cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Local Failure and Margin Status in Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma Treated with Conservation Surgery and Radiation Therapy
Creators: name: Rosenman, Julian
name: Anscher, Mitchell
name: Prosnitz, Leonard
name: Leight, George
name: Iglehart, J. Dirk
name: Tucker, Allan
name: Reddick, Robert
name: Blackstock, William
name: Dodge, Richard
name: Jones, Patricia
name: Hebert, Mary
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1993

description: OBJECTIVE: The authors determined whether microscopically positive surgical margins are detrimental to the outcome of early stage breast cancer patients treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: The optimal extent of breast surgery required for patients treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy has not been established. To achieve breast preservation with good cosmesis, it is desirable to resect as little normal tissue as possible. However, it is critical that the resection does not leave behind a tumor burden that cannot be adequately managed by moderate doses of radiation. It is not known whether microscopically positive surgical margins are detrimental to patient outcome. METHODS: The records of 259 consecutive women (262 breasts) treated with local excision (complete removal of gross tumor with a margin) and axillary dissection followed by radiation therapy for clinical stage I and II infiltrating ductal breast cancer at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina between 1983 and 1988 were reviewed. Surgical margins were considered positive if tumor extended to the inked margins; otherwise the margins were considered negative. Margins that could not be determined, either because the original pathology report did not comment on margins, or because the original specimen had not been inked were called indeterminate. RESULTS: Of the 262 tumors, 32 (12%) had positive margins, 132 (50%) had negative margins, and the remaining 98 (38%) had indeterminate margins. There were 11 (4%) local failures; 3/32 (9%) from the positive margin group, 2/132 (1.5%) from the negative margin group, and 6/98 (6%) from the indeterminate group. The actuarial local failure rates at 5 years were 10%, 2%, and 10%, respectively, p = 0.014 positive vs. negative, p = 0.08 positive vs. indeterminate (log rank test). Margin status had no impact on survival or freedom from distant metastasis; 63 patients who originally had positive or indeterminate margins were re-excised. Two of 7 with positive margins after re-excision versus 1/56 rendered margin negative had a local recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: The authors recommend re-excision for patients with positive margins because of improved local control of those rendered margin negative and identification of those patients at high risk for local failure (those who remain positive after re-excision). Because margin status impacts on local control, tumor margins after conservation surgery should be accurately determined in all patients.
A Population-Based Multivariate Analysis of the Association of County Demographic and Medical System Factors with Per Capita Pediatric Trauma Death Rates in North Carolina
Creators: name: Smith, Chandra
name: Azizkhank, Richard
name: Rutledge, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1994

description: OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed the association between demographic and medical system factors and the pediatric trauma death rate in North Carolina. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Trauma is the leading cause of death in children. Various medical system factors have been suggested to reduce pediatric morbidity and mortality rates, but the association with these rates has not been tested. METHODS: Data were obtained from the North Carolina medical examiner's database. The dependent variable was the county per capita pediatric trauma death rate. Twenty-one demographic and medical system measures were selected as independent variables. RESULTS: Nine hundred forty-one pediatric trauma deaths from 1986 to 1989 were included in our sample. Multivariate analysis identified the variables most highly associated with the dependent variables. The presence of advanced life support (ALS) training was the only medical system factor associated significantly with pediatric trauma death rates. Trauma centers, emergency (911) telephone access, and other medical resource variables had no significant association. CONCLUSIONS: The study confirms other reports showing that demographic factors have an important predictive association with the trauma death rate in children. Advanced life support was the only medical system resource associated significantly with pediatric trauma death rates. This study underlines the significance of pre-hospital care in the treatment of pediatric trauma.
Sharp reversed Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality on $\mathbb R^n$
Creators: name: Ngô, Quôc-Anh
name: Nguyen, Van Hoang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35J60, 42B25, 53C21, 58G35

description: This is the first in our series of papers concerning some Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev type inequalities. In the present paper, the main objective is to establish the following sharp reversed HLS inequality in the whole space $\mathbb R^n$ \[\int_{\mathbb R^n} \int_{\mathbb R^n} f(x) |x-y|^λg(y) dx dy \geqslant \mathscr C_{n,p,r} \|f\|_{L^p (\mathbb R^n)}\, \|g\|_{L^r (\mathbb R^n)}\] for any nonnegative functions $f\in L^p(\mathbb R^n)$, $g\in L^r(\mathbb R^n)$, and $p,r\in (0,1)$, $λ> 0$ such that $1/p + 1/r -λ/n =2$. We will also explore some estimates for $\mathscr C_{n,p,r}$ and the existence of optimal functions for the above inequality, which will shed light on some existing results in literature.
description: 24 pages, 0 figure, to appear in Israel Journal of Mathematics
Additional screening of bioactivities in the Turkish gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) with isolation of secondary metabolites
Creators: name: KORPAYEV, Serdar
name: HEYDARI, Hajar
name: KOC, Asli
name: GOZCELIOGLU, Bulent
name: KONUKLUGIL, Belma
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2020

