cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
As TIC na capacitação de docentes da Universidade do Porto para a acessibilidade e inclusão
Creators: name: Regadas, Nuno
name: Ribeiro, Alice
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: As Universidades enfrentam hoje novos desafios ao lidarem com um número cada vez maior de estudantes com condição de deficiência nos seus planos curriculares. Em Portugal, as Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) não estão preparadas, na medida em que docentes e técnicos ainda mostram dificuldades na interpretação de diretrizes de acessibilidade, um défice de experiência e formação nesta área e parecem não perceber a importância da sua ação na promoção das condições necessárias à inclusão. Este artigo pretende apresentar as conclusões da primeira iniciativa em IES portuguesas, assente nas TIC, e que visa facilitar a implementação de um curriculum inclusivo. Desenvolvemos um curso online sobre acessibilidade e inclusão e pudemos observar as dificuldades do pessoal docente e técnico no trabalho com estudantes com deficiência, mas também a sua vontade de aprender a adaptar programas e métodos de trabalho a esta nova realidade. Concluímos que novos cursos e workshops sobre esta temática devem ser desenvolvidos na Universidade do Porto de forma de alcançar um público mais diversificado, e assim conseguir uma comunidade livre de barreiras onde todos os estudantes se sentem incluídos.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 3 n.º 2 (2011)
Mobile Media Learning: Amazing Uses of Mobile Devices for Learning
Creators: name: Dikkers, Seann
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: Mobile Media Learning shares innovative uses of mobile technology for learning in a variety of settings. From camps to classrooms, parks to playgrounds, libraries to landmarks, Mobile Media Learning shows that exciting learning can happen anywhere educators can imagine. Join these educator/designers as they share their efforts to amplify spaces as learning tools by engaging learners with challenges, quests, stories, and tools for investigating those spaces.
Renal outcomes in mixed proliferative and membranous lupus nephritis (Class III/IV + V): A long-term observational study
Creators: name: Ikeuchi, Hidekazu
name: Keiju Hiromura
name: Kayakabe, Ken
name: Kadiombo Anastasie Tshilela
name: Uchiyama, Kazuhiko
name: Hamatani, Hiroko
name: Sakairi, Toru
name: Yoriaki Kaneko
name: Maeshima, Akito
name: Nojima, Yoshihisa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Objectives: In this study, we aimed to assess the effect of combination of proliferative and membranous lesions (Class III + V or IV + V) on renal outcomes as an independent category distinct from Class III and IV. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 103 Japanese patients (14 male and 89 female) with Class III/IV LN, with or without Class V, who underwent renal biopsy and were treated at our institution. Renal endpoint was defined as doubling of serum creatinine or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Results: The number of patients in each group was as follows: pure Class III/IV, 81 patients and mixed Class III/IV + V, 22 patients. During a median follow-up period of 125.0 months, 10 patients developed renal endpoint: five had Class III/IV LN and five had a combination of Class III/IV + V. Kaplan–Meier analyses demonstrated that patients with mixed Class III/IV + V LN had significantly poorer renal outcomes than patients with Class III/IV LN. Multivariate Cox regression analyses identified serum creatinine, active and chronic lesions (A/C), and mixed Class III/IV + V) as independent risk factors for poor renal outcomes. Conclusions: This study demonstrated a combination of proliferative and membranous LN (ISN/RPS Class III/IV + V) predicts poor renal outcomes.
