differences in theoretical, methodological, and/or analytic perspectives that inevitably exist are lacking. In this article, we describe these developmental trajectory challenges through a case study of one transdisciplinary team, focusing on team member characteristics and the leadership tasks associated with successful transdisciplinary science teams in the literature. Specifically, we describe how overcoming these challenges has been essential to examining the complex, and potentially cumulative effects that key intersections between legal, social welfare, and labor market systems may have on the health of disadvantaged women. Finally, we discuss this difficult, but rewarding work within the context of lessons learned and transdisciplinary team research in relation to the future of nursing science.
Splenic artery steal syndrome in patients with orthotopic liver transplant: Where to embolize the splenic artery?
Creators: name: Fleckenstein, Florian N.
name: Luedemann, Willie M.
name: Kücükkaya, Ahmet
name: Auer, Timo A.
name: Plewe, Julius
name: Hamm, Bernd
name: Günther, Rolf W.
name: Fehrenbach, Uli
name: Gebauer, Bernhard
name: Wieners, Gero
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Embolization, Therapeutic
subject: Hepatic Artery
subject: Liver Transplantation
subject: Retrospective Studies
subject: Splenic Artery
subject: Treatment Outcome
subject: Vascular Diseases
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose: This study compared proximal and distal embolization of the splenic artery (SA) in patients with splenic artery steal syndrome (SAS) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) regarding post interventional changes of liver function to identify an ideal location of embolization. Methods and materials: 85 patients with SAS after OLT treated with embolization of the SA between 2007 and 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Periinterventional DSA was used to assess treatment success and to stratify patients according to the site of embolization. Liver function was assessed using following laboratory values: bilirubin, albumin, gamma-glutamyl transferase, glutamat-pyruvat-transaminase (GPT), glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), aPTT, prothrombin time and thrombocyte count. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Median laboratory values of pre, 1- and 3-days, as well as 1-week and 1-month post-embolization were compared between the respective embolization sites using linear mixed model regression analysis. Results: All procedures were technically successful and showed an improved blood flow in the hepatic artery post-embolization. Ten Patients were excluded due to re -intervention or inconsistent image documentation. Pairwise comparison using linear mixed model regression analysis showed a significant difference between proximal and distal embolization for GPT (57.0 (IQR 107.5) vs. 118.0 (IQR 254.0) U/l, p = 0.002) and GOT (48.0 (IQR 48.0) vs. 81.0 (IQR 115.0) U/l, p = 0.008) 3-days after embolization as well as median thrombocyte counts 7-days after embolization (122 (IQR 108) vs. 83 (IQR 74) in thousands, p = 0.014). For all other laboratory values, no statistically significant difference could be shown with respect to the embolization site. Conclusion: We conclude that long-term outcomes after embolization of the SA in the scenario of SAS after OLT are irrespective of the site of embolization of the SA, whereas a proximal embolization potentially facilitates earlier normalization of liver function. Choice of technique should therefore be informed by anatomical conditions, safety considerations and preferences of the interventionalist.
(401202) Duleth Annie Cross
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.
Physical interpretation of point-like interactions of one-dimensional Schrödinger operator
Creators: name: Kulinskii, V. L.
name: Panchenko, D. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider physical interpretations of non-trivial boundary conditions of self-adjoint extensions for one-dimensional Schrödinger operator of free spinless particle. Despite its model and rather abstract character this question is worth of investigation due to application for one-dimensional nanostructures. The main result is the physical interpretation of peculiar self-adjoint extension with discontinuity of both the probability density and the derivative of the wave function. We show that this case differs very much from other three which were considered before and corresponds to the presence of mass-jump in a sense of works of Ganella et. al., (Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 42, 465207 (2009)) along with the quantized magnetic flux. Real physical system which can be modeled by such boundary conditions is the localized quantazied flux in the Josephson junction of two superconductors with different effective masses of the elementary excitations.
description: 14 pages
Vitikainen et al ESM Supplementary Tables from Live long and prosper: durable benefits of early-life care in banded mongooses.
