cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trends in cancer and development of AIDS in HIV-infected individuals before and after implementation of highly active antiretroviral therapy
Creators: name: Martin, Rose Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Research Objectives --To analyze the effect of highly active anti-retroviral therapy on cancer incidence and mean age at cancer diagnosis in HIV-infected persons; on progression to AIDS related to cancer; and risks of cancer, pre- and post-HAART. Methods --Records on New Jersey HIV-infected residents were used for a retrospective cohort study of HIV and cancer.  Lung, colorectal, prostate, Hodgkin lymphoma, and anal cancer were studied.  Incidence density pre- and post-HAART was tested for change in Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIRs). Relative risk was approximated by the ratio of the SIRs from the two periods.  Difference in mean age at diagnosis pre- and post-HAART for each type was tested by a Student’s t. Risks of developing AIDS, pre- and post-HAART in HIV-infected persons with and without a cancer diagnosis were evaluated through proportional hazards regression.  Cox Proportional Regression was used to assess the hazard ratios associated with cancer after HIV seroconversion in the two periods. Results    Cumulative incidence rates increased substantially for prostate cancer, and slightly for anal cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma  pre- to post-HAART, but not for lung and colorectal cancer.  Cumulative incidence rates for HIV-infected persons observed only pre- HAART were lower when compared to those HIV-positive only post-HAART for all five studied cancer types.  SIRs were significant for all but pre-HAART colorectal cancer.  Relative risks post-HAART compared to pre-HAART for each of the cancers, other than Hodgkin lymphoma, were significantly low.  Age-specific incidence rates post-HAART were higher in the oldest age groups for colorectal and prostate cancer in addition to Hodgkin disease, but decreased in every age group for lung cancer.  Mean age at cancer diagnosis was significantly higher in the post-HAART period for lung and colorectal cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma, but unchanged for prostate cancer. The regression analysis indicated an increased risk of AIDS development if a cancer was diagnosed after HIV seroconversion, but before AIDS, although the risk decreased post-HAART. The hazard ratio for cancer development was not significantly different pre- and post-HAART. Conclusions --HAART availability and an increase in survival have significantly changed trends in HIV infection and associated morbidity, particularly for cancer in HIV-infected persons.
Influenza D Virus Infection in China, 2022-2023
Creators: name: Yu, Jieshi
name: Wen, Zhenyu
name: Hu, Wanke
name: Chen, Mingwang
name: Zhang, Yuanlong
name: Liu, Shasha
name: Wang, Gang
name: Wang, Zhao
name: Wang, Dan
name: Zhai, Shao-lun
name: Wei, Wen-kang
name: Li, Tianyu
name: Liao, Ming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Influenza D virus (IDV) plays an important role in the bovine respiratory disease (BRD) complex. Its potential for the zoonotic transmission is of particular concern. In China, IDV has previously been identified in agricultural animals by molecular surveys with no live virus isolates reported. In this study, live IDVs were successfully isolated from cattle in China, which prompted us to further investigate the national prevalence, antigenic property, and infection biology of the virus. IDV RNA was detected in 11.1% (51/460) of cattle throughout the country in 2022-2023. Moreover, we conducted the first IDV serosurveillance in China, revealing a high seroprevalence (91.4%, 393/430) of IDV in cattle during the 2022-2023 winter season. Notably, all the 16 provinces from which cattle originated possessed seropositive animals, and 3 of them displayed the 100% IDV-seropositivity rate. In contrast, a very low seroprevalence of IDV was observed in pigs (3%, 3/100) and goats (1%, 1/100) during the same period of investigation. Furthermore, besides D/Yama2019 lineage-like IDVs, we discovered the D/660 lineage-like IDV in Chinese cattle, which has not been detected to date in Asia. Finally, the Chinese IDVs replicated robustly in diverse cell lines but less efficiently in the swine cell line. Considering the nationwide distribution, high seroprevalence, and appreciably genetic diversity, further studies are required to fully evaluate the risk of Chinese IDVs for both animal and human health in China, which can be evidently facilitated by IDV isolates reported in this study.
