cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Interobserver comparative study of the breast density
Creators: name: Prvulovic Bunovic, Natasa
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Observer performance
subject: Normal variants
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Mammography
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: Breast
subject: Anatomy
subject: Image verification

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Mammography represents the gold standard in diagnostic of malignant breastlesions. It has also been the fundamental diagnostic method in the screening of the breastcancer for several decades. Mammographic density represents the relative amounts of...
Pre-Registration
Creators: name: Charlot, Nicolyn
name: Joel, Samantha
name: Campbell, Lorne
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: abuse
subject: domestic abuse
subject: domestic violence
subject: intimate partner violence
subject: IPV
subject: physical violence
subject: predictors of violence
subject: psychological violence
subject: red flags
subject: risk factors
subject: sexual violence
subject: social psychology
subject: violence
subject: warning signs

description: Please view "Study 5 Pre-Registration.docx" and "S5 Analyses.R" in Files for details.
Coagulation abnormalities of sickle cell disease: Relationship with clinical outcomes and the effect of disease modifying therapies
Creators: name: Key, Nigel S.
name: Ataga, Kenneth I.
name: Noubouossie, Denis
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hypercoagulable state. Patients exhibit increased platelet activation, high plasma levels of markers of thrombin generation, depletion of natural anticoagulant proteins, abnormal activation of the fibrinolytic system, and increased tissue factor expression, even in the non-crisis “steady state.” Furthermore, SCD is characterized by an increased risk of thrombotic complications. The pathogenesis of coagulation activation in SCD appears to be multi-factorial, with contributions from ischemia-reperfusion injury and inflammation, hemolysis and nitric oxide deficiency, and increased sickle RBC phosphatidylserine expression. Recent studies in animal models suggest that activation of coagulation may contribute to the pathogenesis of SCD, but the data on the contribution of coagulation and platelet activation to SCD-related complications in humans are limited. Clinical trials of new generations of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents, using a variety of clinical endpoints are warranted.
Occupational low back pain among nursing staff: an overview
Creators: name: Alkhaqani, Ahmed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Nursing workforce
Aged care nursing
Nursing not elsewhere classified

description: Today, low back pain (LBP) in the workplace is a real and common problem among the nursing staff and can significantly impact their ability to work and perform their duties. Various factors can cause it, including incorrect lifting techniques, poor ergonomic design of workstations, and long periods of standing or sitting in one position. Some research has also suggested that psychological factors, such as job dissatisfaction and high-stress levels, may contribute to the development of low back pain in nursing staff. Consequently, more occupational or workplace diseases appear, including musculoskeletal diseases, stress, fatigue, chronic fatigue, and depression. Previous research has shown that lower back pain risks increase rapidly with higher physical and psychological stress but are inversely related to leisure activities. Various physical and psychological risk factors cause low back pain in nurses. Practices requiring heavy loads, such as patient transfer and transport as part of care, are the main factors driving LBP among nurses. Preventing low back pain in nurses is important for nurses to exercise their fundamental right to work under healthy and safe conditions and provide better patient support. Individual and institutional precautions are required to prevent LBP among nurses. This article highlights the need to develop institutional plans for low back pain reporting among the nursing staff. To prevent low back pain, it is important for nursing staff to be trained in proper lifting techniques and to use assistive devices when available. Workstations should be designed with ergonomics in mind, and breaks should be taken regularly to allow for stretching and movement. It may also be helpful for nursing staff to engage in regular exercise and stretching to improve their overall physical fitness and flexibility. If low back pain does occur, it is important for nursing staff to seek appropriate medical treatment and to follow a plan for managing their pain. This may include taking medications, undergoing physical therapy, or making lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of further injury. In some cases, it may be necessary for nursing staff to modify their duties or take time off work to allow for healing and recovery.
title: Very Economical Immersion Pump Feasibility for Postmortem CT Angiography
Creators: name: Schweitzer, Wolf
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Vascular
subject: Forensic / Necropsy studies
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Equipment
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Pathology
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: In 2005, Jackowski et al. (1) introduced post mortem CT angiography (PMCTA) as new add-on to the Virtopsy post mortem techniques. His initial choice of pump - a heart lung machine containing a roller pump (or peristaltic pump) - remained state of...
Spin-flip scattering of critical quasiparticles and the phase diagram of YbRh2Si2
Creators: name: Woelfle, Peter
name: Abrahams, Elihu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several observed transport and thermodynamic properties of the heavy-fermion compound YbRh2Si2 in the quantum critical regime are unusual and suggest that the fermionic quasiparticles are critical, characterized by a scale-dependent diverging effective mass. A theory based on the concept of critical quasiparticles (CQP) scattering off antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in a strong-coupling regime has been shown to successfully explain the unusual existing data and to predict a number of so far unobserved properties. In this paper, we point out a new feature of a magnetic field-tuned quantum critical point of a heavy-fermion metal: anomalies in the transport and thermodynamic properties caused by the freezing out of spin-flip scattering of critical quasiparticles and the scattering off collective spin excitations. We show that a step-like behavior as a function of magnetic field of e.g. the Hall coefficient and magnetoresistivity results, which accounts quantitatively for the observed behavior of these quantities. That behavior has been described as a crossover line T*(H) in the T - H phase diagram of YbRh2Si2. Whereas some authors have interpreted this observation as signaling the breakdown of Kondo screening and an associated abrupt change of the Fermi surface, our results suggest that the T* line may be quantitatively understood within the picture of robust critical quasiparticles.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
title: Radiology Reports Evaluation by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Emergency Department (ED)
Creators: name: Abdellatif, Waleed
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Management
subject: Emergency
subject: Professional issues
subject: PACS
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Health policy and practice
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Workforce
subject: Quality assurance

