cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Localized Anterior Arthrofibrosis of the Knee That occurs in the Absence of Prior Ligamentoplasty of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament.
Creators: name: Ben Fatma, Abderraouf
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: MR
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To describe the imaging features of localized anterior arthrofibrosis of the knee.To show that cyclpos lesions occur in the absence of prior anterior ligament reconstruction.To differentiate cyclops lesion from cyclops-like...
CIrculating TUmor CELls (CTCs), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and exosomes (Ex) in breast cancer patients: a prospective study
Creators: name: MAZZITELLI, CARLOTTA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: Background The translational study CITUCEL aims to correlate the presence of CTCs and ctDNA at different time points with the clinical outcome of BC patients in neo-adjuvant, adjuvant or advanced setting and to compare the mutational profiles of the primary tumor, CTCs and ctDNA in the different settings. Methods CTCs have been characterized and isolated single or in pool with the DEPArray system, after immunologic negative enrichment with antibodies coupled to magnetic beads against common leukocytes and red blood cells antigens, followed by cells labelling with specific antibody for epithelial, mesenchymal and pan-leukocyte markers. CTCs mutational analyses have been performed by NGS on the Ion Torrent? platform using the Oncomine Breast cfDNA V2.0 Kit and an in house developed approach based on the molecular tagging. The same kit and the same panel was used to analyse ctDNA, extracted from plasma using ccfDNA LV kit (Promega). Primary tumor mutational profile has been evaluated in NGS with a custom panel. Results A total of 60 patients have been enrolled in the study (32 in neo-adjuvant, 22 in adjuvant and 6 in advanced settings). CTCs have been recovered and morphologically/phenotypically re-evaluated; ctDNA has been extracted, quantified and analysed by NGS. Preliminary analysis shown a significative difference in CTCs baseline counts between the early settings and the advanced one (P=0.038). No significative change has been detected before and after treatment in the (neo)-adiuvant setting, but remarcably a lower CTCs baseline count correlates with pCR (P=0.0399). Similar results have been obtained in regards of ctDNA, definitely higher in the blood of MTS patients (P=0.0127); no significative differences were detected before and after treatment, and no correlation has been found with pCR. The mutational analysis is in progress. Conclusions The results of the study will provide information on the applicability of liquid biopsy in clinical practice.
Additional file 1 of Evaluations of knowledge, skills and practices of insulin storage and injection handling techniques of diabetic patients in Ethiopian primary hospitals
Creators: name: Netere, Adeladlew Kassie
name: Eyayaw Ashete
name: Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes
name: Sewunet Admasu Belachew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary material 1. Data abstraction format (questionnaire).
(401405) Jane Spence
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses in the European Context. Evaluation of relevant measures to support low-carbon mobility in the public transport sector
Creators: name: PEDERZOLI, DAVIDE WALTER
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: Goal and Background. Transport represents 27% of Europe's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in cities. With the global shift towards a low-carbon economy, the EU set forth a lowemission mobility strategy with the aim of reducing the overall emissions in the transport sector. The High V.LO.-City project is part of this overarching strategy and addresses the integration of hydrogen fuel cell (H2FC) buses in the public transport. Methods. In this thesis, the environmental assessment of one H2FC bus and the related refuelling station is carried out using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, taking into account the following phases: (1) bus production, (2) hydrogen production pathways (water electrolysis, chlor-alkali electrolysis, and steam methane reforming), (3) hydrogen consumption during bus operation, and (4) the vehicles' end of life. The potential impacts are evaluated for magnitude and signi cance in the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase, using Environmental Footprint (EF) method which is part of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) method, established by the European Union (EU) in 2013. The calculated fuel economy is around 10.54 KgH2/100Km and the energy demand of a refuelling infrastructure may vary between 6 and 9 KWh/KgH2. Results. The results show that H2FC buses have the potential to reduce emissions during the use phase if renewables resources are used. The expected Global Warming Potential (GWP) bene t is about 85% in comparison to a diesel bus. Additionally, the emissions of the selected patterns of hydrogen production depend on how electricity is produced and on the chemical-based or fossil-based feedstocks used to drive the production process. Conclusions and Outlook. The improvement of the environmental pro le of hydrogen production requires to promote clean electricity sources to supply a low-carbon hydrogen and to sharpen policy focus with regard to life cycle management, and to counter potential setbacks, in particular those related to problem-shifting and to grid improvement.
