cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Does heel height cause imbalance during sit-to-stand task: surface EMG perspective
Creators: name: Naik, Ganesh R.
name: Al-Ani, Ahmed
name: Gobbo, Massimiliano
name: Nguyen, Hung
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4003
subject: Biomedical engineering

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether electromyography (EMG) muscle activities around the knee differ during sit-to-stand (STS) and returning task for females wearing shoes with different heel heights. Sixteen healthy young women (age = 25.2 ± 3.9 years, body mass index = 20.8 ± 2.7 kg/m2 ) participated in this study. Electromyography signals were recorded from the two muscles, vastus medialis (VM) and vastus lateralis (VL) that involve in the extension of knee. The participants wore shoes with five different heights, including 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 cm. Surface electromyography (sEMG) data were acquired during STS and stand-to-sit-returning (STSR) tasks. The data was filtered using a fourth order Butterworth (band pass) filter of 20–450 Hz frequency range. For each heel height, we extracted median frequency (MDF) and root mean square (RMS) features to measure sEMG activities between VM and VL muscles. The experimental results (based on MDF and RMS-values) indicated that there is imbalance between vasti muscles for more elevated heels. The results are also quantified with statistical measures. The study findings suggest that there would be an increased likelihood of knee imbalance and fatigue with regular usage of high heel shoes (HHS) in women.
Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger 2015
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Paraschistura
Paraschistura hormuzensis

description: 62. Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015
Common name. Hormuz loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015: 28, figs. 29-33 [Hormozgan Province, Rudan River at Abnama bridge, a tributary of Minab River, 27°28'24"N, 57°15'14"E, Iran; holotype: ZM-CBSU J3168].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Freyhof et al. (2015: 28, fig. 29).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Makran.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 451-Northern Hormuz Drainages.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Hormuz.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Freyhof et al. (2015); listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Courting emotional contagion: Tina Gonsalves' Chameleon
Creators: name: Tofts, Darren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper engages with the recent computer-mediated video installations of Australian media artist Tina Gonsalves. Gonsalves' interactive video Chameleon (2008-2010) explores the scientific notion of 'emotional contagion', the dynamics of how emotions spread from one person to another in social contexts. An ambitious work at the interface of media art, neuroscience and advanced 'affective computing' being developed at the MIT Media Lab, Chameleon interprets the notion of empathy as a kind of code that can be simulated in an installation context. The work continues and expands upon the artist's interest in the intimacies and vulnerabilities of human emotions. It is a genuinely interdisciplinary work that breaks new ground in terms of the dialogue between art, science and technology.
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Acantholippia deserticola, Artemisia proceriformis, Achillea micrantha and Libanotis buchtormensis against phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi
Creators: name: Sampietro, Diego A.
name: Lizarraga, Emilio F.
name: Zharkyn A. Ibatayev
name: Akerke B. Omarova
name: Suleimen, Yerlan M.
name: Catalán, Cesar A. N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: Essential oils from aerial parts of Acantholippia deserticola, Artemisia proceriformis, Achillea micrantha and Libanotis buchtormensis were analysed by GC–MS. The major compounds identified were β-thujone (66.5 ± 0.2%), and trans-sabinyl acetate (12.1 ± 0.2%) in A. deserticola; α-thujone (66.9 ± 0.4%) in A. proceriformis; 1,8-cineole (26.9 ± 0.5%), and camphor (17.7 ± 0.3%) in A. micrantha and cis-β-ocimene (23.3 ± 0.3%), and trans-β-ocimene (18.4 ± 0.2%) in L. buchtormensis. The oils showed a weak antimicrobial effect (MIC100 > 1.5 mg/ml) on most phytopathogens tested. A moderate antimicrobial activity (MIC100 between 0.5 and 1.5 mg/ml) was displayed by the oils of A. deserticola, A. micrantha and L. buchtormensis on Septoria tritici and by the oil of A. deserticola on Septoria glycine. The antimicrobial activity was associated to the contents of β-thujone, trans-sabinyl acetate and trans-sabinol. Our results indicate that the tested essential oils have little inhibitory potency not suitable for use as plant protection products against the phytopathogens assayed.
Development of docetaxel nanocapsules for improving in vitro cytotoxicity and cellular uptake in MCF-7 cells
Creators: name: Singh, Sandeep Kumar
name: Banala, Venkatesh Teja
name: Girish K. Gupta
name: Ashwni Verma
name: Shukla, Rahul
name: Pawar, Vivek K.
name: Tripathi, Priyanka
name: Mishra, Prabhat Ranjan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: The aim of this study was to fabricate docetaxel loaded nanocapsules (DTX-NCs) with a high payload using Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique by successive coating with alternate layers of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. Developed nanocapsules (NCs) were characterized in terms of morphology, particle size distribution, zeta potential (ζ-potential), entrapment efficiency and in vitro release. The morphological characteristics of the NCs were assessed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that revealed coating of polyelectrolytes around the surface of particles. The developed NCs successfully attained a submicron particle size while the ζ-potential of optimized NCs alternated between (+) 34.64 ± 1.5 mV to (−) 33.25 ± 2.1 mV with each coating step. The non-hemolytic potential of the NCs indicated the suitability of the developed formulation for intravenous administration. A comparative study indicated that the cytotoxicity of positively charged NCs (F4) was significant higher (p in vitro on MCF-7 cells. Furthermore, cell uptake studies evidenced a higher uptake of positive NCs (≥1.2 fold) in comparison to negative NCs. In conclusion, formulated NCs are an ideal vehicle for passive targeting of drugs to tumor cells that may result in improved efficacy and reduced toxicity of encapsulated drug moiety.
Contribution to the uptake of Cloud Computing solutions: Design of a cloud services intermediator to foster an ecosystem of trusted, interoperable and legal compliant cloud services. Application to multi-cloud aware software
Creators: name: Alonso, Juncal
name: Orue-Echevarria, Leire
name: Escalante, Marisa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Cloud Service Brokers, cloud computing, cloud computing adoption, multi-cloud, cloud intermediator

