cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluation and pilot implementation of essential interventions for the management of hypertension and prevention of cardiovascular diseases in primary health care in the Republic of Tajikistan
Creators: name: Collins, Dylan
name: Inglin, Laura
name: Laatikainen, Tiina
name: Shoismatuloeva, Mekhri
name: Sultonova, Dilorom
name: Jonova, Bunafsha
name: Faromuzova, Katoyon
name: Abdullaeva, Marifat
name: Otambekova, Maisara
name: Farrington, Jill L
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background: The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of implementing and evaluating essential interventions for the management of hypertension and prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary healthcare in Tajikistan. Methods: The study protocol was published a priori. A pragmatic, sequential, mixed methods explanatory design was piloted. The quantitative strand is reported here. All primary health care facilities that met inclusion criteria in Shahrinav district were included and computer randomized to either usual care or intervention. The intervention consisted of: adaptation of WHO PEN/HEARTS clinical algorithms for hypertension and diabetes, a two-day training of doctors and nurses, supportive supervision visits, clinical decision support tools, and quality improvement support. Data were collected from paper-based clinical records at baseline and 12 months follow-up. The primary outcome was blood pressure control among patients with hypertension, in addition to several secondary process indicators along the care pathway. Age and sex adjusted logistic regression models were used for intervention and control clinics to determine changes between baseline and follow-up and to assess interactions between allocation group and time. For continuous variables, multivariate linear regression models were used. Results: 19 primary health care centres were included of which ten were randomized to intervention and nine to control. 120 clinicians received training. The records of all registered hypertensive patients were reviewed at baseline and follow-up for a total of 1,085 patient records. Blood pressure control significantly improved in the intervention clinics (OR 3.556, 95 % CI 2.219, 5.696) but not the control clinics (OR 0.644, 95 % CI 0.370, 1.121) (p < 0.001 for interaction). Smoking assessment, statin prescribing, triple therapy prescribing, and blood pressure measurement significantly improved in intervention clinics relative to control, whereas cholesterol and glucose testing, and aspirin prescribing did not. Conclusions: It is feasible to use routine, paper-based, clinical records to evaluate essential CVD interventions in primary health care in Tajikistan. Adapted WHO PEN/HEARTS guidelines in the context of a complex intervention significantly improved blood pressure control after 12 months.
Following the Fallout: Narrative structures in a videogame franchise
Creators: name: Dunne, Daniel Joseph
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Following the Fallout explores the design of narrative in the videogame series of Fallout. Through establishing the overarching structure of main quests, the supporting structure of side quests, and the players available actions, the thesis provides an exploration of how narrative is ‘active’ in videogames and how players are able to change the narrative progression of these games through their actions. Understanding the player’s effect on these structures ensures that developers, players and researchers can unpack the way videogame narratives are designed and played.
Modeling urban landscape: New paradigms and challenges in territorial representation
Modellazione del paesaggio urbano: nuovi paradigmi e sfide per la rappresentazione territoriale
Creators: name: Aguilar De Santana, Sheyla; Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Urban Planning; GIS; Parametric Modeling; Geodesign; BIM; GIS; GIM
pianificazione urbana; GIS; modellazione parametrica; Geodesign; BIM; GIS; GIM

description: This paper aims to give a brief background on the production of urban space considering the social functions of the city, the needs of contemporary urban reforms and the need for tools that assist in decision making. This state of the art about the production space justifies the current studies on the development of geoprocessing tools, techniques and methodologies that attempt the needs of creating interpretive portraits of urban landscapes to facilitate dialogue between urban technical, administrators and community. In this sense, it is presented how GIS has been working within the context of urban planning and appointed the new challenges and paradigms of territorial representation.
description: Questo lavoro si propone di dare una breve introduzione sulla progettazione dello spazio urbano tenendo conto delle funzioni sociali della città, del bisogno di riqualificazioni urbane contemporanee e della necessità di strumenti che aiutino nel processo decisionale. Lo stato dell'arte della produzione dello spazio giustifica gli studi in corso di geoprocessing per lo sviluppo di strumenti, tecniche e metodologie in grado di soddisfare le esigenze di creazione di scenari interpretativi dei paesaggi urbani, al fine di facilitare il dialogo tra progettisti, amministratori e comunità. In questo senso, si documenta come il GIS sia utile nel contesto della pianificazione urbana, indicando le nuove sfide e i paradigmi di rappresentazione territoriale.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 6, n. 11 (2013) - GIS & Disegno urbano, a cura di Roberto Mingucci e Ana Clara Mourão Moura; 161 -174
Optimization based bandwidth allocation in mobile cellular networks
Creators: name: Ganguly, Samrat
name: Nath, Badri
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2002