description: During the course of our investigation for isolation of biological active compounds from marine organisms in the Turkish seas, we looked for secondary metabolites and bioactivities in the soft coral, Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) collected from the coast of Ayvalık (Turkish coasts). As a result of this study, β-sitosterol and diheptyl phthalate have been isolated from P.clavata following their structural identification by NMR spectrometry and their subsequent comparison to the existent spectra dataset. The antioxidant potential of crude extracts of P. clavata was determined by the scavenging of superoxide, nitric oxide radicals and DPPH assays. In addition, the cytotoxic activity of crude extracts was tested against HCT-116 colon cancer cell lines by MTT assay. The P. clavata extract decreased HCT-116 and HEP-2 cancer cells viability significantly between 10-200 µg.mL-1 dose range after 72 h incubation. The screening for free radical scavenging bioactivities by DPPH, SO and NO displayed IC50: 231.23 ± 0.4, 228.9 ± 0.32 and 243.8 ± 0.46 µg.mL-1 respectively for the dried extract, confirming its noteworthy source of antioxidant compounds. While the extract exhibits the highest tyrosinase inhibitory activity (IC50: 73.73 ± 2.31 µg.mL-1), moderate antimicrobial activities against gram positive, gram negative and yeast strains, it did not seem to display acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity.
Comparison of Molecular and Conventional Methods of Detecting Cryptosporidium Parvum in Seropositive HIV Patient's Fecal Specimens.pdf
Creators: name: Benedictta Okeke-Nwolisa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110303 Clinical Microbiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110803 Medical Parasitology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111207 Molecular Targets

description: This study was conducted to compare a conventional method of detecting the parasite in faecal samples and comparing it with molecular methods with reference to multiplex PCR to determine the difference in the level of sensitivity between them and to characterize the parasite detected to aid epidemiological studies. This cross–sectional study was carried out to detect Cryptosporidium parasites in HIV positive patients using Modified Ziehl Neelsen (MZN) Microscopy and Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (Multiplex PCR). 49 fecal samples comprising 19 MZN –Positive samples and 30 MZN – negative diarrheic samples were analyzed using three (3) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) approaches. A total of 15 samples that were positive by routine microscopy at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital but negative by PCR and by microscopy in the laboratory were treated as false positives. Microscopy therefore exhibited 64% sensitivity and 72% specificity compared to PCR. Sensitivity, specificity, ability to genotype, ease of use, and adaptability to batch testing make PCR a useful tool for future diagnosis and studies on the molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium infections.
Fluctuating asymmetry in the otolith shape, length, width and area of Pagellus erythrinus collected from the Gulf of Tunis
Creators: name: MEJRI, Marwa
name: TROJETTE, Mouna
name: JMIL, Imen
name: BEN FALEH, Abderraouf
name: CHALH, Abdellah
name: QUIGNARD, Jean-Pierre
name: TRABELSI, Monia
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2020

description: Otolith shape and morphometric data (length, width and area) of Pagellus erythrinus collected from the Gulf of Tunis were studied for the first time in order to differentiate populations, also to compare the variability (asymmetry) between otoliths pairs (right-left), using multivariate analysis. Biometric data and morphology analysis showed an asymmetry (P < 0.05) between both otolith (right-left) in intra and inter individual and even inter-population except the surface values (P > 0.05). The possible cause of this fluctuating asymmetry in this species has been discussed in relation to developmental instability resulting from genetic and environmental stress.
Seasonal trace metal contents in sediments and in the polychaete annelid Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) in Tunis Lagoon
Creators: name: MDAINI, Zied
name: EL CAFSI, MHamed
name: GAGNE, Jean-Pierre
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2020