Perfil dos professores participantes da 2ª edição do Curso de LIBRAS a Distância: uma proposta de formação continuada no contexto educacional inclusivo
Creators: name: Milanez, Simone
name: Martins, Sandra
name: Giroto, Claudia
name: Poker, Rosimar
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Esta pesquisa apresenta uma análise do perfil dos participantes da segunda edição do Curso de Extensão “Libras à distância: uma proposta de formação continuada de professores no contexto educacional inclusivo”, financiado pelo Programa de Formação Continuada de professores em Educação Especial, da SEESP/MEC e apoio da UAB, cujo objetivo foi promover uma reflexão teórico-prático-discursiva sobre a importância da Libras, na educação de surdos. O curso foi desenvolvido pela Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências da UNESP/Marília, na modalidade à distância. 548 professores em exercício na rede pública de ensino, vinculados a 19 Secretarias e/ou Diretorias de Ensino de várias regiões do Brasil participaram do curso. Os dados dos participantes foram coletados a partir das respostas do questionário da avaliação diagnóstica realizada na etapa pré-matrícula do curso. Em geral, as informações versaram sobre a localidade em que residiam os participantes, o estado civil, a constituição familiar, a formação escolar e a experiência profissional dos participantes em relação à educação especial. Realizou-se uma análise quantitativa e descritiva dos dados. As informações apresentadas referem-se a uma síntese dos resultados encontrados no total de amostra investigada. Com a divulgação do perfil dos cursistas, espera-se contribuir para a organização de novos cursos de extensão, na área da surdez, na modalidade a distância, que visem à formação em serviço de professores na perspetiva da Educação Inclusiva.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 3 n.º 2 (2011)
A global overview of residential building energy consumption in eight climate zones
Creators: name: Bohne, Rolf André
name: Lizhen Huang
name: Jardar Lohne
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: This study provides a global overview and comparison of residential building energy consumption (RBEC) in 8 climate zones in order to provide a visible foundation for policymakers and decision-makers with respect to sustainable future levels of RBEC. A total of 31 countries and 14 provinces/municipalities within these 8 climate zones are furthermore grouped into 20 different regions based on income. Demographic statistics regarding housing and RBEC of these regions are collected for analysis in this study. The results indicate that: 1) RBEC per capita and per m2 in most Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries has decreased over the past two decades; 2) in developing countries, such consumption does not follow the same pattern of change; 3) within each climate zone, RBEC per m2 is not significantly different for regions and countries in the same income groups, but there is significant difference in RBEC per capita for different regions and countries, even within the same climate zone and income group; and 4) RBEC per capita and per m2 in the same climate zone differ widely between different income groups.
Agroforestry: a vision for 10% tree cover on EU agricultural land by 2040
Creators: name: LAWSON, Gerry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Opening Presentation at 5th Iberian Congress on Dehesa and Montado, Evora 29-30.10.24.  The talk focused on breaking down silos between forestry and agriculture in Member States and described ten classes of agroforestry: 1 wood-pasture, 2 forest-grazing, 3 alley-cropping, 4 alley-coppice, 5 food-forests, 5 orchard-cropping, 7 orchard-grazing, 8 agro-silvo-pasture, 9 woody-landscape-features and 10 settlement-agroforestry.  It stressed the importance of an accurate parcel by parcel identification of whether land is officially classed as agriculture or forestry, and used the Spanish Land Parcel Identification System (SIGPAC) to show that, of the almost 1 million ha of "forest" identified by the EU-JRC in Extramadura, only 20.7% is also mapped as "forest" in SIGPAC, with 41.5% mapped as "grassland with trees", 21.1% as "grassland with shrubs" and the remaining 16.7% as other land uses.  The scale of this error is a warning of potential confusion when the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is implemented in EU Member States.  The EUDR also causes a global problem since all countries in the world are already reporting deforestation and GHG emissions to the UNFCCC using the Marakesh Accords (2001) definition of "forest". The EUDR is therefore sowing confusion by asking for a second database of deforestation to be recorded.  The presentation also demonstrated the poor uptake of CAP agroforestry measures by EU Member States, but was optimistic that the new Carbon Removals Certification Framework can provide long-term support for agroforestry.  Carbon-payments from year 6 onwards can take over from CAP or other State Aid support during the first 5 years of plantation establishment, since in these early years the trees are very small and amost no carbon-sequestration is taking place.  EURAF is grateful for the invitation to attend this excellent conference - with more than 250 participants, and posters from 35 agroforestry-related projects.
Evaluation of Tribological Properties of Sulfur- and Phosphorous-Free Quinolinium Salts and Their Correlation with Quantum Chemical Parameters
Creators: name: , Kalyani
name: Jaiswal, Vinay
name: Rastogi, Rashmi B.
name: Kumar, Devendra
name: Singh, Praveen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: For developing antiwear additives with high efficiency but with low sulfated ash, phosphorous, and sulfur (SAPS), N-substituted quinolinium halides, [DIP-Q]+Br− [DIP-Q=1-(3-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)propyl)quinolon-1-ium], [DIE-Q]+Br− [DIE-Q=1-(3-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)ethyl)quinolon-1-ium], [P-Q]+I− [P-Q=propylquinolon-1-ium], and [M-Q]+I− [M-Q=methylquinolon-1-ium] have been prepared and characterized by 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopic techniques. The tribological performance of these quinolone-based quaternary salts as antiwear additives in paraffin oil has been assessed on a four-ball test rig. The observed results have been compared with those of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), a high SAPS additive. The tribotesting of these additives has been performed using 1% w/v additives concentration at different loads and times. The potential of these compounds as antiwear additives is evident from their observed tribological data: mean wear scar diameter (MWD), friction coefficient (µ), mean wear volume (MWV), and wear rates. All of the quinolinium derivatives prove to be better antiwear additives than ZDDP. Among the tested synthesized compounds, [DIP-Q]+Br− exhibits the best tribological behavior followed by [DIE-Q]+Br−, [P-Q]+I−, and [M-Q]+I−. The surface topography of worn surface studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) shows that surface roughness is reduced to a greater extent in case of quinolinium derivatives than lubrication with ZDDP or base oil alone. Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of worn surfaces in the presence of quinolinium additives shows that the tribofilm is composed of FeBr3, Fe3O4, and organic compounds containing carbonyl and imine bonds. Theoretical investigations using quantum chemical calculations are indicative of significant chemical interactions of these quinolinium additives with metal surfaces, which is strongly supported by the observed experimental data.