description: Contribution to the uptake of Cloud Computing solutions: Design of a cloud services intermediator to foster an ecosystem of trusted, interoperable and legal compliant cloud services. Application to multi-cloud aware software. Open Communications, WEBIST 2019
Development of docetaxel nanocapsules for improving in vitro cytotoxicity and cellular uptake in MCF-7 cells
Creators: name: Singh, Sandeep Kumar
name: Banala, Venkatesh Teja
name: Girish K. Gupta
name: Ashwni Verma
name: Shukla, Rahul
name: Pawar, Vivek K.
name: Tripathi, Priyanka
name: Mishra, Prabhat Ranjan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cancer
Developmental Biology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Engineering
Biochemistry

description: The aim of this study was to fabricate docetaxel loaded nanocapsules (DTX-NCs) with a high payload using Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique by successive coating with alternate layers of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. Developed nanocapsules (NCs) were characterized in terms of morphology, particle size distribution, zeta potential (ζ-potential), entrapment efficiency and in vitro release. The morphological characteristics of the NCs were assessed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that revealed coating of polyelectrolytes around the surface of particles. The developed NCs successfully attained a submicron particle size while the ζ-potential of optimized NCs alternated between (+) 34.64 ± 1.5 mV to (−) 33.25 ± 2.1 mV with each coating step. The non-hemolytic potential of the NCs indicated the suitability of the developed formulation for intravenous administration. A comparative study indicated that the cytotoxicity of positively charged NCs (F4) was significant higher (p in vitro on MCF-7 cells. Furthermore, cell uptake studies evidenced a higher uptake of positive NCs (≥1.2 fold) in comparison to negative NCs. In conclusion, formulated NCs are an ideal vehicle for passive targeting of drugs to tumor cells that may result in improved efficacy and reduced toxicity of encapsulated drug moiety.
A computational model for collective cellular motion in three dimensions: general framework and case study for cell pair dynamics
Creators: name: Frascoli, Federico
name: Hughes, Barry D.
name: Zaman, Muhammad H.
name: Landman, Kerry A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490105
subject: Dynamical systems in applications