description: This study assessed the seasonal variations of twelve trace metal contents (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Tl, and Zn) in sediments and in the polychaete Marphysa sanguinea in Tunis Lagoon. Sampling was performed at four seasons in three stations in Tunis North Lagoon (TNL) and at one station in Tunis South Lagoon (TSL). Stations were selected based on availability of M. sanguinea and their proximity to pollution sources. Metals in sediments increase in the following order: Sn, Tl, Hg, Cd, Se, Co, As, Ni, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ti. The highest trace metal concentrations in sediments were found in TSL. The physicochemical conditions (temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, granulometry, and pH) in the lagoon promote the presence of metals in sediments rather than dissolved in water. However, metal burdens in M. sanguinea were higher than those in sediments for most metals. Bioaccumulation factors in the polychaetes showed high values for Sn, As, and Ti (59, 101, and 150, respectively). Principal component analysis revealed segregation of metals in M. sanguinea depending on whether or not they are essential for the organism. The diet of M. sanguinea seems to be an important route explaining the presence of trace metals. In this study the polychaeta M. sanguinea has proved its usefulness as bioindicator species to monitor the trace metal contamination and the restauration status of the Tunis Lagoon.
(253) Isabella G Turnbull
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.
A Population-Based Study of the Association of Medical Manpower with County Trauma Death Rates in the United States
Creators: name: Weaver, Nancy
name: Sheldon, George
name: Rutledge, Robert
name: Ramenofsky, Max
name: Meyer, Anthony
name: Baker, Christopher
name: Fakhry, Samir
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1994

description: OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between measures of medical manpower available to treat trauma patients and county trauma death rates in the United States. The primary hypothesis was that greater availability of medical manpower to treat trauma injury would be associated with lower trauma death rates. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: When viewed from the standpoint of the number of productive years of life lost, trauma has a greater effect on health care and lost productivity in the United States than any disease. Allocation of health care manpower to treat injuries seems logical, but studies have not been done to determine its efficacy. The effect of medical manpower and hospital resource allocation on the outcome of injury in the United States has not been fully explored or adequately evaluated. METHODS: Data on trauma deaths in the United States were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics. Data on the number of surgeons and emergency medicine physicians were obtained from the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association. Data on physicians who have participated in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Advanced Trauma Life Support Course (ATLS) were obtained from the ACS. Membership information for the American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST) was obtained from that organization. Demographic data were obtained from the United States Census Bureau. Multivariate stepwise linear regression and cluster analysis were used to model the county trauma death rates in the United States. The Statistical Analysis System (Cary, NC) for statistical analysis was used. RESULTS: Bivariate and multivariate analyses showed that a variety of medical manpower measures and demographic factors were associated with county trauma death rates in the United States. As in other studies, measures of low population density and high levels of poverty were found to be strongly associated with increased trauma death rates. After accounting for these variables, using multivariate analysis and cluster analysis, an increase in the following medical manpower measures were associated with decreased county trauma death rates: number of board-certified general surgeons, number of board-certified emergency medicine physicians, number of AAST members, and number of ATLS-trained physicians. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms previous work that showed a strong relation among measures of poverty, rural setting, and increased county trauma death rates. It also found that counties with more board-certified surgeons per capita and with more surgeons with an increased interest (AAST membership) or increased training (ATLS) in trauma care have lower per-capita trauma death rates.
Scorpaena nasicornua sp. nov. (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aden, northwestern Indian Ocean
Creators: name: FRICKE, Ronald
name: ZHUKOV, Mikhail Yu.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2020

description: The scorpionfish Scorpaena nasicornua sp. nov. is described from the Gulf of Aden. The new species is characterized by dorsal-fin spines 12 and soft rays 9, anal-fin spines III and soft rays 5, pectoral-fin rays 17, occiput with a deep pit or depression, scales on body and pectoral-fin base ctenoid, base of pectoral fin and chest scaled, scales on flank cycloid 41 in lateral row behind supracleithral spine to base of caudal fin, predorsal scales 5, no mandibular pores at symphysis of lower jaw, interorbital distance 1.9 in orbit diameter. A key to the species of Scorpaena in the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean (including the Red Sea) is presented.
Report of epibiont ciliates (Ciliophora) on harpacticoid copepods from Caribbean mesophotic reefs
Creators: name: CHATTERJEE, Tapas
name: DOVGAL, Igor
name: SCHIZAS, Nikolaos V.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2020