Creators: name: Vitikainen, Emma I. K.
name: Thompson, Faye J.
name: Marshall, Harry H.
name: Cant, Michael A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Kin selection theory defines the conditions for which altruism or ‘helping’ can be favoured by natural selection. Tests of this theory in cooperatively breeding animals have focused on the short-term benefits to the recipients of help, such as improved growth or survival to adulthood. However, research on early-life effects suggests that there may be more durable, lifelong fitness impacts to the recipients of help, which in theory should strengthen selection for helping. Here, we show in cooperatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) that care received in the first 3 months of life has lifelong fitness benefits for both males and female recipients. In this species, adult helpers called ‘escorts’ form exclusive one-to-one caring relationships with specific pups (not their own offspring), allowing us to isolate the effects of being escorted on later reproduction and survival. Pups that were more closely escorted were heavier at sexual maturity, which was associated with higher lifetime reproductive success for both sexes. Moreover, for female offspring, lifetime reproductive success increased with the level of escorting received per se, over and above any effect on body mass. Our results suggest that early-life social care has durable benefits to offspring of both sexes in this species. Given the well-established developmental effects of early-life care in laboratory animals and humans, we suggest that similar effects are likely to be widespread in social animals more generally. We discuss some of the implications of durable fitness benefits for the evolution of intergenerational helping in cooperative animal societies, including humans.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Developing differences: towards an evolutionary medicine of early-life effects’.
Cardiovascular Inflammaging: Mechanisms and Translational Aspects
Creators: name: Barcena, Maria Luisa
name: Aslam, Muhammad
name: Pozdniakova, Sofya
name: Norman, Kristina
name: Ladilov, Yury
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: cardiac inflammaging
subject: vascular senescence
subject: mitochondrial homeostasis
subject: microbiome
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Aging is one of the major non-reversible risk factors for several chronic diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and it is a key cause of multimorbidity, disability, and frailty (decreased physical activity, fatigue, and weight loss). The underlying cellular mechanisms are complex and consist of multifactorial processes, such as telomere shortening, chronic low-grade inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, accumulation of senescent cells, and reduced autophagy. In this review, we focused on the molecular mechanisms and translational aspects of cardiovascular aging-related inflammation, i.e., inflammaging.
(401201) Mary Alicia Cross
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.
Vitikainen et al ESM Supplementary Tables from Live long and prosper: durable benefits of early-life care in banded mongooses
Creators: name: Vitikainen, Emma I. K.
name: Thompson, Faye J.
name: Marshall, Harry H.
name: Cant, Michael A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Kin selection theory defines the conditions for which altruism or ‘helping’ can be favoured by natural selection. Tests of this theory in cooperatively breeding animals have focused on the short-term benefits to the recipients of help, such as improved growth or survival to adulthood. However, research on early-life effects suggests that there may be more durable, lifelong fitness impacts to the recipients of help, which in theory should strengthen selection for helping. Here, we show in cooperatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) that care received in the first 3 months of life has lifelong fitness benefits for both males and female recipients. In this species, adult helpers called ‘escorts’ form exclusive one-to-one caring relationships with specific pups (not their own offspring), allowing us to isolate the effects of being escorted on later reproduction and survival. Pups that were more closely escorted were heavier at sexual maturity, which was associated with higher lifetime reproductive success for both sexes. Moreover, for female offspring, lifetime reproductive success increased with the level of escorting received per se, over and above any effect on body mass. Our results suggest that early-life social care has durable benefits to offspring of both sexes in this species. Given the well-established developmental effects of early-life care in laboratory animals and humans, we suggest that similar effects are likely to be widespread in social animals more generally. We discuss some of the implications of durable fitness benefits for the evolution of intergenerational helping in cooperative animal societies, including humans.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Developing differences: towards an evolutionary medicine of early-life effects’.