Mission for Thoughtful Gamers
Creators: name: Cutting, Andrew
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: Who am I? How do I live a good life? What is reality? Such perennial questions may seem remote from the pleasures of playing videogames for entertainment and fantasy. Yet gamers too, in the midst of having fun, are potentially embarked upon a quest for understanding and for meaning. Missions for Thoughtful Gamers presents a sequence of 40 challenges, ranging from thought experiments to design exercises, each one inviting players to become more creatively curious and self-aware.
Evaluation of Tribological Properties of Sulfur and Phosphorous-free Quinolinium Salts and their Correlation with Quantum Chemical Parameters
Creators: name: , Kalyani
name: Jaiswal, Vinay
name: Rastogi, Rashmi B.
name: Kumar, Devendra
name: Singh, Praveen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: For developing antiwear additives with high efficiency but with low SAPS, N-substituted quinolinium halides, [DIP-Q]+Br− [DIP-Q = 1-(3-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)propyl)quinolon-1-ium], [DIE-Q]+Br− [DIE-Q = 1-(3-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)ethyl)quinolon-1-ium], [P-Q]+I− [P-Q = propylquinolon-1-ium] and [M-Q]+I− [M-Q = methylquinolon-1-ium] have been prepared and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic techniques. Tribological performance of these quinoline based quaternary salts as antiwear additives in paraffin oil has been assessed on four-ball test rig. The observed results have been compared with those of zinc dibutyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), a high SAPS additive. The tribo-testing of these additives has been performed using 1% w/v additives concentration at different loads and time. Potentiality of these compounds as antiwear additives is evident from their observed tribological data; mean wear scar diameter (MWD), friction coefficient (µ), mean wear volume (MWV) and wear rates. All the quinolinium derivatives prove to be better antiwear additives than ZDDP. Among the tested synthesized compounds, [DIP-Q]+Br− exhibits the best tribological behavior followed by [DIE-Q]+Br−, [P-Q]+I− and then [M-Q]+I−. The surface topography of worn surface studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) shows that surface roughness is reduced to a greater extent in case of quinolinium derivatives than that lubricated with ZDDP or base oil alone. Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of worn surfaces in presence of quinolinium additives shows that tribofilm is composed of FeBr3, Fe3O4 and organic compounds containing carbonyl and imine bonds. Theoretical investigations using quantum chemical calculations are indicative of significant chemical interactions of these quinolinium additives with metal surface which are strongly supported by the observed experimental data.
Similar molecular determinants on Rem mediate two distinct modes of inhibition of CaV1.2 channels
Creators: name: Puckerin, Akil A.
name: Chang, Donald D.
name: Subramanyam, Prakash
name: Colecraft, Henry M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Rad/Rem/Rem2/Gem (RGK) proteins are Ras-like GTPases that potently inhibit all high-voltage-gated calcium (CaV1/CaV2) channels and are, thus, well-positioned to tune diverse physiological processes. Understanding how RGK proteins inhibit CaV channels is important for perspectives on their (patho)physiological roles and could advance their development and use as genetically-encoded CaV channel blockers. We previously reported that Rem can block surface CaV1.2 channels in 2 independent ways that engage distinct components of the channel complex: (1) by binding auxiliary β subunits (β-binding-dependent inhibition, or BBD); and (2) by binding the pore-forming α1C subunit N-terminus (α1C-binding-dependent inhibition, or ABD). By contrast, Gem uses only the BBD mechanism to block CaV1.2. Rem molecular determinants required for BBD CaV1.2 inhibition are the distal C-terminus and the guanine nucleotide binding G-domain which interact with the plasma membrane and CaVβ, respectively. However, Rem determinants for ABD CaV1.2 inhibition are unknown. Here, combining fluorescence resonance energy transfer, electrophysiology, systematic truncations, and Rem/Gem chimeras we found that the same Rem distal C-terminus and G-domain also mediate ABD CaV1.2 inhibition, but with different interaction partners. Rem distal C-terminus interacts with α1C N-terminus to anchor the G-domain which likely interacts with an as-yet-unidentified site. In contrast to some previous studies, neither the C-terminus of Rem nor Gem was sufficient to inhibit CaV1/CaV2 channels. The results reveal that similar molecular determinants on Rem are repurposed to initiate 2 independent mechanisms of CaV1.2 inhibition.
