cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Antihypertensive therapies in moderate or severe aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: J Sen
name: E Chung
name: C Neil
name: Marwick, Thomas
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © Background Hypertension confers a poor prognosis in moderate or severe aortic stenosis (AS), however, antihypertensive therapy (AHT) is often not prescribed due to the perceived deleterious effects of vasodilation and negative inotropes. Objective To assess the efficacy and safety outcomes of AHT in adults with moderate or severe AS. Design Systematic review and meta-Analysis. Data sources The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE and grey literature were searched without language restrictions up to 9 September 2019. Study eligibility criteria, appraisal and synthesis methods Two independent reviewers performed screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessments from a systematic search of observational studies and randomised controlled trials comparing AHT with a placebo or no AHT in adults with moderate or severe AS for any parameter of efficacy and safety outcomes. Conflicts were resolved by the third reviewer. Meta-Analysis with pooled effect sizes using random-effects model, were estimated in R. Main outcome measures Mortality, Left Ventricular (LV) Mass Index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and LV ejection fraction Results From 3025 publications, 31 studies (26 500 patients) were included in the qualitative synthesis and 24 studies in the meta-Analysis. AHT was not associated with mortality when all studies were pooled, but heterogeneity was substantial across studies. The effect size of AHT differed according to drug class. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi) were associated with reduced risk of mortality (Pooled HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.80, p=0.006), The differences in changes of haemodynamic or echocardiographic parameters from baseline with and without AHT did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion AHT appears safe, is well tolerated. RAASi were associated with clinical benefit in patients with moderate or severe AS.
Working with Aboriginal young people in sexual health research: a peer research methodology in remote Australia
Creators: name: S Bell
name: Aggleton, Peter
name: A Lockyer
name: T Ferguson
name: W Murray
name: B Silver
name: J Kaldor
name: L Maher
name: J Ward
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © The Author(s) 2020. In a context of ongoing colonization and dispossession in Australia, many Aboriginal people live with experiences of health research that is done “on” rather than “with” or “by” them. Recognizing the agency of young people and contributing to Aboriginal self-determination and community control of research, we used a peer research methodology involving Aboriginal young people as researchers, advisors, and participants in a qualitative sexual health study in one remote setting in the Northern Territory, Australia. We document the methodology, while critically reflecting on its benefits and limitations as a decolonizing method. Findings confirm the importance of enabling Aboriginal young people to play a central role in research with other young people about their own sexual health. Future priorities include developing more enduring forms of coinvestigation with Aboriginal young people beyond data collection during single studies, and support for young researchers to gain formal qualifications to enhance future employability.
Additional file 1 of Ultrasonography screening of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in sheep flocks used for evaluating control progress in a remote mountain area of Hejing County, Xinjiang
Creators: name: Qi, Xinwei
name: Song, Tao
name: Li, Zhao
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zhang, Zhuangzhi
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Guo, Gang
name: Dong, Jian
name: Dawuti, Wubulitalifu
name: Dou, Jingrui
name: Li, Jun
name: Wen, Hao
name: Zhang, Wenbao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 1
sj-docx-2-hpq-10.1177_13591053231223912 – Supplemental material for ‘Don’t let it hold you back’ — The experience of transition to adulthood in young people with primary ciliary dyskinesia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Creators: name: Dore, Rhys
name: Nizza, Isabella E
name: Mitchison, Hannah M
name: Lewis, Celine
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Psychology not elsewhere classified
Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-hpq-10.1177_13591053231223912 for ‘Don’t let it hold you back’ — The experience of transition to adulthood in young people with primary ciliary dyskinesia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis by Rhys Dore, Isabella E Nizza, Hannah M Mitchison and Celine Lewis in Journal of Health Psychology
Supplemental Material - Patterns of multimorbidity in primary care electronic health records: A systematic review
Creators: name: Beridze, Giorgi
name: Abbadi, Ahmad
name: Ars, Joan
name: Remelli, Francesca
name: Vetrano, Davide L
name: Trevisan, Caterina
name: Pérez, Laura-Mónica
name: López-Rodríguez, Juan A
name: Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental Material for Patterns of multimorbidity in primary care electronic health records: A systematic review by Giorgi Beridze, Ahmad Abbadi, Joan Ars, Francesca Remelli, Davide L Vetrano, Caterina Trevisan, Laura-Mónica Pérez, Juan A López-Rodríguez, and Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga in Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
Additional file 2 of Ultrasonography screening of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in sheep flocks used for evaluating control progress in a remote mountain area of Hejing County, Xinjiang
Creators: name: Qi, Xinwei
name: Song, Tao
name: Li, Zhao
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zhang, Zhuangzhi
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Guo, Gang
name: Dong, Jian
name: Dawuti, Wubulitalifu
name: Dou, Jingrui
name: Li, Jun
name: Wen, Hao
name: Zhang, Wenbao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 2
Pembrolizumab in relapsed or refractory Richter syndrome
Creators: name: P Armand
name: N Murawski
name: D Molin
name: J Zain
name: B Eichhorst
name: Z Gulbas
name: Hawkes, Eliza
name: JM Pagel
name: T Phillips
name: V Ribrag
name: J Svoboda
name: A Stathis
name: A Chatterjee
name: R Orlowski
name: P Marinello
name: B Christian
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: No description supplied
sj-docx-3-msx-10.1177_10298649231224786 – Supplemental material for Sentences used in the speech-to-song illusion: Comparisons of acoustic vowel space
Creators: name: Hiemstra, Anna
name: Sadakata, Makiko
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Education
Psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-msx-10.1177_10298649231224786 for Sentences used in the speech-to-song illusion: Comparisons of acoustic vowel space by Anna Hiemstra and Makiko Sadakata in Musicae Scientiae
Paracalliax de Saint Laurent 1979
Creators: name: Poore, Gary C. B.
name: Dworschak, Peter C.
name: Robles, Rafael
name: Mantelatto, Fernando L.
name: Felder, Darryl L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Paracalliacidae
Paracalliax