Towards intrinsic phonon transport in single-layer MoS$_2$
Creators: name: Peng, Bo
name: Zhang, Hao
name: Shao, Hezhu
name: Xu, Yuanfeng
name: Zhang, Xiangchao
name: Zhu, Heyuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of MoS$_2$ is an important aspect in the design of MoS$_2$-based nanoelectronic devices. We investigate the lattice dynamics properties of MoS$_2$ by first principles calculations. The intrinsic thermal conductivity of single-layer MoS$_2$ is calculated using the Boltzmann transport equation for phonons. The obtained thermal conductivity agrees well with the measurements. The contributions of acoustic and optical phonons to the lattice thermal conductivity are evaluated. The size dependence of thermal conductivity is investigated as well.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures
(401200) Elizabeth Margaret Cross
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.
Hijacking of transcriptional condensates by endogenous retroviruses
Creators: name: Asimi, Vahid
name: Kumar, Abhishek Sampath
name: Niskanen, Henri
name: Riemenschneider, Christina
name: Hetzel, Sara
name: Naderi, Julian
name: Fasching, Nina
name: Popitsch, Niko
name: Du, Manyu
name: Kretzmer, Helene
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Epigenomics
subject: Gene regulation
subject: Stem cells
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Most endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in mammals are incapable of retrotransposition; therefore, why ERV derepression is associated with lethality during early development has been a mystery. Here, we report that rapid and selective degradation of the heterochromatin adapter protein TRIM28 triggers dissociation of transcriptional condensates from loci encoding super-enhancer (SE)-driven pluripotency genes and their association with transcribed ERV loci in murine embryonic stem cells. Knockdown of ERV RNAs or forced expression of SE-enriched transcription factors rescued condensate localization at SEs in TRIM28-degraded cells. In a biochemical reconstitution system, ERV RNA facilitated partitioning of RNA polymerase II and the Mediator coactivator into phase-separated droplets. In TRIM28 knockout mouse embryos, single-cell RNA-seq analysis revealed specific depletion of pluripotent lineages. We propose that coding and noncoding nascent RNAs, including those produced by retrotransposons, may facilitate ‘hijacking’ of transcriptional condensates in various developmental and disease contexts.
Subacromial Bursa: A Neglected Tissue Is Gaining More and More Attention in Clinical and Experimental Research
Creators: name: Klatte-Schulz, Franka
name: Thiele, Kathi
name: Scheibel, Markus
name: Duda, Georg N.
name: Wildemann, Britt
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: subacromial bursa
subject: bursitis
subject: progenitor cells
subject: inflammation
subject: pain
subject: augmentation
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The subacromial bursa has long been demolded as friction-reducing tissue, which is often linked to shoulder pain and, therefore, partially removed during shoulder surgery. Currently, the discovery of the stem cell potential of resident bursa-derived cells shed a new light on the subacromial bursa. In the meanwhile, this neglected tissue is gaining more attention as to how it can augment the regenerative properties of adjacent tissues such as rotator cuff tendons. Specifically, the tight fibrovascular network, a high growth factor content, and the large progenitor potential of bursa-derived cells could complement the deficits that a nearby rotator cuff injury might experience due to the fact of its low endogenous regeneration potential. This review deals with the question of whether bursal inflammation is only a pain generator or could also be an initiator of healing. Furthermore, several experimental models highlight potential therapeutic targets to overcome bursal inflammation and, thus, pain. More evidence is needed to fully elucidate a direct interplay between subacromial bursa and rotator cuff tendons. Increasing attention to tendon repair will help to guide future research and answer open questions such that novel treatment strategies could harvest the subacromial bursa's potential to support healing of nearby rotator cuff injuries.
Mathematical proofs from Analysing diffusion and flow-driven instability using semidefinite programming.