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Radiology reports are the final product of any radiological examination that is delivered to clinicians and referring physicians. This study is a formative-type evaluation focuses on evaluating radiology reports structure, style, form and wording by...
title: Renal hilar mass
Creators: name: Caserta, Nelson
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Uroradiology & genital male imaging
subject: Kidney
subject: Retroperitoneum
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Surgery
subject: Cancer
subject: Pathology
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 47-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of left flank pain, without gross hematuria. No history of other diseases or surgery. Physical examination and laboratory findings were unremarkable.

description: 47 years, female
A systematic mRNA control mechanism for germline stem cell homeostasis and cell fate specification
Creators: name: Mamillapalli, Srivalli Swathi
name: Keiper, Brett D.
name: Cha, Dong Seok
name: Lee, Myon-Hee
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Germline stem cells (GSCs) are the best understood adult stem cell types in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and have provided an important model system for studying stem cells and their cell fate in vivo, in mammals. In this review, we propose a mechanism that controls GSCs and their cell fate through selective activation, repression and mobilization of the specific mRNAs. This mechanism is acutely controlled by known signal transduction pathways (e.g., Notch signaling and Ras-ERK MAPK signaling pathways) and P granule (analogous to mammalian germ granule)-associated mRNA regulators (FBF-1, FBF-2, GLD-1, GLD-2, GLD-3, RNP-8 and IFE-1). Importantly, all regulators are highly conserved in many multi-cellular animals. Therefore, GSCs from a simple animal may provide broad insight into vertebrate stem cells (e.g., hematopoietic stem cells) and their cell fate specification. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(2): 93-98]
Understanding symptoms experienced by midlife menopausal women with metabolic syndrome: a scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Min, Hee
name: Ledbetter, Leila
name: Yang, Qing
name: Docherty, Sharron
name: Rushton, Sharron
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Diseases
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Public Health and Community Nursing
subject: Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To date, there are no studies that provide a broad review of symptoms experienced by midlife menopausal women with metabolic syndrome. The aim of this scoping review is to systematically review current literature and to understand symptoms experienced by midlife menopausal women with metabolic syndrome. The scoping review protocol will follow the JBI methodology for scoping reviews.
title: Autoimmune pancreatitis with extrapancreatic manifestations
Creators: name: Tarnoki, David Laszlo
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Pancreas
subject: CT
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: 69-year-old male patient with hypertension. He noticed enlarged lymph nodes on his neck. Hoarseness since 2 weeks. Neck soft tissue US showed moderately enlarged submandibular hypoechoic lymph nodes: the largest hypoechoic lymph node was 22 mm in diameter. Histology was performed due to the enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and upper mediastinal region. Histological diagnosis: metastatic adenocarcinoma of the submandibular lymph node. Immunohistochemical tests confirmed primarily pancreato-biliary, upper gastrointestinal or salivary gland origin. The PET-CT confirmed circumscribed FDG accumulation in the pancreas, parotid gland and the prostate. Biopsy of the parotid, pancreas and the mediastinal lymph node (by thoracoscope) did not prove malignancy. Chronic fibrosing pancreatitis without IgG4 associated disease was diagnosed. Right submandibular salivary gland core biopsy showed chronic fibrosing sialoadenitis with IgG4 positive plasma cell infiltrate suggesting IgG4 associated salivary gland inflammation. Left superficial parotidectomy and neck block dissection are planned.

description: 69 years, male
title: PGMI score of baseline mammograms before interval cancers in a population-based screening program.
Creators: name: Gullien, Randi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Screening
subject: Mammography
subject: Breast
subject: Quality assurance