Changing Early Childhood Education Sub-Field Positions for Parenting Equity in China: Two Ethnographic Case Studies
Creators: name: WANG, SHIYAO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390203
subject: Sociology of education
classificationCode: 390302
subject: Early childhood education

description: This study explores practices of father involvement in early childhood education (ECE) context in China. Bourdieu's theory is used to analyse practices, adopting ethnographic case studies with data collected through documents, fieldnotes, personal communication, and semi-structured interviews. Findings suggest the cultural field (including gender norms) and the education policy field hindered father involvement, while economic power increased father involvement. Secondly, ECE directors/teachers perceived themselves as hosts and fathers as (passive) co-operators. Fathers increased their social and identity capital through involvement. Teachers provided emotional capital to enhance father involvement. Thirdly, fathers’ familial habitus and agency translated to the ECE field.
¿Es la salud digital un derecho humano?
Working Paper Series Puentes Interdisciplinarios
Creators: name: Portugal-Ramírez, Mario S.
Publisher: name: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Latinoamericanos
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: salud digital
subject: derecho a la salud
subject: derechos humanos
subject: tecnología
subject: derechos humanos digitales
subject: Digital Health
subject: right to health
subject: human rights
subject: technology
subject: digital human rights
subject: ddc:300
subject: ddc:302.23
subject: ddc:360
subject: ddc:610

description: La salud digital ha transformado la atención médica y la medicina en las últimas décadas, ganando impulso durante la pandemia de COVID-19. En teoría, la salud digital puede cambiar las reglas del juego debido a su potencial para hacer que los diagnósticos y las terapias sean más precisos y personalizados, mientras que la atención médica se vuelve más accesible y asequible para los pacientes. La salud digital nos dirige al tema de los Derechos Humanos, donde las discusiones sobre la salud como derecho humano giran en torno al derecho a la salud. A pesar de los cambios revolucionarios que la salud digital aporta a la salud, aún se requiere discutirlo como un tema del derecho a la salud. En este artículo, esbozo una respuesta a la pregunta de si el concepto de derecho a la salud debería abarcar la salud digital. Mi argumento principal es que la salud digital puede enmarcarse como un debate sobre el derecho a la salud siempre que se enfatice en dos ideas principales: la salud como un derecho colectivo y la salud como garantía de otros derechos.
description: Is digital health a human right?
 Digital Health has transformed healthcare and medicine itself in the last few decades, gaining momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretically, Digital Health can be a game changer due to its potential to make diagnosis and therapies more accurate and personalized, while healthcare delivery becomes more accessible and affordable for patients. Digital Health bring us to the topic of Human Rights, where discussions on health as a human right revolve around the Right to Health. Despite the groundbreaking changes that Digital Health is bringing to health, it still needs to be discussed as a Right to Health issue. In this paper, I outline an answer to the question of whether the concept of Right to Health should embrace Digital Health. My main argument is that Digital Health can be framed as a Right to Health discussion as long as it brings back two main ideas: health as a collective right, and health as the assurance of other rights.
Development of marker genes for jasmonic acid signaling in shoots and roots of wheat
Creators: name: Hongwei Liu
name: Carvalhais, Lilia Costa
name: Kazan, Kemal
name: Schenk, Peer M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathway plays key roles in a diverse array of plant development, reproduction, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Most of our understanding of the JA signaling pathway derives from the dicot model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, while corresponding knowledge in wheat is somewhat limited. In this study, the expression of 41 genes implicated in the JA signaling pathway has been assessed on 10 day-old bread wheat seedlings, 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h after methyl-jasmonate (MeJA) treatment using quantitative real-time PCR. The examined genes have been previously reported to be involved in JA biosynthesis and catabolism, JA perception and signaling, and pathogen defense in wheat shoots and roots. This study provides evidence to suggest that the effect of MeJA treatment is more prominent in shoots than roots of wheat seedlings, and substantial regulation of the JA pathway-dependent defense genes occurs at 72 h after MeJA treatment. Results show that the expression of 22 genes was significantly affected by MeJA treatment in wheat shoots. However, only PR1.1 and PR3 were significantly differentially expressed in wheat roots, both at 24 h post-MeJA treatment, with other genes showing large variation in their gene expression in roots. While providing marker genes on JA signaling in wheat, future work may focus on elucidating the regulatory function of JA-modulated transcription factors, some of which have well-studied potential orthologs in Arabidopsis.