description: The paper dealt with the description of ciliate epibionts on copepods from mesophotic reefs located in Puerto Rico. The trophonts of the suctorian ciliates Thecacineta calix and Trichophrya odontophora as well as phoronts of the apostome ciliate Vampyrophrya sp. were investigated and described. The two latter species were observed at shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems and on harpacticoid copepod hosts for the first time.
Management and Outcome of Abdominal Shotgun Wounds Trauma Score and the Role of Exploratory Laparotomy
Creators: name: Napolitano, Lena
name: Baker, Christopher
name: Meyer, Anthony
name: Oller, Dale
name: Rutledge, Robert
name: Cairns, Bruce
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: OBJECTIVE: The management and outcome of 138 abdominal shotgun wounds were examined over a 5-year period. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: It has been proposed that exploratory laparotomy may be unnecessary and even overused in a subset of patients with abdominal shotgun wounds. METHODS: Data on shotgun wound patients from October 1987 through March 1992 from a statewide trauma registry were examined. Patients with abdominal shotgun wounds were identified and compared with patients with nonabdominal shotgun wounds. RESULTS: Of 516 shotgun wound patients, 138 (26.7%) had abdominal wounds and 88 (63.8%) had exploratory laparotomies. Abdominal shotgun wounds resulted in significantly longer number of intensive care unit days (4.3 vs. 2.5, p < 0.05), a greater number of blood units transfused (7.8 vs. 2.4, p < 0.05), and a higher mortality (15.9% vs. 4.8%, p < 0.05) when compared with nonabdominal shotgun wounds. When stratified for trauma score, the mortality for abdominal shotgun wounds always was significantly greater than for nonabdominal shotgun wounds. All abdominal shotgun wound patients with trauma scores less than ten died. The negative laparotomy rate for abdominal shotgun wound patients with normal trauma scores was 9.4%. No patient with a negative laparotomy died. CONCLUSION: Abdominal shotgun wounds are a particularly lethal subset of shotgun wounds. Although some abdominal shotgun wound patients can be managed without laparotomy, the morbidity and mortality for these injuries are substantial, even in patients with normal trauma score. Clinical judgment is an excellent predictor of the need for laparotomy.
FEMINISM AND THE DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: A VIEWPOINT THROUGH THAI PUBLIC POLICY
Creators: name: Wiboonpanuvej, Tana
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Thailand
Year: 2020
Subjects: Feminism
Public Policy
Violence against Women
Human Rights

description: SOCIAL SCIENCE ASIA : Official Journal of National Research Council of Thailand In conjunction with Journal of Thai Justice System, 6, 2, 16-32
(254) John R Turnbull
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.
Patient, Hospital, and Surgeon Factors Associated with Breast Conservation Surgery: A Statewide Analysis in North Carolina
Creators: name: Meyer, Anthony
name: Covington, Deborah
name: Kotwall, Cyrus
name: Rutledge, Robert
name: Churchill, M. Paige
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the trend of breast conservation surgery (BCS) in North Carolina over a 6-year period and to identify patient, hospital, and surgeon factors associated with the use of BCS. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Despite evidence that BCS is an appropriate method of treatment for early stage breast cancer, surgeons in the United States have been slow to adopt this treatment method. METHODS: Cases of primary breast cancer surgery in all 157 hospitals in the state from 1988 to 1993, inclusive (N = 20,760), were obtained from the State Medical Database Commission, Area Resource File, American Hospital Association and State Board of Medical Examiner's Databases. Multiple logistic regression was used to generate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to determine factors associated with BCS. RESULTS: The rate of BCS doubled from 7.3% in 1988 to 14.3% in 1993, with an overall rate of 10.2% (2117/ 20.760). Multiple logistic regression identified the following factors associated with BCS: patient age younger than 50 years of age (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.4, 2.1), patient age 50 to 69 years of age (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.1, 1.4), private insurance (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.0, 1.4), hospital bed size 401+(OR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.6, 2.5), bed size 101 to 400 (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.3, 2.1), and surgeon graduation from medical school since 1981 (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.2, 2.0). CONCLUSIONS: Rates of BCS in North Carolina are low. Least likely to have BCS were women older than 70 years of age, without private insurance, treated at small hospitals by older surgeons. To increase the use of BCS, widespread education of surgeons, other health care providers, policy makers, and the general public is warranted.
Fission barriers and probabilities of spontaneous fission for elements with Z$\geq$100
Creators: name: Baran, A.
name: Kowal, M.
name: Reinhard, P. -G.
name: Robledo, L. M.
name: Staszczak, A.
name: Warda, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a short review of methods and results of calculations of fission barriers and fission half-lives of even-even superheavy nuclei. An approvable agreement of the following approaches is shown and discussed: The macroscopic-microscopic approach based on the stratagem of the shell correction to the liquid drop model and a vantage point of microscopic energy density functionals of Skyrme and Gogny type selfconsistently calculated within Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov method. Mass parameters are calculated in the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov cranking approximation. A short part of the paper is devoted to the nuclear fission dynamics. We also discuss the predictive power of Skyrme functionals applied to key properties of the fission path of $^{266}$Hs. It applies the standard techniques of error estimates in the framework of a $χ^2$ analysis.
description: 28 pages, 16 figures, contribution to Special Issue on SHE, submitted to Nuclear Physics A
Problems and Solutions of Preventing Children Exploitation Tourism A Case study of Samut Songkhram
Creators: name: Sirinan Tipcharoen
Publisher: name: Faculty of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Government policy
subject: Tourism
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Children Exploitation