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: In Norway, the most common cancer among women is breast cancer, with about 3.300 new cases per year. To decrease the breast cancer mortality, the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) has been implemented. This population-based program...
Power, place and perspective: exploring subjectivity in twenty-first century fairy-tale screen adaptations
Creators: name: Peach, Rebekah Ruth
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Subjectivity has since the 1990s become a major area of interest in the field of children’s literature. This thesis enters the discussion by examining representations of subjectivity in contemporary screen adaptations of fairy tales. The latter have long been perceived as didactic vehicles that reproduce certain social and cultural values. As social and political discourse evolves, however, classic fairy tales are ‘updated’ to reflect current climates. The thesis thus explores how these fairy tales are being adapted and argues that there is a distinct pattern of tension between tradition and progression both in the portrayal of subjectivities and in the fairy-tale genre itself. Consequently, traditional fairy-tale narratives are broken down into familiar characters, signs, and symbols in order to maintain their cultural authority and relevance for modern readerships and audiences. Chapter one examines the function of metanarratives as a core element of fairy-tale genres and focuses, in particular, on the ideological tensions between traditional fairy-tale metanarratives and contemporary discourse in fairy-tale adaptations. Chapter two discusses the Walt Disney Company and its major impact on the fairy-tale genre, with an emphasis on the Disney metanarrative, social interpellation of young audiences, and ‘reboot culture’. Chapter three examines social ecology, cognitive mapping, and diasporic identities in fairy-tale universes; it then uses these to discuss the relationship between place, space, and identity, and how these affect questions of exile and morality in dystopic environments. Chapter four examines conceptions of Eastern subjectivity evidenced in adaptations of East Asian fox spirit folktales; through a focus on interdependence, collectivism, and naïve dialecticism, the chapter explores cultural and political perspectives and difficulties that emerge in conceptions of subjectivity and alterity in East Asia. Centring on the concepts of embodiment and embedment through an extrapolation of the fairy-tale genre, Chapter five applies the concept of a posthuman subjectivity to a comparison of Eastern/Western ‘celestial maiden’ folktale adaptations. This thesis explores subjectivity in fairy-tale screen adaptations, where adaptation not only refers to the textual transformation of the fairy-tale genre, but also illustrates its enduring capacity to navigate cultural change. Ultimately, the project contributes to the academic field of children’s literature, but would also benefit tertiary students of film, media, and education, additionally providing pedagogical approaches for educators of children and adolescents in a school setting.
Sparse regression models for unraveling group and individual associations in eQTL mapping
Creators: name: Zhang, Xiang
name: Shi, Yu
name: Cheng, Wei
name: Wang, Wei
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: BackgroundAs a promising tool for dissecting the genetic basis of common diseases, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) study has attracted increasing research interest. Traditional eQTL methods focus on testing the associations between individual single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and gene expression traits. A major drawback of this approach is that it cannot model the joint effect of a set of SNPs on a set of genes, which may correspond to biological pathways.ResultsTo alleviate this limitation, in this paper, we propose geQTL, a sparse regression method that can detect both group-wise and individual associations between SNPs and expression traits. geQTL can also correct the effects of potential confounders. Our method employs computationally efficient technique, thus it is able to fulfill large scale studies. Moreover, our method can automatically infer the proper number of group-wise associations. We perform extensive experiments on both simulated datasets and yeast datasets to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method. The results show that geQTL can effectively detect both individual and group-wise signals and outperforms the state-of-the-arts by a large margin.ConclusionsThis paper well illustrates that decoupling individual and group-wise associations for association mapping is able to improve eQTL mapping accuracy, and inferring individual and group-wise associations.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12859-016-0986-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
title: Radiological manifestations of osteomyelitis in the head and neck
Creators: name: Duarte, Luis
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Inflammation
subject: Infection
subject: Education
subject: Complications
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Soft tissues / Skin
subject: Head and neck
subject: Bones

