cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Accelerated lymph flow from infusion of crystalloid fluid during general anesthesia
Creators: name: Hahn, Robert G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Search for anomalous couplings in WW and WZ decays in the semileptonic channel with the CMS detector
Creators: name: Shvetsov, Ivan
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2017
Subjects: CMS
high-energy physics
anomalous gauge couplings
jet-substructure techniques
boosted boson identification

description: Eine Suche nach anomalen dreifach-Eichkupplungen in WW und WZ Zerfällen im semileptonischen Kanal mit dem CMS-Detektor wird präsentiert. Jet-Substruktur Algorithmen werden verwendet um hadronisch zerfallende W oder Z Bosonen zu rekonstruieren. Die Analyse wird mit dem effektiven Feldtheorie Ansatz durchgeführt und Abweichungen vom Standardmodell werden durch zusätzliche Operatoren beschrieben, die die WWZ und WWγ Vertices modifizieren. Die Daten sind kompatibel mit den Standardmodell Erwartungen und 95% Konfidenzintervalle auf anomalen dreifach-Eichkupplungen werden gesetzt.
Leakage Conversion For Training Machine Learning Side Channel Attack Models Faster
Creators: name: Manna, Rohan Kumar
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2020
Subjects: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
Digital processor architectures
Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
Other engineering not elsewhere classified
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Cognitive neuroscience

description: Recent improvements in the area of Internet of Things (IoT) has led to extensive utilization of embedded devices and sensors. Hence, along with utilization the need for safety and security of these devices also increases proportionately. In the last two decades, the side-channel attack (SCA) has become a massive threat to the interrelated embedded devices. Moreover, extensive research has led to the development of many different forms of SCA for extracting the secret key by utilizing the various leakage information. Lately, machine learning (ML) based models have been more effective in breaking complex encryption systems than the other types of SCA models. However, these ML or DL models require a lot of data for training that cannot be collected while attacking a device in a real-world situation. Thus, in this thesis, we try to solve this issue by proposing the new technique of leakage conversion. In this technique, we try to convert the high signal to noise ratio (SNR) power traces to low SNR averaged electromagnetic traces. In addition to that, we also show how artificial neural networks (ANN) can learn various non-linear dependencies of features in leakage information, which cannot be done by adaptive digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms. Initially, we successfully convert traces in the time interval of 80 to 200 as the cryptographic operations occur in that time frame. Next, we show the successful conversion of traces lying in any time frame as well as having a random key and plain text values. Finally, to validate our leakage conversion technique and the generated traces we successfully implement correlation electromagnetic analysis (CEMA) with an approximate minimum traces to disclosure (MTD) of 480.
sj-pdf-1-rie-10.1177_00345237211031261 - Supplemental material for Willingness to communicate in a second language and the promise of complex dynamic systems theory: A narrative review
Creators: name: Syed, Hassan
name: Memon, Shumaila
name: Chachar, Zulfiqar Ali
name: Zameer, Sharique
name: Shah, Tanweer
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-rie-10.1177_00345237211031261 for Willingness to communicate in a second language and the promise of complex dynamic systems theory: A narrative review by Hassan Syed, Shumaila Memon, Zulfiqar Ali Chachar, Sharique Zameer and Tanweer Shah in Research in Education
Additional file 1 of Threshold-modifying effect of the systemic inflammatory response index on kidney function decline in hypertensive patients
Creators: name: Wei, Xing
name: Wei, Jing
name: Feng, Jun
name: Li, Chao
name: Zhang, Zhipeng
name: Hu, Ben
name: Long, Nv
name: Luo, Chunmiao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Baseline information table based on SIRI quartiles. Table S2. Subgroup analysis of outcome events with eGFR ≤60 mL/minute/1.73 m2. Table S3. Subgroup analysis of outcome events with ACR≥30 mg/g. Table S4. Regression analysis of exclusion of people with new-onset hypertension. Table S5. Regression analysis with exclusion of people with blood pressure less than 140/90 mmHg. Table S6. Propensity score matching for outcome events with eGFR ≤60 mL/minute/1.73 m2. Table S7. Propensity score matching for outcome events with ACR≥30 mg/g.
