cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Towards an Ecologically Intensive Agriculture - From Concept to Implementation by an Agricultural Cooperative
Creators: name: Ben El Ghali, Mohamed
name: Daniel, Karine
name: Colson, Francois
name: Sorin, Stephane
name: Ben El Ghali, Mohamed
name: Daniel, Karine
name: Colson, Francois
name: Sorin, Stephane
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Ecologically intensive agriculture
subject: productivity
subject: productive efficiency
subject: environmental efficiency
subject: agricultural cooperative.

description: French agriculture is now facing a double challenge, environmental and productive. Following the Grenelle environment forum (organized by French government in 2007), ecologically intensive agriculture (EIA) has emerged as a new concept to reach this dual challenge. The large Agricultural Cooperative TERRENA in western France chose to refer to the EIA as a structural element of its business strategy. The aim of this paper is to present an economic approach of the emerging concept of EIA, and its implementation by the cooperative and its members
ECTRÓPION UVEAL CONGÉNITO - “UM NEVUS DA ÍRIS QUE É OUTRA COISA”
Creators: name: Silva, Rita
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2017

description: Objectivos: O Ectrópion Uveal Congénito (EUC) é uma condição rara, tipicamente unilateral e não progressiva, com documentação escassa na literatura científica. Caracteristicamente, o olho afectado apresenta-se com ptose palpebral moderada, superfície da íris sem criptas, atrofia do estroma, inserção anterior da íris e, em alguns casos, disgenesia do ângulo camerular. Pode surgir como variante anatómica isolada ou associada a outras doenças oculares e/ou sistémicas. Um seguimento clinico a longo prazo pode revelar o desenvolvimento de glaucoma nestes doentes, estando estas duas patologias associadas em cerca de 70-90% dos casos. Material e Métodos: Descrição de um caso clínico com base na informação do processo clínico e observação do doente. Resultados: Doente do sexo masculino, 8 anos de idade, sem antecedentes pessoais ou familiares conhecidos, foi enviado à consulta de Oftalmologia Pediátrica por nevus da íris do olho direito. À observação apresentava ptose palpebral ligeira-moderada OD, MAVC ODE de 10/10, ectrópion uveal OD, mas sem outras alterações à biomicroscopia, PIO ODE de 18 mmHg, grau 3 de Shaffer em todos os quadrantes com sinéquias anteriores periféricas no sector nasal-inferior na gonioscopia de OD e fundo ocular sem alterações. Conclusões: O EUC é um achado raro e com relevância clínica. O diagnóstico de EUC numa criança implica um seguimento clínico a longo prazo, rastreando o eventual aparecimento de hipertensão ocular, glaucoma ou outras anomalias originárias da crista neural.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 41 N.º 3 (2017)
Severe joint deformity and patient global assessment of disease are associated with discrepancies between sonographic and clinical remission: A cross-sectional study of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Creators: name: Nakabo, Shuichiro
name: Tsuji, Yuko
name: Inagaki, Maiko
name: Tsuji, Hideaki
name: Nakajima, Toshiki
name: Murakami, Kosaku
name: Terao, Chikashi
name: Motomu Hashimoto
name: Moritoshi Furu
name: Tanaka, Masao
name: Hiromu Ito
name: Fujii, Takao
name: Tsuneyo Mimori
name: Fujii, Yasutomo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Although recent clinical trials showed that ultrasound (US) remission is not required to achieve good outcomes at the group level, it currently remains unclear whether the prognosis of individual patients in clinical remission, but not US remission, i.e. those with subclinical sonographic synovitis (SSS), is favorable. However, it is no longer acceptable to perform US on all patients in order to identify those with SSS. Therefore, the present study was initiated to elucidate the conditions under which SSS is frequently detected. In total, 563 consecutive RA patients were recruited. Bilateral 2-5 MCP, wrist, ankle, and 2–5 MTP joints were scanned by US, and Gray scale and Power Doppler (PD) images were scored semi-quantitatively. Clinical data were obtained by physicians who were blind to US results. Changes in the modified Total Sharp Score (mTSS) of tocilizumab (TCZ) users were calculated. A total of 402 patients were included. SSS was more frequently detected in patients with more severe joint deformity, even if they were in remission. In contrast, a high Patient Global Assessment of Disease (PtGA) did not reflect SSS. Furthermore, the relationship between PtGA and PD scores was weak. Although the frequency of SSS was high in TCZ user, the presence of SSS in TCZ users not always results in the progression of mTSS. While remission is overestimated in patients with severe joint deformity, underestimations may occur in those who do not fulfill remission criteria because of a high PtGA.