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purposes ofthiseducational exhibit are: 1.To review the main aspects of osteomyelitis in the head and neck (H&N) region, its causes and radiological manifestations. 2.To depict typical and atypical imaging characteristics on computed tomography...
Heavy flavor dibaryons
Creators: name: Carames, T. F.
name: Valcarce, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the two-baryon system with two units of charm looking for the possible existence of a loosely bound state resembling the $H$ dibaryon. We make use of a chiral constituent quark model tuned in the description of the baryon and meson spectra as well as the $NN$ interaction. The presence of the heavy quarks makes the interaction simpler than in light baryon systems. We analyze possible quark-Pauli effects that would be present in spin-isospin saturated channels. Our results point to the non-existence of a charmed $H$-like dibaryon, although it may appear as a resonance above the $Λ_cΛ_c$ threshold.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. D. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1204.5502, arXiv:1507.08046
Party Polarization and Citizens (de)Mobilization in Multi-Party Systems
Creators: name: LE CORRE JURATIC, Morgan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Party polarization, i.e. the degree of ideological differentiation among political parties in a system” (Dalton, 2008: 900), has increased at the elite level since the 1980s in the United States (Abramowitz 2010; Fiorina and Abrams 2008; Hetherington 2001; Levendusky 2010; Rogowski 2014) and more recently in European democracies (Dalton 2008; Moral 2017; Wilford 2017). However, the consequences of this structural change of party competition for political behaviour and more broadly for the working of representative democracies remain unclear, especially in the context of multi-party systems. This study will thus investigate the role of party polarization in multi-party systems on two key aspects of representative democracies: political mobilization, i.e. turnout and political participation, and party evaluations. In order to do so, an online survey experiment will be conducted on a representative sample of 1500 French citizens. Participants will be randomly assigned to a real policy debate either on the introduction of a “green tax” on fuel consumption or on the reform of free State medical care for illegal migrants, where the level of party polarization will be manipulated.
title: Multimodal Magnetic Resonance (diffusion, perfusion and spectroscopy) in primary CNS lymphoma
Creators: name: Flores Casaperalta, Susanie
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Lymphoma
subject: Radiobiology
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this study is characterize by analyzing MRI primary CNS lymphoma and differentiate it from others...
The dominating colour of an infinite Pólya urn model
Creators: name: Thörnblad, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60G50, 60J80

description: We study a Pólya-type urn model defined as follows. Start at time 0 with a single ball of some colour. Then, at each time n>0, choose a ball from the urn uniformly at random. With probability 1/2
description: 1 figure
Appendix 1. Tabelle mit Detail-Information über die Projektaktivitäten von PLUSTRACK
Creators: name: Reiß, Stefan
name: Leen-Thomele, Eline
name: Tulis, Maria
name: Möller, Julius
name: Moser, Anna
name: Zerle, Georg
name: Jonas, Eva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Tabelle mit Detail-Information über die Projektaktivitäten von PLUSTRACK
Non-model model organisms
Creators: name: Tanaka, Elly M.
name: Lancaster, Madeline A.
name: Theriot, Julie A.
name: Goldstein, Bob
name: Fritz-Laylin, Lillian
name: Landweber, Laura F.
name: Marshall, Wallace F.
name: Bezanilla, Magdalena
name: Oliferenko, Snezhana
name: Hu, Chi-Kuo
name: Polka, Jessica K.
name: He, Shuonan
name: Gibson, Matthew C.
name: Gladfelter, Amy
name: Brunet, Anne
name: Sood, Pranidhi
name: Umen, James
name: Gerbich, Therese
name: Russell, James J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of organisms have been widely studied, but modern research tools are enabling researchers to extend the set of model organisms to include less-studied and more unusual systems. This Forum highlights a range of 'non-model model organisms' as emerging systems for tackling questions across the whole spectrum of biology (and beyond), the opportunities and challenges, and the outlook for the future.
Loss mechanisms in superconducting thin film microwave resonators
Creators: name: Goetz, Jan
name: Deppe, Frank
name: Haeberlein, Max
name: Wulschner, Friedrich
name: Zollitsch, Christoph W.
name: Meier, Sebastian
name: Fischer, Michael
name: Eder, Peter
name: Xie, Edwar
name: Fedorov, Kirill G.
name: Menzel, Edwin P.
name: Marx, Achim
name: Gross, Rudolf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a systematic analysis of the internal losses of superconducting coplanar waveguide microwave resonators based on niobium thin films on silicon substrates. In particular, we investigate losses introduced by Nb/Al interfaces in the center conductor, which is important for experiments where Al based Josephson junctions are integrated into Nb based circuits. We find that these interfaces can be a strong source for two-level state (TLS) losses, when the interfaces are not positioned at current nodes of the resonator. In addition to TLS losses, for resonators including Al, quasiparticle losses become relevant above 200 mK. Finally, we investigate how losses generated by eddy currents in conductive material on the backside of the substrate can be minimized by using thick enough substrates or metals with high conductivity on the substrate backside.
The unrealized potential of community science to support research on the resilience of protected areas
Creators: name: Binley, Allison
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Life Sciences
subject: Biodiversity
subject: biodiversity
subject: community science
subject: protected areas
subject: resilience