A nonlinear model of shearable elastic rod from an origami-like microstructure displaying folding and faulting
Creators: name: Paradiso, M.
name: Corso, F. Dal
name: Bigoni, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new continuous model of shearable rod, subject to large elastic deformation, is derived from nonlinear homogenization of a one-dimensional periodic microstructured chain. As particular cases, the governing equations reduce to the Euler elastica and to the shearable elastica known as 'Engesser', that has been scarcely analysed so far. The microstructure that is homogenized is made up of elastic hinges and four-bar linkages, which may be realized in practice using origami joints. The equivalent continuous rod is governed by a Differential-Algebraic system of nonlinear Equations (DAE), containing an internal length ratio, and showing a surprisingly rich mechanical landscape, which involves a twin sequence of bifurcation loads, separated by a 'transition' mode. The latter occurs, for simply supported and cantilever rods in a 'bookshelf-like' mode and in a mode involving faulting (formation of a step in displacement), respectively. The postcritical response of the simply supported rod exhibits the emergence of folding, an infinite curvature occurring at a point of the rod axis, developing into a curvature jump at increasing load. Faulting and folding, excluded for both Euler and Reissner models and so far unknown in the rod theory, represent 'signatures' revealing the origami design of the microstructure. These two features are shown to be associated with bifurcations and, in particular folding, with a secondary bifurcation of the corresponding discrete chain when the number of elements is odd. Beside the intrinsic theoretical relevance to the field of structural mechanics, our results can be applied to various technological contexts involving highly compliant mechanisms, such as the achievement of objective trajectories with soft robot arms through folding and localized displacement of origami-inspired or multi-material mechanisms.
"Playing the robot's advocate": Bystanders' descriptions of a robot's conduct in public settings
Creators: name: Rudaz, Damien
name: Licoppe, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Relying on a large corpus of natural interactions between visitors and a robot in a museum setting, we study a recurrent practice through which humans "worked" to maintain the robot as a competent participant: the description by bystanders, in a way that was made accessible to the main speaker, of the social action that the robot was taken to be accomplishing. Doing so, bystanders maintained the robot's (sometimes incongruous) behaviour as relevant to the activity at hand and preserved the robot itself as a competent participant. Relying on these data, we argue that ex ante definitions of a robot as "social" (i.e. before any interaction occurred) run the risk of naturalizing as self-evident the observable result from micro-sociological processes: namely, the interactional work of co-present humans through which the robot's conduct is reconfigured as contextually relevant.
Pronouns, Prescriptivism, and Prejudice: Attitudes toward the Singular 'They', Prescriptive Grammar, and Nonbinary Transgender People
Creators: name: Hernandez, Ellis
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gender, sexuality and education
English language
Sociolinguistics
Gender psychology
Community psychology
Social psychology

description: Reviewing literature on the histories of and the attitude studies about transgender people, the use of ‘they’ as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun, prescriptive grammar ideology, and aversive prejudice theory provides insight into how these topics are interrelated and relevant to current issues surrounding nonbinary transgender people. This review inspired my research study. My participants (n = 722) completed an online survey in which they reported demographic variables and answered scales that measured ‘they’ attitudes in generic and queer contexts, attitudes toward trans people, and prescriptive grammar ideology. I found that the majority of participants approved of using the singular ‘they’. Regression analyses revealed that in a queer context, negative attitudes toward 'they' were best predicted by trans prejudice, while in a generic context, both valuing prescriptive grammar and anti-trans prejudice similarly predicted 'they' attitudes. This indicates that negative attitudes toward the singular 'they' are not merely an issue of taking a principled stance against "improper grammar". Additionally, both sexual orientation and gender (trans vs. cisgender) moderate the relationship between prescriptive grammar ideology and 'they' attitudes. Age, sexual orientation, and education level also influenced my pattern of results such that older participants, queer people, and more highly educated individuals were more likely to have positive attitudes toward the singular ‘they’. These findings have implications for LGBTQ+ individuals’ relationships with cisgender and heterosexual people as well as for theories of prejudice, particularly with regard to the increasingly important area of attitudes toward people with diverse gender identities.
sj-pdf-1-jhc-10.1369_00221554211031678 – Supplemental material for SPM Receptor Expression and Localization in Irradiated Salivary Glands
Creators: name: dos Santos, Harim Tavares
name: Nam, Kihoon
name: Hunt, Jason P.
name: Buchmann, Luke O.
name: Monroe, Marcus M.
name: Baker, Olga J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jhc-10.1369_00221554211031678 for SPM Receptor Expression and Localization in Irradiated Salivary Glands by Harim Tavares dos Santos, Kihoon Nam, Jason P. Hunt, Luke O. Buchmann, Marcus M. Monroe and Olga J. Baker in Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
sj-pdf-1-ajs-10.1177_03635465211029032 – Supplemental material for Impaired Lower Extremity Biomechanics, Hip External Rotation Muscle Weakness, and Proximal Femoral Morphology Predict Impaired Single-Leg Squat Performance in People With FAI Syndrome
Creators: name: Malloy, Philip
name: Wichman, Daniel M.
