cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Risk factors and containment of respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a hematology and transplant unit
Creators: name: Lehners, N.
name: Schnitzler, P.
name: Geis, S.
name: Puthenparambil, J.
name: Benz, M. A.
name: Alber, B.
name: Luft, T.
name: Dreger, P.
name: Eisenbach, C.
name: Kunz, C.
name: Benner, A.
name: Buchholz, Udo
name: Aichinger, E.
name: Frank, U.
name: Heeg, K.
name: Ho, A. D.
name: Egerer, G.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: risk factors
subject: allogeneic transplantation
subject: RSV
subject: outbreak
subject: containment
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) usually causes self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections, but can be associated with severe lower respiratory tract infection disease (LRTID) in infants and in patients with hematologic malignancies. We have analyzed the risk factors and the measures for containment within an outbreak of nosocomial RSV infections in a hematology and SCT unit. A total of 56 patients were affected (53 RSV-A and 3 RSV-B) including 32 transplant patients (16 allogeneic and 16 autologous). Forty (71%) of the 56 patients suffered from LRTID and 14 (35%) of the patients with LRTID subsequently died. However, because of concomitant infections with fungal and bacterial pathogens, the impact of RSV on the fatal outcome was difficult to assess. Multivariate analysis showed that low levels of IgG were significantly associated with fatal outcome (P=0.007), treatment with oral ribavirin represented a protective factor (P=0.02). An extremely protracted viral shedding was observed in this cohort of patients (median=30.5 days, range: 1–162 days), especially pronounced in patients after allogeneic transplantation (P=0.002). Implementation of rigorous isolation and barrier measures, although challenged by long-term viral carriers, was effective in containment of the outbreak.
Vaccination coverage among children in Germany estimated by analysis of health insurance claims data
Creators: name: Rieck, Thorsten
name: Feig, Marcel
name: Eckmanns, Tim
name: Benzler, Justus
name: Siedler, Anette
name: Wichmann, Ole
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: In Germany, the national routine childhood immunization schedule comprises 12 vaccinations. Primary immunizations should be completed by 24 mo of age. However, nationwide monitoring of vaccination coverage (VC) is performed only at school entry. We utilized health insurance claims data covering ~85% of the total population with the objectives to (1) assess VC of all recommended childhood vaccinations in birth-cohorts 2004–2009, (2) analyze cross-sectional (at 24 and 36 mo) and longitudinal trends, and (3) validate the method internally and externally. Counting vaccine doses in a retrospective cohort fashion, we assembled individual vaccination histories and summarized VC to nationwide figures. For most long-established vaccinations, VC at 24 mo was at moderate levels (~73–80%) and increased slightly across birth-cohorts. One dose measles VC was high (94%), but low (69%) for the second dose. VC with a full course of recently introduced varicella, pneumococcal, and meningococcal C vaccines increased across birth-cohorts from below 10% above 60%, 70%, and 80%, respectively. At 36 mo, VC had increased further by up to 15 percentage points depending on vaccination. Longitudinal analysis suggested a continued VC increase until school entry. Validation of VC figures with primary data showed an overall good agreement. In conclusion, analysis of health insurance claims data allows for the estimation of VC among children in Germany considering completeness and timeliness of vaccination series. This approach provides valid nationwide VC figures for all currently recommended pediatric vaccinations and fills the information gap between early infancy and late assessment at school entry.
Review: Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection
Creators: name: Rothenberg, Sandra
name: Rothenberg, Sandra
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Kimonos
subject: Art, Japanese
subject: Fashion design
subject: Japan
subject: Art and history
subject: Clothing and dress

