cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Digital Economy in the Context of Digital Transformation and Their Impact on the Electronification of Accounting Processes in the Slovak Republic
Creators: name: Košovská, Iveta
name: Hallová, Marcela
name: Váryová, Ivana
name: Šilerová, Edita
name: Hennyeyová, Klára
name: Cihelka, Petr
name: Košovská, Iveta
name: Hallová, Marcela
name: Váryová, Ivana
name: Šilerová, Edita
name: Hennyeyová, Klára
name: Cihelka, Petr
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: digitization
subject: digital economy
subject: digital transformation
subject: electronification of processes
subject: accounting
subject: agriculture
subject: agricultural accounting entities

description: As a result of the explosive growth of scientific knowledge and the rapid development of ICT, the world economy is undergoing crucial global changes, which are the most significant since the industrial revolution. Digitization represents the most important element of the fourth industrial revolution, enabling the connection of technology and people. The digital economy is related to the rapid onset and penetration of information and communication technologies into all areas of human activity, which also requires new perspectives on the factors affecting the development and success of the economy. We digitize information and data, digitize the processes and systems that make up the functioning of the company, and digitally transform the company and its strategy. The main task of article is to determine the digital economy in the context of digital transformation and their impact on the electronification of accounting processes in the Slovak Republic. The article defines the progress and level of development of Europe's digital competitiveness in individual EU member states using the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). The position of Slovakia and the EU is compared for the period from 2018 to 2022. Slovakia needs to create conditions for the gradual digital transformation of all sectors of the economy. Digitization is also coming to the accounting. The article also describes how the approved amendment to the Act on Accounting as of January 1, 2022 creates space for streamlining the processing and archiving of accounting records. The current change in the amendment to the Act on Accounting thus offers completely new opportunities for working with corporate accounting in relation to internal processes in the company, but also in relation to financial administration or tax authorities. All entities, this also applies to agricultural entities keeping the double entry accounting, are obliged to follow the Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on Accounting as amended.
GPU-accelerated discontinuous Galerkin methods on hybrid meshes
Creators: name: Chan, Jesse
name: Wang, Zheng
name: Modave, Axel
name: Remacle, Jean-Francois
name: Warburton, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present a time-explicit discontinuous Galerkin (DG) solver for the time-domain acoustic wave equation on hybrid meshes containing vertex-mapped hexahedral, wedge, pyramidal and tetrahedral elements. Discretely energy-stable formulations are presented for both Gauss-Legendre and Gauss-Legendre-Lobatto (Spectral Element) nodal bases for the hexahedron. Stable timestep restrictions for hybrid meshes are derived by bounding the spectral radius of the DG operator using order-dependent constants in trace and Markov inequalities. Computational efficiency is achieved under a combination of element-specific kernels (including new quadrature-free operators for the pyramid), multi-rate timestepping, and acceleration using Graphics Processing Units.
description: Submitted to CMAME
Potential determinants of health-care professionals’ use of survivorship care plans: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework
Creators: name: Mayer, Deborah
name: Birken, Sarah
name: Gerstel, Adrian A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2014

description: Abstract Background Survivorship care plans are intended to improve coordination of care for the nearly 14 million cancer survivors in the United States. Evidence suggests that survivorship care plans (SCPs) have positive outcomes for survivors, health-care professionals, and cancer programs, and several high-profile organizations now recommend SCP use. Nevertheless, SCP use remains limited among health-care professionals in United States cancer programs. Knowledge of barriers to SCP use is limited in part because extant studies have used anecdotal evidence to identify determinants. This study uses the theoretical domains framework to identify relevant constructs that are potential determinants of SCP use among United States health-care professionals. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews to assess the relevance of 12 theoretical domains in predicting SCP use among 13 health-care professionals in 7 cancer programs throughout the United States with diverse characteristics. Relevant theoretical domains were identified through thematic coding of interview transcripts, identification of specific beliefs within coded text units, and mapping of specific beliefs onto theoretical constructs. Results We found the following theoretical domains (based on specific beliefs) to be potential determinants of SCP use: health-care professionals’ beliefs about the consequences of SCP use (benefit to survivors, health-care professionals, and the system as a whole); motivation and goals regarding SCP use (advocating SCP use; extent to which using SCPs competed for health-care professionals’ time); environmental context and resources (whether SCPs were delivered at a dedicated visit and whether a system, information technology, and funding facilitated SCP use); and social influences (whether using SCPs is an organizational priority, influential people support SCP use, and people who could assist with SCP use buy into using SCPs). Specific beliefs mapped onto the following psychological constructs: outcome expectancies, intrinsic motivation, goal priority, resources, leadership, and team working. Conclusions Previous studies have explored a limited range of determinants of SCP use. Our findings suggest a more comprehensive list of potential determinants that could be leveraged to promote SCP use. These results are particularly timely as cancer programs face impending SCP use requirements. Future work should develop instruments to measure the potential determinants and assess their relative influence on SCP use.
Crime and criminal justice in Europe and North America: 1990 - 1994
Creators: name: Kangaspunta, Kristiina
name: Joutsen, Matti
name: Ollus, Natalia
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Kriminalität , Europa , Nordamerika
subject: 360