name: Garcia, Flavio
name: Espinoza-Orías, Alejandro
name: Chahla, Jorge
name: Nho, Shane J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-ajs-10.1177_03635465211029032 for Impaired Lower Extremity Biomechanics, Hip External Rotation Muscle Weakness, and Proximal Femoral Morphology Predict Impaired Single-Leg Squat Performance in People With FAI Syndrome by Philip Malloy, Daniel M. Wichman, Flavio Garcia, Alejandro Espinoza-Orías, Jorge Chahla and Shane J. Nho in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
Additional file 1 of Terminology and methods used to differentiate injury intent of hospital burn patients in South Asia: a systematic scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Bebbington, Emily
name: Ramesh, Parvathy
name: Kakola, Mohan
name: McPhillips, Rebecca
name: Bibi, Fatima
name: Hanif, Atiya
name: Morris, Nia
name: Khan, Murad
name: Poole, Rob
name: Robinson, Catherine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1. Completed preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) checklist.
sj-pdf-3-tec-10.1177_02711214211032720 – Supplemental material for A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Relation Between Engagement and Achievement in Early Childhood Research
Creators: name: Lindström, Esther R.
name: Chow, Jason C.
name: Zimmerman, Kathleen N.
name: Zhao, Hongyang
name: Settanni, Elise
name: Ellison, Alyson
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-tec-10.1177_02711214211032720 for A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Relation Between Engagement and Achievement in Early Childhood Research by Esther R. Lindström, Jason C. Chow, Kathleen N. Zimmerman, Hongyang Zhao, Elise Settanni and Alyson Ellison in Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
Indoor Localization Based on MSC Map
Creators: name: Kułacz, Łukasz
name: Kliks, Adrian
name: Ruseckas, Julius
name: Molis, Gediminas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this short paper, we propose a technique for AI-based identification of modulation and coding schemes (MCS) in surrounding cellular signals. Based on the created MCS map, we evaluate the performance of indoor localization techniques.
description: 2 pages, 2 figures. 2024 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)
The Domain of Perfect Affection
Creators: name: Loyd, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2020
Subjects: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: A collection of lyric poetry that explores subjective feeling in contrast with public sentiment through the lens of the life and legacy of marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson, including what the idea of “legacy” means for women, science, queerness, and (auto)biography.
Homosexualité(s) masculine(s) et expériences carcérales : une étude exploratoire
Creators: name: Hamel, Bryan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Identités sexuelles
Incarcération
Masculinité
Homosexualité
Passing
Homophobie

description: Les études criminologiques qui ont trait à l’articulation entre sexualité(s) et détention sont rares. Celles qui portent sur les expériences de détenus homosexuels sont pratiquement inexistantes. Cette recherche exploratoire, basée sur la réalisation d’entretiens semi-directifs auprès d’ex-détenus homosexuels incarcérés dans des pénitenciers et prisons situées au Québec, vise à combler une partie de cet espace. En analysant les récits de leur passage en institution carcérale, nous interrogeons leurs conceptions des notions d’identités et d’orientations sexuelles. Il en ressort notamment que l’homosexualité prend une place variable dans la définition qu’ils donnent d’eux-mêmes. L’impact de l’environnement dans l’actualisation et la mise au jour de certaines facettes identitaires est également pris en compte, de même que leur perception de la tolérance et de l’acceptabilité de l’homosexualité en contexte carcéral. Pour eux, bien que l’homophobie soit rare, elle ne peut être conceptualisée séparément des notions de « masculinité » et de « visibilité ».
Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in China
Creators: name: Yang, Xuemei
name: Sun, Qiaoling
name: Li, Jiaping
name: Jiang, Yu
name: Li, Yi
name: Lin, Jianping
name: Chen, Kaichao
name: Chan, Edward Wai-Chi
name: Zhang, Rong
name: Chen, Sheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The epidemiological features of the newly emerged carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-HvKP) and its potential threat to human health are currently unknown. In this study, a total of 784 blaKPC-2-bearing CRKP strains collected from three hospitals located at different geographical locales in China during 2014-2017 were subjected to molecular typing, screening of virulence plasmid, string test and WGS (367/784 strains). The proportion of CRKP among all clinical K. pneumoniae strains increased sharply in China during 2014-2017. A large proportion (58%) of these CRKP strains were found to harbor a virulence-encoding plasmid, while only 13% of such strains exhibited a hypervirulent phenotype by string test and neutrophil assay. The lack of hypervirulent phenotype in virulent plasmid-bearing CRKP strains was found to be due to the mutation’s presence on rmpA and rmpA2 genes, which rendered them non-functional, while some strains carrying wild type rmpA did not exhibit hypervirulent phenotype either suggesting that other factors might also contribute to the hypervirulence of CRKP. Phylogenetic and SNP analysis indicated that the transmission of these CRKP strains in China likely involved several major clones of ST11. Carriage of IncFII pSWU01-like, blaKPC-2-bearing plasmid was found to be the major mechanism of carbapenem resistance in these CRKP strains. In conclusion, our data indicated that the prevalence of CRKP strains carrying the virulence plasmid has rapidly increased in China, while genetic markers was not correlated well with the hypervirulent phenotypes, which call for a better definition and screening for these truly hypervirulent CR-HvKP strains in clinical settings.
Exploring surface water as a transmission medium of avian influenza viruses – systematic infection studies in mallards
Creators: name: Ahrens, Ann Kathrin
name: Selinka, Hans-Christoph
name: Mettenleiter, Thomas C.
name: Beer, Martin
name: Harder, Timm C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) are an abundant anseriform migratory wild bird species worldwide and an important reservoir for the maintenance of low pathogenicity (LP) avian influenza viruses (AIV). They have also been implicated in the spread of high pathogenicity (HP) AIV after spill-over events from HPAIV-infected poultry. The spread of HPAIV within wild water bird populations may lead to viral contamination of natural habitats. The role of small shallow water bodies as a transmission medium of AIV among mallards is investigated here in three experimental settings. (i) Delayed onset but rapid progression of infection seeded by two mallards inoculated with either LP or HP AIV to each eight sentinel mallards was observed in groups with access to a small 100 L water pool. In contrast, groups with a bell drinker as the sole source of drinking water showed a rapid onset but lengthened course of infection. (ii) HPAIV infection also set off when virus was dispersed in the water pool; titres as low as 102 TCID50 L−1 (translating to 0.1 TCID50 mL−1) proved to be sufficient. (iii) Substantial loads of viral RNA (and infectivity) were also found on the surface of the birds’ breast plumage. “Unloading” of virus infectivity from contaminated plumage into water bodies may be an efficient mechanism of virus spread by infected mallards. However, transposure of HPAIV via the plumage of an uninfected mallard failed. We conclude, surface water in small shallow water bodies may play an important role as a mediator of AIV infection of aquatic wild birds.
title: An Exploratory Study
title: How One Rural District Increased Post-Secondary Enrollment
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Pivovarnik, Alyse Katrina
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: College access
College-going
Organizational brokerage
Post-secondary access
Rural education
Social capital

description: The federal government has made increasing post-secondary attainment a priority, and though much research has been done on the topic, many of these studies have focused on urban schools and students. This qualitative case study, utilizing social capital and organizational brokerage frameworks, will explore how one rural school district in northeastern Washington state that serves predominantly low-income students of color increased its post-secondary enrollment rates by over 25 percent over a ten-year period. This study sought to respond to the following research questions: (1) What institutional practices encourage the brokerage of college information to increase college-going rates in a rural district serving primarily low-income, first-generation, students of color? (2) How does the rural context impact social capital and the organizational brokerage of college information? (3) How do educational leaders enact leadership to increase social capital? Analysis of observations, interviews, and artifacts revealed there were four mechanisms driving this change: leadership, context, community, and external partnering. This study has implications for educational leaders, districts, policy and future scholarship.
Additional file 2 of Terminology and methods used to differentiate injury intent of hospital burn patients in South Asia: a systematic scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Bebbington, Emily
name: Ramesh, Parvathy
name: Kakola, Mohan
name: McPhillips, Rebecca
name: Bibi, Fatima
name: Hanif, Atiya
name: Morris, Nia
name: Khan, Murad
name: Poole, Rob
name: Robinson, Catherine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 2. MEDLINE search strategy.