description: Book review of Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection by Monika Bincsik. The Metropolitan Museum of Art distributed by Yale University Press, June 2022. 176 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-58839-752-2 (pbk.), $35.00. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9781588397522/kimono-style/. Reviewed March 2024 by Sandra Rothenberg, Senior Librarian/Library Instruction Coordinator, Henry Whittemore Library, Framingham State University, MA, srothenberg@framingham.edu.
In der Diskussion: Können die Alzheimer- und Parkinson-Krankheit durch selbstreplizierende Proteinpartikel übertragen werden?
Creators: name: Beekes, Michael
name: Burger, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Alzheimer
subject: Parkinson
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Die Alzheimer-Krankheit und die Parkinson-Krankheit gehen - wie Prionerkrankungen - mit einer Fehlfaltung und Aggregation körpereigener Proteine im zentralen Nervensystem einher, der mutmaßlich als gemeinsames molekulares Prinzip eine sogenannte „nukleationsabhängige“ Proteinpolymerisation zugrunde liegt. Dabei wirken krankheitsassoziierte Proteinpartikel quasi wie Kristallisationskeime (engl. „Seeds“), die fortlaufend neue Proteinmonomere anlagern. Wenn derartige Proteinpartikel zerfallen, können die entstandenen Tochter-Seeds die Proteinpolymersiation weiter fortpflanzen. Aktuelle experimentelle Befunde zeigen, dass die Fehlfaltung und Aggregation der Alzheimer-assoziierten Proteine Amyloid-beta (Ab) und tau sowie des Parkinson-assoziierten Proteins a-Synuklein durch Injektion von Materialien, die entsprechende Proteinaggregate enthalten, in Tiermodellen beschleunigt und auch übertragen werden können. Dies hat die Frage einer möglichen Übertragbarkeit der Alzheimer- oder Parkinson-Krankheit durch vermehrungsfähige pathologische Proteine, z. B. über medizinisches Instrumentarium oder die Gabe von Blut oder Blutprodukten, aufgeworfen. Aus den vorliegenden Forschungsergebnissen zur experimentellen Übertragbarkeit von Alzheimer- oder Parkinsonassoziierten Proteinpartikeln lassen sich für den Bereich der Hämotherapie momentan keine vorsorglichen risikominimierenden Maßnahmen ableiten.
description: The misfolding and aggregation of endogenous proteins in the central nervous system is a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer´s disease (AD), Parkinson´s disease (PD) as well as prion diseases. The underlying molecular pathomechanism is referred to as nucleation-dependent protein polymerization, or protein seeding. In this process, disease-associated protein particles act as nuclei (seeds) that recruit cellular proteins and incorporate them, in a misfolded form, into their growing aggregate structure. When the pathological protein aggregates break up into smaller units, these daughter seeds can propagate further protein polymerization. Several different experimental studies have shown that the seeding of AD- and PD- associated proteins amyloid beta (Ab) and tau, or a-synuclein, respectively, can be accelerated or transmitted in laboratory models by inoculation of pathological Ab-, tau-, or a-synuclein-aggregates. This has raised the question of whether AD or PD can be transmitted akin to certain human prion diseases between individuals by self-replicative protein particles potentially present on medical instruments or in blood or blood products. The current state of research on the experimental transmissibility of AD- or PD-associated protein seeding does not allow to deduce specific precautionary measures in the context of hemotherapy.
The ESO SupJup Survey I: Chemical and isotopic characterisation of the late L-dwarf DENIS J0255-4700 with CRIRES$^+$
Creators: name: de Regt, S.
name: Gandhi, S.
name: Snellen, I. A. G.
name: Zhang, Y.
name: Ginski, C.
name: Picos, D. González
name: Kesseli, A. Y.
name: Landman, R.
name: Mollière, P.
name: Nasedkin, E.
name: Sánchez-López, A.
name: Stolker, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been proposed that the distinct formation and evolution of exoplanets and brown dwarfs may affect the chemical and isotopic content of their atmospheres. Recent work has indeed shown differences in the $^{12}$C/$^{13}$C isotope ratio, provisionally attributed to the top-down formation of brown dwarfs and the core accretion pathway of super-Jupiters. The ESO SupJup Survey aims to disentangle the formation pathways of isolated brown dwarfs and planetary-mass companions using chemical and isotopic tracers. The survey uses high-resolution spectroscopy with the recently upgraded VLT/CRIRES$^+$ spectrograph, covering a total of 49 targets. Here, we present the first results: an atmospheric characterisation of DENIS J0255-4700, an isolated brown dwarf near the L-T transition. We analyse its K-band spectrum using a retrieval framework where the radiative transfer code petitRADTRANS is coupled to PyMultiNest. Gaussian Processes are employed to model inter-pixel correlations and we adopt an updated parameterisation of the PT-profile. Abundances of CO, H$_2$O, CH$_4$, and NH$_3$ are retrieved for this fast-rotating L-dwarf. The ExoMol H$_2$O line list provides a significantly better fit than that of HITEMP. A free-chemistry retrieval is strongly favoured over equilibrium chemistry, caused by an under-abundance of CH$_4$. The free-chemistry retrieval constrains a super-solar C/O-ratio of $\sim0.68$ and a solar metallicity. We find tentative evidence ($\sim3σ$) for the presence of $^{13}$CO, with a constraint on the isotope ratio of $\mathrm{^{12}C/^{13}C}=184^{+61}_{-40}$ and a lower limit of $\gtrsim97$, suggesting a depletion of $^{13}$C compared to the interstellar medium ($\sim68$). High-resolution, high signal-to-noise K-band spectra provide an excellent means to constrain the chemistry and isotopic content of sub-stellar objects, as is the main objective of the ESO SupJup Survey.
description: Submitted to A&A
Review: The Trees of the Cross: Wood as Subject and Medium in the Art of Late Medieval Germany
Creators: name: Hagood, John
name: Hagood, John
name: Hagood, John
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Art, Medieval
subject: Woodwork
subject: Wood sculpture
subject: Art and history
subject: Germany
subject: Christian art and symbolism

description: Book review of The Trees of the Cross: Wood as Subject and Medium in the Art of Late Medieval Germany by Gregory C. Bryda. Yale University Press, June 2023. 224 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-300-26765-5 h/c), $75.00. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300267655/the-trees-of-the-cross/. Reviewed March 2024 by John Hagood, Head of Reader Services, National Gallery of Art, j-hagood@nga.gov.
Epidemiology of tuberculosis in big cities of the European Union and European Economic Area countries
Creators: name: Vries, G. De
name: Aldridge, R. W.
name: Caylà, J. A.
name: Haas, Walter
name: Sandgren, A.
name: Hest, N. A. Van
name: Abubakar, I.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Cross-Sectional Studies
subject: Risk Factors
subject: Tuberculosis/epidemiology
subject: Disease Notification/statistics & numerical data
subject: Europe/epidemiology
subject: Population Surveillance/methods
subject: Incidence
subject: Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data
subject: European Union
subject: Cities/epidemiology
subject: Cities/statistics & numerical data
subject: Disease Notification/methods
subject: Urban Health
subject: 610 Medizin