description: Paracalliax de Saint Laurent, 1979
 Paracalliax de Saint Laurent, 1979a: 1396.—de Saint Laurent and Le Loeuff, 1979: 84–86.— Manning and Felder, 1991: 785.— Sakai, 2005b: 215.— Sakai, 2011: 515.— Sakai et al., 2015: 134.— Sakai, 2017a: 1126, 1131.
 Type species. Paracalliax bollorei de Saint Laurent, 1979, by original designation and monotypy.
 Diagnosis. With characters of the family.
 Remarks. Sakai et al. (2015) described a second species, Paracalliax stenophthalma, from the southern Banc d’Arguin, the same locality as the holotype of the type species. They are synonymous (Dworschak and Poore, 2018).
description: Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B., Dworschak, Peter C., Robles, Rafael, Mantelatto, Fernando L. & Felder, Darryl L., 2019, A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support, pp. 73-146 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria (Mem. Mus. Vic.) (Mem. Mus. Vic.) 78 on page 129, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05, http://zenodo.org/record/12214175
The determinants and dynamics of derivatives use in Australia
Creators: name: Huang, Guang
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350202
subject: Finance

description: Derivatives are financial instruments and are a crucial and fundamental method by which firms manage their risk under current modern economic conditions. The use of derivatives by firms is essential to their business success, as derivatives play an important role in risk management in the market. Over the last three decades or so, derivative instruments have substantially advanced and now cater for a wide range of risk management strategies. As many complex derivative instruments have been introduced, it is important to understand how firms have been adapting to these new instruments to ensure they are used appropriately and responsibly.

This research aims to examine the factors influencing derivatives use by Australian firms from 2007 to 2013. To this end, a theoretical framework built on the financial economics theory and agency theory has been developed. This framework incorporates factors that influence firms’ derivatives use behaviour at both organizational and individual levels. Hypotheses are proposed based on the framework and two models are established to study the likelihood and the level of derivatives use by Australian firms and the influencing factors.

This thesis reveals several important findings. Managerial compensation affects the likelihood and the level of derivatives use differently. Option holdings by CEO and Boards of Directors have significant influence on the likelihood and the level of derivatives use. Moreover, CEO and CFO shareholdings have had a significant impact on the extent to which derivatives were used from 2011 to 2013. However, managerial option holdings were not significant during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Firm size and liquidity are significant factors affecting derivatives use, suggesting that logistics and funding restrictions are key influencing factors on derivatives use from the perspective of organizational characteristics. Leverage and growth opportunity are not statistically significant factors affecting the behaviour of derivatives use for the whole period of seven-years studied. However, they are significant on the level of derivatives use in sevral single-year analyses.