SVILUPPO E INIZIALE VALIDAZIONE DI UNO SCORE COMPOSITO DI ATTIVITA? DI MALATTIA PER L?ARTRITE IDIOPATICA GIOVANILE SISTEMICA.
Creators: name: TIBALDI, JESSICA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: Objective. To develop a composite disease activity score for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and to provide preliminary evidence of its validity. Methods. The systemic Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (sJADAS) was constructed by adding to the four items of the original JADAS a fifth item aimed to quantify the activity of systemic features. Validation analyses were conducted on patients with definite or probable/possible sJIA enrolled at first visit or at the time of a flare, who had active systemic manifestations, which should include fever. Patients were reassessed 2 weeks to 3 months after baseline. Three versions were examined, including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein or no acute phase reactant. Results. A total of 163 patients were included at 30 centers in 10 countries. The sJADAS was found to be feasible and to possess face and content validity, good construct validity, satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach?s alpha 0.64-0.65), fair ability to discriminate between patients with different disease activity states or whose parents were satisfied or not satisfied with illness outcome (p < 0.0001 for both), and strong responsiveness to change over time (standardized response mean 2.04-2.58). Overall, these properties were found to be better than those of the original JADAS and of disease activity scores for rheumatoid arthritis and adult-onset Still?s disease. Conclusion. The sJADAS showed good measurement properties and is, therefore, a valid instrument for the assessment of disease activity in children with sJIA. The performance of the new tool should be further examined in other patient cohorts evaluated prospectively.
Tailoring surface defects in Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) treated 2-D black TiO2: Post-treatment role, and intensification by peroxymonosulfate activation in visible light-driven photocatalysis
Creators: name: Giannakis, Stefanos
name: Hosseini, Reza
name: Fattah-alhosseini, Arash
name: Karbasi, Minoo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 340301
subject: Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials)

description: ABSTRACTHerein, we have developed a visible light-responsive black TiO2 photocatalytic coating with controlled formation of oxygen vacancies (OV) and Ti3+ species, crucial for enhancing photocatalytic reactions. The rational control of these semiconductor defects was achieved through plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), followed by NaOH post-treatment. The coating's effectiveness was evaluated by tetracycline (TC) degradation. The surface defects function as traps, reducing electron/hole recombination and forming mid-gap/localized-donor states, narrowing the band gap. Rigorous material characterization confirmed unaffected morphology and PEO coating phases, while increasing the density of OVs and Ti3+ species. As a result, TC photo-degradation was ∼3.5 times higher compared to plain PEO coatings. The material demonstrated exceptional stability and efficiency, while it was successfully intensified via peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation, leading to high synergies (2.10). Scavenger tests revealed the existence of both radical/non-radical pathways, indicating the prevailing photocatalytic mechanism and the key differences achieved through this novel process
Evaluation of entanglement measures by a single observable
Creators: name: Zhang, Chengjie
name: Yu, Sixia
name: Chen, Qing
name: Yuan, Haidong
name: Oh, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present observable lower bounds for several bipartite entanglement measures including entanglement of formation, geometric measure of entanglement, concurrence, convex-roof extended negativity, and G-concurrence. The lower bounds facilitate estimates of these entanglement measures for arbitrary finite-dimensional bipartite states. Moreover, these lower bounds can be calculated analytically from the expectation value of a single observable. Based on our results, we use several real experimental measurement data to get lower bounds of entanglement measures for these experimentally realized states. In addition, we also study the relations between entanglement measures.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
title: Multidisciplinary approach in the study of burning bodies
Creators: name: Coppola, Marzia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Forensic / Necropsy studies
subject: CT
subject: Medico-legal issues
subject: Forensics

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Our work aims to recognize the causes and the manner of death in the discovery of charred bodies in accidents of different origins (automobile, aircraft, domestic) and different places of...