description: Analysis script and literature search results for the publication "The unrealized potential of community science to support research on the resilience of protected areas", published in Conservation Science and Practice.
title: To evaulate the potential risks of introducing an Age-Adjusted D-Dimer cut-off for the exclusion of PE in the Emergency Department.
Creators: name: Cooper, Patrick
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Vascular
subject: Thorax
subject: Pulmonary vessels
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The benefit ascertained from performing a D dimer test mainly consists of the ability it has to exclude a pulmonary embolism with a great degree of certainty. Quite recently, some large studies have suggested that an age adjusted D dimer cut-off...
A Test of Cosmological Models using high-z Measurements of H(z)
Creators: name: Melia, Fulvio
name: McClintock, Thomas M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently constructed Hubble diagram using a combined sample of SNLS and SDSS-II Type Ia SNe, and an application of the Alcock-Paczynski (AP) test using model-independent Baryon Acoustic Oscillation data, have suggested that the principal constraint underlying the cosmic expansion is the total equation-of-state of the cosmic fluid, rather than that of its dark energy. These studies have focused on the critical redshift range (0 < z < 2) within which the transition from decelerated to accelerated expansion is thought to have occurred, and they suggest that the cosmic fluid has zero active mass, consistent with a constant expansion rate. The evident impact of this conclusion on cosmological theory calls for an independent confirmation. In this paper, we carry out this crucial one-on-one comparison between the R_h=ct Universe (an FRW cosmology with zero active mass) and wCDM/LCDM, using the latest high-z measurements of H(z). Whereas the Type Ia SNe yield the integrated luminosity distance, while the AP diagnostic tests the geometry of the Universe, the Hubble parameter directly samples the expansion rate itself. We find that the model-independent cosmic chronometer data prefer R_h}=ct over wCDM/LCDM with a BIC likelihood of ~95% versus only ~5%, in strong support of the earlier SNeIa and AP results. This contrasts with a recent analysis of H(z) data based solely on BAO measurements which, however, strongly depend on the assumed cosmology. We discuss why the latter approach is inappropriate for model comparisons, and emphasize again the need for truly model-independent observations to be used in cosmological tests.
description: 22 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Spin-polarized neutron matter: Critical unpairing and BCS-BEC precursor
Creators: name: Stein, Martin
name: Sedrakian, Armen
name: Huang, Xu-Guang
name: Clark, John W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain the critical magnetic field required for complete destruction of $S$-wave pairing in neutron matter, thereby setting limits on the pairing and superfluidity of neutrons in the crust and outer core of magnetars. We find that for fields $B \ge 10^{17}$ G the neutron fluid is non-superfluid -- if weaker spin-1 superfluidity does not intervene -- a result with profound consequences for the thermal, rotational, and oscillatory behavior of magnetars. Because the dineutron is not bound in vacuum, cold dilute neutron matter cannot exhibit a proper BCS-BEC crossover. Nevertheless, owing to the strongly resonant behavior of the $nn$ interaction at low densities, neutron matter shows a precursor of the BEC state, as manifested in Cooper-pair correlation lengths {being} comparable to the interparticle distance. We make a systematic quantitative study of this type of BCS-BEC crossover in the presence of neutron fluid spin-polarization induced by an ultra-strong magnetic field. We evaluate the Cooper pair wave-function, quasiparticle occupation numbers, and quasiparticle spectra for densities and temperatures spanning the BCS-BEC crossover region. The phase diagram of spin-polarized neutron matter is constructed and explored at different polarizations.
description: 13 RevTex pages, 18 figures, v2: minor changes, references added, matches published version
TrueNTH sexual recovery study protocol: a multi-institutional collaborative approach to developing and testing a web-based intervention for couples coping with the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment in a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Duby,
name: Braun,
name: An,
name: Mulhall,
name: Giblin,
name: Koontz,
name: Brandon,
name: Garcia,
name: Walsh,
name: Skolarus,
name: Mitchell,
name: Dunn,
name: Nelson,
name: Paich,
name: Pollack,
name: Dunn,
name: Saigal,
name: Galbraith,
name: Mehta,
name: Glode,
name: Coward,
name: Bangs,
name: Lowe,
name: Arab,
name: Northouse,
name: Wittmann,
name: Stanford,
name: Bober,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: BACKGROUND: Over half of men who receive treatment for prostate suffer from a range of sexual problems that affect negatively their sexual health, sexual intimacy with their partners and their quality of life. In clinical practice, however, care for the sexual side effects of treatment is often suboptimal or unavailable. The goal of the current study is to test a web-based intervention to support the recovery of sexual intimacy of prostate cancer survivors and their partners after treatment.

