cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Utilizacija otchodov elektrotechniki i elektroniki v Kaliningrade fasa II
title: Заключительный отчет (Final Report, Russian)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Knoch, Joachim
name: Ebbing, Jochen
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Beratungshilfeprojekt
subject: Elektro- und Elektronikabfall
subject: Russland
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Waste | Resources
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Исходя из разработанного в первой фазе проекта и выбранного для дальнейшего рассмотрения сценария «Расширение имеющихся возможностей утилизации » были проведены консультации для городской администрации Калининграда в этом проекте по разработке и внедрению необходимых мер для сбора отходов электротехники и электроники. При этом должны были быть описаны технические и организационные проектные документы по созданию централизованной системы утилизации отходов электротехники и электроники.
Opera in fuga. La regionalità critica e affettiva in Verso nord di Willy Vlautin
Creators: name: Campbell, Neil
name: Rosso, Stefano
name: Cagliero, Roberto
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2020

description: La ‘visibilità’ del West in quanto regione è legata, in modo inestricabile, con la sua storia mitica di “nazione di pistoleri”, il racconto epico di una espansione imperiale, il ‘Destino manifesto’, l’eredità della conquista, l’unilateralismo, tutte grandi narrazioni di insediamento e di superiorità. Ne consegue che l’idea di regione, di Occidentalità (Westness), sia distribuita grazie a queste storie: inscritta, ripetuta e costantemente rinnovata, arrivando a costruire un potente regime della rappresentazione o quello che Jacques Rancière chiama “l’organizzazione del sensibile”, riferendosi ai modi in cui sistemi di divisione e i confini definiscono ciò che è visibile e ascoltabile, visto e nascosto, in qualsiasi regime estetico-politico (Rockhill 1). Ma come sostiene Rancière, il ruolo dell’opera d’arte è proprio quello di “riconfigurare la mappa del sensibile interferendo con la funzionalità dei gesti e i ritmi adattati ai cicli naturali della produzione, della riproduzione e sottomissione” (Rancière 39). “La divisione del sensibile” è la lingua ‘principale’ per mezzo della quale possiamo conoscere la regione (il West americano) in quanto parla i suoi miti, fa circolare i suoi discorsi costituiti e approva le sue ideologie. Tuttavia è possibile fare emergere ed entrare in contatto con ciò che Deleuze e Guattari definiscono il “minore” in azione insieme e all’interno del “maggiore”, non in quanto linguaggio subalterno o privo di significato, ma piuttosto come linguaggio che esiste “per fare filare la lingua maggiore…a forza di tendervi tensori” (Deleuze e Guattari 152). (Tradotto da Roberto Cagliero e Stefano Rosso)
description: Iperstoria, No 7 (2016): Old and New West
Postwestern Elsewheres. Il disagio della mobilità in La ballata di Charley Thompson di Willy Vlautin
Creators: name: Lombardi, William V.
name: Renna, Dora
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2020