description: This cross-sectional survey aimed to examine the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) cities with populations greater than 500,000. National TB programme managers were asked to provide data on big city population size, total number of notified TB cases in big cities and national notification rate for 2009. A rate ratio was calculated using the big city TB notification rate as a numerator and country TB notification rate, excluding big city TB cases and population, as a denominator. Twenty of the 30 EU/EEA countries had at least one big city. Pooled rate ratios were 2.5, 1.0, and 0.7 in low-, intermediate- and high-incidence countries respectively. In 15 big cities, all in low-incidence countries, rate ratios were twice the national notification rate. These data illustrate the TB epidemiology transition, a situation whereby TB disease concentrates in big cities as national incidence falls, most likely as a result of the higher concentration of risk groups found there. This situation requires targeted interventions and we recommend that big city TB data, including information about patients’ risk factors, are collected and analysed systematically, and that successful interventions are shared.
Review: Beyond the Sovereign Self: Aesthetic Autonomy from the Avant-Garde to Socially Engaged Art
Creators: name: Jones-Stewart, Eboni
name: Jones-Stewart, Eboni
name: Jones-Stewart, Eboni
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sovereignty
subject: Art
subject: Aesthetics
subject: Autonomy (Psychology)
subject: Social action

description: Book review of Beyond the Sovereign Self: Aesthetic Autonomy from the Avant-Garde to Socially Engaged Art by Grant H. Kester. Duke University Press, August 2023. 280 p. ill. ISBN 978-1-4780-2747-8 (pbk.), $27.95. https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-sovereign-self. Reviewed March 2024 by Eboni Jones-Stewart, Manager of Academic Resources, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, ejones@mag.rochester.edu.
Review: The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention
Creators: name: Statton Thompson, Dana
name: Statton Thompson, Dana
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Bookbinding
subject: Art and history
subject: Printing
subject: Graphic design (Typography)
subject: Design

description: Book review of The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention by P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin The University of Chicago Press, November 2023. 288 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-226-82409-3 (H/C), $45.00. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo208858133.html. Reviewed March 2024 by Dana Statton Thompson, Research and Instruction Librarian, Waterfield Library, Murray State University, dthompson29@murraystate.edu.
Mortality and molecular epidemiology associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase production in Escherichia coli from bloodstream infection
Creators: name: Leistner, Rasmus
name: Sakellariou, Christian
name: Gürntke, Stephan
name: Kola, Axel
name: Steinmetz, Ivo
name: Kohler, Christian
name: Pfeifer, Yvonne
name: Eller, Christoph
name: Gastmeier, Petra
name: Schwab, Frank
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: mortality
subject: BSI
subject: ESBL-genotype
subject: sepsis
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: The rate of infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli is growing worldwide. These infections are suspected to be related to increased mortality. We aimed to estimate the difference in mortality due to bloodstream infections (BSIs) with ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative E. coli isolates and to determine the molecular epidemiology of our ESBL-positive isolates. Materials and methods: We performed a cohort study on consecutive patients with E. coli BSI between 2008 and 2010 at the Charité University Hospital. Collected data were ESBL production, basic demographic parameters, and underlying diseases by the Charlson comorbidity index (CCI). The presence of ESBL genes was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing. Phylogenetic groups of ESBL-positive E. coli were determined by PCR. Risk factors for mortality were analyzed by multivariable regression analysis. Results: We identified 115 patients with BSI due to E. coli with ESBL phenotype and 983 due to ESBL-negative E. coli. Fifty-eight percent (n=67) of the ESBL-positive BSIs were hospital-acquired. Among the 99 isolates that were available for PCR screening and sequencing, we found mainly 87 CTX-M producers, with CTX-M-15 (n=55) and CTX-M-1 (n=21) as the most common types. Parameters significantly associated with mortality were age, CCI, and length of stay before and after onset of BSI. Conclusion: The most common ESBL genotypes in clinical isolates from E. coli BSIs were CTX-M-15 (58%) and CTX-M-1 (22%). ESBL production in clinical E. coli BSI isolates was not related to increased mortality. However, the common occurrence of hospital-acquired BSI due to ESBL-positive E. coli indicates future challenges for hospitals.
From Bauddha Deśa to Śākta Pīṭha: Re/Locating the Hindu Goddess Tārā
Creators: name: Bordeaux, Joel
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: India
subject: Tantras
subject: Tantric Buddhism
subject: Hinduism
subject: Hindu goddesses
subject: Religions
subject: India--West Bengal
subject: Shaktism

