cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chronic Periodontitis Genome-wide Association Study in the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos
Creators: name: Finlayson,
name: Salazar,
name: Agler,
name: Sofer,
name: Singer,
name: Wong,
name: North,
name: Cai,
name: Beck,
name: Kerr,
name: Laurie,
name: Divaris,
name: Marazita,
name: Shaffer,
name: Sanders,
name: Offenbacher,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Chronic periodontitis (CP) has a genetic component, particularly its severe forms. Evidence from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) has highlighted several potential novel loci. Here, the authors report the first GWAS of CP among a large community-based sample of Hispanics/Latinos. The authors interrogated a quantitative trait of CP (mean interproximal clinical attachment level determined by full-mouth periodontal examinations) among 10,935 adult participants (mean age: 45 y, range: 18 to 76 y) from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos. Genotyping was done with a custom Illumina Omni2.5M array, and imputation to approximately 20 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms was based on the 1000 Genomes Project phase 1 reference panel. Analyses were based on linear mixed models adjusting for sex, age, study design features, ancestry, and kinship and employed a conventional P < 5 × 10−8 statistical significance threshold. The authors identified a genome-wide significant association signal in the 1q42.2 locus (TSNAX-DISC1 noncoding RNA, lead single-nucleotide polymorphism: rs149133391, minor allele [C] frequency = 0.01, P = 7.9 × 10−9) and 4 more loci with suggestive evidence of association (P < 5 × 10−6): 1q22 (rs13373934), 5p15.33 (rs186066047), 6p22.3 (rs10456847), and 11p15.1 (rs75715012). We tested these loci for replication in independent samples of European-American (n = 4,402) and African-American (n = 908) participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. There was no replication among the European Americans; however, the TSNAX-DISC1 locus replicated in the African-American sample (rs149133391, minor allele frequency = 0.02, P = 9.1 × 10−3), while the 1q22 locus was directionally concordant and nominally significant (rs13373934, P = 4.0 × 10−2). This discovery GWAS of interproximal clinical attachment level—a measure of lifetime periodontal tissue destruction—was conducted in a large, community-based sample of Hispanic/Latinos. It identified a genome-wide significant locus that was independently replicated in an African-American population. Identifying this genetic marker offers direction for interrogation in subsequent genomic and experimental studies of CP.
Dispersive derivation of the pion distribution amplitude
Creators: name: Li, Hsiang-nan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the dependence of the leading-twist pion light-cone distribution amplitude (LCDA) on a parton momentum fraction $x$ by directly solving the dispersion relations for the moments with inputs from the operator product expansion (OPE) of the corresponding correlation function. It is noticed that these dispersion relations must be organized into those for the Gegenbauer coefficients first in order to avoid the ill-posed problem appearing in the conversion from the moments to the Gegenbauer coefficients. Given the values of various condensates in the OPE, we find that a solution for the pion LCDA, which is stable in the Gegenbauer expansion, exists. Moreover, the solution from summing contributions up to 18 Gegenbauer polynomials is smooth, and can be well approximated by a function proportional to $x^p(1-x)^p$ with $p\approx 0.45$ at the scale $μ=2$ GeV. Turning off the condensates, we get the asymptotic form, independent of the scale $μ$, for the pion LCDA as expected. We then solve for the pion LCDA at a different scale $μ=1.5$ GeV with the condensate inputs at this $μ$, and demonstrate that the result is consistent with the one obtained by evolving the Gegenbauer coefficients from $μ=2$ GeV to 1.5 GeV. That is, our formalism is compatible with the QCD evolution. The strength of the above approach that goes beyond analyses limited to only the first few moments of a LCDA in conventional QCD sum rules is highlighted. The precision of our results can be improved systematically by including higher-order and higher-power terms in the OPE.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures, journal version, more references included
The German-Jewish paediatrician Albert Eckstein (1891-1950) exiled to Turkey: Pioneering modern paediatric care and social hygiene (health sciences) during World War II
Creators: name: Heinzelmann, Wilfried
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: During the thirties of the twentieth century, German medical doctors immigrated to Turkey. Among them, was the German-Jewish paediatrician Albert Eckstein. In this short biography, the richness of the literature, written by or about Eckstein, will be presented, and altogether combined. Starting from 1937 and further on, Albert Eckstein undertook scientific surveys on children’s state of health and health care in the most remote areas of Anatolia. The value of the social-hygienic approach could be recognized, even in this early stage, starting with epidemiological analysis and followed by basic comprehensive health care. Social hygiene, as a young branch of health sciences at the time, was in the position even then to model the health care system for large population groups, at least in countries actively developing health care, as was Turkey of that time. Albert Eckstein and his co-workers, such as Ihsan Dogramaci, stand out as founders of the modern Turkish health care system today and health sciences in this country.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume III, 2015
Are NH$_3$ and CO$_2$ ice present on Miranda?