description: Questo breve saggio fa parte della mia esplorazione, ancora in corso, sullo spazio del western statunitense. Tratta in particolare di quelli che definirei gli “altrove del postwestern” (postwestern elseweheres), spazi letterali, metaforici o simbolici che rappresentano il tropo della reinvenzione, della fuga o del rifugio nello spazio selvaggio del West così come recepito e potenziato dalla letteratura contemporanea. La mia ipotesi è radicata nella mappatura letteraria di Franco Moretti secondo cui, “senza un certo tipo di spazio, ottenere un certo tipo di storia è semplicemente impossibile” (100) ed è intrinsecamente debitrice della interpretazione di John McClure sulla perdita di “spazi privi di ordine” e “regioni romantiche,” ribattezzati “altrove neocoloniali,” che devono essere costantemente “re-incantati” (3; 6). In questo senso il mio progetto è in qualche modo un atto di geocritica, il settore in evoluzione dell’ecocritica portato avanti da Bertrand Westphal (2011), Robert T. Talley, Jr (2011; 2016) e altri, che si impegnano a estendere il concetto di topoanalisi di Gaston Bachelard (Westphal 2011, ix).
description: Iperstoria, No 7 (2016): Old and New West
Anxiety and depression in cardiac patients: A psychometric evaluation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS, and a longitudinal investigation of exercise, gender and affective functioning
Creators: name: Hunt-Shanks, Tiffany T
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.
subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: Gender differences are apparent in both the affective functioning and exercise behaviour of cardiac patients. Specifically, female cardiac patients demonstrate more anxiety and depression, and reduced exercise compared to males. Accordingly, gender appropriate screening measures and interventions are needed. In studying a diverse sample of cardiac patients over two years, the objectives of the first investigation were to (1) examine the factor structure of the HADS, and (2) test measurement invariance between genders. The aims of the second study were to (1) examine the prevalence of autonomic anxiety, negative affect and depression, and (2) determine whether gender moderated the exercise/affective relationships, and (3) evaluate whether exercise mediated the gender/affective relationships. 801 cardiac inpatients completed questionnaires including the HADS at baseline, 6 months, 12 months and 24 months post-discharge. Confirmatory factor analysis consistently supported a three-factor structure of the HADS, with the best fitting model comprised of negative affect, autonomic anxiety and depression. Structural equation modeling showed that the HADS was invariant by gender among cardiac patients. Repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that female cardiac patients had greater autonomic anxiety, negative affect and depression and reduced exercise compared to male cardiac patients at all time points. Although exercise was significantly related to affective outcomes at various time points for both men and women, gender did not moderate any of the exercise/affective relationships, and exercise did not mediate any of the gender/affective relationships. In summary, the HADS can be appropriately used with both male and female cardiac patients to assess three domains of psychological distress. Future investigations should consider the predictive validity and relevance of the HADS subscales with respect to diagnostic distinctions and clinical outcomes among cardiac patients and other clinical populations. In addition, further research is needed to clarify the complex relationships between gender and the affective functioning of cardiac patients.
Sliding mode control of fuzzy dynamic systems
Creators: name: Suiyang, Khoo
name: Man, Zhihong
name: Zhao, Shengkui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, a sliding mode control scheme is developed for a class of complex nonlinear systems with their T-S fuzzy models. It is shown that a set of extreme fuzzy subsystems are first derived, and a constructive sliding mode control law is then developed to guarantee the stability of the closed-loop fuzzy system. Simulation results are presented in support of the proposed scheme.
title: Alternative B-Zelldepletion zur Therapie eines therapierefraktären systemischen Lupus erythematodes (SLE) mit transversaler Myelitis (TM) und Rituximab (RTX)-Unverträglichkeit
Creators: name: Chahoud-Schriefer, Tuhama
name: Schnoor, Ulrike
name: Steinmetz, Oliver
name: Iking-Konert, Cristof
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Vorgeschichte: Bei der 19-jährigen Patientin afroamerikanischer Abstammung war ein SLE seit 2015 bekannt. Seit der Erstdiagnose war es zu diversen Organmanifestationen und Rezidiven gekommen: Schwere kutane Beteiligung, Lupusnephritis (Klasse III+V), Polymyositis und rezidivierende Leukopenien.[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Rheumatologiekongress 2020, 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh)
A fast linear scaling analytical Xalpha method & an adaptive importance function in Monte Carlo simulations
Creators: name: Osborne, Sebastien
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Physical.

description: The need for more accurate theoretical data pushes computational chemists to perform calculations at the quantum mechanical level on systems of ever increasing size and for comprehensive explorations of their potential energy surface. Fast and reliable ab initio methods must be developed in order to take advantage of the readily available and increasingly powerful computing resources. A grid-free analytical Xalpha functional was implemented, focusing on speed and scaling behaviour, within our own density functional theory software, DeFT. Appropriate basis sets for the requisite fits of rho⅓ and rho⅔ are constructed so as to have a method that is both fast and reliable. Our analytical Xalpha functional is tested against a conventional numerical approach that uses a grid to integrate the exchange-correlation contribution to the Kohn-Sham matrix. The analytical method reproduces the electronic energy and optimized geometrical parameters obtained with a sophisticated numerical grid. More importantly, compared to the numerical approach, it is 4 to 8 times faster for the evaluation of the Xalpha energy and 40 to 60 times faster for the evaluation of the Xalpha energy gradient on systems of medium to large sizes. The formal cubic scaling factor for the analytical Xalpha functional is improved to 1.31, ensuring that the method will remain the method of choice for larger systems. Finally, the utility of the analytical Xalpha functional as a low level method within hybrid schemes is demonstrated while taking advantage of its adaptive nature by treating alpha as an atom-dependent parameter. In a separate project, a novel adaptive semi-empirical importance function has been developed to better reproduce a quantum mechanical potential and improve the sampling efficiency of Monte Carlo simulations at the quantum mechanical level. The efficiency of our adaptive importance function is demonstrated in a proof of concept application focusing on the ring opening of cyclobutene. Using the adaptive importance function leads to a significant improvement in the sampling of all areas of the potential energy surface, especially near the transition state, when compared with a traditional single chain or when using a rigid importance function.
An Evaluation of the Accelerated Integrated Primary and Community Care Initiatives, April 2019
Creators: name: McGrail, Kimberlyn M.
name: Ahuja, Megan A.
name: Huang, Xiaotong
name: Law, Michael R.
name: Wong, Sabrina T.
name: Harrison, Mark (Assistant Professor)
name: McGregor, Margaret
name: Berg, Shannon
name: Bryan, Stirling
name: Mitton, Craig, 1972-
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

