cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Mathematical Model to Evaluate the Routine Use of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Prevent Incident and Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection
Creators: name: Anderson, Deverick J.
name: Weber, David J.
name: Lofgren, Eric T.
name: Fefferman, Nina H.
name: Moehring, Rebekah W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Objective. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been suggested as a new treatment to manage Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). With use of a mathematical model of C. difficile within an intensive care unit (ICU), we examined the potential impact of routine FMT. Design, Setting, and Patients. A mathematical model of C. difficile transmission, supplemented with prospective cohort, surveillance, and billing data from hospitals in the southeastern United States. Methods. Cohort, surveillance, and billing data as well as data from the literature were used to construct a compartmental model of CDI within an ICU. Patients were defined as being in 1 of 6 potential health states: uncolonized and at low risk; uncolonized and at high risk; colonized and at low risk; colonized and at high risk; having CDI; or treated with FMT. Results. The use of FMT to treat patients after CDI was associated with a statistically significant reduction in recurrence but not with a reduction in incident cases. Treatment after administration of high-risk medications, such as antibiotics, did not result in a decrease in recurrence but did result in a statistically significant difference in incident cases across treatment groups, although whether this difference was clinically relevant was questionable. Conclusions. Our study is a novel mathematical model that examines the effect of FMT on the prevention of recurrent and incident CDI. The routine use of FMT represents a promising approach to reduce complex recurrent cases, but a reduction in CDI incidence will require the use of other methods to prevent transmission.
A proof of the fusion rules theorem
Creators: name: Liu, Jianqi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove that the space of intertwining operators associated with certain admissible modules over vertex operator algebras is isomorphic to a quotient of the vector space of conformal blocks on a three-pointed rational curve defined by the same data. This provides a new proof and alternative version of Frenkel and Zhu's fusion rules theorem in terms of the dimension of certain bimodules over Zhu's algebra, without the assumption of rationality.
Rising Rates of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Community Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Review of Epidemiology and Microbiology Practices in a Network of Community Hospitals in the Southeastern United States
Creators: name: Moore, Zack S.
name: Fowler, Vance G.
name: Anderson, Deverick J.
name: Moehring, Rebekah W.
name: Sexton, Daniel J.
name: Thaden, Joshua T.
name: Lewis, Sarah S.
name: Hazen, Kevin C.
name: Chen, Luke F.
name: Huslage, Kirk
name: Jones, Constance D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: (See the commentary by Pfeiffer and Beldavs, on pages  984–986 .) Objective Describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and examine the effect of lower carbapenem breakpoints on CRE detection. Design Retrospective cohort. Setting Inpatient care at community hospitals. Patients All patients with CRE-positive cultures were included. Methods CRE isolated from 25 community hospitals were prospectively entered into a centralized database from January 2008 through December 2012. Microbiology laboratory practices were assessed using questionnaires. Results A total of 305 CRE isolates were detected at 16 hospitals (64%). Patients with CRE had symptomatic infection in 180 cases (59%) and asymptomatic colonization in the remainder (125 cases; 41%). Klebsiella pneumoniae (277 isolates; 91%) was the most prevalent species. The majority of cases were healthcare associated (288 cases; 94%). The rate of CRE detection increased more than fivefold from 2008 (0.26 cases per 100,000 patient-days) to 2012 (1.4 cases per 100,000 patient-days; incidence rate ratio (IRR), 5.3 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.22–22.7]; P = .01). Only 5 hospitals (20%) had adopted the 2010 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) carbapenem breakpoints. The 5 hospitals that adopted the lower carbapenem breakpoints were more likely to detect CRE after implementation of breakpoints than before (4.1 vs 0.5 cases per 100,000 patient-days; P < .001; IRR, 8.1 [95% CI, 2.7–24.6]). Hospitals that implemented the lower carbapenem breakpoints were more likely to detect CRE than were hospitals that did not (3.3 vs 1.1 cases per 100,000 patient-days; P = .01). Conclusions The rate of CRE detection increased fivefold in community hospitals in the southeastern United States from 2008 to 2012. Despite this, our estimates are likely underestimates of the true rate of CRE detection, given the low adoption of the carbapenem breakpoints recommended in the 2010 CLSI guidelines.
On the tropical Lefschetz-Hopf trace formula
Creators: name: Rau, Johannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14T20, 05B35, 52B40, 55M20

description: In this follow-up to arXiv:2007.11642, our main result is a tropical Lefschetz-Hopf trace formula for matroidal automorphisms. We show that both sides of the formula are equal to the (generalized) beta invariant of the lattice of fixed flats.