description: Cell migration in healthy and diseased systems is a combination of single and collective cell motion. While single cell motion has received considerable attention, our understanding of collective cell motion remains elusive. A new computational framework for the migration of groups of cells in three dimensions is presented, which focuses on the forces acting at the microscopic scale and the interactions between cells and their extracellular matrix (ECM) environment. Cell-cell adhesion, resistance due to the ECM and the factors regulating the propulsion of each cell through the matrix are considered. In particular, our approach emphasizes the role of receptors that mediate cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, and examines how variation in their properties induces changes in cellular motion. As an important case study, we analyze two interacting cells. Our results show that the dynamics of cell pairs depends on the magnitude and the stochastic nature of the forces. Stronger intercellular stability is generally promoted by surface receptors that move. We also demonstrate that matrix resistance, cellular stiffness and intensity of adhesion contribute to migration behaviors in different ways, with memory effects present that can alter pair motility. If adhesion weakens with time, our findings show that cell pair break-up depends strongly on the way cells interact with the matrix. Finally, the motility for cells in a larger cluster (size 50 cells) is examined to illustrate the full capabilities of the model and to stress the role of cellular pairs in complex cellular structures. Overall, our framework shows how properties of cells and their environment influence the stability and motility of cellular assemblies. This is an important step in the advancement of the understanding of collective motility, and can contribute to knowledge of complex biological processes involving migration, aggregation and detachment of cells in healthy and diseased systems.
POMDP inference and robust solution via deep reinforcement learning: An application to railway optimal maintenance
Creators: name: Arcieri, Giacomo
name: Hoelzl, Cyprien
name: Schwery, Oliver
name: Straub, Daniel
name: Papakonstantinou, Konstantinos G.
name: Chatzi, Eleni
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: Partially observable Markov decision process
Reinforcement learning
Deep learning
Model uncertainty
Optimal maintenance

description: arXiv
DOTAP functionalizing single-walled carbon nanotubes as non-viral vectors for efficient intracellular siRNA delivery
Creators: name: Haixia Li
name: Yongwei Hao
name: Wang, Ning
name: Wang, Lei
name: Shasha Jia
name: Yali Wang
name: Lijia Yang
name: Zhang, Yun
name: Zhenzhong Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cancer
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: Context: Functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) with 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP) were used as novel and more convenient carriers of small interfering RNA (siRNA).Objective: To utilize the unique capability of SWNT to be easily modified by functional groups and readily internalized by mammalian cells to bind, condense, stabilize siRNA and enhance its transfection efficiency.Methods: After SWNT were non-covalently functionalized by cationic DOTAP (SWNT–DOTAP), siRNA interacted with SWNT–DOTAP via static electricity (SWNT–DOTAP/siRNA). Subsequently, the size, zeta potential and morphology of SWNT–DOTAP/siRNA were analyzed. The optimal compression ratio and stability of siRNA were assessed by agarose gel electrophoresis. Furthermore, in prostate carcinoma PC-3 cells, RT-PCR, flow cytometry and sulforhodamine B assays were used to evaluate the silencing activity, transfection efficiency and cell proliferation, respectively.Results and discussion: The characteristics of SWNT–DOTAP, i.e. an average size of 194.49 nm, a zeta potential of 45.16 mV and lower cytotoxicity than Lipofectamine 2000, indicated that this vector was suitable for siRNA delivery. Moreover, after interaction with SWNT–DOTAP, siRNA of human telomerase reverse transcriptase was bound, condensed and stabilized. In PC-3 cells, SWNT–DOTAP/siRNA exhibited 82.6% silencing activity and 92% transfection efficiency. Furthermore, the complexes inhibited cell proliferation by 42.1%.Conclusion: SWNT–DOTAP may be a promising siRNA delivery vector for gene-based therapeutic applications in cancer.
Neighborhood Deprivation and Risk of Age-Related Eye Diseases: A Follow-up Study in Sweden
Creators: name: Hamano, Tsuyoshi
name: Xinjun Li
name: Tanito, Masaki
name: Nabika, Toru
name: Kuninori Shiwaku
name: Sundquist, Jan
name: Sundquist, Kristina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine

description: Purpose: To examine whether there is an association between neighborhood deprivation and age-related eye diseases, particularly macular degeneration, cataract, diabetes-related eye complications, and glaucoma.Methods: The study population comprised a nationwide sample of 2,060,887 men and 2,250,851 women aged 40 years or older living in Sweden who were followed from 1 January 2000 until the first hospitalization/outpatient registration for age-related eye disease during the study period, death, emigration, or the end of the study period on 31 December 2010. Multilevel logistic regression was used to estimate the association between neighborhood deprivation and age-related eye diseases.Results: In men, the odds ratio (OR) for age-related eye diseases for those living in high-deprivation neighborhoods compared to those living in low-deprivation neighborhoods remained significant after adjustment for potential confounding factors (macular degeneration, OR 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03–1.12; cataract, OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.26–1.35; diabetes-related eye complications, OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.30–1.43; glaucoma, OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.06–1.15). In women, similar patterns were observed (macular degeneration, OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.07–1.15; cataract, OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.31–1.40; diabetes-related eye complications, OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.42–1.59; glaucoma, OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.08–1.17).Conclusion: Our results suggest that neighborhood deprivation is associated with age-related eye diseases in both men and women. These results implicate that individual- as well as neighborhood-level factors are important for preventing age-related eye diseases.
Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi 2015
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Paraschistura
Paraschistura ilamensis