Creators: name: DeColibus, Riley A.
name: Chanover, Nancy J.
name: Cartwright, Richard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Published near-infrared spectra of the four largest classical Uranian satellites display the presence of discrete deposits of CO$_2$ ice, along with subtle absorption features around 2.2 $μ$m. The two innermost satellites, Miranda and Ariel, also possess surfaces heavily modified by past endogenic activity. Previous observations of the smallest satellite, Miranda, have not detected the presence of CO$_2$ ice, and a report of an absorption feature at 2.2 $μ$m has not been confirmed. An absorption feature at 2.2 $μ$m could result from exposed or emplaced NH$_3$- or NH$_4$-bearing species, which have a limited lifetime on Miranda's surface, and therefore may imply that Miranda's internal activity was relatively recent. In this work, we analyzed near-infrared spectra of Miranda to determine whether CO$_2$ ice and the 2.2-$μ$m feature are present. We measured the band area and depth of the CO$_2$ ice triplet (1.966, 2.012, and 2.070 $μ$m), a weak 2.13-$μ$m band attributed to CO$_2$ ice mixed with H$_2$O ice, and the 2.2-$μ$m band. We confirmed a prior detection of a 2.2-$μ$m band on Miranda, but we found no evidence for CO$_2$ ice, either as discrete deposits or mixed with H$_2$O ice. We compared a high signal-to-noise spectrum of Miranda to synthetic and laboratory spectra of various candidate compounds to shed light on what species may be responsible for the 2.2-$μ$m band. We conclude that the 2.2-$μ$m absorption is best matched by a combination of NH$_3$ ice with NH$_3$-hydrates or NH$_3$-H$_2$O mixtures. NH$_4$-bearing salts like NH$_4$Cl are also promising candidates that warrant further investigation.
description: 29 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in Planetary Science Journal
Rubus Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Doweld, Alexander B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Rosales
Rosaceae
Rubus

description: Rubus Linnaeus (1753: 492), nom. cons.
 Type: — R. fruticosus Linnaeus (l.c.: 493), typ. cons.
description: Published as part of Doweld, Alexander B., 2019, New names of fossil Rubus (Rosaceae). Addendum I, pp. 198-200 in Phytotaxa 393 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.393.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13716895
Solar Energetic Particles: Spatial Extent and Implications of the H and He Abundances
Creators: name: Reames, Donald V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the earliest indicators of the importance of shock acceleration of solar energetic particles (SEPs) was the broad spatial extent of the "gradual" SEP events produced as the shock waves, driven by wide, fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs), expand across the Sun with cross-field transport mediated by the shocks. Contrasting "impulsive" SEP events, with characteristic enhancements of 3He and of heavy elements, are now associated with magnetic reconnection on open field lines in solar jets. However, large shock waves can also traverse pools of residual impulsive suprathermal ions and jets can produce fast CMEs that drive shock waves; in both cases shocks reaccelerate ions with the "impulsive" abundance signatures as well as coronal plasma. These more-complex events produce "excess protons" that identify this process, and recently, differences in the distribution of 4He abundances have also been found to depend upon the combination of seed population and acceleration mode. Extreme differences in the 4He abundances may reflect underlying differences in the abundances of the coronal regions being sampled by solar jets and, surprisingly, SEP events where shock waves sample two seed-particle populations seem to have about twice the 4He/O ratio of those with a single source.
description: 26 pages, 14 figures, submitted to Space Sci. Rev
Solving the Pulsar Equation using Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Creators: name: Stefanou, Petros
name: Urbán, Jorge F.
