cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effect of music-listening on the enjoyment of physical activity experience
Creators: name: Weng, Ting-Chun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Research has suggested that listening to preferred music may be helpful in increasing exercise enjoyment, positive mood, and endurance enhancement. This survey research aimed to explore the reasons why people listen to their personal stereo while engaged in physical activity, and to understand the effect this has on their level of enjoyment. Three hundred and forty six students participated in this study via convenience sampling. Participants were divided into groups depending on their active usage of a personal stereo. The Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) was administered as the instrument. An independent-samples t test comparing the PACES mean scores of the Non-Personal Stereo and the Personal Stereo groups found a significant difference between the two groups (t(322)= -5.338, p< .0005). Participants in the Personal Stereo group reported that they felt more energized, they enjoyed their experiences more, and that they preferred being in control of the music they listened to. Overall the results suggested that that listening to self-selected music can enhance individuals’ physical activity enjoyment.
Adaptive DRX Scheme to Improve Energy Efficiency in LTE Networks with Bounded Delay
Creators: name: Herrería-Alonso, Sergio
name: Rodríguez-Pérez, Miguel
name: Fernández-Veiga, Manuel
name: López-García, Cándido
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mechanism is commonly employed in current LTE networks to improve energy efficiency of user equipment (UE). DRX allows UEs to monitor the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) discontinuously when there is no downlink traffic for them, thus reducing their energy consumption. However, DRX power savings are achieved at the expense of some increase in packet delay since downlink traffic transmission must be deferred until the UEs resume listening to the PDCCH. In this paper, we present a promising mechanism that reduces energy consumption of UEs using DRX while simultaneously maintaining average packet delay around a desired target. Furthermore, our proposal is able to achieve significant power savings without either increasing signaling overhead or requiring any changes to deployed wireless protocols.
Is It All about a Science-Informed Decision? A Quantitative Approach to Three Dimensions of Justice and Their Relation in the Nuclear Waste Repository Siting Process in Germany
Creators: name: Schwarz, Lucas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: justice
subject: quantitative survey
subject: nuclear waste
subject: repository
subject: perception
subject: science-informed
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft

description: Nuclear waste management is a contested challenge that lasts for decades. Especially in Germany, the history of the usage of nuclear energy is conflictive and notions of justice are therefore omnipresent in the ongoing site selection process for a nuclear waste repository. Against the background of injustices caused by the deployment of nuclear energy, such as the obligation for current generations to deal with nuclear waste, questions of how to justly deal with nuclear waste and to find a just repository site arise. By conducting a survey among people that participate in the site selection process as well as people living in or representing an area that is still considered suitable, the assessment of different aspects of justice was evaluated. The role of a science-informed site decision without any political bias is considered highly important for a just site selection. Distributional aspects, such as notions of utilitarianism, retribution, or the exemption of environmentally burdened regions are generally not approved but more detailed questions have shown that such notions cannot be dismissed at this early stage of the site selection process. The difference for general agreement can also be observed for intergenerational recognition, as the recognition of future generations is regarded as necessary, but concrete implications (retrievability or enclosure) are assessed ambiguously. Although some factors of justice are assessed more importantly than others, the analysis has shown that the interrelations between the different dimensions of justice are manifold and the argument that one dimension can be substituted for another one is too reductive.
The vectorial small angle modification of the spherical harmonics method for an arbitrary angle of irradiance of a slab
Creators: name: Budak, V. P.
name: Korkin, Sergey
Publisher: name: SPIE
Year: 2006

description: Thirteenth Joint International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/ Atmospheric Physics, 2006, Tomsk, Russian Federation
description: We offer the generalization of the vectorial small angle modification of the spherical harmonics method (VMSH) for an arbitrary angle and polarization sate of irradiance of a slab. Non diagonal elements of an aerosol scattering matrix were admitted. The smooth addition part for the VMSH is given. Thus we obtain a complete and accelerated solution of the vectorial radiative transfer equation.
Calculation of polarization parameters of light fields in turbid media with an anisotropic scattering
Creators: name: Budak, V. P.
name: Korkin, Sergey
Publisher: name: SPIE
Year: 2006