description: This report is based on an analysis of national responses to the Fifth United Nations Survey. The report covers the years 1990 through 1994. The Fifth United Nations Survey data have been supplemented by other information, including in particular the results of the International Crime (Victim) Survey. The report differs considerably from its predecessors. The data has been subjected to quanitative analysis in order to test whether a set of indicators can be developed that may help us to better understand differencies between countries in the level and structure of crime, and in the operation of the criminal justice system.
title: Breast cancer in young women - specifics, imaging features and diagnostic pitfalls
Creators: name: Steyerova, Petra
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Oncology
subject: Mammography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cancer

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To become familiar with the variable appearance of breast cancer in young women, emphasizing the possible pitfalls in the diagnostic...
Profiles of Criminal Justice Systems in Europe and North America 1990-1994
Creators: name: Kangaspunta, Kristiina
name: Joutsen, Matti
name: Ollus, Natalia
name: Nevala, Sami
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Strafgerichtsbarkeit , Europa , Nordamerika
subject: 360

description: This report consists of national profiles of 51 European and North American countries. The profiles are based on an analysis of the responses to the Fifth United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operation of Criminal Justice Systes (1990-1994). Each profile seeks to provide background information on the criminal justice system, trends in crime, criminal justice resources and the performance of the criminal justice system. Where possible, additional sources of information have been utilised.
Effects of Land Quality on Land Use: Farm-level Panel-data Evidence from Viet Nam
Creators: name: Ngo, Thanh Quang
name: Luu, Khai Duc
name: Nguyen, Danh Ngọc
name: Bui, Thanh Xuan
name: Van, Sang Nguyen
name: Nguyen, Ky Tran
name: Ngo, Thanh Quang
name: Luu, Khai Duc
name: Nguyen, Danh Ngọc
name: Bui, Thanh Xuan
name: Van, Sang Nguyen
name: Nguyen, Ky Tran
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Farming household
subject: fixed-effects model
subject: land quality
subject: land use
subject: panel data
subject: Vietnam