Lacunary Fourier series for compact quantum groups
Creators: name: Wang, Simeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 20G42, 46L89, Secondary: 43A46, 46L52

description: This paper is devoted to the study of Sidon sets, $Λ(p)$-sets and some related notions for compact quantum groups. We establish several different characterizations of Sidon sets, and in particular prove that any Sidon set in a discrete group is a strong Sidon set in the sense of Picardello. We give several relations between Sidon sets, $Λ(p)$-sets and lacunarities for $L^p$-Fourier multipliers, generalizing a previous work by Blendek and Michaliucek. We also prove the existence of $Λ(p)$-sets for orthogonal systems in noncommutative $L^p$-spaces, and deduce the corresponding properties for compact quantum groups. Central Sidon sets are also discussed, and it turns out that the compact quantum groups with the same fusion rules and the same dimension functions have identical central Sidon sets. Several examples are also included.
description: 40 pages. Final version. Minor changes and a correction to Remark 4.4
Metabolomic Evaluation of Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis
Creators: name: Henderson, Ashley G.
name: Boucher, Richard C.
name: Esther, Charles R.
name: Zhou, Yi Hui
name: Coakley, Raymond D.
name: Wright, Fred A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Metabolomic evaluation of cystic fibrosis (CF) airway secretions could identify metabolites and metabolic pathways involved in neutrophilic airway inflammation that could serve as biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
title: Imaging of cystic lymphangiomas of the head and neck
Creators: name: Jerbi, Saida
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Surgery
subject: Cysts

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To describe the radiologic features of cystic lymphangiomas of the head and...
Categorization of surface polarity from a crystallographic approach
Creators: name: Hinuma, Yoyo
name: Kumagai, Yu
name: Oba, Fumiyasu
name: Tanaka, Isao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With ab initio codes that employ three-dimensional periodic boundary conditions, the slab-and-vacuum model has proven invaluable for the derivation of energetic, atomistic, and electronic properties of materials. Within this approach, polar and nonpolar slabs require different levels of treatment, as any polar instability must be compensated on a case-by-case basis in the former. This article proposes an efficient algorithm based on isometries to identify whether a slab with the given surface orientation would be intrinsically polar, and if not, to obtain information on where to cleave the bulk crystal to obtain a stoichiometric nonpolar slab and whether reconstruction is necessary to generate a stoichiometric slab that is not polar.
Optical aperture synthesis with electronically connected telescopes
Creators: name: Dravins, Dainis
name: Lagadec, Tiphaine
name: Nuñez, Paul D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Highest resolution imaging in astronomy is achieved by interferometry, connecting telescopes over increasingly longer distances, and at successively shorter wavelengths. Here, we present the first diffraction-limited images in visual light, produced by an array of independent optical telescopes, connected electronically only, with no optical links between them. With an array of small telescopes, second-order optical coherence of the sources is measured through intensity interferometry over 180 baselines between pairs of telescopes, and two-dimensional images reconstructed. The technique aims at diffraction-limited optical aperture synthesis over kilometre-long baselines to reach resolutions showing details on stellar surfaces and perhaps even the silhouettes of transiting exoplanets. Intensity interferometry circumvents problems of atmospheric turbulence that constrain ordinary interferometry. Since the electronic signal can be copied, many baselines can be built up between dispersed telescopes, and over long distances. Using arrays of air Cherenkov telescopes, this should enable the optical equivalent of interferometric arrays currently operating at radio wavelengths.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures; published under open access in Nature Communications, http://www.nature.com/ncomms/
title: A break in the wall: key imaging findings in diaphragmatic rupture on CT and x-ray scans
Creators: name: Melnic, Teodora-Aura
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Thorax
subject: Trauma
subject: CT
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Education
subject: Hernia
subject: Trauma

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Our purposes are: 1. To recognise the computed tomography and x-ray aspects of diaphragmatic rupture. 2. To highlight the key role of the imaging investigations and of the radiologist in the correct diagnosis of diaphragmatic...
Caseworker assessments of risk for recurrent maltreatment: Association with case-specific risk factors and re-reports
Creators: name: Mustillo, Sarah A.
name: Elbogen, Eric
name: Dorsey, Shannon
name: Farmer, Elizabeth M.Z.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: This article focuses on caseworkers’ assessments of risk of maltreatment recurrence among families in contact with social services. Specifically, the article has two primary goals: 1) to examine the association between caseworkers’ risk assessments and demographic, child, parent and family-level risk factors; and 2) to examine agreement between caseworkers’ risk assessments and any subsequent report, or reports, of maltreatment.
How do particle physicists learn the programming concepts they need?