description: Twelfth Joint International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/Atmospheric Physics, 2005, Tomsk, Russian Federation
description: The analytical expression for solving the radiative transfer problem of the arbitrary polarized light in scattering and absorption media in small angle approximation for aerosol scattering matrix is offered. The comparison of the results obtained by using this analytical formula and by the direct matrix computation is realized.
Plasma Amino Acids in Horses Suffering from Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction
Creators: name: Stoeckle, Sabita Diana
name: Timmermann, Detlef
name: Merle, Roswitha
name: Gehlen, Heidrun
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: plasma amino acids
subject: PPID
subject: endocrine disease
subject: 600 Technology, Medicine, Applied sciences::630 Agriculture, Veterinary medicine::630 Agriculture, Veterinary medicine

description: Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction is one of the most common diseases of aged horses and ponies. In Parkinson’s disease, which is, similar to PPID, a disease that involves oxidative damage to dopaminergic pathways but with different clinical signs, alterations to the serum amino acid profile have been reported. To examine changes in the plasma amino acid profile in horses with PPID, EDTA plasma of horses that were presented for various reasons that required laboratory examinations of blood anticoagulated with EDTA was collected. With this plasma, the basal ACTH concentration as well as the amino acid profile was determined. Horses were considered PPID patients if the ACTH concentration was ≥ 100 pg/mL, i.e., they would be considered affected at any time. Horses were defined as non-PPID (nPPID) patients if the ACTH concentration was below 30 pg/mL. Horses receiving pergolide with ACTH ≤ 30 pg/mL were allocated to the group PPIDrr (PPID, ACTH in reference range) and horses receiving pergolide with ACTH ≥ 100 pg/mL to the group PPIDarr (PPID, ACTH above reference range). In total, 93 horses were examined, including 88 horses at the clinic and 5 horses at a private practice. Of these, 53 horses fulfilled the inclusion criteria (ACTH ≤ 30 pg/mL or ACTH ≥ 100 pg/mL). A total of 25 horses were diagnosed as nPPID, 20 as PPID, 5 as PPIDrr, and 3 as PPIDarr. Arginine was significantly higher in PPIDrr than in PPID and nPPID, asparagine was significantly higher in PPID, PPIDrr, and PPIDarr than in nPPID, citrulline was significantly higher in PPIDrr than in nPPID and PPID, cysteine was significantly lower in PPIDrr than in PPID, nPPID, and PPIDarr, and glutamine was significantly higher in PPID and PPIDarr than in nPPID. Especially, asparagine, citrulline, and glutamine may be potential diagnostic markers and may offer interesting approaches for research regarding amino supplementation in PPID.
UrHip Proper Motion Catalog
Creators: name: Frouard, Julien
name: Dorland, Bryan N.
name: Makarov, Valeri V.
name: Zacharias, Norbert
name: Finch, Charlie T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Proper motions are computed and collected in a catalog using the Hipparcos positions (epoch 1991.25) and URAT1 positions (epoch 2012.3 to 2014.6). The goal is to obtain a significant improvement on the proper motion accuracy of single stars in the northern hemisphere, and to identify new astrometric binaries perturbed by orbital motion. For binaries and multiple systems, the longer baseline of Tycho2 (~ 100 yr) makes it more reliable despite its larger formal uncertainties. The resulting proper motions obtained for 67,340 stars have a consequent gain in accuracy by a factor of ~ 3 compared to Hipparcos. Comparison between UrHip and Hipparcos shows that they are reasonably close, but also reveals stars with large discrepant proper motions, a fraction of which are potential binary candidates.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in AJ
Impact of Procedures and Human-Animal Interactions during Transport and Slaughter on Animal Welfare of Pigs: A Systematic Literature Review
Creators: name: Isbrandt, Rudi
name: Wiegard, Mechthild
name: Meemken, Diana
name: Langkabel, Nina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: fattening pig
subject: handling
subject: indicator
subject: management
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::636 Viehwirtschaft