description: 26 pages; new version contains several improvements and corrections
Additional file 1 of Long-term exposure to fine particle matter and all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality in Japan: the JPHC Study
Creators: name: Sawada, Norie
name: Nakaya, Tomoki
name: Kashima, Saori
name: Yorifuji, Takashi
name: Hanibuchi, Tomoya
name: Charvat, Hadrien
name: Yamaji, Taiki
name: Iwasaki, Motoki
name: Inoue, Manami
name: Iso, Hiroyasu
name: Tsugane, Shoichiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Research Protocol v7.pdf
Creators: name: van Helmond, Noud
name: Mitrev, Ludmil
name: LaRiccia, Patrick
name: Chung, Myung
name: Roy, Satyajeet
name: Brobyn, Tracy
name: Bandomer, Brigid
name: Hunter, Krystal
name: Ng, Kevin
name: Cafaro, Teresa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Care
subject: 111716 Preventive Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111104 Public Nutrition Intervention
subject: Diseases
subject: 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
subject: 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other medical sciences

description: Research Protocol v7 for the manuscript titled "Daily Vitamin D3 Supplementation Reduces Influenza-Like Illness in Healthcare Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial"
title: Η σημασία των προϊόντων light στην υγεία του ανθρώπου
title: The impact of light products on human health
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Νταλιάνη, Ελένη
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Θερμίδες
Λιπαρά
Υγεία
Συμβατικά τρόφιμα
Light τρόφιμα

description: Καθώς το βιοτικό επίπεδο παρουσίαζε ανοδική πορεία ο άνθρωπος επιθυμούσε να καταναλώνει όλο και μεγαλύτερες ποσότητες τροφίμων. Ωστόσο, η υπερκατανάλωση γέννησε τη νόσο της παχυσαρκίας ενώ για την καταπολέμηση της ο άνθρωπος ξεκίνησε την αναζήτηση προϊόντων χαμηλών λιπαρών. Εντούτοις, έχει παρατηρηθεί ότι οι απόψεις διίστανται για τα συγκεκριμένα τρόφιμα καθώς πολλοί υποστηρίζουν άλλοτε την θετική και άλλοτε την αρνητική τους επίδραση. Αντικείμενο της παρούσας πτυχιακής εργασίας είναι να διερευνηθεί η επίδραση των light προϊόντων στην υγεία του ανθρώπου. Αρχικά, στο πρώτο και στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο πραγματοποιήθηκε μια εισαγωγή στο θέμα όπου σημειώθηκαν γενικοί όροι τροφίμων οι οποίοι αναγράφονται στις ετικέτες προϊόντων έτσι ώστε να υπάρχει πλήρης αντίληψη των όρων από τους καταναλωτές, καθώς παρέχουν ασφαλή γνώση. Έπειτα, εισάχθηκαν πληροφορίες για τις θερμίδες και πιο συγκεκριμένα για τις γλυκαντικές ουσίες οι οποίες εμπεριέχουν χαμηλές θερμίδες αλλά και την επίδραση που έχουν στην ανθρώπινη υγεία. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο, έγινε μία αναφορά στα λίπη και στις γλυκαντικές ουσίες. Ειδικότερα των ʺκαλώνʺ και ʺκακώνʺ λιπαρών και εν συνέχεια επισημάνθηκαν τα κορεσμένα λιπαρά. Παράλληλα, το κεφάλαιο ολοκληρώθηκε με μία υπόδειξη στις γλυκαντικές ουσίες συγκεκριμένα στα σάκχαρα και στις γλυκαντικές ουσίες που είναι θρεπτικές αλλά και μη με μία επισήμανση στο σιρόπι καλαμποκιού. Έπειτα, στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο σημειώθηκαν τα υποκατάστατα ζάχαρης και λίπους. Αρχικά, επισημάνθηκε μία πληροφόρηση στις τεχνητές γλυκαντικές ουσίες και ακολούθησε μια ιστορική αναδρομή στις τεχνητές γλυκαντικές ουσίες οι οποίες σχετίζονται με τον καρκίνο. Ακόμη, αποτυπώθηκαν τα υποκατάστατα λίπους και πιο συγκεκριμένα στα προϊόντα κρέατος. Στο επόμενο κεφάλαιο, δόθηκαν ορισμένα παραδείγματα τροφίμων, χαμηλών λιπαρών καθώς κορεσμένων και τρανς λιπαρών και συμπληρώθηκε το κεφάλαιο με μια αναφορά στις υγιεινές επιλογές τροφίμων. Ακολούθησε το κεφάλαιο στο οποίο επικεντρώθηκε στο κύριο ερώτημα της πτυχιακής στο οποίο διερευνήθηκαν οι επιρροές της υγείας του ανθρώπου όταν καταναλώθηκαν light προϊόντα σε σύγκριση με τα συμβατικά/ πλήρη. Συγκεκριμένα, εξετάσθηκαν πέντε πειράματα. Στο πρώτο, διερευνήθηκε η ποσότητα νατρίου σε τρόφιμα με λιγότερες θερμίδες ή λιπαρά σε σύγκριση με τα συμβατικά, έπειτα μελετήθηκε η περιεκτικότητα των σακχάρων για τρόφιμα με χαμηλή περιεκτικότητα λιπαρών σε παραλληλισμό με συμβατικά, εν συνέχεια καταγράφηκε η επίδραση στο λιπιδαιμικό προφίλ νηστείας και στην αρτηριακή πίεση με βάση γαλακτοκομικά τρόφιμα χαμηλών λιπαρών σε αντιπαραβολή με πλήρη. Ακολούθως, μελετήθηκε η βαθμολογία διαιτητικού φλεγμονώδους δείκτη σε ασθενείς με στεφανιαία νόσο οι οποίοι κατανάλωσαν δίαιτα χαμηλών λιπαρών έναντι μεσογειακής διατροφής. Τέλος, ερευνήθηκε η μεταβολή της διάθεσης σε μία δίαιτα χαμηλών λιπαρών.