Microbial transformations of tetrabromobisphenol A and its metabolites, and their impact on toxicity to the developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo
Creators: name: McCormick, Jessica Marie
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Anthropogenic chemicals are of concern because they are resistant to biodegradation, can accumulate in aquatic environments and sediments, and biomagnify in the food chain. One such compound, tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is the most widely used brominated flame retardant worldwide. TBBPA contamination has been detected in dust, sediments, and aquatic environments as well as in human serum, breast milk and other tissues of aquatic and terrestrial animals. Microorganisms utilize these chemicals by many mechanisms for degradation or transformation resulting in metabolites with different environmental fates. Microorganisms in the environment can transform TBBPA either by anaerobic dehalogenation to bisphenol A (BPA) or aerobic O-methylation to TBBPA dimethyl ether (TBBPA DME). Mycobacterium spp. were able to O-methylate TBBPA at a faster rate than BPA. Additionally, these data demonstrate that TBBPA O-methylation is a ubiquitous reaction in the environment. However, O-methylating organisms comprise only a minor portion of the total heterotrophic population. To determine whether microbial metabolism alters the toxicity of TBBPA, zebrafish embryos were exposed to TBBPA and its metabolites. These data show that BPA and TBBPA DME exhibit lower potency that TBBPA, demonstrating that microbial metabolism results in products with reduced toxicity. In addition, while all three caused edema and hemorrhage, only TBBPA caused decreased heart rate, edema of the trunk, and tail malformations. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression was examined due to the role of these enzymes in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix during tissue morphogenesis, wound healing and cell migration. The trunk and tail phenotypes seen after TBBPA exposure could in part be due to alteration of proper MMP expression/activity. Unlike the O-methylation of TBBPA, transformation of BPA to BPA monomethyl and BPA dimethyl ether results in increased toxicity to the developing zebrafish embryo causing increased mortality at 5 and 28 days post fertilization and lower LC50 values than for TBBPA DME. Taken together, the data presented in this thesis indicate that microbial metabolism of brominated flame retardants results in compounds with differing toxicity. Further, these data illustrate a new mechanism for microbial transformation of BPA, producing metabolites warranting further study to understand their prevalence in the environment.
Fully human monoclonal antibodies against Ebola virus possess complete protection in a hamster model
Creators: name: Li, Wujian
name: Yang, Wanying
name: Liu, Xueqin
name: Zhou, Wujie
name: Wang, Shen
name: Wang, Zhenshan
name: Zhao, Yongkun
name: Feng, Na
name: Wang, Tiecheng
name: Wu, Meng
name: Ge, Liangpeng
name: Xia, Xianzhu
name: Yan, Feihu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Ebola disease is a lethal viral hemorrhagic fever caused by ebolaviruses within the Filoviridae family with mortality rates of up to 90%. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) based therapies have shown great potential for the treatment of EVD. However, the potential emerging ebolavirus isolates and the negative effect of decoy protein on the therapeutic efficacy of antibodies highlight the necessity of developing novel antibodies to counter the threat of Ebola. Here, 11 fully human mAbs were isolated from transgenic mice immunized with GP protein and recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-bearing GP (rVSV-EBOV GP). These mAbs were divided into five groups according to their germline genes and exhibited differential binding activities and neutralization capabilities. In particular, mAbs 8G6, 2A4, and 5H4 were cross-reactive and bound at least three ebolavirus glycoproteins. mAb 4C1 not only exhibited neutralizing activity but no cross-reaction with sGP. mAb 7D8 exhibited the strongest neutralizing capacity. Further analysis on the critical residues for the bindings of 4C1 and 8G6 to GPs was conducted using antibodies complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) alanine scanning. It has been shown that light chain CDR3 played a crucial role in binding and neutralization and that any mutation in CDRs could not improve the binding of 4C1 to sGP. Importantly, mAbs 7D8, 8G6, and 4C1 provided complete protections against EBOV infection in a hamster lethal challenge model when administered 12 h post-infection. These results support mAbs 7D8, 8G6, and 4C1 as potent antibody candidates for further investigations and pave the way for further developments of therapies and vaccines.
Gymnocypris gibberis Tchang, Yue & Huang 1964
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Gymnocypris
Gymnocypris gibberis

description: Gymnocypris gibberis Tchang, Yue & Huang, 1964 (Fig. 21)
= Gymnocypris waddellii Regan, 1905
Holotype. 57532 ♀ (TS-068), Yamzho Lake, Baidi Village, Langkazi County, Xizang Province, P. R. China, Jun. 12, 1961. Paratype. 46079 (TS-039), locality with holotype, May 21, 1961; 57531 (TS-061), collected with holotype.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
PMN-PT piezoelectric-electrostrictive bi-layer composite actuators
Creators: name: Ngernchuklin, Piyalak
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: In the past few decades, significant advances have been achieved to replace the conventional actuators, including hydraulic, shape memory alloy, electromagnetic and linear induction, with piezoelectric actuators since they are light weight and small in size, have precision positioning capabilities, offer a wide range of generative force, consume less power, and provide higher durability and reliability. The strain produced by bulk polycrystalline piezoelectric ceramics and single crystals are typically in the range of 0.1  to 1 %, respectively, which is still low for many applications. Therefore, various strain amplification designs including multilayer, bimorph, unimorph, flextensional actuators (Moonie and cymbal), co-fired and functionally graded ceramics have been proposed to enhance the displacement.   In this investigation, Piezoelectric/Electrostrictive Bi-Layer Monolithic Composites (PE-MBLC) were fabricated by co-pressing and co-sintering of the piezoelectric (PMN-PT 65/35: P) and electrostrictive (PMN/PT 90/10: E) powders. Flat and dome shaped of PE-MBLCs were obtained by optimizing processing conditions such as pressing pressure and sintering temperature.  In addition, poling conditions of bilayer composite actuators were thoroughly studied to maximize their electromechanical properties. It was found that composites had lower d33eff and Keff values than the calculated values. This was attributed to a significant difference between relative permittivities of P and E materials as well as the presence of induced stresses in both P and E layers after sintering that hindered domain switching within piezoelectric layer during poling.  The shape change (planar to dome), electromechanical properties, and actuation performance of PE-MBLC actuators were examined as a function of volume percent of piezoelectric phase. The highest displacement ~15 m was obtained from PE-MBLC actuator with 50 volume % piezoelectric phase due to the transverse strain response of piezoelectric and electrostrictive layers, the geometry of the composites, and the domain reorientation.   Two designs of the flextensional actuators were also fabricated. In the first design,  two truncated thin metal caps were attached to a flat PE-MBLC. In the second design, dome-shaped PE-MBLC actuators with various volume fraction of piezoelectric phase were attached to a flat metallic plate. The actuation evaluation showed that ~ 21 to 70 m displacement could be achieved by such designs.
Djeboa rotundata K. Viets 1914
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Cook, David
name: Gerecke, Reinhard
name: Smit, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Mideopsidae
Djeboa
Djeboa rotundata

description: Djeboa rotundata K. Viets, 1914
(Figs. 39J–L)
Djeboa multidentata rotundata K. Viets, 1914: 218.
Material examined: Type series: SMF, Cameroon; lectotype male, here designated, K. Viets 43199, “ Kamerun, Manoka b. Duala, Bach, 4.1.1912, Damköhler leg. 1301”; paralectotypes: one male “1302”, two females “1303, 1304”, same site and date.
General features: Idiosoma as wide as long (L/W ratio 0.96–1.05) (Fig. 39J); dorsal shield oval (L/W ratio 1.1), with medial depression (Figs. 39K–L); muscle scars with slightly pronounced thickenings, located anterior and posterior to the postocularia; dorsal shield blue in colour except periphery; gnathosomal bay of a modified Yshape, noticeably narrowing in posterior half; tips of Cx-I ending posterior to frontal margin; Cx-III and -IV with a few longitudinal striae. Palp: P-1 without a dorsal seta; P-2 with straight ventral and convexly bowed dorsal margin; P-3 maximum height proximally, ventral margin concave; P-4 equally narrowing from the base to tip. Legs: I-L with I-L-6 L/H ratio 2.4–2.8.
Discussion: See discussion under Djeboa bomiensis.
Distribution: Cameroon.
description: Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 3720 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3720.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285029
Characterizing HIV-1 transmission by genetic cluster analysis among newly diagnosed patients in the China-Myanmar border region from 2020 to 2023
Creators: name: Liu, Huan
name: Jin, Yichen
name: Yang, Yuecheng
name: Duan, Xing
name: Cao, Yanfen
name: Shan, Duo
name: Cai, Chang
name: Tang, Houlin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Computational Biology

description: Cluster analysis of HIV sequence can provide insights into viral transmission patterns in border regions. This study aims to illuminate the HIV-1 subtype distribution and transmission dynamics among newly diagnosed individuals in Dehong prefecture, a region along the China-Myanmar border. Among 948 participants with pol gene sequences, 36 HIV-1 subtypes were identified, with URFs (18.8%, 178/948) being the dominant strain, followed by CRF01_AE (18.5%, 175/948) and CRF07_BC (10.9%, 103/948). Additionally, 287 sequences (30.3%, 287/948) were grouped into 91 clusters, 31 of which contained both Chinese and Burmese individuals. Multivariable logistic regression indicated that men who have sex with men (MSM), CD4 + cell count of 200∼499, and 500 cells/μl and above, and CRF01_AE were risk factors for entering the network. Through the Chord diagram, we found frequent transmission relationships among heterosexual China male group, especially those over 35 years of age. Additionally, the correlation between heterosexual Myanmar female group and heterosexual China male group among cross-risk groups deserved to be emphasized. Furthermore, the network exhibited a growing trend over time, with the largest active transmission cluster identified in Ruili county. In conclusion, the HIV-1 subtype landscape in Dehong has become increasingly complex, and the region has faced risks of transmission from both domestic and international sources. Targeted intervention strategies should be implemented for MSM, heterosexual Chinese middle-aged and elderly men, and heterosexual Burmese young adults to mitigate these risks. These findings provided evidence-based insights for local government to formulate coordinated transnational intervention approaches.
Some applications of Freiman's inverse theorem
Creators: name: Nguyen, Hoi H.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: The celebrated Freiman's inverse theorem in Additive Combinatorics asserts that an additive set of small doubling constant must have additive structure. This thesis contains two applications achieved by combining this theorem with a dyadic pigeonhole principle technique.    1. A finite set A of integers  is square-sum-free if no subset of A sums up to a square. In 1986, Erdos posed the problem of determining the largest cardinality of a square-sum-free subset of {1,..., n}.    Significantly improving earlier results, we show in Chapter 2 that this maximum cardinality is of order  n^{1/3+o(1)}, which is asymptotically tight.    2.  A classical result of Littlewood-Offord and Erdos from the 1940s asserts that if the v_i are non-zero, then the concentration probability of the (multi)set V={v_1,...,v_n}, ho(V) := sup_{x} P( v_1 eta_1+ ... + v_n eta_n=x), is of order O(n^{-1/2}), where eta_i are i.i.d. copies of a Bernoulli random variable.    Motivated by problems concerning random matrices, Tao and Vu introduced the  Inverse Littlewood-Offord problem. In the inverse problem, one would like to  give a characterization of the set V, given that ho(V) is relatively large. In Chapter 3, we develop a method to attack the inverse problem. As an application, we strengthen several previous results of Tao and Vu, obtaining  an almost optimal characterization for $V$.  This implies several classical theorems, such as those of Sarkozy-Szemeredi, Halasz, and Stanley.
Sliding mode control for systems with slow and fast modes
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thang Tien
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This dissertation addresses the problems of sliding mode control for systems with slow and fast dynamics. A system using a sliding mode control strategy can display robust performances against parametric and exogenous disturbances under the matching condition (Drazenovic's condition).    We investigate the problem of output feedback sliding mode control for sampled-data systems with an unknown external disturbance. Given an output sliding surface, we construct a discrete-time control law. Since the external disturbance in the control law is unknown, we approximate it by system information from the previous time instant. The synthesized control law provides promising results with high robustness against the external disturbance. These results are further improved by a method which better approximate the disturbance by system information from two previous time instants. The stability and robustness of the closed-loop system are analyzed by studying a transformed singularly perturbed discrete-time system.    The second topic is to study sliding mode control for singularly perturbed systems which exhibit slow and fast dynamics. A state feedback control law is designed for either slow or fast modes. Then, the system under that state feedback control law is put into a triangular form. In the new coordinates, a sliding surface is constructed for the remaining modes using Utkin and Young's method. A sliding mode control law is synthesized by a method which is an improved version of the unit control method by Utkin. Lastly, a composite control law is synthesized from the two components. The topic is also addressed by Lyapunov approaches. A state feedback composite control law is designed to stabilize the system. Accordingly, Lyapunov functions are constructed to synthesize a sliding surface. Two sliding surfaces and two sliding mode controllers are proposed. Asymptotic stability and disturbance rejection are achieved.    Sliding mode control for singularly perturbed discrete-time systems with parametric uncertainties is also investigated. Proceeding along the same lines as in the continuous-time case, we propose two approaches to construct a composite control law. It is shown that the closed-loop system under the proposed control laws is asymptotically stable provided the perturbation parameter is small enough.
title: Start-ups und soziale Herkunft
title: Was Gründer:innen prägt und antreibt
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hirschfeld, Alexander
name: Gilde, Jannis
name: Walk, Vanusch
name: Ansorge, Mia
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01wj9hk44
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: Soziale Herkunft
Unternehmensgründung
Start-up
Sozialer Hintergrund
Unternehmertum

description: Jeder Mensch hat eine soziale Herkunft. Bildungshintergrund in der Familie und materielles Erbe bilden diese Diversity Dimension. Im Bildungssektor ist längst untersucht, wie sich die soziale Herkunft auf den eigenen Bildungserfolg auswirkt, für den Gründungssektor bietet diese Studie erstmalig Daten zur sozialen Herkunft von Start-up Gründer:innen in Deutschland. Neben den Rollenvorbildern hat die eigene Herkunft auch Auswirkungen auf finanzielle Unterstützung, die Gründende erwarten können. So unterschiedlich die Startpositionen sind, zeigt sich in er Studie auch eine klare Parallele: Unabhängig von der sozialen Herkunft wollen die allermeisten Gründer:innen nach der aktuellen Gründung wieder ein Startup aufbauen. Auch beim Thema Mindset und der Bereitschaft, groß zu denken, zeigen sich zwischen den Gruppen kaum Unterschiede.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Performance of a methylation specific real-time PCR assay as a triage test for HPV-positive women
Creators: name: Schmitz, Martina
name: Wunsch, Kristina
name: Hoyer, Heike
name: Scheungraber, Cornelia
name: Runnebaum, Ingo
name: Hansel, Alfred
name: DĂźrst, Matthias
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Distribution of combined test results according to histology and age. (DOCX 37Â kb)
Gymnocypris pingi Tchang, Yue & Huang 1964
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Gymnocypris
Gymnocypris pingi

description: Gymnocypris pingi Tchang, Yue & Huang, 1964 (Fig. 23)
= Gymnocypris waddellii Regan, 1905
Holotype. 44788 ♀ (TS-158), Motry Lake, Dingjie County, Xizang Province, P. R. China, Jul. 14, 1961. Paratypes. 44789-44793 (TS-160, TS-164, TS-166, TS-167, TS-398), collected with holotype; 46090-46092 (TS-159, TS-168, TS-169), locality with holotype, Jul. 12, 1961.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
MOESM2 of Effects of pretreatment with methanol extract of Peucedani Radix on transient ischemic brain injury in mice
Creators: name: Jung, So-Youn
name: Kyoung-Min Kim
name: Suin Cho
name: Sehyun Lim
name: Chiyeon Lim
name: Kim, Young
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 2 The Minimum Standards of Reporting Checklist.
COVID-19 vaccination modified the effect of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir on post-acute mortality and rehospitalization: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Wang, Huwen
name: Wei, Yuchen
name: Lin, Guozhang
name: Boyer, Christopher
name: Jia, Katherine Min
name: Hung, Chi Tim
name: Jiang, Xiaoting
name: Li, Conglu
name: Yam, Carrie Ho Kwan
name: Chow, Tsz Yu
name: Wang, Yawen
name: Zhao, Shi
name: Guo, Zihao
name: Li, Kehang
name: Yang, Aimin
name: Mok, Chris Ka Pun
name: Hui, David S. C.
name: Chong, Ka Chun
name: Yeoh, Eng Kiong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: While previous research examined coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) antiviral-vaccine interactions through exploratory subgroup analysis, none specifically designed for examining this interaction or its impact on post-acute outcomes. This study examined the interaction between nirmatrelvir–ritonavir and complete COVID-19 vaccination on reducing the risk of post-acute outcomes among COVID-19 patients. We followed COVID-19 patients hospitalized between 11 March 2022 and 10 October 2023, until 31 October 2023 in Hong Kong. Exposure groups were based on nirmatrelvir–ritonavir usage and vaccination status (fully or not fully vaccinated). Post-acute death and all-cause rehospitalization were the study outcomes. Propensity score weighting was applied to balance covariates among exposure groups, including age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and concomitant treatments. Multiplicative and additive interactions between nirmatrelvir–ritonavir and vaccination status were assessed. A total of 50,438 COVID-19 patients were included in this study and arranged into four exposure groups. Significant additive interaction on post-acute rehospitalization was observed (relative excess risk, 0.10; 95% CI, 0.02–0.19; p-value, 0.018; attributable proportion, 0.07; 95% CI, 0.01–0.12; p-value, 0.017; synergy index, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.02–1.55; p-value, 0.032). The interaction on post-acute mortality was marginally significant. In the subgroup analysis, the interaction effect is more pronounced in older adults, female, and CoronaVac recipients. In conclusion, our study demonstrated an additive interaction between nirmatrelvir–ritonavir and complete vaccination on post-acute outcomes, suggesting greater long-term benefits of the antiviral for fully vaccinated individuals compared to not fully vaccinated patients.
Conceptions and practice of information literacy in academic libraries
Creators: name: Kerr, Paulette A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This research was conducted to investigate the relationships between conceptions and practice of information literacy in academic libraries. To create a structure for the investigation, the research adopted the framework of Argyris and Schön(1974) in which professional practice is examined via theories of action, namely espoused theories and theories-in-use.  Espoused theories were examined by investigating understandings and beliefs of information literacy and learning as seen in a range of policy documents including mission and goal statements of eleven academic libraries as well as those of their parent universities. These libraries were recognized by the academic library community for exemplary instruction resources. Theories-in-use were identified by analyzing information literacy practice via online tutorials utilized by these libraries in instruction initiatives. These documents and representations of practice were augmented by semi-structured interviews conducted with practitioners of information literacy education in these libraries.    A constant comparison approach (Strauss & Corbin, 1998) was used to develop broad themes, subcategories and statements of claims from these multiple data sources. Meta-claims developed provided rich descriptions towards a comprehensive, holistic picture of information literacy education.   The research findings establish that information literacy education in the selected academic libraries is multi-dimensional, complex, and contradictory. The analysis revealed 1) explicit espoused theories of  information literacy which coalesce around themes of knowledge creation and lifelong learning; 2) varied, less explicit and sometimes conflicting theories-in-use which emphasize engagement with information sources; 3) ad hoc levels of congruence in the relationships between espoused theories and theories-in-use as indicated by the few successful attempts to realize goals and outcomes in instruction initiatives; 4) major contradictions and incongruence in the relationships between the espoused theories and theories-in-use as indicated by significant gaps in addressing goals and missions; 5) enablers and barriers to  achieving effective practice; 6) emergent trends in information literacy practice. Implications for practice include issues of pedagogy and instruction design towards consistency and congruence. The study suggests areas for future research.  The research process is presented as a model and tool for evaluating varied dimensions of information literacy practice including multiple online resources and classroom initiatives
Djeboa turmalinica Pesic, Cook & Gerecke, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Cook, David
name: Gerecke, Reinhard
name: Smit, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Mideopsidae
Djeboa
Djeboa turmalinica

description: Djeboa turmalinica Pešić, Cook & Gerecke sp. nov.
(Figs. 33A–E, 38K–L)
Type series: Holotype female, dissected and slide mounted, Madagascar 071a, Andohahela (Tulear), Isaka, spring area S pass RIP 118 (km 36), 700 m asl., 16.0–18.4 ˚C, 0.055–0.060 mS/cm, spring, 10.ix.2001, Gerecke & Goldschmidt. Paratype: Madagascar 060c Tsimelahy (Tulear), River Antarantsa, downstream ‘piscine naturelle’, 05.ix. 2001, 200 m asl., 21.5 ˚C, 0.225 mS/cm, pool, Gerecke & Goldschmidt, 0/1/0 (dissected and slide mounted).
General features: Dorsal shield circular (L/W ratio 0.95), with extended medial depression, lateral ridges extending to frontal and caudal margin; muscle scars anterior and posterior to postocularia, with well pronounced thickenings, shifted medial to the edges of medial depression (Figs. 38K–L); gnathosomal bay Y-shaped; tips of Cx-I extending to frontal margin; medial margin of Cx-IV reduced to a median angle. Palp (Fig. 33C): P-1 with a dorsal seta; P-2 with straight ventral and strongly convex dorsal margin; P-3 ventral margin with a basal kink, from here to distal edge straight, equally narrowed; P-4 slender, ventral margin concave. Legs: I-L (Fig. 33D) with I-L-6 stout, L/H ratio 2.6, dorsal margins slightly concave in proximal third, from here to distal edge dorsal and ventral margin strongly diverging; IV-L: Fig. 33E; swimming setae numbers: III-L-3, 1; III-L-4, 2; III-L-5, 2-3; IV-L-3, 1?; IV-L-4, 3-4; IV-L-5, 4.
Description:
Female (holotype): Idiosoma (ventral view: Fig. 33B) L/W 425/438. Dorsal shield (Figs. 33A, 38K) L/W 366/ 384, L/W ratio 0.95; gnathosomal bay L 77. Gonopore L/W 86/79, ratio 1.1. Palp: total L 145-149; L/H, L/H ratio: P-1, 18/22, 0.8; P-2, 37-39/34-35, 1.1; P-3, 33-34/22, 1.5-1.6; P-4, 45-46/15, 3.0-3.1; P-5, 12/6, 2.0; chelicera total L 88; gnathosoma vL 83. Legs: dL of I-L-3-6: 39, 42, 51, 74; I-L-6 H 28, I-L-6 L/H ratio 2.6; dL of IV-L: 59, 67, 54, 74, 86, 99.
Male: Unknown.
Etymology: Named after the mineral tourmaline (dark violet colour, found in Madagascar). Discussion: It is most similar to Djeboa amethystica sp. nov. (see there for discussion). Distribution: Madagascar; only known from pools in two streams in the extreme southeast.
description: Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 3720 (1) on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3720.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285029
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Performance of a methylation specific real-time PCR assay as a triage test for HPV-positive women
Creators: name: Schmitz, Martina
name: Wunsch, Kristina
name: Hoyer, Heike
name: Scheungraber, Cornelia
name: Runnebaum, Ingo
name: Hansel, Alfred
name: DĂźrst, Matthias
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Distribution of combined test results according to histology and age. (DOCX 37Â kb)
Gymnocypris molicorporus Tchang, Yue & Huang 1964
Creators: name: Ye, Enqi
name: Xing, Yingchun
name: Zhang, Chunguang
name: Zhao, Yahui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Gymnocypris
Gymnocypris molicorporus

description: Gymnocypris molicorporus Tchang, Yue & Huang, 1964 (Fig. 22)
= Gymnocypris waddellii Regan, 1905
Holotype. 44847 ♀ (TS-371), Yamzho Lake, Baidi Village, Langkazi County, Xizang Province, P. R. China, Apr., 1961.
Paratypes. 44848-44849 (TS-064, TS-069), collected with holotype; 46093 (TS-070), locality with holotype, Jun. 12, 1961.
description: Published as part of Ye, Enqi, Xing, Yingchun, Zhang, Chunguang & Zhao, Yahui, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, pp. 10-113 in Zootaxa 3962 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/233837
The role of propaganda in changing attitudes and policy decisions regarding illegal immigrants
Creators: name: Nofziger, Heather Anne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This research explored the ability of hate-speech propaganda to influence attitudes about illegal immigrants and the willingness to support harsh anti-illegal immigrant policies, and the roles of Right-wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) in mitigating these effects.  Participants included 324 Rutgers University undergraduates enrolled in introductory social psychology classes.  Results indicate that generally, exposure to negative propaganda messages lead to more negative attitudes about illegal immigrants. Results also indicate that RWA and SDO moderated the effects of negative propaganda, such that: high RWA/SDO individuals expressed the most negative attitudes and policy support, while low RWA/SDO individuals showed almost difference after viewing negative propaganda. The predictive capabilities of RWA/SDO, general trends in perceptions of illegal immigrants and strengths/weaknesses of propaganda messages are discussed.
MOESM1 of Effects of pretreatment with methanol extract of Peucedani Radix on transient ischemic brain injury in mice
Creators: name: Jung, So-Youn
name: Kyoung-Min Kim
name: Suin Cho
name: Sehyun Lim
name: Chiyeon Lim
name: Kim, Young
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. High performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) images of methanol extract of Peucedani Radix (PRex) fingerprinting. Figure S2. Schematic view of neuro-protective mechanisms of PRex in MCAO mice model.
Dignity amidst devastation
Creators: name: Njoya, Wairimu R.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Burke, Kant, and Schiller used aesthetic categories to connect politics with ethical ideals of sympathy, dignity, and freedom. Although they extended these ideals to all human beings regardless of sex, color, or nation, this dissertation argues that representations of human difference in the realm of the aesthetic undermined the universal intent of their political philosophies. A new approach to aesthetics is needed in order to re-imagine difference from an ethical standpoint. This project identifies one such approach in selected works of art and literature by women from different parts of the African diaspora. In representing the dignity of women who were enslaved or colonized, these creative works revise our conceptions of political community, humanity, and the meaning of freedom.
Djeboa unimaculata Cook 1966
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Cook, David
name: Gerecke, Reinhard
name: Smit, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Mideopsidae
Djeboa
Djeboa unimaculata

description: Djeboa unimaculata (Cook, 1966)
(Figs. 34A–F, 40K–L)
Mideopsis (Djeboa) unimaculata Cook, 1966: 236.
Material examined: Type series: FMC, Liberia; holotype female, one mile north of Suehn, stream, 30.vi.1958, Cook (Coll. 99); paratypes: same site as holotype, 20.ii.1958 (Coll. 96); Coll. 88, 2/0/0 (details see Cook 1966).
New records: Côte d’Ivoire, River N’zi near Fetekro (F), drift day, 13.i.1977 Statzner 0/1/0 (mounted); Ghana: Namini stream, Kakum NP, 5º 23.396 N, 1º 23.294 W, 12.ii.2013 Smit 1/0/0; Ankasa River, Ankasa NP, 5º 13.011 N, 2º 39.126 W, 13.ii.2013 Smit 1/0/0; tributary of Oguntwe, Ankasa NP, 5º 16.563 N, 2º 38.733 W, 78 m asl., 14.ii.2013 Smit 0/1/0; Ankasa Exploration Base stream, Ankasa NP, 5º 16.413 N, 2º 38.810 W, 81 m asl., 14.ii.2013 Smit 1/1/0; Ankasa Exploration Base trail stream, Ankasa NP, 5º 16.415 N, 2º 38.751 W, 80 m asl., 14.ii.2013 Smit 1/1/0; Plunge pool, Tsatsudo Falls, 7º 07.390 N, 0º 23.365 E, 179 m asl., 22.ii.2013 Smit 0/2/0.
General features: Dorsal shield oval (L/W ratio 1.1), with medial depression; muscle scars with little pronounced thickenings, located anterior and posterior to the postocularia; colour pattern consisting of an anterior blue patch (Figs. 40K–L); gnathosomal bay Y-shaped, noticeably narrowing in posterior half; tips of Cx-I ending posterior to frontal margin; medial margin of Cx-IV reduced to a median angle; Cx-III and -IV with a series of longitudinal striae (four or five pairs on Cx-IV). Palp (Fig. 34D): P-1 with a dorsal seta; P-2 with straight ventral and convexly bowed dorsal margin; P-3 proximally thicker than distally, ventral margin concave; P-4 slender, equally narrowing from the base to tip. Legs: I-L (Fig. 34E) with I-L-6 L/H ratio 2.0–2.3, ventral margin strongly protruding; IV-L: Fig. 34F.
Remarks: The dorsal colour pattern of D. unimaculata resembles that of D. multidentata K. Viets, 1911, but in the latter the patch is violet in colour. Furthermore, the idiosoma of D. multidentata is much smaller and proportionally narrower and the palp segments are proportionally much shorter (Cook 1966).
Distribution: Liberia (Cook 1966), Côte d’Ivoire (first record), Ghana (first record).
description: Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 3720 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3720.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285029
Sex differences in response to acute diesel exhaust expsoure [sic]
Creators: name: Nwankwo, Chizoba U.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Introduction: Diesel exhaust is ubiquitous and has been shown to cause a variety of health effects related to innate immune response in the airways that leads to a cascade of local and systemic health effects. Sex is known to influence variations in immune responses and many other aspects of the internal physiological environment. Aims: The primary aim of this dissertation research is to evaluate whether there are sex differences in the symptomatic, local and systemic inflammation and acute-phase responses that have been attributed to acute diesel exhaust exposure. The secondary aim is to see if sex differences exist in the rates of metabolism of diesel exhaust and its metabolites. Methods: In a crossover design study, healthy subjects were exposed to 300μg/m3 of diesel exhaust and clean air for 1 hour each in a controlled environmental exposure chamber on two different days (≥1 week washout) in random order. Nasal lavage and sputum samples were collected and analyzed for cytokines and soluble proteins in relation to local inflammation. Blood samples were collected and analyzed for cytokines, acute phase reaction proteins, neutrophils and cell blood counts in relation to systemic inflammation. Questionnaires were used to collect self-reported symptoms. Spot urine samples were collected within 24 hours of exposure to analyze the levels of 1-aminopyrene a metabolite of 1-nitropyrene which is the most abundant nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in diesel exhaust. Results: There was a statistically significant sex difference in self reported somatic and lower respiratory symptom severity ratings with females having higher symptom severity ratings than males after exposure to diesel exhaust relative to clean air. There was also a statistically significant sex difference in the concentration of tumor necrosis factor – α in nasal lavage samples and platelet count in peripheral blood with males having higher tumor necrosis factor – α concentrations than females and lower platelet counts than females after exposure to diesel exhaust relative to clean air. Conclusion: Sex is a significant effect modifier for certain health effects of acute diesel exhaust exposure, with females tending to show greater lower respiratory and systemic effects and males tending to show greater upper respiratory effects.
Sliding mode control of continuous-time weakly coupled systems
Creators: name: Park, Gun-Hyung
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Sliding mode control is a form of variable structure control which is a powerful tool to cope with external disturbances and uncertainty. There are many applications of sliding mode control of weakly coupled system to absorption columns, catalytic crackers, chemical plants, chemical reactors, helicopters, satellites, flexible beams, cold-rolling mills, power systems, electrical circuits, computer/communication networks, etc. In this thesis, the problem of sliding mode control for systems, which are composed of two weakly coupled subsystems, is firstly addressed.      This thesis presents three methods to study continuous-time linear weakly coupled systems using sliding mode control. First one is Utkin and Young's sliding mode control method for each subsystem using a decoupling transformation technique. Next one is a composite control approach composed of two controllers, which are a state feedback controller and a sliding mode controller. The last one is a sliding mode control technique using the Lyapunov approach. These methods provide controls which make the systems asymptotic stabile with a robust performance against parametric uncertainties and exogenous disturbances. In this thesis, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods through theoretical and simulation results.
Characterization of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses isolated from Cats in South Korea, 2023
Creators: name: Lee, Kyungmoon
name: Yeom, Minjoo
name: Vu, Thi Thu Hang
name: Do, Hai-Quynh
name: Na, Woonsung
name: Lee, Mikyung
name: Jeong, Dae Gwin
name: Cheon, Doo-Sung
name: Song, Daesub
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Characterization of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses isolated from Cats in South Korea, 2023
A classical test theory and item response theory analysis of the DSM-IV symptom criteria for a major depressive episode using data from the National Comorbidity Survey--Replication
Creators: name: Pawlak, Anthony P.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Formal psychiatric symptom criteria are used to delineate the boundary between “normal” and “abnormal” behavior. In North America, the current official psychodiagnostic criteria for a multitude of psychiatric disorders are codified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition, text revision) (APA, 2000). Psychodiagnostic symptom criteria are indicators of psychopathological constructs that are clearly latent, however, it is somewhat astonishing that formal psychometric techniques that have been developed to model latent constructs have not been used to develop and evaluate psychodiagnostic symptom criteria (Aggen, Neale, & Kendler, 2005; Zimmerman, McGlinchey, Young, & Chelminski, 2006a, 2006b). There are two main psychometric paradigms that are currently in use: classical test theory and item response theory (Crocker & Algina, 1986). Classical test theory has been extensively used on both cognitive constructs and noncognitive constructs (Crocker & Algina, 1986; Embretson & Hershberger, 1999). Item response theory is considered to be theoretically superior to classical test theory and it has revolutionized the creation and evaluation of cognitive constructs (Crocker & Algina, 1986; Embretson & Hershberger, 1999; McDonald, 1999). However, item response theory has not been extensively utilized for the creation and evaluation of noncognitive constructs, even though it holds great promise in this regard (Reise, 1999; Reise & Henson, 2003). The proposed study will use classical test theory and item response theory to assess the psychodiagnostic symptom criteria for depression as found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition, text revision) (APA, 2000). The data to be used in the proposed study was collected in the National Comorbidity Survey – Replication, which was a nationally representative epidemiological community survey (Kessler et al., 2004; Kessler & Merikangas, 2004). The results of such a study will give a sophisticated psychometric perspective on the psychodiagnostic symptom criteria of depression that has not yet been available and it will provide valuable information on improving and refining future diagnostic symptom criteria of depression.