description: The sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF) is a comprehensive way to study agricultural issues. So far, to our best knowledge, no study has applied the SLF to examine the influence of land quality on land use intensively. The current research examines the effects of land quality on farmers’ decision-making on land use in Vietnam by modifying the sustainable livelihoods framework and using the fixed effects regression model. The method controlled the household and commune-level unobserved invariant characteristics and resulted in more robust estimates than pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation. The sample is a five-wave panel dataset of 2008-2016 with 1,534 farm households. The results reveal that land quality affects land-use choices through several aspects of land quality. More specifically, regarding topography, plot fertility level, plot locations, and soil and water conservation, results show that their effects reflect the cultivating practices for each land-use type in the sample. Findings also show that the irrigation system positively affects rice production in Vietnam. Policymakers should consider various aspects of land quality when designing policies and programs relating to land use, irrigation distribution, and especially the master plan for agricultural production and rural development. Flexible guidance for land uses of each type is closely connected with land quality in each region that may be most suitable for sustainable agriculture development.
Holographic entropy and real-time dynamics of quarkonium dissociation in non-Abelian plasma
Creators: name: Iatrakis, Ioannis
name: Kharzeev, Dmitri E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The peak of the heavy quark pair entropy at the deconfinement transition, observed in lattice QCD, suggests that the transition is effectively driven by the increase of the entropy of bound states. The growth of the entropy with the inter-quark distance leads to the emergent entropic force that induces dissociation of quarkonium states. Since the quark-gluon plasma around the transition point is a strongly coupled system, we use the gauge-gravity duality to study the entropy of heavy quarkonium and the real-time dynamics of its dissociation. In particular, we employ the Improved Holographic QCD model as a dual description of large $N_c$ Yang Mills theory. Studying the dynamics of the fundamental string between the quarks placed on the boundary, we find that the entropy peaks at the transition point. We also study the real-time dynamics of the system by considering the holographic string falling in the black hole horizon where it equilibrates. In the vicinity the deconfinement transition, the dissociation time is found to be less than a fermi, suggesting that the entropic destruction is the dominant dissociation mechanism in this temperature region.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Interplay Between Electron Over-Heating and ac Josephson Effect
Creators: name: De Cecco, Alessandro
name: Calvez, Kévin Le
name: Sacépé, Benjamin
name: Winkelmann, Clemens
name: Courtois, Hervé
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the response of high-critical current proximity Josephson junctions to a microwave excitation. Electron over-heating in such devices is known to create hysteretic dc voltage-current characteristics. Here we demonstrate that it also strongly influences the ac response. The interplay of electron over-heating and ac Josephson dynamics is revealed by the evolution of the Shapiro steps with the microwave drive amplitude. Extending the resistively shunted Josephson junction model by including a thermal balance for the electronic bath coupled to phonons, a strong electron over-heating is obtained.
Absence of stimulus-driven synchronization effects on sensory perception in autism: Evidence for local underconnectivity?
Creators: name: Tannan, Vinay
name: Baranek, Grace
name: Holden, Jameson K.
name: Tommerdahl, Mark Allen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2008

description: Abstract: Background: A number of neurophysiological characteristics demonstrated in autism share the common theme of under-connectivity in the cerebral cortex. One of the prominent theories of the cause of the dysfunctional connectivity in autism is based on distinct anatomical structures that differ between the autistic and the neurotypical cortex. The functional minicolumn has been identified as occupying a much smaller space in the cortex of people with autism as compared to neurotypical controls, and this aberration in architecture has been proposed to lead to under-connectivity at the local or within-macrocolumn level, which in turn leads to dysfunctional connectivity globally across cortical areas in persons with autism. Numerous reports have indicated reduced synchronization of activity on a large scale in the brains of people with autism. We hypothesized that if the larger-scale aberrant dynamics in autism were due – at least in part – to a widespread propagation of the errors introduced at the level of local connectivity between minicolumns, then aberrations in local functional connectivity should also be detectable in autism. Methods: Recently, we reported a method for measuring the perceptual changes that are impacted by the presence of synchronized conditioning stimuli on the skin. In this study, the temporal order judgment (TOJ) and temporal discriminative threshold (TDT) of 10 adult autism subjects were assessed both in the absence and presence of synchronized conditioning vibrotactile stimuli. Results: Our previous report demonstrated that delivering simultaneous and synchronized vibrotactile stimuli to near-adjacent skin sites decreases a subject's ability to determine temporal order by 3 to 4-fold. However, results presented in this report show that subjects with autism do not demonstrate such decreased capacity in temporal order judgment (TOJ) in the presence of synchronized conditioning stimuli, although these same subjects do have TOJ thresholds well above that of controls. Conclusion: It is speculated that the differences in sensory perceptual capacities in the presence of synchronized conditioning stimuli in autism are due to local under-connectivity in cortex at the minicolumnar organizational level, and that the above-average TOJ thresholds in autism could be attributed to structural differences that have been observed in the frontostrial system of this population.
title: Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, our experience over the last 15 years. Review of diagnosis, classification and treatment.
Creators: name: Sirera, Marina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Surgery
subject: Embolisation
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Head and neck
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Reviewclinical features, imaging findings and treatment of juvenilenasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA), in literature as in the cases collected in our hospital in the last 15...
Sustainability of Rubber Farmers Cooperatives: Empirical Evaluation of Determining Factors
Creators: name: Nuanphromsakul, Kajohnjak
name: Szczepańska-Woszczyna, Katarzyna
name: Kot, Sebastian
name: Chaveesuk, Singha
name: Chaiyasoonthorn, Wornchanok
name: Nuanphromsakul, Kajohnjak
name: Szczepańska-Woszczyna, Katarzyna
name: Kot, Sebastian
name: Chaveesuk, Singha
name: Chaiyasoonthorn, Wornchanok
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: sustainability
subject: rubber farmers
subject: structural equation modeling
subject: cooperatives
subject: Thailand