METHODS: The study team developed an interactive, web-based intervention, tailored to type of treatment received, relationship status (partnered/non-partnered) and sexual orientation. It consists of 10 modules, six follow the trajectory of the illness and four are theme based. They address sexual side effects, rehabilitation, psychological impacts and coaching for self-efficacy. Each includes a video to engage participants, psychoeducation and activities completed by participants on the web. Tailored strategies for identified concerns are sent by email after each module. Six of these modules will be tested in a randomized controlled trial and compared to usual care. Men with localized prostate cancer with partners will be recruited from five academic medical centers. These couples (N = 140) will be assessed prior to treatment, then 3 months and 6 months after treatment. The primary outcome will be the survivors' and partners' Global Satisfaction with Sex Life, assessed by a Patient Reported Outcome Measure Information Systems (PROMIS) measure. Secondary outcomes will include interest in sex, sexual activity, use of sexual aids, dyadic coping, knowledge about sexual recovery, grief about the loss of sexual function, and quality of life. The impact of the intervention on the couple will be assessed using the Actor-Partner Interaction Model, a mixed-effects linear regression model able to estimate both the association of partner characteristics with partner and patient outcomes and the association of patient characteristics with both outcomes.

DISCUSSION: The web-based tool represents a novel approach to addressing the sexual health needs of prostate cancer survivors and their partners that-if found efficacious-will improve access to much needed specialty care in prostate cancer survivorship.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov registration # NCT02702453 , registered on March 3, 2016.
title: Результаты выращивания укропа и петрушки в аквапонных установках
Creators: name: Максим, Екатерина Александровна
name: Юрин, Денис Анатольевич
name: Ярмоц, Александр Васильевич
name: Данилова, Александра Александровна
name: Скамарохова, Александра Сергеевна
Publisher: name: ФГБНУ КНЦЗВ
Year: 2022

description: В статье приводятся результаты сравнительного анализа выращивания зелени пет-рушки и укропа в грунте и в аквапонной установке. Выход зелени петрушки и укропа при вы-ращивании в аквапонной установке был достоверно выше по сравнению с выращиванием в грунте. При дегустации продукции различий по аромату и вкусу зелени между группами не было установлено. Получена экологически безопасная дополнительная продукция растение-водства без применения стимуляторов роста, пестицидов, гербицидов и инсектицидов. Реа-лизация этой продукции позволяет снижать себестоимость производства в целом.
title: Health-related Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression in Women Related to Mammography in Greece
Creators: name: Zisakis, Anastasios
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: Mammography
subject: Management
subject: Breast
subject: Psycho-oncology

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: For the last decades cancer has been one of the main causes of death. Breast cancer is a threat to the health of many women and is the first cause of death in women aged 20-59 years, worldwide [1]. Mammography is an appropriate screening method for...
Thromboembolic events, bleeding, and drug discontinuation in patients with atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation: a prospective hospital-based registry
Creators: name: Simon, Alexander
name: Pabinger, Ingrid
name: Domanovits, Hans
name: Königsbrügge, Oliver
name: Ay, Cihan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background The clinical practice of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACS) differs from anticoagulation in randomized trial patients. We investigated the risk of thromboembolism, bleeding, and drug discontinuation in a hospital-based real-world setting. Methods All-comer patients with non-valvular AF were recruited into a registry at an academic tertiary care center. After informed consent, patients underwent a personal structured interview including medical history, past and current anticoagulation, and returned for follow-up after 6–12 months. Results The registry comprised 282 patients (42% women, median age 71 years) with a median CHA2DS2-Vasc-Score of 4 (25. to 75. percentile 2.5–5), who were prospectively followed 285 days in median. At inclusion, 118 patients took vitamin-K-antagonists, 33 dabigatran, 87 rivaroxaban, 30 apixaban, 5 low-molecular-weight heparin, and 9 were on no anticoagulant. Occurrence of stroke (rate 2.8/100 patient-years), was associated with prior stroke (hazard ratio [HR] 18.5, 95% confidence interval 2.16–159), increased HbA1c (HR per 1% increase 1.71, 1.20–2.45) and borderline significantly associated with vascular disease (HR 8.33, 0.97–71.3). Further we observed a high rate of major bleeding (2.8/100 patient-years), clinically relevant non-major bleeding (4.1/100 patient-years), and venous thromboembolism (2.8/100 patient-years). Anticoagulation was discontinued by 80 patients (36.9/100 patient-years), and diabetes (HR 2.31, 1.32–4.02), history of bleeding (HR 2.51, 1.44–4.37) and elevated leucocyte count (HR per 1G/l increase 1.02, 1.00–1.05) were associated with increased risk of discontinuation. Conclusions In this hospital-based registry, patients with atrial fibrillation had an increased risk of thromboembolic events despite anticoagulation. The low drug persistence may be attributable to distinct comorbid conditions and bleeding complications.
Analysis code for study of racial and ethnic disparities in health care use and access associated with the loss of Medicaid supplemental coverage
Creators: name: Roberts, Eric
name: Z. Ayanian, John
name: Tipirneni, Renuka
name: Glynn Hames, Alexandra
name: Kwon, Youngmin
name: mcwilliams, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Health policy
Health economics
Insurance studies