description: Animal welfare during the transport and slaughter of pigs is in the interests of consumers and producers. All procedures and human-animal interactions on the day of slaughter are potentially stressful for the pigs. Good handling practices—calm handling and a handling set to the individual needs of the pigs—and management of the animals provide the maximum animal welfare at slaughter, but only by avoiding or minimizing any further external stressors in addition to the transport and the slaughter itself. By conducting a systematic literature review, we wanted to find out which procedures and human-animal interactions were found by researchers to have an impact on welfare during pig transport and slaughter. Direct human-animal contact and the management of transport and slaughter procedures were identified as major influencing factors. As the animal welfare-sensitive areas of stunning, control of stunning, and bleeding are highly important, personnel should be trained regularly to ensure good practices and animal welfare. Deficient handling and procedures in the transport/slaughter processes can be critically scrutinized and corrected only when personnel are sufficiently educated. Knowledge of best handling practices is necessary to reflect on our own and other personnel’s behaviour and to maintain awareness of animal welfare. Animal suffering caused by humans is not acceptable.
title: 3D cine PCA enables rapid and comprehensive hemodynamic assessment of the abdominal aorta
Creators: name: Takahashi, Mamoru
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Audit and standards
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Cardiovascular system

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Recently, there is increasing evidence that hemodynamic flow pattern is highly related to formation of atherosclerotic plaque. However, there have been no reliable databases concerning the flow dynamics of the normal and diseased aorta. The...
Effective computational method of the light fields in 3D medium with anisotropic scattering
Creators: name: Budak, V. P.
name: Korkin, Sergey
name: Melamed, O. P.
Publisher: name: SPIE
Year: 2005

description: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2005, Bruges, Belgium
description: The peculiarities of the light fields forming in the clouds are their complicated geometrical three-dimensional shape and strongly anisotropic light scattering. In these conditions the solution of the radiative transfer equation becomes mathematically ill-conditioned. The problem has a fundamental character and is concerned with a physical model of the radiation transfer-ray approximation, which determines the presence of the angular singularities in the solution. For the elimination of this problem S.Chandrasekhar has offered to subtract nonscattered radiation from the solution and to state the equations for the rest smooth part. However in the conditions of the strong anisotropic scattering the similar approach loses its efficiency. The most optimal approach in the solution of this problem is the determination of the analytically simple approximate solution including all the angular singularities of the exact solution. An example of such an approach is a small-angle approximation in the Goudsmit-Saunderson form, which however is obtained only for the flat medium geometry at an almost normal incident of the solar radiation.
Theory of the Structural Glass Transition: A Pedagogical Review
Creators: name: Lubchenko, Vassiliy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The random first-order transition (RFOT) theory of the structural glass transition is reviewed in a pedagogical fashion. The rigidity that emerges in crystals and glassy liquids is of the same fundamental origin. In both cases, it corresponds with a breaking of the translational symmetry; analogies with freezing transitions in spin systems can also be made. The common aspect of these seemingly distinct phenomena is a spontaneous emergence of the molecular field, a venerable and well-understood concept. In crucial distinction from periodic crystallisation, the free energy landscape of a glassy liquid is vastly degenerate, which gives rise to new length and time scales while rendering the emergence of rigidity gradual. We obviate the standard notion that to be mechanically stable a structure must be essentially unique; instead, we show that bulk degeneracy is perfectly allowed but should not exceed a certain value. The present microscopic description thus explains both crystallisation and the emergence of the landscape regime followed by vitrification in a unified, thermodynamics-rooted fashion. The article contains a self-contained exposition of the basics of the classical density functional theory and liquid theory, which are subsequently used to quantitatively estimate, without using adjustable parameters, the key attributes of glassy liquids, viz., the relaxation barriers, glass transition temperature, and cooperativity size. These results are then used to quantitatively discuss many diverse glassy phenomena, including: the intrinsic connection between the excess liquid entropy and relaxation rates, the non-Arrhenius temperature dependence of $α$-relaxation, the dynamic heterogeneity, ... (see Comments for the remainder of Abstract.)
description: violations of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, glass ageing and rejuvenation, rheological and mechanical anomalies, super-stable glasses, enhanced crystallisation near the glass transition, the excess heat capacity and phonon scattering at cryogenic temperatures, the Boson peak and plateau in thermal conductivity, and the puzzling midgap electronic states in amorphous chalcogenides
title: Pictorial Essay of MRI Findings of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD)
Creators: name: Gangemi, Emma
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Dementia
subject: Infection

