cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Reproducibility of Histopathological Diagnosis in Poorly Differentiated NSCLC: An International Multiobserver Study
Creators: name: Roggli, Victor
name: Beasley, Mary Beth
name: Lantejoul, Sylvie
name: Thunnissen, Erik
name: Nicholson, Andrew G.
name: Chung, Jin-Haeng
name: Travis, William D.
name: Hirsch, Fred R.
name: Chirieac, Lucian R.
name: Brambilla, Elisabeth
name: Petersen, Iver
name: Dziadziuszko, Rafal
name: Kerr, Keith M.
name: Wistuba, Ignacio
name: Aisner, Seena
name: Moreira, Andre L.
name: Dacic, Sanja
name: Pelosi, Giuseppe
name: Witte, Birgit
name: Ishikawa, Yuichi
name: Geisinger, Kim R.
name: Yatabe, Yasushi
name: Tsao, Ming-Sound
name: Matsuno, Yoshiro
name: Minami, Yuko
name: Noguchi, Masayuki
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: INTRODUCTION: The 2004 World Health Organization classification of lung cancer contained three major forms of non-small-cell lung cancer: squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC), adenocarcinoma (AdC), and large cell carcinoma. The goal of this study was first, to assess the reproducibility of a set of histopathological features for SqCC in relation to other poorly differentiated non-small-cell lung cancers and second, to assess the value of immunohistochemistry in improving the diagnosis.

METHODS: Resection specimens (n = 37) with SqCC, large cell carcinoma, basaloid carcinoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma, lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma, and solid AdC, were contributed by the participating pathologists. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained slides were digitized. The diagnoses were evaluated in two ways. First, the histological criteria were evaluated and the (differential) diagnosis on H&E alone was scored. Second, the added value of additional stains to make an integrated diagnosis was examined.

RESULTS: The histologic criteria defining SqCC were consistently used, but in poorly differentiated cases they were infrequently present, rendering the diagnosis more difficult. Kappa scores on H&E alone were for SqCC 0.46, large cell carcinoma 0.25, basaloid carcinoma 0.27, sarcomatoid carcinoma 0.52, lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma 0.56, and solid AdC 0.21. The κ score improved with the use of additional stains for SqCC (combined with basaloid carcinoma) to 0.57, for solid AdC to 0.63.

CONCLUSION: The histologic criteria that may be used in the differential diagnosis of poorly differentiated lung cancer were more precisely refined. Furthermore, additional stains improved the reproducibility of histological diagnosis of SqCC and AdC, uncovering information that was not present in routine H&E stained slides.
Edwards measures for powders and glasses
Creators: name: Barrat, A.
name: Kurchan, J.
name: Loreto, V.
name: Sellitto, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Can one construct a thermodynamics for compact, slowly moving powders and grains? A few years ago, Edwards proposed a possible step in this direction, raising the fascinating perspective that such systems have a statistical mechanics of their own, different from that of Maxwell, Boltzmann and Gibbs, allowing us to have some information while still ignoring dynamic details. Recent developments in the theory of glasses have come to confirm these ideas within mean-field. In order to go beyond, we explicitly generate Edwards' measure in a model that, although schematic, is three dimensional. Comparison of the results thus obtained with the irreversible compaction data shows very good agreement. The present framework immediately suggests new experimental checks.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures; (minor changes, refs. added) to appear in PRL
MOESM2 of Evaluation of divergent yeast genera for fermentation-associated stresses and identification of a robust sugarcane distillery waste isolate Saccharomyces cerevisiae NGY10 for lignocellulosic ethanol production in SHF and SSF
Creators: name: Pandey, Ajay
name: Mohit Kumar
name: Sonam Kumari
name: Kumari, Priya
name: Yusuf, Farnaz
name: Shaik Jakeer
name: Sumera Naz
name: Piyush Chandna
name: Ishita Bhatnagar
name: Gaur, Naseem
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Additional file 3. Fermentation profile at 30 °C, 40 °C and 42 °C in SD media containing 100 g/l glucose in 24 h.
Minimal gauge inflation and the refined Swampland conjecture
Creators: name: Park, Seong Chan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The refined de Sitter (dS) conjecture provides two consistency conditions for an effective theory potential of a quantum gravity theory. Any inflationary model can be checked by these conditions and minimal gauge inflation is not an exception. We develop a generic method to analyze a monotonically growing potential with an inflection point on the way to the plateau near the top such as the potential in minimal gauge inflation model and the Higgs inflation. Taking the latest observational data into account, we find the fully consistent parameter space where the model resides in the Landscape rather than in the Swampland.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 1 of Time-dependent effects of histone deacetylase inhibition in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury
Creators: name: Wen, Xiaoyan
name: Li, Shengnan
name: Frank, Alicia
name: Chen, Xiukai
name: Emlet, David
name: Hukriede, Neil
name: Kellum, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Inflammation and matrix remodeling markers were different in mRNA levels between sham and CLP. Figure S2. No significant differences were shown in circulating cytokines between two treatment groups. Figure S3. Cell cycle regulation, proliferation and pro-fibrosis markers were different in mRNA levels between sham and CLP. Table S1. Primers for quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
Damage spreading transition in glasses: a probe for the ruggedness of the configurational landscape
Creators: name: Heerema, M.