description: This is an online repository of computer code for the study, "Racial and ethnic disparities in health care use and access associated with the loss of Medicaid supplemental coverage above the federal poverty line.” This study was conducted by Eric T. Roberts (eric.roberts@pitt.edu), along with co-authors Youngmin Kwon, Alexandra Glynn Hames, J. Michael McWilliams, John Z. Ayanian, and Renuka Tipirneni. The code in this directory was used to construct analyses using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), 2008-2018 biennial waves, linked to Medicare administrative data, and to conduct regression discontinuity analyses. Also included in this readme file are several databases of publicly available Medicaid eligibility rules, including rules for the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary program. Researchers with approved agreements to the two sets of files below can use the enclsoed code to reconstruct our analyses: 1) Approved Restricted Data Agreement (RDA) from the Health and Retirement Study, for linkages to administrative data (https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/data-products/restricted-data), and, 2) Approved Data Use Agreement (DUA) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for Medicare administrative data An enclosed readme file gives an overview of the files in this repository and how they were used together to conduct our analyses. For questions about these files, please contact Eric Roberts at eric.roberts@pitt.edu
A retrospective study of two populations to test a simple rule for spirometry
Creators: name: Ruppel, Gregg L.
name: Ohar, Jill A.
name: Donohue, James F.
name: Yawn, Barbara P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Chronic lung disease is common and often under-diagnosed. Methods To test a simple rule for conducting spirometry we reviewed spirograms from two populations, occupational medicine evaluations (OME) conducted by Saint Louis and Wake Forest Universities at 3 sites (n = 3260, mean age 64.14 years, 95 % CI 58.94–69.34, 97 % men) and conducted by Wake Forest University preop clinic (POC) at one site (n = 845, mean age 62.10 years, 95 % CI 50.46–73.74, 57 % men). This retrospective review of database information that the first author collected prospectively identified rates, types, sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive value for lung function abnormalities and associated mortality rate found when conducting spirometry based on the 20/40 rule (≥20 years of smoking in those aged ≥ 40 years) in the OME population. To determine the reproducibility of the 20/40 rule for conducting spirometry, the rule was applied to the POC population. Results A lung function abnormality was found in 74 % of the OME population and 67 % of the POC population. Sensitivity of the rule was 85 % for an obstructive pattern and 77 % for any abnormality on spirometry. Positive and negative predictive values of the rule for a spirometric abnormality were 74 and 55 %, respectively. Patients with an obstructive pattern were at greater risk of coronary heart disease (odds ratio (OR) 1.39 [confidence interval (CI) 1.00–1.93] vs. normal) and death (hazard ratio (HR) 1.53, 95 % CI 1.20–1.84) than subjects with normal spirometry. Restricted spirometry patterns were also associated with greater risk of coronary disease (odds ratio (OR) 1.7 [CI 1.23–2.35]) and death (Hazard ratio 1.40, 95 % CI 1.08–1.72). Conclusions Smokers (≥ 20 pack years) age ≥ 40 years are at an increased risk for lung function abnormalities and those abnormalities are associated with greater presence of coronary heart disease and increased all-cause mortality. Use of the 20/40 rule could provide a simple method to enhance selection of candidates for spirometry evaluation in the primary care setting.
Observations of Galactic star-forming regions with the Cosmic Background Imager at 31 GHz
Creators: name: Demetroullas, Constantinos
name: Dickinson, Clive
name: Stamadianos, Dimitrios
name: Harper, Stuart
name: Cleary, Kieran
name: Jones, Mike
name: Pearson, Tim
name: Readhead, Anthony
name: Taylor, Angela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Studies of the diffuse Galactic radio emission are interesting both for better understanding the physical conditions in our Galaxy and for minimising the contamination in cosmological measurements. Motivated by this we present Cosmic Background Imager 31 GHz observations of the Galactic regions NGC 6357, NGC 6334, W51 and W40 at $\sim$4$'$.5 resolution and conduct an investigation of the spectral emission process in the regions at 4$'$.5 and 1$^{\circ}$ resolution. We find that most of the emission in the regions is due to optically thin free-free. For 2 sub-regions of NGC 6334 and for a sub-region of W51 though, at 4$'$.5 resolution and at 31 GHz we detect less emission than expected from extrapolation of radio data at lower frequencies assuming a spectral index of $-$0.12 for optically thin free-free emission, at 3.3$σ$, 3.7$σ$ and 6.5$σ$ respectively. We also detect excess emission in a sub-region of NCG 6334 at 6.4$σ$, after ruling out any possible contribution from Ultra Compact HII (UCHII) regions. At 1$^{\circ}$ resolution we detect a spinning dust component in the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of W40 that accounts for 18$\pm$7 % of the total flux density in the region at the peak frequency of 37 GHz. Comparison with 100 ${\rm μm}$ data indicate an average dust emissivity for the sub-regions of $0.5\pm4.4$ $μ$K(MJy sr$^{-1}$)$^{-1}$. Finally we translate the excess emission in the regions to an Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME) emissivity relative to the optical depth at 250 ${\rm μm }$. We find that this form of emissivity is independent of the AME significance and has a value somewhere in the order of 10$^4$ Jy.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
Joint-level coordination patterns for split-belt walking across different speed ratios supplementary information
Creators: name: Kambic, Robert
name: Roemmich, Ryan T.
name: J. Bastian, Amy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Information for " Joint-level coordination patterns for split-belt walking across different speed ratios " by Kambic, Roemmich, Bastian. Methods described within the paper.
Anorectal Disorders
Creators: name: Wald, Arnold
name: Malcolm, Allison
name: Felt-Bersma, Richelle
name: Knowles, Charles
name: Bharucha, Adil E.
name: Rao, Satish S.C.
name: Chiarioni, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This report defines criteria and reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of the following common anorectal disorders: fecal incontinence (FI), functional anorectal pain, and functional defecation disorders. FI is defined as the recurrent uncontrolled passage of fecal material for at least 3 months. The clinical features of FI are useful for guiding diagnostic testing and therapy. Anorectal manometry and imaging are useful for evaluating anal and pelvic floor structure and function. Education, antidiarrheals, and biofeedback therapy are the mainstay of management; surgery may be useful in refractory cases. Functional anorectal pain syndromes are defined by clinical features and categorized into 3 subtypes. In proctalgia fugax, the pain is typically fleeting and lasts for seconds to minutes. In levator ani syndrome and unspecified anorectal pain, the pain lasts more than 30 minutes, but in levator ani syndrome there is puborectalis tenderness. Functional defecation disorders are defined by ≥2 symptoms of chronic constipation or irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, and with ≥2 features of impaired evacuation, that is, abnormal evacuation pattern on manometry, abnormal balloon expulsion test, or impaired rectal evacuation by imaging. It includes 2 subtypes: dyssynergic defecation and inadequate defecatory propulsion. Pelvic floor biofeedback therapy is effective for treating levator ani syndrome and defecatory disorders.
title: It’s Not Always Cancer… A Pictorial Review of Mimickers of Lung Cancer on Imaging
Creators: name: Vassallo, James
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Lung
subject: Respiratory system
subject: CT
subject: PET-CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Education
subject: eLearning
subject: Biopsy
subject: Cancer
subject: Education and training
subject: Infection