Creators: name: Hori, Yutaka
name: Miyazako, Hiroki
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 60113 Synthetic Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Proofs for Lemma and Propositions
A New Self-Report Measure of Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes for Adolescents
Creators: name: Dumser, Susan
name: Murphy, Kathryn
name: Schilling, Lynne S.
name: Lynn, Mary R.
name: Grey, Margaret
name: Knafl, Kathleen A.
name: Dixon, Jane K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: The development of instruments to measure self-management in youth with type 1 diabetes has not kept up with current understanding of the concept.
(401199) Edward Cross
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.
Finite group actions and cyclic branched covers of knots in $\mathbf{S}^3$
Creators: name: Boileau, Michel
name: Franchi, Clara
name: Mecchia, Mattia
name: Paoluzzi, Luisa
name: Zimmermann, Bruno
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 57S17, Secondary 57M40, 57M60, 57M12, 57M25, 57M50

description: We show that a hyperbolic $3$-manifold can be the cyclic branched cover of at most fifteen knots in $\mathbf{S}^3$. This is a consequence of a general result about finite groups of orientation preserving diffeomorphisms acting on $3$-manifolds. A similar, although weaker, result holds for arbitrary irreducible $3$-manifolds: an irreducible $3$-manifold can be the cyclic branched cover of odd prime order of at most six knots in $\mathbf{S}^3$.
description: 31 pages, 1 figure. Changes from v2: The paper has been substantially reorganized, in particular the proof of Theorem 2 was considerably shortened. Accepted for publication by the Journal of Topology
Reducing the Pill Burden: Immunosuppressant Adherence and Safety after Conversion from a Twice-Daily (IR-Tac) to a Novel Once-Daily (LCP-Tac) Tacrolimus Formulation in 161 Liver Transplant Patients
Creators: name: Maurer, Max M.
name: Ibach, Marius
name: Plewe, Julius
name: Winter, Axel
name: Ritschl, Paul
name: Globke, Brigitta
name: Öllinger, Robert
name: Lurje, Georg
name: Schöning, Wenzel
name: Pratschke, Johann
name: Eurich, Dennis
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: immunosuppressant adherence
subject: immunosuppressant efficacy
subject: tacrolimus
subject: liver transplantation
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Non-adherence to immunosuppressant therapy reduces long-term graft and patient survival after solid organ transplantation. The objective of this 24-month prospective study was to determine adherence, efficacy and safety after conversion of stable liver transplant (LT) recipients from a standard twice-daily immediate release Tacrolimus (IR-Tac) to a novel once-daily life cycle pharma Tacrolimus (LCP-Tac) formulation. We converted a total of 161 LT patients at baseline, collecting Tacrolimus trough levels, laboratories, physical examination data and the BAASIS(C) questionnaire for self-reported adherence to immunosuppression at regular intervals. With 134 participants completing the study period (17% dropouts), the overall adherence to the BAASIS(C) increased by 57% until month 24 compared to baseline (51% vs. 80%). Patients who required only a morning dose of their concomitant medications reported the largest improvement in adherence after conversion. The intra-patient variability (IPV) of consecutive Tacrolimus trough levels after conversion did not change significantly compared to pre-conversion levels. Despite reducing the daily dose by 30% at baseline as recommended by the manufacturer, Tac-trough levels remained stable, reflected by an increase in the concentration-dose (C/D) ratio. No episodes of graft rejection or loss occurred. Our data suggest that the use of LCP-Tac in liver transplant patients is safe and can increase adherence to immunosuppression compared to conventional IR-Tac.