The theoretical description of the transverse momentum spectra: a unified model
Creators: name: Gupta, Rohit
name: Menon, Anjaly
name: Jain, Shubhangi
name: Jena, Satyajit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Analysis of transverse momentum distributions is a useful tool to understand the dynamics of relativistic particles produced in high energy collision. Finding a proper distribution function to approximate the spectra is a vastly developing area of research in particle physics. In this work, we have provided a detailed theoretical description of the unified statistical framework in high energy physics. We have tested the applicability of this framework on experimental data by analysing the transverse momentum spectra of pion produced in heavy-ion collision at RHIC and LHC. We have also attempted to explain the transverse momentum spectra of charged hadrons formed in pp collision at different energies using the unified statistical framework. This formalism has been proved to nicely explain the spectra of particles produced in soft processes as well hard scattering processes in a consistent manner.
Angular values of nonautonomous and random linear dynamical systems: Part I -- Fundamentals
Creators: name: Beyn, Wolf-Jürgen
name: Froyland, Gary
name: Hüls, Thorsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37C05, 37E45, 37A05, 65Q10, 15A18

description: We introduce the notion of angular values for deterministic linear difference equations and random linear cocycles. We measure the principal angles between subspaces of fixed dimension as they evolve under nonautonomous or random linear dynamics. The focus is on long-term averages of these principal angles, which we call angular values: we demonstrate relationships between different types of angular values and prove their existence for random dynamical systems. For one-dimensional subspaces in two-dimensional systems our angular values agree with the classical theory of rotation numbers for orientation-preserving circle homeomorphisms if the matrix has positive determinant and does not rotate vectors by more than $\fracπ{2}$. Because our notion of angular values ignores orientation by looking at subspaces rather than vectors, our results apply to dynamical systems of any dimension and to subspaces of arbitrary dimension. The second part of the paper delves deeper into the theory of the autonomous case. We explore the relation to (generalized) eigenspaces, provide some explicit formulas for angular values, and set up a general numerical algorithm for computing angular values via Schur decompositions.
Local Traditional Knowledge in Its Urban Context: A Case Study of Bai Ethnic Minority in Dali, China
Creators: name: Ma, Huier
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Urbanization
Ethnic minority
Traditional knowledge
Cultural preservation
Built environment
Cultural landscape

description: As China experiences rapid urbanization, local traditional knowledge (LTK) has been increasingly brought to the public’s attention as a significant feature of cultural identity and inclusiveness. Especially in the ethnic minority areas, it is important to respect LTK so that the cultural identity and social cohesion of ethnic minorities can be sustained in an increasingly urbanized environment. The objective of this research is to explore the incorporation of LTK during the process of urbanizing China’s ethnic minority regions from the perspective of residents. Using Dali City as a case study, this dissertation investigates local Bai people’s perspective on LTK with urbanization in mind. Questionnaire surveys, focus group discussions, and daily field observations are employed to examine how Bai LTK is impacting Dali’s cultural landscape. Based on the questionnaire surveys answered by 80 Bai people, this research finds that Dali has a well-preserved Bai cultural landscape. Complementary to the questionnaire findings, the focus group data and daily field observations provide robust conclusions on how local Bai people perceive the preservation of their culture. Respondents placed a high cultural value on Bai language, traditional architecture, and traditional festivals. Nonetheless, a discrepancy is evident between participants’ preferences regarding the conservation of Bai traditions, which reveals the culture preservation is facing challenges. By demonstrating that there are profound differences in Bai LTK conservation between the urban and rural areas, this study contributes to more realistic descriptions of the impact of urbanization in Dali. Particularly, it captures the cultural processes which transform the built environment and reveals a better strategy to integrate LTK with urban development. The decision-making process for ethnic culture preservation is highly complicated and refers to achieving a benefit equilibrium for every stakeholder using a more participative approach. LTK indicates an intrinsic value to a livable city and is instrumental in an inclusive urbanism. The research findings assert a better understanding of culture preservation from the perspective of Bai people in Dali and shed light on the interplay between LTK and sustainable development in the ethnic minority region.
Additional file 1 of ROR2 increases the chemoresistance of melanoma by regulating p53 and Bcl2-family proteins via ERK hyperactivation
Creators: name: Castro, María Victoria
name: Barbero, Gastón Alexis
name: Máscolo, Paula
name: Ramos, Rocío
name: Quezada, María Josefina
name: Lopez-Bergami, Pablo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Overexpression and silencing of ROR2 in melanoma cells. A Overexpression of ROR2 in A375 and UACC903 cell lines. ROR2 expression was assessed by western blot in cells stably transduced with either control (empty) or a ROR2-expressing plasmid. GAPDH was used as a loading control. B Silencing of ROR2 in M2 and MeWo cells. ROR2 expression was assessed by western blot in cells stably transduced with either control (scramble) or two shRNA for ROR2 (C4 and C2). GAPDH was used as a loading control.