This thesis makes several significant theoretical and practical contributions. Theoretically, this thesis uses both financial economics theory and agency theory, to show factors influencing firms’ derivatives use behaviour exists at both the organizational and individual level in Australia. Thus, it offers a more comprehensive and convincing explanation to, and substantially enhances our understanding of, corporate derivatives use behaviour. Practically, the findings from this thesis offer valuable insights for firms to develop corporate governance and management compensation policy. Moreover, the findings from this thesis can be of significant value to policy makers for better regulating derivative use by firms.
Additional file 3 of Ultrasonography screening of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in sheep flocks used for evaluating control progress in a remote mountain area of Hejing County, Xinjiang
Creators: name: Qi, Xinwei
name: Song, Tao
name: Li, Zhao
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zhang, Zhuangzhi
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Guo, Gang
name: Dong, Jian
name: Dawuti, Wubulitalifu
name: Dou, Jingrui
name: Li, Jun
name: Wen, Hao
name: Zhang, Wenbao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 3
Open Science And Data Management: A Tu Delft Approach
Creators: name: Kurapati, Shalini
name: Teperek, Marta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Open Science, TU Delft, Data Stewardship, Research Reproducibility

description: I gave this presentation at the GARR 2018 conference to highlight the importance as well as the barriers to open science, research reproducibility and data management. I also spoke about the TU Delft approach to tackles some of the barriers and concluded with a call for international collaboration.

GARR conference details: https://www.eventi.garr.it/it/conf18
Rhabdoweisia crispata Lindb.
Creators: name: Alegro, Antun
name: Šegota, Vedran
name: Rimac, Anja
name: Kiebacher, Thomas
name: Prlić, Dragan
name: Sedlar, Zorana
name: Vuković, Nina
name: Papp, Beata
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Dicranales
Rhabdoweisiaceae
Rhabdoweisia
Rhabdoweisia crispata

description: Rhabdoweisia crispata (Dicks.) Lindb.
 SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Croatia. Papuk Nature Park, siliceous outcrop above the Šumečica stream near the mountain peak Vranov vrh, 45°32’58.3’’N, 17°38’38.2’’E, 498 m a.s.l., 13.X.2016, leg. and det. A. Alegro & V. Šegota s.n., conf. B. Papp, BP(BP193752), ZA(ZA45485).
 It was found in an acidophilic beech forest, on the bottom of the permanently humid and shaded vertical siliceous outcrop above the stream bank. The species was growing on a tiny layer of loamy soil above the rock, forming loose patches. This locality is not situated in the Mediterranean part of Croatia. Capsules were present, but not abundant. The whole rock was rich in bryophytes, consisting of Blepharostoma trichophyllum (L.) Dumort., Calypogeia fissa (L.) Raddi, Cephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort., Dicranum montanum Hedw., Diplophyllum albicans (L.) Dumort., Grimmia hartmanii Schimp., Heterocladium heteropterum (Brid.) Schimp., Homalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) Brid., Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort., Pellia epiphylla (L.) Corda, Plagiochila porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb., Plagiothecium curvifolium Schlieph. ex Limpr., P. nemorale (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Polytrichum formosum, Rhizomnium punctatum (Hedw.) T.J. Kop. and Scapania nemorea (L.) Grolle. Rhabdoweisia crispata is a discontinuously Oceanic Boreal-montane species (Hill & Preston 1998; Smith 2004), present in North-western and Central Europe (Frey et al. 2006). It is extremely rare in SE Europe (Hodgetts 2015), recorded solely in Bulgaria (Natcheva et al. 2006) and Romania (Stefănuţ & Goia 2012). It is known also from neighbouring Italy (Aleffi et al. 2008). The species is VU in Bulgaria (Natcheva et al. 2006).
description: Published as part of Alegro, Antun, Šegota, Vedran, Rimac, Anja, Kiebacher, Thomas, Prlić, Dragan, Sedlar, Zorana, Vuković, Nina & Papp, Beata, 2019, New and noteworthy bryophyte records from Croatia, pp. 5-13 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (2) on page 8, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a2
The use of ICT in teaching Languages in Victorian primary schools: two case studies
Creators: name: Hoang, Thi
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390108
subject: LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390405
subject: Educational technology and computing

description: This study investigates how two Languages teachers in two different Victorian primary schools use ICT in their practice. In recent years, there have been a number of government policies and initiatives regarding the teaching of Languages and increased recognition of the importance of Languages education in schools. At the same time, the Victorian government has been placing more emphasis on the use of ICT in all subjects, including in Languages education. Although there has been considerable research around the use of ICT in teaching foreign languages globally, research in primary education contexts is still limited. Previous research has suggested that the benefits of using ICT in language teaching is inconclusive, and that there are numerous factors that affect this use. This study aims to add to this research, by exploring the use of ICT in teaching Languages in a Victorian primary school context.

This study is framed by a qualitative research approach. It employs a case study method to develop richer understandings of how two Languages teachers used ICT in their practice. Data for these case studies was collected from surveys, artefacts, observations and semi-structured interviews, and then analyzed to reveal key themes.