Violent intra-night optical variability of the blazar S4 0954+65 during its unprecedented 2015 February outburst
Creators: name: Bachev, Rumen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter we present results from intra-night monitoring in three colors (BRI) of the blazar S4 0954+65 during its recent (2015 February) unprecedented high state. We find violent variations on very short time scales, reaching magnitude change levels of 0.1-0.2 mag/h. On some occasions, changes of ~0.1 mag are observed even within ~10 min. During the night of 14.02.2015 an exponential drop of ~0.7 magnitudes is detected for about 5 hours. Cross-correlation between the light curves does not reveal any detectable wavelength-dependent time delays, larger than ~5 min. Color changes "bluer-when-brighter" are observed on longer time scales. Possible variability mechanisms to explain the observations are discussed and a preference to the geometrical one is given.
description: MNRAS, accepted
Controlled Trial of Nursing Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes of Older African American Women With Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Carlson, John
name: Burns, Dorothy
name: Skelly, Anne H.
name: Soward, April
name: Leeman, Jennifer
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Type 2 diabetes affects one in five African American women over the age of 60 years. These women face distinct challenges in managing diabetes self-care. Therefore, tailored self-care interventions for this population need to be developed and tested.
(401198) Kate Henderson
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.
Effect of Revascularization on Intramuscular Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Creators: name: Schawe, Larissa
name: Raude, Ben
name: Carstens, Jan Christoph
name: Hinterseher, Irene
name: Hein, Raphael Donatus
name: Omran, Safwan
name: Berger, Gilles
name: Hering, Nina A.
name: Buerger, Matthias
name: Greiner, Andreas
name: Frese, Jan Paul
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: vascular endothelial growth factor
subject: peripheral artery disease
subject: angiogenesis
subject: revascularization
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent driver of angiogenesis, which may help to relieve ischemia in peripheral arterial disease (PAD). We aimed to investigate the role of intramuscular VEGF in ischemic and non-ischemic skeletal muscle in PAD patients before and after surgical or endovascular revascularization and different stages of PAD. Biopsies of the gastrocnemius and vastus muscles from twenty PAD patients with stenosis or occlusion of the superficial femoral artery were obtained both during revascularization and 8 weeks postoperatively. The gastrocnemius muscle was considered ischemic, while vastus muscle biopsies served as intraindividual controls. The levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in muscle lysates were then determined by ELISA. Preoperative VEGF levels were significantly higher in ischemic muscles compared to the controls (98.07 ± 61.96 pg/mL vs. 55.50 ± 27.33 pg/mL, p = 0.004). Postoperative values decreased significantly (p = 0.010) to 54.83 ± 49.60 pg/mL in gastrocnemius biopsies. No significant change was observed in vastus muscle biopsies, with mean postoperative VEGF values found at 54.16 ± 40.66 pg/mL. Since all patients still had indications for revascularization, impairment of angiogenesis mechanisms can be assumed. More research about angiogenesis in PAD is needed with the ultimate goal to improve conservative treatment.
Decays $Z\toγγ$ and $Z\to gg$ in the Standard Model Extension
Creators: name: Castro-Medina, J.
name: Novales-Sánchez, H.
name: Toscano, J. J.
name: Tututi, E. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $Z\to γγ$ and $Z\to gg$ decays are studied in the context of the renormalizable version of the Standard Model Extension. The $CPT$-odd $\barψγ_5 γ^μb_μψ$ bilinear interaction, which involves the constant background field $b_α$ and which has been a subject of interest in literature, is considered. It is shown that the $Z\to γγ$ and $Z\to gg$ decays, which are strictly zero in the standard model, can be generated radiatively at the one-loop level. It is found that these decays are gauge invariant and free of ultraviolet divergences, and that the corresponding decay widths only depend on the spatial component of the background field $b$.
description: A few references corrected
Statistical detection of movement activities in a human brain by separation of mixture distributions
Creators: name: Gorshenin, A. K.
name: Korolev, V. Yu.
name: Korchagin, A. Yu.
name: Zakharova, T. V.
name: Zeifman, A. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: One of most popular experimental techniques for investigation of brain activity is the so-called method of evoked potentials: the subject repeatedly makes some movements (by his/her finger) whereas brain activity and some auxiliary signals are recorded for further analysis. The key problem is the detection of points in the myogram which correspond to the beginning of the movements. The more precisely the points are detected, the more successfully the magnetoencephalogram is processed aiming at the identification of sensors which are closest to the activity areas. The paper proposes a statistical approach to this problem based on mixtures models which uses a specially modified method of moving separation of mixtures of probability distributions (MSM-method) to detect the start points of the finger's movements. We demonstrate the correctness of the new procedure and its advantages as compared with the method based on the notion of the myogram window variance.
