cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
sj-docx-1-gut-10.1177_26345161221094838 – Supplemental material for Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: How I Teach It
Creators: name: Zimmermann, Christopher J.
name: Lidor, Anne O.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-gut-10.1177_26345161221094838 for Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: How I Teach It by Christopher J. Zimmermann and Anne O. Lidor in Foregut: The Journal of the American Foregut Society
Low Casamance inverse estuary : Impacts on water quality and agrosystems in islander area
Creators: name: THIOR, Mamadou
name: THIOR, Mamadou
name: SY, Amadou Abou
name: DIEDHIOU, Sécou Omar
name: CISSE, Idrissa
name: GOMIS, Joseph Samba
name: DESCROIX, Luc
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Inverse estuary, Water, Island, Quality, Low Casamance.

description: The mouth of the Casamance River, that works as a ria impacts on the estuarine environment of the islands of the lower Casamance. In these islands where the altitude is extremely low (2 to 3 m), silty deposits are almost flush. However, the small tributaries (locally called “bolongs”) that crisscross the islands are connected to the main reach of the Casamance River. They therefore have a salinity increasing upstream except at the end the rainy season when cumulated rainfall is important. Therefore, this contribution aims to be an analysis of the impacts of the inverse functioning of the Casamance estuary on the quality of the water and the agrosystems. To do this, the approach relies on a literature review, the collection of field data (observations, surveys, interviews, etc.) in the islands of Diogue, Carabane and Niomoune, and on GIS analysis. At the same time, surveys of GPS points and the measures in situ of salinity were conducted (wells and sources of water supply, estuary, and mouth). The results showed that the salinity directly affects the wells which here are usually the main sources of water supply. Shallow aquifers are affected by saline intrusion. Besides, the hydrologic conditions of the Casamance River, not allowing an exchange of fresh water permanent, leave a risk of consumption of water from the well which so far is intended for secondary purposes.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 3 (2019)
Interband spectroscopy of Landau levels and magnetoexcitons in bulk black phosphorus
Creators: name: Okamura, H.
name: Iguchi, S.
name: Sasaki, T.
name: Ikemoto, Y.
name: Moriwaki, T.
name: Akahama, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Low-dimensional systems based on black phosphorus (BP) have recently attracted much interest. Since the crystal structure of BP consists of 2D layers with a strong in-plane anisotropy, its electronic properties at a high magnetic field ($B$) are quite interesting. Here, we report a magneto-optical study of bulk BP at high $B$ to 12 T perpendicular to the 2D layers. In the obtained optical conductivity spectra, periodic peaks are clearly observed corresponding to Landau levels of up to $n$=6 quantum number. They exhibit almost linear shifts with $B$, and from their analysis an electron-hole reduced mass of 0.13 $m_0$ is obtained, where $m_0$ is the electron mass. Many of the peaks appear in pairs, which is interpreted in terms of Zeeman splitting and an electron-hole combined $g$-factor of 6.6 is obtained. In addition, magnetoexciton peaks are observed to shift quadratically with $B$, and the exciton binding energy at $B$=0 is estimated to be 9.7 meV.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, with supplemental material
Assessing the Need for Lean Methodology Training and Institutional Commitment in Emergency Medical Dispatch: Implications for Efficiency and Project Management
Creators: name: Aifa, Kawther El
name: Farhat, Hassan
name: Zaghouan, Ouissem
name: Jones, Andre
name: Laughton, James
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: BackgroundLean methodology, originally pioneered in the automotive sector, has successfully enhanced efficiency by eliminating waste and boosting profitability. Although its implementation within the healthcare sector is relatively nascent, it holds significant promises. This study aimed to investigate the applicability and implications of the Lean approach within the Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) environment at Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service (HMCAS) in Qatar.MethodsA qualitative analysis was conducted employing semi-structured interviews targeted at leaders and management within the Communications division of HMCAS. Thematic analysis using inductive coding was executed using the NVivo 12 software.ResultsA total of 12 staff members in leadership roles were interviewed. While the interviewees exhibited strong leadership skills, two key gaps were identified: firstly, a “limited understanding of Lean methodology in healthcare” and the potential value-added to the EMD environment, and secondly, a “deficiency in project management knowledge”. Additional sub-themes were identified and are presented in Table 1 according to the role of the interviewees.ConclusionThe findings indicate a need for enhanced education on Lean methodology within this setting. Adopting Lean could significantly improve project management competencies and, consequently, the success rate of projects within the EMD context. This could contribute to better patient outcomes and more effective and streamlined operations. These improved competencies could considerably raise the success rates of various projects undertaken within the EMD context. Moreover, the benefits are multi-dimensional; they extend beyond operational efficiencies potentially positively impacting patient outcomes. Effective project management can lead to a more efficient utilization of resources, thereby expediting patient care processes and contributing to improved patient well-being. Therefore, these findings strongly advocate for an institutional commitment towards Lean training and its integration into the standard operating procedures for leaders, thereby catalyzing achieving healthcare excellence.
title: Configuration Studies of Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding
Creators: name: Nguyen, Trac K.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2012

description: Developing successful and optimal solutions for mitigating the hazards of radiation in deep space is critical for the success of deep-space long duration explorations, including mission to the Moon, Mars and beyond. A recent report (Tripathi et al., 2008) had explored the feasibility of using electrostatic shielding in conjunction with state-of-the-art materials shielding technologies.