Angular Values of Nonautonomous Linear Dynamical Systems: Part II -Reduction Theory and Algorithm
Creators: name: Beyn, Wolf-Jürgen
name: Hüls, Thorsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37C05, 37E45, 34D09, 65Q10

description: This work focuses on angular values of nonautonomous dynamical systems which have been introduced for general random and (non)autonomous dynamical systems in a previous publication [W.-J. Beyn, G. Froyland, and T. Hüls, SIAM J. Appl. Dyn. Syst., 21 (2022), pp. 1245--1286]. The angular value of dimension $s$ measures the maximal average rotation which an $s$-dimensional subspace of the phase space experiences through the dynamics of a discrete-time linear system. Our main results relate the notion of angular value to the well-known dichotomy (or Sacker--Sell) spectrum and its associated spectral bundles. In particular, we prove a reduction theorem which shows that instead of maximizing over all subspaces, it suffices to maximize over so-called trace spaces which have their basis in the spectral fibers. The reduction leads to an algorithm for computing angular values of dimensions one and two. We apply the algorithm to several systems of dimension up to 4 and demonstrate its efficiency to detect the fastest rotating subspace even if it is not dominant under the forward dynamics.
Brief an [Karl] Geigy[-Hagenbach]
Creators: name: Maehly, Jakob
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1886

description: von J[akob] Mähly
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire März 2020 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln Rekatalogisierung nach Original und Briefkatalog der UB Basel saf
Optimal Bias Correction of the Log-periodogram Estimator of the Fractional Parameter: A Jackknife Approach
Creators: name: Nadarajah, Kanchana
name: Martin, Gael M
name: Poskitt, Donald S
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: We use the jackknife to bias correct the log-periodogram regression (LPR) estimator of the fractional parameter in a stationary fractionally integrated model. The weights for the jackknife estimator are chosen in such a way that bias reduction is achieved without the usual increase in asymptotic variance, with the estimator viewed as `optimal' in this sense. The theoretical results are valid under both the non-overlapping and moving-block sub-sampling schemes that can be used in the jackknife technique, and do not require the assumption of Gaussianity for the data generating process. A Monte Carlo study explores the Önite sample performance of di§erent versions of the optimal jackknife estimator under a variety of fractional data generating processes. The simulations reveal that when the weights are constructed using the true parameter values, a version of the optimal jackknife estimator almost always out-performs alternative bias-corrected estimators. A feasible version of the jackknife estimator, in which the weights are constructed using consistent estimators of the unknown parameters, whilst not dominant overall, is still the least biased estimator in some cases.
Residence in Skilled Nursing Facilities Is Associated with Tigecycline Nonsusceptibility in Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Creators: name: Kaye, Keith S.
name: Cober, Eric
name: Richter, Sandra S.
name: Bonomo, Robert A.
name: Kalayjian, Robert C.
name: Salata, Robert A.
name: Perez, Federico
name: Fowler, Vance G.
name: Evans, Scott
name: van Duin, David
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: OBJECTIVE To determine the rates of and risk factors for tigecycline nonsusceptibility among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKPs) isolated from hospitalized patients DESIGN Multicenter prospective observational study SETTING Acute care hospitals participating in the Consortium on Resistance against Carbapenems in Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRaCKle) PATIENTS A cohort of 287 patients who had CRKPs isolated from clinical cultures during hospitalization METHODS For the period from December 24, 2011 to October 1, 2013, the first hospitalization of each patient with a CRKP during which tigecycline susceptibility for the CRKP isolate was determined was included. Clinical data were entered into a centralized database, including data regarding pre-hospital origin. Breakpoints established by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) were used to interpret tigecycline susceptibility testing. RESULTS Of 287 patients included in the final cohort, 155 (54%) had tigecycline-susceptible CRKPs. Of all index isolates, 81 (28%) were tigecycline-intermediate and 51 (18%) were tigecycline resistant. In multivariate modeling, independent risk factors for tigecycline nonsusceptibility were (1) admission from a skilled nursing facility (OR, 2.51; 95% CI, 1.51–4.21; P =.0004), (2) positive culture within 2 days of admission (OR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.06–3.15; P =.03), and (3) receipt of tigecycline within 14 days (OR, 4.38, 95% CI, 1.37–17.01, P =.02). CONCLUSIONS In hospitalized patients with CRKPs, tigecycline nonsusceptibility was more frequently observed in those admitted from skilled nursing facilities and occurred earlier during hospitalization. Skilled nursing facilities are an important target for interventions to decrease antibacterial resistance to antibiotics of last resort for treatment of CRKPs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(8):942–948
Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures
Creators: name: Moehring, Rebekah W.
name: Anderson, Deverick J.
name: Dicks, Kristen V.
name: Lewis, Sarah S.
name: Baker, Arthur W.
name: Chen, Luke F.
name: Weber, David J.
name: Sexton, Daniel J.