Abstract
title: Periphere Spondyloarthritis psoriatica ohne Ansprechen auf die Standardtherapien – was nun? Eine ungewöhnliche Problemlösung
Creators: name: Gkanatsas, Yannik
name: Mohr, Ann-Christin
name: Osei-Davies, Rahman
name: Boro, Damir
name: Kötter, Ina
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Vorgeschichte: Ein 50-jähriger Patient stellt sich Anfang 2020 mit 2016 erstmals diagnostizierter Psoriasisarthritis sine Psoriasis sowie Osteonekrose des Os hamatum mit V.a. SAPHO-Syndrom vor. Seit ca. sechs Jahren habe er rezidivierend, schmerzhafte Gelenkschwellungen, v.a. der Handgelenke bemerkt.[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Rheumatologiekongress 2020, 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh)
Supplementary document for Ultrathin freestanding terahertz vector beam generators with free phase modulation - 4994516.pdf
Creators: name: huixian, zhou
name: Cheng, Jie -Rong
name: Fan, Fei
name: xianghui, Wang
name: shengjiang, Chang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary material
The SAMI galaxy survey: Exploring the gas-phase mass–metallicity relation
Creators: name: Sánchez, S. F.
name: Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.
name: López-Cobá, C.
name: Brough, S.
name: Bryant, J. J.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Croom, S. M.
name: Van De Sande, J.
name: Cortese, L.
name: Goodwin, M.
name: Lawrence, J. S.
name: López-Sánchez, A. R.
name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Owers, M. S.
name: Richards, S. N.
name: Walcher, C. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a detailed exploration of the stellar mass versus gas-phase metallicity relation (MZR) using integral field spectroscopy data obtained from similar to 1000 galaxies observed by the SAMI galaxy survey. 'These spatially resolved spectroscopic data allow us to determine the metallicity within the same physical scale (R-eff) for different calibrators. The shape of the MZ relations is very similar between the different calibrators, while there are large offsets in the absolute values of the abundances. We confirm our previous results derived using the spatially resolved data provided by the CALIFA and MaNGA surveys: (1) we do not find any significant secondary relation of the MZR with either the star formation rate (SFR) or the specific SFR (SFR/M.) for any of the calibrators used in this study, based on the analysis of the individual residuals; (2) if there is a dependence with the SFR, it is weaker than the reported one (r(c)similar to -0.3), it is confined to the low-mass regime (M-* < 10(9) M-circle dot) or high-SFR regimes, and it does not produce any significant improvement in the description of the average population of galaxies. The aparent disagreement with published results based on single-fibre spectroscopic data could be due to (i) the interpretation of the secondary relation itself; (ii) the lower number of objects sampled at the low-mass regime by the current study; or (iii) the presence of extreme star-forming galaxies that drive the secondary relation in previous results.
Nascent venture performance: linking novelty of venture ideas and commitment of firm founders as predictors
Creators: name: Semasinghe, Dissanayake
name: Davidsson, Per
name: Steffens, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The individual-opportunity nexus emphasizes that both the characteristics of individuals and venture ideas have roles in the entrepreneurial process (Shane and Venkataraman, 2000). Following upon this assertion the present study examined whether the venture idea novelty and investment of resources can make an important part in the venture creation process. Data analysed for a sample of nascent entrepreneurs in Australia suggests that the novelty of venture ideas restricts the performance of nascent ventures. However, the more investment of time and money do not show a significant impact to the venture performance.
Introduzione: Willy Vlautin e il West americano
Creators: name: Campbell, Neil
name: Rosso, Stefano
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2020

description: Un workshop su Willy Vlautin a cura di Neil Campbell (Reno, Nevada, 16 ottobre 2015. 50th Annual Conference della Western Literature Association). Traduzione di Stefano Rosso.
description: Iperstoria, No 7 (2016): Old and New West
title: Unveiling the Harrowing Realities : Kenyan Women Domestic Workers' Struggles for Freedom in Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Bosibori, Catheline N.
Publisher: name: Institute of African Studies (IAS)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Freedom from exploitation
subject: Women
subject: Saudi Arabia
subject: Kenya
subject: Abuse
subject: Labor migration
subject: international migration
subject: East Africa
subject: domestic employment
subject: kafala system
subject: 360
subject: 960