description: Efficient bandwidth allocation strategy with simultaneous fulfillment of QoS requirement of a user in a mobile cellular network is still a critical and an important practical issue. We explore the problem of minimizing the amount of time for which bandwidth has to be allocated in a cell while meeting the QoS constraint. With the knowledge about the the arrival and residence time distribution of a user in a cell, the above problem can be optimally solved using a dynamic programming based approach in polynomial time. To be able to use the solution, we provide a mechanism for constructing the arrival/residence time distribution based on the measurement of hand-off events in a cell. The above solution allows us to propose an optimal time based bandwidth reservation and call admission scheme. By being scalable and distributed, the proposed scheme justifies for practical implementation. Simulations results are also presented to show the effectiveness of the scheme to achieve the target QoS level and optimal bandwidth utilization.
Additional file 21 of The development of early pioneer neurons in the annelid Malacoceros fuliginosus
Creators: name: Kumar, Suman
name: Sharat Chandra Tumu
name: Helm, Conrad
name: Hausen, Harald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 21 Evolution of achaete scute (ASC) genes. Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf). The tree is based on a subset of the analysis shown in Fig. S4 with an ASC-specific and longer alignment. Maximum-likelihood tree (IQ-TREE, model JTTDCMut+R6 chosen by Modelfinder). Branches with approximate Bayes test ≥0.98 are labelled. Sequences of Malacoceros fuliginosus are highlighted in red, sequences of Capitella teleta in green, of Platynereis dumerilii in blue and of Nematostella vectensis in yellow. Genes we found being expressed in the analyzed stages are marked by red arrows. Genes of C. teleta, P. dumerilii, and N. vectensis, which are reported to be expressed in the context of nervous system development are also marked by arrows. Dashed arrows are used for sequences which are also broadly expressed in other tissues. For genes of P. dumerilii the expression level is indicated based on data in PdumBase.
GreenCassandra: Using Renewable Energy in Distributed Structured Storage Systems
Creators: name: Katsak, William
name: Goiri, Inigo
name: Bianchini, Ricardo
name: Nguyen, Thu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015

description: On-site generation of renewable (“green”) energy can help to significantly reduce grid (“brown”) energy consumption, and correspondingly the carbon footprint, of datacenters. However, it is challenging to use green energy generated from sources such as solar and wind because energy production is variable. In this paper, we investigate how to manage an interactive service, where response time is a critical performance metric, to maximize the benefits of green energy produced from these sources. Specifically, we design, prototype, and evaluate a distributed structured storage system, GreenCassandra, which is representative of a class of important subsystems underlying many interactive cloud services. Our proposed approach predicts the production of solar energy, and then controls the number of active nodes to manage energy consumption while respecting a response time SLA. When green energy is available, GreenCassandra may activate extra servers to build up slack with respect to the SLA. When using brown energy, GreenCassandra deactivates servers to reduce energy consumption, leveraging any built-up performance slack, while observing constraints imposed by the SLA. Evaluations show that GreenCassandra can use a heuristic green-energy-aware policy to decrease brown energy consumption and cost by up to 28% and 29%, respectively. Further, these savings are very close to those achievable by an optimizationbased policy that has perfect knowledge of future workload and green energy production.
Additional file 1 of Association between high immune activity and worse prognosis in uveal melanoma and low-grade glioma in TCGA transcriptomic data
Creators: name: Matsuo, Hitoshi
name: Kamatani, Takashi
name: Hamba, Yu
name: Boroevich, Keith A.
name: Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1.
Design and management of territorial occupation with the support of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems – Low costs and great benefits in Brazil
Disegno e gestione dell’ occupazione territoriale con il supporto del Telerilevamento e dei Sistemi Informativi Geografici - Bassi costi e grandi benefici in Brasile
Creators: name: Nogueira, Thaísa Daniele Apóstolo; Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
name: Geoprocessing, Laboratorio Di; Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: GIS; Geoprocessing and urban planning; Free Software; institutional project to technician training in Brazil.
GIS; Geoprocessing e la pianificazione urbana; Software Libero; progetto istituzionale di formazione tecnica in Brasile