The findings reveal that the participants had positive views on the use of ICT in teaching Languages and considered it as a fun and engaging tool to develop students’ different language skills such as writing, listening, speaking and vocabulary. However, there were also a number of factors that affected their daily use of ICT in their practice, these being various accesses to technologies, professional development and parental involvement. This study confirms many of the findings suggested in previous research around the use of ICT in education. However, it also adds to this research by suggesting that parental involvement plays a key role in teachers’ use of ICT because it restricts their ICT uses in some cases.
Marsupella (sect. Stolonicaulon) Vana
Creators: name: Bakalin, Vadim A.
name: Fedosov, Vladimir E.
name: Fedorova, Alina V.
name: Nguyen, Van Sinh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Marchantiophyta
Jungermanniopsida
Jungermanniales
Gymnomitriaceae
Marsupella

description: Marsupella sect. Stolonicaulon (N.Kitag.) Váňa
 In Bryobrothera 5: 226 (1999).
 Marsupella subgen. Stolonicaulon N.Kitag.,T he Journal of the Hattori Botanical of Laboratory 30: 203 (1967) (see Kitagawa 1967).
 Marsupella subgen. Nanocaulon R. M.Schust., T he Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 80: 75 (1996) syn. nov.
 TYPE SPECIES. — Marsupella stoloniformis N.Kitag.   DESCRIPTION
Plants filiform, small, leaves distant, scale-like, appressed to the stem, red or purple coloration unknown.
description: Published as part of Bakalin, Vadim A., Fedosov, Vladimir E., Fedorova, Alina V. & Nguyen, Van Sinh, 2019, Integrative taxonomic revision of Marsupella (Gymnomitriaceae, Hepaticae) reveals neglected diversity in Pacific Asia, pp. 59-85 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (7) on page 74, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a7, http://zenodo.org/record/12215721
Continental-scale metagenomics, BLAST searches, and herbarium specimens: The Australian Microbiome Initiative and the National Herbarium of Victoria
Creators: name: N Davoodian
name: CJ Jackson
name: Holmes, Gareth
name: T Lebel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 Davoodian et al. Applications in Plant Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Botanical Society of America Premise: Motivated to make sensible interpretations of the massive volume of data from the Australian Microbiome Initiative (AusMic), we characterize the soil mycota of Australia. We establish operational taxonomic units (OTUs) from the data and compare these to GenBank and a data set from the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL), Melbourne, Australia. We also provide visualizations of Agaricomycete diversity, drawn from our analyses of the AusMic sequences and taxonomy. Methods: The AusMic internal transcribed spacer (ITS) data were filtered to create OTUs, which were searched against the National Center for Biotechnology Information Nucleotide database and the MEL database. We further characterized a portion of our OTUs by graphing the counts of the families and orders of Agaricomycetes. We also graphed AusMic species determinations for Australian Agaricomycetes against latitude. Results: Our filtering process generated 192,325 OTUs; for Agaricomycetes, there were 27,730 OTUs. Based on the existing AusMic taxonomy at species level, we inferred the diversity of Australian Agaricomycetes against latitude to be lowest between −20 and −25 decimal degrees. Discussion: BLAST comparisons provided reciprocal insights between the three data sets, including the detection of unusual root-associated species in the AusMic data, insights into mushroom morphology from the MEL data, and points of comparison for the taxonomic determinations between AusMic, GenBank, and MEL. This study provides a tabulation of Australian fungi, different visual snapshots of a subset of those taxa, and a springboard for future studies.
The acquisition of the Tagalog symmetrical voice system: evidence from structural priming
Creators: name: R Garcia
name: Kidd, Evan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. We report on two experiments that investigated the acquisition of the Tagalog symmetrical voice system, a typologically rare feature of Western Austronesian languages in which there are more than one basic transitive construction and no preference for agents to be syntactic subjects. In the experiments, 3-, 5-, and 7-year-old Tagalog-speaking children and adults completed a structural priming task that manipulated voice and word order, with the uniqueness of Tagalog allowing us to tease apart priming of thematic role order from that of syntactic roles. Participants heard a description of a picture showing a transitive action, and were then asked to complete a sentence of an unrelated picture using a voice-marked verb provided by the experimenter. Our results show that children gradually acquire an agent-before-patient preference, instead of having a default mapping of the agent to the first noun position. We also found an earlier mastery of the patient voice verbal and nominal marker configuration (patient is the subject), suggesting that children do not initially map the agent to the subject. Children were primed by thematic role but not syntactic role order, suggesting that they prioritize mapping of the thematic roles to sentence positions.
Additional file 4 of Ultrasonography screening of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in sheep flocks used for evaluating control progress in a remote mountain area of Hejing County, Xinjiang
Creators: name: Qi, Xinwei
name: Song, Tao
name: Li, Zhao
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zhang, Zhuangzhi
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Guo, Gang
name: Dong, Jian
name: Dawuti, Wubulitalifu
name: Dou, Jingrui
name: Li, Jun
name: Wen, Hao
name: Zhang, Wenbao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 4
Imitation in Angelman syndrome: the role of social engagement
Creators: name: S Micheletti
name: Vivanti, Giacomo
name: S Renzetti
name: P Martelli
name: S Calza
name: P Accorsi
name: A Alessandrini
name: N D’Adda
name: M De Simone
name: L Ferrari
name: V Foresti
name: J Galli
name: L Giordano
name: E Scarano
name: C Strobio
name: E Fazzi
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020, The Author(s). Individuals with Angelman syndrome (AS) are characterized by severe cognitive impairments alongside an enhanced drive for social engagement. As knowledge on imitation skills in this population is limited, we conducted the first controlled study of imitation in AS. We examined how 23 individuals with AS and 21 typically developing young children with similar mental age imitated novel actions in response to socially or non-socially engaging models, and in response to video-recorded versus live demonstrations of novel actions. Individuals with AS imitated as frequently and as accurately as typical young children in response to live demonstrations; but they imitated less frequently and less accurately in response to video-recorded demonstrations. Further, imitation was modulated by whether the demonstrator was socially engaging or emotionally neutral in the AS group, while this modulation was not present in the comparison group. Individuals with higher mental age imitated more frequently and more accurately across groups. Imitation performance in AS appears to be more modulated by the social context compared to typical infants and young children with similar mental age, possibly reflecting an enhanced drive for social engagement. A socially engaging instructional style might facilitate imitative learning in this population.
Urine-derived epithelial cell lines: a new tool to model fragile X syndrome (FXS)
Creators: name: M Zafarullah
name: M Jasoliya
name: Tassone, Flora
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an X-linked neurodevelopmental condition associated with intellectual disability and behavioral problems due to the lack of the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), which plays a crucial role in synaptic plasticity and memory. A desirable in vitro cell model to study FXS would be one that can be generated by simple isolation and culture method from a collection of a non-invasive donor specimen. Currently, the various donor-specific cells can be isolated mainly from peripheral blood and skin biopsy. However, they are somewhat invasive methods for establishing cell lines from the primary subject material. In this study, we characterized a cost-effective and straightforward method to derive epithelial cell lines from urine samples collected from participants with FXS and healthy controls (TD). The urine-derived cells expressed epithelial cell surface markers via fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). We observed inter, and the intra-tissue CGG mosaicism in the PBMCs and the urine-derived cells from participants with FXS potentially related to the observed variations in the phenotypic and clinical presentation FXS. We characterized these urine-derived epithelial cells for FMR1 mRNA and FMRP expression and observed some expression in the lines derived from full mutation mosaic participants. Further, FMRP expression was localized in the cytoplasm of the urine-derived epithelial cells of healthy controls. Deficient FMRP expression was also observed in mosaic males, while, as expected, no expression was observed in cells derived from participants with a hypermethylated full mutation.
title: Machteliten im Umfeld der Präsidenten der Russländischen Föderation in den Jahren 1993 - 2008
Creators: name: Soroka, Slawosz
Year: 2010