Exploring surface water as a transmission medium of avian influenza viruses – systematic infection studies in mallards
Creators: name: Ahrens, Ann Kathrin
name: Selinka, Hans-Christoph
name: Mettenleiter, Thomas C.
name: Beer, Martin
name: Harder, Timm C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) are an abundant anseriform migratory wild bird species worldwide and an important reservoir for maintenance of low pathogenicity (LP) avian influenza viruses (AIV). They have also been implicated in the spread of high pathogenicity (HP) AIV after spill-over events from HPAIV-infected poultry. Spread of HPAIV within wild water bird populations may lead to viral contamination of natural habitats. The role of small shallow water bodies as a transmission medium of AIV among mallards is investigated here in three experimental settings. (i) Delayed onset but rapid progression of infection seeded by two mallards inoculated with either LP or HP AIV to each eight sentinel mallards was observed in groups with access to a small 100 L water pool. In contrast, groups with a bell drinker as the sole source of drinking water showed a rapid onset but lengthened course of infection. (ii) HPAIV infection also set off when virus was dispersed in the water pool; titres as low as 102 TCID50 L-1 (translating to 0.1 TCID50 mL-1) proved to be sufficient. (iii) Substantial loads of viral RNA (and infectivity) were also found on the surface of the birds’ breast plumage. “Unloading” of virus infectivity from contaminated plumage into water bodies may be an efficient mechanism of virus spread by infected mallards. However, transposure of HPAIV via the plumage of an uninfected mallard failed. We conclude, surface water in small shallow water bodies may play an important role as a mediator of AIV infection of aquatic wild birds.
Des hommes hétérosexuels volontairement sans enfant
Creators: name: Laniel, Valérie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Childfree
Hommes
Couple
Conversation conjugale
Volontairement sans enfant
Épreuve

description: La réalité des personnes volontairement sans enfant intéresse de plus en plus les médias traditionnels. Les recherches en sciences sociales commencent à s’intéresser à la question, mais elles semblent mettre de côté la réalité des hommes dans cette situation. Dans la majorité des cas, c’est le point de vue des femmes volontairement sans enfant qui est exploré dans les recherches, les reportages ou le web, sur les childfree. Cette recherche qualitative propose un angle inédit jusqu’à maintenant en sociologie sur la question des hommes hétérosexuels qui prennent la décision de ne pas devenir pères. L’intention de cette recherche est de comprendre comment, en tant qu’hommes, ils négocient avec normes, toujours présentes, du faire famille.
Molecular epidemiology and genotype-specific disease severity of hepatitis E virus infections in Germany, 2010–2019
Creators: name: Schemmerer, Mathias
name: Wenzel, Jürgen J.
name: Stark, Klaus
name: Faber, Mirko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Zoonotic hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in Europe. Genotype 3 (HEV-3) is predominant but information on subtype distribution, trends and clinical implications in Germany is scarce. We analysed 936 HEV RNA positive samples of human origin and corresponding national surveillance data from 2010 to 2019. Samples were referred to the National Consultant Laboratory and sequenced in at least one of four genomic regions. Sequences were analysed using bioinformatics methods and compared to the latest HEV reference set. 1,656 sequences were obtained from 300 female, 611 male and 25 of unknown sex aged 3–92 years (median 55 years). HEV-3c was predominant (67.3%) followed by HEV-3f, HEV-3e and HEV-3i(-like) with 14.3%, 9.7% and 4.0% (other subtypes ≤1.1%). The proportion of HEV-3 group 2 (3abchijklm) strains increased over time. Jaundice, upper abdominal pain, fever, hospitalization, and death due to HEV were significantly more often reported for patients infected with HEV-3 group 1 (3efg) compared to group 2. Larger spatio-temporal clusters of identical sequences were not observed. HEV-3 group 1 infections are more severe as compared to the predominant group 2. Detection of group 2 strains increased over the last years, possibly due to more frequent diagnosis of asymptomatic and mild courses. The diversity of strains and the space–time distribution is compatible with a foodborne zoonosis with supra-regional distribution of the infection vehicle (pork products).