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD)is a rare rapidly progressive dementia, potentially fatal, due to the infection and the accumulation of prions in neurons. In the past the role of imaging in prion disease used to be one of exclusion of other...
Enhancing the characterization of intact proteins by ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry
Creators: name: Dunham, Sean Duncan
name: 0000-0002-6214-7468
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2022
Subjects: Mass spectrometry
Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD)
Proton transfer charge reduction reaction (PTCR)
High energy collisional induced dissociation (HCD)
Terminal fragment ion
Internal fragment ion

description: Access to high resolution mass spectrometers and high energy modes of activation such as electron- and photon-based modalities have enabled wider adoption of top-down methodologies, or strategies that allow the study of intact proteins. However, interpretation of MS/MS spectra of large proteins remains difficult owing to spectral congestion, charge capacity limitations, and other challenges. In particular, for ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) of intact proteins, a single laser pulse is typically used to avoid secondary dissociation of fragment ions that occurs when multiple pulses are employed. Consequently, a large amount of the precursor ion population remains undissociated, meaning a large portion of the potential signal is not effectively utilized. Secondary dissociation results in the generation of less informative small terminal and internal fragment ions. Internal fragments are typically ignored due to the computational challenges associated with accounting for them. The following research focuses on the use of fragment ion protection (FIP) during 193 nm UVPD to counter secondary dissociation when utilizing multiple laser pulses and the exploration of the benefits and pitfalls when considering internal fragment ions generated by 193 nm UVPD. In, summary, FIP increased the center sequence coverage of large proteins, but there is room for improvement. The inclusion of internal fragment ions can aid in enhancing the sequence coverage of intact proteins. However, the majority of internal fragment ions are not reliably identified across multiple replicates, reflecting a high risk of false positive identifications when they are considered. These findings are described in this thesis.
title: Volume blood flow to affected kidney as a criterion in the differential diagnosis of nephroblastoma and adrenal neuroblastoma
Creators: name: Begun, Igor
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Paediatric
subject: Oncology
subject: Kidney
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Spectral Doppler
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Arterial access
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Background. Nephroblastoma and neuroblastoma - ones of the most common embryonal tumors in children. However differentiate of these tumors by help routine ultrasound and computer tomography in some cases are difficult, especially when their linear...
Mathematical model of polarized light reflection by turbid medium slab with an anisotropic scattering
Creators: name: Boudak, Vladimir P.
name: Korkin, Sergey
Publisher: name: SPIE
Year: 2005

description: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States
description: The registration of the reflected radiation polarization at the remote sensing allows gaining all the information available to optical methods about the observed object. Mathematically it gives a boundary-value problem of the vectorial radiative transfer equation (VRTE). The natural media of the radiative transfer have strongly anisotropic light scattering. Because of their singularities the solution of the boundary-value problem of VRTE for such media is a mathematically illconditioned problem. The classical method (S.Chandrasekhar) of the elimination of this problem is based on the subtraction of the nonscattered component from the solution. However under the conditions of strong anisotropy a diffusion part is not distinguished enough from the nonscattered part that gives heavy oscillations in the numerical solution. In this paper it is offered to subtract from the required solution of VRTE its solution in a small angle approximation (SAA), which besides nonscattered component contains all the anisotropic part. The rest of the solution is a smooth function, which can be easily found by any numerical method. As SAA it is offered to take a small angle modification of a spherical harmonics method (MSH), presenting the generalization of Goudsmit-Saunderson's solution for the case of VRTE.
title: Correlation between leukoaraiosis volume and diabetes
Creators: name: Saba, Luca
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: The association between diabetes mellitus and leukoaraiosis is uncertain, while the association with hypertension, age and carotid artery stenosis is widely demonstrated. We aim to evaluate the association of white matter hyperintense lesion volume...
Χρήση τεχνητών νευρωνικών δικτύων για τον σχεδιασμό στρατηγικής στην αγορά συναλλάγματος
Creators: name: Magkonis, Miltiadis
name: Μαγκώνης, Μιλτιάδης
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neural networks
subject: Finance