name: Pons, José A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) are skilfully applied to explore a diverse range of pulsar magneto-spheric models, specifically focusing on axisymmetric cases. The study successfully reproduced various axisymmetric models found in the literature, including those with non-dipolar configurations, while effectively characterizing current sheet features. Energy losses in all studied models were found to exhibit reasonable similarity, differing by no more than a factor of three from the classical dipole case. This research lays the groundwork for a reliable elliptic Partial Differential Equation solver tailored for astrophysical problems. Based on these findings, we foresee that the utilization of PINNs will become the most efficient approach in modelling three-dimensional magnetospheres. This methodology shows significant potential and facilitates an effortless generalization, contributing to the advancement of our understanding of pulsar magnetospheres.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, version 2
Efficient Learning of Interpretable Classification Rules
Creators: name: Ghosh, Bishwamittra
name: Malioutov, Dmitry
name: Meel, Kuldeep S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Machine learning has become omnipresent with applications in various safety-critical domains such as medical, law, and transportation. In these domains, high-stake decisions provided by machine learning necessitate researchers to design interpretable models, where the prediction is understandable to a human. In interpretable machine learning, rule-based classifiers are particularly effective in representing the decision boundary through a set of rules comprising input features. The interpretability of rule-based classifiers is in general related to the size of the rules, where smaller rules are considered more interpretable. To learn such a classifier, the brute-force direct approach is to consider an optimization problem that tries to learn the smallest classification rule that has close to maximum accuracy. This optimization problem is computationally intractable due to its combinatorial nature and thus, the problem is not scalable in large datasets. To this end, in this paper we study the triangular relationship among the accuracy, interpretability, and scalability of learning rule-based classifiers. The contribution of this paper is an interpretable learning framework IMLI, that is based on maximum satisfiability (MaxSAT) for synthesizing classification rules expressible in proposition logic. Despite the progress of MaxSAT solving in the last decade, the straightforward MaxSAT-based solution cannot scale. Therefore, we incorporate an efficient incremental learning technique inside the MaxSAT formulation by integrating mini-batch learning and iterative rule-learning. In our experiments, IMLI achieves the best balance among prediction accuracy, interpretability, and scalability. As an application, we deploy IMLI in learning popular interpretable classifiers such as decision lists and decision sets.
description: 41 Pages, Published in JAIR Vol. 74 (2022)
GWAS Identifies New Loci for Painful Temporomandibular Disorder: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
Creators: name: Kaste,
name: Meloto,
name: Ohrbach,
name: Fillingim,
name: Marazita,
name: Laurie,
name: Shaffer,
name: Jain,
name: Smith,
name: Slade,
name: Bernhardt,
name: Ribeiro-Dasilva,
name: Lähdesmäki,
name: Teumer,
name: Kocher,
name: Järvelin,
name: Rizzatti-Barbosa,
name: Pesonen,
name: Kerr,
name: Schwahn,
name: Sipilä,
name: Serrano,
name: Männikkö,
name: Diatchenko,
name: Sofer,
name: Maixner,
name: Sanders,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a musculoskeletal condition characterized by pain and reduced function in the temporomandibular joint and/or associated masticatory musculature. Prevalence in the United States is 5% and twice as high among women as men. We conducted a discovery genome-wide association study (GWAS) of TMD in 10,153 participants (769 cases, 9,384 controls) of the US Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). The most promising single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were tested in meta-analysis of 4 independent cohorts. One replication cohort was from the United States, and the others were from Germany, Finland, and Brazil, totaling 1,911 TMD cases and 6,903 controls. A locus near the sarcoglycan alpha (SGCA), rs4794106, was suggestive in the discovery analysis (P = 2.6 × 106) and replicated (i.e., 1-tailed P = 0.016) in the Brazilian cohort. In the discovery cohort, sex-stratified analysis identified 2 additional genome-wide significant loci in females. One lying upstream of the relaxin/insulin-like family peptide receptor 2 (RXP2) (chromosome 13, rs60249166, odds ratio [OR] = 0.65, P = 3.6 × 10−8) was replicated among females in the meta-analysis (1-tailed P = 0.052). The other (chromosome 17, rs1531554, OR = 0.68, P = 2.9 × 10−8) was replicated among females (1-tailed P = 0.002), as well as replicated in meta-analysis of both sexes (1-tailed P = 0.021). A novel locus at genome-wide level of significance (rs73460075, OR = 0.56, P = 3.8 × 10−8) in the intron of the dystrophin gene DMD (X chromosome), and a suggestive locus on chromosome 7 (rs73271865, P = 2.9 × 10−7) upstream of the Sp4 Transcription Factor (SP4) gene were identified in the discovery cohort, but neither of these was replicated. The SGCA gene encodes SGCA, which is involved in the cellular structure of muscle fibers and, along with DMD, forms part of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. Functional annotation suggested that several of these variants reside in loci that regulate processes relevant to TMD pathobiologic processes.
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 9 (15)]
Creators: name: Rusca, Bernardus
name: Uualdricus
name: Uuilixus
name: Anricus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1155
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Bernardus Rusca, Uualdricus, Uuilixo und Anricus, alle consules ciuitatis von Como, verurteilen in einem Streit zwischen Uuillielmus Pristinarius aus Torno und dem Abt von St. Abundii nach Anhörung der Zeugen Uuillielmus zu einer Abgabe.