description: The incorporation of the goddess Tārā into the Hindu pantheon appears to have begun around the turn of the first millennium, a couple of centuries after her first mentions in Buddhist sources. The earliest Hindu texts concerned with Tārā tend to acknowledge this through a narrative wherein the Vedic sage Vasiṣṭha must travel to ‘Greater China’ to learn from the Buddha how to propitiate the goddess properly through the violation of brāhmaṇical purity codes for which Indian tantric traditions are infamous. Over time her ‘foreign’ associations faded, narratives linking Tārā to sites in Assam and Bengal became more prominent, and her worship drew closer to regional Hindu orthopraxy. This essay tracks the latter stages of that process especially through a reading of early modern ritual manuals in Sanskrit before considering a more recent revival of interest in the Hindu Tārā’s Buddhist connections as shown in Bengali sources and fieldwork.
Fast-rotating massive Population~III stars as possible sources of extreme N-enrichment in high-redshift galaxies
Creators: name: Nandal, Devesh
name: Sibony, Yves
name: Tsiatsiou, Sophie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the chemical compositions in high-redshift galaxies, with a focus on the nitrogen-enhanced galaxies GN-z11 and CEERS-1019. We use stellar models of massive stars with initial masses ranging from 9 to 120 Msol across various metallicities to deduce the chemical abundances of stellar ejecta for a few light elements (H, He, C, N, O). Our study reveals insights into the chemical processes and elemental synthesis in the early universe. We find that Population III stars, particularly at initial fast equatorial rotation and sampled from a top-heavy initial mass function, as well as stars at Z=10^{-5} with moderate rotation, align closely with observed abundance ratios in GN-z11 and CEERS-1019. These models demonstrate log(N/O) = -0.38, log(C/O) =-0.22 and log(O/H) + 12 = 7.82 at dilution factors of f = 20~100, indicating a good match with observational data. Models at higher metallicities do not match these observations, highlighting the unique role of Population III and extremely metal-poor stars in enhancing nitrogen abundance in high-redshift galaxies. Predictions for other abundance ratios, such as log(He/H) ranging from -1.077 to -1.059 and log{(^{12}C/^{13}C)} from 1.35 to 2.42, provide detailed benchmarks for future observational studies.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures. Accepted in A&A
sj-pdf-2-hpq-10.1177_13591053211025596 – Supplemental material for Does the attribution of responsibilities modify the relationship between coping styles and mental health? A survey of Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Fu, Mingqi
name: Huang, Ning
name: Hall, Brian J
name: Shi, Qiaoxin
name: Shahid, Muhammad
name: Guo, Jing
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Psychology not elsewhere classified
Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-hpq-10.1177_13591053211025596 for Does the attribution of responsibilities modify the relationship between coping styles and mental health? A survey of Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Mingqi Fu, Ning Huang, Brian J Hall, Qiaoxin Shi, Muhammad Shahid and Jing Guo in Journal of Health Psychology
Von regionalen Daten zu bundesweiten Aussagen
Creators: name: Kraywinkel, Klaus
name: Barnes, Benjamin
name: Dahm, Stefan
name: Haberland, Jörg
name: Nennecke, A.
name: Stabenow, Roland
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Deutschland
subject: Krebserkrankungen
subject: Register
subject: Inzidenz
subject: Überlebensraten
subject: Germany
subject: Incidence
subject: Cancer
subject: Registries
subject: Survival rate
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Trotz inzwischen erreichter Flächendeckung und deutlicher Verbesserung der Datenlage zur Epidemiologie von Krebserkrankungen in Deutschland werden bundesweite Ergebnisse zu Inzidenz, Überleben und Prävalenz vom Zentrum für Krebsregisterdaten (ZfKD) zurzeit geschätzt und nicht direkt aus allen vorliegenden Daten berechnet. Die hierzu verwendeten Verfahren beruhen dabei auf einer Schätzung der Vollzähligkeit der Erfassung von Neuerkrankungen bzw. auf einer Einschätzung der Datenqualität von Follow-up-Daten. Die Vollzähligkeit der Erfassung wird dabei auf der Basis des M/I-Verfahrens geschätzt, welches von der Annahme eines in den Bundesländern weitgehend konstanten Verhältnisses von Mortalität und Inzidenz einer Krebserkrankung bei gleichem Alter und Geschlecht ausgeht. Einschlusskriterien für die Aufnahme in den Datenpool zur Berechnung bundesweiter Überlebensraten sind ein DCO-Anteil unter 15 % und plausible Überlebensraten für Pankreaskrebs und primär metastasierten Lungenkrebs. Die für das Jahr 2010 geschätzten ca. 477.300 jährlichen Krebserkrankungen beruhten bereits auf 429.900 erfassten Fällen (90 %), 10 Bundesländer trugen zuletzt zur Ermittlung bundesweiter Überlebensraten bei.
description: Despite having achieved nationwide registry coverage in addition to substantial improvements in data on the epidemiology of cancer in Germany, the Centre for Cancer Registry Data continues to estimate national statistics on incidence, survival, and prevalence instead of calculating these directly from available data. The methods used for evaluations are based initially on estimates of registration completeness or, for survival analyses, an assessment of the quality of follow-up data. The completeness of incident case registration is estimated on the basis of the mortality/incidence procedure, which assumes a largely constant relationship between the mortality and incidence of a cancer type among people of the same age and sex across federal states. Inclusion criteria for consideration of registry data in national survival analyses are less than 15 % of death certificate only (DCO) cases and plausible survival for patients with pancreatic cancer or metastatic lung cancer. Of the 477,300 incident cancer cases estimated for 2010, 429,900 were reported by the cancer registries (90%), and ten federal states contributed data to national survival estimates.
SiO maser polarization and magnetic field in evolved cool stars
Creators: name: Marinho, L.
name: Herpin, F.
name: Wiesemeyer, H.
name: Ariste, A. López
name: Baudry, A.
name: Ramos, A. Asensio
name: Lèbre, A.
name: Mathias, P.
name: Montargès, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Both magnetic fields and photospheric/atmospheric dynamics can be involved in triggering the important mass loss observed in evolved cool stars. Previous works have revealed that these objects exhibit a magnetic field extending beyond their surface. The origin of this magnetic field is still under debate with mechanisms involving a turbulent dynamo, convection, stellar pulsation, and cool spots. Our goal is to estimate the magnetic field strength in the inner circumstellar envelope of six evolved cool stars (five Miras and one Red Supergiant). Combining this work with previous studies, we tentatively constrain the global magnetic field type observed and shed light on the mechanisms at its origin. Using the XPOL polarimeter installed at the IRAM-30 m telescope, we observed the 28 SiO v = 1, J = 2-1 maser line emission and obtained simultaneous spectroscopic measurements of the four Stokes parameters. Applying a careful calibration method for Stokes Q, U, and V, we derive estimates of the magnetic field strength from the circular and linear polarization fractions considering the saturated and unsaturated maser cases under the Zeeman hypothesis. Magnetic field strengths from several Gauss up to several tens of Gauss are derived. These new and more accurate measurements constraining the field strength in the 2-5 stellar radii region better than previous studies and seem to exclude a global poloidal magnetic field type. A combination of a toroidal and a poloidal field is nevertheless not excluded. A variation of the magnetic field strength over a two-months timescale is observed in one Mira star which suggests a possible link to the stellar phase, i.e. with pulsation/photospheric activity.
description: 18 pages, 12 figures, Accepted in A&A
Review: Kinship by Dorothy Moss and Leslie Urena
Creators: name: DiVeglia, Angela
name: DiVeglia, Angela
name: DiVeglia, Angela
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Portraits
subject: Photography
subject: Photography, Artistic
subject: Families
subject: Kinship