description: Presents applications of methodologies of spatial analysis supported for geoprocessing, currently available to Brazilians municipalities with the availability of data in the public domain and free software. It is adopted as a case study the municipality of Ribeirao das Neves, in state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has structured a Geographic Information System for the municipality, as part of the Qualification Program of the Ministry of cities, in collaboration with the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Laboratory of Geoprocessing in the School of Architecture. The spatial analysis allow the characterization of the landscape, the identification of areas of interest for environmental preservation, the areas of interest for the expansion and urban density and location of possible conflicts of interest in occupation of the territory. The methodology is applicable to other municipalities and aims to recognition the decision-making process in the design and management of municipal landscape, to ensure its sustainable development.
description: L’articolo affronta applicazioni su metodologie di analisi spaziale supportate da geoprocessing, in municipi brasiliani, con la disponibilità di dati di dominio pubblico e di software liberi. Si è analizzato come caso di studio, la municipalità di Ribeirão das Neves, nello stato di Minas Gerais, Brasile. È stato strutturato un Sistema di Informazione Geografica per la municipalità, come parte del Programma di Qualificazione del Ministero delle Città, in collaborazione con l'Università Federale di Minas Gerais (UFMG), Laboratorio di Geoprocessing della Facoltà di Architettura. Le analisi spaziali permettono la caratterizzazione del paesaggio, l’identificazione delle aree di interesse di conservazione ambientale, le aree di interesse per l'espansione e la densità urbana e l’ubicazione di possibili conflitti di interesse nella occupazione del territorio. La metodologia è applicabile ad altri comuni e mira a rendere fondamentale il processo decisionale nella progettazione e nella gestione del paesaggio comunale, per garantire il suo sviluppo sostenibile.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 6, n. 11 (2013) - GIS & Disegno urbano, a cura di Roberto Mingucci e Ana Clara Mourão Moura; 49 -60
On Providing Support For Protocol Adaptation in Mobile Wireless Networks
Creators: name: Sudame, Pradeep
name: Badrinath, B. R.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1999

description: The availability of a variety of communication devices o ers a choice among networks with vastly di erent characteristics. A mobile host is likely to encounter these di erent networks and no single protocol or application can be expected to perform well under all these networks. The problem of adapting to a changing network environment is further complicated by the fact that changes in network conditions are usually transparent to the applications. In order to allow automatic adaptation of applications and protocols, awareness of link conditions and network environment is required. In this paper we present a uniform mechanism based on ICMP messages for providing environmental information to all the network protocol layers. We also show how applications and protocols can adapt to changes in the environment and in particular, demonstrate dynamic ne tuning of some of the well known protocols such as UDP and TCP. Performance measurements demonstrate that our mechanism imposes very little overhead and results in better performance of protocols that can adapt to changing network conditions.
Additional file 20 of The development of early pioneer neurons in the annelid Malacoceros fuliginosus
Creators: name: Kumar, Suman
name: Sharat Chandra Tumu
name: Helm, Conrad
name: Hausen, Harald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 20 Evolution of bHLH group A genes. Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf). Unrooted maximum-likelihood tree (IQ-TREE, model LG + R6 chosen by Modelfinder). Branches with approximate Bayes test ≥0.98 are labelled. Sequences of M. fuliginosus are highlighted in red. Genes we found being expressed in the analyzed stages are marked by arrows.
title: Examining controversial themes in teen thrillers: a close reading of 13 Reasons Why and Elite with an analysis of fan-made subtitles
Creators: name: Herath Mudiyanselage, Thisaranie Wijayabandara
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2025

description: Examining controversial themes in teen thrillers: a close reading of 13 Reasons Why and Elite with an analysis of fan-made subtitles This thesis offers close readings of two recent Netflix teen thrillers, the American 13 Reasons Why (2017-2020) and the Spanish Elite (2018-2024). Both shows engage with the portrayal of rape, suicide, nudity, and teen aggression which raised controversy in critical and general reception. I read 13 Reasons Why by addressing the portrayal of suicide, revenge, and rape informed with the camera work of selected scenes to understand the show's delivery of aggression. The production receives criticisms as a series that glorifies suicide and poses a risk among teenage viewers. In conclusion, I prove that the production does the opposite of "glorifying" suicide, and this psychological thriller could be a crime thriller in disguise. There are imbalances in the reception of representing rape. On the other hand, I explore Elite's treatment of rape, murder, and pornification, backed up with scene analyses. I propose that Elite has trivialised and disregarded the repercussions of teenagers committing murder, considering how 13 Reasons Why (a production aired in close time proximity, albeit in a different national context) depicts a character's demise and its impact on others. I define onscreen violence and sex as two separate concepts which should solely focus on relatability to the main plot and characters in determining the gratuitous nature rather than defining them with rape myth acceptance and rejection. Both productions experiment with topics for the first time on teen television. Finally, I examine these shows from a different perspective: I engage with how fan-made subtitles or "fansubbing" create meanings in Sinhala for these productions. I examine whether this amateur production of subtitles can convey the source text meaning observed by the close readings and existing literature. To do that, I employ back translation technique and a theoretical framework, where the subtitles are translated back to the source language and then compared with the original dialogue. This audiovisual translation (AVT) component of my research offers an innovative perspective that suggests fansubbing as an interdisciplinary tool for AVT to expand to screen studies.
Assessing Differences in mHealth Usability and App Experiences Among Young African American Women: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Howard, Brittni N
name: Wechsberg, Wendee M
name: Opper, Claudia A
name: Browne, Felicia A
name: Zule, William A
Publisher: name: JMIR Publications
Year: 2024