Piloting an advanced methodology to analyse health care policy networks: The example of Belgrade, Serbia
Creators: name: Wenzel, Helmut
name: Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Vesna
name: Laaser, Ulrich
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: Political decisions usually emerge from the competing interests of politicians, voters, and special interest groups. We investigated the applicability of an advanced methodological concept to determine whether certain institutional positions in a cooperating network have influence on the decision-making procedures. To that end, we made use of the institutional network of relevant health care and health governance institutions, concentrated in Belgrade, Serbia. Methods: We used a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based on a combination of measures for centrality in order to evaluate the positions of 25 players in Belgrade‟s institutional network. Their directed links were determined by a simulated position approach employing the authors‟ long-term involvement. Software packages used consisted of Visone 2.9, UCINET 6, and KeyPlayer 1.44. Results: In our analysis, the network density score in Belgrade was 71%. The PCA revealed two dimensions: control and attractiveness. The Ministry of Health exerted the highest level of control but displayed a low attractiveness in terms of receiving links from important players. The National Health Insurance Fund had less control capacity but a high attractiveness. The National Institute of Public Health‟s position was characterized by a low control capacity and high attractiveness, whereas the National Drug Agency, the National Health Council, and Non-Governmental Organisations were no prominent players. Conclusions: The advanced methodologies used here to analyse the health care policy network in Belgrade provided consistent results indicating that the intended decentralization of the health care network in Belgrade may be incomplete, still with low participation of civil society representatives. With the present study we set the stage for a broad-range survey based data collection applying the methodology piloted in Belgrade.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
Estimating health impacts and economic costs of air pollution in the Republic of Macedonia
Creators: name: Meisner, Craig
name: Gjorgjev, Dragan
name: Tozija, Fimka
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: This paper assesses the magnitude of health impacts and economic costs of fine particulate matter (PM) air pollution in the Republic of Macedonia. Methods: Ambient PM10 and PM2.5 monitoring data were combined with population characteristics and exposure-response functions to calculate the incidence of several health end-points known to be highly influenced by air pollution. Health impacts were converted to Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and then translated into economic terms using three valuation approaches to form lower and higher bounds: the (adjusted) Human Capital Approach (HCA), Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) and the COI (cost of illness). Results: Fine particulate matter frequently exceeds daily and annual limit values and influences a person‟s day-to-day health and their ability to work. Converting lost years of life and disabilities into DALYs - these health effects represent an annual economic cost of approximately €253 million or 3.2% of GDP (midpoint estimate). Premature death accounts for over 90% of the total health burden since this represents a loss of total life-long income. A reduction of even 1μg/m3 in ambient PM10 or PM 2.5 would imply 195 fewer deaths and represent an economic savings of €34 million per year in reduced health costs. Conclusion: Interventions that reduce ambient PM10 or PM2.5 have significant economic savings in both the short and long run. Currently, these benefits (costs) are „hidden‟ due to the lack of information linking air quality and health outcomes and translating this into economic terms. Policymakers seeking ways to improve the public‟s health and lessen the burden on the health system could focus on a narrow set of air pollution sources to achieve these goals.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
Health and health status of children in Serbia and the desired Millennium Development Goals
Creators: name: Jovic-Vranes, Aleksandra
name: Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Vesna
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: Children represent the future, and ensuring their healthy growth and development should be a prime concern of all societies. Better health for all children is one of the leading objectives of the National Plan of Action for Children and a key element of the tailored Millennium Development Goals for Serbia. Methods: Our analysis was based on relevant literature and available information from the primary and secondary sources and databases. We analyzed health status of children that can be illustrated by indicators of child and infant mortality, morbidity, and nutritional status. Results: There has been a significant reduction in the mortality rates at the national level, particularly with regard to infants and children under five years of age. However, the current mortality rate of Roma children is still three times as high as the Millennium Goal set at the national level for Serbia. Most deaths of children under the age of five are due to preterm birth complications, congenital anomalies, birth asphyxia and trauma, pneumonia and sepsis. The rate of malnourished children among the poor and in Roma settlements is twice as high as in the general population of Serbian children. A growing number of obese children was also noted in the Roma population. Conclusion: Political awareness, commitment and leadership are required to ensure that child health receives receive the attention and the resources needed to accelerate the progress of Serbia.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
Strain effects on topological and valley properties of Janus monolayer $\mathrm{VSiGeN_4}$