QCD Phase Diagram for Large $N_f$ : Analysis from Contact Interaction Effective Potential
Creators: name: Ahmad, Aftab
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we discuss the impact of a higher number of light quark flavors, $N_f$, on the QCD phase diagram under extreme conditions. Our formalism is based on the Schwinger-Dyson equation, employing a specific symmetry-preserving vector-vector flavor-dressed contact interaction model of quarks in Landau gauge, utilizing the rainbow-Ladder truncation. We derive expressions for the dressed quark mass $M_f$ and effective potential $Ω^{f}$ at zero, at finite temperature $T$ and the quark chemical potential $μ$. The transition between chiral symmetry breaking and restoration is triggered by the effective potential of the contact interaction, whereas the confinement and deconfinement transition is approximated from the confinement length scale $\tildeτ_{ir}$. Our analysis reveals that at $(T = μ= 0)$, increasing $N_f$ leads to the restoration of chiral symmetry and the deconfinement of quarks when $N_f$ reaches its critical value, $N^{c}_{f} \approx 8$. At this critical value, In the chiral limit ($m_f = 0$), the global minimum of the effective potential occurs at the point where the dressed quark mass approaches zero ($M_f \rightarrow 0$). However, when a bare quark mass of $m_f = 7$ MeV is introduced, the global minimum shifts slightly to a nonzero value, approaching $M_f \rightarrow m_f$. At finite $T$ and $μ$, we illustrate the QCD phase diagram in the $(T^{χ,C}_{c} -μ)$ plane, for various numbers of light quark flavors, noting that both the critical temperature $T_c$ and the critical chemical potential $μ_c $ for chiral symmetry restoration and deconfinement decrease as $ N_f $ increases. Moreover, the critical endpoint $(T_{EP}, μ_{EP})$ also shifts to lower values with increasing $N_f $. Our findings are consistent with other low-energy QCD approaches.
description: 15 pages, 23 figures,Paper "Accepted"
Molecular epidemiology and genotype-specific disease severity of hepatitis E virus infections in Germany, 2010-2019
Creators: name: Schemmerer, Mathias
name: Wenzel, Jürgen J.
name: Stark, Klaus
name: Faber, Mirko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Zoonotic hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in Europe. Genotype 3 (HEV-3) is predominant but information on subtype distribution, trends and clinical implications in Germany is scarce. We analysed 936 HEV RNA positive samples of human origin and corresponding national surveillance data from 2010–2019. Samples were referred to the National Consultant Laboratory and sequenced in at least one of four genomic regions. Sequences were analysed using bioinformatics methods and compared to the latest HEV reference set. 1,656 sequences were obtained from 300 female, 611 male and 25 of unknown sex aged 3–92 years (median 55 years). HEV-3c was predominant (67.3%) followed by HEV-3f, HEV-3e and HEV-3i(-like) with 14.3%, 9.7% and 4.0% (other subtypes ≤1.1%). The proportion of HEV-3 group 2 (3abchijklm) strains increased over time. Jaundice, upper abdominal pain, fever, hospitalisation, and death due to HEV were significantly more often reported for patients infected with HEV-3 group 1 (3efg) compared to group 2. Larger spatio-temporal clusters of identical sequences were not observed. HEV-3 group 1 infections are more severe as compared to the predominant group 2. Detection of group 2 strains increased over the last years, possibly due to more frequent diagnosis of asymptomatic and mild courses. The diversity of strains and the space-time distribution is compatible with a foodborne zoonosis with supra-regional distribution of the infection vehicle (pork products).
Additional file 1 of Fungal communities on alpine cheese rinds in Southern Switzerland
Creators: name: De Respinis, Sophie
name: Caminada, AnnaPaola
name: Pianta, Elisa
name: Buetti-Dinh, Antoine
name: Riva Scettrini, Patrizia
name: Petrini, Liliane
name: Tonolla, Mauro
name: Petrini, Orlando
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Frequency (in percentage of total number of reads) of mold and yeast species identified by ITS metabarcoding. Due to the inadequacy of ITS to identify some fungal species, species names (in particular Penicillium spp.) are not reliable and should be seen only as indicative of the biodiversity observed by metabarcoding. Some species reported may also be false positive detections. Table S2. Frequency of mold and yeast species [n, (%)] isolated in pure culture. Penicillium spp. were identified using the β-tubulin gene region (Houbraken et al 2020). For P. biforme see discussion in the main text. Fig. S1. Analysis of the ecological data collected by metabarcoding. A: Whittaker plots of all OTUs, presenting the abundance of each OTU ranked from the most (rank 1) to the least frequent rank, for all cellars studied. B: Whittaker plots of the OTUs with frequency of reads>2%, presenting the abundance of each species ranked from the most (rank 1) to the least frequent. C: Results of the MDS of the data collected by metabarcoding, all OTUs included in the analysis. D: Results of the MDS of the data collected by metabarcoding, with only OTUs with frequencies >2% included in the analysis. For additional details see text.