name: Ritort, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider damage spreading transitions in the framework of mode-coupling theory. This theory describes relaxation processes in glasses in the mean-field approximation which are known to be characterized by the presence of an exponentially large number of meta-stable states. For systems evolving under identical but arbitrarily correlated noises we demonstrate that there exists a critical temperature $T_0$ which separates two different dynamical regimes depending on whether damage spreads or not in the asymptotic long-time limit. This transition exists for generic noise correlations such that the zero damage solution is stable at high-temperatures being minimal for maximal noise correlations. Although this dynamical transition depends on the type of noise correlations we show that the asymptotic damage has the good properties of an dynamical order parameter such as: 1) Independence on the initial damage; 2) Independence on the class of initial condition and 3) Stability of the transition in the presence of asymmetric interactions which violate detailed balance. For maximally correlated noises we suggest that damage spreading occurs due to the presence of a divergent number of saddle points (as well as meta-stable states) in the thermodynamic limit consequence of the ruggedness of the free energy landscape which characterizes the glassy state. These results are then compared to extensive numerical simulations of a mean-field glass model (the Bernasconi model) with Monte Carlo heat-bath dynamics. The freedom of choosing arbitrary noise correlations for Langevin dynamics makes damage spreading a interesting tool to probe the ruggedness of the configurational landscape.
description: 25 pages, 13 postscript figures. Paper extended to include cross-correlations
An aortic aneurysm model for the evaluation of endovascular exclusion prostheses
Creators: name: Suggs, Cynthia A.
name: Keagy, Blair A.
name: Woosley, John T.
name: Marston, William A.
name: Chuter, Timothy A.
name: Mauro, Mathew A.
name: Baird, Christopher
name: Ligush, John
name: Criado, Enrique
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an aortic aneurysm (AA) model with a predictable tendency for rupture for the evaluation of the efficacy of endovascular prostheses in preventing rupture and their long-term outcome after implantation. Methods: An infrarenal AA measuring two to three times the diameter of the proximal aorta was created in 18 dogs with a full-thickness patch of jejunum. Seven dogs were allowed to survive without aneurysm exclusion. In 11 dogs the aneurysm was immediately excluded with a stented 8 mm Dacron graft mounted in a 14F delivery system introduced through the femoral artery with aortographic guidance. The pressure differential between the aorta and the excluded aneurysm was measured, and angiography, necropsy, and histologic examination were performed at 3- and 6-month survival. Results: All animals survived aneurysm implantation. Without aneurysm exclusion, six dogs died of rupture within 1 to 6 days of surgery. In three dogs the exclusion failed because of graft-to-aorta size mismatch or misplacement demonstrated on angiography and by a low pressure differential between the aorta and the aneurysm (p < 0.023) in dogs with successfully excluded aneurysms (n = 6) compared with that in dogs without exclusion or with failed aneurysm exclusion (n = 7). Conclusion: This aneurysm model demonstrates that without effective aneurysm exclusion all animals die of rupture and that successfully placed endovascular prostheses can prevent AA rupture with long-term graft patency and stability. Endovascular aortic Dacron grafts in dogs undergo complete incorporation at 3 months from implantation. This aneurysm model is useful for the evaluation of endovascular devices designed for the treatment of AAs. (J VASC SURG 1995;22:306-15.)
Fourth Order Algorithms for Solving the Multivariable Langevin Equation and the Kramers Equation
Creators: name: Forbert, Harald A.
name: Chin, Siu A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a fourth order simulation algorithm for solving the stochastic Langevin equation. The method consists of identifying solvable operators in the Fokker-Planck equation, factorizing the evolution operator for small time steps to fourth order and implementing the factorization process numerically. A key contribution of this work is to show how certain double commutators in the factorization process can be simulated in practice. The method is general, applicable to the multivariable case, and systematic, with known procedures for doing fourth order factorizations. The fourth order convergence of the resulting algorithm allowed very large time steps to be used. In simulating the Brownian dynamics of 121 Yukawa particles in two dimensions, the converged result of a first order algorithm can be obtained by using time steps 50 times as large. To further demostrate the versatility of our method, we derive two new classes of fourth order algorithms for solving the simpler Kramers equation without requiring the derivative of the force. The convergence of many fourth order algorithms for solving this equation are compared.
description: 19 pages, 2 figures
Ametor rudesculptus Semenov 1900
Creators: name: Jia, Fenglong
name: Zhao, Shuang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Ametor
Ametor rudesculptus

description: Ametor rudesculptus Semenov, 1900
(Figs 8, 12)
 Material examined. CHINA: SICHUAN: 3 spec. (SYSU): Baoxing, 1500 m, 13.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt.; 2 spec. (SYSU): Baoxing, Guoba, 1300 m, 16.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt.; 1 spec. (SYSU): Baoxing, Mahuanggou, 2400 m, 19.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt.; 2 spec. (IZCAS):Baoxing, Guoba, under rock, 1300m, 16.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt.; 1 spec. (IZCAS), Baoxing, 1300 m, 17.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt.