Nitrogen and Oxygen Abundance Variations in the Outer Ejecta of Eta Carinae: Evidence for Recent Chemical Enrichment
Creators: name: Smith, Nathan
name: Morse, Jon A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present optical spectra of the ionized `Outer Ejecta' of Eta Carinae that reveal differences in chemical composition at various positions. In particular, young condensations just outside the dusty Homunculus Nebula show strong nitrogen lines and little or no oxygen -- but farther away, nitrogen lines weaken and oxygen lines become stronger. The observed variations in the apparent N/O ratio may signify either that the various blobs were ejected with different abundances, or more likely, that the more distant condensations are interacting with normal-composition material. The second hypothesis is supported by various other clues involving kinematics and X-ray emission, and would suggest that Eta Car is enveloped in a ``cocoon'' deposited by previous stellar-wind mass loss. In particular, all emission features where we detect strong oxygen lines are coincident with or outside the soft X-ray shell. In either case, the observed abundance variations suggest that Eta Car's ejection of nitrogen-rich material is a recent phenomenon -- taking place in just the last few thousand years. Thus, Eta Carinae may be at a critical stage of evolution when ashes of the CNO cycle have just appeared at its surface. Finally, these spectra reveal some extremely fast nitrogen-rich material, with Doppler velocities up to 3200 km/s, and actual space velocities that may be much higher. This is the fastest material yet seen in Eta Car's nebula, but with unknown projection angles its age is uncertain.
description: 18 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. Accepted by ApJ, April 20 2004
Supplemental tables from manuscript "Essential hypertension is associated with blunted endothelium-independent vasodilator responsiveness that is reversed by 10-20-30 training"
Creators: name: Gunnarsson, Thomas
name: Bangsbo, Jens
name: Nyberg, Michael
name: Fiorenza, Matteo
name: Ehlers, Thomas Svare
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110602 Exercise Physiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Medication use and plasma PGF 1alpha before and during infusion of acetylcholine at 100 µg/min/kg leg mass before (pre) and after (post) 6 weeks of 10-20-30 cycling training in 10 hypertensive and 8 normotensive males.
Sustainable Products and Consumers’ Brand Choice
Creators: name: Meixner, Oliver
name: Knoll, Viktoria
name: Meixner, Oliver
name: Knoll, Viktoria
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Consumer behavior
subject: brand choice
subject: variety seeking
subject: organic food

description: Within this study selected empirical results out of a 3 year project concerning the analysis of Austrian panel data are presented. Raw data coming from the most important Austrian consumer tracking panel was analyzed with respect to consumers’ variety seeking and brand choice behavior. It is analyzed if consumers tend to switch to “sustainable” (here: organic) products and brands more frequently compared to brand switches between conventional products and brands (significant interrelation between sustainability and consumers’ brand choice). After a brief introduction into a specific variety seeking model operationalizing consumers’ brand switching tendency, a descriptive analysis of the analyzed data set, and analytical outcomes concerning “sustainability” and “brand switching” are presented.
Pediatric and adult asthma clinical phenotypes: a real world, big data study based on acute exacerbations
Creators: name: Xu, Jie
name: Bian, Jiang
name: Fishe, Jennifer N
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with a range of observable phenotypes. To date, the characterization of asthma phenotypes is mostly limited to allergic versus non-allergic disease. Therefore, the aim of this big data study was to computationally derive asthma subtypes from the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium We obtained data from 2012-2020 from the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium. Longitudinal data for patients greater than two years of age who met inclusion criteria for an asthma exacerbation based on International Classification of Diseases codes. We used matrix factorization to extract information and K-means clustering to derive subtypes. The distributions of demographics, comorbidities, and medications were compared using Chi-square statistics. A total of 39,807 pediatric patients and 23,883 adult patients met inclusion criteria. We identified five distinct pediatric subtypes and four distinct adult subtypes. Pediatric subtype P1 had the highest proportion of black patients, but the lowest use of inhaled corticosteroids and allergy medications. Subtype P2 had a predominance of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, whereas P3 had a predominance of patients with allergic disorders. Adult subtype A2 was the most severe and all patients were on biologic agents. Most of subtype A3 patients were not taking controller medications, whereas most patients (>90%) in subtypes A2 and A4 were taking corticosteroids and allergy medications. We found five distinct pediatric asthma subtypes and four distinct adult asthma subtypes. Future work should externally validate these subtypes and characterize response to treatment by subtype to better guide clinical treatment of asthma.