description: Τη σύγχρονη εποχή, το πεδίο της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης γνωρίζει σημαντική άνθηση σε κάθε κλάδο της καθημερινότητας. Ένας από τους κλάδους είναι οι χρηματοοικονομικές αγορές. Η χρήση τεχνητής νοημοσύνης έχει συνεισφέρει σημαντικά στην πρόβλεψη τιμών στην αγορά συναλλάγματος και στο χρηματιστήριο. Η παρούσα εργασία ερευνά και αναλύει τη χρήση αλγορίθμων μηχανικής μάθησης για την επίτευξη μιας κερδοφόρας στρατηγικής στην αγορά συναλλάγματος επικεντρώνοντας στην ισοτιμία Ευρώ – αμερικανικού Δολαρίου.
Additional file 1 of What are the relative risks of mortality and injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review
Creators: name: Algera, Dirk A.
name: Rytwinski, Trina
name: Taylor, Jessica J.
name: Bennett, Joseph R.
name: Smokorowski, Karen E.
name: Harrison, Philip M.
name: Clarke, Keith D.
name: Enders, Eva C.
name: Power, Michael
name: Bevelhimer, Mark S.
name: Cooke, Steven J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Search strategy and results. A description of our search strategy and the results of the literature searches. For each source, we provide full details on the search date(s), search strings used, search settings/restrictions, and subscriptions (if applicable), and the number of returns.
Periods in missing lengths of rainbow cycles
Creators: name: Vojtěchovský, Petr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C15, 05C38

description: A cycle in an edge-colored graph is said to be rainbow if no two of its edges have the same color. For a complete, infinite, edge-colored graph $G$, define $\mathfrak{S}(G)=\{n\ge 2\;|\;\text{no $n$-cycle of $G$ is rainbow}\}$. Then $\mathfrak{S}(G)$ is a monoid with respect to the operation $n\circ m = n+m-2$, and thus there is a least positive integer $π(G)$, the period of $\mathfrak{S}(G)$, such that $\mathfrak{S}(G)$ contains the arithmetic progression $\{N+kπ(G)\;|\;k\ge 0\}$ for some sufficiently large $N$. Given that $n\in\mathfrak{S}(G)$, what can be said about $π(G)$? Alexeev showed that $π(G)=1$ when $n\ge 3$ is odd, and conjectured that $π(G)$ always divides $4$. We prove Alexeev's conjecture: Let $p(n)=1$ when $n$ is odd, $p(n)=2$ when $n$ is divisible by four, and $p(n)=4$ otherwise. If $20$ there are $G$, $H$ such that $4k\in\mathfrak{S}(G)$, $π(G)=2$, and $4k+2\in\mathfrak{S}(H)$, $π(H)=4$.
THE REFLECTED LIGHT POLARIZATION ACCOUNT AT THE SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING OF THE CLOUD COVER
Creators: name: Budak, V P
name: Korkin, Sergey
Publisher: name: ISPRS
Year: 2006

description: SPRS Commission VII Symposium 'Remote Sensing: From Pixels to Processes' May 8-11, 2006 - Enschede, The Netherlands
description: The mathematical modelling of the polarized radiation transfer (RT) at the satellite remote sensing (SRS) of the strongly anisotropic cloudy atmosphere needs an efficient well-conditioned algorithm with accelerated solution convergence to be developed. The accelerated convergence can be achieved by the small angle approximation (SAA) subtracting from the general solution of the vectorial (polarization) RT equation (VRTE). The reminder, being a smooth function, is computed rapidly. In the current paper the SAA is determined in the frame of reference (FoR) containing the arbitrary directed sunlight rays. In contrast to the FoR containing the vertical direction of the slab the system for the coefficients of the radiation field with the coupled mutual azimuthally Fourierexpansion amplitudes is obtained. On the assumption of the continuous dependence of the angular generalized spherical function (GSF) expansion of the radiation field we use the Taylor series for the above mentioned coefficients with only two first terms left with respect to the strong anisotropy - the vectorial modified SAA of the spherical harmonics method (MSH). Some computational results are given in comparison with the single scattering approximation for thin slabs, the Monte-Carlo simulation for general case scattering and the total intensity of the polarized light beam is compared with the scalar spherical harmonics method (SHM). The algorithm for back scattered radiation computation for the SRS is given as well.
A Study of Visual and Sensory Performance, Collision Anticipation, and Head Impact Biomechanics in College Football Players
Creators: name: Harpham, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between traditional and visual sensory measures of reaction time; and the associations between visual and sensory performance, collision anticipation, and head impact severity in college football players. Thirty-eight collegiate football players participated in the study. We used realtime data collection instrumentation to record head impact biomechanics during games and practices. Our findings reveal no significant correlations between reaction time on traditional and visual sensory measures and no significant association between level of collision anticipation and head impact severity. We found a significant association between head impact severity and level of visual and sensory performance for multiple assessments. Our findings reveal a link between level of visual and sensory performance and head impact biomechanics. Future research will allow clinicians to have the most appropriate testing batteries to identify at-risk athletes and create interventions to decrease their risk of injurious head impacts.
title: Automated analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysm imaged by computed tomography
Creators: name: Saba, Luca
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Aneurysms