description: BACKGROUND: In North Carolina, HIV continues to disproportionately affect young African American women. Although mobile health (mHealth) technology appears to be a tool capable of making public health information more accessible for key populations, previous technology use and social determinants may impact users' mHealth experiences.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate mHealth usability, assessing differences based on previous technology use and social determinants among a sample of African American women in emerging adulthood.
METHODS: As part of a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded randomized controlled trial with African American women (aged 18-25 years), counties were assigned to receive an evidence-based HIV risk reduction intervention through mHealth and participants were asked to complete usability surveys at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Participants' first survey responses were analyzed through 2-tailed t tests and linear regression models to examine associations with previous technology use and social determinants (P<.05).
RESULTS: The mean System Usability Scale (SUS) score was 69.2 (SD 17.9; n=159), which was higher than the threshold of acceptability (68.0). Participants who had previously used a tablet indicated higher usability compared to participants without previous use (mean 72.9, SD 18.1 vs mean 57.6, SD 11.4; P<.001), and participants with previous smartphone use also reported higher usability compared to participants without previous use (mean 71.9, SD 18.3 vs mean 58.0, SD 10.7; P<.001). Differences in SUS scores were observed among those reporting homelessness (mean 58.3, SD 19.0 vs mean 70.8, SD 17.2; P=.01), unemployment (mean 65.9, SD 17.2 vs mean 71.6, SD 18.1; P=.04), or current school enrollment (mean 73.2, SD 18.5 vs mean 65.4, SD 16.5; P=.006). Statistically significant associations were not observed for food insecurity (mean 67.3, SD 18.6 vs mean 69.9, SD 17.7; P=.45).
CONCLUSIONS: Although above-average usability was observed overall, these findings demonstrate differences in mHealth usability based on past and current life experiences. As mHealth interventions become more prevalent, these findings may have important implications for ensuring that mHealth apps improve the reach of evidence-based interventions.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02965014; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02965014.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR2-10.1186/s12889-018-5796-8.
Additional file 2 of Association between high immune activity and worse prognosis in uveal melanoma and low-grade glioma in TCGA transcriptomic data
Creators: name: Matsuo, Hitoshi
name: Kamatani, Takashi
name: Hamba, Yu
name: Boroevich, Keith A.
name: Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2.
An overview of heat transfer enhancement literature in 2019
Creators: name: Cao, Hongxiang
name: Guo, Zhixiong
name: Tao, Yong X.
name: Nan, Yi
name: Zhang, Hang
name: Huang, Xu
name: Tang, Nai-Jei
name: Min, Jue
name: Cai, Yaomin
name: Hao, Yihua
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Enhanced heat transfer
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Energy
Phase-change material
Nanoscale
Nanofluid
Interface
Machine Learning

description: Advances in modern technology with increasing power density call for new technologies of heat transfer enhancement. This article briefly reviews archival journal literature on enhanced heat transfer research and development published in 2019 in the English language. Since a large number of articles were published, the selected studies are focused and grouped into conduction, convection, radiation, phase-change material and energy storage, and high-performance heat exchange devices. The methodologies for enhancing convective heat transfer are further categorized into passive, active, and compound techniques. The review on heat conduction focuses on the micro/nanoscale aspects, interfaces and high-conductivity carbon materials. The emphasize of thermal radiation is on near-field radiation, solar energy, and metamaterial. Recent progress in applying machine learning to enhanced heat transfer research in nanofluids, solar energy, and heat exchangers is also discussed.
Landscape morphology metrics for urban areas: analysis of the role of vegetation in the management of the quality of urban environment
Morfologia delle metriche di paesaggio in aree urbane: analise del ruolo della vegetazione nella gestione della qualità ambientale urbana
Creators: name: Magalhães, Danilo Marques De; Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
name: Moura, Ana Clara Mourao; Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Landscape Metrics; Urban Vegetation Cover; Urban land use
metriche di paesaggio urbano; copertura della vegetazione urbana; uso del suolo urbano