name: Durkin, Michael J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: OBJECTIVE To determine the association (1) between shorter operative duration and surgical site infection (SSI) and (2) between surgeon median operative duration and SSI risk among first-time hip and knee arthroplasties. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study SETTING A total of 43 community hospitals located in the southeastern United States. PATIENTS Adults who developed SSIs according to National Healthcare Safety Network criteria within 365 days of first-time knee or hip arthroplasties performed between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2012. METHODS Log-binomial regression models estimated the association (1) between operative duration and SSI outcome and (2) between surgeon median operative duration and SSI outcome. Hip and knee arthroplasties were evaluated in separate models. Each model was adjusted for American Society of Anesthesiology score and patient age. RESULTS A total of 25,531 hip arthroplasties and 42,187 knee arthroplasties were included in the study. The risk of SSI in knee arthroplasties with an operative duration shorter than the 25 th percentile was 0.40 times the risk of SSI in knee arthroplasties with an operative duration between the 25 th and 75 th percentile (risk ratio [RR], 0.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.38–0.56; P <.01). Short operative duration did not demonstrate significant association with SSI for hip arthroplasties (RR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.79–1.37; P =.36). Knee arthroplasty surgeons with shorter median operative durations had a lower risk of SSI than surgeons with typical median operative durations (RR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.43–0.64; P <.01). CONCLUSIONS Short operative durations were not associated with a higher SSI risk for knee or hip arthroplasty procedures in our analysis. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(12):1431–1436
Brief an [Karl] Geigy[-Hagenbach]
Creators: name: Bernoulli, Carl Albrecht
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1925

description: von Carl Albr[echt] Bernoulli
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire März 2023 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln nni
Spatial modelling of the two-party preferred vote in Australian federal elections: 2001-2016
Creators: name: Forbes, Jeremy
name: Cook, Dianne
name: Hyndman, Rob J
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: We examine the relationships between electoral socio-demographic characteristics and two-party preference in the six Australian federal elections held between 2001 to 2016. Socio-demographic information is derived from the Australian Census, which occurs every five years. Since a Census is not directly available for each election, spatio-temporal imputation is employed to estimate Census data for the electorates at the time of each election. This accounts for both spatial and temporal changes in electoral characteristics between Censuses. To capture any spatial heterogeneity, a spatial error model is estimated for each election, which incorporates a spatially structured random effect vector that can be thought of as the unobserved political climate in each electorate. Over time, the impact of most socio-demographic characteristics that affect electoral two-party preference do not vary, with industry of work, incomes, household mobility and de facto relationships having strong effects in each of the six elections. Education and unemployment are amongst those that have varying effects. It is also found that between 2004 and 2013, the spatial effect was insignificant, meaning that electorates voted effectively independently. All data featured in this study has been contributed to the eechidna R package (available on CRAN).
Distribution of HPV genotypes in cervical intraepithelial lesions and cervical cancer in Tanzanian women
Creators: name: Obure, Joseph
name: Mlay, Pendo
name: Hernandez, Brenda Y
name: Hoyo, Cathrine
name: Vidal, Adriana C
name: van der Kolk, Mike
name: Vasquez, Brandi
name: Oneko, Olola
name: Bartlett, John A
name: Overcash, Francine
name: Murphy, Susan K
name: Smith, Jennifer S
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: BackgroundInfection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with uterine cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and invasive cancers (ICC). Approximately 80% of ICC cases are diagnosed in under-developed countries. Vaccine development relies on knowledge of HPV genotypes characteristic of LSIL, HSIL and cancer; however, these genotypes remain poorly characterized in many African countries. To contribute to the characterization of HPV genotypes in Northeastern Tanzania, we recruited 215 women from the Reproductive Health Clinic at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. Cervical scrapes and biopsies were obtained for cytology and HPV DNA detection.Results79 out of 215 (36.7%) enrolled participants tested positive for HPV DNA, with a large proportion being multiple infections (74%). The prevalence of HPV infection increased with lesion grade (14% in controls, 67% in CIN1 cases and 88% in CIN2-3). Among ICC cases, 89% had detectable HPV. Overall, 31 HPV genotypes were detected; the three most common HPV genotypes among ICC were HPV16, 35 and 45. In addition to these genotypes, co-infection with HPV18, 31, 33, 52, 58, 68 and 82 was found in 91% of ICC. Among women with CIN2-3, HPV53, 58 and 84/83 were the most common. HPV35, 45, 53/58/59 were the most common among CIN1 cases.ConclusionsIn women with no evidence of cytological abnormalities, the most prevalent genotypes were HPV58 with HPV16, 35, 52, 66 and 73 occurring equally. Although numerical constraints limit inference, findings that 91% of ICC harbor only a small number of HPV genotypes suggests that prevention efforts including vaccine development or adjuvant screening should focus on these genotypes.