 Distribution. China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet), northern Tadzhikistan, Nepal, Sikkim (SCHÖDL & JI 1995, SCHÖDL 2000).
description: Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, pp. 127-139 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740471
Carotid artery trauma: A review of contemporary trauma center experiences
Creators: name: Baker, Christopher
name: Rutledge, Robert
name: Ramadan, Fuad
name: Howell, Patrick
name: Keagy, Blair
name: Oller, Dale
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: AbstractPurpose: Many issues surrounding the management and outcome of carotid artery injuries remain controversial. The purpose of this study was to review a large contemporary experience with such injuries in the setting of designated trauma centers.Methods: A statewide computerized trauma registry was used to identify all patients with injuries to the common or internal carotid arteries from October 1987 to June 1993. The records of 82 such patients were retrieved and analyzed.Results: Overall mortality and stroke rates were 17% and 28%, respectively. Patients presenting with coma or shock had a particularly bad prognosis (50% and 41% mortality, respectively). Internal carotid injuries resulted in mortality and stroke rates of 21% and 41%, respectively, compared with 11% each for common carotid injuries. Patients with blunt injuries had a much higher stroke rate (56% vs 15%) but had lower mortality (7% vs 22%) than did patients with penetrating injuries. Airway compromise and associated injuries did not affect prognosis. Operative repair and percutaneous balloon occlusion had the best survival and functional outcomes.Conclusions: Operative repair offers the best chances for recovery in all categories of patients regardless of injury mechanism. Ligation is useful only as a last-resort lifesaving effort. Shock and neurologic impairment are poor prognostic factors but should not negate repair. (J VASC SURG 1995;21:46-56.)
Is transcranial Doppler a worthwhile addition to screening tests for cerebrovascular disease?
Creators: name: Carter, Anthony P.
name: Hosking, James D.
name: Kerr, Robb P.
name: Katz, Mira L.
name: Comerota, Anthony J.
name: Hashemi, Homayoun A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: Abstract Purpose: Carotid duplex imaging has become the standard diagnostic evaluation for patients with suspected cerebrovascular disease. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography expands the noninvasive diagnostic capabilities to the intracranial circulation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of routine transcranial Doppler studies on patients referred for noninvasive cerebrovascular evaluation. Methods: A total of 670 patients had routine transcranial Doppler examinations as part of their noninvasive cerebrovascular evaluation. Patients were categorized clinically and according to their severity of extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis (30% velocity difference between sides, flow reversal, and velocities ± 2 SD from normal). Results: Forty-eight percent of the patients were women, and 52% were men. The average age was 65.5 years. Fifty-four percent of the patients were white, 42% were black, 3% were Hispanic, and 1% were other. Forty-eight percent presented with hemispheric symptoms, 34% had no symptoms, and 18% had nonhemispheric symptoms. Forty-five percent (304 of 670) had an interpretable transcranial Doppler examination. The ability to insonate the basal cerebral arteries through the temporal bone was significantly reduced in women ( p < 0.0001), black patients ( p < 0.0001), and older patients ( p < 0.0001). The results of forty-four percent of interpretable examinations were normal, 19% demonstrated side-to-side velocity differences, 13% showed collateral pathways, 11% showed velocities ± 2 SD, 10% showed an intracranial stenosis, and 4% showed reversed flow pattern. Although 56% of the patients had notable findings, no patient had their diagnostic or therapeutic plan altered by the transcranial Doppler results. Conclusion: Less than 50% of the patients referred for first-time cerebrovascular examination had access for an interpretable transcranial Doppler examination. Though the number of positive findings is reasonably high, no material impact on diagnostic or treatment plans was seen in the patients in this series. These results indicate that selection criteria for examination of the intracranial arteries should be refined and that transcranial Doppler scanning should not be incorporated as part of the "routine" noninvasive cerebrovascular examination. (J VASC SURG 1995;21:90-7.)