description: Amidst economic challenges and soaring unemployment rates in Kenya, a significant number of young individuals have turned to migration in pursuit of temporary employment opportunities in Middle Eastern countries such as Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan. Facilitated by employment agents who broker deals with Gulf-based employers, many of these migrants, predominantly comprising women, undergo brief, clandestine training periods in secluded Kenyan locations before assuming roles as domestic workers in the Gulf. Saudi Arabia has emerged as a primary destination for Kenyan women seeking domestic employment within the region. However, this trend has brought attention to the prevalent issues of abuse and dehumanizing treatment faced by foreign workers in the Kingdom. This paper delves into the journey of Kenyan women transitioning to employment in Saudi Arabia, documenting their work experiences, prevailing conditions, and the endurance of these slave-like circumstances. Emphasis is placed on the plight of Kenyan women engaged in domestic labor within Saudi Arabia. Employing a descriptive research design, this paper scrutinizes the exploitation of Kenyan women in the Gulf, utilizing firsthand accounts from returned victims of labor exploitation alongside secondary sources such as books, articles, newspapers, and video interpretations. The study contends that the ordeals faced by Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia constitute a violation of their freedom from exploitation. Using the globalization theory, dependency theory, and neo-Marxist perspectives, the article posits that the kafala system, coupled with the failure of both Kenyan and Saudi Arabian governments to safeguard these migrant domestic workers, perpetuates this form of modern labor exploitation. Moreover, ineffective bilateral labor agreements between Kenya and Saudi Arabia exacerbate the situation. To combat this egregious exploitation, the paper recommends fostering a cohesive partnership between the Kenyan government, recruitment agencies, and Gulf-based embassies. This alliance aims to proactively address and eliminate the systemic factors contributing to the perpetuation of exploitation experienced by Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia.
Traditional values and capitalism in contemporary South Korea
Creators: name: Fletcher, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Economics, General.
subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: Max Weber argued that traditional values impede the development of capitalism in Confucian societies. Korea is an economic success, yet is also known as the most Confucian of East Asian countries. This thesis seeks to explain the marriage between a thriving consumer-based economy and a traditional Confucian value system. Broadly, it was found that Koreans are committed to uniquely adapted values that while faithful to their Confucian origins, are also products of contemporary Korean history. What results are core values that appear to be staid in traditional terms, but are in effect driving forces for economic growth and national unity. Within these findings, it is revealed that (1) Confucian ideals of family relationships, rank and essential virtues are at the forefront of the Korean imaginary; (2) it is possible to harmonize the terms modern and traditional, (3) that capitalism is culturally constructed and therefore not fully subject to Weberian limitations.
Supplementary document for Ultrathin freestanding terahertz vector beam generators with free phase modulation - 4994516.pdf
Creators: name: huixian, zhou
name: Cheng, Jie -Rong
name: Fan, Fei
name: xianghui, Wang
name: shengjiang, Chang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary material
Supplementary document for Spectrally exclusive phase masks - 4994935.pdf
Creators: name: Boher, Micke
name: Jaeck, Julien
name: Bouchon, Patrick
name: Primot, Jerome
name: Haidar, Riad
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Street prostitution: Law enforcement and alternative responses.
Creators: name: Welsh, Brandon.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Law.

description: This study examines law enforcement and alternative responses to street prostitution in those areas where street prostitution has been found to be most problematic: inner-city residential communities. Although not regarded as a serious concern to the majority of Canadians, street prostitution's impact and associated problems are shown to be of serious concern to this population. Traditional police suppression measures have demonstrated few gains in curbing street prostitution activities. A failure to employ other models of dealing with street prostitution--community re-design and social development--are found to be serious impediments to current policing policy. Limitations are as well noted by the police not engaging valuable community resources and expertise. To overcome these barriers this study proposes a multi-agency approach; bringing together police, residents' groups, and other key agencies in a systematic framework for the delivery of proactive interventions. A review of the literature on multi-agency approaches to address street prostitution reveals a few successes internationally. Findings of an examination of the response to street prostitution in the cities of Calgary and Edmonton reveal traces of success (and potential for) in the use of a multi-agency approach. Questions over the applicability of demonstrated successes to other settings and weak and sparse evaluation work of the initiatives in Calgary and Edmonton are sure to present significant barriers to any advancement of this approach. Recommendations are presented for a number of policy and academic directions to test these hurdles.
Upregulation of Connexins 30 and 32 Gap Junctions in Rat Hippocampus at Transcription Level by Chronic Central Injection of Lipopolysaccharide
Creators: name: Abbasian, Mohammad
name: Sayyah, Mohammad
name: Vahab Babapour
name: Mahdian, Reza
name: Choopani, Samira
name: Kaviani, Bahar
Publisher: name: the Pasteur Institute of Iran
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Basic Sciences

description: Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ); ISSN 1028-852X
Academic entrepreneurship in the life sciences
Creators: name: Castillo Holley, Alicia
name: Watson, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The increasing pressure to generate income from commercializing research is impacting universities and researchers. The way scientists participate in this process needs more investigation. While scientists and entrepreneurs often share similar characteristics (such as: internal locus of control; curiosity and creativity) they can differ significantly with respect to the core of any entrepreneurial function; namely, the intent to profit. Understanding researchers’ perceptions about their role in the process of commercialization provides an interesting framework for analyzing entrepreneurship as a process. Analyzing the responses to 25 interviewees from Australian universities (19 researchers, and 6 technology transfer officers) we conclude that the researcher’s self-perceived roles concerning an entrepreneurial intention can be classified into five main phases: non-entrepreneurial, semientrepreneurial, pre-entrepreneurial, entrepreneurial and post-entrepreneurial. Further, within each of these phases there are a number of different categories of roles. For example, within the nonentrepreneurial phase a researcher might be: “unaware” of the potential to commercialize his/her research; or might be opposed to commercialization (“antipreneur”); or might accept the commercialization of his/her research but not want to be involved (“uninvolved”). The aggregated results that emerge from an understanding of all the possible categories that potentially can exist across the five phases in the entrepreneurial process provides a more comprehensive map of the entrepreneurial mindset of life science academics than currently exists.
Targeted mutagenesis on PDGFRα-Fc identifies amino acid modifications that allow efficient inhibition of HCMV infection while abolishing PDGF sequestration
Creators: name: Feldmann, Svenja
name: Grimm, Immanuel
name: Stöhr, Dagmar
name: Antonini, Chiara
name: Lischka, Peter
name: Sinzger, Christian
name: Stegmann, Cora
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Signal inhibition
subject: Enzyme-linked immunoassays
subject: Growth factor
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Growth factors
subject: Signal Transduction
subject: Fibroblasts
subject: Neural Inhibition
subject: Alanine
subject: Endothelial Cells
subject: Immunoblotting
subject: Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
subject: Fibroblast
subject: Alanin
subject: Immunoblot
subject: Fibroblastenwachstumsfaktor