Creators: name: Kluth, Stefan
name: Pia, Maria Grazia
name: Schoerner-Sadenius, Thomas
name: Steinbach, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The ability to read, use and develop code efficiently and successfully is a key ingredient in modern particle physics. We report the experience of a training program, identified as "Advanced Programming Concepts", that introduces software concepts, methods and techniques to work effectively on a daily basis in a HEP experiment or other programming intensive fields. This paper illustrates the principles, motivations and methods that shape the "Advanced Computing Concepts" training program, the knowledge base that it conveys, an analysis of the feedback received so far, and the integration of these concepts in the software development process of the experiments as well as its applicability to a wider audience.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, CHEP2015 proceedings
title: Assessing the correlation of pre-test probability of coronary artery disease, CT calcium scoring, and CT coronary angiogram stenosis at a District General Hospital
Creators: name: To, Ken-win
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Cost-effectiveness
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Quality assurance

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of sudden death. Once a thorough patient history and physical examination is complete, it is important to assess the probability of underlying CAD, as this helps both the physician and the...
High potential of the vacuum UV-activated peracetic acid (VUV/PAA) process in eliminating recalcitrant contaminants and waterborne pathogens: Assessing the efficacy of annular and helical reactor configurations
Creators: name: Moussavi, Gholamreza
name: Bakhtiarynasab, Maede
name: Shekoohiyan, Sakineh
name: Mohammadi, Samira
name: Giannakis, Stefanos
name: Li, Mengkai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401102
subject: Environmentally sustainable engineering

description: ABSTRACTThe effectiveness of VUV/PAA in degrading Ciprofloxacin (CIP) and inactivating E. coli was studied. VUV was more efficient than UVC in activating PAA. The VUV/PAA process degraded CIP twice as fast as the VUV process under similar conditions and was more effective in acidic or neutral solutions than in alkaline solutions. The hydroxyl radicals formed were key to the degradation, whereas the R-Cradical dot species played a lesser role. Furthermore, the VUV/PAA process achieved a satisfactory CIP degradation rate in spiked tap water. Operating the reactors in batch mode, completely degraded CIP in 30 min, and 86.5 % TOC removal was achieved in 120 min of a 40 mg/L CIP solution. In addition, VUV/PAA inactivated a 6.5-log of 1.2 × 109 CFU/mL of E. coli in only 5 min. Moreover, the VUV/PAA process was compared in a helical (HPR) and annular photoreactor (APR); the HPR led to approx. x3 higher ▪OH generation and superior CIP degradation rate. The VUV/PAA process improved CIP degradation in both the APR and HPR with longer hydraulic residence times, where the HPR outperformed the APR in degrading CIP. Overall, the VUV/PAA@HPR system is an effective method for enhancing the degradation of recalcitrant organics and waterborne pathogens in contaminated water, including in the flow-through mode, making it a promising process for water treatment.
Where?s my mesh? An exploratory study on model-free grasp planning
Creators: name: BOTTAREL, FABRIZIO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: The capability of manipulating objects is fundamental for robots in order to interact and integrate in the environment they are deployed in. Since most manipulation actions involve or begin with picking up objects, grasping is an integral part of any manipulation toolbox. Although planning grasps on known object shapes is a mature research field with decades of work behind it, such information is not available in many realistic scenarios. For robots deployed in dynamic and unstructured environments such as homes, stores or even outdoor settings can be cumbersome or outright unfeasible to know the complete 3D shape of target objects, or even recover it in place with exploration techniques. In such cases, approaches that allow planning for optimal grasps given partial 3D information are essential in order to attempt manipulation actions, and the research field is far from being depleted. In the attempt to model such a use case, in this Thesis we consider a target scenario consisting of a surface cluttered with everyday household objects and we explore different approaches to grasp planning with single-view point clouds, under the the hypothesis that the object 3D models are not known a priori. Although many state of the art methods can find feasible grasps on the observable part of the scene, explicitly modeling the 3D shape of the target extends this capability to unobservable object sides. Initially, we formulate the hypothesis that geometric primitives such as superquadrics can be effectively used as a modeling tool. According to this line of thought, we propose a grasp planning method that constrains the superquadric parameterization to account for the characteristics of the target scenario. In order to evaluate the performance of our method, we tackle the lack of widespread benchmarking protocols for grasp planning tasks by proposing GRASPA, a complete benchmarking tool inspired by reproducibility and interpretability principles. The nature of GRASPA allowed us to evaluate the performance of grasping pipelines with different features on different robotic setups using the same rigorous experimental procedure and observe the failure cases of each approach. In the final part of the Thesis, we show a possible way of overcoming the limitations of primitive-based methods by studying shape completion methods that have recently been gaining traction in the computer vision and robot vision fields. Thanks to these methods, the 3D description of the target object can be reconstructed from partial views by leveraging past experience (in the form of a learned model) to infer information on unseen parts of objects. We present a proof of concept of how shape completion deep autoencoders can be effectively integrated in a grasp planning algorithm, and we point to interesting research avenues by showing the importance of their internal representation.
Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers, children's service use, and outcomes
Creators: name: Bai, Yu
name: Wells, Rebecca
name: Hillemeier, Marianne M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Interorganizational relationships (IORs) between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers may facilitate mental health treatment access for vulnerable children. This study investigates whether IORs are associated with greater use of mental health services and improvement in mental health status for children served by the child welfare system.
title: Contribution of the orthopantomogram in the exploration of non-traumatic dental pathologies. About 257 cases.
Creators: name: NDAYISHIMIYE, NDAYISHIMIYE
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Stomach (incl. Oesophagus)
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Pathology

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: The radiographic examination for patients generally performed after clinical examination for detection of dental caries, periodontal diseases, cysts, developmental abnormalities of the teeth and jaws, and bony infections or tumors. A full mouth...
Health service access across racial/ethnic groups of children in the child welfare system
Creators: name: Wells, Rebecca
name: Belue, Rhonda
name: Hillemeier, Marianne M.
name: Bai, Yu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: This study examined health service access among children of different racial/ethnic groups in the child welfare system in an attempt to identify and explain disparities.
Dark matter searches in the gamma-ray extragalactic background via cross-correlations with galaxy catalogues
Creators: name: Cuoco, Alessandro
name: Xia, Jun-Qing
name: Regis, Marco
name: Branchini, Enzo
name: Fornengo, Nicolao
name: Viel, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the measured angular cross-correlation between the Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sky and catalogues of extra-galactic objects with the expected signal induced by weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM). We include a detailed description of the contribution of astrophysical gamma-ray emitters such as blazars, misaligned AGN and star forming galaxies, and perform a global fit to the measured cross-correlation. Five catalogues are considered: SDSS-DR6 quasars, 2MASS galaxies, NVSS radio galaxies, SDSS-DR8 Luminous Red Galaxies and SDSS-DR8 main galaxy sample. To model the cross-correlation signal we use the halo occupation distribution formalism to estimate the number of galaxies of a given catalogue in DM halos and their spatial correlation properties. We discuss uncertainties in the predicted cross-correlation signal arising from the DM clustering and WIMP microscopic properties, which set the DM gamma-ray emission. The use of different catalogues probing objects at different redshifts reduces significantly, though not completely, the degeneracy among the different gamma-ray components. We find that the presence of a significant WIMP DM signal is allowed by the data but not significantly preferred by the fit, although this is mainly due to a degeneracy with the misaligned AGN component. With modest substructure boost, the sensitivity of this method excludes thermal annihilation cross sections at 95% C.L. for WIMP masses up to few tens of GeV. Constraining the low-redshift properties of astrophysical populations with future data will further improve the sensitivity to DM.
description: 24 pages, 19 figures, 2 tables, 4 appendices. V2:updated to match published version in ApJS
(401407) Alexander F[ythe]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Hybrid scheme for Brownian semistationary processes
Creators: name: Bennedsen, Mikkel
name: Lunde, Asger
name: Pakkanen, Mikko S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Pricing of Securities (q-fin.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 60G12, 60G22, 65C20, 91G60, 62M09

description: We introduce a simulation scheme for Brownian semistationary processes, which is based on discretizing the stochastic integral representation of the process in the time domain. We assume that the kernel function of the process is regularly varying at zero. The novel feature of the scheme is to approximate the kernel function by a power function near zero and by a step function elsewhere. The resulting approximation of the process is a combination of Wiener integrals of the power function and a Riemann sum, which is why we call this method a hybrid scheme. Our main theoretical result describes the asymptotics of the mean square error of the hybrid scheme and we observe that the scheme leads to a substantial improvement of accuracy compared to the ordinary forward Riemann-sum scheme, while having the same computational complexity. We exemplify the use of the hybrid scheme by two numerical experiments, where we examine the finite-sample properties of an estimator of the roughness parameter of a Brownian semistationary process and study Monte Carlo option pricing in the rough Bergomi model of Bayer et al. [Quant. Finance 16(6), 887-904, 2016], respectively.