description: 63. Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015
Common name. Ilam loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015: 178, figs. 1-5 [Ilam Province, Spring at Siahgav, Tigris River drainage, Iran, 33°51'54"N, 47°42'02"E; holotype: VMFC PS13 -H].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Vatandoust & Eagderi (2015: 178, fig. 1) and Freyhof et al. (2015:37, figs. 42-47).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Ilam.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Vatandoust & Eagderi (2015) and the original description Freyhof et al. (2015) as Paraschistura pasatigris; listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).— Iran material: VMFC, ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Paraschistura kermanensis Sayyadzadeh, Teimori & Esmaeili 2019
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Paraschistura
Paraschistura kermanensis

description: 64. Paraschistura kermanensis Sayyadzadeh, Teimori & Esmaeili, 2019
Common name. Kerman loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Paraschistura kermanensis Sayyadzadeh, Teimori & Esmaeili, 2019: 574, figs. 3-8 [Bidkhoon River at Hanjam village, Kerman province, Iran, 29°39'51.2"N, 56°30"52.3"E; holotype: ZM-CBSU H2442].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2019b: 574, fig. 3).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Kerman-Na’in.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 448-Kavir & Lut Deserts.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Kerman.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Sayyadzadeh et al. (2019b); listed in previous checklists from Iran by Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
MPEC 2024-V01 : 2024 UC11
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 UC11

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
EVALUATION OF BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN THE EXPERIMENT
Creators: name: Pustovalov Alexander, Paschenko Vasily
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Microwaves
Radiation
Hypoxia
Cations, Blood vessels, Blood, Heart, Erythrocytes, Viscosity, Bio-membranes
Gamma irradiation.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04A: 1-21
FACTORS AFFECTING INTENTIONS TO USE CREDIT CARDS IN VIETNAM: AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH BASED ON UTAUT
Creators: name: Thu-Trang Thi Doan
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Payment with credit card
Performance expectancy
Social influence
Facilitating conditions
Effort expectancy
Transaction with credit cards.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04B: 1-11
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATES IN COMMON LAW
Creators: name: Kamyab Najafi
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Civil responsibility
Damage and liability
Legal performance
Foreign investment
International corporate performance.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04C: 1-10
W-Net: One-Shot Arbitrary-Style Chinese Character Generation with Deep Neural Networks
Creators: name: Jiang, Haochuan
name: Yang, Guanyu
name: Huang, Kaizhu
name: Zhang, Rui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Due to the huge category number, the sophisticated combinations of various strokes and radicals, and the free writing or printing styles, generating Chinese characters with diverse styles is always considered as a difficult task. In this paper, an efficient and generalized deep framework, namely, the W-Net, is introduced for the one-shot arbitrary-style Chinese character generation task. Specifically, given a single character (one-shot) with a specific style (e.g., a printed font or hand-writing style), the proposed W-Net model is capable of learning and generating any arbitrary characters sharing the style similar to the given single character. Such appealing property was rarely seen in the literature. We have compared the proposed W-Net framework to many other competitive methods. Experimental results showed the proposed method is significantly superior in the one-shot setting.
Stability of liquid films covered by a carpet of self-propelled surfactant particles
Creators: name: Pototskyy, Andriy
name: Thiele, Uwe
name: Stark, Holger
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4901
subject: Applied mathematics

description: We consider a carpet of self-propelled particles at the liquid-gas interface of a liquid film on a solid substrate. The particles exert an excess pressure on the interface and also move along the interface while the swimming direction changes due to rotational diffusion. We study the intricate influence of these self-propelled insoluble surfactants on the stability of the film surface and show that depending on the strength of in-surface rotational diffusion and the absolute value of the in-surface swimming velocity, several characteristic instability modes can occur. In particular, rotational diffusion can either stabilize the film or induce instabilities of different character.
Visual Impairment in White, Chinese, Black, and Hispanic Participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Cohort
Creators: name: Fisher, Diana E.
name: Shrager, Sandi
name: Shea, Steven J.
name: Burke, Gregory L.
name: Klein, Ronald
name: Wong, Tien Y.
name: Klein, Barbara E.
name: Cotch, Mary Frances
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Medicine