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) may represent a severe pathological condition and their detection and characterization is extremely important. The purpose of this study is to present a new software algorithm that may automatically assess the...
HIGH-FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY FOR VENTILATOR WEANING OF TRACHEOSTOMIZED PATIENTS: SCOPING REVIEW
Creators: name: de Oliveira, João
name: Neiva, Sandrine
name: Maia, Diana
name: Pacheco, Artur
name: Ribeiro, Olga
name: Marques, Fernanda
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: #Nursing
subject: #Oxygen therapy
subject: #Rehabilitation
subject: #Tracheostomy
subject: #Ventilator Weaning

description: The objective of this study was to analyze the existing evidence on the use of OTAF in ventilatory weaning. To define the research question, the PCC strategy was used, and the following question was defined: “What evidence is available about the use of High Flow Oxygen Therapy by Tracheostomy in Ventilatory Weaning?”.
Additional file 1 of What are the relative risks of mortality and injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review
Creators: name: Algera, Dirk
name: Rytwinski, Trina
name: Taylor, Jessica
name: Bennett, Joseph
name: Smokorowski, Karen
name: Harrison, Philip
name: Clarke, Keith
name: Enders, Eva
name: Power, Michael
name: Bevelhimer, Mark
name: Cooke, Steven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 80699
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Search strategy and results. A description of our search strategy and the results of the literature searches. For each source, we provide full details on the search date(s), search strings used, search settings/restrictions, and subscriptions (if applicable), and the number of returns.
Partial lung lobectomy with the Caiman® Seal & Cut device in a dog with spontaneous pneumothorax: Case report
Creators: name: Zobel, Anne
name: Rohwedder, Thomas
name: Böttcher, Peter
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: dog
subject: lobectomy
subject: pneumothorax
subject: sealing device
subject: lung
subject: 600 Technology, Medicine, Applied sciences::630 Agriculture, Veterinary medicine::630 Agriculture, Veterinary medicine

description: Background: Spontaneous pneumothorax in dogs is characterized by an accumulation of air in the interpleural space without an underlying trauma and consecutive acute onset of respiratory distress. Underlying causes for spontaneous pneumothorax vary with ruptured bullae being one of the main causes. Treatment after initial stabilization often requires partial or complete surgical resection of effected lung lobes. Partial lung lobectomy can be performed with stapling devices or sealing devices e.g. by different surgical approaches including video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. However, intra-thoracic surgery in small sized dogs using either of the techniques is challenging. Case Description: A 12 year old Shih Tzu was presented with spontaneous pneumothorax. Further diagnostics with computed tomography and intercostal thoracoscopy revealed a bulla in the right middle lung lobe. Partial lung lobectomy (2,5cm x 2,5 cm x 2cm) of the respective lung lobe was performed by an intercostal approach using the Caiman® 5 Seal & Cut sealing device. The Caiman® 5 Seal & Cut device allowed quick and safe partial lung lobectomy in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax without intra- or post-operative complications. The dog was discharged 2 days after surgery in good clinical condition. This report demonstrates the in-vivo efficacy and safety of the Caiman® 5 Seal & Cut sealing device for partial lung lobectomy in a small breed dog. Conclusion: Using the Caiman® 5 Seal & Cut device lung tissue could be resected without intra- or post-operative complications in a small breed dog. The present case may emphasize the use of the device in fully video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery also in small sized patients.
title: How low can we go? Imaging quality of lower radiation CT of the brain with iterative reconstruction
Creators: name: Lin, Chung-Jung
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Technical aspects