Choroidal Thickness and Carotid Artery Doppler Ultrasound in Diabetic Patients without Diabetic Retinopathy
Creators: name: Cardigos, Joana
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2017

description: Purpose: To correlate choroid thickness (CT) with carotid arteries ultrasound (US) variables in patients with diabetes mellitus without diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods: Cross-sectional study of 17 eyes and 17 carotid US of 17 diabetic patients without DR. CT was measured with EDI-OCT. Common and Internal Carotid Arteries (CCA, ICA) US were performed and the variables: Peak Systolic Velocity (PSV), End-Diastolic Velocity, Resistance Index (RI) and Intima-Media Thickness were measured. Systemic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Ocular Pulse Amplitude were also assed. Results: CT at 1500 μm inferior to the fovea correlated negatively with RI of ICA and CCA (p=0.022 and 0.035, r=-0.55 and -0.52). CT was not correlated with the other variables. The SBP was positively correlated with PSV and RI of ICA (p=0.003 and 0.03, r=0.69 and 0.53). Conclusions: The lack of correlation between carotid US and CT lead us to infer that the diabetic choroidopathy is a localized microangiopathy.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 42 N.º 2 (2018)
A kinetic control of the heliospheric interface hydrodynamics of charge-exchanging fluids
Creators: name: Fahr, H. J.
name: Bzowski, Maciej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is well known that the Solar System is presently moving through a partially ionized local interstellar medium. This gives rise to a counter-flow situation requiring a consistent description of behaviour of the two fluids -- ions and neutral atoms -- which are dynamically coupled by mutual charge exchange processes. Solutions to this problem have been offered in the literature, all relying on the assumption that the proton fluid, even under evidently nonequilibrium conditions, can be expected to stay in a highly-relaxated distribution function given by mono-Maxwellians shifted by the local proton bulk velocity. Here we check the validity of this assumption, calculating on the basis of a Boltzmann-kinetic approach the actually occurring deviations. As we show, especially for low degrees of ionization, $ξ\le 0.3$, both the H-atoms and protons involved do generate in the heliospheric interface clearly pronounced deviations from shifted Maxwellians with asymmetrically shaped distribution functions giving rise to non-convective transport processes and heat conduction flows. Also in the inner heliosheath region and in the heliotail deviations of the proton distribution from the hydrodynamic one must be expected. This sheds new light on the correctness of current calculations of H-atom distribution functions prevailing in the inner heliosphere and also of the Lyman-$α$ absorption features in stellar spectra due to the presence of the hydrogen wall atoms. Deviations from LTE-functions would be even more pronounced in magnetic interfaces, which via CGL-effects cause temperature anisotropies to arise.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures, A&A in press
Additional file 2 of Diverse coping modes of maize in cool environment at early growth
Creators: name: Sowiński, Paweł
name: Wieliczko-Manowska, Katarzyna
name: Grzybowski, Marcin
name: Jończyk, Maciej
name: Sowiński, Jakub
name: Sobkowiak, Alicja
name: Kowalec, Piotr
name: Rogacki, Janusz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. Spectral indices of maize seedlings grown at low temperature till V1 growth stage (cold) and after 3-day-long recovery at optimal temperatures (regrowth). The lines are sorted according to their hue values for cold-grown plants. Experiments were repeated three to five times with five plants per experiment. The emmeans function was used to conduct posthoc pairwise comparisons between all inbred lines—separately for each treatment condition. The Tukey’s method was used for P-value adjustment with ɑ = 5%. Different letters mark significantly different values.
Competitiveness of Domestic Production of Poultry Meat on the EU Market and on the World Market
Creators: name: Belova, Anna
name: Smutka, Lubos
name: Rosochatecka, Eva
name: Bazina, A.
name: Belova, Anna
name: Smutka, Lubos
name: Rosochatecka, Eva
name: Bazina, A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Poultry meat
subject: production
subject: trade
subject: EU market
subject: world market
subject: comparative advantage.

description: The article provides a basic overview of the development of production and trade in the case of poultry meat in the Czech Republic. The goal of the actual analysis is to identify the main developmental trends and tendencies forming the development of Czech production and trade in the case of poultry meat. From the results of the analysis, we can observe the increasing growth in time of domestic demand for poultry meat (primarily chicken meat), and further, also a certain level of stagnation in the area of domestic production, whose rate of growth is significantly lower as compared to the rate of growth of actual consumption. In the course of the years, the domestic market is becoming more dependent on imports of poultry meat primarily from EU countries. The negative trade balance of the Czech Republic in relation to partner countries increased significantly within the analyzed period. As far as the comparative advantages of Czech poultry meat trade are concerned, those are gradually fading away more and more in time – or rather, the comparative disadvantage is deepening, both in relation to the countries of the EU, as well as in regard to third countries. Only some sub-aggregations are capable of maintaining comparative advantages, which are additionally characterized by a low level of processing. This paper was supported by the institutional research intentions MSM 6046070906.