description: Journal of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, 7, 1, 147-156
Management Outcomes in Splenic Injury: A Statewide Trauma Center Review
Creators: name: Cunningham, Paul
name: Churchill, M. Paige
name: Clancy, Thomas
name: Maxwell,, J. Gary
name: Rutledge, Robert
name: Baker, Christopher
name: Covington,, Deborah
name: Thomason, Michael
name: Oller, Dale
name: Ramshaw, David
name: Meredith, J. Wayne
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: OBJECTIVE: Clinical pathways now highlight both observation and operation as acceptable initial therapeutic options for the management of patients with splenic injury. The purpose of this study was to evaluate treatment trends for splenic injury in all North Carolina trauma centers over a 6-year period. METHODS: Splenic injuries in adults over a 6-year period (January 1988-December 1993) were identified in the North Carolina Trauma Registry using ICD-9-CM codes. Patients were divided into four groups by method of management: 1) no spleen operation, 2) splenectomy, 3) definitive splenorrhaphy, and 4) splenorrhaphy failure followed by splenectomy. The authors examined age, mechanism of injury, admitting blood pressure, and severity of injury by trauma score and injury severity score. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Comparisons were made between adult (17-64 years of age) and geriatric (older than 65 years of age) patients and between patients with blunt and penetrating injury. Resource utilization (length of stay, hospital charges) and outcome (mortality) were compared. RESULTS: One thousand two hundred fifty-five patients were identified with splenic injury. Rate of splenic preservation increased over time and was achieved in more than 50% of patients through nonoperative management (40%) and splenorrhaphy (12%). Splenorrhaphy was not used commonly in either blunt or penetrating injury. Overall mortality was 13%. Geriatric patients had a higher mortality and resource utilization regardless of their mechanism of injury or method of management. CONCLUSIONS: Nonoperative management represents the prevailing method of splenic preservation in both the adult and geriatric population in North Carolina trauma center hospitals. Satisfactory outcomes and economic advantages accompany nonoperative management in this adult population.
First record of Anteaeolidiella lurana (Marcus Er. & Marcus Ev., 1967) (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) in Portugal
Creators: name: PÉREZ-GARCÍA, Patricia
name: CARMONA, Leila
name: CALADO, Gonçalo
name: CERVERA, Juan Lucas
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2019

description: The present paper reports the first record of the nudibranch species Anteaeolidiella lurana (Marcus Er. & Marcus Ev., 1967) for the marine fauna of Portugal. Two specimens were collected on May 2018 in the intertidal zone of Ría Formosa, a protected area of southern Portugal.
(255) Margaret C Turnbull
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.
First record of the Lessepsian Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 (Perciformes, Nemipteridae) in Greece
Creators: name: KAMPOURIS, Thodoros E.
name: DOUMPAS, Nikolaos
name: GIOVOS, Ioannis
name: BATJAKAS, Ioannis E.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2019

description: The first occurrence of a single specimen of the Lessepsian Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 is reported for the first time off Greek waters from south-eastern Aegean Sea, Rhodes Island (36°05'28.9"N-28°05'38.4"E). The current record fills an important gap in the species distribution in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, the present study raises some concerns on the effectiveness of alien species monitoring programmes.
title: Zachwyt czy przerażenie, czyli co czuje Europejczyk w chińskim mieście?
title: Admiration or dismay, what does a European feel in a Chinese city?
Creators: name: Stępczyńska-Motyl, Wiktoria
Publisher: name: 10. Ogólnopolskie Seminarium Naukowe Studentów Architektury Łódź U Like 2018 / Wydawnictwo Politechniki Łódzkiej
Year: 2019