Brief an [Karl] Geigy[-Hagenbach]
Creators: name: Bernoulli, Carl Albrecht
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1925

description: von C[arl] A[lbrecht] B[ernoulli]
description: Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift
description: Stiftung Sammlung Karl Geigy-Hagenbach
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire März 2023 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln nni
Finding large expanders in graphs: from topological minors to induced subgraphs
Creators: name: Louf, Baptiste
name: Skerman, Fiona
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C48, 05C83

description: In this paper, we consider a structural and geometric property of graphs, namely the presence of large expanders. The problem of finding such structures was first considered by Krivelevich [SIAM J. Disc. Math. 32 1 (2018)]. Here, we show that the problem of finding a large induced subgraph that is an expander can be reduced to the simpler problem of finding a topological minor that is an expander. Our proof is constructive, which is helpful in an algorithmic setting. We also show that every large subgraph of an expander graph contains a large subgraph which is itself an expander.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures
Antiretroviral Therapy
Creators: name: Sellers, Christopher J.
name: Wohl, David A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: In this article, the scientific evidence and professional guidelines regarding the timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation are reviewed, with discussion of the increasingly persuasive evidence in favor of starting treatment early in the course of human immunodeficiency virus disease.
Calendar-based Graphics for Visualizing People's Daily Schedules
Creators: name: Wang, Earo
name: Cook, Dianne
name: Hyndman, Rob J
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: Calendars are broadly used in society to display temporal information and events. This paper describes a new calendar display for plotting data, that includes a layout algorithm with many options, and faceting functionality. The functions use modulus algebra on the date variable to restructure the data into a calendar format. The user can apply the grammar of graphics to create plots inside each calendar cell, and thus the displays synchronize neatly with ggplot2 graphics. The motivating application is studying pedestrian behavior in Melbourne, Australia, based on counts which are captured at hourly intervals by sensors scattered around the city. Faceting by the usual features such as day and month, is insufficient to examine the behavior. Making displays on a monthly calendar format helps to understand pedestrian patterns relative to events such as work days, weekends, holidays, and special events. The functions for the calendar algorithm are available in the R package sugrrants.
Calibrated simplex-mapping classification
Creators: name: Heese, Raoul
name: Schmid, Jochen
name: Walczak, Michał
name: Bortz, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a novel methodology for general multi-class classification in arbitrary feature spaces, which results in a potentially well-calibrated classifier. Calibrated classifiers are important in many applications because, in addition to the prediction of mere class labels, they also yield a confidence level for each of their predictions. In essence, the training of our classifier proceeds in two steps. In a first step, the training data is represented in a latent space whose geometry is induced by a regular $(n-1)$-dimensional simplex, $n$ being the number of classes. We design this representation in such a way that it well reflects the feature space distances of the datapoints to their own- and foreign-class neighbors. In a second step, the latent space representation of the training data is extended to the whole feature space by fitting a regression model to the transformed data. With this latent-space representation, our calibrated classifier is readily defined. We rigorously establish its core theoretical properties and benchmark its prediction and calibration properties by means of various synthetic and real-world data sets from different application domains.
description: 35 pages, 10 figures, 7 tables
Additional file 1 of The use of cognitive task analysis in clinical and health services research — a systematic review
Creators: name: Swaby, Lizzie
name: Shu, Peiyao
name: Hind, Daniel
name: Sutherland, Katie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Reasons for exclusion of articles at full text.
Stability of Neutron Stars with Dark Matter Core Using Three Crustal Types and the Impact on Mass-Radius Relations
Creators: name: Abac, Adrian G.
name: Bernido, Christopher C.
name: Esguerra, Jose Perico H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effects of dark matter (DM) on the nuclear equation of state (EoS) and neutron star structure, in the relativistic mean field theory, both in the absence and presence of a crust. The $σ-ω$ model is modified by adding a WIMP-DM component, which interacts with nucleonic matter through the Higgs portal. This model agrees well with previous studies which utilized either a more complicated nuclear model or higher-order terms of the Higgs potential, in that DM softens the EoS, resulting in stars with lower maximum masses. However, instabilities corresponding to negative pressure values in the low-energy density regime of the DM-admixed EoS are present, and this effect becomes more prominent as we increase the DM Fermi momentum. We resolve this by confining DM in the star's core. The regions of instability were replaced by three types of crust: first by the Friedman-Pandharipande-Skyrme (FPS), Skyrme-Lyon (SLy) and BSk19 EoS from the Brussels-Montreal Group, which can be represented by analytical approximations. For a fixed value of the DM Fermi momentum $p_F^{DM}$, the DM-admixed neutron star does not have significant changes in its mass with the addition of the crusts. However, the entire mass-radius relation of the neutron star is significantly affected, with an observed increase in the radius of the star corresponding to the mass. The effect of DM is to reduce the mass of the star, while the crust does not affect the radius significantly, as the value of the $p_F^{DM}$ increases.