description: Purpose: To describe the prevalence of visual impairment and examine its association with demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort.Methods: Visual acuity data were obtained from 6134 participants, aged 46–87 years at time of examination between 2002 and 2004 (mean age 64 years, 47.6% male), from six communities in the United States. Visual impairment was defined as presenting visual acuity 20/50 or worse in the better-seeing eye. Risk factors were included in multivariable logistic regression models to determine their impact on visual impairment for men and women in each racial/ethnic group.Results: Among all participants, 6.6% (n = 421) had visual impairment, including 5.6% of men (n = 178) and 7.5% of women (n = 243). Prevalence of impairment ranged from 4.2% (n = 52) and 6.0% (n = 77) in white men and women, respectively, to 7.6% (n = 37) and 11.6% (n = 44) in Chinese men and women, respectively. Older age was significantly associated with visual impairment in both men and women, particularly in those with lower socioeconomic status, but the effects of increasing age were more pronounced in men. Two-thirds of participants already wore distance correction, and not unexpectedly, a lower prevalence of visual impairment was seen in this group; however, 2.4% of men and 3.5% of women with current distance correction had correctable visual impairment, most notably among seniors.Conclusion: Even in the U.S. where prevalence of refractive correction is high, both visual impairment and uncorrected refractive error represent current public health challenges.
Rule discovery and distance separation to detect reliable miRNA biomarkers for the diagnosis of lung squamous cell carcinoma
Creators: name: Song, Renhua
name: Liu, Qian
name: Hutvagner, Gyorgy
name: Nguyen, Hung
name: Ramamohanarao, Kotagiri
name: Wong, Limsoon
name: Li, Jinyan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Altered expression profiles of microRNAs (miRNAs) are linked to many diseases including lung cancer. miRNA expression profiling is reproducible and miRNAs are very stable. These characteristics of miRNAs make them ideal biomarker candidates. Method: This work is aimed to detect 2-and 3-miRNA groups, together with specific expression ranges of these miRNAs, to form simple linear discriminant rules for biomarker identification and biological interpretation. Our method is based on a novel committee of decision trees to derive 2-and 3-miRNA 100%-frequency rules. This method is applied to a data set of lung miRNA expression profiles of 61 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) samples and 10 normal tissue samples. A distance separation technique is used to select the most reliable rules which are then evaluated on a large independent data set. Results: We obtained four 2-miRNA and three 3-miRNA top-ranked rules. One important rule is that: If the expression level of miR-98 is above 7.356 and the expression level of miR-205 is below 9.601 (log2 quantile normalized MirVan miRNA Bioarray signals), then the sample is normal rather than cancerous with specificity and sensitivity both 100%. The classification performance of our best miRNA rules remarkably outperformed that by randomly selected miRNA rules. Our data analysis also showed that miR-98 and miR-205 have two common predicted target genes FZD3 and RPS6KA3, which are actually genes associated with carcinoma according to the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database. We also found that most of the chromosomal loci of these miRNAs have a high frequency of genomic alteration in lung cancer. On the independent data set (with balanced controls), the three miRNAs miR-126, miR-205 and miR-182 from our best rule can separate the two classes of samples at the accuracy of 84.49%, sensitivity of 91.40% and specificity of 77.14%. Conclusion: Our results indicate that rule discovery followed by distance separation is a powerful computational method to identify reliable miRNA biomarkers. The visualization of the rules and the clear separation between the normal and cancer samples by our rules will help biology experts for their analysis and biological interpretation.
DOTAP functionalizing single-walled carbon nanotubes as non-viral vectors for efficient intracellular siRNA delivery
Creators: name: Haixia Li
name: Yongwei Hao
name: Wang, Ning
name: Wang, Lei
name: Shasha Jia
name: Yali Wang
name: Lijia Yang
name: Zhang, Yun
name: Zhenzhong Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Context: Functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) with 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP) were used as novel and more convenient carriers of small interfering RNA (siRNA). Objective: To utilize the unique capability of SWNT to be easily modified by functional groups and readily internalized by mammalian cells to bind, condense, stabilize siRNA and enhance its transfection efficiency. Methods: After SWNT were non-covalently functionalized by cationic DOTAP (SWNT–DOTAP), siRNA interacted with SWNT–DOTAP via static electricity (SWNT–DOTAP/siRNA). Subsequently, the size, zeta potential and morphology of SWNT–DOTAP/siRNA were analyzed. The optimal compression ratio and stability of siRNA were assessed by agarose gel electrophoresis. Furthermore, in prostate carcinoma PC-3 cells, RT-PCR, flow cytometry and sulforhodamine B assays were used to evaluate the silencing activity, transfection efficiency and cell proliferation, respectively. Results and discussion: The characteristics of SWNT–DOTAP, i.e. an average size of 194.49 nm, a zeta potential of 45.16 mV and lower cytotoxicity than Lipofectamine 2000, indicated that this vector was suitable for siRNA delivery. Moreover, after interaction with SWNT–DOTAP, siRNA of human telomerase reverse transcriptase was bound, condensed and stabilized. In PC-3 cells, SWNT–DOTAP/siRNA exhibited 82.6% silencing activity and 92% transfection efficiency. Furthermore, the complexes inhibited cell proliferation by 42.1%. Conclusion: SWNT–DOTAP may be a promising siRNA delivery vector for gene-based therapeutic applications in cancer.
IMPACTS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL CAREER THOUGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: GENDER DIFFERENCES
Creators: name: Kanwal Shahbaz, Faiza Rasul
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: University high achievers
Globalization
Multistage sampling
Career growth
Dysfunctional thinking
Cognitive Information Processing (CIP).