Further Development of the Improved QMD Model and its Applications to Fusion Reaction near Barrier
Creators: name: Wang, Ning
name: Li, Zhuxia
name: Wu, Xizhen
name: Tian, Junlong
name: Zhang, YingXun
name: Liu, Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Improved Quantum Molecular Dynamics model is further developed by introducing new parameters in interaction potential energy functional based on Skyrme interaction of SkM$^{*}$ and SLy series. The properties of ground states of selected nuclei can be reproduced very well. The Coulomb barriers for a series of reaction systems are studied and compared with the results of the proximity potential. The fusion excitation functions for a series of fusion reactions are calculated and the results are in good agreement with experimental data.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures, PRC accepted
Manipulation of spin dephasing in InAs quantum wires
Creators: name: Cheng, J. L.
name: Weng, M. Q.
name: Wu, M. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spin dephasing due to the Rashba spin-orbit coupling, especially its dependence on the direction of the electric field is studied in InAs quantum wire. We find that the spin dephasing is strongly affected by the angle of Rashba effective magnetic field and the applied magnetic field. The nonlinearity in spin dephasing time versus the direction of the electric field shows a potential evenue to manipulate the spin lifetime in spintronic device. Moreover, we figure out a quantity that can well represent the inhomogeneous broadening of the system which may help us to understand the many-body spin dephasing due to the Rashba effect.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 3 of Diverse coping modes of maize in cool environment at early growth
Creators: name: Sowiński, Paweł
name: Wieliczko-Manowska, Katarzyna
name: Grzybowski, Marcin
name: Jończyk, Maciej
name: Sowiński, Jakub
name: Sobkowiak, Alicja
name: Kowalec, Piotr
name: Rogacki, Janusz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 3. Leaf hue and morphological traits of seedlings grown at low temperature till V1 growth stage (cold) and after 3-day-long recovery at optimal temperature (regrowth). Lines are sorted according to their hue values for cold-grown plants. Experiments were repeated three to five times with five plants per experiment. The emmeans function was used to conduct posthoc pairwise comparisons between all inbred lines—separately for each treatment condition. The Tukey’s method was used for P-value adjustment with ɑ = 5%. Different letters mark significantly different values.
Comparative mitochondrial phylogeography of two legless lizards (Pygopodidae) from Queensland’s fragmented woodlands
Creators: name: Wilmer, Jessica Worthington
name: Amey, Andrew P.
name: McDougal, Carmel
name: Venz, Melanie
name: Peck, Stephen
name: Oliver, Paul M.
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60399 Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60299 Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Sclerophyll woodlands and open forests once covered vast areas of eastern Australia, but have been greatly fragmented and reduced in extent since European settlement. The biogeographic and evolutionary history of the biota of eastern Australia’s woodlands also remains poorly known, especially when compared to rainforests to the east, or the arid biome to the west. Here we present an analysis of patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity in two species of Pygopodid geckos with distributions centred on the Brigalow Belt Bioregion of eastern Queensland. One moderately large and semi-arboreal species, Paradelma orientalis, shows low genetic diversity and no clear geographic structuring across its wide range. In contrast a small and semi-fossorial species, Delma torquata, consists of two moderately divergent clades, one from the ranges and upland of coastal areas of south-east Queensland, and other centred in upland areas further inland. These data point to varying histories of geneflow and refugial persistance in eastern Australia’s vast but now fragmented open woodlands. The Carnarvon Ranges of central Queensland are also highlighted as a zone of persistence for cool and/or wet-adapted taxa, however the evolutionary history and divergence of most outlying populations in these mountains remains unstudied.
Synthesis of single-crystalline lead sulfide nanoframes and nanorings
Creators: name: Kull, Sascha
name: Heymann, Leonard
name: Hungria, Ana B.
name: Klinke, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a colloidal synthesis strategy to obtain single-crystalline PbS nanorings. By controlling the ripening process in the presence of halide ions, a transformation of initial PbS nanosheets to frame-like structures and finally to nanorings was achieved. We found that the competing ligands oleic acid, oleate and halide ions play an important role in the formation of these nanostructures. Therefore, we propose a formation mechanism based on a thermally induced ripening of crystal facets dependent on the surface passivation. With this method, it became possible to synthesize colloidal nanorings of cubic crystal phase galena PbS. The synthesis was followed via TEM and the products are characterized by XRD, AFM and STEM tomography. Control of the initial nanoframe morphology allows adjusting the later nanoring dimensions.
description: 19 pages, 5 figures
The Competitiveness of Agricultural Foreign Trade Commodities of the CR Assessed by Way of the Lafay Index
Creators: name: Burianova, Jaroslava
name: Belova, Anna
name: Burianova, Jaroslava
name: Belova, Anna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agrarian foreign trade
subject: foreign trade
subject: competitiveness
subject: competitive advantage
subject: Balassa index
subject: Lafay index.