description: 33 pages, 4 figures, v4: minor revision, in particular we have derived a new expression (3.5), equivalent to the previous one but numerically more convenient, for the off-diagonal elements of the covariance matrix Sigma
Rapid degradation of Omeprazole and highly effective inactivation of E. coli in the UVA-light photocatalytic process with Cu-doped in spinel-structured ɣAl2O3 as a stable catalyst
Creators: name: Giannakis, Stefanos
name: Ostovar, Somayeh
name: Moussavi, Gholamreza
name: Mohammadi, Samira
name: Marin, Maria Luisa
name: Boscá, Francisco
name: Diego Lopez, Ander
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401102
subject: Environmentally sustainable engineering

description: ABSTRACT Herein, a spinel alumina structure photocatalyst was prepared by a one-pot modified sol–gel technique with rational design and unique electronic structure evolution by Cu doping in the γAl2O3 lattice. Based on the obtained results of a full material characterization (incl. NH3-TPD, 27Al solid-state NMR, XPS, HAADF-STEM), the Cu-γAl2O3 xerogel nanomaterial displayed high dispersion of copper, significant quantities of high-density acid sites, an increase of the oxygen vacancies (OVs) on its surface, and high light absorption efficiency. This mesoporous Cu-γAl2O xerogel displayed brilliant photocatalytic performance under UVA-LED, owing to its suitable band gap, degrading around 92 % of 20 mg/L Omeprazole (OMP) in 30 min (pH = 7, catalyst = 50 mg/L). The effect of operating parameters was investigated, such as pH, concentration of Cu-ɣAl2O3/OMP, water matrix, and stability; the synthesized nanomaterial has shown outstanding stability and recyclability for four runs. The reaction mechanism was proposed using scavenging experiments, and EPR spectroscopy, Cu-doping-induced oxygen vacancies to promote charge separation and molecular oxygen activation, generating mainly
Additional file 1 of Early-life gut dysbiosis linked to juvenile mortality in ostriches
Creators: name: Videvall, Elin
name: Song, Se Jin
name: Bensch, Hanna M.
name: Strandh, Maria
name: Engelbrecht, Anel
name: Serfontein, Naomi
name: Hellgren, Olof
name: Olivier, Adriaan
name: Schalk Cloete
name: Knight, Rob
name: Cornwallis, Charlie K.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary figures.
Parent–youth discordance about youth-witnessed violence: Associations with trauma symptoms and service use in an at-risk sample
Creators: name: Wiley, Tisha R.A.
name: Runyan, Desmond K.
name: Thompson, Richard
name: Dubowitz, Howard
name: Kotch, Jonathan B.
name: Proctor, Laura J.
name: English, Diana J.
name: Lewis, Terri
name: Litrownik, Alan J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Studies have consistently demonstrated a lack of agreement between youth and parent reports regarding youth-witnessed violence. However, little is known about whether disagreement is associated with poorer outcomes and less utilization of mental health services. The purpose of the current study was to examine disagreement among youth and parents about youth witnessed violence, and determine whether concordance predicted trauma symptoms and recognition of need and receipt of counseling services.
The advertisement call of Pristimantis subsigillatus (Anura, Craugastoridae)
Creators: name: Stanescu, Florina
name: Márquez, Rafael
name: Székely, Paul
name: Cogalniceanu, Dan
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2017

description: We describe for the first time the advertisement call of Pristimantis subsigillatus from southern Ecuador. Our study provides a detailed quantitative characterization of the advertisement call of P. subsigillatus, filling a gap in our knowledge of this genus, the most speciose among vertebrates. Males called perched on vegetation 0.5-2.5 m above ground, always during mild rain. The advertisement call is composed of a single note with a duration of 63-80 ms, with an initial short pulse (3-10 ms) followed by a longer tonal component. Call rates ranged between 4-12 calls/min. The dominant frequency varied between 2.02-2.82 kHz.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 12 No 1 (2017)
Brain Circuits of Emotion Discrimination
Creators: name: MALTESE, FEDERICA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is implicated in processing of the affective state of others through non-verbal communication. This social cognitive function is thought to rely on an intact cortical neuronal excitatory and inhibitory balance. Here combining in vivo electrophysiology with a behavioral task for affective state discrimination in mice, we show a differential activation of medial PFC (mPFC) neurons during social exploration that depends on the affective state of the conspecific. Optogenetic manipulations revealed a double dissociation between the role of interneurons in social cognition. Specifically, inhibition of mPFC somatostatin (SOM+), but not of parvalbumin (PV+) interneurons, abolishes affective state discrimination. Accordingly, synchronized activation of mPFC SOM+ interneurons selectively induces social discrimination. As visualized by in vivo singlecell microendoscopic Ca2+ imaging, an increased synchronous activity of mPFC SOM+ interneurons, guiding inhibition of pyramidal neurons, is associated with affective state discrimination. Our findings provide new insights into the neurobiological mechanisms of affective state discrimination.