description: This study has the objective to demonstrate the applicability of landscape metric analysis undertaken in fragments of urban land use. More specifically, it focuses in low vegetation cover, arboreal and shrubbery vegetation and their distribution on land use. Differences of vegetation cover in dense urban areas are explained. It also discusses briefly the state-of-the-art Landscape Ecology and landscape metrics. It develops, as an example, a case study in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. For this study, it selects the use of the area’s metrics, the relation between area, perimeter, core, and circumscribed circle. From this analysis, this paper proposes the definition of priority areas for conservation, urban parks, free spaces of common land, linear parks and green corridors. It is demonstrated that, in order to design urban landscape, studies of two-dimension landscape representations are still interesting, but should consider the systemic relation between different factors related to shape and land use.
description: Questo studio ha l'obiettivo di dimostrare l'applicabilità dell'analisi metrica del paesaggio in porzioni di tessuto urbano. Più in particolare, ci si concentra sull’uso della vegetazione bassa, vegetazione arborea e arbusti, e sulla loro distribuzione nell’uso del territorio. Vengono spiegate anche le differenze di copertura vegetale per le aree urbane. Il testo descrive brevemente lo stato dell'arte sull'ecologia del Paesaggio e sull'analisi metrica del paesaggio. È sviluppato, come esempio, un caso di studio a Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasile. Attraverso quest’analisi, il contributo propone la definizione di aree prioritarie per la conservazione di parchi urbani, di parchi lineari e corridoi verdi. Per la progettazione del paesaggio urbano, gli studi di rappresentazione del paesaggio sono ancora interessanti, ma si deve considerare anche la relazione sistemica tra i diversi fattori relativi alla forma e all'uso del territorio.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 6, n. 11 (2013) - GIS & Disegno urbano, a cura di Roberto Mingucci e Ana Clara Mourão Moura; 81 -92
Carcinoma-in-Situ in a Benign Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary: A Possible Precursor of Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary
Creators: name: Campbell, Damali
name: Cracchiolo, Bernadette
name: Ukazu, Adanna
name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Ovarian neoplasms
Teratoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Carcinoma in situ

description: Background: Squamous carcinoma-in-situ(CIS) within a benign cystic teratoma is exceptionally rare, particularly in the absence of an adjacent invasive squamous component. Most of the few reported cases of CIS without invasive carcinoma occur in postmenopausal women, and are usually incidental histopathologic findings. Case: We present a case of CIS in a benign cystic teratoma, which preceded invasive squamous cell carcinoma in the contralateral ovary, and review the literature. Conclusions: In the absence of invasion, excision of the ovary with CIS appears to be adequate therapy. If CIS is detected histopathologically, a search for invasive elements should be undertaken.
Robust repetitive control with an application to a linear actuator
Creators: name: Mitrevska, Maria
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Linear actuator based servo systems are used in many applications of a repetitive nature where they are required to track periodic references in the presence of plant uncertainties and nonlinearities such as nonlinear friction. Achieving the desired tracking accuracies in such uncertain linear actuator systems requires a control method which is capable of achieving perfect cancellation of the periodic uncertainties. One such control technique is the repetitive control method. To cater for the requirements of many LA systems with unknown nonlinearities and uncertainties, this thesis proposes robust repetitive control methods for achieving fast transient response, improved robustness and improved tracking performance.
Assessing development limits and carrying capacity in urban environments: notes on the use of geographic information systems and multicriteria analysis in recent planning experience in Brazil
Valutare i limiti dello sviluppo e la capacità di carico in ambito urbano: note sull'uso dei sistemi di informazione geografica e analisi multicriterio nella recente esperienza di pianificazione in Brasile
Creators: name: Araújo, Rogério Palhares Zschaber De; Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Carrying capacity; urban development and density; inner urban structure; GIS multicriteria analysis methods
Capacità di carico; sviluppo urbano e la densità; struttura urbana; metodi di analisi multicriterio in GIS