description: The article deals with agricultural foreign trade of the Czech Republic in the period of 2008 – 2011. For the whole sector structure of agricultural production – 24 aggregations of commodities structured according to chapters of food goods - it attempts to ascertain how the individual commodities are faring on the foreign market. It presents several tools for the assessment of competitiveness. Primarily, this includes the Balassa auxiliary RCA (Revealed Comparative Advantage) index, and the Lafay index. The last, most comprehensive criterion was utilized – the Lafay index. For the years in question, attention is first given to the overall development of agricultural foreign trade (AFT), the value of export and import is summarized, and the balance and turnover is calculated. The territorial structure is shown, total export is studied, as well as export into the EU 27 countries, into the three countries that are the biggest trading partners (Germany, Slovakia, Poland) and into third countries. For the last year, 2011, the results for the aggregations of commodities that show up on the given market are processed into clear tables, with the order of the first five aggregations of commodities being shown. The results for the year 2008 are set out briefly, and changes in the structure that occurred within the past four years are discussed. The article was prepared as part of the Research Project MSM 6046070906 “Economics of Resources of Czech Agriculture and Their Effective Utilization within Multifunctional Agricultural-Food Systems”.
Hybrid meson production by electromagnetic and weak interactions in a flux-tube simulation of lattice QCD
Creators: name: Close, F. E.
name: Dudek, J. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate rates for hybrid meson production by electromagnetic and weak interactions in the flux-tube model. Applications include photo and electroproduction at Jefferson Laboratory and HERA, and the production of light strange and charmed hybrids in the weak decays of heavy flavours. Photoproduction of some light hybrids is predicted to be prominent in charge exchange reactions, $γp \to n \cal{H}$ and accessible in $γp \to p \cal{H}$. Production of light or charmed hybrids in $B$ and $D$ decays may be feasible with high statistics. Photoproduction of the axial hybrid meson is predicted to be large courtesy of $π$ exchange, and its strange counterpart is predicted in $B \to ψK_H(1^+)$ with $b.r. \sim 10^{-4}$. Production rates for exotic hybrid candidates $1^{-+};(0,2)^{+-}$ are given special attention. Selection rules that can help to distinguish between hybrid and conventional states with the same $J^{PC}$ are noted.
description: uses psfrag; One reference corrected
RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY - A REVIEW
Creators: name: Ferreira, Nuno Pinto
name: Marques Neves, Carlos
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2017

description: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) remains a major cause of emergency assistance in our ophthalmology departments. We struggle for the improvement of visual outcome of our patients after RRD surgery by trying to optimize our surgical methods and techniques. The decision of which surgical procedure to use in the treatment of RRD still depends on a variety of factors and surgeon’s preference. Until date there was only one major randomized clinical trial that drew some guidelines for our clinical practice. This present work has the main purpose of reviewing the major articles published so far on RRD surgery with the goal of creating a rational for our day practice for the best functional and anatomic results. Although many variables are involved in RRD treatment, prospective, multicentric, randomized studies are needed.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 41 N.º 2 (2017)
Spectrum of a non-selfadjoint quantum star graph
Creators: name: Riviere, Gabriel
name: Royer, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the spectrum of a quantum star graph with a non-selfadjoint Robin condition at the central vertex. We first prove that, in the high frequency limit, the spectrum of the Robin Laplacian is close to the usual spectrum corresponding to the Kirchhoff condition. Then, we describe more precisely the asymptotics of the difference in terms of the Barra-Gaspard measure of the graph. This measure depends on the arithmetic properties of the lengths of the edges. As a by-product, this analysis provides a Weyl Law for non-selfadjoint quantum star graphs and it gives the asymptotic behaviour of the imaginary parts of the eigenvalues.