description: Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRα) serves as an entry receptor for the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and soluble PDGFRα-Fc can neutralize HCMV at a halfmaximal effective concentration (EC50) of about 10 ng/ml. While this indicates a potential for usage as an HCMV entry inhibitor PDGFRα-Fc can also bind the physiological ligands of PDGFRα (PDGFs), which likely interferes with the respective signaling pathways and represents a potential source of side effects. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that interference with PDGF signaling can be prevented by mutations in PDGFRα-Fc or combinations thereof, without losing the inhibitory potential for HCMV. To this aim, a targeted mutagenesis approach was chosen. The mutations were quantitatively tested in biological assays for interference with PDGF-dependent signaling as well as inhibition of HCMV infection and biochemically for reduced affinity to PDGF-BB, facilitating quantification of PDGFRα-Fc selectivity for HCMV inhibition. Mutation of Ile 139 to Glu and Tyr 206 to Ser strongly reduced the affinity for PDGF-BB and hence interference with PDGF-dependent signaling. Inhibition of HCMV infection was less affected, thus increasing the selectivity by factor 4 and 8, respectively. Surprisingly, the combination of these mutations had an additive effect on binding of PDGF-BB but not on inhibition of HCMV, resulting in a synergistic 260fold increase of selectivity. In addition, a recently reported mutation, Val 242 to Lys, was included in the analysis. PDGFRα-Fc with this mutation was fully effective at blocking HCMV entry and had a drastically reduced affinity for PDGF-BB. Combining Val 242 to Lys with Ile 139 to Glu and/or Tyr 206 to Ser further reduced PDGF ligand binding beyond detection. In conclusion, this targeted mutagenesis approach identified combinations of mutations in PDGFRα-Fc that prevent interference with PDGF-BB but maintain inhibition of HCMV, which qualifies such mutants as candidates for the development of HCMV entry inhibitors.
Supplementary document for Spectrally exclusive phase masks - 4994935.pdf
Creators: name: Boher, Micke
name: Jaeck, Julien
name: Bouchon, Patrick
name: Primot, Jerome
name: Haidar, Riad
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
title: Unilateraler Halsschmerz bei Schwellung im Bereich der Carotisbifurkation – doch keine Vaskulitis
Creators: name: Irnich, Stephanie
name: Kaiser, Christoph
name: Bansmann, Paul Martin
name: Fassbender, Frank
name: Strunk, Johannes
name: May, Thomas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Vorgeschichte: Eine 55-jährige Patientin wurde in unserer rheumatologischen Ambulanz zur weiteren Abklärung einer rechtsseitigen, schmerzhaften Schwellung am Hals vorstellig. Die Patientin war uns bekannt. Im November 2019 wurde bei unklarem Fieber sowie erhöhten Entzündungszeichen[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Rheumatologiekongress 2020, 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh)
The high resolution haplotype analysis and origin of the myotonic dystrophy mutation.
Creators: name: Neville, Catherine E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: The objective of this thesis was to determine the origin of the myotonic dystrophy (DM) mutation. I have used PCR-based assays of nine polymorphisms spanning a physical distance of 30 kb, within and immediately flanking the DM kinase gene, in order to examine patterns of allelic association with respect to the DM mutation. Four main haplotypes (A-D) were observed in the normal population using these nine markers at the DM locus. Significantly, DM is in complete association with haplotype A, the most common haplotype in the normal population. Our data suggest the presence of two founding chromosomes: one containing a stretch of five contiguous Alu elements (the progenitor for haplotype A) and the other in which three of these have been deleted (the progenitor for haplotypes B, C and D). Individuals with haplotype A displayed the full spectrum of (CTG)$\sb{\rm n}$ number, ranging from 5 to 35 repeats. The (CTG)$\sb5$ alleles as well as alleles with greater than 19 repeats are exclusively linked to haplotype A. In contrast, alleles in which the three Alu elements are deleted possess only (CTG)$\sb{11-14}$ repeats. Although the inference that the loss of the three Alu repeats may confer increased stability on the (CTG)$\sb{\rm n}$ repeat is speculative, the narrow size range of the (CTG)$\sb{\rm n}$ repeat on chromosomes in which the Alu elements have been deleted, relative to the variation seen on normal chromosomes with the DM haplotype (i.e. haplotype A), is striking. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
“All The Nations Call Me A Sac!” Introduzione a Memorie del Capo Black Hawk
Creators: name: Scannavini, Anna
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2020