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To review the radiological features of non-neoplastic chest pathologies that can mimic lung cancer and identify key imaging characteristics and common pitfalls in distinguishing between benign and malignant pulmonary...
REFLEXIONS AUTOUR DE LA PROTECTION DES CONSOMMATEURS DE LA ZONE DE LIBRE-ECHANGE CONTINENTALE AFRICAINE (ZLECAF) DANS LA PERSPECTIVE D’INTEGRATION ECONOMIQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE L’UA
Creators: name: Coly, Jean
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Consommateur, Protection, Sécurité, Sénégalais, ZLECAf

description: Cet article a pour objectif d’apporter des réflexions autour de la protection des consommateurs de la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf) dans la perspective d’intégration économique communautaire de l’UA. Cet accord est entré officiellement en vigueur depuis le 1er janvier 2021. Pour la ZLECAF, la tâche des législateurs nationaux dans leur quête de protection du bien-être des consommateurs deviendra de plus en plus difficile face à cet accord qui consolide un marché de 1,2 milliard de personnes. Déjà, ce vaste marché représenterait le plus grand bloc commercial du monde par le nombre de pays participants si tous les États membres de l'UA ratifiaient l'accord. Donc il est important que le législateur communautaire puisse prendre conscience que l’ouverture de ce marché commun est une assurance à la diversité de choix des produits, mais peut également être une occasion pour les professionnels de commercialiser à l’extérieur des territoires nationaux des produits susceptibles de nuire à la santé des consommateurs.