description: The study investigated the factors that influence rubber farmers' cooperatives from the perspective of sustainability in Thailand. The research adopted a quantitative survey methodology with data purposively collected from 434 Thai rubber farmer groups. The variables included trust, sustainability, perceived value, satisfaction, loyalty, and brand image. The model was evaluated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), while Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to assess the hypotheses. The results indicated that the sustainability of the rubber farmers' cooperatives as a corporate entity is influenced by brand image, loyalty, and satisfaction. Trust was also found to have a significant effect on the satisfaction and loyalty of the rubber farmers' cooperatives. The research recommended that to enhance the sustainability of the rubber farmers' cooperative's brand image, loyalty, and satisfaction should be improved. The research's drawback is that it only looked at the rubber farmer cooperatives of Thailand as a corporation, and therefore, these factors should be taken into account when applying these results outside of this scope.
Biodynamic compost effects on soil parameters in a 27-year long-term field experiment
Creators: name: Rodas Gaitán, Heberto
name: Fritz, Jürgen
name: Dahn, Christian
name: Köpke, Ulrich
name: Jörgensen, Rainer Georg
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Farmyard manure
subject: biodynamic agriculture
subject: Achillea preparation
subject: Multi-substrate-induced respiration
subject: Microbial biomass
subject: 570
subject: 630
subject: Biologische Landwirtschaft
subject: Biomasse
subject: Bauernhof
subject: Düngung
subject: Langzeitversuch
subject: Feldversuch
subject: Schafgarbe

description: Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel
The main website of my biblical exegeses in English
Creators: name: Wojciech, Kosek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: exegesis, Bible, Hebrew, Greek, Old Testament, New Testament, theology, philosophy, religion, Holy Mass, Most Blessed Sacrament, Passover, the Book of Exodus, the Gospel of John, the First Letter to Corinthians, Wojciech Kosek

description: Dr. Wojciech Kosek presents the main website of his biblical exegeses in English. The website shares a list of his particular articles with active links to the HTML version of them. Each HTML version has a link to the PDF version on the Academia.edu website and also to DOI.
 The most recent version can be found at https://www.adoracja.bielsko.opoka.org.pl/Kosek_mainWeb_UK.html and in the DOI repository.
title: Communication issue - What should the radiologist report before functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Creators: name: Dobra, Alexandra Mihaela
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Anatomy
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Surgery
subject: Normal variants
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this poster is to improve communication between radiologist and ENT surgeon, by presenting a systematic approach in the computed tomography evaluation of paranasal sinuses prior to functional endoscopic sinus...
title: Advanced MR and PET imaging for the assessment of treatment response in patients with gliomas.
Creators: name: van der Hoorn, Anouk
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: PET
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To show the limits of conventional magnetic resonance (MR) methods in the interpretation of treatment response in patients with gliomas. To describe the functional and molecular background of the most relevant new MR and positron emission tomography...
Agent-Based Product Configuration: towards Generalized Consensus Seeking
Creators: name: Beroule, Benoît
name: Fougères, Alain-Jérôme
name: Ostrosi, Egon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper will present an evolution of a fuzzy agent based platform which performed products configuration. As a first step, we used the notion of consensus to establish robust results at the end of the configuration process. We implemented the concept of generalized consensus which implied the consideration of consensuses from the beginning, in this way robust data are treated during the entire process and the final result enables the designer to distinguish the robust components and flexible ones in a set of configurations.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables
A call for comparative effectiveness research to learn whether routine clinical care decisions can protect from dementia and cognitive decline
Creators: name: Kirkman, M. Sue
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Common diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation are probable risk factors for dementia, suggesting that their treatments may influence the risk and rate of cognitive and functional decline. Moreover, specific therapies and medications may affect long-term brain health through mechanisms that are independent of their primary indication. While surgery, benzodiazepines, and anti-cholinergic drugs may accelerate decline or even raise the risk of dementia, other medications act directly on the brain to potentially slow the pathology that underlies Alzheimer’s and other dementia. In other words, the functional and cognitive decline in vulnerable patients may be influenced by the choice of treatments for other medical conditions. Despite the importance of these questions, very little research is available. The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation convened an advisory panel to discuss the existing evidence and to recommend strategies to accelerate the development of comparative effectiveness research on how choices in the clinical care of common chronic diseases may protect from cognitive decline and dementia.
Investigating the ability of Tenofovir to cross the blood-brain barrier during MRP4 inhibition
Creators: name: Shabalala, Simangele
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medical Sciences
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Blood-Brain Barrier; Anti-retroviral Drugs; Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1; HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters

description: The purpose of this study is to investigate the concentration level of tenofovir influx through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and retention rate, during MRP4 inhibition by probenecid using BALB/c mouse model. Furthermore, the study will investigate the TFV-MRP4 interaction using bovine brain endothelial cells co-cultured with rat astrocytes.
Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe and North America 1995-1997: Report on the Sixth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Criminal Justice Systems
Creators: name: Aromaa, Kauko
name: Leppä, Seppo
name: Nevala, Sami
name: Ollus, Natalia
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Kriminalität , Strafjustiz , Europa , Nordamerika
subject: 360

description: The purpose of the report is to describe public safety in the European and North American region as a whole, and in the individual countries within the region. The report is based on an analysis of national responses to the Sixth United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems. It covers the years 1995 through 1997. The Sixth United Nations Survey data have been supplemented by other information, including in particular the results of the International Crime Victim Survey.
Electronic transport properties of Ir-decorated graphene
Creators: name: Wang, Yilin
name: Xiao, Shudong
name: Cai, Xinghan
name: Bao, Wenzhong
name: Reutt-Robey, Janice
name: Fuhrer, Michael S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Graphene decorated with 5d transitional metal atoms is predicted to exhibit many intriguing properties; for example iridium adatoms are proposed to induce a substantial topological gap in graphene. We extensively investigated the conductivity of single-layer graphene decorated with iridium deposited in ultra-high vacuum at low temperature (7 K) as a function of Ir concentration, carrier density, temperature, and annealing conditions. Our results are consistent with the formation of Ir clusters of ~100 atoms at low temperature, with each cluster donating a single electronic charge to graphene. Annealing graphene increases the cluster size, reducing the doping and increasing the mobility. We do not observe any sign of an energy gap induced by spin-orbit coupling, possibly due to the clustering of Ir.
Essential Care for Every Baby: improving compliance with newborn care practices in rural Nicaragua
Creators: name: Patterson, Jacquelyn
name: Bose, Carl
name: Escobar, Carlos
name: Parajon, Laura
name: Hinshaw, Jessica
name: Parajon, David
name: Perez, Krystle
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract
                Background
                Neonatal mortality comprises an increasing proportion of childhood deaths in the developing world. Essential newborn care practices as recommended by the WHO may improve neonatal outcomes in resource limited settings. Our objective was to pilot a Helping Babies Breathe and Essential Care for Every Baby (HBB and ECEB) implementation package using HBB-ECEB training combined with supportive supervision in rural Nicaragua.
                Methods
                We employed an HBB-ECEB implementation package in El Ayote and Santo Domingo, two rural municipalities in Nicaragua and used a pre- and post- data collection design for comparison. Following a period of pre-intervention data collection (June–August 2015), care providers were trained in HBB and ECEB using a train-the- trainer model. An external supportive supervisor monitored processes of care and collected data. Data on newborn care processes and short-term outcomes such as hypothermia were collected from facility medical records and analyzed using standard run charts. Home visits were used to determine breastfeeding rates at 7, 30 and 60 days.
                Results
                There were 480 institutional births during the study period (June 2015–June 2016). Following the HBB-ECEB implementation package, cord care improved (pre-intervention median 66%; post-intervention shift to ≥85%) and early skin-to-skin care improved (pre-intervention median 0%; post-intervention shift to ≥56%, with a high of 92% in June 2016). Rates of administration of ophthalmic ointment and vitamin K were high pre-intervention (median 97%) and remained high. Early initiation of breastfeeding increased with a pre-intervention median of 25% and post-intervention shift to ≥28%, with a peak of 81% in June 2016. Exclusive breastfeeding rates increased short-term but were not significantly different by 60-days of life (9% pre-intervention versus 21% post-intervention).
                Conclusions
                The implementation of the HBB-ECEB programs combined with supportive supervision improved the quality of care for newborns in terms of cord care, early skin-to-skin care and early initiation of breastfeeding. The rates of administration of ophthalmic ointment and vitamin K were high pre- intervention and remained high afterwards. These findings show that HBB-ECEB programs implemented with supportive supervision can improve quality of care for newborns.
Individual Differences in Emotional Profile and Susceptibility to Inattentional Blindness
Creators: name: Ng, Gavin Jun Peng
name: Buetti, Simona
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Although the phenomenon of Inattentional Blindness (IB) has been widely studied, few studies have examined how individuals differ in their susceptibility to IB. In the current study, we are interested in examining how individuals across the mood spectrum vary in their susceptibility to IB. More specifically, we will evaluate individuals that vary in their personality and emotional profile, going from individuals who are at-risk for depression (high in negative affect) to normal individuals, to individuals high in positive affect as well as individuals at-risk for mania.
title: High resolution computed tomography of the chest in evaluating common variable immunodeficiency: literature review and personal experience
Creators: name: De Nicolò, Arianna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Lung