description: Nach 15 Jahren seit der Verabschiedung der neuen demokratischen Verfassung, ist in Russland die Verflechtung von formeller Politik mit informellen Einflüssen nach wie vor eine Tatsache. Während in westlichen Demokratien Lobbyismus eine übliche politische Praxis darstell, entwickelte sich in Russland eine besondere Form der Einflussnahme auf die Politik. Sie setzt voraus, dass eine exakte Unterscheidung von formellen und informellen Einflüssen nicht selten nur schwer zu treffen ist. Das Präsidentenamt, das laut de Verfassung von 1993 die zentrale politische Einrichtung darstellt, ist Einflüssen von Machteliten in besonderem Maße ausgesetzt. Schon während der ersten Amtszeit vermochte Jelzin nicht, völlige Unabhängigkeit von den politische Einflüsse anstrebenden Machteliten zu bewahren. Seine zweite Amtszeit stand hingegen unter dem Zeichen der Abhängigkeit von Finanz- und Industrieeliten. Die Ernennung Wladimir Putins zum Nachfolger von Wladimir Putin war selbst von Machteliten aus der nächsten Umgebung des Präsidenten erwirkt. Obwohl seine Nominierung für Spekulation über die Rolle der Geheimdienste in der Politik sorget, griff er in die Machtverhältnisse, die er bei seinem Amtsantritt vorfand, eine Zeit nicht ein. Erst am Ende seiner ersten Amtsperiode kam es zu gravierenden Machtverschiebungen unter den Machteliten. Die vorliegende Arbeit setzt sich mit regierenden Eliten in der nächsten Umgebung der Präsidenten der Russländischen Föderation in den Jahren 1993- 2008. Neben der Rekonstruierung der Machtverschiebungen unter jenen Eliten werden im Rahmen der Arbeit die Gründe jener Verschiebungen sowie die Ursachen für allmählichen politischen Abstieg Jelzins und letztendlichen Aufstieg Putins hinterfragt.
Additional file 5 of Ultrasonography screening of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in sheep flocks used for evaluating control progress in a remote mountain area of Hejing County, Xinjiang
Creators: name: Qi, Xinwei
name: Song, Tao
name: Li, Zhao
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zhang, Zhuangzhi
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Guo, Gang
name: Dong, Jian
name: Dawuti, Wubulitalifu
name: Dou, Jingrui
name: Li, Jun
name: Wen, Hao
name: Zhang, Wenbao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 5
Risk and return in domestic and foreign stock trading: the GCC perspective
Creators: name: Al Adwani, Jassim
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 500399
subject: Philosophy not elsewhere classified