description: The Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk esce nel 1833 a Cincinnati, in Ohio, a cura di John B. Patterson, giovane giornalista da poco emigrato in Illinois dalla nativa Virginia. Negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento, Cincinnati si è affermata come uno dei più importanti centri editoriali della frontiera transappalachiana e sembra il luogo più appropriato per pubblicare un libro che si presenta come la voce di un vinto nel processo di invasione e appropriazione del continente. Nel 1832, Black Hawk (1767-1838) era emerso all’attenzione nazionale quando aveva accettato di guidare la resistenza di un gruppo di indiani sauk e fox contro l’ingiunzione governativa di lasciare Saukenauk, la residenza stanziale e centro di vita dei sauk posta sul Rock River, non lontano dalla confluenza col Mississippi nell’odierno Illinois. Quella che sarebbe stata conosciuta come “Guerra di Black Hawk,” si era rivelata quasi subito un’impresa disperata, finita in un odioso quanto inutile massacro di uomini, donne e bambini. Black Hawk e i suoi più vicini consiglieri, che al massacro erano scampati con le loro famiglie, erano stati presi prigionieri e portati prima alla postazione militare di Jefferson Barracks, vicino St. Louis alla confluenza dell’Illinois col Mississippi, poi a Washington a incontrare il Presidente Jackson, e infine a Fort Monroe, in Virginia.
description: Iperstoria, No 7 (2016): Old and New West
title: Seltene Ursache eines entzündlichen Rückschmerzes
Creators: name: Schneidereit, Thomas
name: Schmeiser, Tim
name: Schneider, Matthias
name: Mucke, Johanna
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Vorgeschichte: Eine bis dato gesunde 26-jährige Patientin stellte sich initial mit Halsschmerzen, Lymphknotenschwellung, pustulösen Hautveränderungen, Fieber bis 39°C und Daktylitis in einer dritten Klinik vor. Bei Verdacht auf eine periphere Spondyloarthritis wurde dort eine Therapie[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Rheumatologiekongress 2020, 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh)
Coherent measurements of a multistatic MIMO radar network with phase noise optimized non-coherent signal synthesis
Creators: name: Dürr, André
name: Böhm, Dennis
name: Schwarz, Dominik
name: Häfner, Stephan
name: Thomä, Reiner
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Chirp sequence modulation
subject: DDS
subject: Direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation
subject: Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW)
subject: Imaging radar
subject: Millimeter-wave radar
subject: MIMO radar
subject: Multistatic radar
subject: Phase noise correlation
subject: PLL
subject: Radar networks
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Bistatic radar
subject: Imaging systems
subject: Bistatisches Radar
subject: FMCW-Radar
subject: MIMO
subject: Multistatisches Radar
subject: Phasenregelkreis

description: For multistatic radar networks in the upper mm-wave range with a large spacing between its radar sensor nodes, a coherent signal distribution is very complex and thus very costly. Hence, it is desirable to generate the mm-wave signals individually for each radar sensor node, i.e., non-coherently. However, multistatic radar networks using a non-coherent signal distribution for its radar sensor nodes are affected by systematic errors and uncorrelated phase noise, which reduces the resolution and the detection performance of these systems. In this article, a novel non-coherent signal synthesis concept based on the direct digital synthesis (DDS) principle is presented for multistatic radar networks. Compared to a signal synthesis using a phase-locked loop (PLL), it is shown that the different phase noise behavior of the DDS is beneficial for bistatic signal paths between the radar sensor nodes. The presented hardware concept is considered and analyzed for three different types of coherency regarding the signal distribution: coherent, quasi-coherent, and incoherent. Measurements with a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar at 150GHz prove that despite a non-coherent signal distribution, it is possible to achieve the same detection and imaging performance as with a fully coherent radar by using a DDS.
Retrofit of RC joints with FRP composites
Creators: name: Ilki, A.
name: Demir, C.
name: Comert, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The exterior and corner beam-column joints are among the weakest members of RC (reinforced concrete) frames in terms of seismic resistance. Poor seismic performance of inadequately detailed exterior/corner joints can lead to total or partial collapse of reinforced concrete frame structures. Since most of the existing beam-column joints in relatively old structures have not been constructed properly in terms of reinforcement detailing, they are in urgent need of retrofitting, particularly in terms of shear strength. To address a solution for this problem, from beginning of 1990s up to now, many researchers spent efforts on retrofitting of beam column joints by making use of conventional and FRP (fibre reinforced polymer) materials. In this study, after the introduction of typical failure modes of RC beam-column joints, available results on the behaviour and retrofitting of exterior and corner beam-column joints are reviewed and discussed. Furthermore, the most common FRP retrofitting schemes and contribution of the FRP retrofitting to behaviour of exterior beam columns are examined. Additionally, the large-scale structural tests conducted at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) on retrofitting of beam column joints built with low strength concrete and plain bars by FRP sheets are summarised. Based on the available research, it seems possible to include the issue of seismic retrofit of RC joint using FRP materials in the future versions of seismic design/retrofit guidelines/codes.
Il gender della Generazione X e il western di Willy Vlautin
Creators: name: Kollin, Susan
name: Frigeni, Enrico
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2020