description: Discusses the use of GIS and multicriteria analysis to define carrying capacity and calculate densification limits in urban areas to recent local planning experience, the regional master plans at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Identifies areas to be developed or densified, areas for cultural and environmental preservation, land suitable for social housing projects, and for the allocation and implementation of the planning directories and instruments of Brazilian City Statute. Combination of variables was used to build up environmental relevance and development potential indexes that formed the basis for urban densification and environmental protection categories, and to present alternative planning scenarios and proposals. Defends  GIS and multicriteria analysis highlight socio-environmental conflicts and to support political and participatory decision making processes, based on technical and rational criteria, involving different stakeholders in dispute of the same areas.
description: Il contributo descrive l'uso del GIS e di analisi multicriteria per definire capacità di addensamento e calcolare i limiti delle aree urbane nelle recenti esperienze di pianificazione regionale (il Regional Master Plan a Belo Horizonte, Brasile). Individua le aree da sviluppare o da densificare. Tratta la conservazione dell'ambiente e la tutela del territorio per progetti di edilizia residenziale sociale e per la concessione e l'attuazione degli strumenti previsti nello “Statuto della Città”. La combinazione di variabili è stata utilizzata per costruire l’analisi di rilevanza ambientale e le potenzialità di sviluppo degli indici che hanno costituito la base per la densificazione urbana e la tutela dell'ambiente e per la presentazione di scenari di pianificazione alternative. Sostiene il GIS e l’analisi multicriteria per evidenziare conflitti socio-ambientali, di sostegno politico e di partecipazione nei processi decisionali, in base a criteri tecnici e razionali, che coinvolgono diversi attori, con interessi nelle stesse aree.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 6, n. 11 (2013) - GIS & Disegno urbano, a cura di Roberto Mingucci e Ana Clara Mourão Moura; 93 -100
A novel approach to earlobe reconstruction using the V to Y advancement flap
Creators: name: Allen, Laura
name: Munroe, Kelti
name: Taylor, S. M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background: The V to Y advancement flap offers an excellent option for reconstructing defects of the lobule and adjacent structures of the external ear. We demonstrate its utility for small defects of the earlobe including those extending to the antitragal and conchal bowl regions. To our knowledge use of this technique for earlobe reconstruction has not been reported. Methods: A review of the literature was performed on the use of the V to Y flap for earlobe reconstruction. We then described its use in reconstructing lobular defects in 6 patients. All patients had a non-melanoma skin cancer involving the earlobe. All surgeries were performed under local anesthetic at a tertiary care centre in Halifax, Canada. Defects ranged in size from 1.0 to 1.4 cm. All defects were reconstructed with only a V to Y advancement flap. Patient photographs were taken intra-operatively and post-operatively. For all patients, satisfaction of the final aesthetic result was assessed on a 10 point scale in follow-up at 6 months. Results: A review of the literature did not reveal any reports of the V to Y flap used in isolation for lobular reconstruction. At our centre from 2018 to 2020, this method was well tolerated under local anesthetic in 6 patients with non-melanoma skin cancers of the earlobe. All patients reported an aesthetically satisfying result at 6 months with scores ranging between 8 and 10. Scarring in all cases was minimal. Conclusion: The V to Y advancement flap is a simple technique for reconstructing small defects of the lobule. This method is technically straight-forward, poses minimal risk to the patient, and in our experience, yields a favourable cosmetic outcome.
Interfacing information and prosody: French wh-in-situ questions
Creators: name: Déprez, Viviane
name: Syrett, Kristen
name: Kawahara, Shigeto
Publisher: name: John Benjamins
Year: 2012
Subjects: Wh-questions
French interrogatives
Prosody
Information structure
Givenness

description: We present experimental evidence bearing on Cheng and Rooryck’s (2000) proposal that French wh-in-situ questions are licensed by an intonational morpheme also present in yes-no questions and their claim that such questions are ungrammatical without a rising contour. While most participants produced a rising contour, not all did; when they did, the slope was not as steep as in yes-no questions. Our findings support C&R’s proposal, admitting the central role of information structure. We support a view of question formation in French in which information structure, syntax, and prosody form a tight relationship: the shape of the syntactically-designated contour is affected by pragmatic information. We present a theoretical account appealing to movement through givenness-marking that explains the observed pitch compression.
title: The Cinematic Language of the Iranian Feminist Film
Creators: name: Malekpour, Miniature
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2025

description: Throughout history, the role of women in both public and private spheres has been a subject of scrutiny, particularly in relation to their involvement in political and social movements. Iranian cinema, which has undergone various phases including the Film-Farsi Era, the New-Wave Movement, and the Sacred Defence cinema Era, has yet to officially acknowledge the existence of a 'Feminist Film'. This reluctance can be attributed to the industry's apprehension towards women's sexuality and presence. However, the Reformist Period and the subsequent Social Justice Period have witnessed a shift in the portrayal of women, paving the way for the emergence of a distinct genre that explores feminist themes and perspectives within Iranian cinema. This thesis aims to investigate the impact of feminist discourse, Western and Islamic, feminine consciousness, and gender identity on Iranian cinema, specifically focusing on the concept of creating a movement coined as the 'Iranian feminist film'. By analysing how filmmakers have navigated the constraints of an authoritarian state, this research seeks to understand how Iranian feminist films have played a role in empowering women and reshaping their identities. Through the development of a unique cinematic language and technique, these films have elevated the female voice and body from a position of invisibility to a state of visibility and agency. One of the key contributions of this study lies in its exploration of the intersection between gender dynamics in Iranian society and the technical aspects of filmmaking. By delving into the historical context of Iranian women's experiences with their bodies, sexuality, and individuality, this research sheds light on how Iranian feminist film has not only challenged traditional gender norms but also pushed the boundaries of cinematic expression. Through this analysis, a deeper understanding of the transformative power of film in shaping perceptions of gender equality and identity in Iranian society emerges
A rare mimic of malignancy: papillary endosalpingiosis
Creators: name: Alhatem, Albert
name: Cox, Hecca Y.
name: Barlog, Lauren
name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Papillary endosalpingiosis
Ectopic fallopian tube epithelium
Müllerian epithelium
Müllerian neoplasms