description: The objective of this research is to measure the risk and return in domestic and foreign stock trading from the perspective of GCC countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. All of these countries peg their currencies to the U.S. dollar except Kuwait, which pegs to a basket of currencies. The foreign markets considered are those of the U.S., U.K, and Japan.

The study addresses two key research questions: (i) do foreign stock markets provide better investment opportunities than domestic markets, given that foreign investment involves exposure to foreign exchange risk?; and (ii) does international diversification provide better risk-return trade off than purely domestic portfolios. Three forecasting models are used for domestic stock prices, foreign stock prices and exchange rates.

The findings revealed that a trading rule based on the basic trading formula is more profitable in the domestic stock markets than in foreign markets (US, UK, and Japan stock markets). However, this result cannot be generalised top any market and any time period. The research also reveals that the advantages to be gained from international diversification are restricted, but the costs and problems must still be considered.
ความได้เปรียบทางการแข่งขันเชิงพลวัตกับความสำเร็จของธุรกิจอาหารแปรรูปของไทย
Creators: name: กรธวัฒน์  สกลคฤหเดช
Publisher: name: มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏจันทรเกษม
Year: 2016
Subjects: ความได้เปรียบทางการแข่งขันเชิงพลวัต, ความสำเร็จของธุรกิจ,อุตสาหกรรมอาหารแปรรูปของประเทศไทย

description: วารสารวิชาการและวิจัย มทร.พระนคร สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์, 1, 1
Prevalence of multimorbid degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: JJ Young
name: J Hartvigsen
name: RK Jensen
name: Roos, Ewa
name: C Ammendolia
name: CB Juhl
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 The Author(s). Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) are prevalent conditions in the aging population and published literature suggests they share many symptoms and often are present at the same time in patients. However, no prevalence estimates of multimorbid LSS and knee and/or hip OA are currently available. The primary objective of this systematic review is therefore to estimate the prevalence of multimorbid LSS with knee and/or hip OA using radiological, clinical, and combined case definitions. Methods: This systematic review protocol has been designed according to the guidelines from the Cochrane Collaboration and is reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocols. A comprehensive search will be performed in the following databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and CINAHL. Forward citation tracking will be performed in Web of Science. No restriction for publication date and language will be applied in the literature search, but only articles in English will be included. The search strategy will include the following domains: LSS, knee OA, and hip OA. Retrieved citations will be screened by two authors independently. Disagreements will be discussed until consensus, and a third reviewer will be consulted if consensus cannot be reached. Data extraction and assessment of risk of bias assessment will be done by two authors independently, using a standardized data extraction form and a modified risk of bias tool for prevalence studies. Meta-analysis estimating prevalence with 95% CI will be performed using a random effects model. Meta-regression analyses will be performed to investigate the impact of the following covariates: LSS clinical presentations, sample population, healthcare setting, risk of bias, and other patient characteristics on prevalence estimates for multimorbid LSS and knee and/or hip OA. Discussion: The results of this review will provide the first estimates of the prevalence of multimorbid LSS and hip and knee OA based on various case definitions. The impact of covariates such as LSS clinical presentations, sample population, healthcare setting, risk of bias, and patient characteristics on prevalence estimates will also be presented. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO, awaiting registration
Geometry in structured optimisation problems
Creators: name: Sang, Tian
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490304
subject: Optimisation

description: In this thesis, we start by providing some background knowledge on importance of convex analysis. Then, we will be looking at the Demyanov-Ryabova conjecture. This conjecture claims that if we convert between finite families of upper and lower exhausters with the given convertor function, the process will reach a cycle of length at most two. We will show that the conjecture is true in the afflinely independent special case, and also provide an equivalent algebraic reformulation of the conjecture.