Risk factors and preventive interventions for post Covid-19 condition: systematic review
Creators: name: Pillay, Jennifer
name: Rahman, Sholeh
name: Guitard, Samantha
name: Wingert, Aireen
name: Hartling, Lisa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: This systematic review examined pre-existing and clinical risk factors for post Covid-19 condition (≥12 weeks after onset), and interventions during acute and post-acute phases of illness that could potentially prevent post Covid-19 condition. The review focuses on studies collecting data during the early phases of the pandemic and prior to the emergence of variants of concern and widespread vaccination. We searched bibliographic databases and grey literature. Two investigators independently reviewed abstracts and full-text articles, and data extraction and risk of bias assessments were verified. Meta-analysis was performed when suitable and we assessed the certainty of evidence using GRADE. We included 31 studies. We found small-to-moderate associations (e.g. adjusted odds ratios 1.5 to <2.0) between female sex and higher non-recovery, fatigue, and dyspnea (moderate certainty). Severe or critical acute-phase Covid-19 severity (versus not) has probably (moderate certainty) a large association (adjusted ratio ≥2.0) with increased cognitive impairment, a small-to-moderate association with more non-recovery, and a little-to-no association with dyspnea. There may be (low certainty) large associations between hospitalization and increased non-recovery, increased dyspnea, and reduced return to work. Other outcomes had low certainty of small-to-moderate or little-to-no association or very low certainty. Several potential preventive interventions were examined, but effects are very uncertain. Guidelines in relation to surveillance, screening, and other services such as access to sickness and disability benefits, might need to focus on females and those with previously severe Covid-19 illness. Continuous assessment of emerging evidence, especially on whether different variants and vaccination impact outcomes, will be important. PROSPERO registration: CRD42021270354.
Risk factors and preventive interventions for post Covid-19 condition: systematic review
Creators: name: Pillay, Jennifer
name: Rahman, Sholeh
name: Guitard, Samantha
name: Wingert, Aireen
name: Hartling, Lisa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: This systematic review examined pre-existing and clinical risk factors for post Covid-19 condition (≥12 weeks after positive test/symptom onset), and interventions during the acute and post-acute phases of the illness that could potentially prevent post Covid-19 condition. The review focuses on studies collecting data during the early phases of the pandemic and prior to the emergence of variants of concern and of widespread vaccination. We searched bibliographic databases and grey literature. Two investigators independently reviewed abstracts and full-text articles, and data extraction and risk of bias assessments were verified. Meta-analysis was performed when suitable and we assessed the certainty of evidence using GRADE. We included 31 studies. We found small-to-moderate associations (e.g. adjusted odds ratios 1.5 to <2.0) between female sex and higher non-recovery, fatigue, and dyspnea (moderate certainty). Severe or critical acute-phase Covid-19 severity (versus not) has probably (moderate certainty) a large association (adjusted ratio ≥2.0) with increased cognitive impairment, a small-to-moderate association with more non-recovery, and a little-to-no association with dyspnea. There may be (low certainty) large associations between hospitalization and increased non-recovery, increased dyspnea, and reduced return to work. Other outcomes had low certainty of small-to-moderate or little-to-no association or very low certainty. Several potential preventive interventions were examined, but we are very uncertain about their effects. Guidelines in relation to surveillance, screening services, and other services such as access to sickness and disability benefits, might need to focus on females and those with previously severe Covid-19 illness. Continuous assessment of the emerging evidence, especially on whether different variants and vaccination impact outcomes, will be important. PROSPERO registration: CRD42021270354
Towards a Continuously Learning Humanoid: AI-Driven Sensory Perception and Adaptive Intelligence.
Creators: name: Sen, Sagnik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Humanoid Robots Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine Learning (ML) Deep Learning Neural Networks Computer Vision Natural Language Processing (NLP) Reinforcement Learning Autonomous Systems Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Bipedal Locomotion AI for Robotics Emotion Recognition in Robots Adaptive Learning in AI Robot Perception and Sensory Processing

description: Title: Towards a Continuously Learning Humanoid: AI-Driven Sensory Perception and Adaptive Intelligence

Abstract:This thesis explores the development of an AI-powered humanoid capable of real-time sensory perception, adaptive intelligence, and continuous learning. By integrating artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and sensory data processing, the humanoid can detect environmental parameters such as heat, cold, and power fluctuations while making intelligent decisions based on predefined thresholds and learned experiences.

A key aspect of this research is the humanoid’s ability to learn from both human interactions and computational training models, utilizing reinforcement learning, neural networks, and real-time decision-making frameworks. The thesis presents an AI-driven adaptive response system, where the humanoid refines its behavior over time through data analysis and iterative improvements.