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: •head CT with 20%-30% reduced radiation doses has been shown to be quantitatively equivalent to that of standard radiation doses in pilot studies 1,2,3• purpose : to evaluate the imaging quality (IQ) of head CT at lowered radiation dose by...
Effects of Anxiety Disorders on Life Outcomes of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Creators: name: Herold, Brianna
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Counseling psychology
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: With growing prevalence rates, the population of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is shifting, as those who are children enter adulthood. Autism has high comorbidity with anxiety disorders. This study examines how the presence of ASD and anxiety affects varying life factors such as friendships, employment, and quality of life. The survey, completed by 97 caregivers of clients of the North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program, examined the presence of comorbid anxiety disorders and their relationship to adult outcomes. Results indicated the presence of anxiety symptoms impacted quality of life and daily living skills for individuals with ASD. Factors such as overlapping symptoms for dual diagnosis and the use of caregiver report were limitations within this study. With 27% of the sample having an anxiety disorder, findings highlight needed assessment to impact anxiety on adult outcomes for individuals with autism. Further research is essential to assist the growing ASD population.
Neutral Higgs Boson Production at e+e- Colliders in the Complex MSSM: A Full One-Loop Analysis
Creators: name: Heinemeyer, S.
name: Schappacher, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For the search for additional Higgs bosons in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) as well as for future precision analyses in the Higgs sector a precise knowledge of their production properties is mandatory. We evaluate the cross sections for the neutral Higgs boson production at e^+e^- colliders in the MSSM with complex parameters (cMSSM). The evaluation is based on a full one-loop calculation of the production channels e^+e^- -> h_i Z, h_i gamma, h_i h_j (i,j = 1,2,3), including soft and hard QED radiation. The dependence of the Higgs boson production cross sections on the relevant cMSSM parameters is analyzed numerically. We find sizable contributions to many cross sections. They are, depending on the production channel, roughly of 10-20% of the tree-level results, but can go up to 50% or higher. The full one-loop contributions are important for a future linear e^+e^- collider such as the ILC or CLIC. There are plans to implement the evaluation of the Higgs boson production cross sections into the code FeynHiggs.
description: 34 pages, 16 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1503.02996, arXiv:1410.2787
title: Ten Common Pitfalls in Musculoskeletal Radiology
Creators: name: Uetani, Masataka
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Normal variants
subject: eLearning
subject: Education
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal bone

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: The pupose of this educational exhibit is to list ten common pitfalls in practicing musculoskeletal radiology. Let's try 35 illustrative...
title: Azygos vein and Azygos lobe: Anatomy, variants and pathology.
Creators: name: Arango, Amadeo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: CT
subject: Thorax
subject: Anatomy
subject: Congenital

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: The aims of this educational poster are to describe the anatomy of the Azygos vein and the Azygos lobe and to review the congenital and acquired pathologies that can affect both structures. We have tried to emphasize the most important radiologic...
Slovakia and the euro: how Slovakia has out-paced its Visegrád neighbors on the path to economic and monetary union
Creators: name: Carroll, Jill Marie
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2011

description: Adoption of the euro is a requirement for the twelve New Member States which joined the European Union in 2004 and 2007. Before a country can replace its national currency, however, it must meet a number of economic criteria as established in the Maastricht Treaty. The aim of this paper is to explain why, of the four Visegrád states, Slovakia is the only one to have adopted the euro. This outcome seemed particularly unlikely given the backward nature of Slovak politics during the 1990s and the state of its economy compared to its more advanced neighbors: Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. This paper argues that political will is the single most important factor in determining when a country will adopt the euro. The paper identifies economic size as a significant secondary factor, the implications of which do much to explain the divergence in Central Europe.
Additional file 4 of What are the relative risks of mortality and injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review
Creators: name: Algera, Dirk A.
name: Rytwinski, Trina
name: Taylor, Jessica J.
name: Bennett, Joseph R.
name: Smokorowski, Karen E.
name: Harrison, Philip M.
name: Clarke, Keith D.
name: Enders, Eva C.
name: Power, Michael
name: Bevelhimer, Mark S.
name: Cooke, Steven J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Data preparation for quantitative synthesis. A description of data preparation for quantitative synthesis in relation to reducing multiple effect sizes estimates from the same study and handling of multiple group comparisons.
Linearized Kernel Dictionary Learning
Creators: name: Golts, Alona
name: Elad, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we present a new approach of incorporating kernels into dictionary learning. The kernel K-SVD algorithm (KKSVD), which has been introduced recently, shows an improvement in classification performance, with relation to its linear counterpart K-SVD. However, this algorithm requires the storage and handling of a very large kernel matrix, which leads to high computational cost, while also limiting its use to setups with small number of training examples. We address these problems by combining two ideas: first we approximate the kernel matrix using a cleverly sampled subset of its columns using the Nyström method; secondly, as we wish to avoid using this matrix altogether, we decompose it by SVD to form new "virtual samples," on which any linear dictionary learning can be employed. Our method, termed "Linearized Kernel Dictionary Learning" (LKDL) can be seamlessly applied as a pre-processing stage on top of any efficient off-the-shelf dictionary learning scheme, effectively "kernelizing" it. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method on several tasks of both supervised and unsupervised classification and show the efficiency of the proposed scheme, its easy integration and performance boosting properties.
title: Walking the tightrope: when to intervene in Rheumatic heart disease
Creators: name: Huang, Li-Li
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Echocardiography
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Screening
subject: Surgery
subject: Inflammation
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Pathology