After that, we will generalise the outer subdifferential construction for max type functions to pointwise minima of regular Lipschitz functions. We will also answer an open question about the relation between the outer subdifferential of the support of a regular function and the end set of its subdifferential.

Lastly, we will address the question of what kind of dimensional patterns are possible for the faces of general closed convex sets.  We show that for any finite increasing sequence of positive integers, there exist convex compact sets which only have faces with dimensions from  this prescribed  sequence. We will also discuss another approach to dimensionality by considering  the dimension of the union of all faces of the same dimension. We will demonstrate that the problems arising from this approach are highly nontrivial by providing some examples of convex sets where the sets of extreme points have fractal dimensions.
Understanding the public and private interest roles of professional accounting bodies’ disciplinary processes: a review of the Australian experience
Creators: name: Mah, Liang Chee Shawn
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350199
subject: Accounting, auditing and accountability not elsewhere classified

description: Since the emergence of professional ethical codes, researchers have been preoccupied with understanding their role and function together with the motives and rationale behind their creation and operation. Literature on the sociology of professions describes an ongoing and persistent debate between the functionalist (or public interest) perspective and critical-theorist (or private interest) perspective with respect to the role and function of professional ethical codes. The purpose of this research thesis is to decipher the underlying motivation and latent rationale that underpins the accounting profession¿s ethical codes and its disciplinary process by investigating how and to what extent professional ethical codes are enforced by professional accounting bodies¿ disciplinary processes in protecting the public interest as compared to protecting their private interest.

Data was retrieved from 1,547 disciplinary cases published by Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Australia and Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) over the period from 1988 to 2013 inclusive. The research findings indicate that, in the absence of perceived external threats, the Australian accounting profession operates its disciplinary process according to a predominantly private interest rationale, with emphasis on protecting its private interest at the expense of the public interest. However, in the face of an external threat to the Australian accounting profession¿s legitimacy and authority, disciplinary committee members become psychologically preoccupied and emotionally concerned with protecting both the private interest of the accounting profession and the public interest and respond by imposing greater severity of penalties on both private interest offences and public interest offences.