description: Endosalpingiosis is the presence of ectopic Müllerian-type epithelium resembling Fallopian tube epithelium. It usually appears as small glandular inclusions in various peritoneal sites or lymph nodes. Rarely, it is papillary in configuration, and lack of familiarity with this entity could lead to overinterpretation as a malignancy. We recently encountered a case of papillary endosalpingiosis found incidentally at laparotomy for ectopic pregnancy. Awareness of this entity is important, as it may be a diagnostic challenge.
title: Making Repression Pay: The Political Economy of Organ Trafficking in China
Creators: name: Robertson, Matthew
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2025

description: States kill for many reasons: to punish criminals, suppress dissent, or as part of warfare. Sometimes, they kill for profit. This thesis explores how the People's Republic of China transformed repression into a lucrative industry by trafficking the organs of both death penalty and political prisoners, whom they killed in the process. Drawing on extensive empirical evidence and innovative computational methods, I show how China's organ transplantation system grew rapidly by exploiting vulnerable prison populations. This process -- which I term extractive repression -- not only generated substantial economic rents for state and medical actors but also advanced China's standing in global transplant medicine. The case of state-sponsored organ trafficking in the PRC challenges conventional wisdom about the relationship between repression and development. It demonstrates how, under certain conditions, violence can fuel economic growth and technological advancement rather than impede them. By framing human organs as 'lootable assets' akin to natural resources, this research contributes to literature on the political economy of authoritarianism, predatory states, and the commodification of human life. The thesis is a mixed-methods project. It leverages large language models, computational text analysis, and forensic statistics to uncover evidence of unethical medical practices in an authoritarian context. At the same time, it contains extensive qualitative analysis of Chinese-language primary source documents. It relies on both statistical and qualitative evidence to advance its claims. The format of the thesis is a compilation of published works. There are four papers, three of which have been published, one of which is presented here in manuscript form. The structure is as follows: 1. Introduction 2. [Draft manuscript] Extractive repression: Human organ markets in the People's Republic of China 3. [Published in the American Journal of Transplantation, 2022] Execution by organ procurement: Breaching the dead donor rule in China 4. [Published in the edited volume The Xinjiang Emergency, 2022] Predatory biopolitics: Organ harvesting and other means of monetising Uyghur 'surplus' 5. [Published in BMC Medical Ethics, 2020] Analysis of official deceased organ donation data casts doubt on the credibility of China's organ transplant reform
SelectAudit: A Secure and Efficient Audit Framework for Networked Virtual Environments
Creators: name: Phan, Tuan
name: Yao, Danfeng
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Networked Virtual Environments
Algorithm
Audit
Integrity

description: Networked virtual environments (NVE) refer to the category of distributed applications that allow a large number of distributed users to interact with one or more central servers in a virtual environment setting, e.g., Second Life and multi-player online games. Recent studies identify that malicious users may compromise the semantic integrity of NVE applications and violate the semantic rules of the virtual environments without being detected, e.g., going through a wall. This problem is partly due to the fact that the central server only maintains an abstract information of a player’s state. In this paper, we propose an efficient audit framework to detect violations of semantic integrity through a probabilistic checking mechanism done by a third-party audit server. We present a secure audit protocol that periodically requests a NVE client to submit his or her state information to an audit server who then performs selective recomputation to verify the client’s results. Because typically NVE has a large number of players, an audit protocol needs to be scalable.
Additional file 1 of SUN11602, a bFGF mimetic, modulated neuroinflammation, apoptosis and calcium-binding proteins in an in vivo model of MPTP-induced nigrostriatal degeneration
Creators: name: Ardizzone, Alessio
name: Bova, Valentina
name: Casili, Giovanna
name: Filippone, Alessia
name: Campolo, Michela
name: Lanza, Marika
name: Esposito, Emanuela
name: Paterniti, Irene
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 1. Full acquistions of Western Blots images are provided.
Additional file 23 of The development of early pioneer neurons in the annelid Malacoceros fuliginosus
Creators: name: Kumar, Suman
name: Sharat Chandra Tumu
name: Helm, Conrad
name: Hausen, Harald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 23 Evolution of SoxB genes. Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf). The tree is based on a subset of the analysis shown in Fig. S6 with a SoxB-specific sequence and longer alignment. Maximum-likelihood tree (IQ-TREE, model JTT + R5 chosen by Modelfinder). Branches with approximate Bayes test ≥0.98 are labelled. Sequences of M. fuliginosus are highlighted in red. Genes we found being expressed in the analyzed stages are marked by arrows.
Geodesign, Planning Support Systems and Metaplanning
Geodesign, sistemi di supporto al piano e metapianificazione
Creators: name: Campagna, Michele; Università Di Cagliari
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Planning Support Systems (PSS); Geodesign; Metaplanning
Sistemi di supporto alla pianificazione; Geodesign; Metapianificazione