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe the role of lung HRCT in Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID). To summarize HRCT semeiotic in CVID patients with imaging-pathologic...
Extended Rearrangement inequalities and applications to some quantitative stability results
Creators: name: Lemou, Mohammed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we prove a new functional inequality of Hardy-Littlewood type for generalized rearrangements of functions. We then show how this inequality provides {\em quantitative} stability results of steady states to evolution systems that essentially preserve the rearrangements and some suitable energy functional, under minimal regularity assumptions on the perturbations. In particular, this inequality yields a {\em quantitative} stability result of a large class of steady state solutions to the Vlasov-Poisson systems, and more precisely we derive a quantitative control of the $L^1$ norm of the perturbation by the relative Hamiltonian (the energy functional) and rearrangements. A general non linear stability result has been obtained in \cite{LMR} in the gravitational context, however the proof relied in a crucial way on compactness arguments which by construction provides no quantitative control of the perturbation. Our functional inequality is also applied to the context of 2D-Euler system and also provides quantitative stability results of a large class of steady-states to this system in a natural energy space.
Lifestyle change in Kerala, India: needs assessment and planning for a community-based diabetes prevention trial
Creators: name: Fisher, Edwin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has become a major public health challenge in India. Factors relevant to the development and implementation of diabetes prevention programmes in resource-constrained countries, such as India, have been under-studied. The purpose of this study is to describe the findings from research aimed at informing the development and evaluation of a Diabetes Prevention Programme in Kerala, India (K-DPP). Methods Data were collected from three main sources: (1) a systematic review of key research literature; (2) a review of relevant policy documents; and (3) focus groups conducted among individuals with a high risk of progressing to diabetes. The key findings were then triangulated and synthesised. Results Prevalence of risk factors for diabetes is very high and increasing in Kerala. This situation is largely attributable to rapid changes in the lifestyle of people living in this state of India. The findings from the systematic review and focus groups identified many environmental and personal determinants of these unhealthy lifestyle changes, including: less than ideal accessibility to and availability of health services; cultural values and norms; optimistic bias and other misconceptions related to risk; and low expectations regarding one’s ability to make lifestyle changes in order to influence health and disease outcomes. On the other hand, there are existing intervention trials conducted in India which suggests that risk reduction is possible. These programmes utilize multi-level strategies including mass media, as well as strategies to enhance community and individual empowerment. India’s national programme for the prevention and control of major non-communicable diseases (NCD) also provide a supportive environment for further community-based efforts to prevent diabetes. Conclusion These findings provide strong support for undertaking more research into the conduct of community-based diabetes prevention in the rural areas of Kerala. We aim to develop, implement and evaluate a group-based peer support programme that will address cultural and family determinants of lifestyle risks, including family decision-making regarding adoption of healthy dietary and physical activity patterns. Furthermore, we believe that this approach will be feasible, acceptable and effective in these communities; with the potential for scale-up in other parts of India.
title: Post-operative CT of neck cancer: expected appearance, complications, and recurrent disease
Creators: name: Pereira, Ana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: Complications
subject: Surgery
subject: Cancer