On the Three Primordial Numbers
Creators: name: Gobbetti, Roberto
name: Pajer, Enrico
name: Roest, Diederik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmological observations have provided us with the measurement of just three numbers that characterize the very early universe: $ 1-n_{s} $, $ N $ and $\lnΔ_R^2$. Although each of the three numbers individually carries limited information about the physics of inflation, one may hope to extract non-trivial information from relations among them. Invoking minimality, namely the absence of ad hoc large numbers, we find two viable and mutually exclusive inflationary scenarios. The first is the well-known inverse relation between $1- n_{s} $ and $ N $. The second implies a new relation between $ 1-n_{s} $ and $\lnΔ_R^2$, which might provide us with a handle on the beginning of inflation and predicts the intriguing $\textit{lower}$ bound on the tensor-to-scalar ratio $ r> 0.006 $ ($ 95\% $ CL).
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Exploring the Boundary of Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics - Resummation of Non-Global Logarithms and Soft Superstructure of Jets
Creators: name: WU, CHANG
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: This thesis arises in the context of the precision era of Higgs physics from the recent high accuracy data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). With the data of an unprecedented level of precision, the theoretical error is now lagging behind. In addition, the accurate theoretical prediction of Standard Model (SM) processes can also lead a path to the discovery of new physics, which thus far has proven so elusive. Indeed, careful analyses of the QCD radiation pattern are crucial to distinguish Standard Model physics from possible new physics signals. In this context, studies of the internal structure of jets, i.e. jet substructure, have proved a valuable addition to LHC phenomenology. Furthermore, in order to obtain precise predictions, the jet substructure calculations usually involve resummation of the perturbative series, where large logarithms arise from the multi-scale hierarchy. The aim of this thesis is to explore novel approaches to probe colour flow and soft substructure of jets, which is beyond the traditional boundaries of Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (pQCD), namely globalness and infrared & collinear (IRC) safety. In this thesis, the impact of non-global logarithms (NGLs) and IRC unsafe observables are studied in detail. In particular, for the non-global case, a novel approach to solving differential equations using artificial neural networks is presented, and we compare the results with the other methods in the literature. In the context of IRC unsafety, the first-principle calculation in resummed perturbation theory for the jet pull angle is performed, along with the resummation formalism is reviewed and improved. As phenomenological applications, each ingredient is studied independently. Moreover, because of the large theoretical uncertainty of IRC unsafe observable, the result is improved by introducing IRC safety projection for the jet pull vector. Additionally, with the purpose of assessing sub-leading colour correlations, the novel azimuthal asymmetry distribution is introduced and studied in some detail.
Cosmological parameters from the comparison of peculiar velocities with predictions from the 2M++ density field
Creators: name: Carrick, Jonathan
name: Turnbull, Stephen J.
name: Lavaux, Guilhem
name: Hudson, Michael J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Peculiar velocity measurements are the only tool available in the low-redshift Universe for mapping the large-scale distribution of matter and can thus be used to constrain cosmology. Using redshifts from the 2M++ redshift compilation, we reconstruct the density of galaxies within 200 Mpc/h, allowing for the first time good sampling of important superclusters such as the Shapley Concentration. We compare the predicted peculiar velocities from 2M++ to Tully-Fisher and SNe peculiar velocities. We find a value of $β^* \equiv Ω_{\rm{m}}^{0.55}/b^* = 0.431 \pm 0.021$, suggesting $Ω_{\rm{m}}^{0.55}σ_{\rm{8,lin}} = 0.401 \pm 0.024$, in good agreement with other probes. The predicted peculiar velocity of the Local Group arising from the 2M++ volume alone is $540 \pm 40$ km/s, towards $l = 268 \pm 4, b= 38 \pm 6$, only $10^\circ$ out of alignment with the Cosmic Microwave Background dipole. To account for velocity contributions arising from sources outside the 2M++ volume, we fit simultaneously for $β^*$ and an external bulk flow in our analysis. We find that an external bulk flow is preferred at the 5.1$σ$ level, and the best fit has a velocity of $159\pm23$ km/s towards $l=304 \pm 11, b = 6 \pm 13$. Finally, the predicted bulk flow of a 50 Mpc/h Gaussian-weighted volume centred on the Local Group is $230 \pm 30$ km/s, in the direction $l=293\pm 8, b = 14 \pm 10$, in agreement with predictions from $Λ$CDM.