Creators: name: Guo, San-Dong
name: Mu, Wen-Qi
name: Wang, Jia-Hao
name: Yang, Yu-Xuan
name: Wang, Bing
name: Ang, Yee-Sin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strain is an effective method to tune the electronic properties of two-dimension (2D) materials, and can induce novel phase transition. Recently, 2D $\mathrm{MA_2Z_4}$ family materials are of interest because of their emerging topological, magnetic and superconducting properties. Here, we investigate the impact of strain effects ($a/a_0$:0.96$\sim$1.04) on the physical properties of Janus monolayer $\mathrm{VSiGeN_4}$ as a derivative of $\mathrm{VSi_2N_4}$ or $\mathrm{VGe_2N_4}$, which possesses dynamical, mechanical and thermal stabilities. For out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy, with increasing strain, $\mathrm{VSiGeN_4}$ undergoes transition between ferrovalley semiconductor (FVS), half-valley-metal (HVM), valley-polarized quantum anomalous Hall insulator (VQAHI), HVM and FVS. These imply twice topological phase transitions, which are related with sign-reversible Berry curvature and band inversion between $d_{xy}$+$d_{x^2-y^2}$ and $d_{z^2}$ orbitals for K or -K valley. The band inversion also leads to transformation of valley splitting strength between valence and conduction bands. However, for in-plane magnetic anisotropy, no special quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) states and valley polarization exist within the considered strain range. The actual magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) shows no special QAH and HVM states in monolayer $\mathrm{VSiGeN_4}$. Fortunately, these can be easily achieved by external magnetic field, which adjusts the easy magnetization axis of $\mathrm{VSiGeN_4}$ from in-plane one to out-of-plane one. Our findings shed light on how strain can be employed to engineer the electronic states of $\mathrm{VSiGeN_4}$, which may open new perspectives for multifunctional quantum devices in valleytronics and spintronics.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
Adverse effects of maternal age, weight and smoking during pregnancy in Pleven, Bulgaria
Creators: name: Kamburova, Mariela Stefanova
name: Hristova, Petkana Angelova
name: Georgieva, Stela Ludmilova
name: Khan, Azhar
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: This paper aims to study the relationship between mothers’ age, body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG) and smoking and the risk for premature birth in Pleven, Bulgaria. Methods: A case-control study was conducted in Pleven in 2007. The study was comprehensive for all premature children (N=58) and representative for full-term infants (N=192, or 10.4% of all of the 1827 full-term children) born in 2007 at the University Hospital of Pleven and resident in the city of Pleven. Retrospective data on determinants under study were collected from all the mothers included in this study (N=250). Results: Mothers of premature children were more likely to be above 35 years old (27.6%), with a BMI ≥25 kg/m2 (23.1%), GWG below the recommended value (38.5%) and to smoke during pregnancy (37.9%). The odds of being a smoker during pregnancy were five times higher among mothers with low birth weight (LBW) newborns compared with their counterparts with normal birth weight newborns (OR=5.1, 95%CI=2.4-10.6). There was a positive association between BMI and LBW in infants whose mothers were overweight (OR=2.1, 95%CI=1.0-4.0). The risk of LBW increased when GWG was less than recommended (OR=1.8, 95%CI=1.0-3.1). Conclusion: Our results indicate that pre-pregnancy BMI ≥25 kg/m2, less than recommended GWG and smoking during pregnancy are risk factors for premature birth in Pleven region. Findings from this study suggest the need for active health and educational actions by health professionals in order to avoid premature births in Bulgaria.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
The Salivary Microbiome and Oral Cancer Risk: A Pilot Study in Fanconi Anemia
Creators: name: Torres-Pereira,
name: Soares,
name: Bonfim,
name: Moss,
name: Ribeiro,
name: Butz,
name: Roach,
name: Teles,
name: Furquim,
name: Azcarate-Peril,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disease characterized by chromosomal instability and impaired DNA damage repair. FA patients develop oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) earlier and more frequently than the general population, especially after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Although evidence of an etiological role of the local microbiome and carcinogenesis has been mounting, no information exists regarding the oral microbiome of FA patients. The aim of this study was to explore the salivary microbiome of 61 FA patients regarding their oral health status and OSCC risk factors. After answering a questionnaire and receiving clinical examination, saliva samples were collected and analyzed using 16S rRNA sequencing of the V3-V4 hypervariable region. The microbial profiles associated with medical and clinical parameters were analyzed using general linear models. Patients were young (mean age, 22 y) and most had received HSCT (n = 53). The most abundant phyla were Firmicutes [mean relative abundance (SD), 42.1% (10.1%)] and Bacteroidetes [(25.4% (11.4%)]. A history of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (n = 27) was associated with higher proportions of Firmicutes (43.8% × 38.5%, P = 0.05). High levels of gingival bleeding were associated with the genera Prevotella (22.25% × 20%), Streptococcus (19.83% × 17.61%), Porphyromonas (3.63% × 1.42%, P = 0.03), Treponema (1.02% × 0.28%, P = 0.009), Parvimonas (0.28% × 0.07%, P = 0.02) and Dialister (0.27% × 0.10%, P = 0.04). Finally, participants transplanted over 11 y ago showed the highest levels of Streptococcus (18.4%), Haemophilus (12.7%) and Neisseria (6.8%). In conclusion, FA patients that showed poor oral hygiene harbored higher proportions of the genera of bacteria compatible with gingival disease. Specific microbial differences were associated with a history of oral GVHD and a history of oral mucositis.