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: We aim to review CT findings after neck cancer surgery, and how to differentiate these from persistent or recurrent...
Evaluation of an IMU-Based Wearable Device for ACL Injury Research | Advances in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (AOASM) Journal
Creators: name: Kresie, Scott
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 400303
subject: Biomechanical engineering
classificationCode: 420701
subject: Biomechanics
classificationCode: 340607
subject: Reaction kinetics and dynamics
classificationCode: 400906
subject: Electronic sensors
classificationCode: 420604
subject: Injury prevention

description: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common, costly and have long-term health consequences. Despite decades of ACL injury research, ACL injury incidence remains high, highlighting the need for new approaches. We hypothesize that many non-contact ACL injuries result from an overuse, fatigue failure mechanism and that advances in wearable technology provide an exciting opportunity to obtain data needed to test this hypothesis. In this study, we created and evaluated an inertial measurement unit (IMU) based wearable device to collect a clinically relevant metric of ACL loading events from athletes in the field. The wearable device measures relative anterior tibial acceleration (RATA), a surrogate measure of ACL loading defined as the relative acceleration between a point on the proximal tibia and a point on the distal femur. The device was evaluated using a mechanical test system designed to simulate human leg movement, and then used to quantify peak RATA profiles for two participants performing six common athletic movement tasks associated with relatively low and high levels of ACL loading. The wearable device successfully tracked in-vivo the frequency and magnitude of ACL loading events and thus provides a tool to acquire data needed to test fatigue failure mechanism theories of ACL injury.
Pseudo-gradient Based Local Voltage Control in Distribution Networks
Creators: name: Zhou, Xinyang
name: Farivar, Masoud
name: Chen, Lijun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Voltage regulation is critical for power grids. However, it has become a much more challenging problem as distributed energy resources (DERs) such as photovoltaic and wind generators are increasingly deployed, causing rapid voltage fluctuations beyond what can be handled by the traditional voltage regulation methods. In this paper, motivated by two previously proposed inverter-based local volt/var control algorithms, we propose a pseudo-gradient based voltage control algorithm for the distribution network that does not constrain the allowable control functions and has low implementation complexity. We characterize the convergence of the proposed voltage control scheme, and compare it against the two previous algorithms in terms of the convergence condition as well as the convergence rate.
Scoping Review Protocol - Blood-based neutrophil biomarkers in IBD
Creators: name: Magalhaes, Diogo
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Digestive System Diseases
subject: Gastroenterology
subject: Diseases
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties

description: Protocol of a Scoping review entitled "Blood-based neutrophil-associated biomarkers as predictors of disease progression and treatment outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a systematic scoping review"
Integrating a family-focused approach into child obesity prevention: Rationale and design for the My Parenting SOS study randomized control trial
Creators: name: Vaughn, Amber
name: Ward, Dianne
name: Jones, Deborah
name: Stevens, June Sheppa
name: Panter, Abigail
name: Bangdiwala, Shrikant
name: Campbell, Marci
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2011

description: Abstract Background More than 20% of US children ages 2-5 yrs are classified as overweight or obese. Parents greatly influence the behaviors their children adopt, including those which impact weight (e.g., diet and physical activity). Unfortunately, parents often fail to recognize the risk for excess weight gain in young children, and may not be motivated to modify behavior. Research is needed to explore intervention strategies that engage families with young children and motivate parents to adopt behaviors that will foster healthy weight development. Methods This study tests the efficacy of the 35-week My Parenting SOS intervention. The intervention consists of 12 sessions: initial sessions focus on general parenting skills (stress management, effective parenting styles, child behavior management, coparenting, and time management) and later sessions apply these skills to promote healthier eating and physical activity habits. The primary outcome is change in child percent body fat. Secondary measures assess parent and child dietary intake (three 24-hr recalls) and physical activity (accelerometry), general parenting style and practices, nutrition- and activity-related parenting practices, and parent motivation to adopt healthier practices. Discussion Testing of these new approaches contributes to our understanding of how general and weight-specific parenting practices influence child weight, and whether or not they can be changed to promote healthy weight trajectories. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00998348
title: Assessment of usefulness of multi-parametric ultrasound imaging of the testis in determining malignant versus benign disease: Blinded review of diagnostic capabilities
Creators: name: Konstantatou, Eleni
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Contrast agent-other
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The aim is to investigate whether B-mode and colour Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) in combination with adjuvant techniques such as Real Time Elastography (RTE) and Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the investigation of testicular pathology, may...
title: Part II - Revising the sellar and parasellar region: differential diagnosis of a sellar region mass
Creators: name: Abreu, Ines
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Anatomy
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Education
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Pathology