description: Book review of Kinship by Dorothy Moss and Leslie Urena. Hirmer, December 2022. 120 p. ill. ISBN 978-3-7774-3977-8 (H/C), $25.00. https://www.hirmerverlag.de/us/titel-60-60/kinship-2337. Reviewed March 2024 by Angela DiVeglia, Instruction and Outreach Librarian, Special Collections, Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, adivegli@risd.edu.
Movements at the fiscal/monetary crossroads: Financing a Green New Deal for schools in Philadelphia
Creators: name: I. Backer, David
name: Rodriguez, Akira
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: Philadelphia’s schools suffer from an astounding $4.5 billion infrastructure backlog, resulting in toxic school buildings that threaten the lives of predominantly low-income, nonwhite students, teachers, staff, and community members. To combat this issue amidst the ongoing climate crisis, movement groups have demanded policies that would both fix Philadelphia’s schools and reduce building emissions. During their work, a question regarding financing emerged among organizers and researchers: should green infrastructure updates to urban school buildings be financed primarily through grants or loans? In this paper, we use a critical resource theory in education framework to articulate the contours of this question using two organizing campaigns as case studies. We find that there are trade-offs between legislative logjam and the immorality of indebtedness at this impasse.
sj-pdf-3-ejo-10.1177_11206721211028044 – Supplemental material for The Italian version of the Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire (KORQ): Translation and validation of psychometric properties
Creators: name: Ferrini, Erica
name: Aleo, Davide
name: Posarelli, Chiara
name: Albert, Timothy
name: Miccoli, Mario
name: Orrù, Graziella
name: Figus, Michele
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-ejo-10.1177_11206721211028044 for The Italian version of the Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire (KORQ): Translation and validation of psychometric properties by Erica Ferrini, Davide Aleo, Chiara Posarelli, Timothy Albert, Mario Miccoli, Graziella Orrù and Michele Figus in European Journal of Ophthalmology
sj-pdf-3-hol-10.1177_09596836211025972 – Supplemental material for Basin-specific records of lake oligotrophication during the middle-to-late Holocene in boreal northeast Ontario, Canada
Creators: name: Gushulak, Cale AC
name: Leavitt, Peter R
name: Cumming, Brian F
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Geography
History