Furthermore, the study discusses various AI frameworks, robotics integration, sensor data processing, and ethical considerations related to humanoid development. The research lays the foundation for future advancements in AI-driven robotics, bridging the gap between human cognition and robotic intelligence.

This work provides a comprehensive look into AI-enabled humanoid intelligence, supported by theoretical foundations, practical implementations, and Python-based code examples for real-world applications.

Keywords: AI, Machine Learning, Humanoid Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Sensor-based AI, Adaptive Intelligence, Neural Networks, Robotics Ethics
Bioexcel Deliverable 4.4 – Dissemination Report And Updated Plan
Creators: name: Apostolov, Rossen
name: Matser, Vera
name: White, Mirren
name: Harrow, Ian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Dissemination

description: This document reports on the dissemination activities of BioExcel for the period until 30 April 2017. Together with D4.5 – Training Report and Updated Plan (PM18), this deliverable gives a complete overview of the work completed under work package 4. The current D4.4 presents information about the project website, social media channels, dissemination events and publications, while D4.5 focuses on the BioExcel Training Programme. Where content overlaps, we specify if a subset of information is presented and refer to the deliverable with the most detailed overview.

The project website is one of the main channels for connecting with the wider communities. Its content has substantially increased over the time of the project and it attracts a healthy regular traffic. Social media activities have been successful for promotion. Mailing lists and newsletters have been established for communication with specific interest groups. Webinars have been particularly popular not only for promotion but for providing a long-lasting expertise to researchers. Through extensive participation in 41 dissemination events in addition to 28 training ones we have been able to outreach to a large proportion of user base. 23 articles have been published in scientific journals and conference publications. A promotional video that showcases the mission and vision of the center has been produced for further distribution. Several important collaborations have been established with partnering organizations – ELIXIR, OpenPHACTS and MolSSI, and others are in ongoing discussions.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-asj-10.1177_00016993211028905 - Early home-leaving (HL) and educational attainment − The moderating role of HL in the intergenerational transmission of education
Creators: name: Remes, Hanna
name: Sirniö, Outi
name: Martikainen, Pekka
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-asj-10.1177_00016993211028905 for Early home-leaving (HL) and educational attainment − The moderating role of HL in the intergenerational transmission of education by Hanna Remes, Outi Sirniö and Pekka Martikainen in Acta Sociologica
Additional file 1 of Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
Creators: name: Endalamaw, Aklilu
name: Khatri, Resham B
name: Erku, Daniel
name: Zewdie, Anteneh
name: Wolka, Eskinder
name: Nigatu, Frehiwot
name: Assefa, Yibeltal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Low-toxin Clostridioides difficile RT027 strains exhibit robust virulence
Creators: name: Anwar, Farhan
name: Roxas, Bryan Angelo P.
name: Shehab, Kareem W.
name: Ampel, Neil M.
name: Viswanathan, V. K.
name: Vedantam, Gayatri
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Clostridioides difficile is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections worldwide. Currently, there is a lack of consensus for an optimal diagnostic method for C. difficile infection (CDI). Multi-step diagnostic algorithms use enzyme immunosorbent analysis (EIA)-based detection of C. difficile toxins TcdA/TcdB in stool, premised on the rationale that EIA toxin-negative (Tox−) patients have less severe disease and shorter diarrhoea duration. The aim of this study was to characterize toxigenic (i.e. tcdA/tcdB-positive) C. difficile strains isolated from diarrheic patient stool with an EIA Tox− (i.e. “discrepant”) CDI diagnostic test result. Recovered strains were DNA fingerprinted (ribotyped), subjected to multiple toxin, genome and proteome evaluations, and assessed for virulence. Overall, of 1243 C. difficile-positive patient stool specimens from Southern Arizona hospitals, 31% were discrepant. For RT027 (the most prevalent ribotype)-containing specimens, 34% were discrepant; the corresponding RT027 isolates were cytotoxic to cultured fibroblasts, but their total toxin levels were comparable to, or lower than, the historic low-toxin-producing C. difficile strain CD630. Nevertheless, these low-toxin RT027 strains (LT-027) exhibited similar lethality to a clade-matched high-toxin RT027 strain in Golden Syrian hamsters, and heightened colonization and persistence in mice. Genomics and proteomics analyses of LT-027 strains identified unique genes and altered protein abundances, respectively, relative to high-toxin RT027 strains. Collectively, our data highlight the robust virulence of LT-027 C. difficile, provide a strong argument for reconsidering the clinical significance of a Tox− EIA result, and underscore the potential limitations of current diagnostic protocols.