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Provide some examples and key features in the diagnosisof a sellar region mass, using both CT and...
title: When, Why, and How of Thoracic Duct Embolization
Creators: name: Chick, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Sclerosis
subject: Embolisation
subject: MR
subject: Lymphography
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Interventional non-vascular

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Review the typical anatomy of the thoracic duct. Outline the causes of thoracic duct injury and the indications for thoracic duct embolization. Review thoracic duct embolization pre-procedural imaging such asmagnetic resonance ductography...
title: Revisiting a traditional technique in vascular intervention: Use of self-made wire snares for retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies
Creators: name: Jehangir, Maham
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Foreign bodies
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Removal
subject: Cost-effectiveness
subject: Catheter venography
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: Vascular
subject: Interventional vascular

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Percutaneous retrieval of foreign bodies is an increasingly utilized technique as the range of endovascular procedures continues to expand. It is generally safe, effective and avoids the morbidity associated with open surgical retrieval (1). Myriad...
Comparison of outcomes for veterans receiving dialysis care from VA and non-VA providers
Creators: name: Weinberger, Morris
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Demand for dialysis treatment exceeds its supply within the Veterans Health Administration (VA), requiring VA to outsource dialysis care by purchasing private sector dialysis for veterans on a fee-for-service basis. It is unclear whether outcomes are similar for veterans receiving dialysis from VA versus non-VA providers. We assessed the extent of chronic dialysis treatment utilization and differences in all-cause hospitalizations and mortality between veterans receiving dialysis from VA versus VA-outsourced providers. Methods We constructed a retrospective cohort of veterans in 2 VA regions who received chronic dialysis treatment financed by VA between January 2007 and December 2008. From VA administrative data, we identified veterans who received outpatient dialysis in (1) VA, (2) VA-outsourced settings, or (3) both (“dual”) settings. In adjusted analyses, we used two-part and logistic regression to examine associations between dialysis setting and all-cause hospitalization and mortality one-year from veterans’ baseline dialysis date. Results Of 1,388 veterans, 27% received dialysis exclusively in VA, 47% in VA-outsourced settings, and 25% in dual settings. Overall, half (48%) were hospitalized and 12% died. In adjusted analysis, veterans in VA-outsourced settings incurred fewer hospitalizations and shorter hospital stays than users of VA due to favorable selection. Dual-system dialysis patients had lower one-year mortality than veterans receiving VA dialysis. Conclusions VA expenditures for “buying” outsourced dialysis are high and increasing relative to “making” dialysis treatment within its own system. Outcomes comparisons inform future make-or-buy decisions and suggest the need for VA to consider veterans’ access to care, long-term VA savings, and optimal patient outcomes in its placement decisions for dialysis services.
Top-Quark Physics at the LHC
Creators: name: Kröninger, Kevin
name: Meyer, Andreas B.
name: Uwer, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The top quark is the heaviest of all known elementary particles. It was discovered in 1995 by the CDF and D0 experiments at the Tevatron. With the start of the LHC in 2009, an unprecedented wealth of measurements of the top quark's production mechanisms and properties have been performed by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, most of these resulting in smaller uncertainties than those achieved previously. At the same time, huge progress was made on the theoretical side yielding significantly improved predictions up to next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD. Due to the vast amount of events containing top quarks, a variety of new measurements became feasible and opened a new window to precisions tests of the Standard Model and to contributions of new physics. In this review, originally written for a recent book on the results of LHC Run 1, top-quark measurements obtained so far from the LHC Run 1 are summarised and put in context with the current understanding of the Standard Model.
description: 35 pages, 25 figures. To appear in "The Large Hadron Collider -- Harvest of Run 1", Thomas Sch\"orner-Sadenius (ed.), Springer, 2015 (532 pages, 253 figures; ISBN 978-3-319-15000-0; eBook ISBN 978-3-319-15001-7, for more details, see http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319150000)