Carotid endarterectomy saphenous vein patch rupture revisited: Selective use on the basis of vein diameter
Creators: name: Archie, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: Abstract Purpose: The single major disadvantage of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) patch reconstruction with greater saphenous vein (GSV) is central patch rupture, which has a reported incidence of 0.5% to 4%. This is a prospective evaluation of the selective use of GSV for a CEA patch based on previously established vein diameter criteria. Methods: Between 1988 and mid-1995, 534 of 671 CEAs (80%) were reconstructed with GSVs that had a distended diameter ≥3.5 mm. Thigh veins were used in all 252 women who underwent CEA. Of the 282 men who underwent CEA, 265 GSVs (94%) were harvested from below the knee and 17 from the thigh. During this period four thigh and 13 below-knee veins (3.2%) were rejected because the diameter was Results: No GSV patches ruptured in this series. This compares favorably with three patch ruptures in 239 previous CEAs when no vein diameter criteria was used ( p = 0.03). This also compares favorably with a multicenter series of 13 GSV patch ruptures (0.73%) in 1773 CEAs ( p = 0.03) and with a single-center series of eight ruptures (0.47%) in 1699 CEAs ( p = 0.05) . GSV diameters were 4.9 ± 0.9 mm (mean ± 1 SD); vein rupture pressures, 3.9 ± 1.5 atmospheres; carotid bulb major axis diameters, 12.5 ± 1.6 mm; carotid bulb maximum diameters of curvature, 14.2 ± 2.2 mm; and CEA patch rupture pressures, 1.3 ± 0.6 atmospheres (range, 280 mm Hg to 4 atmospheres). CEA vein patch rupture pressure correlates positively with vein diameter ( p < 0.001, slope), but there is wide variability (correlation coefficient=0.39). The 14 CEAs (3.4%) with predicted rupture pressures 12 mm (mean, 15.3 mm). Eight of these CEAs were reconstructed with thigh veins.Conclusions: Use of GSVs with a distended diameter ≥3.5 mm for CEA patch reconstruction significantly reduces the probability of central patch rupture; however, a few CEAs reconstructed with veins >3.5 mm in diameter and large carotid bulbs have predicted patch rupture pressures
Management and outcome of chronic atherosclerotic infrarenal aortic occlusion
Creators: name: Burnham, Steven J.
name: Ligush, John
name: Criado, Enrique
name: Keagy, Blair A.
name: Johnson, George
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the management and outcome of chronic atherosclerotic infrarenal aortic occlusion (IRAO), a review of 48 patients who were treated for angiographically documented IRAO between January 1980 and December 1994 was undertaken. Mean follow-up was 45 months. Mean age was 57 years (range, 33 to 88 years). Forty-seven patients were heavy smokers. Symptoms included claudication in 81%, rest pain in 25%, and tissue loss in 15%. Impotence was documented in 73% of men. Associated arterial disease included inferior mesenteric artery occlusion in 31 patients, renal artery stenosis or occlusion in 12, superior mesenteric artery stenosis in two, and celiac artery stenosis in one.Methods: Forty inflow procedures were performed, including 17 thoracobifemoral bypass (TBF) procedures, 15 aortobifemoral/iliac bypass (ABFI) procedures, and eight axillo-bifemoral bypass (AXBF) procedures. Eight patients were managed without surgery. The thoracic aorta was chosen as the inflow source in 17 patients because of previous abdominal aortic surgery in eight, poor status of the abdominal aorta in eight, and horseshoe kidney in one. Results: The overall operative mortality rate was 5%, and the perioperative morbidity rate was 18%. There was no statistical difference in perioperative mortality and morbidity rates among the operative groups. The five-year survival rate (life-table) for all IRAO patients was 67%. TBF and ABFI revascularization procedures yielded 5-year patency rates of 71% and 79%, respectively ( p < 0.05). All eight patients who underwent AXBF died or had occluded grafts at 3 years after surgery. Two-year patency rates (life-table) for TBF, ABFI, and AXBF were 92%, 92%, and 44%, respectively. The AXBF patency rate was significantly inferior to those of TBF and ABFI ( p < 0.05). Changes in ankle-brachial indexes after TBF or ABFI were similar, but were significantly greater than changes after AXBF ( p < 0.05). Three patients in the nonoperative group died, and two underwent major amputation. Acute renal failure did not occur in our study population. Follow-up creatinine levels >2.0 mg/dl were documented in three operative patients and in one nonoperative patient, and none required dialysis.Conclusions: In patients who have IRAO, aorta-based inflow procedures are superior to AXBF both in hemodynamic outcome and in patency rates. Treatment of IRAO with TBF or ABFI yields similar long-term results; the descending thoracic aorta represents an excellent inflow alternative to the abdominal aorta. Clinically significant renal impairment is rarely associated with IRAO. Nonoperative management of IRAO is associated with an increased mortality rate and a high rate of limb loss. (J Vasc Surg 1996;24:394-405.)
Hydrocassis anhuiensis Ji & Schodl 1998
Creators: name: Jia, Fenglong
name: Zhao, Shuang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Hydrocassis
Hydrocassis anhuiensis

description: Hydrocassis anhuiensis Ji & Schödl, 1998
(Fig. 16)
 Material examined. CHINA: JIANGXI: 2 JJ (SYSU), 1 J 2 ♀♀ (IZCAS): Jinggangshan, Jingzhushan, 910 m, 25.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.
 Distribution. China (Anhui, Jiangxi) (JI & SCHÖDL 1998).