Mapping and characterizing social-ecological land systems of South America
Creators: name: Zarbá, Lucía
name: Piquer-Rodríguez, María
name: Boillat, Sébastien
name: Levers, Christian
name: Gasparri, Ignacio
name: Aide, T. Mitchell
name: Álvarez-Berríos, Nora L.
name: Anderson, Liana O.
name: Araoz, Ezequiel
name: Arima, Eugenio
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: automatization
subject: hierarchical clustering
subject: multidisciplinary data
subject: participatory mapping
subject: social-ecological mapping
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften

description: Humans place strong pressure on land and have modified around 75% of Earth’s terrestrial surface. In this context, ecoregions and biomes, merely defined on the basis of their biophysical features, are incomplete characterizations of the territory. Land system science requires classification schemes that incorporate both social and biophysical dimensions. In this study, we generated spatially explicit social-ecological land system (SELS) typologies for South America with a hybrid methodology that combined data-driven spatial analysis with a knowledge-based evaluation by an interdisciplinary group of regional specialists. Our approach embraced a holistic consideration of the social-ecological land systems, gathering a dataset of 26 variables spanning across 7 dimensions: physical, biological, land cover, economic, demographic, political, and cultural. We identified 13 SELS nested in 5 larger social-ecological regions (SER). Each SELS was discussed and described by specific groups of specialists. Although 4 environmental and 1 socioeconomic variable explained most of the distribution of the coarse SER classification, a diversity of 15 other variables were shown to be essential for defining several SELS, highlighting specific features that differentiate them. The SELS spatial classification presented is a systematic and operative characterization of South American social-ecological land systems. We propose its use can contribute as a reference framework for a wide range of applications such as analyzing observations within larger contexts, designing system-specific solutions for sustainable development, and structuring hypothesis testing and comparisons across space. Similar efforts could be done elsewhere in the world.
Additional file 1 of Mentoring & support practices for final year medical students during a pandemic – ‘The covid doctors’
Creators: name: Brar, Gurjot
name: Harney, Sarah
name: McGarr, Oliver
name: McFarland, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1. Superordinate Themes. Appendix 2. Intermediate Themes (size indicates number of themes). Appendix 3. Initial to Superordinate Themes.
Low Serum Levels of Soluble Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor κ B Ligand (sRANKL) Are Associated with Metabolic Dysregulation and Predict Long-Term Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
Creators: name: Puengel, Tobias
name: Weber, Beate
name: Wirtz, Theresa H.
name: Buendgens, Lukas
name: Loosen, Sven H.
name: Geisler, Lukas
name: Özdirik, Burcin
name: Hamesch, Karim
name: Jhaisha, Samira Abu
name: Brozat, Jonathan F.