title: Μελέτη ακουστικής/ ηλεκτροακουστικής χώρου εκδηλώσεων πολλαπλών χρήσεων
title: Multipurpose event space acoustic/ electroacoustic study
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Γυφτάκης-Μπεκ, Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2023
Subjects: CATT-Acoustic
Ηλεκτροακουστική μελέτη
Ακουστική μελέτη
Ακουστικός σχεδιασμός
Ανακλάσεις
Αίθουσα πολλαπλών χρήσεων
Μεταβλητή ακουστική
Χρόνος αντήχησης
Απορρόφηση
Καταληπτότητα λόγου
Μεγάφωνα

description: Στα πλαίσια της συγκεκριμένης διπλωματικής εργασίας επιχειρείται, μέσω ακουστικών μετρήσεων, η ανάδειξη των ελαττωματικών χαρακτηριστικών της μικρής αίθουσας του Μεγάρου Χορού Καλαμάτας, γνωστής και ως Αίθουσα Studio, καθώς και τρόποι βελτίωσης αυτών. Η αίθουσα χρησιμοποιείται σε πληθώρα εκδηλώσεων διαφορετικής φύσης, με τις απαιτήσεις ως προς τα ιδανικά ακουστικά χαρακτηριστικά να διαφέρουν αισθητά ανά περίπτωση, αυξάνοντας την πολυπλοκότητα της ακουστικής μελέτης. Προτείνεται η χρήση μεταβλητών ακουστικών διατάξεων, σε συγκεκριμένα σημεία, που εστιάζουν στον έλεγχο της απορρόφησης και των ανακλάσεων του ήχου στα επιθυμητά επίπεδα, διαμορφώνοντας κατάλληλα τα ακουστικά χαρακτηριστικά της αίθουσας ανά περίπτωση (μουσική, ομιλία). Η χρήση ηλεκτροακουστικής εγκατάστασης ωφελεί τα παραπάνω σε κάθε περίπτωση, ειδικά για ομιλίες, χωρίς όμως να αποκλείεται η χρήση της αίθουσας σε ορισμένες εκδηλώσεις (μουσικής) δίχως αυτήν. Τέλος σημειώνεται η αλληλεπίδραση ορισμένων στοιχείων σε διαφορετικούς ακουστικές παραμέτρους και πως ορισμένες ωφελούνται περισσότερο από άλλους.
Genome-wide Association with C-Reactive Protein Levels in CLHNS: Evidence for the CRP and HNF1A Loci and their Interaction with Exposure to a Pathogenic Environment
Creators: name: Kuzawa, Christopher W.
name: Adair, Linda S.
name: McDade, Thomas W.
name: Wu, Ying
name: Li, Yun
name: Mohlke, Karen L.
name: Lange, Leslie A.
name: Borja, Judith
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have related several genetic loci, including CRP, HNF1A and LEPR, to circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in populations of European ancestry. The genetic effects in other populations and across varying levels of exposure to a pathogenic environment, an important environmental factor associated with CRP, remain to be determined. We tested 2,073,674 SNPs for association with plasma CRP (limited to ≤ 10 mg/L) in 1,709 unrelated Filipino women from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS). The strongest evidence of association was observed with variants at CRP (rs876537, P = 1.4 × 10−9) and HNF1A (rs7305618, P = 1.0 × 10−8). Among other previously reported CRP associated loci, the APOE ε4 haplotype was associated with decreased CRP level (P = 7.1 × 10−4), and modest association was observed with LEPR (rs1892534, P = 0.076), with direction of effects consistent with previous studies. The strongest signal at a locus not previously reported mapped to a gene desert region on chromosome 6q16.1 (rs1408282, P = 2.9 × 10−6). Finally, we observed nominal evidence of interaction with exposure to a pathogenic environment for top main effect SNPs at HNF1A (rs7305618, P = 0.031), LEPR (rs1892535, P = 0.030) and 6q16.1 (rs1408282, P = 0.046). Our findings demonstrate convincing evidence that genetic variants in CRP and HNF1A contribute to plasma CRP in Filipino women, and provide the first evidence that exposure to a pathogenic environment may modify the genetic influence at the HNF1A, LEPR and 6q16.1 loci on plasma CRP level.
Infrared Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations of Group 13 Oxyfluorides OMF2 and OMF (M = B, Al, Ga, In)
Creators: name: Wen, Mei
name: Medel, Robert
name: Deng, Guohai
name: Tsegaw, Yetsedaw A.
name: Lu, Yan
name: Hasenstab-Riedel, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: matrix-isolation
subject: laser-ablation
subject: Group 13 oxyfluorides
subject: quantum-chemical calculations
subject: multiple bonds
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Group 13 oxyfluorides OMF2 were produced by the reactions of laser-ablated group 13 atoms M (M = B, Al, Ga and In) with OF2 and isolated in excess neon or argon matrices at 5 K. These molecules were characterized by matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy and isotopic substitution experiments in conjunction with quantum-chemical calculations. The calculations indicate that the OMF2 molecules have a 2B2 ground state with C2v symmetry. The computed molecular orbitals and spin densities show that the unpaired electron is mainly located at the terminal oxygen atom. Oxo monofluorides OMF were only observed in solid argon matrices and exhibit a linear structure in the singlet ground state. The M−O bonding in the OMF molecules can be rationalized as highly polar multiple bonds based on the calculated bond lengths and natural resonance theory (NRT) analyses. In particular, the molecular orbitals of OBF exhibit the character of a triple bond B−O resulting from two degenerate electron-sharing π bonds and a O → B dative σ bond formed by the oxygen 2p lone pair which donates electron density to the boron empty 2p orbital.