 Remark. Hydrocassis taiwana Satô, 1971 was first described by SATÔ (1971) based on one male and one female from Mt. Daibu-san (Tawushan), Taiwan. It is considered an endemic species to Taiwan because there has not been any reports of the species outside Taiwan until now. JI & SCHÖDL (1998) described the species H. anhuiensis based on specimens from Huangshan (Anhui province) and Jiulingshan (Jiangxi province) which was supposed as very similar to H. taiwana. According to JI & SCHÖDL (1998), the characters to distinguish A. anhuiensis from A. taiwana are as follows: more subcircular body outline (EI 1.12-1.15 in H. anhuiensis, EI 1.19 in H. taiwana), elytral striae distinctly more deeply impressed, and the morphology of the aedeagus. However, we were not able to find any difference between the two species based on the figures of the aedeagus provided by JI & SCHÖDL (1998). The second author examined and measured the paratypes of H. anhuiensis. Based on these studies, it seems that there is no difference between H. taiwana and H. anhuiensis and the slight difference of elytral index (EI) is not enough to separate them. The two species are therefore probably conspecific. Here, we treated the specimens from Jinggangshan as H. anhuiensis.
description: Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, pp. 127-139 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740471
Geometric dimension changes with carotid endarterectomy reconstruction
Creators: name: Archie, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: Abstract Purpose: The geometry of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) reconstruction is a major determinant of carotid bifurcation hemodynamics that, in turn, may play a significant role in the likelihood of early postoperative thrombosis and early and late restenosis. The purpose of this study was to measure the geometry of various types of CEA reconstructions. Methods: Six carotid artery diameters and lengths were measured during surgery, before and after CEA. Three reconstruction methods were used in 562 CEA procedures: a greater saphenous vein patch in 389, a synthetic patch in 157, and primary closure in 16. Veins 6 mm or more in distended diameter were trimmed before use as a patch. Synthetic patches were 8 to 11 mm in width. Patch reconstruction was used when the length of the arteriotomy required to obtain a complete distal endarterectomy end point extended beyond the internal carotid artery bulb. Saphenous vein patches were used when it was available and adequate. Neither gender nor internal carotid artery diameter was used as a criteria for the selection of the reconstruction method. Results: Before endarterectomy, the 302 male carotid arteries had 7% to 15% greater linear dimensions than the 260 female arteries (p < 0.001). Both vein and synthetic patch reconstruction produced up to 16% changes in linear dimensions except for almost doubling of the length of the internal carotid bulb. Patching made the elliptical common carotid bulb significantly more round, but the maximum diameter of curvature of the carotid bulb remained unchanged. Primary closure slightly decreased the diameter of the internal carotid bulb.Conclusions: CEA patch reconstruction has two major effects on carotid geometry: an increase in internal carotid bulb length and a more round common carotid bulb. The former allows for a gradual transition from the terminal common carotid bulb to the uniform diameter more distal internal carotid artery. It also separates the two major causes of disturbed flow: the bifurcation and the step-down in internal carotid artery diameter. Primary closure has minimal effect on preoperative geometry. (J Vasc Surg 1997;25:488-98.)
Additional file 10: of Zebrafish prdm12b acts independently of nkx6.1 repression to promote eng1b expression in the neural tube p1 domain
Creators: name: Ozge Yildiz
name: Downes, Gerald
name: Sagerström, Charles
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Expression of GAL4DBD-Prdm12b constructs used in transfection experiments. a. Immunoblot showing expression of GAL4DBD-Prdm12b constructs in transfected HEK293T cells. All constructs are stable except Myc-GAL4-∆PR-prdm12b. b. Immunoblot showing expression of Myc-Flag-G9a and Myc-Flag-Bhlhe22 constructs in transfected HEK 293 T cells. (PDF 619 kb)
Additional file 11: of Zebrafish prdm12b acts independently of nkx6.1 repression to promote eng1b expression in the neural tube p1 domain
Creators: name: Ozge Yildiz
name: Downes, Gerald
name: Sagerstrรถm, Charles
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Generation of bhlhe22 germline mutant. a. Schematic showing genomic sequence of bhlhe22 with the bHLH domain indicated in blue. Note that bhlhe22 is contained on a single exon. The CRISPR target sequence is shown in red with the BstYI restriction site bracketed and the black arrow indicating the BstYI cut site. b. Identification of functional guide RNAs. sgRNA and cas9 mRNA was injected into 1-cell stage embryos. Injected embryos were raised to 24hpf and BstYI digestion of PCR amplicons from pools of embryos was used to identify CRISPR-induced mutations (black arrow). c. Identification of individual F0 founders. sgRNA/cas9 injected embryos were raised to adulthood and crossed to wildtype fish. BstYI digests of PCR amplicons from pools of embryos was used to identify F0 mosaic founders (black arrow). d. Identification of F1 animals. Adult F0 mosaic founders were out-crossed to wildtype fish and the F1 offspring raised to adulthood. BstYI digests of PCR amplicons from fin clip genomic DNA was used to identify heterozygous F1 animals. e. Sequencing of F1 genomic DNA revealed the transmission of one mutant allele (um320) carrying a 5 base pair deletion (black dashes). The CRISPR target sequence is shown in red. f. Predicted amino acid sequence of mutant allele. The um320 peptide shares its first 67 amino acids with the wildtype protein before going out of frame and terminating at a premature stop codon N-terminal to the bHLH domain. (PDF 485 kb)
Resistivity and 1/f Noise in Non-Metallic Phase Separated Manganites
Creators: name: Rakhmanov, A. L.