description: 17 pages. MNRAS, in press. Density and peculiar velocity grids available at http://cosmicflows.uwaterloo.ca or http://cosmicflows.iap.fr
Untitled ItRapid degradation of Omeprazole and highly effective inactivation of E. coli in the UVA-light photocatalytic process with Cu-doped in spinel-structured ɣAl2O3 as a stable catalyst
Creators: name: Giannakis, Stefanos
name: Ostovar, Somayeh
name: Moussavi, Gholamreza
name: Mohammadi, Samira
name: Marin, Maria Luisa
name: Boscá, Francisco
name: Diego Lopez, Ander
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401102
subject: Environmentally sustainable engineering

description: ABSTRACT Herein, a spinel alumina structure photocatalyst was prepared by a one-pot modified sol–gel technique with rational design and unique electronic structure evolution by Cu doping in the γAl2O3 lattice. Based on the obtained results of a full material characterization (incl. NH3-TPD, 27Al solid-state NMR, XPS, HAADF-STEM), the Cu-γAl2O3 xerogel nanomaterial displayed high dispersion of copper, significant quantities of high-density acid sites, an increase of the oxygen vacancies (OVs) on its surface, and high light absorption efficiency. This mesoporous Cu-γAl2O xerogel displayed brilliant photocatalytic performance under UVA-LED, owing to its suitable band gap, degrading around 92 % of 20 mg/L Omeprazole (OMP) in 30 min (pH = 7, catalyst = 50 mg/L). The effect of operating parameters was investigated, such as pH, concentration of Cu-ɣAl2O3/OMP, water matrix, and stability; the synthesized nanomaterial has shown outstanding stability and recyclability for four runs. The reaction mechanism was proposed using scavenging experiments, and EPR spectroscopy, Cu-doping-induced oxygen vacancies to promote charge separation and molecular oxygen activation, generating mainly
title: Mesentery: Essential points in imaging
Creators: name: ADNOR, SAID
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Anatomy
subject: Mesentery
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Education
subject: eLearning
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: 1- Describe the radio anatomy of the mesentery 2- Point the technique of acquisition of different modalities of radiological exploration for the study of the...
title: ORADS MRI : How to make it out?
Creators: name: Hkaiem, Amir
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Oncology
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Education
subject: eLearning
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: -Review the O-RADS (Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System) MRI classification with a simple. guide using examples. -Learn how to report adnexal masses on MRI according to the ORADS MRI...
CEST: a Cognitive Event based Semi-automatic Technique for behavior segmentation
Creators: name: CECCALDI, ELEONORA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: This work introduces CEST, a Cognitive Event based Semiautomatic Technique for behavior segmentation. The technique was inspired by an everyday cognitive process. Humans, in fact, make sense of what happens to them by breaking the continuous stream of activity into smaller units, through a process known as segmentation. A cognitive theory, the Event Segmentation Theory, provides a computational and neurophysiological account of this process, describing how the detection of changes in the current situation drive boundary perception. CEST was designed with the aim of providing affective researchers with a tool to semi-automatically segment behavior. Researchers investigating behavior, as a matter of fact, often need to parse their research data into simpler units, either manually or automatically. To perform segmentation, the technique combines manual annotations and the output of change-point detection algorithms, techniques from time-series research that afford the detection of abrupt changes in time-series. CEST is inherently multidisciplinary: it is, to the best of our knowledge, the first attempt to adopt a cognitive science perspective on the issue of (semi) automatic behavior segmentation. CEST is a general-purpose technique, as it aims at providing a tool for segmenting behavior across research areas. In this manuscript, we detail the theories behind the design of CEST and the results of two experimental studies aimed at assessing the feasibility of the approach on both single and group scenarios. Most importantly, we present the results of the evaluation of CEST on a data-set of dance performances. We explore seven different techniques for change-point detection that could be leveraged to achieve semi-automatic segmentation through CEST and illustrate how two different bayesian algorithms led to the highest scores. Upon selecting the best algorithms, we measured the effect of the temporal grain of the analysis on the performance. Overall, our results support the idea of a semiautomatic segmentation technique for behavior segmentation. The output of the analysis mirrors cognitive science research on segmentation and on event structure perception. The work also tackles new challenges that may arise from our approach.