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-hol-10.1177_09596836211025972 for Basin-specific records of lake oligotrophication during the middle-to-late Holocene in boreal northeast Ontario, Canada by Cale AC Gushulak, Peter R Leavitt and Brian F Cumming in The Holocene
Fiona's story
Creators: name: Willis, Ian
Publisher: name: Camden History Notes
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: New South Wales
subject: New South Wales--Sydney
subject: Storytelling
subject: Emotions
subject: Australia
subject: Hope
subject: Memory

description: The blog post examines the memories of growing up in the suburb of Airds NSW. This story from former Airds' resident Fiona Woods acts a counterpoint to stories of despair and loss from these suburbs. In many ways, Airds was a suburb on the fringe of the world. Many residents were living on the edge and faced many challenges.
Fiona’s story
Creators: name: Willis, Ian
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Australia
subject: New South Wales
subject: New South Wales--Sydney
subject: Memory
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hope
subject: Emotions

description: The blog post examines the memories of growing up in the suburb of Airds NSW. This story from former Airds’ resident Fiona Woods acts a counterpoint to stories of despair and loss from these suburbs. In many ways, Airds was a suburb on the fringe of the world. Many residents were living on the edge and faced many challenges.
title: The Truth of Unidentified Objects: A Scientific and Spiritual Perspective on Non-Material Entities
title: Exploring the Unknown from a Rational and Metaphysical Approach
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Sayram, Faisal Mohammed Zaid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: UFOs, Non-Material Entities, Angels, Quantum Physics, Unidentified Flying Objects

description: Announcement of My Research Publication

 

I am Faisal Mohammed Zaid Al-Sayram, and I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest scientific research on Zenodo, titled:

The Truth of Unidentified Objects: A Scientific and Spiritual Perspective on Non-Material Entities

 

What is This Research About?

This study challenges traditional materialistic explanations of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), which often assume extraterrestrial origins or natural phenomena. Through an in-depth analysis of pilot testimonies, military reports, and historical-religious narratives, I propose that these objects might be non-material entities, potentially angels, operating beyond our current understanding of physics.

 

Key Highlights of the Research:

â€¢ Examining the extraordinary motion of UFOs, defying known physical laws.

â€¢ Analyzing historical and modern descriptions, revealing striking similarities.

â€¢ Bridging scientific and spiritual perspectives to explore new possibilities.

â€¢ Addressing materialist objections by integrating quantum mechanics and interdimensional theories.

 

The research is now openly accessible on Zenodo.

 

DOI Link: [Insert DOI link after publishing]

 

I invite researchers, enthusiasts, and open-minded thinkers to explore, discuss, and rethink the nature of these unexplained phenomena.
sj-docx-1-nms-10.1177_14614448211014823 – Supplemental material for Information sources about face-to-face meetings with people from the Internet: Gendered influence on adolescents’ risk perception and behavior
Creators: name: Mýlek, Vojtěch
name: Dedkova, Lenka
name: Smahel, David
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-nms-10.1177_14614448211014823 for Information sources about face-to-face meetings with people from the Internet: Gendered influence on adolescents’ risk perception and behavior by Vojtěch Mýlek, Lenka Dedkova and David Smahel in New Media & Society
L'enseignement du changement climatique dans le programme de Géographie des collèges au Sénégal : Pratiques pédagogiques, défis et perspectives
Creators: name: Philippe Malick DIONE
name: René Ndimag DIOUF
name: Cheikh FAYE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Le changement climatique est l’une des problématiques majeures de ce 21e siècle. Pour faire face à ce fléau afin de satisfaire les besoins actuels et préparer les générations futures, l’éducation au changement climatique constitue l’un des moyens les plus importants. Elle contribue à la formation des acteurs de développement de demain. Le Sénégal, à l’image des pays de la bande Saharo-sahélienne est très vulnérable au changement climatique. Conscient de cette situation, le législateur sénégalais a très tôt pris en compte la question climatique et l’a intégré dans le programme officiel de géographie au Moyen depuis octobre 2006. Cet article vise à analyser l'efficacité de l'enseignement du changement climatique dans le programme de Géographie des collèges au Sénégal, en mettant l'accent sur les pratiques pédagogiques, les défis rencontrés et les perspectives d'amélioration. Des enquêtes sont menées auprès de professeurs d’Histoire-Géographie qui tiennent des classes de 3e. Les résultats révèlent que les thèmes enseignés sont les causes et conséquences du changement climatique, les stratégies d’adaptation et les solutions locales. La méthode active est celle la plus utilisée (71,7%). Nombreux sont les défis à relever notamment le manque de formation spécifique (54,3%), de ressources pédagogiques (87%). Des recommandations sont formulées par les professeurs pour plus d’efficacité de l’enseignement du changement climatique. La prise en compte de celles-ci, peut permettre aux décideurs politiques de mieux orienter le système éducatif afin de former des acteurs prêts à relever les défis liés au changement climatique.
Additional file 19 of Iguratimod suppresses Tfh cell differentiation in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients through inhibiting Akt/mTOR/STAT3 signaling
Creators: name: Lyu, Taibiao
name: Jiang, Hui
name: Zeng, Liuting
name: Liu, Suying
name: He, Chengmei
name: Luo, Chaowen
name: Qiao, Lin
name: Zhao, Yan
name: Chen, Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 19: Supplementary Figure S13. Diagram of mechanism of IGU-inhibited Tfh cell differentiation
Auf- und Ausbau einer europäischen Informations- und Kommunikationsplattform
Creators: name: Kaiser, U.
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Umwelt und Gesundheit
subject: elektronische Vernetzung
subject: Europäische Informations- und Kommunikationsplattform
subject: Environmental Health
subject: Electronic network
subject: European information- and communication platform
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Der Bereich “Umwelt und Gesundheit” zeichnet sich durch einen interdisziplinären Charakter und einen daraus resultierenden hohen Kommunikationsbedarf aus. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass sich mitunter bei der Informationsbeschaffung erhebliche Probleme ergeben. Ein Vergleich nationaler Problemlösungsstrategien in Form elektronischer Vernetzungsaktivitäten auf diesem Gebiet hat zum Entwicklungsprojekt für eine europäische Informations- und Kommunikationsplattform für diesen Bereich geführt. Internationaler Erfahrungsaustausch, koordinierte Vorgehensweisen, Harmonisierungsbestrebungen und Qualifizierungsmöglichkeiten für “environmental health professionals” sollen hierdurch erleichtert werden.
description: The area “Environment and Health” is characterized by interdisciplinary features and, consequently, an intense need for communication. In addition it has to be considered that sometimes there are difficulties in terms of information search. A comparison of national problem solving strategies concerning electronic network activities within this area led to the development project for a European information and communication platform. By this electronic platform the international exchange of experiences, coordination of activities, harmonization efforts and an optimization of qualification possibilities for environmental health professionals will become easier.
Determinants of tetanus and seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in adults living in Germany
Creators: name: Böhmer, Merle
name: Walter, Dietmar
name: Krause, Gérard
name: Müters, Stephan
name: Gößwald, Antje
name: Wichmann, Ole
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Humans
subject: Female
subject: Male
subject: Adolescent
subject: Adult
subject: Aged
subject: Germany/epidemiology
subject: Middle Aged
subject: Young Adult
subject: Aged 80 and over
subject: Health Care Surveys
subject: Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice
subject: Health Personnel
subject: Influenza Vaccines/administration & dosage
subject: Influenza Human/prevention & control
subject: Interviews as Topic
subject: Telephone
subject: Tetanus/prevention & control
subject: Tetanus Toxoid/administration & dosage
subject: Vaccination/statistics & numerical data
subject: Vaccination/utilization
subject: 610 Medizin