title: 03_0897
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
CT-assessed large airway involvement and lung function decline in eosinophilic asthma: The association between induced sputum eosinophil differential counts and airway remodeling
Creators: name: Inoue, Hideki
name: Ito, Isao
name: Niimi, Akio
name: Matsumoto, Hisako
name: Matsuoka, Hirofumi
name: Jinnai, Makiko
name: Tomoshi Takeda
name: Oguma, Tsuyoshi
name: Otsuka, Kojiro
name: Nakaji, Hitoshi
name: Tajiri, Tomoko
name: Iwata, Toshiyuki
name: Nagasaki, Tadao
name: Kanemitsu, Yoshihiro
name: Mishima, Michiaki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objectives: Eosinophilic asthma (EA) is a distinct clinical phenotype characterized by eosinophilic airway inflammation and airway remodeling. Few studies have used computed tomography (CT) scanning to assess the association between sputum eosinophil differential counts and airway involvement. We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and airway involvement of EA, and to examine the correlation between induced sputum eosinophil differential counts and CT-assessed airway remodeling. Methods: We retrospectively divided 63 patients with stable asthma receiving inhaled corticosteroids into 2 groups: 26 patients with EA (sputum eosinophil >3%) and 37 patients with non-eosinophilic asthma (NEA). Clinical measurements such as spirometry, fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels (FeNO), and CT-assessed indices of airway involvement were compared between the groups. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify determinants of the percentage of wall area (WA%). Results: The EA group had significantly longer asthma duration, lower pulmonary function, and higher FeNO than the NEA group. Also, the EA group had higher WA% and smaller airway luminal area than the NEA group. Sputum eosinophil differential counts and WA% were positively correlated. The multivariate linear regression analysis showed that the factors associated with WA% included sputum eosinophil differential counts, age, and body mass index. However, asthma duration was not associated with WA%. Our CT-assessed findings demonstrated large airway involvement in EA, and we observed a positive association between induced sputum eosinophil differential counts and WA%. Conclusions: The findings indicate that induced sputum eosinophil differential counts may be associated with airway remodeling in patients with stable asthma.
Spatial Heterogeneity, Accessibility, and Zoning: An Empirical Investigation of Leapfrog Development; in press at Journal of Economic Geography
Creators: name: Zhang, Wendong
name: Irwin, Elena G
name: Wrenn, Douglas H
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: 140218 Urban and Regional Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Using data on subdivision development from 1960-2005 in the Baltimore, Maryland region, we develop a new, subdivision-specific measure of leapfrog development. Applying this measure, we find that about 80% of developable land that was more accessible to the urban center than newly built subdivisions remained undeveloped as of 1960. This amount declined by more than 50% over our 45-year study period to 36% in 2005. We compare this pattern with a hypothesized pattern generated by a parameterized intertemporal urban growth model and find that the observed pattern is consistent with urban economic theory, including the implied effects of zoning. Specifically, by fixing the allowable development density, low-density zoning eliminates the incentive to withhold more accessible land and thus reduces leapfrog development, a prediction we confirm empirically. The results illustrate the efficacy of the urban growth model and the substantial influence of spatially heterogeneous zoning on urban land development patterns.
Cost of severe asthma in Brazil—systematic review
Creators: name: Stirbulov, Roberto
name: Nilceia Lopes Da Silva
name: Maia, Sarah Cristina Oliveira Machado
name: Carvalho-Netto, Eduardo
name: Luciene Angelini
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introduction: Severe asthma is characterized by frequent exacerbations, symptoms limiting daily activities and nocturnal symptoms. It requires the continuous use of medications, at high doses, and, sometimes, continuous use of oral corticosteroids, representing a significant burden to health system and society. This systematic review sought to address economic data related to severe asthma in Brazil. Method: In June 2014, electronic searches were conducted to identify relevant publications. Quality criteria were developed and applied to each selected study. In order to compare results across the selected studies, costs were refined to an annual basis, grouped according to the study perspective, inflated and converted to 2014 USD. Results: Cost analyses from the Brazilian public health system perspective were derived from two studies and showed an average annual hospital cost per patient of 135 USD and 733 USD, respectively. From the family perspective, average annual direct costs per patient varied from 764 USD to 929 USD. Conclusion: Hospitalizations and medications seem to be the most important resources funded by the Brazilian public health system and by patients and their families. Although further studies are necessary, as information on cost of this disease is scarce in Brazil, these findings suggest that there is a potential room for improving severe asthma care among Brazilian patients.
Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader
Creators: name: Hollengreen, Laura
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: Together with the Olympics, world’s fairs are one of the few regular international events of sufficient scale to showcase a spectrum of sights, wonders, learning opportunities, technological advances, and new (or renewed) urban districts, and to present them all to a mass audience. Meet Me at the Fair: A World’s Fair Reader breaks new ground in scholarship on world’s fairs by incorporating a number of short new texts that investigate world’s fairs in their multiple aspects: political, urban/architectural, anthropological/ sociological, technological, commercial, popular, and representational. Contributors come from eight different countries and represent affiliations in academia, museums and libraries, professional and architectural firms, non-profit organizations, and government regulatory agencies. In taking the measure of both the material artifacts and the larger cultural production of world’s fairs, the volume presents its own phantasmagoria of disciplinary perspectives, historical periods, geographical locales, media, and messages, mirroring the microcosmic form of the world’s fair itself.
Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education
Creators: name: Zagal, José P.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: It seems like teaching about games should be easy. After all, students enjoy engaging with course content and have extensive experience with videogames. However, games education can be surprisingly complex. This book explores ludoliteracy, or the question of what it means to understand games, by looking at the challenges and problems faced by students taking games-related classes. In response to these challenges, this book then describes how online learning environments can be used to support learning about games by helping students get more from their experiences with games, and helping students use what they know to establish deeper understanding. Based on the findings from a series of research studies, Ludoliteracy examines the broader implications for supporting games education.
Learning, Education and Games. Volume One: Curricular and Design Considerations
Creators: name: Schrier, Karen
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: This book is perfect for any educator or designer seeking an introduction to research-driven best practices for using and designing games for learning. This book provides the latest research and techniques for designing games for a variety of curricular needs--including STEM, literacy learning, history education, music, and computational, ethical, and critical thinking. The book also delves into specific design issues, such as aligning goals, designing for an audience, playtesting, and assessment. Each chapter provides an overview of the relevant frameworks and research findings, as well as practical case studies and useful resources.
This book is the first in a series written and edited by members of the Learning, Education, and Games (LEG) special interest group of the IGDA (International Game Developers Association).
Learning, Education & Games - Volume Two: Bringing Games into Educational Contexts
Creators: name: Shaenfeld, Karen Schrier
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: The Learning, Education & Games book series is perfect for any educator or developer seeking an introduction to research-driven best practices for using and designing games for learning. This volume, Bringing Games into Educational Contexts, delves into the challenges of creating games and implementing them in educational settings. This book covers relevant issues such as gamification, curriculum development, using games to support ASD (autism spectrum disorder) students, choosing games for the classroom and library, homeschooling and gameschooling, working with parents and policymakers, and choosing tools for educational game development. Learning, Education & Games: Bringing Games into Educational Contexts is the second in a series written and edited by members of the Learning, Education, and Games (LEG) special interest group of the IGDA (International Game Developers Association).
Efficienza di iniezione del booster per Afrodite
Creators: name: Patteri, P.
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1987
Subjects: ADONE
AFRODITE

description: Il fascio di e+ prodotto dal linac previsto per Afrodite è caratterizzato da una emit tanza ej = 1·10-6m.rad e da uno spread di energia AEE = £1% a 220 MeV. Si può assumere che la distribuzione trasversale del fascio sia gaussiana e che la distribuzione di energia sia costante fra +1% e -1%, comprendendo in tale intervallo di energia tutta la corrente del fascio. Il fascio iniettato viene posto sull'orbita di riferimento dal kicker di iniezione. Le singole particelle del fascio compiono oscillazioni con un'ampiezza massima @B, la cui distribuzione dipende dall'emittanza del fascio. Per le particelle con errore relativo in energia o rispetto all'energia nominale il centro delle oscillazioni è spostato di Iq = ., dove n è la dispersione locale. La distribuzione delle ampiezze massime di elongazione è data dalla convoluzione delle due distribuzioni.