COMPARAÇÃO DA DIFERENCIAÇÃO OFTALMOLÓGICA NO RASTREIO DA RETINOPATIA DIABÉTICA
Creators: name: Barata, André Diogo
name: Couceiro, Rita
name: Vaz-Pereira, Sara
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2017

description: Objetivo: Comparar a concordância na classificação da retinopatia diabética (RD) entre observadores com diferentes níveis de diferenciação oftalmológica. Métodos: Estudo prospetivo de 122 indivíduos diabéticos avaliados em rastreio de RD durante 6 semanas com retinografia não-midriática 45º com aquisição de 2 campos (centrados no disco ótico e mácula). A classificação incluiu o grau de retinopatia (R– 0: ausente, 1: ligeira, 2: pré-proliferativa, 3: proliferativa, 4: não-classificável (NC)), maculopatia (M– 0: ausente, 1: presente, 2: NC), e fotocoagulação (P– 0: ausente, 1: presente, 2: NC), adaptando os critérios do rastreio britânico e foi realizada por 3 observadores com diferentes níveis de diferenciação (O1– interno do 2º ano, O2– interno do 4º ano, O3– assistente). Tratamento dos dados efetuado com o software STATA 12.0 e a análise da concordância através do cálculo dos kappa (k) para um intervalo de confiança de 95%. Resultados: A idade média da população foi de 64.1±10.9 anos, 54.1% eram do sexo feminino e 94.3% tinham diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Existiu concordância absoluta entre os 3 observadores em 128 olhos (52.5%). Em R a concordância global e entre os 3 observadores foi razoável (k=0.377) e moderada em R0 (k=0.455). A maior concordância ocorreu entre O2 e O3 (k=0.420) e a menor entre O1 e O3 (k=0.347). Em M, a concordância global foi razoável (k=0.299), sendo maior na presença de maculopatia (M1,k=0.507) e menor quando NC (M2,k=0.237). Em P, a concordância entre os 3 observadores foi perfeita (k=0.85). Conclusões: Este estudo demonstrou uma concordância razoável entre os 3 observadores na classificação da RD por retinografia não-midriática, apesar dos seus diferentes níveis de diferenciação. Como expectável, verificou-se em R uma maior concordância entre os observadores mais experientes. As classificações menos concordantes ocorreram no “não classificável”.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 41 N.º 2 (2017)
One-photon pair-annihilation in pulsed plane-wave backgrounds
Creators: name: Tang, S.
name: Ilderton, A.
name: King, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the $2\rightarrow1$ process of electron-positron pair annihilation to a single photon in a plane-wave background. The probability of the process in a pulsed plane wave is presented, and a locally constant field approximation is derived and benchmarked against exact results. The stricter kinematics of annihilation (compared to the $1\rightarrow2$ processes usually studied) leads to a stronger dependence on the incoming particle states. We demonstrate this by studying the effect that initial state wavepackets have on the annihilation probability. The effect of annihilation in a distribution of particles is studied by incorporating the process into Monte Carlo simulations.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures
Історія формування археологічної карти давньоруського Поросся
Creators: name: Borysov, Artem
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 210102 Archaeological Science
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: Борисов А.В. Історія формування археологічної карти давньоруського Поросся. Семінар «Археологія Буковини: здобутки та перспективи» присвячений 100-літтю від дня народження Бориса Тимощука 13 грудня 2019 р. м. Чернівці. С.27-29.
Economics of Biofuels: An Overview of Policies, Impacts and Prospects
Creators: name: Moschini, GianCarlo
name: Cui, Jingbo
name: Lapan, Harvey E.
name: Moschini, GianCarlo
name: Cui, Jingbo
name: Lapan, Harvey E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Biodiesel
subject: biofuel policies
subject: ethanol
subject: greenhouse gas emissions
subject: mandates

description: This paper provides an overview of the economics of biofuels. It starts by describing the remarkable growth of the biofuel industry over the last decade, with emphasis on developments in the United States, Brazil and the European Union, and it identifies the driving role played by some critical policies. After a brief discussion of the motivations that are commonly argued in favor of biofuels and biofuel policies, the paper presents an assessment of the impacts of biofuels from the economics perspective. In particular, the paper explains the basic analytics of biofuel mandates, reviews several existing studies that have estimated the economic impacts of biofuels, presents some insights from a specific model, and outlines an appraisal of biofuel policies and the environmental impacts of biofuels. The paper concludes with an examination of several open issues and the future prospects of biofuels.
Additional file 4 of Diverse coping modes of maize in cool environment at early growth
Creators: name: Sowiński, Paweł
name: Wieliczko-Manowska, Katarzyna
name: Grzybowski, Marcin
name: Jończyk, Maciej
name: Sowiński, Jakub
name: Sobkowiak, Alicja
name: Kowalec, Piotr
name: Rogacki, Janusz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4. Averaged time series of the morphological parameters height, leaf area, leaf area index, and light penetration depth for the four classes in Figure 3. Data were subjected to a z-transformation, with mean and standard deviation calculated for all experimental data (data shown in Additional file 11).
Delayed resolution of vitreomacular traction syndrome following intravitreal injection of ocriplasmin
Creators: name: Moreira, Jorge
name: Teixeira, Carla
name: Gonçalves, Rita
name: Coelho, Pedro
name: Maio, Tiago
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2017

description: Introduction: Ocriplasmin is the first pharmacological treatment option approved for the treatment of vitreomacular traction (VMT), including those associated with macular holes. Resolution of vitreomacular adhesion is typically observed within 28 days of intravitreal ocriplasmin injection with the vast majority of patients experiencing vitreomacular release within the first 7 days of treatment. Methods: We report two cases of symptomatic VMT, in which we observed delayed VMT release after intravitreal ocriplasmin. Results: One month after treatment, there was only partial release of VMT in both cases. Complete VMT resolution was achieved in 4 and 2 months, respectively, following intravitreal ocriplasmin injection. Conclusions: Our case reports shows that favorable results can be observed long after the 28 days established to achieve the final outcome of ocriplasmin treatment, and this may have been facilitated by the initial release of VMT by ocriplasmin. The description of the present case reports adds to the literature suggesting that longer observation may be needed after intravitreal ocriplasmin.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 41 N.º 2 (2017)
Treatment patterns and health care resource utilization among Japanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A hospital claims database analysis
Creators: name: Tomita, Tetsuya
name: Sato, Masayo
name: Esterberg, Elizabeth
name: Parikh, Rohan C.