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04D: 1-8
Ultralong pure longitudinal magnetization needle induced by annular vortex binary optics
Creators: name: Wang, Sicong
name: Li, Xiangping
name: Zhou, Jianying
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this Letter, based on the Richards and Wolf diffraction theory, an ultralong optical needle with pure transverse polarization is numerically generated by tightly focusing an azimuthally polarized beam through an annular vortex binary filter. Such an ultralong transversely polarized optical needle is generated through the π phase shift between adjacent rings of the binary filter. We show that such a pure transverse optical needle can induce pure longitudinal magnetization with a subwavelength lateral size (0.38λ) and an ultralong longitudinal depth (7.48λ) through the inverse Faraday effect. The corresponding needle aspect ratio of 20 is twice as large as that of the longitudinal magnetization needle generated by electron beam lithography.
Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali
Creators: name: Monella, Paolo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities teaching

description: These are the materials of my talk:

Audio recording of my talk (in Italian):

2022-10-06_talk_audio_recording_monella2022bari.mp3

Three formats of the abstract (the source original is the md/markdown file):

abstract.html

abstract.md

abstract.pdf

Confernce programme:

bari2022_programme.pdf

Short version of my slides (projected at the conference; the markdown file is the source):

monella2022bari_breve.md

monella2022bari_breve.pdf

Extended version of my slides (the markdown file is the source):

monella2022bari_lungo.md

monella2022bari_lungo.pdf

Pre-print of the article derived from this talk, entitled "L'insegnamento dell’informatica umanistica in Italia: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali" (see https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1707011 for full bibliographical details of the article

monella2024insegnamento_pre-print.pdf
description: The dataset on which this presentation was based is also published on Zenodo, with the title "Dataset for presentation Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali", DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153501
SECTARIANISM IN BALOCHISTAN: LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI VS HAZARA COMMUNITY
Creators: name: Naumana Kiran, Mohammad Iqbal Chawla
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Sectarianism
Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Hazara Shia
Migration
persecution
Sectarian violence
State's policy.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04E: 1-11
Pretreatment attrition and formal withdrawal during treatment and their predictors: An exploratory study of the anxiety online data
Creators: name: AL-Asadi, Ali M
name: Klein, Britt
name: Meyer, Denny
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Although in its infancy, the field of e-mental health interventions has been gaining popularity and afforded considerable research attention. However, there are many gaps in the research. One such gap is in the area of attrition predictors at various stages of assessment and treatment delivery. Objective: This exploratory study applied univariate and multivariate analysis to a large dataset provided by the Anxiety Online (now called Mental Health Online) system to identify predictors of attrition in treatment commencers and in those who formally withdrew during treatment based on 24 pretreatment demographic and personal variables and one clinical measure. Methods: Participants were assessed using a complex online algorithm that resulted in primary and secondary diagnoses in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). Those who received a primary or secondary diagnosis of 1 of 5 anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder) were offered an online 12-week disorder-specific treatment program. Results: Of 9394 potential participants, a total of 3880 clients enrolled and 5514 did not enroll in one of the treatment programs following the completion of pretreatment assessment measures (pretreatment attrition rate: 58.70%). A total of 3199 individuals did not formally withdraw from the 12-week treatment cycle, whereas 142 individuals formally dropped out (formal withdrawal during treatment dropout rate of 4.25%). The treatment commencers differed significantly (P<.001-.03) from the noncommencers on several variables (reason for registering, mental health concerns, postsecondary education, where first heard about Anxiety Online, Kessler-6 score, stage of change, quality of life, relationship status, preferred method of learning, and smoking status). Those who formally withdrew during treatment differed significantly (P=.002-.03) from those who did not formally withdraw in that they were less likely to express concerns about anxiety, stress, and depression; to rate their quality of life as very poor, poor, or good; to report adequate level of social support; and to report readiness to make or were in the process of making changes. Conclusions: This exploratory study identified predictors of pretreatment attrition and formal withdrawal during treatment dropouts for the Anxiety Online program. Trial Registration: Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN121611000704998; http://www.anzctr.org.au/trial_view.aspx?ID=336143 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/618r3wvOG).
Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali
Creators: name: Monella, Paolo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities teaching