name: Hohlstein, Philipp
name: Eisert, Albrecht
name: Yagmur, Eray
name: Trautwein, Christian
name: Tacke, Frank
name: Koch, Alexander
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B ligand (sRANKL)
subject: intensive care unit (ICU)
subject: critical illness
subject: diabetes
subject: glucose metabolism
subject: adipokine
subject: sepsis
subject: inflammation
subject: prognosis
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B ligand (sRANKL) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, and therefore, involved in various inflammatory processes. The role of sRANKL in the course of bone remodeling via activation of osteoclasts as well as chronic disease progression has been described extensively. However, the potential functional importance of sRANKL in critically ill or septic patients remained unknown. Therefore, we measured sRANKL serum concentrations in 303 critically ill patients, including 203 patients with sepsis and 100 with non-sepsis critical illness. Results were compared to 99 healthy controls. Strikingly, in critically ill patients sRANKL serum levels were significantly decreased at intensive care unit (ICU) admission (p = 0.011) without differences between sepsis and non-sepsis patients. Inline, sRANKL was correlated with markers of metabolic dysregulation, such as pre-existing diabetes and various adipokines (e.g., adiponectin, leptin receptor). Importantly, overall mortality of critically ill patients in a three-year follow-up was significantly associated with decreased sRANKL serum concentrations at ICU admission (p = 0.038). Therefore, our study suggests sRANKL as a biomarker in critically ill patients which is associated with poor prognosis and overall survival beyond ICU stay.
Exploratory Analysis of Exercise Adherence Patterns With Sedentary Pregnant Women
Creators: name: Cisewski, Jessi
name: Yeo, Seonae
name: Marron, J. S.
name: Lock, Eric F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: It is not well understood how sedentary women who wish to engage in regular exercise adhere to interventions during pregnancy and what factors may influence adherence over time.
(401197) Colin Campbell
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.
Mathematical proofs from Analysing diffusion and flow-driven instability using semidefinite programming
Creators: name: Hori, Yutaka
name: Miyazako, Hiroki
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: 60113 Synthetic Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Proofs for Lemma and Propositions
(401196) Maude Isabel Campbell
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.
Spinor Condensates on a Cylindrical Surface in Synthetic Gauge Fields
Creators: name: Ho, Tin-Lun
name: Huang, Biao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We point out that by modifying the setup of a recent experiment that generates a Dirac string, one can create a quasi 2D spinor Bose condensate on a cylindrical surface with a synthetic magnetic field pointing radially outward from the cylindrical surface. The synthetic magnetic field takes the form of the Landau gauge. It is generated by the Berry's phase of a spin texture, frozen by an external quadrupolar magnetic field. Unlike in the planar case, there are two types of vortices (called A and B) with the same vorticity. The ground state for $5\le S\le 9$ consists of a row of alternating AB vortices lying at the equatorial circle of the cylinder. For higher values of $S$, the A and B vortices split into two rows and are displaced from each other along the cylindrical axis $z$. The fact that many properties of a BEC are altered in a cylindrical surface implies many rich phenomena will emerge for ground states in curved surfaces.
description: 4+\epsilon pages, 4 figures
Estuarine plastisphere as an overlooked source of N2O production
Creators: name: Su, Xiaoxuan
name: Yang, Leyang
name: Yang, Kai
name: Tang, Yijia
name: Wen, Teng
name: Wang, Yingmu
name: Rillig, Matthias C.
name: Rohe, Lena
name: Pan, Junliang
name: Li, Hu
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Element cycles
subject: Environmental impact
subject: plastisphere
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: “Plastisphere”, microbial communities colonizing plastic debris, has sparked global concern for marine ecosystems. Microbiome inhabiting this novel human-made niche has been increasingly characterized; however, whether the plastisphere holds crucial roles in biogeochemical cycling remains largely unknown. Here we evaluate the potential of plastisphere in biotic and abiotic denitrification and nitrous oxide (N2O) production in estuaries. Biofilm formation provides anoxic conditions favoring denitrifiers. Comparing with surrounding bulk water, plastisphere exhibits a higher denitrifying activity and N2O production, suggesting an overlooked N2O source. Regardless of plastisphere and bulk water, bacterial and fungal denitrifications are the main regulators for N2O production instead of chemodenitrification. However, the contributions of bacteria and fungi in the plastisphere are different from those in bulk water, indicating a distinct N2O production pattern in the plastisphere. These findings pinpoint plastisphere as a N2O source, and provide insights into roles of the new biotope in biogeochemical cycling in the Anthropocene.