description: This paper presents the metaplanning approach as a methodology to design and represent the spatial planning process aiming at improving the spatial planning process effectiveness and transparency. It is argued metaplanning may represent the missing link between Planning Support Systems design and Geodesign, and it may support the design of Planning Support System and its agile implementation along with the design of the planning process. A brief example is given aiming at showing the practical implementation of this approach.
description: Il contributo propone l’approccio della metapianificazione come strumento per progettare e documentare il processo di piano ed esplicitare le ragioni delle scelte. L’ipotesi proposta è che la metapianificazione possa allo stesso tempo supportare la costruzione del quadro di riferimento per il progetto e lo sviluppo di sistemi informatici di supporto alla pianificazione secondo un approccio proprio del Geodesign.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 6, n. 11 (2013) - GIS & Disegno urbano, a cura di Roberto Mingucci e Ana Clara Mourão Moura; 133 -140
title: Differential modes of crosslinking establish spatially distinct regions of peptidoglycan in Caulobacter crescentus
title: Distinct domains of peptidoglycan in C. crescentus
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Huang, Kerwyn Casey
name: Klein, Eric A.
name: Chou, Seemay
name: Stankeviciute, Gabriele
name: Miguel, Amanda V.
name: Radkov, Atanas
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Transpeptidase
Stalk biosynthesis
LD crosslinks
LD transpeptidases
Lysozyme
Cell shape

description: The diversity of cell shapes across the bacterial kingdom reflects evolutionary pressures that have produced physiologically important morphologies. While efforts have been made to understand the regulation of some prototypical cell morphologies such as that of rod-shaped Escherichia coli, little is known about most cell shapes. For Caulobacter crescentus, polar stalk synthesis is tied to its dimorphic life cycle, and stalk elongation is regulated by phosphate availability. Based on the previous observation that C. crescentus stalks are lysozyme-resistant, we compared the composition of the peptidoglycan cell wall of stalks and cell bodies and identified key differences in peptidoglycan crosslinking. Cell-body peptidoglycan contained primarily DD-crosslinks between meso-diaminopimelic acid and D-alanine residues, whereas stalk peptidoglycan had more LD-transpeptidation (meso-diaminopimelic acid-meso-diaminopimelic acid), mediated by LdtD. We determined that ldtD is dispensable for stalk elongation; rather, stalk LD-transpeptidation reflects an aging process associated with low peptidoglycan turnover in the stalk. We also found that lysozyme resistance is a structural consequence of LD-crosslinking. Despite no obvious selection pressure for LD-crosslinking or lysozyme resistance in C. crescentus, the correlation between these two properties was maintained in other organisms, suggesting that DAP-DAP crosslinking may be a general mechanism for regulating bacterial sensitivity to lysozyme.
Modular co-culture engineering, a new approach for metabolic engineering
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaonan
name: Zhang, Haoran
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Modular co-culture engineering
Microbial co-cultures
Pathway modularization
Microbial biosynthesis
Microbiology--Cultures and culture media
Modularity (Engineering)

description: With the development of metabolic engineering, employment of a selected microbial host for accommodation of a designed biosynthetic pathway to produce a target compound has achieved tremendous success in the past several decades. Yet, increasing requirements for sophisticated microbial biosynthesis call for establishment and application of more advanced metabolic engineering methodologies. Recently, important progress has been made towards employing more than one engineered microbial strains to constitute synthetic co-cultures and modularizing the biosynthetic labor between the co-culture members in order to improve bioproduction performance. This emerging approach, referred to as modular co-culture engineering in this review, presents a valuable opportunity for expanding the scope of the broad field of metabolic engineering. We highlight representative research accomplishments using this approach, especially those utilizing metabolic engineering tools for microbial co-culture manipulation. Key benefits and major challenges associated with modular co-culture engineering are also presented and discussed.