name: Kugel, K. I.
name: Blanter, Ya. M.
name: Kagan, M. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A simple model is proposed to calculate resistivity, magnetoresistance, and noise spectrum in non-metallic phase-separated manganites containing small metallic droplets (magnetic polarons). The system is taken to be far from the percolation transition into a metallic state. It is assumed that the charge transfer occurs due to electron tunneling from one droplet to another through the insulating medium. As a result of this tunneling, the droplets acquire or lose extra electrons forming metastable two-electron and empty states. In the framework of this model, explicit expressions for dc conductivity and noise power of the system are derived. It is shown that the noise spectrum has 1/f form in the low-frequency range.
description: 6 pages, 1 fugure included
Coherent quasiparticle weight and its connection to high-T_c superconductivity from angle-resolved photoemission
Creators: name: Ding, H.
name: Engelbrecht, J. R.
name: Wang, Z.
name: Campuzano, J. C.
name: Wang, S. -C.
name: Yang, H. -B.
name: Rogan, R.
name: Takahashi, T.
name: Kadowaki, K.
name: Hinks, D. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In conventional superconductors, the pairing energy gap (Δ) and superconducting phase coherence go hand-in-hand. As the temperature is lowered, both the energy gap and phase coherence appear at the transition temperature T_c. In contrast, in underdoped high-T_c superconductors (HTSCs), a pseudogap appears at a much higher temperature T^*, smoothly evolving into the superconducting gap at T_c. Phase coherence on the other hand is only established at T_c, signaled by the appearance of a sharp quasiparticle (QP) peak in the excitation spectrum. Another important difference between the two types of superconductors is in the ratio of 2Δ/ T_c=R. In BCS theory, R~3.5, is constant. In the HTSCs this ratio varies widely, continuing to increase in the underdoped region, where the gap increases while T_c decreases. Here we report that in HTSCs it is the ratio z_AΔ_m/T_c which is approximately constant, where Δ_m is the maximum value of the d-wave gap, and z_A is the weight of the coherent excitations in the spectral function. This is highly unusual, since in nearly all phase transitions, T_c is determined by an energy scale alone. We further show that in the low-temperature limit, z_{\it A} increases monotonically with increasing doping x. The growth is linear, i.e. z_A(x)\propto x, in the underdoped to optimally doped regimes, and slows down in overdoped samples. The reduction of z_A with increasing temperature resembles that of the c-axis superfluid density.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, revised version
Hydrocassis scapha d'Orchymont 1942
Creators: name: Jia, Fenglong
name: Zhao, Shuang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Hydrocassis
Hydrocassis scapha

description: Hydrocassis scapha d’Orchymont, 1942
(Fig. 19)
 Material examined. CHINA: JIANGXI: 11 spec. (SYSU): Jiangxi, Shangrao, Sanqingshan, 15-20.iv.2007, Fenglong Jia lgt. GUANGDONG: 18 spec. (SYSU): Guangdong, Fengkai, Nature Reserve, 20.xi. 2010, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 21 exs. (SYSU): same locality data but 2.v.2011; 7 spec. (NMPC): W of Qixing, Heishiding nature reserve (forested stream valley), 1.-3.v.2011, M. Fikáček & J. Hájek lgt. SICHUAN: 1 J (IZCAS: IOZ (E) 1381278): Guanxian, 700-1000 m, 5–11.iv.1964, Xuezhong Zhang lgt. GUANGXI: 2 JJ 3♀♀ (SYSU): Shiwandashan, stong river, 497 m, 9.vii.2011, Song Keqing lgt.; 6 spec. (IZCAS): same label data.
 Distribution. China (Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan), northern Vietnam (SCHÖDL & JI 1995, JI & SCHÖDL 1998).
description: Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, pp. 127-139 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740471
A density matrix renormalisation group algorithm for quantum lattice systems with a large number of states per site
Creators: name: Bursill, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A variant of White's density matrix renormalisation group scheme which is designed to compute low-lying energies of one-dimensional quantum lattice models with a large number of degrees of freedom per site is described. The method is tested on two exactly solvable models---the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain and a dimerised XY spin chain. To illustrate the potential of the method, it is applied to a model of spins interacting with quantum phonons. It is shown that the method accurately resolves a number of energy gaps on periodic rings which are sufficiently large to afford an accurate investigation of critical properties via the use of finite-size scaling theory.