Additional file 2 of The use of cognitive task analysis in clinical and health services research — a systematic review
Creators: name: Swaby, Lizzie
name: Shu, Peiyao
name: Hind, Daniel
name: Sutherland, Katie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 2. Data extraction for eligible studies.
A New Tidy Data Structure to Support Exploration and Modeling of Temporal Data
Creators: name: Wang, Earo
name: Cook, Dianne
name: Hyndman, Rob J
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: Mining temporal data for information is often inhibited by a multitude of formats: irregular or multiple time intervals, point events that need aggregating, multiple observational units or repeated measurements on multiple individuals, and heterogeneous data types. On the other hand, the software supporting time series modeling and forecasting, makes strict assumptions on the data to be provided, typically requiring a matrix of numeric data with implicit time indexes. Going from raw data to model-ready data is painful. This work presents a cohesive and conceptual framework for organizing and manipulating temporal data, which in turn flows into visualization, modeling and forecasting routines. Tidy data principles are extended to temporal data by: (1) mapping the semantics of a dataset into its physical layout; (2) including an explicitly declared index variable representing time; (3) incorporating a "key" comprising single or multiple variables to uniquely identify units over time. This tidy data representation most naturally supports thinking of operations on the data as building blocks, forming part of a "data pipeline" in time-based contexts. A sound data pipeline facilitates a fluent workflow for analyzing temporal data. The infrastructure of tidy temporal data has been implemented in the R package tsibble.
Negotiating Care Work: Gendered Network Structures of Pandemic Care Discourses on Twitter in Germany
Creators: name: Siemon, Miriam
name: Reißmann, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: care work
subject: computational methods
subject: Covid-19
subject: gender inequalities
subject: hashtag
subject: media discourse
subject: Twitter
subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen::070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen

description: Precarious conditions of care work are contested and deeply gendered issues all over the globe. The Covid-19 pandemic both intensifies the (national) care crises and makes care work more visible as a public issue. In this article, we ask for the opportunities, structural conditions, and limitations of voice and visibility in emerging publics beyond established media organizations. Applying the concept of performative publics and using social network analysis, we reconstruct and compare the constitution of publics around the two German language Twitter hashtags 0#systemrelevant and #CoronaEltern. In a comparative design, we ask which actor groups and what kind of genders gain visibility, and in which speaker positions women, men, and non-binary people appear. The comparison of the two case studies reveals rather different network structures and asks for more nuanced, issue-based “medium data” analyses in the linkage of gender media studies and computational methods. Whereas the public discourse on professional paid care work resembles gendered power structures, the public discourse on privatized, unpaid care work shows shifted patterns concerning female visibility. These findings are discussed critically as gendered discourse spaces of professional and privatized care work stay rather separated and thus risk reproducing traditional private/public boundaries. Furthermore, findings emphasize the importance of “invisible” relational work which keeps hashtags running. Ratios of paying attention from women to men and vice versa are unequally distributed. Females either invest more communicative effort than males or receive less attention for the equal amount of reaching out to others.
Protective effects of dietary curcumin in mouse model of chemically induced colitis are strain dependent:
Creators: name: Larmonier, Nicolas
name: Midura, Anna J.
name: Billerey-Larmonier, Claire
name: Uno, Jennifer K.
name: Ghishan, Fayez K.
name: Kiela, Pawel R.
name: Timmermann, Barbara
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Curcumin (diferulolylmethane) has been shown to have a protective role in mouse models of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and to reduce the relapse rate in human ulcerative colitis (UC), thus making it a potentially viable supportive treatment option. Trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) colitis in NKT-deficient SJL/J mice has been described as Th1-mediated inflammation, whereas BALB/c mice are believed to exhibit a mixed Th1/Th2 response.
$B \to ρl \bar ν$ and $ωl \bar ν$ in and beyond the Standard Model: Improved predictions and $|V_{ub}|$
Creators: name: Bernlochner, Florian U.
name: Prim, Markus T.
name: Robinson, Dean J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the experimental and theoretical status of $B \to ρl \barν$ and $B \to ωl \barν$ decays. We perform a combined fit of averaged spectra from Belle and Babar measurements with prior light cone sum rule calculations, in order to obtain more precise predictions over the full $q^2$ range. The extracted values of $|V_{ub}|$ from these combined fits exhibit smaller uncertainty compared to previous extractions from $B \to ρl \barν$ and $B \to ωl \barν$ decays and the central values are found to be smaller than values extracted from $B \to πl ν$ or inclusive measurements. We use our fit results to obtain more precise predictions in and beyond the Standard Model for the lepton universality ratios $R(ρ)$ and $R(ω)$, as well as several angular observables that are sensitive to the full $q^2$ distribution, such as the longitudinal polarization of the vector meson, the $τ$ polarization, and its forward-backward asymmetry.
description: Fixes and clarifies sign convention of tau polarization in Table V
title: M.F. Pacitto, “Buoni si nasce, soggetti etici si diventa. La costruzione della mente etica tra neuroscienze, filosofia, psicologia”, Pendragon, Bologna 2012
Creators: name: Pansera , Maria Teresa
Publisher: name: Roma Tre-Press
Year: 2013

description: B@belonline vol. 14/15 Filosofia e pratiche filosofiche