Additionally, the research findings suggest that, only when the external event is: (a) specific to Australia; (b) specific to the Australian accounting profession; (c) takes the form of government legislation that specifically applies to the Australian accounting profession; and (d) imposes onerous legislative requirements on the Australian accounting profession, does the Australian accounting profession perceive it to be of such a serious threat to its legitimacy and authority as to necessitate a change in the manner in which its ethical codes are enforced. Taken together, the research evidence does not bode well for the public interest. The private interest is so well-entrenched and pervasive within the accounting profession¿s disciplinary process such that even when its legitimacy and authority is threatened, the private interest of the accounting profession still features strongly in the operation of its disciplinary process.
Supplemental Material - Discrete wavelet transform based processing of embroidered textile-electrode EMG signal acquired with load and pressure effect
Creators: name: Etana, Bulcha Belay
name: Dawud, Ahmed Ali
name: Malengier, Benny
name: Sitek, Wojciech
name: Gemechu, Wendimu Fanta
name: Krishnamoorthy, Janarthanan
name: Langenhove, Lieva Van
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental Material for Discrete wavelet transform based processing of embroidered textile-electrode EMG signal acquired with load and pressure effect by Bulcha Belay Etana, Ahmed Ali Ali Dawud, Benny Malengier, Sitek Wojciech, Wendimu Fanta Gemechu, Janarthanan Krishnamoorthy and Lievavan Langenhove in Journal of Industrial Textiles
Foot orthoses for people with rheumatoid arthritis, involving quantitative and qualitative outcomes: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: L Ramos-Petersen
name: Nester, Christopher
name: G Gijon-Nogueron
name: AB Ortega-Avila
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involves changes to foot structure and function, and there is an association between RA and foot pain. This pain affects those patient's physical activity and experience of daily living. While there is clinical evidence for the value of foot orthoses (FO) on foot pain, there is a wide range of FO available and there is little evidence on the relative benefits of one orthoses type over another, especially in terms of their impact on physical activity and associated well-being. The aim of this study is to compare physical activity, general and foot health and foot health experiences in people with RA when wearing three different types of FO. Methods and analysis A randomised controlled trial with three arms will compare the effects of (1) custom FO made using a direct adaptation technique, (2) custom FO made through a digital design and production process and (3) prefabricated orthoses. The primary outcome is physical activity measured using a GENEActiv bracelet. Secondary outcomes will be pain, function and disability and associated foot and general health evaluated using existing questionnaires. Semistructured interviews will identify patients' experiences of the orthoses and living with RA. Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Portal de Ética de la Investigación Biomédica de Andalucía ethical committee (SPAR-001). The results will be disseminated regardless of the magnitude or direction of effect. Trial registration number NCT03170947; Pre-results.
Development and evaluation of a dual density insole for people standing for long periods of time at work
Creators: name: J Anderson
name: AE Williams
name: Nester, Christopher
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 The Author(s). Background: Appropriate footwear is important for those who stand for prolonged periods of time at work, enabling them to remain comfortable, healthy and safe. Preferences for different footwear cushioning or hardness are often person specific and one shoe or insole will not be the choice for all. The aim of this study was to develop a range of insole options to maintain comfort during long periods of standing at work and test insole material preferences in the workplace. Methods: The study consisted of two parts. Part one evaluated 9 insoles of the same geometry that varied in hardness under 2 different plantar regions (n = 34). Insole preference, plantar pressure and selected anthropometric foot measures were taken. Three insole designs based on the most preferred options were identified from this part. In part two, these three insoles were evaluated with 22 workers immediately after trying them on (1 min) and after a working day. Foot anthropometric measures and subjective questions concerning material hardness preferences and self-reported foot characteristics were used to investigate whether either had a relationship with insole preference. Results: Part one found insole preference predominantly varied according to material hardness under the medial arch rather than the heel/forefoot. Softer material under the heel and forefoot was associated with a reduction in peak pressures in these regions (p < 0.05). The most preferred insole had lower pressures under the hallux and first metatarsal phalangeal joint, and greater pressures and contact area under the medial midfoot (p < 0.05) compared to the least preferred insole. Height and foot anthropometrics were related to insole preference. In part two, under real world conditions, insole preference changed for 65% of participants between the immediate assessment (1 min) and after a whole workday, with dorsum height related to the latter (p < 0.05). Subjective questions for self-assessed arch height and footwear feel identified 66.7% of the insole preferences after 1 day at work, compared to 36% using immediate assessment of insole preference. Conclusion: Preference for material hardness varies underneath the medial arch of the foot and is time dependent. Simple foot measures and questions about comfort can guide selection of preferred insoles.
Additional file 6 of Ultrasonography screening of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in sheep flocks used for evaluating control progress in a remote mountain area of Hejing County, Xinjiang
Creators: name: Qi, Xinwei
name: Song, Tao
name: Li, Zhao
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zhang, Zhuangzhi
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Guo, Gang
name: Dong, Jian
name: Dawuti, Wubulitalifu
name: Dou, Jingrui
name: Li, Jun
name: Wen, Hao
name: Zhang, Wenbao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 6
Steps towards evidence-based foot-care for children: behaviour and opinions of health professionals
Creators: name: L Hodgson
name: AE Williams
name: Nester, Christopher
name: SC Morrison
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 The Authors. Health and Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Allied health professionals (AHPs) working with children need the appropriate knowledge, skills and experiences to provide high-quality care. This includes using research to drive improvements in care and ensuring that knowledge and practices are consistent and build upon the best available evidence. The aim of this work was to understand more about the shared behaviours and opinions of health professionals supporting children's foot health care; how they find information that is both relevant to their clinical practice as well as informing the advice they share. A qualitative design using semi-structured, one-to-one, telephone interviews with AHPs was adopted. Thematic analysis was used to generate meaning, identify patterns and develop themes from the data. Eight interviews were conducted with physiotherapists, podiatrists and orthotists. Five themes were identified relating to health professionals: (a) Engaging with research; (b) Power of experience; (c) Influence of children's footwear companies; (d). Dr Google – the new expert and (e) Referral pathways for children's foot care. The findings indicate that the AHPs adopted a number of strategies to develop and inform their own professional knowledge and clinical practice. There could be barriers to accessing information, particularly in areas where there is limited understanding or gaps in research. The availability of online foot health information was inconsistent and could impact on how AHPs were able to engage with parents during consultations.