description: RevTeX, 8 pages, 2 figures
The first 20 minutes in the Hong Kong stock market
Creators: name: Huang, Zhi-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Based on the minute-by-minute data of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong and the analysis of probability distribution and autocorrelations, we find that the index fluctuations for the first few minutes of daily opening show behaviors very different from those of the other times. In particular, the properties of tail distribution, which will show the power law scaling with exponent about -4 or an exponential-type decay, the volatility, and its correlations depend on the opening effect of each trading day.
description: 9 pages with 6 figures; Proceedings of international workshop on "Economic Dynamics from the Physics Point of View", Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, 27 - 30 March, and to appear in Physica A
Prospective randomized comparison of surgical versus endovascular management of thrombosed dialysis access grafts
Creators: name: Criado, Enrique
name: Marston, William A.
name: Burnham, Steven J.
name: Jaques, Paul F.
name: Keagy, Blair A.
name: Mauro, Matthew A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: Abstract Purpose: Salvage of thrombosed prosthetic dialysis shunts can be performed using surgical or endovascular techniques. A prospective randomized trial was designed to compare the efficacy of these two methods in restoring dialysis access function. Methods: One hundred fifteen patients with thrombosed dialysis shunts were randomized prospectively to surgical (n = 56) or endovascular (n = 59) therapy. In the surgical group, salvage was attempted with thrombectomy alone in 22% and with thrombectomy plus graft revision in 78%. In the endovascular group, graft function was restored with mechanical (82%) or thrombolytic (18%) graft thrombectomy followed by percutaneous angioplasty. Results: Stenosis limited to the venous anastomotic area was the cause of shunt thrombosis in 55% of patients, and long-segment venous outflow stenosis or occlusion was the cause in 30%. In 83% of the surgical group and in 72% of the endovascular group, graft function was immediately restored ( p = NS). The postoperative graft function rate was significantly better in the surgical group ( p < 0.05). Thirty-six percent of grafts managed surgically remained functional at 6 months and 25% at 12 months. In the endovascular group, 11% were functional at 6 months and 9% by 12 months. Patients with long-segment venous outflow stenosis or occlusion had a significantly worse patency rate than those with venous anastomotic stenosis ( p < 0.05). Conclusions: Neither surgical nor endovascular management resulted in long-term function for the majority of shunts after thrombosis. However, surgical management resulted in significantly longer primary patency in this patient population, supporting its use as the primary method of management in most patients in whom shunt thrombosis develops.
Hydrocassis hebaueri Schodl 2000
Creators: name: Jia, Fenglong
name: Zhao, Shuang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Hydrocassis
Hydrocassis hebaueri

description: Hydrocassis hebaueri Schödl, 2000
(Figs. 4, 9, 14)
 Material examined. CHINA: GUANGDONG: 1 J (SYSU):Danxiashan, near Yangyuanshan, Huiyuan pool, 10.vi.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 1 J (SYSU): Danxiashan, plant nursery, light trap, 8.vi.2012, Fenglong Jia lgt.
 Biology. Chinese specimens were collected at the edge of very large pond with muddy bottom; a small stream flows into the pond on the other side. The specimens from Laos mentioned by SCHÖDL (2000) were collected at light.
 Distribution. China (Guangdong), Laos (SCHÖDL 2000). First record for China.
description: Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, pp. 127-139 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740471
Descending thoracic aorta to iliofemoral artery bypass grafting: A role for primary revascularization for aortoiliac occlusive disease?
Creators: name: Marston, William A.
name: Passman, Marc A.
name: Burnham, Steven J.
name: Keagy, Blair A.
name: Criado, Enrique
name: Farber, Mark A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1999

description: AbstractPurpose: Bypass grafts that originate from the descending thoracic aorta to the iliac or femoral arteries are well described but are not commonly used as primary procedures, and the long-term results remain unknown. A 15-year experience with 50 descending thoracic aorta to iliofemoral artery bypass grafts for aortoiliac occlusive disease is the basis of this report. Methods: From January 1983 to December 1997, patients who underwent bypass grafting procedures from the descending thoracic aorta to the iliac or femoral arteries were identified. Surgical indications, morbidity and mortality rates, primary and secondary patency rates, limb salvage rates, and survival rates were determined. Results: Fifty descending thoracic aorta to iliofemoral artery bypass grafting procedures were performed—24 (48%) for severe claudication, 22 (44%) for rest pain, and 4 (8%) for ischemic ulceration. A primary procedure was performed in 31 patients (62%) for complete occlusion (21 patients) and severe atherosclerotic disease (10 patients) of the infrarenal aorta. The indications for 19 secondary revascularizations (38%) were prior aortic or extra-anatomic graft failure in 17 cases and aortic graft infection in 2 cases. The follow-up periods ranged from 1 to 150 months (mean, 39 months). The cumulative life-table 5-year primary patency, secondary patency, limb salvage, and survival rates were 79%, 84%, 93%, and 67%, respectively. An improved patency trend was observed for patients who underwent operation for severe claudication as compared with limb-threatening ischemia (92% and 69%; P = .07). However, there was no difference between primary and secondary operations in primary patency rates (81% and 79%; P = NS) or survival rates (72% and 62%; P = NS). Conclusion: Descending thoracic aorta to iliofemoral artery bypass grafting has excellent overall long-term results. These results support its more liberal use for primary revascularization, especially for patients with severe atherosclerotic disease or complete occlusion of the infrarenal aorta. (J Vasc Surg 1999;29:249-58.)