Análise do curso de extensão de LIBRAS, na modalidade a distância, para formação continuada de professores no contexto educacional inclusivo
Creators: name: Giroto, Claudia
name: Martins, Sandra
name: Milanez, Simone
name: Poker, Rosimar
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: A política educacional inclusiva, implantada pelos sistemas educacionais estaduais e municipais do Brasil, prevê que os alunos com surdez estudem nas classes regulares de ensino. Nesse contexto, o uso e o conhecimento sobre a Língua Brasileira de Sinais são imprescindíveis. Por essa razão, em 2009, foi desenvolvido em parceria com a FFC/UNESP, um curso de extensão de LIBRAS de 120 horas, na modalidade à distância, financiado pelo Programa de Formação Continuada de Professores, da SEESP – MEC, para professores das escolas públicas brasileiras. Diante desta realidade, a presente pesquisa pretendeu analisar o conteúdo do curso, a avaliação dos professores sobre o mesmo e, também, verificar a impressão dos professores sobre um curso oferecido na modalidade à distância. Foram analisados: o projeto do curso, o relatório científico e as planilhas de avaliação preenchidas pelos cursistas. Constatou-se que o curso teve três módulos: introdução sobre educação à distância; reflexão teórica sobre o uso da LIBRAS no contexto educacional inclusivo, e atividades práticas do uso da LIBRAS. Participaram 548 professores de escolas públicas, vinculados a 19 secretarias e/ou diretorias de ensino, de várias regiões do Brasil. A análise demonstrou que os professores avaliaram satisfatoriamente o curso apontando que favoreceu a interação com os alunos surdos. Quanto ao uso da modalidade de ensino a distância, os cursistas tiveram dificuldades com a banda larga, o que prejudicou o acesso aos materiais. Entretanto, consideraram o ensino a distância interessante, pois aprenderam a mexer com ferramentas até então desconhecidas, bem como tiveram oportunidade de aprimorar seus conhecimentos tecnológicos.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 3 n.º 2 (2011)
Cost of severe asthma in Brazil - Systematic review
Creators: name: Stirbulov, Roberto
name: Nilceia Lopes Da Silva
name: Maia, Sarah Cristina Oliveira Machado
name: Carvalho-Netto, Eduardo
name: Luciene Angelini
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introduction Severe asthma is characterized by frequent exacerbations, symptoms limiting daily activities and nocturnal symptoms. It requires the continuous use of medications, at high doses, and, sometimes, continuous use of oral corticosteroids, representing a significant burden to health system and society. This systematic review sought to address economic data related to severe asthma in Brazil. Method In June 2014, electronic searches were conducted to identify relevant publications. Quality criteria were developed and applied to each selected study. In order to compare results across the selected studies, costs were refined to an annual basis, grouped according to the study perspective, inflated and converted to 2014 USD. Results Cost analyses from the Brazilian public health system perspective were derived from two studies and showed an average annual hospital cost per patient of 135 USD and 733 USD, respectively. From the family perspective, average annual direct costs per patient varied from 764 USD to 929 USD. Conclusion Hospitalizations and medications seem to be the most important resources funded by the Brazilian public health system and by patients and their families. Although further studies are necessary, as information on cost of this disease is scarce in Brazil, these findings suggest that there is a potential room for improving severe asthma care among Brazilian patients.
Atendimento Educacional Especializado: análise do índice de evasão de professores em curso de pós-graduação, na modalidade a distância
Creators: name: Martins, Sandra
name: Martins, Caroline
name: Giroto, Claudia
name: Poker, Rosimar
name: Milanez, Simone
name: Lippe, Eliza
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo investigar as possíveis causas para a evasão de participantes em cursos a distância. Neste sentido, serão analisados os dados coletados no Curso de Especialização em Atendimento Educacional Especializado - AEE, financiado pela Secretaria de Educação Continuada, Alfabetização e Diversidade, do Ministério da Educação - SECAD/MEC e Universidade Aberta do Brasil - UAB. O objetivo do curso consiste em formar professores que atuam nas salas de recursos multifuncionais das escolas comuns para realizar atendimento educacional especializado a alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais determinadas por deficiências, transtornos globais de desenvolvimento e altas habilidades/superdotação. Para analisar os dados de evasão no primeiro semestre do curso, que se encontra em desenvolvimento, considerou-se o universo total da amostra de 1349 participantes, inscritos no curso a distância, dos quais 216 foram desligados, por solicitarem desistência ou porque deixaram de acessar o ambiente virtual de aprendizagem – AVA / Plataforma Teleduc, demonstrando desinteresse pelo curso. Entretanto, as informações que seguem objetivam apresentar e discutir apenas os dados tabulados de 98 participantes que oficializaram o desligamento do curso enviando o Termo de Desistência online. Os resultados revelaram como principal motivo de desistência problemas pessoais, falta de tempo para dedicação a um curso EaD, além de dificuldades no uso de TICs e das ferramentas disponíveis no AVA. Aponta ainda para importância e desenvolvimento de ações de inclusão digital e de organização de polos de apoio presencial, como forma de amenizar as barreiras de acessibilidade tecnológicas e o índice de evasão, em cursos desta natureza.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 3 n.º 2 (2011)