description: These are the materials of my talk: Audio recording of my talk (in Italian): 2022-10-06_talk_audio_recording_monella2022bari.mp3 Three formats of the abstract (the source original is the md/markdown file): abstract.html abstract.md abstract.pdf Confernce programme: bari2022_programme.pdf Short version of my slides (projected at the conference; the markdown file is the source): monella2022bari_breve.md monella2022bari_breve.pdf Extended version of my slides (the markdown file is the source): monella2022bari_lungo.md monella2022bari_lungo.pdf
description: The dataset on which this presentation was based is also published on Zenodo, with the title "Dataset for presentation Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali", DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153501
MPEC 2024-V02 : 2024 UD11
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 UD11

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Toxicity of aerosols of nicotine and pyruvic acid (separate and combined) in Sprague–Dawley rats in a 28-day OECD 412 inhalation study and assessment of systems toxicology
Creators: name: Phillips, Blaine
name: Esposito, Marco
name: Verbeeck, Jan
name: Boué, Stéphanie
name: Iskandar, Anita
name: Vuillaume, Gregory
name: Leroy, Patrice
name: Subash Krishnan
name: Kogel, Ulrike
name: Aneli Utan
name: Schlage, Walter K.
name: Monali Bera
name: Veljkovic, Emilija
name: Hoeng, Julia
name: Peitsch, Manuel C.
name: Vanscheeuwijck, Patrick
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Toxicity of nebulized nicotine (Nic) and nicotine/pyruvic acid mixtures (Nic/Pyr) was characterized in a 28-day Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 412 inhalation study with additional transcriptomic and lipidomic analyses. Sprague–Dawley rats were nose-only exposed, 6 h/day, 5 days/week to filtered air, saline, nicotine (50 µg/l), sodium pyruvate (NaPyr, 33.9 µg/l) or equimolar Nic/Pyr mixtures (18, 25 and 50 µg nicotine/l). Saline and NaPyr caused no health effects, but rats exposed to nicotine-containing aerosols had decreased body weight gains and concentration-dependent increases in liver weight. Blood neutrophil counts were increased and lymphocyte counts decreased in rats exposed to nicotine; activities of alkaline phosphatase and alanine aminotransferase were increased, and levels of cholesterol and glucose decreased. The only histopathologic finding in non-respiratory tract organs was increased liver vacuolation and glycogen content. Respiratory tract findings upon nicotine exposure (but also some phosphate-buffered saline aerosol effects) were observed only in the larynx and were limited to adaptive changes. Gene expression changes in the lung and liver were very weak. Nic and Nic/Pyr caused few significant changes (including Cyp1a1 gene upregulation). Changes were predominantly related to energy metabolism and fatty acid metabolism but did not indicate an obvious toxicity-related response. Nicotine exposure lowered plasma lipids, including cholesteryl ester (CE) and free cholesterol and, in the liver, phospholipids and sphingolipids. Nic, NaPyr and Nic/Pyr decreased hepatic triacylglycerol and CE. In the lung, Nic and Nic/Pyr increased CE levels. These data suggest that only minor biologic effects related to inhalation of Nic or Nic/Pyr aerosols were observed in this 28-day study.
Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali
Creators: name: Monella, Paolo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities teaching