description: The primary objective of this study was to assess determinants of vaccine uptake in adults living in Germany exemplified by one standard vaccination (tetanus) and one vaccination targeting specific risk-groups (seasonal influenza). Data from 21,262 telephone household-interviews representative of the adult population in Germany were collected in 2009 and analysed. A total 73.1% of the adult population had a sufficient tetanus vaccination status according to national recommendations (i.e. last tetanus shot ≤10 years ago). Influenza vaccination coverage in the target population (i.e. persons ≥60 years, chronically ill, healthcare workers) was 44.1%. Persons who received professional vaccination advice within the past five years were more frequently vaccinated against tetanus and influenza than persons without (p< 0.001). Private physicians were identified as the most important source for vaccination advice. Having a statutory health insurance, last physician contact < 1 year ago, and living in the eastern part of Germany were independently associated with higher tetanus and influenza vaccine uptake. Low socio-economic status, two-sided migration background, and the feeling of being insufficiently informed on the benefits of vaccination were independently associated with low uptake of tetanus but not influenza vaccines. Our results show that tetanus vaccination coverage in the general adult population and influenza vaccination coverage in the target population are unsatisfactorily low in Germany. Since physicians' advice has a major impact on the vaccination decision, physician reminder systems could provide a method to increase vaccination coverage in adults. For tetanus, information activities should target population groups with an increased risk of being undervaccinated.
Quick Take: Backward Course Design, Iterative Course Design
Creators: name: (Yaggi) Rodak, Miranda
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Teaching
subject: Writing
subject: Education--Curricula

description: Backward course design is a foundational framework based in educational best practices that instructors can use to design effective courses. Most explanations and formulations of this model, however, assume a linear course design. For those instructors who teach courses invested in design thinking, recursive thinking, or iteration, these explanations or templates can fail to account for the complexity of juggling multiple interrelated, meaning-making outcomes simultaneously through a series of iterations.
Additional file 14 of Iguratimod suppresses Tfh cell differentiation in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients through inhibiting Akt/mTOR/STAT3 signaling
Creators: name: Lyu, Taibiao
name: Jiang, Hui
name: Zeng, Liuting
name: Liu, Suying
name: He, Chengmei
name: Luo, Chaowen
name: Qiao, Lin
name: Zhao, Yan
name: Chen, Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 14: Supplementary Figure S8. IGU inhibits healthy control Tfh cell differentiation.
A Food Handler-Associated, Foodborne Norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012-Outbreak Following a Wedding Dinner, Austria, October 2012
Creators: name: Maritschnik, Sabine
name: Kanitz, Elisabeth Eva
name: Simons, Erica
name: Höhne, Marina
name: Neumann, Heidelinde
name: Allerberger, Franz
name: Schmid, Daniela
name: Lederer, Ingeborg
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Novel norovirus GII.4 variant
subject: Hygiene violations
subject: Gender-specific risk
subject: Outbreak investigation
subject: 610 Medizin