name: Hagimori, Kohei
name: Nakajo, Ko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: To understand the current state of treatment patterns and health care resource utilization among patients in Japan with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) managed in the real-world setting. Patient records from the Medical Data Vision database were analyzed to identify patients with ICD-10 AS from April 2009 through July 2017. Measures evaluated included demographic, clinical, and other characteristics at diagnosis; treatment patterns; health care resource utilization; and costs. Four hundred and seventeen patients met the study’s inclusion criteria. Treatments observed during the first year after the initial AS diagnosis included nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (79.6%), corticosteroids (39.3%), methotrexate (22.3%), sulfasalazine (16.8%), adalimumab (14.2%), and infliximab (12.2%). At any time during the mean 33 months of study follow-up, biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) were initiated by 115 patients. During the study follow-up, patients who initiated bDMARDs had higher median total per-patient annual health care costs ($26,937 vs $15,323), lower median per-patient hospitalization costs ($29,817 vs. $39,509), and fewer median hospital days per admission (7.0 vs. 11.0 days) compared with the overall group of patients diagnosed with AS. This database study provides knowledge of patient characteristics, treatment patterns, HCRU, and costs for patients with AS in Japan. The study outcomes demonstrate a need for increased awareness of proper AS management.
Product Differentiation and Brand Competition in the Italian Breakfast Cereal Market: a Distance Metric Approach
Creators: name: Sckokai, Paolo
name: Varacca, Alessandro
name: Sckokai, Paolo
name: Varacca, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Distance metric
subject: almost ideal demand system
subject: breakfast cereals
subject: differentiated products

description: This article employs a nation-wide sample of supermarket scanner data to study product and brand competition in the Italian breakfast cereal market. A modified Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), that includes Distance Metrics (DMs) as proposed by Pinkse, Slade and Brett (2002), is estimated to study demand responses, substitution patterns, own-price and cross-price elasticities. Estimation results provide evidence of some degree of brand loyalty, while consumers do not seem loyal to the product type. Elasticity estimates point out the presence of patterns of substitution within products sharing the same brand and similar nutritional characteristics.
Supplementary document for Sagnac-witnessed laser deflection is an ultra-sensitive acoustic detector - 7023481.pdf
Creators: name: Hillberry, Logan
name: Morrison, Zachary
name: Schlimme, Ryan
name: Raizen, Mark
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1 (Extended methods: Set up, calibration, and simulations)
Near-threshold production of the multi-strange $Ξ^-$ hyperon
Creators: name: Chung, P.
name: Ajitanand, N. N.
name: Alexander, J. M.
name: Anderson, M.
name: Best, D.
name: Brady, F. P.
name: Case, T.
name: Caskey, W.
name: Cebra, D.
name: Chance, J. L.
name: Cole, B.
name: Crowe, K.
name: Das, A. C.
name: Draper, J. E.
name: Gilkes, M. L.
name: Gushue, S.
name: Heffner, M.
name: Hirsch, A. S.
name: Hjort, E. L.
name: Holzmann, W.
name: Huo, L.
name: Issah, M.
name: Justice, M.
name: Kaplan, M.
name: Keane, D.
name: Kintner, J. C.
name: Klay, J.
name: Krofcheck, D.
name: Lacey, R. A.
name: Lauret, J.
name: Lisa, M. A.
name: Liu, H.
name: Liu, Y. M.
name: Milan, J.
name: McGrath, R.
name: Milosevich, Z.
name: Odyniec, G.
name: Olson, D. L.
name: Panitkin, S.
name: Porile, N. T.
name: Rai, G.
name: Ritter, H. G.
name: Romero, J. L.
name: Scharenberg, R.
name: Srivastava, B.
name: Stone, N. T. B
name: Symons, T. J. M.
name: Taranenko, A.
name: Whitfield, J.
name: Wienold, T.
name: Witt, R.
name: Wood, L.
name: Zhang, W. N.