description: These are the slides of a talk delivered at the conference described below at "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Italy.
description: The dataset on which this presentation was based is also published on Zenodo, with the title "Dataset for presentation Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali", DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153501
Modelling and regulating of cardio-respiratory response for the enhancement of interval training
Creators: name: Haddad, Azzam
name: Zhang, Yi
name: Su, Steven
name: Celler, Branko
name: Nguyen, Hung
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: The interval training method has been a well known exercise protocol which helps strengthen and improve one's cardiovascular fitness.Purpose: To develop an effective training protocol to improve cardiovascular fitness based on modelling and analysis of Heart Rate (HR) and Oxygen Uptake (VO2) dynamics.Methods: In order to model the cardiorespiratory response to the onset and offset exercises, the (K4b2, Cosmed) gas analyzer was used to monitor and record the heart rate and oxygen uptake for ten healthy male subjects. An interval training protocol was developed for young health users and was simulated using a proposed RC switching model which was presented to accommodate the variations of the cardiorespiratory dynamics to running exercises. A hybrid system model was presented to describe the adaptation process and a multi-loop PI control scheme was designed for the tuning of interval training regime.Results: By observing the original data for each subject, we can clearly identify that all subjects have similar HR and VO2 profiles. The proposed model is capable to simulate the exercise responses during onset and offset exercises; it ensures the continuity of the outputs within the interval training protocol. Under some mild assumptions, a hybrid system model can describe the adaption process and accordingly a multi-loop PI controller can be designed for the tuning of interval training protocol. The self-adaption feature of the proposed controller gives the exerciser the opportunity to reach his desired setpoints after a certain number of training sessions.Conclusions: The established interval training protocol targets a range of 70-80% of HRmax which is mainly a training zone for the purpose of cardiovascular system development and improvement. Furthermore, the proposed multi-loop feedback controller has the potential to tune the interval training protocol according to the feedback from an individual exerciser.
Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali
Creators: name: Monella, Paolo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities teaching

description: These are the materials of a talk delivered at the conference described below at "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Italy. Audio recording of my talk (in Italian): 2022-10-06_talk_audio_recording_monella2022bari.mp3 Three formats of the abstract (the source original is the md/markdown file): abstract.html abstract.md abstract.pdf Confernce programme: bari2022_programme.pdf Short version of my slides (projected at the conference; the markdown file is the source): monella2022bari_breve.md monella2022bari_breve.pdf Extended version of my slides (the markdown file is the source): monella2022bari_lungo.md monella2022bari_lungo.pdf
description: The dataset on which this presentation was based is also published on Zenodo, with the title "Dataset for presentation Le Digital Humanities nei corsi di studio e di dottorato: questioni formative, disciplinari, istituzionali", DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153501
Retinal Vessel Tortuosity and Its Relation to Traditional and Novel Vascular Risk Markers in Persons with Diabetes
Creators: name: Sasongko, Muhammad Bayu
name: Wong, Tien Yin
name: Nguyen, Thanh T.
name: Cheung, Carol Y.
name: Shaw, Jonathan E.
name: Kawasaki, Ryo
name: Ecosse L. Lamoureux
name: Wang, Jie Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Purpose/Aim: To investigate the association between retinal vascular tortuosity and traditional- and vascular-related risk factors in persons with diabetes. Methods: We recruited 224 diabetic patients. Retinal vascular tortuosity was measured from fundus photographs. Association of tortuosity with the following factors was assessed after adjusting for significant co-factors: diabetes duration, HbA1c, systolic blood pressure (SBP), cholesterol and body mass index (BMI), flicker-light induced retinal vasodilatation, and markers of endothelial function and inflammation (skin microvacular responses to acetylcholine iontophoresis, soluble e-selectin, inter-cellular adhesion molecule-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, endothelin-1, total nitrite, C-reactive protein). Results: Adjusting for age and gender, longer diabetes duration was associated with more tortuous retinal arterioles (mean difference in arteriolar tortuosity 5.85 × 10−5, 95% Confidence Interval 1.44–10.3 × 10−5; p = 0.016; ≤10 versus >10 years duration). Reduced flicker-light induced retinal vasodilatation was associated with tortuous arterioles and venules (mean difference in arteriolar tortuosity 5.62 × 10−5, 4.50–6.72 × 10−5; p −5, 3.33–8.55 × 10−5; p  Conclusions: Increased retinal arteriolar tortuosity was related to longer diabetes duration and reduced flicker-light induced vasodilatory response, suggesting that retinal vascular tortuosity in adults with diabetes may be influenced by multiple diabetes-related physio-pathological changes.