description: On October 12, 2012, the provincial public health directorate of Salzburg reported a suspected norovirus (NV) outbreak among guests of a wedding-reception. The investigation aimed to confirm the causative agent, to identify the mode of transmission and to implement appropriate preventive measures. A probable outbreak case was defined as a wedding guest with diarrhoea or vomiting with disease onset from 7 to 10 October 2012 and who consumed food at the wedding dinner prepared by a hotel in the province Salzburg on 6 October 2012. A confirmed outbreak case fulfilled the criteria of a probable outbreak case and had a laboratory-confirmed NV infection. We conducted a cohort-investigation among the wedding guests. The case definitions were fulfilled in 26 wedding guests (25 %) including 2 confirmed cases. Females were 3.2 times more likely to develop disease (95 % CI 1.4-7.2) as compared to males. A mushroom dish was found to be associated with disease risk among females (risk ratio 2.3, 95 % CI 1.2-4.3). Two of 2 tested case-patients and 6 of 14 kitchen workers tested were positive for NV GII.4 Sydney. One kitchen staff-member worked during the wedding dinner despite diarrhoea. No food safety training was documented for the employees and the kitchen staff's restroom was lacking operational facilities for hand hygiene. We report the first investigated outbreak due to GII.4 Sydney, which was likely due to a symptomatic kitchen worker. Gender-specific eating behaviour may have posed female guests at higher risk of NV infection.
Supplemental Material, sj-docx-1-hip-10.1177_09540083211022818 - Synthesis and properties of responsive self-healing polyurethane containing dynamic disulfide bonds
Creators: name: Qu, Qiqi
name: Wang, Hua
name: He, Jing
name: Da, Yunsheng
name: Zhu, Menghan
name: Liu, Yanyan
name: Tian, Xingyou
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental Material, sj-docx-1-hip-10.1177_09540083211022818 for Synthesis and properties of responsive self-healing polyurethane containing dynamic disulfide bonds by Qiqi Qu, Hua Wang, Jing He, Yunsheng Da, Menghan Zhu, Yanyan Liu and Xingyou Tian in High Performance Polymers
Quick Take: Backward Course Design, Iterative Course Design
Creators: name: (Yaggi) Rodak, Miranda
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Writing
subject: Teaching
subject: Education--Curricula

description: Backward course design is a foundational framework based in educational best practices that instructors can use to design effective courses. Most explanations and formulations of this model, however, assume a linear course design. For those instructors who teach courses invested in design thinking, recursive thinking, or iteration, these explanations or templates can fail to account for the complexity of juggling multiple interrelated, meaning-making outcomes simultaneously through a series of iterations.
Aktuelle Daten und Trends zur β-Lactam-Resistenz bei gramnegativen Infektionserregern
Creators: name: Pfeifer, Yvonne
name: Eller, Christoph
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: ESBL
subject: CTX-M
subject: Escherichia coli
subject: Antibiotikaresistenz
subject: Ausbruch
subject: Antibiotic resistance
subject: Outbreak
subject: 610 Medizin

description: In den letzten 10 Jahren wurde eine besorgniserregende Zunahme der β-Lactam-Resistenz, insbesondere der Resistenz gegenüber Cephalosporinen der 3. und 4. Generation und gegenüber Carbapenemen, bei gramnegativen Infektionserregern beobachtet. Diese resistenten Stämme bilden verschiedenste β-Lactamase-hydrolysierende Enzyme (β-Lactamasen), wobei die Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamasen (ESBL) besonders an Bedeutung gewonnen haben. Die Lokalisation der ESBL-Gene auf Plasmiden ermöglicht die schnelle Weiterverbreitung der Resistenz sowohl innerhalb einer Spezies als auch zwischen den verschiedenen gramnegativen Spezies. Am Robert Koch-Institut in Wernigerode wird seit 2004 im Rahmen verschiedener Projekte die ESBL-Bildung Cephalosporin-resistenter, humaner Enterobacteriaceae mittels molekularer Methoden untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass in Deutschland bestimmte ESBL-Typen wie die CTX-M-Enzyme überproportional häufig und regional gleichmäßig verteilt vorkommen. Die Mehrheit der humanen Isolate der Spezies Escherichia coli und Klebsiella pneumoniae bilden die Enzymvarianten CTX-M-15 und CTX-M-1. Die Verbreitungswege ESBL-bildender Bakterien in Mensch, Tier und Nahrungsmitteln werden derzeit im Rahmen des RESET-Forschungsverbundes detailliert untersucht.
description: In recent years the resistance of Gram-negative pathogens to beta-lactam antibiotics, such as cephalosporins and carbapenems has increased. The resistant strains produce different beta-lactam hydrolysing enzymes (beta-lactamases). In particular extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) are prevalent in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The ESBL genes are located on different plasmids facilitating the transfer of resistance within a species and between different Gram-negative species. Within the scope of various studies the Robert Koch Institute in Wernigerode investigated ESBL-producing human Enterobacteriaceae using molecular methods. The results showed that distinct ESBL types, such as the CTX-M enzymes are dominant in Germany whereby CTX-M-15 and CTX-M-1 are the most prevalent variants in E. coli and K. pneumoniae. The aim of ongoing investigations within the RESET network project is to investigate the dissemination pathways of ESBL-producing bacteria in different settings (e.g. in humans, animals and food).