description: W poniższym artykule prezentowane są idee kształtowania miast oraz współczesne rozwiązania w zakresie ich transformacji i dostosowywania do ludzkiej skali. Omówiono także najważniejsze punkty w przestrzeni miejskiej, na które zwraca uwagę przechodzień oraz kilka przykładów rozwiązań pokazujących, co sprawia, że człowiek czuje się dobrze w danej przestrzeni. Tekst zawiera także informacje o rozwoju Chin pod koniec ubiegłego stulecia, a także liczne spostrzeżenia z podróży po wielkich miastach, czyli Pekinie, Wuhan i Szanghaju. Pokazując walory chińskich miast i ich wady, odpowiemy na pytanie: czego możemy nauczyć się od Chińczyków? Rozwiniemy także myśl o kondycji mieszkańców współczesnych miast-gigantów.
description: Ideas of reshaping cities and contemporary solutions in the fi eld of their transformation and adjustment to human scale. The most important points in the urban space that a pedestrian pays attention to. A few examples, what makes a person feel good in a given space. A brief outline of China’s history of development at the end of the last century. Observations from travels to 3 of the biggest cities: Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai. The qualities and disadvantages of Chinese cities. What can we learn from the Chinese? A brief refl ection on the development of cities, is this the end of development? Summary to develop the idea of whether people are happy in a big or even bigger city?
(252) James Turnbull
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.
Salmonella presence on European pig farms
Creators: name: Smith, Richard Piers
name: Jones, Hannah
name: Burow, Elke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pig
Salmonella

description: The BIOPIGEE project (‘Biosecurity practices for pig farming across Europe’) was designed to study the effectiveness of biosecurity measures for the control of two important zoonotic pig pathogens: Salmonella and hepatitis E virus (HEV). To study this, 30 pig farms were to be enrolled from each of seven European countries (AT, BG, CZ, DE, PL, IT, UK) to collect biosecurity information and samples to determine the farms’ risk status for these two pathogens. This study describes the data collected on Salmonella presence. Farm types included were: fattening; breeding; and farrow-to-finish units. Small holdings, nucleus/ multiplier units and Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) herds were excluded. From each farm, 20 pooled floor faeces samples were collected; with 10 pools collected per sample. Samples were collected from the floor of gilt, dry sow and finisher enclosures, selected to be representative of the farm’s population. Samples were tested for Salmonella using traditional bacteriology methods in accordance with ISO 6579-1:2017. In total, 199 farms were sampled (18-33 per country) from January 2020 to November 2021 and Salmonella was detected from 69 farms (34.7%), with 1-18 positive samples per positive farm (305 in total). The average percentage of positive samples was 7.6% in total, and 21.9% on the positive farms. The 57 fattener farms had an average of 9.3% samples positive and 36.8% farms were positive; 40 breeding farms also had an average of 9.3% samples positive (42.5% farms positive); 102 farrow-to-finish farms had an average of 5.9% samples positive (30.4% farms positive). Serovar results were provided from 297 samples and 23 different serovars were detected, with 1-3 serovars detected per positive farm. The most common serovars were S. Derby, monophasic S. Typhimurium (mST) and S. Infantis (98, 85 and 31 isolates respectively). Five other serovars had 6-26 isolates detected and the remaining 15 serovars were detected in five or fewer isolates. S. Derby and monophasic S. Typhimurium were the most commonly detected in most countries (both by number of samples and number of farms). However, from the Bulgarian farms, S. Infantis was the most common and in Austria, only two farms were positive and these had different serovars: S. Infantis and S. Montevideo. These results indicate the difference in Salmonella presence within European pig farms and between farm types. This work was supported by funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement 773830: One Health European Joint Programme.
The Fibrinolytic Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression: Mechanism of Enhanced Fibrinolysis
Creators: name: Comerota, Anthony
name: Harada, Russell
name: Sun, Ling
name: Hosking, James
name: Chouhan, Vibhuti
name: Rao, A. Koneti
name: Schlappy, David
name: Veermansunemi, Ravi
name: Comerota, Anthony
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) is an effective form of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis for general surgery patients. The antithrombotic effect of IPC is thought to be the result of increased venous velocity and stimulation of endogenous fibrinolysis. However, the mechanism of enhanced fibrinolytic activity and the relative effects on normal and postthrombotic veins have not been defined. The purposes of this study are 1) to quantify changes in fibrinolytic activity with IPC; 2) to study the mechanism of fibrinolytic enhancement with IPC; and 3) to evaluate whether postthrombotic patients have the same capacity for fibrinolytic enhancement with IPC as do normal subjects. METHODS: Twelve volunteers (6 normal and 6 postthrombotic) had 5 IPC devices applied for 120 minutes in random fashion, 1 per week x 5 weeks. The devices included single-chamber, sequential, foot, calf, and long-leg compression. Subjects had an indwelling antecubital venous cannula placed for blood drawn at baseline, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after IPC devices were applied. Global fibrinolytic activity (euglobulin fraction, fibrin plate assay), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) antigen (Ag) and activity (Act), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) Ag and Act, alpha-2-antiplasmin-plasmin complexes, and von Willebrand factor (vWF) antigen were assayed. RESULTS: A striking elevation in fibrinolytic activity was noted at 180 minutes with all devices in normal subjects and postthrombotic patients (p = 0.01-0.0001); however, baseline and stimulated fibrinolytic activity was attenuated in postthrombotic patients (<0.03). The tPA-Act increased only in normal subjects (3.8 +/- 1.9%) (p = 0.057), despite a decrease in plasma tPA-Ag, which was observed in both normal subjects (-12.4 +/- 3.8%) (p = 0.009) and patients (-17.2 +/- 3.1%) (p = 0.001). PAI-1-Ag decreased in both normal subjects (-13.4 +/- 3.8%) (p = 0.007) and patients (-12.0 +/- 3.1%) (p = 0.013) with a marked reduction in PAI-1-Act in both normal subjects (p = 0.003) and patients (p = 0.004). There were no changes in vWF, and alpha-2-antiplasmin-plasmin complexes increased only in postthrombotic patients (p = 0.021). CONCLUSIONS: Stimulation of endogenous fibrinolytic activity occurs after IPC, both in normal subjects and postthrombotic patients; however, baseline and overall fibrinolytic response in postthrombotic patients is reduced. The mechanism of increased fibrinolytic activity is likely because of a reduction in PAI-1, with a resulting increase of tPA activity.
Hawking radiation as the cosmic censor
Creators: name: Düztaş, Koray
name: Semiz, İbrahim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hawking radiation acts as a cosmic censor since it carries away the angular momentum of the black hole, proportionally more than its mass. In this work we first show that an extremal black hole cannot exist since it will be pushed away from extremality by its own Hawking radiation, without being perturbed by any external effect. We evaluate the efficiency of Hawking radiation to prevent overspinning of black holes. We make an order of magnitude estimate to show that evaporation can prevent overspinning of black holes with an upper limit of mass $M\lesssim 10^{17}-10^{18}\rm{g}$, when we take the interaction period to be the age of the universe. Overspinning of black holes of higher masses by test fields remains possible, even if evaporation is taken into account. We also discuss the possibility to attribute a shorter interaction period for the problem which would reduce the effect of evaporation.
description: Published version
CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, MEASURES, AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILDREN IN THAILAND
Creators: name: Kattiya Ratanadilok
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Thailand
Year: 2020
Subjects: CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES
MEASURES
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
VIOLENT OFFENDERS