Lifestyle correlates of low bone mineral density in Albanian women
Creators: name: Kollcaku, Artur
name: Kollcaku, Julia
name: Duraj, Valbona
name: Backa, Teuta
name: Tafaj, Argjend
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the association of lifestyle/behavioral factors with low bone mineral density in Albanian women, a transitional country in the Western Balkans. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Tirana city in 2010 including a population-based sample of 549 women aged 35 years and above (response rate: 92%). Low bone mineral density (osteopenia and/or osteoporosis defined as a bone mineral density T-score less than -1) was assessed with a bone ultrasound device which is simple and easy to use for screening of bone mineral density in population-based studies. Binary logistic regression was used to determine the relationship of low bone mineral density with behavioral factors in this study population. Results: The prevalence of low bone mineral density in this study population was 28.4% (156/549). In multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models, low bone mineral density was positively associated with smoking (OR=4.1, 95%CI=2.2-7.4) and coffee consumption (OR=2.3, 95%CI=1.3-4.1), but inversely related to overweight and obesity (OR=0.4, 95%CI=0.2-0.7 and OR=0.3, 95%CI=0.2-0.6, respectively). Conclusion: This study offers useful evidence about the lifestyle/behavioral determinants of low bone mineral density among women in this transitional South Eastern European population. Health professionals and policymakers in Albania should be aware of the major behavioral factors which increase the risk of low bone mineral density in order to provide correct treatment and control of this condition in the general population.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
Public expenditure and drug policies in Bulgaria in 2014
Creators: name: Vekov, Toni Yonkov
name: Aleksandrova-Yankulovska, Silviya
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: The objective of this study was to provide an analysis of the factors which have a significant impact on the growth of public expenditure on medical products in Bulgaria. Methods: This research work consists of a critical analysis of the data reported by the National Health Insurance Fund in Bulgaria on the stability of the healthcare insurance model and the implementation of the budget for 2014. Results: The results from the current analysis indicate that the growth of public expenditure is directly proportional to the number of reimbursed medical products and that the pattern of prescriptions including the innovative medical products mainly for the treatment of oncological and rare diseases has a significant impact on it. Conclusion: The reasons for the increase of public expenditure in Bulgaria include the non-transparent decisions in pricing and reimbursement of the products, the lack of guidelines for presenting pharmacological evidence and the lack of legislatively-defined drug policies for the management and control of the patterns of medical prescriptions.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
Detector dependency of diffusive quantum monitorings
Creators: name: Daryanoosh, Shakib
name: Wiseman, Howard M.
name: Gambetta, Jay M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Continuous measurements play a pivotal role in the study of dynamical open quantum systems. `Dyne' detections are among the most widespread and efficient measurement schemes, and give rise to quantum diffusion of the conditioned state. In this work we study under what conditions the detector dependency of the conditional state of a quantum system subject to diffusive monitoring can be demonstrated experimentally, in the sense of ruling our any detector-independent pure-state dynamical model for the system. We consider an arbitrary number L of environments to which the system is coupled, and an arbitrary number K of different types of dyne detections. We prove that non-trivial necessary conditions for such a demonstration can be determined efficiently by semi-definite programming. To determine sufficient conditions, different physical environmental couplings and Hamiltonians for a qubit, and different sets of diffusive monitorings are scrutinized. We compare the threshold efficiencies that are sufficient in the various cases, as well as cases previously considered in the literature, to suggest the most feasible experimental options.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 9 (12)]
Creators: name: , Perpetua
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1149
Subjects: subject: Sonstige geistliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Perpetua, Äbtissin des Klosters St. Vicencii in Lodi, versichert Columba, Äbtissin des Klosters St. Rethegondae [in Mailand], dass sie ein Dokument ausfertigen lassen wird, in dem der Verkauf eines Stück Landes an Columba und der dafür erhaltene Geldbetrag niedergelegt werden. Es folgen weitere Rechtsakte.