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: To systematically evaluate the severity of valvular pathology in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and its impact on left ventricular (LV) function. To ascertain when surgical intervention is needed to preserve ventricular...
Development of a portable Raman spectrometer for medical diagnostics
Creators: name: Cullum, Brian
name: Mobley, Joel
name: Stokes, David L.
name: Allain, Leonardo R.
name: Stratis, Dimitra N.
name: Wintenberg, Alan L.
name: Maples, R. A.
name: Vo-Dinh, Tuan
Publisher: name: SPIE
Year: 2002

description: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2002, San Jose, CA, United States
description: This paper describes a self-contained, portable Raman instrument that has been developed for biomedical analyses. The instrument consists of a 785-nm diode laser for excitation, an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) for wavelength discrimination, and an avalanche photodiode for detection. The primary component of this system is the AOTF and it has been selected based on its spectral range along with its high resolution, approximately 7.5 cm-1. Software has been developed in-house in the programming language of C for controlling the instrument (i.e., the AOTF frequency, the signal acquisition, etc.). Evaluation of this instrument has been performed by analyzing several standard samples and comparing their spectra to spectra acquired using a conventional laboratory system. In addition to system evaluation, this paper will also discuss potential applications of this instrument to multiplexed genechip types of analyses.
Dissatisfied Voters and No Alternative: The Unchallenged Position of Political Elites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Creators: name: Hooper, Ashley
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: In February 2014, violent protests erupted in Tuzla and quickly spread to multiple other Bosnian cities, including Mostar and Sarajevo. Initially, the protests were labeled as the "Bosnian Spring," a term used to describe a state that is undergoing revolutionary change; however, this term was used prematurely in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina and by April the protest movement had completely lost momentum. The cause for dissatisfaction among citizens was driven by nearly a decade of political stagnation. The lack of political progression can largely be attributed to the legacy of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which brought an end to the ethnically driven atrocities. However, the agreement also formed a uniquely complicated governmental structure based on ethnicity--providing a political framework in which elites are able to evade accountability. Political competition has been greatly decreased by the continued presence of wartime-ethno parties, which dominate the political discourse--perpetuating fear and mistrust among the electorate. I argue that there is a crisis of democratization halting the political progression and European integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina caused by a lack of both political accountability and competition.
title: Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithm enables reduce metal artifact and recover low contrast CT value : A Phantom Study
Creators: name: Fujioka, Taisuke
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Pelvis
subject: Extremities
subject: Abdomen
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Artifacts

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Introduction In the last 4 decades X-ray computed tomography (CT) has continually matured, and it now constitutes a powerful tool in medical diagnostics. As a non-invasive imaging technique, the use of CT has become essential, especially since the...
Distinguished graduates in mathematics of Jagiellonian University in the interwar period. Part II: 1928-1939
Creators: name: Domoradzki, Stanisław
name: Stawiska, Małgorzata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 01A70

description: In this study, we continue to present profiles of some distinguished graduates in mathematics of the Jagiellonian University from the years 1918-1939. We discuss their professional paths and scholarly achievements, instances of scientific collaboration, connections with other academic centers in Poland and worldwide, involvement in mathematical education and teacher training, as well as their later roles in Polish scientific and academic life. We also try to understand in what way they were shaped by their studies and how much of Kraków scientific traditions they continued. We find strong support for the claim that there was a distinct, diverse and deep mathematical stream in Kraków between the wars, rooted in classical disciplines like differential equations and geometry, but also open to new trends in mathematics. Part II concerns people who graduated after the university reform, getting the newly introduced master's degree in mathematics, in 1928-39.
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