description: SOCIAL SCIENCE ASIA : Official Journal of National Research Council of Thailand In conjunction with Journal of Thai Justice System, 6, 2, 33-45
(248) Robina S M Turnbull
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.
Diagnosis and Initial Management of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma: Guidelines From a Multiinstitutional Review
Creators: name: Baker, Christopher
name: Young, Peter
name: Bradley, Edward
name: Reed, Larry
name: Allen, James
name: Chang, Michael
name: Meredith, Wayne
name: Thomason, Michael
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1998

description: OBJECTIVE: The authors' objective was to resolve the current controversies surrounding the diagnosis and management of blunt pancreatic trauma (BPT). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: The diagnosis of BPT is notoriously difficult: serum amylase has been claimed to be neither sensitive nor specific, and recent anecdotal reports have suggested a role for computed tomography. The therapy of BPT has been controversial, with some suggesting selective observation and others advocating immediate exploration to prevent a delay-induced escalation in morbidity and death. METHODS: The authors conducted a retrospective chart review of documented BPT from six institutions, using a standardized binary data form composed of 187 items and 237 data fields. RESULTS: A significant correlation between pancreas-specific morbidity and injury to the main pancreatic duct (MPD) was noted. Patients requiring delayed surgical intervention after an unsuccessful period of observation demonstrated notably higher pancreas-specific mortality and morbidity rates, principally because of the incidence of unrecognized injuries to the MPD. Although detection of MPD injuries by computed tomography was no better than flipping a coin, endoscopic pancreatography was accurate in each of the five cases in which it was used. CONCLUSIONS: The principal cause of pancreas-specific morbidity after BPT is injury to the MPD. Parenchymal pancreatic injuries not involving the ductal system rarely result in pancreas-specific morbidity or death. Delay in recognizing MPD injury leads to increased mortality and morbidity rates. CT is unreliable in diagnosing MPD injury and should not be used to guide therapy. Initial selection of patients with isolated BPT for observation or surgery can be based on the determination of MPD integrity.
A new marine mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from the Persian Gulf, Iran
Creators: name: ASADI, Mahdieh
name: SMIT, Harry
name: PEŠIĆ, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2019