Papel das bibliotecas de ensino superior no Apoio a Utilizadores com Necessidades Especiais
Creators: name: Martins, Ana Bela
name: Martins, Andrea
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: O propósito deste trabalho é essencialmente, numa primeira parte, dar a conhecer os serviços de apoio ao utilizador nas bibliotecas, no contexto das novas formas de aprendizagem, resultantes das recentes mudanças ocorridas nas instituições de ensino superior, com o processo de Bolonha. Pretende-se aqui focar o papel que atualmente as bibliotecas universitárias têm no desenvolvimento de competências de literacia informacional dos utilizadores com necessidades especiais, mormente utilizadores cegos e amblíopes. São dados a conhecer alguns serviços de valor acrescentado desenvolvidos pelas bibliotecas da Universidade de Aveiro, bem como novas iniciativas e projetos de apoio a este grupo de utilizadores.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 3 n.º 2 (2011)
Tecnologias Emergentes no design for all: um projeto para o 1º Ciclo
Creators: name: Pais, Fátima
name: Vasconcelos, Sandra
name: Capitão, Susana
name: Almeida, Margarida
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Atualmente, não obstante a ubiquidade e papel fundamental desempenhado pela tecnologia, continuam a verificar-se problemas ao nível do acesso e usabilidade de conteúdos por todos. No presente artigo é abordada a problemática dos alunos do primeiro ciclo com limitações, sendo apresentada uma ideia que visa a concretização de um projeto acessível a todos. Com esta proposta pretende-se demonstrar a importância da utilização de dispositivos móveis e as potencialidades da Realidade Aumentada e dos Ambientes Inteligentes no desenvolvimento de competências funcionais e na promoção da inclusão. Tendo por base as tecnologias emergentes é apresentado o estado da arte, sendo ainda descritos protótipos e modelos ilustrativos da ideia a desenvolver, as diferentes fases projetuais, sendo posteriormente elencadas algumas das suas vantagens, potencialidades e dificuldades.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 3 n.º 2 (2011)
Do water requirements of Mediterranean gardens relate to socio-economic and demographic factors?
Creators: name: Cubino, Josep Padullés
name: Kirkpatrick, James Barrie
name: Subirós, Josep Vila
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: Gardeners can consume a large proportion of total domestic water, depending on their garden type and gardening style. We calculated water requirements of gardens based on species composition and land cover, and determined whether they can be predicted from the socio-economic, demographic and cultural characteristics of households. We recorded the plant species composition, garden cover types, and household characteristics of 258 households in suburbs of the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia. The distribution of the 635 species in these gardens were the input to a cluster analysis, in which semi-natural gardens, vegetable gardens, lawn gardens and ornamental gardens formed strong floristic groups, with ornamental gardens predicted to require the least water inputs and lawn gardens the most. We conclude that only income and a lack of work were related to our water requirement variable, reflecting the expense of water and the propensity of the retired to spend more time in the garden.
AlphaFold3 Transparency and Reproducibility
Creators: name: Wankowicz, Stephanie
name: Beltrao, Pedro
name: Cravatt, Benjamin
name: Dunbrack, Roland
name: Gitter, Anthony
name: Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten
name: Ovchinnikov, Sergey
name: Polizzi, Nicholas
name: Shoichet, Brian
name: Fraser, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Link for endorsement signatures: https://forms.gle/d47w29eGHeL1ejXw9
AlphaFold3 Transparency and Reproducibility
Creators: name: Wankowicz, Stephanie
name: Beltrao, Pedro
name: Cravatt, Benjamin
name: Dunbrack, Ronald
name: Gitter, Anthony
name: Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten
name: Ovchinnikov, Sergey
name: Polizzi, Nicholas
name: Shoichet, Brian
name: Fraser, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Link for endorsement signatures: https://forms.gle/d47w29eGHeL1ejXw9

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AlphaFold3 Transparency and Reproducibility
Creators: name: Wankowicz, Stephanie
name: Beltrao, Pedro
name: Cravatt, Benjamin
name: Dunbrack, Roland
name: Gitter, Anthony
name: Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten
name: Ovchinnikov, Sergey
name: Polizzi, Nicholas
name: Shoichet, Brian
name: Fraser, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is the final version with  endosers as of 5:00 PM PST 5/28/2024.