description: Qualcosa cambiò nelle mie letture quando cominciarono a scrivere romanzi i ragazzi bianchi nati tra la fine del Baby Boom e i primi anni della Generazione X. Sarà stato perché già da adolescenti quei giovani americani avevano assorbito come spugne il femminismo della seconda generazione, perché le loro sorelle, fidanzate e amiche si preparavano a sventolare i vessilli della terza. Fatto sta che, improvvisamente, attorno all’inizio degli anni Novanta, negli Stati Uniti sbocciò una nuova nidiata di giovani scrittori che riusciva a parlarmi come nessuno prima di loro era riuscito a fare. Parlavano di gender, sessualità, economia e colore della pelle con un acume e un impegno molto maggiore dei loro predecessori. È questo l’ambito in cui si muove Willy Vlautin. Dimostrando una particolare sensibilità per le condizioni di vita del sottoproletariato e di altri gruppi che vivono ai margini della società, Vlatuin contribuisce alla nascita di una nuova narrativa western “grit lit” raccontando le vicende fallimentari di famiglie americane, di bambini abbandonati e di sogni accantonati (Carpenter e Franklin; Bengal).
description: Iperstoria, No 7 (2016): Old and New West
Modeling MyD88 deficiency in vitro provides new insights in Its function
Creators: name: Craig-Mueller, Nils
name: Hammad, Ruba
name: Elling, Roland
name: Alzubi, Jamal
name: Timm, Barbara
name: Kolter, Julia
name: Knelangen, Nele
name: Bednarski, Christien
name: Gläser, Birgitta
name: Ammann, Sandra
name: Ivics, Zoltán
name: Fischer, Judith
name: Speckmann, Carsten
name: Schwarz, Klaus
name: Lachmann, Nico
name: Ehl, Stephan
name: Moritz, Thomas
name: Henneke, Philipp
name: Cathomen, Toni
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: MyD88
subject: IRAK4
subject: iMac
subject: transposon
subject: cell therapy
subject: gene therapy
subject: iPSC
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Induced pluripotent stem cells
subject: Toll-like receptors
subject: Cell- and tissue-based therapy
subject: Genetic therapy
subject: Induzierte pluripotente Stammzelle
subject: Toll-like-Rezeptoren
subject: Gentherapie

description: Inherited defects in MyD88 and IRAK4, two regulators in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, are clinically highly relevant, but still incompletely understood. MyD88- and IRAK4-deficient patients are exceedingly susceptible to a narrow spectrum of pathogens, with ∼50% lethality in the first years of life. To better understand the underlying molecular and cellular characteristics that determine disease progression, we aimed at modeling the cellular response to pathogens in vitro. To this end, we determined the immunophenotype of monocytes and macrophages derived from MyD88- and IRAK4-deficient patients. We recognized that macrophages derived from both patients were particularly poorly activated by streptococci, indicating that both signaling intermediates are essential for the immune response to facultative pathogens. To characterize this defect in more detail, we generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) of fibroblasts derived from an MyD88-deficient patient. The underlying genetic defect was corrected using Sleeping Beauty transposon vectors encoding either the long (L) or the short (S) MYD88 isoform, respectively. Macrophages derived from these iPSC lines (iMacs) expressed typical macrophage markers, stably produced either MyD88 isoform, and showed robust phagocytic activity. Notably, iMacs expressing MyD88-L, but not MyD88-S, exhibited similar responses to external stimuli, including cytokine release patterns, as compared to genetically normal iMacs. Thus, the two MyD88 isoforms assume distinct functions in signaling. In conclusion, iPSC technology, in combination with efficient myeloid differentiation protocols, provides a valuable and inexhaustible source of macrophages, which can be used for disease modeling. Moreover, iPSC-derived macrophages may eventually aid in stabilizing MyD88-deficient patients during pyogenic infections.
Tre canzoni da You Can't Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back to (2015)
Creators: name: Vlautin, Willy
name: Corti, Erminio
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2020

description: Tre canzoni da You Can't Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back to (2015)
description: Iperstoria, No 7 (2016): Old and New West
The 2018 X-Ray and Radio Outburst of Magnetar XTE J1810-197
Creators: name: Gotthelf, E. V.
name: Halpern, J. P.
name: Alford, J. A.J.
name: Mihara, T.
name: Negoro, H.
name: Kawai, N.
name: Dai, S.
name: Lower, M. E.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Oslowski, Stefan
name: Camilo, F.
name: Miyasaka, H.
name: Madsen, K. K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the earliest X-ray observations of the 2018 outburst of XTE. J1810-197, the first outburst since its 2003 discovery as the prototypical transient and radio-emitting anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP). The Monitor of Allsky X-ray Image (MAXI) detected XTE. J1810-197 immediately after a November 20-26 visibility gap, contemporaneous with its reactivation as a radio pulsar, first observed on December 8. On December 13 the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) detected X-ray emission up to at least 30. keV, with a spectrum well-characterized by a blackbody plus power-law model with temperature kT = 0.74 +/- 0.02 keV and photon index G = 4.4 +/- 0.2 or by a two-blackbody model with kT = 0.59 +/- 0.04 keV and kT = 1.0 +/- 0.1 keV, both including an additional power-law component to account for emission above 10. keV, with Gh = -0.2 +/- 1.5 and Gh = 1.5 +/- 0.5, respectively. The latter index is consistent with hard X-ray flux reported for the nontransient magnetars. In the 2-10. keV bandpass, the absorbed flux is 2 x 10(-10) erg s(-1) cm(-2), a factor of 2 greater than the maximum flux extrapolated for the 2003 outburst. The peak of the sinusoidal X-ray pulse lags the radio pulse by approximate to 0.13 cycles, consistent with their phase relationship during the 2003 outburst. This suggests a stable geometry in which radio emission originates on magnetic field lines containing currents that heat a spot on the neutron star surface. However, a measured energy-dependent phase shift of the pulsed X-rays suggests that all X-ray emitting regions are not precisely coaligned.
Measurements of particulate matter and pollen in the city of Berlin
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Gesundheitliche Auswirkungen

description: A six week pilot study campaign of parallel measurements of particulate matter (PM10) and pollen has been carried out during the pollination season of grass pollen in May/June 2011 in the city of Berlin. The measurements run as 24 h daily samplings at three monitoring sites, characterized as inner-city, suburban and traffic locations with different vegetation influences. The results show the highest burden for urban public health at the traffic hot-spot, both for PM10 and grass pollen. Furthermore, for both good correlations were found between the sites. Sound correlations have been determined between concentrations and daily maximum temperature. On several days grass pollen concentration in densely populated parts of the city reached health relevant threshold values that are required to initiate allergenic symptoms. Official statistics identified peak grass pollen burden for Berlin and the Eastern part of Germany during the study campaign.© 2014 Elsevier B.V.
title: Ein Hautausschlag auf Intensivstation – Wenn ein Arzneimittelexanthem exazerbiert
Creators: name: Meyer, Marco
name: Boro, Damir
name: Gkanatsas, Yannik
name: Kötter, Ina
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Vorgeschichte: In unserem Abstract wollen wir über zwei Fälle berichten, der Fokus liegt aufgrund der neu gestellten Diagnose auf Fall 1, wir möchten jedoch aufgrund der multiplen Parallelen Ihnen noch einen zweiten Fall präsentieren bzw. In Aussicht stellen. Fall 1: 22-jähriger[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Rheumatologiekongress 2020, 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh)
Comparison of the 1991 NIOSH lifting equation and erector spinae muscle electromyography.
Creators: name: Weames, Greg G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Biology, Anatomy.

description: This study determined whether lifts rated as acceptable by the 1991 NIOSH equation calculations elicited myoelectric amplitudes of the erector spinae musculature (ES) within acceptable muscular load limits for continuous repetitive lifting tasks. Ten male subjects had surface electrodes placed bilaterally along the spine at levels T9, L1 and L3, 4 cm, 9 cm nd 3 cm lateral to the midline, respectively. Each subject performed eight trials of five lifting conditions that were used to examine the horizontal factor (HF) and asymmetrical factor (AF) of the 1991 NIOSH equation. All lifts were ordered randomly and initiated and terminated in a standing position. The lifting motion was unconstrained and incorporated a "flatback", free-style lifting technique. EMG data were collected and linear envelopes (LE) were ensemble averaged across subject trials for each condition and normalized to a maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). Subject LE EMGs were ensemble averaged to generate condition LE EMG averages and subsequently converted to amplitude probability distribution functions (APDF). Percent MVC values from the APDF curves were compared to muscular load limits. A three-way, repeated measures, mixed model analysis of variance determined significant main effects for conditions, electrode placements and probability levels of the APDFs. There was general agreement between the 1991 NIOSH equation and muscular load limits. Bilateral T9 ES often exceeded "static" muscular loads and right L3 often exceeded "static" and "median" muscular loads. There was a significant (p 0.01) difference for each main effect. The APDF EMG analysis was more sensitive to differentiating between conditions than the 1991 NIOSH equation. Phasic and amplitude EMG analysis of the ES for occupational lifting tasks could be best represented by the musculature at L3, 3 cm lateral to the midline.