Psychometric Evaluation of a New Instrument to Measure Uncertainty in Children and Adolescents With Cancer
Creators: name: Mishel, Merle H.
name: Lynn, Mary R.
name: Stewart, Janet L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Although uncertainty has been characterized as a major stressor for children with cancer, it has not been studied systematically.
(401195) Susan Scott
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.
Additional file 1 of Impact of COVID-19 control on lung, breast, and colorectal pathological cancer diagnoses. A comparison between the Netherlands, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Northern Ireland
Creators: name: Mitchell, Helen
name: Mclean, Jennifer
name: Gavin, Anna T
name: Visser, Otto
name: Millar, Elinor
name: Luff, Tessa
name: Bennett, Damien
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Biotechnology
Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1
A random matrix model with localization and ergodic transitions
Creators: name: Kravtsov, V. E.
name: Khaymovich, I. M.
name: Cuevas, E.
name: Amini, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the problem of Many-Body Localization and the recent numerical results for the level and eigenfunction statistics on the random regular graphs, a generalization of the Rosenzweig-Porter random matrix model is suggested that possesses two localization transitions as the parameter $γ$ of the model varies from 0 to $\infty$. One of them is the Anderson transition from the localized to the extended states that happens at $γ=2$. The other one at $γ=1$ is the transition from the extended non-ergodic (multifractal) states to the extended ergodic states similar to the eigenstates of the Gaussian Orthogonal Ensemble. We computed the two-level spectral correlation function, the spectrum of multifractality $f(α)$ and the wave function overlap which all show the transitions at $γ=1$ and $γ=2$.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures (main text) + 7 pages, 4 figures (supplementary materials)
(401194) James A. Guthrie
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.
Histological Processing of CAD/CAM Titanium Scaffold after Long-Term Failure in Cranioplasty
Creators: name: Fischer, Heilwig
name: Steffen, Claudius
name: Schmidt-Bleek, Katharina
name: Duda, Georg N.
name: Heiland, Max
name: Rendenbach, Carsten
name: Raguse, Jan-Dirk
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: CAD/CAM
subject: cranioplasty
subject: bone regeneration
subject: osteoconduction
subject: scaffold
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Cranioplasty is a frequently performed procedure after craniectomy and includes several techniques with different materials. Due to high overall complication rates, alloplastic implants are removed in many cases. Lack of implant material osseointegration is often assumed as a reason for failure, but no study has proven this in cranioplasty. This study histologically evaluates the osteointegration of a computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) titanium scaffold with an open mesh structure used for cranioplasty. A CAD/CAM titanium scaffold was removed due to late soft tissue complications 7.6 years after cranioplasty. The histological analyses involved the preparation of non-decalcified slices from the scaffold's inner and outer sides as well as a light-microscopic evaluation, including the quantification of the bone that had formed over the years. Within the scaffold pores, vital connective tissue with both blood vessels and nerves was found. Exclusive bone formation only occurred at the edges of the implant, covering 0.21% of the skin-facing outer surface area. The inner scaffold surface, facing towards the brain, did not show any mineralization at all. Although conventional alloplastic materials for cranioplasty reduce surgery time and provide good esthetic results while mechanically protecting the underlying structures, a lack of adequate stimuli could explain the limited bone formation found. CAD/CAM porous titanium scaffolds alone insufficiently osseointegrate in such large bone defects of the skull. Future research should investigate alternative routes that enable long-term osteointegration in order to reduce complication rates after cranioplasty. Opportunities could be found in mechano-biologically optimized scaffolds, material modifications, surface coatings, or other routes to sustain bone formation.
Reliability and Validity of the Perspectives of Support From God Scale
Creators: name: Hamilton, Jill B.
name: Lynn, Mary R.
name: Crandell, Jamie L.
name: Carter, J. Kameron
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Existing spiritual support scales for use with cancer survivors focus on the support believed to come from a religious community, clergy, or health care providers.
(401193) Helen Scott
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.