name: Oeschler, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The yield for the multi-strange $Ξ^{-}$ hyperon has been measured in 6 AGeV Au+Au collisions via reconstruction of its decay products $π^{-}$ and $Λ$, the latter also being reconstructed from its daughter tracks of $π^{-}$ and p. The measurement is rather close to the threshold for $Ξ^{-}$ production and therefore provides an important test of model predictions. The measured yield for $Ξ^{-}$ and $Λ$ are compared for several centralities. In central collisions the $Ξ^{-}$ yield is found to be in excellent agreement with statistical and transport model predictions, suggesting that multi-strange hadron production approaches chemical equilibrium in high baryon density nuclear matter.
description: Submitted to PRL
MOCCA survey database I: preliminary mock Extra Galactic Globular Cluster observations
Creators: name: Leveque, Agostino
name: Giersz, Mirosław
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The photometric properties that we could observe for Extra-Galactic Globular Clusters (EGGCs) are the integrated light of the system and for nearby EGGCs it also is possible to measure both half-light radii and the color spatial distribution, e.g. for areas smaller and larger than the half-light radius. No information about the internal dynamical state of the system could be directly obtained from observations. On the other hand, simulations of Globular Clusters (GCs) can provide detailed information about the dynamical evolution of the system. We present a preliminary study of EGGCs' photometric properties for different dynamical evolutionary stages. We apply this study to 12 Gyr old GCs simulated as part of the MOCCA Survey Database. We determine the magnitudes in different bands from their projected snapshots using the Flexible Stellar Population Synthesis (FSPS) code and we measure the half-light radii from the surface brightness.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 351, 2019
Rift-related magmatism influences petroleum systems development in the NE Irish Rockall Basin, offshore Ireland
Creators: name: Jackson, Christopher A.-L.
name: Magee, Craig
name: Jacquemyn, Carl
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary items 1–6.
Additional file 5 of Diverse coping modes of maize in cool environment at early growth
Creators: name: Sowiński, Paweł
name: Wieliczko-Manowska, Katarzyna
name: Grzybowski, Marcin
name: Jończyk, Maciej
name: Sowiński, Jakub
name: Sobkowiak, Alicja
name: Kowalec, Piotr
name: Rogacki, Janusz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 5. Averaged time series of spectral parameter greenness and the spectral vegetation index NPCI for the four classes in Figure 3. Data were subjected to a z-transformation, with mean and standard deviation calculated for all experimental data (data shown in Additional file 11).
Mass and Isotope Dependence of Limiting Temperatures for Hot Nuclei
Creators: name: Li, Zhuxia
name: Liu, Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mass and isotope dependence of limiting temperatures for hot nuclei are investigated. The predicted mass dependence of limiting temperatures is in good agreement with data derived from the caloric curve data. The predicted isotope distribution of limiting temperatures appears to be a parabolic shape and its centroid is not located at the isotope on the $β$-stability line(T=0) but at neutron-rich side. Our study shows that the mass and isotope dependence of limiting temperatures depend on the interaction and the form of surface tension and its isopin dependence sensitively.
description: 14 pages,11 figures
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Genetically Modified Animals in the Food and Pharmaceutical Chains
Creators: name: Mora, Cristina
name: Menozzi, Davide
name: Kleter, Gijs
name: Aramyan, Lusine H.
name: Valeeva, Natasha I.
name: Zimmermann, Karin L.
name: Pakki Reddy, Giddalury
name: Mora, Cristina
name: Menozzi, Davide
name: Kleter, Gijs
name: Aramyan, Lusine H.
name: Valeeva, Natasha I.
name: Zimmermann, Karin L.
name: Pakki Reddy, Giddalury
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Genetically modified (GM) animals
subject: socio-economics
subject: life sciences
subject: acceptance
subject: sustainability

description: The production of genetically modified (GM) animals is an emerging technique that could potentially impact the livestock and pharmaceutical industries. Currently, food products derived from GM animals have not yet entered the market whilst two pharmaceutical products have. The objective of this paper is twofold: first it aims to explore the socio-economic drivers affecting the use of GM animals and, second, to review the risks and benefits from the point of view of the life sciences. A scoping study was conducted to assess research relevant to understanding the main drivers influencing the adoption of GM applications and their potential risks and benefits. Public and producers’ acceptance, public policies, human health, animal welfare, environmental impact and sustainability are considered as the main factors affecting the application of GM animal techniques in livestock and pharmaceutical chains.
Toroidal Soliton Solutions in O(3)^N Nonlinear Sigma Model
Creators: name: Wereszczynski, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A set of N three component unit scalar fields in (3+1) Minkowski space-time is investigated. The highly nonlinear coupling between them is chosen to omit the scaling instabilities. The multi-soliton static configurations with arbitrary Hopf numbers are found. Moreover, the generalized version of the Vakulenko-Kapitansky inequality is obtained. The possibility of attractive, repulsing and noninteracting channels is discussed.
description: to be published in Mod. Phys. Lett. A