Reaction to political and socioeconomic transition and self-perceived health status in the adult population of Gjilan region, Kosovo
Creators: name: Qazimi, Musa
name: Cakerri, Luljeta
name: Tahiri, Zejdush
name: Burazeri, Genc
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2015

description: Aim: The objective of our study was to assess the association of reaction to political and socioeconomic transition with self-perceived general health status in adult men and women in a region of Kosovo, a post-war country in the Western Balkans which has proclaimed independence in 2008. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Gjilan region of Kosovo in 2014, including a representative sample of 867 primary health care users aged ≥35 years (419 men aged 54.3±10.9 years and 448 women aged 54.0±10.1 years; overall response rate: 87%). Reaction to political and socioeconomic aspects of transition was assessed by a three-item scale (trichotomized in the analysis into positive attitude, intermediate attitude, and negative attitude towards transition), which was previously used in the neighbouring Albania. Self-reported health status was measured on a 5-point scale which was dichotomized in the analysis into “good” vs. “poor” health. Demographic and socioeconomic data were also collected. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the association of reaction to transition with self-rated health status. Results: In crude/unadjusted models, negative attitude to transition was a “strong” predictor of poor self-perceived health (OR=2.5, 95%CI=1.7-3.8). Upon multivariable adjustment for all the demographic factors and socioeconomic characteristics, the association was attenuated and was only borderline statistically significant (OR=1.6, 95%CI=1.0-2.6, P=0.07). Conclusion: Our findings indicate an important association between reaction to transition and self-perceived health status in the adult population of the newly independent Kosovo. Policymakers and decision-makers in post-war countries such as Kosovo should be aware of the health effects of attitudes towards political and socioeconomic aspects of transition, which is seemingly an important psychosocial factor.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume IV, 2015
Morphologically-Aware Consensus Computation via Heuristics-based IterATive Optimization (MACCHIatO)
Creators: name: Hamzaoui, Dimitri
name: Montagne, Sarah
name: Renard-Penna, Raphaële
name: Ayache, Nicholas
name: Delingette, Hervé
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The extraction of consensus segmentations from several binary or probabilistic masks is important to solve various tasks such as the analysis of inter-rater variability or the fusion of several neural network outputs. One of the most widely used methods to obtain such a consensus segmentation is the STAPLE algorithm. In this paper, we first demonstrate that the output of that algorithm is heavily impacted by the background size of images and the choice of the prior. We then propose a new method to construct a binary or a probabilistic consensus segmentation based on the Fréchet means of carefully chosen distances which makes it totally independent of the image background size. We provide a heuristic approach to optimize this criterion such that a voxel's class is fully determined by its voxel-wise distance to the different masks, the connected component it belongs to and the group of raters who segmented it. We compared extensively our method on several datasets with the STAPLE method and the naive segmentation averaging method, showing that it leads to binary consensus masks of intermediate size between Majority Voting and STAPLE and to different posterior probabilities than Mask Averaging and STAPLE methods. Our code is available at https://gitlab.inria.fr/dhamzaou/jaccardmap .
description: Accepted for publication at the Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging (MELBA) https://melba-journal.org/2023:013
Identifying the $Ξ_b(6100)$ as the $P$-wave bottom baryon of $J^P=3/2^-$
Creators: name: Yang, Hui-Min
name: Chen, Hua-Xing
name: Cui, Er-Liang
name: Mao, Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the $Ξ_b(6100)$ using the methods of QCD sum rules and light-cone sum rules within the framework of heavy quark effective theory. Our results suggest that the $Ξ_b(6100)$ can be well interpreted as the $P$-wave bottom baryon of $J^P=3/2^-$, belonging to the $SU(3)$ flavor $\mathbf{\bar 3}_F$ representation. It has a partner state of $J^P=1/2^-$, labelled as $Ξ_b(1/2^-)$, whose mass and width are predicted to be $m_{Ξ_b(1/2^-)}=6.08^{+0.13}_{-0.11}$~GeV and $Γ_{Ξ_b(1/2^-)}=4^{+29}_{-~4}$~MeV, with the mass splitting $ΔM=m_{Ξ_b(6100)}-m_{Ξ_b(1/2^-)}=9\pm3$~MeV. We propose to search for it in the $Ξ_c({1/2}^-)\to Ξ_b^{\prime}π$ decay channel. Our results also suggest that the $Λ_b(5912)$ and $Λ_b(5920)$ are their partner states with $J^P=1/2^-$ and $3/2^-$ respectively, and moreover, the $Λ_c(2595)$, $Λ_c(2625)$, $Ξ_c(2790)$, and $Ξ_c(2815)$ are their charmed partner states.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables, suggestions and comments welcome. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2106.15488
Proceedings 11th International Workshop on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems
Creators: name: ter Beek, Maurice H.
name: Lafuente, Alberto Lluch
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: These proceedings contain the papers presented at the 11th International Workshop on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems (WWV 2015), which was held on 23 June 2015 in Oslo, Norway, as a satellite workshop of the 20th International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM 2015). WWV is a yearly interdisciplinary forum for researchers originating from the following areas: declarative, rule-based programming, formal methods, software engineering and web-based systems. The workshop fosters the cross-fertilisation and advancement of hybrid methods from such areas.
Measuring the measurement error: A method to qualitatively validate survey data
Creators: name: Jamison, Julian
name: Sheridan, Margaret
name: Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia
name: Blattman, Christopher
name: Rodrigues, Katherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Empirical social science relies heavily on self-reported data, but subjects may misreport behaviors, especially sensitive ones such as crime or drug abuse. If a treatment influences survey misreporting, it biases causal estimates. We develop a validation technique that uses intensive qualitative work to assess survey misreporting and pilot it in a field experiment where subjects were assigned to receive cash, therapy, both, or neither. According to survey responses, both treatments reduced crime and other sensitive behaviors. Local researchers spent several days with a random subsample of subjects after surveys, building trust and obtaining verbal confirmation of four sensitive behaviors and two expenditures. In this instance, validation showed survey underreporting of most sensitive behaviors was low and uncorrelated with treatment, while expenditures were under reported in the survey across all arms, but especially in the control group. We use these data to develop measurement error bounds on treatment effects estimated from surveys.