Hydrocassis imperialis
Creators: name: Jia, Fenglong
name: Zhao, Shuang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Hydrocassis
Hydrocassis imperialis

description: Hydrocassis imperialis (Knisch, 1924)
(Figs 6, 18)
 Material examined. CHINA: JIANGXI: 1 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Shuangxikou, 24.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 5 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Xiangzhou, 26.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 1 spec. (NMPC): same locality and date, Fikáček & Hájek lgt.; 5 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Wankeng, 29.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia & Shuang Zhao lgt.; 5 spec. (NMPC): same locality and date, Fikáček, Hájek, Jia & Song lgt.; 12 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Baiyinhu, 27.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 7 spec. (NMPC): Jiangxi prov., Jinggangshan Mts., Baiyinhu env., 23.–29.iv.2011, Fikáček & Hájek lgt.; 5 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Huyangta, 28.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 3 spec. (NMPC): same locality and date, Fikáček & Hájek lgt.; 2 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Xiping, 24.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 6 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Jingzhushan, 24.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia & Shuang Zhao lgt.; 2 spec. (NMPC): same locality and date, Fikáček & Hájek lgt.; 6 spec. (SYSU): Jinggangshan, 1.iv.2011, Yun Li lgt.; 2 spec. (NMPC): Pingshuishan, 1590 m, 28.iv.2011, Fikáček, Hájek, Kubeček, Jia, Song & Zhao lgt.
 Distribution. Only known from China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian) (SCHÖDL & JI 1995, JI & SCHÖDL 1998).
description: Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, pp. 127-139 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740471
‘We’re not the hottest ethnicity’: Pacific scholars and the cultural politics of New Zealand universities
Creators: name: Kidman, Joanna
name: Chu-Fuluifaga, Cherie
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3902
subject: Education policy, sociology and philosophy
classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Academic labour markets around the world are increasingly globalised and tied to transnational circuits of neoliberal capital. Universities in New Zealand are closely aligned with these trends and an academic labour force has developed over time that reflects these economic flows and currents. This labour force is characterised by an exceptionally high number of multinational academic staff, many of whom contribute to research and inquiry aimed at maintaining and broadening the influence of their institutions abroad. Pacific faculty, however, experience the micro-geographies of New Zealand universities in different ways from other migrant scholars, especially those who hail from the global North. They are rarely included in academic ‘prestige economies’ or elite scholarly networks and are often isolated in their academic departments. This paper draws on a study about the experiences of senior Pacific academics in Aotearoa New Zealand and explores how they formulate pan-Pacific solidarities within the neoliberal and settler-colonial milieu of higher education. We focus on the often fraught dynamics of encounters between Pacific scholars, white academic elites and indigenous Māori colleagues as they map academic identities on to institutional space.
Prospective screening for postoperative deep venous thrombosis in patients undergoing infrainguinal revascularization
Creators: name: Carlin, Robert E.
name: Burnham, Cynthia B.
name: Marston, William A.
name: Passman, Marc A.
name: Keagy, Blair A.
name: Burnham, Steven J.
name: Owens, Lewis V.
name: Farber, Mark A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2000

description: AbstractPurpose: The incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass graft procedures has not been well documented, and the need for routine prophylaxis remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the risk of postoperative DVT complicating infrainguinal revascularization. Methods: Seventy-four patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass graft procedures during a 12-month period were prospectively screened for DVT. Bilateral lower extremity venous duplex scan imaging was performed preoperatively and within 1 week and 6 weeks, postoperatively. Routine DVT prophylaxis was not used, with anticoagulation reserved for specific indications. Results: Of the 74 patients screened, three patients (4.1%) had DVT identified on preoperative venous duplex scan imaging and were excluded from the study. Of the remaining 71 patients enrolled, only two patients (2.8%) had postoperative DVT. Postoperative DVT was ipsilateral to the bypass graft extremity in both patients, with involvement of the peroneal vein in one patient and the femoral vein in the other. Although routine prophylaxis was not used, 18 of these patients (25%) were anticoagulated for other indications, with DVT occurring in one patient (5.6%). Of the remaining 53 patients who did not receive postoperative anticoagulation, only one patient (1.8%) had DVT. Conclusions: According to this prospective study, the risk of postoperative DVT in patients undergoing infrainguinal revascularization is low. Routine prophylaxis is not recommended, with postoperative anticoagulation reserved for specific indications. (J Vasc Surg 2000;32:669-75.)