description: Pontarachna persiangulfia sp. nov., a new species of pontarachnid mites of the suborder Hydrachnidia, is described from Persian Gulf, Iran. The new species is most similar to Pontarachna arabica Pešić et al., 2008 from the Red Sea. The new species can be separated in the shape of genital field and terminal segment of the legs.
Disconema zhangi sp. nov. (Linhomoidae: Nematoda) from the East China Sea
Creators: name: SUN, Jing
name: ZHAI, Hongxiu
name: HUANG, Yong
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2019

description: One new free-living marine nematode species is described from the seafloor sediment of East China Sea based on the male specimens. Disconema zhangi sp. nov. is characterized by having a small body of less than 1 mm, papilliform cephalic sensilla, oblong amphidial fovea, conical cardia, slender and arcuate spicules, presence of dorso-caudal gubernacular apophyses, conico-cylindrical tail with an enlarged terminal end with terminal setae. The new species is distinguished from the congeners by the combination of following characters: body length, cephalic sensilla length, amphid shape and size, tail shape, reproductive structure and cardia size.
Co-creative media innovation to promote OTOP Nawatwithi community-based tourism: a case of Ban-klongyong, Salaya Sub-district, Phuttamonthon Sub District, Nakhon Pathom Province
Creators: name: Vichet Saengduangdee
Publisher: name: Faculty of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.
Year: 2020
Subjects: Community Based Tourism Management
creative media
innovation
OTOP Nawatwithi
Ban Klong Yoang
community identity

description: Journal of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, 7, 1, 157-172
Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Determinants of Disease Progression in Patients <21 Years of Age at Diagnosis: A Report from the Surgical Discipline Committee of the Children's Cancer Group
Creators: name: Heller, Glenn
name: Holcomb, George
name: Haase, Gerald
name: Azizkhan, Richard
name: Black, Thomas
name: Vlamis, Vaia
name: Newman, Kurt
name: Sklar, Charles
name: La Quaglia, Michael
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1998

description: OBJECTIVE: This study was done to define the extent of disease and evaluate the effect of staging and treatment variables on progression-free survival in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who were less than 21 years of age at diagnosis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Differentiated thyroid cancer in young patients is associated with early regional lymph node involvement and distant parenchymal metastases. Despite this, the overall long-term survival rate is greater than 90%, which suggests that biologic rather than treatment factors have a greater effect on outcome. METHODS: Variables analyzed for their impact on progression-free survival in a multi-institutional cohort of 329 patients included age, antecedent thyroid irradiation, extrathyroidal tumor extension, size, nodal involvement, distant metastases, technique of thyroid surgery and lymphatic dissection, initial treatment with 131Iodine, residual cervical disease, and histopathologic subtype. Surgical complications were correlated with the specific procedures completed on the thyroid gland or cervical lymphatics. RESULTS: The overall progression-free survival rate was 67% (95%, CI: 61%-73%) at 10 years with 2 disease-related deaths. Regional lymph node and distant metastases were present in 74% and 25% of patients, respectively. Progression-free survival was less in younger patients (p = 0.009) and those with residual cervical disease after thyroid surgery (p = 0.001). Permanent hypocalcemia was more frequent after total or subtotal thyroidectomy (p = 0.001) while wound complications increased after radical neck dissections (p < 0.00001). CONCLUSIONS: The progression-free survival rate was better after a complete resection and in older patients. Progression-free survival rate was the same after lobectomy or more extensive thyroid procedures, but comparison was confounded by the increased use of total or subtotal thyroidectomy in patients with advanced disease. The risk of permanent hypocalcemia increased when total or subtotal thyroidectomy was done. Thyroid lobectomy alone may be appropriate for patients with small localized lesions while total or subtotal thyroidectomy should be considered for more extensive tumors.
(249) John Turnbull
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.
CMB low multipole alignments in the $\mathbfΛ$CDM and Dipolar models
Creators: name: Polastri, L.
name: Gruppuso, A.
name: Natoli, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dipolar model \cite{Gordon:2005ai} has attracted much interest because it may phenomenologically explain the CMB hemispherical power asymmetry found in the WMAP and Planck data. Since such a model explicitly breaks isotropy at large angular scales it is natural to wonder whether it can also explain other CMB directional anomalies. Focusing on the low $\ell$ alignments and assuming $Λ$CDM, we confirm that the quadrupole/octupole and the dipole/quadrupole/octupole alignments are anomalous with a significance up to $99.9\%$ C.L., for both WMAP and Planck data. Moreover, we show for the first time that such features are anomalous also in the dipolar model, roughly at the same level as in $Λ$CDM. We conclude that the dipolar model does not provide a better fit to the data than the $Λ$CDM.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures and 4 tables