Dynamical emergence of a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in a disordered Bose gas following a quench
Creators: name: Scoquart, Thibault
name: Delande, Dominique
name: Cherroret, Nicolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamical evolution of a two-dimensional Bose gas after a disorder potential quench. Depending on the initial conditions, the system evolves either to a thermal or a superfluid state. Using extensive quasi-exact numerical simulations, we show that the two phases are separated by a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. The thermalization time is shown to be longer in the superfluid phase, but no critical slowing down is observed at the transition. The long-time phase diagram is well reproduced by a simple theoretical model. The spontaneous emergence of Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions following a quench is a generic phenomenon that should arise both in the context of non-equilibrium quantum gases and nonlinear, classical wave systems.
description: 10 pages including a supplemental material
Coarsening in inhomogeneous systems
Creators: name: Corberi, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This Article is a brief review of coarsening phenomena occurring in systems where quenched features - such as random field, varying coupling constants or lattice vacancies - spoil homogeneity. We discuss the current understanding of the problem in ferromagnetic systems with a non-conserved scalar order parameter by focusing primarily on the form of the growth-law of the ordered domains and on the scaling properties.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures. This paper is a contribution to the special issue "Coarsening dynamics", Comptes Rendus de Physique, https://sites.google.com/site/ppoliti/crp-special-issue
Neurocognitive, Social-Behavioral, and Adaptive Functioning in Preschool Children with Mild to Moderate Kidney Disease
Creators: name: Johnson, J. Rebecca
name: Hooper, Stephen R.
name: Shinnar, Shlomo
name: Gipson, Debbie S.
name: Matheson, Matthew B.
name: Gerson, Arlene C.
name: Mendley, Susan R.
name: Morgenstern, Bruce
name: Lande, Marc B.
name: Furth, Susan L.
name: Warady, Bradley A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The negative impact of End Stage Kidney Disease on cognitive function in children is well established, but no studies have examined the neurocognitive, social-behavioral, and adaptive behavior skills of preschool children with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Resemblance of the power-law scaling behavior of a non-Markovian and nonlinear point processes
Creators: name: Kononovicius, Aleksejus
name: Kazakevičius, Rytis
name: Kaulakys, Bronislovas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We analyze the statistical properties of a temporal point process driven by a confined fractional Brownian motion. The event count distribution and power spectral density of this non--Markovian point process exhibit power--law scaling. We show that a nonlinear Markovian point process can reproduce the same scaling behavior. This result indicates a possible link between nonlinearity and apparent non--Markovian behavior.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Reconstruction of Energy Spectra of Neutrino Beams Independent of Nuclear Effects
Creators: name: Lu, X. -G.
name: Coplowe, D.
name: Shah, R.
name: Barr, G.
name: Wark, D.
name: Weber, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new technique which enables an event-by-event selection of neutrino-hydrogen interactions in multi-nuclear targets and thereby allows application of hydrogen as targets in experiments with neutrino beams without involving cryogenics or high pressure hydrogen gas. This technique could significantly improve the reconstruction of the neutrino energy spectra. Since it allows a separation between hydrogen and the accompanying nuclei, this technique also enables us to measure nuclear effects in neutrino interactions directly.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures, accepted version by PRD
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 1 (89)]
Creators: name: Trophinus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1183
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Trophinus Vicecomes garantiert, dass er und sein Bruder Mainus Güter in Ardole von Offredus, Bischof von Cremona und Graf, zu Lehen haben.
A fluid-dynamic approach to heavy-quark diffusion in the quark-gluon plasma
Creators: name: Capellino, F.
name: Beraudo, A.
name: Dubla, A.
name: Floerchinger, S.
name: Masciocchi, S.
name: Pawlowski, J.
name: Selyuzhenkov, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A fluid-dynamic approach to the diffusion of heavy quarks in the quark--gluon plasma (QGP) is presented. Specifically, we analyze the Fokker-Planck equation for the momentum transport of heavy quarks from a fluid perspective and use a mapping to second-order fluid-dynamics to determine conductivities and relaxation times governing their spatial diffusion. By investigating the relation between the two approaches, we provide new insights concerning the level of local thermalization of charm and bottom quarks inside the expanding QGP. Our results indicate that a fluid-dynamic description of diffusion is feasible for charm quarks at least for the latest stages of the fireball evolution.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures