cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Power-saving method for wireless sensor network
Creators: name: Kim, Jung Ho
name: Kim, Young-Sang
name: Lee, Ji Hoon
name: Kim, Jae-Hoon
name: Choi, Young-Gon
name: Arapostathis, Ari
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: H04W52/028
subject: Y02D70/142
subject: Y02D70/164
subject: Y02D70/22
subject: 370/311
subject: 370/318
subject: 455/574
subject: 455/343.1
subject: 455/343.2
subject: 455/343.4

description: A power saving method of the present invention is provide for a wireless sensor network including a plurality of sensor nodes each transiting between a power saving mode and a transmit/receive mode, determines whether or not there is no transmit or receive data, enters the power saving mode if there is no transmit or receive data, and controls power consumption on the basis of signal-to-noise ratios in the power saving mode. In the power saving method of the present invention, it is possible to minimize the power consumption regardless of nodes density and without an adverse effect on the connectivity of the network, since the sojourn times of the sleep and idle states are determined adaptive to the interference level from neighboring nodes.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISTINCTIONS AMONG IOT NETWORK CLOUD, EDGE, AND FOG COMPUTING
Creators: name: K. Vinayakan* & V. Alamelu Mangayarkarasi**
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: New paradigms in computing, like edge, cloud, and fog computing, are completely changing how data is handled and processed in dispersed systems. Although cloud computing provides centralised processing and storage, the growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) applications has limited its bandwidth and latency. By dispersing resources over a larger geographic area, fog computing addresses latency issues by bringing cloud capabilities closer to the data source. This paradigm is furthered by edge computing, which allows data processing at or close to the location of data origination, greatly speeding up reaction times. The architectural distinctions, benefits, and drawbacks of these paradigms are compared in this research, which also evaluates their scalability, performance, and applicability for a range of use cases, including industrial IoT, autonomous cars, and smart cities. The study highlights the growing need for hybrid approaches that leverage the strengths of cloud, fog, and edge computing to meet the demands of modern, data-intensive applications.
Prenatal Exposure to Tobacco and Offspring Neurocognitive Development in the Healthy Start Study
Creators: name: Dabelea, D
name: Adgate, J.L
name: Magzamen, S
name: Shapiro, A.L
name: Wilkening, G
name: Allshouse, W.B
name: Starling, A.P
name: Moore, B.F
Publisher: name: Mosby Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Objective: To explore the associations between prenatal exposure to tobacco and neurocognitive development, in the absence of prematurity or low birth weight. Study design: We followed mother-child pairs within Healthy Start through 6 years of age. Children were born at ≥37 weeks of gestation with a birth weight of ≥2500 g. Parents completed the Third Edition Ages and Stages Questionnaire (n = 246) and children completed a subset of the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (n = 200). The Ages and Stages Questionnaire domains were dichotomized as fail/monitor and pass. Maternal urinary cotinine was measured at approximately 27 weeks of gestation. Separate logistic regression models estimated associations between prenatal exposure to tobacco (cotinine below vs above the limit of detection) and the Ages and Stages Questionnaire domains. Separate linear regression models estimated associations between prenatal exposure to tobacco and fully corrected T-scores for inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and receptive language, as assessed by the National Institutes of Health Toolbox. A priori covariates included sex, maternal age, maternal education, daily caloric intake during pregnancy, race/ethnicity, household income, maternal psychiatric disorders, and, in secondary models, postnatal exposure to tobacco. Results: Compared with unexposed offspring, exposed offspring were more likely to receive a fail/monitor score for fine motor skills (OR, 3.9; 95% CI, 1.5-10.3) and decreased inhibitory control (B: −3.0; 95% CI, −6.1 to −0.7). After adjusting for postnatal exposure, only the association with fine motor skills persisted. Conclusions: Prenatal and postnatal exposures to tobacco may influence neurocognitive development, in the absence of preterm delivery or low birth weight. Increased developmental screening may be warranted for exposed children.
Ziel der Kostendeckung deutlich verfehlt
Creators: name: Coleman Brantschen, Evelyn Constance
name: Bürgi, Patric
name: Arnold, Rolf
Publisher: name: Waldwirtschaft Schweiz
Year: 2020
Subjects: Waldleistungen
Kostendeckung
Forstbetriebe

description: Immer mehr Forstbetriebe erbringen Leistungen ausserhalb der Holzproduktion, beispielsweise im Bereich Erholung oder Trinkwasser. Bei der Inwertsetzung dieser Leistungen bekunden jedoch viele Betriebe Mühe. Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, wie sich die Erlöse und Kosten und damit der Kostendeckungsgrad seit 2008 entwickelt haben. Fazit: Es besteht Handlungsbedarf.
title: Optical coherence tomographic detection of cells and killing of the same
Creators: name: Feldman, Marc D.
name: Milner, Thomas E.
name: Johnston, Keith P.
name: Oh, Jung-Hwan
name: Kim, Ji Hoon
name: Sanghi, Pramod
name: Mancuso, Jake
name: Ma, Leo
name: Emelianov, Stas
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: A61B5/6852
subject: A61B5/0066
subject: A61B5/416
subject: A61N1/403
subject: A61N2/02
subject: G01N21/1717
subject: G01N21/4795
subject: 600/476

description: Provided herein are systems, methods and compositions for the use of optical coherence tomography for detection of cells and for killing detected cells. A detected cell can be killed or injured by contacting a composition comprised by the cell with energy. Energy can be applied to a particle comprised by the cell.
Additional file 3: Figure S2. of VPAC1 receptor (Vipr1)-deficient mice exhibit ameliorated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, with specific deficits in the effector stage
Creators: name: Abad, Catalina
name: Bhavaani Jayaram
name: Becquet, Laurine
name: Wang, Yuki
name: M O’Dorisio
name: Waschek, James
name: Yossan-Var Tan
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Early chemokine expression in the CNS of EAE-immunized mice is reduced in VPAC1 KO mice. EAE was induced in WT and VPAC1-deficient mice, and the spinal cords were collected and fresh-frozen in liquid nitrogen on day 5. RNA was extracted and retrotranscribed to cDNA and the levels of expression of IP-10, MIG, MIP-3α, and RANTES determined by real-time RT-PCR as described in the “Methods” sections. Results shown are representative of two independent experiments of n = 8 mice/group,**p
Searching for Success—Entrepreneurs’ Responses to Crowdfunding Failure
Creators: name: Piening, Erk P.
name: Thies, Ferdinand
name: Wessel, Michael
name: Benlian, Alexander
Publisher: name: Sage Publishing
Year: 2021

description: In this study, we seek to provide new insights into the process of problemistic search by examining entrepreneurs’ behavioral responses to failures. Using a comprehensive dataset of over 65,000 crowdfunding projects, we specifically explore how negative performance feedback influences entrepreneurs’ search distance. Our results demonstrate that the severity and persistence of failure have a U-shaped and inverted U-shaped relationship with search distance, respectively. Moreover, greater temporal distance between an entrepreneur’s failure experience and a subsequent crowdfunding project is not only associated with increases in search distance, but also attenuates the curvilinear main effects.
title: System and method for reselecting antennas in a cellular mobile communication system using multiple antennas
Creators: name: Cho, Sung Hyun
name: Heath, Robert W.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: H04B7/022
subject: H04B7/0691
subject: H04B7/0874
subject: H04W36/06
subject: H04L1/0025
subject: H04L1/0026
subject: H04W36/0058
subject: H04W36/08
subject: H04W36/30
subject: 455/39
subject: 455/67.11
subject: 455/69
subject: 455/101
subject: 455/277.1
subject: 455/562.1

description: A cellular mobile communication system using multiple antennas reselects a plurality of transmission antennas of base stations connected to a mobile station. The system includes measuring a channel quality parameter used for estimation of channel performance, determining whether to reselect the transmission antennas using the measured channel quality parameter, reselecting transmission antennas of the base stations connected to the mobile station, and connecting the reselected transmission antennas to the base station.
On a Two-Parameter Yule-Simon Distribution
Creators: name: Baur, Erich
name: Bertoin, Jean
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2021
Subjects: Fluctuation Theory
Lévy Processes
Random Walks
Ron Doney
Probability
Diffusions

description: We extend the classical one-parameter Yule-Simon law to a version depending on two parameters, which in part appeared in Bertoin (J Stat Phys 176(3):679–691, 2019) in the context of a preferential attachment algorithm with fading memory. By making the link to a general branching process with age- dependent reproduction rate, we study the tail-asymptotic behavior of the two- parameter Yule-Simon law, as it was already initiated in Bertoin (J Stat Phys 176(3):679–691, 2019). Finally, by superposing mutations to the branching process, we propose a model which leads to the two-parameter range of the Yule-Simon law, generalizing thereby the work of Simon (Biometrika 42(3/4):425–440, 1955) on limiting word frequencies.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Dietary intake of cod and scallop reduces atherosclerotic burden in female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed a Western-type high fat diet for 13 weeks
Creators: name: Ida-Johanne Jensen
name: Walquist, Mari
name: BjĂ¸Rn Liaset
name: Elvevoll, Edel
name: Karl-Erik Eilertsen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Predesigned TaqManÂŽ Gene Expression assays used. (DOCX 16 kb)
title: Methods for propagating a non sinusoidal signal without distortion in dispersive lossy media
Creators: name: Flake, Robert H.
name: Biskup, John F.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: G01R31/088
subject: G01R31/11
subject: H04B3/462
subject: H04B3/466
subject: H04L1/24
subject: H04L25/03834
subject: H04L25/12
subject: 324/644
subject: 324/637

description: Systems and methods are described for transmitting a waveform having a controllable attenuation and propagation velocity. An exemplary method comprises: generating an exponential waveform, the exponential waveform (a) being characterized by the equation Vin=De−A[x−vt], where D is a magnitude, Vin is a voltage, t is time, ASD is an attenuation coefficient, and vSD is a propagation velocity; and (b) being truncated at a maximum value. An exemplary apparatus comprises: an exponential waveform generator; an input recorder coupled to an output of the exponential waveform generator; a transmission line under test coupled to the output of the exponential waveform generator; an output recorder coupled to the transmission line under test; an additional transmission line coupled to the transmission line under test; and a termination impedance coupled to the additional transmission line and to a ground.
Joint effects of ambient air pollution and maternal smoking on neonatal adiposity and childhood BMI trajectories in the Healthy Start study
Creators: name: Starling, A.P
name: Dabelea, D
name: Moore, B.F
name: Magzamen, S
name: Martenies, S.E
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer Health
Year: 2021

description: Background: Coexposure to air pollution and tobacco smoke may influence early-life growth, but few studies have investigated their joint effects. We examined the interaction between fetal exposure to maternal smoking and ozone (O3) or fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on birth weight, neonatal adiposity, and body mass index (BMI) trajectories through age 3 years. Methods: Participants were 526 mother-child pairs, born ≥37 weeks. Cotinine was measured at ∼27 weeks gestation. Whole pregnancy and trimester-specific O3 and PM2.5 were estimated via. inverse-distance weighted interpolation from stationary monitors. Neonatal adiposity (fat mass percentage) was measured via. air displacement plethysmography. Child weight and length/height were abstracted from medical records. Interaction was assessed by introducing cotinine (<31.5 vs. ≥31.5 ng/mL [indicating active smoking]), O3/PM2.5 (low [tertiles 1-2] vs. high [tertile 3]), and their product term in linear regression models for birth weight and neonatal adiposity and mixed-effects models for BMI trajectories. Results: The rate of BMI growth among offspring jointly exposed to maternal smoking and high PM2.5 (between 8.1 and 12.7 μg/m3) in the third trimester was more rapid than would be expected due to the individual exposures alone (0.8 kg/m2 per square root year; 95% CI = 0.1, 1.5; P for interaction = 0.03). We did not detect interactions between maternal smoking and O3 or PM2.5 at any other time on birth weight, neonatal adiposity, or BMI trajectories. Conclusions: Although PM2.5 was generally below the EPA annual air quality standards of 12.0 μg/m3, exposure during the third trimester may influence BMI trajectories when combined with maternal smoking.
"Jeder Mensch ist ein Ökosystem" : Interview mit Maya Hottarek und Christian Kropf.
Creators: name: Pauli, Christian
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Hochschule der Künste Bern
Year: 2022

description: Der Biologe Christian Kropf ist Spinnenexperte. Am Naturhistorischen Museum in Bern arbeitet Kropf als Leiter Wirbellose und Kurator Arachnologie. Maya Hottarek, freie Künstlerin und HKB-Alumna aus Biel, beschäftigt sich mit Mikroorganismen, Ökosystemen und polymorphen Materialien. Welche Spuren von Natur und Kultur gehen Wissenschaft und Kunst nach? Welche Spuren zeichnen Wissenschaft und Kunst. Die HKB-Zeitung traf Hottarek und Kropf im Tierpark Bern und am Bildschirm.
Nothotalisia
Creators: name: Londoño-Echeverri, Yeison
name: Trujillo-López, Ana María
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Picramniales
Picramniaceae
Nothotalisia

description: Key to species of Nothotalisia (modified from Thomas 2011)
1. Fruit surface wrinkled, roughly cancellate, ripening to orange; petals 2.6–3.3 mm long............... N. cancellata Thomas (2011: 58)
- Fruit surface smooth, ripening to olive or yellowish; petals 1.3–2.7 mm long (unknown for pistillate flowers of N. karsticola)....2
2. Leaflet blades puberulous abaxially, staminate flowers with petals 2.3–2.7 mm long, anthers apically mucronate ...... N. karsticola
- Leaflet blades glabrous abaxially, staminate flowers with petals 1.3–2.4 mm, anthers apically blunt, not mucronate .....................3
3. Leaflets 3–8, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, the largest lateral leaflet 1.9–5.7 cm wide .................................................... N. peruviana
- Leaflets (1–)3(–4), elliptic ovate or obovate, the largest lateral leaflet 3.5–9.0 cm wide.................................................... N. piranii
description: Published as part of Londoño-Echeverri, Yeison & Trujillo-López, Ana María, 2023, Taxonomic studies in Colombian Picramniaceae (Picramniales): new species of Aenigmanu, Nothotalisia and Picramnia from the Pacific and Magdalena Valley regions, pp. 281-297 in Phytotaxa 622 (5) on page 291, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10150899
Additional file 11: Table S5. of Control of vein network topology by auxin transport
Creators: name: Verna, Carla
name: Sawchuk, Megan
name: Nguyen Linh
name: Scarpella, Enrico
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Imaging parameters: double-marker lines. (DOC 85 kb)
New technology for the continuous production of wood-based lightweight panels
Creators: name: Barbu, Marius
name: Romania, Braşov
name: Ludtke, Jan
name: Thömen, Heiko
name: Welling, Johannes
Publisher: name: United Nations Economic Commission for European Timber Committee
Year: 2010
Subjects: light composite board sandwich panel foamed core continuous pressing

description: Lightweight boards in the wood-based panel and furniture industry are not a new topic. First tri-als to reduce the density of PB and MDF boards were mentioned more than one decade ago. Sandwich panels with faces from thick veneer, plywood, thin PB or MDF and cores made from honeycomb paper, very light wood species or foams are also state of the art since at least two decades. The fast growing market of knockdown furniture on the one hand and the increasing costs for energy and raw materials on the other hand are additional factors that make weight sav-ing a primary economical objective for most panel producers. Moreover, customers demand more for ergonomically solutions regarding packaging and transportation. A new one-stage production process for sandwich panels with wood-based facings made from veneers, wood particles or fi-bres and a core consisting of expandable particles is presented. It could be integrated in existing continuous pressing lines for PB and MDF manufacturing keeping the advantages of this produc-tion technique in matter of efficiency. The manufacturing of lightweight sandwich panels in a continuous one-stage process should combine the production of the dense facings and the very light core layer. During the first stage of the hot pressing process, the mat surfaces are compacted to high densities and the resin cures in this state. In a second stage, the press is opened to the final panel thickness. In this stage, the foam material expands and forms the lightweight core. The core material itself acts also as a bonding matter to the facings. The lightweight panels that were pro-duced at lab scale reveal mechanical properties that are comparable to recently used wood-based panels while obtaining a weight reduction of 30-50%.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Isolation of fungi from dead arthropods and identification of a new mosquito natural pathogen
Creators: name: Jaber, Sana
name: Mercier, Alex
name: Khouzama Knio
name: Brun, Sylvain
name: Kambris, Zakaria
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Number of occurrences of each isolated fungus in the collected cadavers. (DOCX 22Â kb)
title: Rigid particulate matter sensor
Creators: name: Hall, Matthew
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: F01N2560/05
subject: F01N2560/20
subject: G01N15/0656
subject: G01N27/22
subject: G01N2015/0046
subject: Y10T29/49002
subject: 73/28.1

description: A sensor to detect particulate matter. The sensor includes a first rigid tube, a second rigid tube, a detection surface electrode, and a bias surface electrode. The second rigid tube is mounted substantially parallel to the first rigid tube. The detection surface electrode is disposed on an outer surface of the first rigid tube. The detection surface electrode is disposed to face the second rigid tube. The bias surface electrode is disposed on an outer surface of the second rigid tube. The bias surface electrode is disposed to face the detection surface electrode on the first rigid tube. An air gap exists between the detection surface electrode and the bias surface electrode to allow particulate matter within an exhaust stream to flow between the detection and bias surface electrodes.
Opportunities for evaluating chemical exposures and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program
Creators: name: Kannan, K
name: Iyer, R
name: Fennell, T.R
name: Watkins, D.J
name: Signes-Pastor, A.J
name: Beamer, P.I
name: Bloom, M.S
name: Lyall, K
name: Pellizzari, E.D
name: Zhang, M
name: Funk, W.E
name: Hamra, G.B
name: Woodruff, T.J
name: Hecht, S.S
name: Starling, A.P
name: Bennett, D.H
name: Karagas, M.R
name: Fry, R.C
name: ECHO
name: Barrett, E.S
name: Wang, A
name: Parsons, P.J
name: Buckley, J.P
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2020

description: The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program will evaluate environmental factors affecting children’s health (perinatal, neurodevelopmental, obesity, respiratory, and positive health outcomes) by pooling cohorts composed of >50,000 children in the largest US study of its kind. Our objective was to identify opportunities for studying chemicals and child health using existing or future ECHO chemical exposure data. We described chemical-related information collected by ECHO cohorts and reviewed ECHO-relevant literature on exposure routes, sources, and environmental and human monitoring. Fifty-six ECHO cohorts have existing or planned chemical biomonitoring data for mothers or children. Environmental phenols/parabens, phthalates, metals/metalloids, and tobacco biomarkers are each being measured by ≥15 cohorts, predominantly during pregnancy and childhood, indicating ample opportunities to study child health outcomes. Cohorts are collecting questionnaire data on multiple exposure sources and conducting environmental monitoring including air, dust, and water sample collection that could be used for exposure assessment studies. To supplement existing chemical data, we recommend biomonitoring of emerging chemicals, nontargeted analysis to identify novel chemicals, and expanded measurement of chemicals in alternative biological matrices and dust samples. ECHO’s rich data and samples represent an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate environmental chemical research to improve the health of US children.
Additional file 5: Figure S1. of Evolutionary relationships in Panicoid grasses based on plastome phylogenomics (Panicoideae; Poaceae)
Creators: name: Burke, Sean
name: Wysocki, William
name: Zuloaga, Fernando
name: Craine, Joseph
name: J. Pires
name: Edger, Patrick
name: Mayfield-Jones, Dustin
name: Clark, Lynn
name: Kelchner, Scot
name: Duvall, Melvin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Gel image for PCR experiment conducted to verify mitochondrial insertions. Primer pairs are listed and informative fragment lengths of standard fragments are indicated in bases. Pdi = P. dilatatum; Pfi = P. fimbriatum. (PDF 210 kb)
title: Regeneration of an aqueous solution from an acid gas absorption process by multistage flashing and stripping
Creators: name: Rochelle, Gary T.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: B01D53/1425
subject: B01D53/1456
subject: B01D53/18
subject: Y02C10/06
subject: 95/160
subject: 95/163
subject: 95/172
subject: 95/191
subject: 95/192
subject: 95/207
subject: 95/208
subject: 95/235
subject: 95/236
subject: 96/234

description: An acid gas such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, or a mixture thereof is removed from gaseous streams using aqueous absorption and stripping processes. By replacing the conventional stripper used to regenerate the aqueous solvent and capture the acid gas with a multipressure stripper (51) that combines acid gas compression with stripping, less energy is consumed. The multipressure stripper is a multistage flash (52, 55, 59) in which the total vapor flow from each stage is compressed and fed to the bottom of the previous flash stage at a higher pressure. In this process, the heat in the water content of the vapor exiting each stage is utilized at a higher pressure in the previous stage. The described stripping process generates the acid gas at a higher pressure without operating the stripper at a higher temperature, thereby reducing the energy consumption of the system.
Additional file 1: of Evaluation of the Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized clinical trials: overview of published comments and analysis of user practice in Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews
Creators: name: Jørgensen, Lars
name: Paludan-Müller, Asger
name: Laursen, David
name: Savović, Jelena
name: Boutron, Isabelle
name: Sterne, Jonathan
name: Higgins, Julian
name: Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: PRISMA 2009 Checklist. (DOCX 179 kb)
title: System and method for reselecting antennas in a cellular mobile communication system using multiple antennas
Creators: name: Cho, Sung Hyun
name: Heath, Robert W.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: H04B7/022
subject: H04B7/0691
subject: H04B7/0874
subject: H04W36/06
subject: H04L1/0025
subject: H04L1/0026
subject: H04W36/0058
subject: H04W36/08
subject: H04W36/30
subject: 455/39
subject: 455/67.11
subject: 455/101
subject: 455/277.2
subject: 455/562.1

description: A cellular mobile communication system using multiple antennas reselects a plurality of transmission antennas of base stations connected to a mobile station. The system includes measuring a channel quality parameter used for estimation of channel performance, determining whether to reselect the transmission antennas using the measured channel quality parameter, reselecting transmission antennas of the base stations connected to the mobile station, and connecting the reselected transmission antennas to the base station.
Prenatal exposure to traffic and ambient air pollution and infant weight and adiposity: The Healthy Start study
Creators: name: Dabelea, D
name: Zhang, W
name: Allshouse, W.B
name: Thomas, D.S.K
name: Starling, A.P
name: Adgate, J.L
name: Martenies, S.E
name: Magzamen, S
name: Peel, J.L
name: Moore, B.F
Publisher: name: Academic Press Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Background: Prenatal exposures to ambient air pollution and traffic have been associated with adverse birth outcomes, and may also lead to an increased risk of obesity. Obesity risk may be reflected in changes in body composition in infancy. Objective: To estimate associations between prenatal ambient air pollution and traffic exposure, and infant weight and adiposity in a Colorado-based prospective cohort study. Methods: Participants were 1125 mother-infant pairs with term births. Birth weight was recorded from medical records and body composition measures (fat mass, fat-free mass, and adiposity [percent fat mass]) were evaluated via air displacement plethysmography at birth (n = 951) and at ~5 months (n = 574). Maternal residential address was used to calculate distance to nearest roadway, traffic density, and ambient concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) via inverse-distance weighted interpolation of stationary monitoring data, averaged by trimester and throughout pregnancy. Adjusted linear regression models estimated associations between exposures and infant weight and body composition. Results: Participants were urban residents and diverse in race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Average ambient air pollutant concentrations were generally low; the median, interquartile range (IQR), and range of third trimester concentrations were 7.3 μg/m3 (IQR: 1.3, range: 3.3–12.7) for PM2.5 and 46.3 ppb (IQR: 18.4, range: 21.7–63.2) for 8-h maximum O3. Overall there were few associations between traffic and air pollution exposures and infant outcomes. Third trimester O3 was associated with greater adiposity at follow-up (2.2% per IQR, 95% CI 0.1, 4.3), and with greater rates of change in fat mass (1.8 g/day, 95% CI 0.5, 3.2) and adiposity (2.1%/100 days, 95% CI 0.4, 3.7) from birth to follow-up. Conclusions: We found limited evidence of an association between prenatal traffic and ambient air pollution exposure and infant body composition. Suggestive associations between prenatal ozone exposure and early postnatal changes in body composition merit further investigation.
Analysis of Shari’ah Based Equity Screenings: Developing a Shari’ah-Compliant Index for Qatar Stock Exchange
Creators: name: Al-Hajjaji, Eman Mohammed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: Although, any amount or portion of Haram is not permissible in Shari’ah. An exception has been addressed on the basis of the Shari’ah-established maxim of “necessities call for relaxation of prohibition” by the vast majority of Shari’ah scholars to allow investing in listed companies that engage in some non-permissible transactions to a certain tolerable extent, provided that the financial outcomes of these transactions are purified by giving the part that is not-permissible to charity. Identifying companies that Muslims can invest in is done by using specific Shari’ah screening criteria that measure the amount of return emanating from non-permissible activities conducted by the company. With the absence of unified religious opinions followed by all Muslims, Islamic indices have been created worldwide with each index having its own Shari’ah screening criteria. This thesis identifies the screening criteria used by seven Islamic indices, compare and contrast between their screening criteria and tries to examine whether it is time to have an Islamic index with no tolerance to non-permissible activities using Qatar as a case study. It is found that there exists a number of differences among Islamic indices and these differences have an impact on the Muslim investors level of investment freedom through its impact on the universe of Halal equity assets. It is also found that an Islamic index with zero tolerance to non-permissible activities may be constructed for Qatar Stock Exchange without losing much of freedom of choice in this market. Like al- Rayan index, the proposed index also consists of 18 companies. A comparison between the proposed zero-tolerance index and the already existing Al Rayan Islamic index shows that there are no differences in their behavior, which indicates that having companies that do some non-permissible activities and have non-permissible income in the “Islamic basket” is not necessary in Qatar. The thesis offers some recommendations that can further improve Shari’ah screening process and eliminate the inconsistency that exists currently between the different Islamic indices which will in turn enhance confidence in Islamic equity universe and market behavior of Islamic investor.
title: Particulate matter sensor with a heater
Creators: name: Hall, Matthew
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: G01N15/0656
subject: Y10T29/49826
subject: 422/98
subject: 422/83
subject: 422/94
subject: 73/23.31
subject: 73/28.1

description: An apparatus to detect particulate matter. The apparatus includes a sensor electrode, a shroud, and a heater. The electrode measures a chemical composition within an exhaust stream. The shroud surrounds at least a portion of the sensor electrode, exclusive of a distal end of the sensor electrode exposed to the exhaust stream. The shroud defines an air gap between the sensor electrode and the shroud and an opening toward the distal end of the sensor electrode. The heater is mounted relative to the sensor electrode. The heater burns off particulate matter in the air gap between the sensor electrode and the shroud.
Terranimo® – ein webbasiertes Modell zur Abschätzung des Bodenverdichtungsrisikos
Creators: name: Gfeller, Monika
name: Keller, Thomas
name: Weisskopf, Peter
name: Lamandé, Mathieu
name: Lassen, Poul
name: Schjønning, Per
Publisher: name: Landwirtschaftsverlag
Year: 2014

description: Um die Druckverhältnisse unter Landmaschinen zu simulieren und das Bodenverdichtungsrisiko einschätzen zu können, wurde das webbasierte Modell Terranimo® entwickelt. Darin kann mithilfe von verfügbaren Reifenkennwerten und in Abhängigkeit von der Oberbodenfestigkeit die Kontaktfläche und die Druckverteilung zwischen Reifen und Boden beschrieben werden. Mithilfe von Pedotransferfunktionen wird die Bodenfestigkeit (Vorbelastung) vom Tongehalt und der Saugspannung im Boden abgeleitet. Das Verdichtungsrisiko wird durch den Vergleich von Bodenfestigkeit und ausgeübtem Bodendruck abgeschätzt: Bleibt der durch die Landmaschine ausgeübte Bodendruck unterhalb der aktuellen Bodenfestigkeit, so können das Verdichtungsrisiko minimiert und negative Veränderungen der Bodenstruktur – und somit der Bodenfunktionen – vermieden werden.
description: Based on experimental data from wheeling experiments, a web-based model for the simulation of stress and the evaluation of the soil compaction risk under agricultural machinery named Terranimo® has been developed. Terranimo® incorporates a model for prediction of contact area, shape and stress distribution in the tyre soil interface from wheel load and readily-available tyre parameters and the topsoil strength. In Terranimo® pedotransfer functions are used to estimate soil strength from clay content and matric potential. Principally, by limiting the imposed stress to below soil strength, the risk of soil compaction and undesirable changes of soil structure – and hence soil functions – can be minimized.
title: Flexure based macro motion translation stage
Creators: name: Sreenivasan, Sidlgata V.
name: Choi, Byung J.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: B82Y10/00
subject: B82Y40/00
subject: G03F7/0002
subject: G03F7/707
subject: G03F7/70716
subject: G03F7/70758
subject: H01L21/682
subject: 269/58
subject: 269/71
subject: 33/568

description: Described are flexure-based high precision positioning stages. The stages are constrained to motion along each axis by a system of symmetrical flexure linkages. The linkages may be formed of link coupled by flexure joints. Magnetic linear servomotors may provide motive force for the stages. In some embodiments, the stages may have no frictional contact joints.
Evaluation 2019–2021 «Femmes-Tische und Männer-Tische» Mehrsprachige, informelle Bildung für Menschen in allen Lebenslagen»
Creators: name: Schuwey, Claudia
name: Müller De Menezes, Rahel
name: Chiapparini, Emanuela
name: Kerr, Sonja
Publisher: name: Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz (GFCH)
Year: 2021

description: Femmes-Tische und Männer-Tische ist ein mehrsprachiges, niederschwelliges Programm der informellen Bildung. In moderierten Gesprächsrunden diskutieren Menschen zu Themen der Gesundheit, Familie und Integration. Es basiert auf dem Peer-Ansatz und erreicht Personen mit Migrationserfahrung, die über herkömmliche Angebote kaum erreicht werden. Die Evaluationsergebnisse zeigen, wie die Gesprächsrunden bei den Teilnehmenden zu einem Wissenszuwachs, einem verstärkten (Verantwortungs-)Bewusstsein, zu positiveren Einstellungen und Verhaltensänderungen und damit zu einem Empowerment führen. Zudem werden die soziale Teilhabe und die psychische Entlastung der Teilnehmenden gefördert. Zentrale Erfolgskriterien sind ein niederschwelliger Zugang, der Austausch in der Herkunftssprache, die Berücksichtigung des je spezifischen Rollenverständnisses von Frauen und Männern (Gender-Ansatz), die bedürfnisgerechte Wissensvermittlung und ein partizipativer Ansatz. Die Evaluation zeigt Optimierungspotenzial in Bezug auf die fachlichen Grundlagen zur besseren Positionierung des Angebots, die Stärkung der Finanzierung sowie die Kriterien für die Aufnahme und die fachliche Begleitung von Moderierenden.
Additional file 3: Table S3. of Evolutionary relationships in Panicoid grasses based on plastome phylogenomics (Panicoideae; Poaceae)
Creators: name: Burke, Sean
name: Wysocki, William
name: Zuloaga, Fernando
name: Craine, Joseph
name: J. Pires
name: Edger, Patrick
name: Mayfield-Jones, Dustin
name: Clark, Lynn
name: Kelchner, Scot
name: Duvall, Melvin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The specific mtDNA primers that were created to verify the inserts in P. dilatatum (Pdi) and P. fimbriatum (Pfi). (DOCX 12 kb)
Additional file 2: of Evaluation of the Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized clinical trials: overview of published comments and analysis of user practice in Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews
Creators: name: Jørgensen, Lars
name: Paludan-Müller, Asger
name: Laursen, David
name: Savović, Jelena
name: Boutron, Isabelle
name: Sterne, Jonathan
name: Higgins, Julian
name: Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Appendices - Evaluation of the Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized clinical trials. (DOCX 229 kb)
Grademix in der Schweizer Langzeitpflege: Konzepte, Einflussfaktoren und Umsetzung
Creators: name: Lipp, Iris
name: Hahn, Sabine
name: Schellinger, Jochen
Publisher: name: Hogrefe
Year: 2019

description: Das Projekt EQUI – Grademix und Diversität im stabilen Gleichgewicht, eine Studie gegen den Fachkräftemangel im Gesundheitswesen hat zum Ziel, evidenzbasierte, bedarfsgerechte und umsetzbare Konzepte zu Grademix und zum Diversitätsmanagement zu entwickeln, welche die Qualitäts- und Kosteneffekte in der ambulanten und stationären Langzeitpflege transparent machen. Der Beitrag fasst die wichtigsten ersten Ergebnisse zum Thema Grademix zusammen.
title: Bridge fused multiply-adder circuit
Creators: name: Lemonds, Carl E.
name: Swartzlander, Earl E.
name: Quinnell, Eric C.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: G06F7/483
subject: G06F7/49947
subject: G06F7/5443
subject: 708/501
subject: 708/523

description: A bridge fused multiply-adder is disclosed. The fused multiply-adder is for the single instruction execution of (A×B)+C. The bridge fused multiply-add unit adds this functionality to existing floating-point co-processor units by including a fused multiply-add hardware “bridge” between an existing floating-point adder and a floating-point multiplier unit. This fused multiply-add functionality is added to existing two-operand architecture designs without degrading the performance or parallel pipe execution of floating-point adder and floating-point multiplier instructions.
Planetary Health - Klimakrise, Gesundheit und wir. Ein BFH-Diagonal Wahlmodul.
Creators: name: Schönberg, Sonja
Year: 2021

description: Die Klimakrise, Umweltverschmutzung und Biodiversitätsverlust sind die größte Bedrohung für die Gesundheit der Menschen im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus ihnen resultiert eine enorme globale Krankheits- und Sterbelast in Form von direkten sowie indirekten Gesundheitseffekten. Im neuen BFH Diagonal Wahlmodul begreifen Studierende Umweltschutz als Gesundheitsschutz und entwickeln disziplinenübergreifend, kollaborativ und handlungsorientiert Lösungsideen, um das menschliche Überleben auf der Erde zu schützen.
Corporate Brand Management von KMU: Eine qualitativ-explorative Bestandsaufnahme der identitätsbasierten Markenführung bei Schweizer und Liechtensteiner Unternehmen.
Creators: name: Rohner, Carlo
name: Kalan, Batal
name: Tokarski, Kim Oliver
Year: 2014

description: Der vorliegende Beitrag greift die These auf, dass Klein- und Mittelunternehmen (KMU) in der Schweiz und Liechtenstein sich mit Herausforderungen im Marktauftritt konfrontiert sehen. Um diese These zu belegen wurde die identitätsbasierte Markenführung im Sinne eines etablierten Ansatzes der Markenführung als Grundlage des Corporate Brand Management (CBM) bestimmt. Zur Erhöhung der theoretischen Basis wurde der allgemeine Managementprozess der identitätsbasierten Markenführung auf die Anwendung in KMU angepasst. Hierauf aufbauend wurden 26 Schweizer und Liechtensteiner KMU mittels qualitativer, leitfadenbasierter Interviews befragt. Die anschliessende Inhaltsanalyse zeigte auf, dass eine Diskrepanz zwischen der Relevanz des CBM aus Sicht der KMU und der tatsächlichen Umsetzung besteht.
title: Integration of fluids and reagents into self-contained cartridges containing sensor elements and reagent delivery systems
Creators: name: Neikirk, Dean P.
name: Shear, Jason B.
name: McDevitt, John T.
name: Anslyn, Eric V.
name: Ballard, Karri L.
name: Christodoulides, Nick J.
name: Floriano, Pierre N.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: B01L3/50271
subject: B01L3/50273
subject: B01L9/527
subject: B01L2200/025
subject: B01L2200/027
subject: B01L2200/0605
subject: B01L2200/0684
subject: B01L2200/10
subject: B01L2200/16
subject: B01L2300/0636
subject: B01L2300/0816
subject: B01L2300/0867
subject: B01L2300/087
subject: B01L2300/0887
subject: B01L2400/0406
subject: B01L2400/0481
subject: B01L2400/0487
subject: B01L2400/0688
subject: G01N21/251
subject: G01N21/6428
subject: G01N21/6452
subject: G01N2021/6419
subject: G01N2021/6441
subject: 422/68.1
subject: 422/81
subject: 422/82.5
subject: 435/287.1
subject: 435/287.2
subject: 435/288.4
subject: 435/288.7
subject: 436/518
subject: 436/523
subject: 436/524
subject: 436/809

description: Described herein is an analyte detection device and method related to a portable instrument suitable for point-of-care analyses. In some embodiments, a portable instrument may include a disposable cartridge, an optical detector, a sample collection device and/or sample reservoir, reagent delivery systems, fluid delivery systems, one or more channels, and/or waste reservoirs. Use of a portable instrument may reduce the hazard to an operator by reducing an operator's contact with a sample for analysis. The device is capable of obtaining diagnostic information using cellular- and/or particle-based analyses and may be used in conjunction with membrane- and/or particle-based analysis cartridges. Analytes, including proteins and cells and/or microbes may be detected using the membrane and/or particle based analysis system.
Additional file 8: Table S2. of Control of vein network topology by auxin transport
Creators: name: Verna, Carla
name: Sawchuk, Megan
name: Nguyen Linh
name: Scarpella, Enrico
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Genotyping strategies. (DOC 43 kb)
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Evolutionary relationships in Panicoid grasses based on plastome phylogenomics (Panicoideae; Poaceae)
Creators: name: Burke, Sean
name: Wysocki, William
name: Zuloaga, Fernando
name: Craine, Joseph
name: J. Pires
name: Edger, Patrick
name: Mayfield-Jones, Dustin
name: Clark, Lynn
name: Kelchner, Scot
name: Duvall, Melvin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Plastomes analyzed in this study with NCBI accession numbers and lengths of subregions and complete Panicoideae plastomes. (DOCX 20 kb)
title: Integration of fluids and reagents into self-contained cartridges containing sensor elements
Creators: name: Neikirk, Dean P.
name: Shear, Jason B.
name: McDevitt, John T.
name: Anslyn, Eric V.
name: Ballard, Karri L.
name: Christodoulides, Nick J.
name: Floriano, Pierre N.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: B01L3/50273
subject: B01L3/50271
subject: B01L2200/025
subject: B01L2200/027
subject: B01L2200/0605
subject: B01L2200/16
subject: B01L2300/0816
subject: B01L2300/0867
subject: B01L2300/0887
subject: B01L2400/0406
subject: B01L2400/0481
subject: B01L2400/0487
subject: B01L2400/0655
subject: G01N21/6428
subject: 422/68.1
subject: 422/81
subject: 422/82.5
subject: 422/403
subject: 435/287.1
subject: 435/287.2
subject: 435/288.4
subject: 435/288.7
subject: 436/518
subject: 436/523
subject: 436/524
subject: 436/809

description: Described herein is an analyte detection device and method related to a portable instrument suitable for point-of-care analyses. In some embodiments, a portable instrument may include a disposable cartridge, an optical detector, a sample collection device and/or sample reservoir, reagent delivery systems, fluid delivery systems, one or more channels, and/or waste reservoirs. Use of a portable instrument may reduce the hazard to an operator by reducing an operator's contact with a sample for analysis. The device is capable of obtaining diagnostic information using cellular- and/or particle-based analyses and may be used in conjunction with membrane- and/or particle-based analysis cartridges. Analytes, including proteins and cells and/or microbes may be detected using the membrane and/or particle based analysis system.
Additional file 2: Table S2. of Isolation of fungi from dead arthropods and identification of a new mosquito natural pathogen
Creators: name: Jaber, Sana
name: Mercier, Alex
name: Khouzama Knio
name: Brun, Sylvain
name: Kambris, Zakaria
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Statistical analysis for survival experiments. (DOCX 23Â kb)