In this thesis research, we study the active electrostatic shielding strategy and examine a hybrid configuration that utilizes both electrostatic and magnetostatic fields. The main advantages of this system are shown to be: (i) much lower magnetic fields that could be below the thresholds set for health and safety for long-term exposures, (ii) a much better shielding and repulsion of incident ions from both solar particle events (SPEs) and galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), and (iii) reductions in the power requirement for re-charging the electrostatic sub-system.

Furthermore, our results show that SPEs radiation can be almost eliminated by these electrostatic configurations. It is also shown that the power needed to replenish the electrostatic charges due to particle strikes from the GCR and SPE radiation is minimal and insignificant.
Exploration or Exploitation: Innovation Behavior of SMEs and Large Firms during the COVID-19 Crisis
Creators: name: Birkholz, Jessica
name: Kühn, Jarina
name: Shkolnykova, Mariia
Publisher: name: Universität Bremen
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: COVID-19
subject: Crisis
subject: Innovation
subject: SME
subject: Text Mining
subject: News Data
subject: Exploration
subject: Exploitation
subject: 330

description: This paper contributes to the discussion on exploration and exploitation by analyzing the innovation behavior of SMEs and large firms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. It provides a novel way to measure the type of firm innovation behavior in a dynamically changing environment. After collecting news articles about innovation activities conducted by firms, we applied text mining techniques to identify the positioning of each firm on the continuum from exploitation to exploration. The results of our analyses indicate three main dynamics: 1) all studied firms tend to conduct more explorative innovation activities during the COVID-19 crisis, 2) large and “technology-intensive” firms are more prone to perform explorative innovation activities than SMEs and firms that are not “technology-intensive”, and 3) technology intensity is associated with explorative innovation behavior during the crisis. Our results suggest that considering technology intensity and the size of firms is important for designing effective policies during crises.
Characterization of natural pastures in Niger : Diversity and methods of exploitation - bibliographic synthesis
Creators: name: ISSOUMANE SITOU, Moustapha
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Climate change, Livestock, Plant species, Natural pastures, Niger.

description: This study aims to characterize the diversity and exploitation patterns of natural pastures in Niger. The latter are full of a variety of plant species valued mainly in food (human and animal), indigenous medicine (to treat human and animal diseases) and crafts. However, climate change coupled with inappropriate anthropogenic activities have drastically disrupted the functioning of these ecosystems. This has led to the decline in the productivity of these environments, the rarefaction or even the disappearance of certain forage species, and especially the proliferation of invasive plant species without pastoral value such as Sida cordifolia. This bibliographic synthesis first presents the typology of these pastures as well as the floristic richness according to the phytogeographical compartments of the country. Next, she attempts to list endangered and invasively refuted plant species and their effects on natural pastures. Finally, the study discusses the methods of exploitation of these pastures without forgetting the legislative and regulatory tools in order to optimize their use.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 3 (2019)
Experimental Evidence of a change of Exchange Anisotropy Sign with Temperature in Zn-Substituted Cu2OSeO3
Creators: name: Moody, S. H.
name: Nielsen, P.
name: Wilson, M. N.
name: Venero, D. Alba
name: Štefančič, A.
name: Balakrishnan, G.
name: Hatton, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report small-angle neutron scattering from the conical state in a single crystal of Zn-substituted Cu2OSeO3. Using a 3D vector-field magnet to reorient the conical wavevector, our measurements show that the magnitude of the conical wavevector changes as a function of crystallographic direction. These changes are caused by the anisotropic exchange interaction (AEI), whose magnitude transitions from a maxima to a minima along the <111> and <100> crystallographic directions respectively. We further find that the AEI constant undergoes a change of sign from positive to negative with decreasing temperature. Unlike in the related compound FeGe, where similar behaviour of the AEI induces a reorientation of the helical wavevector, we show that the zero field helical wavevector in (Cu0.98Zn0.02)2OSeO3 remains along the <100> directions at all temperatures due to the competing fourth-order magnetocrystalline anisotropy becoming dominant at lower temperatures.
Average age of weaning in the city of Kamina. Case of Ward 82
Creators: name: BWANA MASALA, Boyoma
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Breastfeeding, Maternal, Exclusive, Means, Age, Weaning.

description: Weaning is a natural and inevitable step in the development of the child. It is a complex process that requires nutritional, immunological, biochemical and psychological adaptations. Given the critical role of proper infant feeding, the WHO General Assembly recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of the child's life and its continuation with the addition of appropriate complementary foods, until he is two years old or older. Our objective was to determine the average age of weaning, the sociodemographic factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months, and the main reasons for weaning to guide the actions of health authorities. We conducted a prospective descriptive cross-sectional study in the city of Kamina on a sample of 384 women, covering the period from January 2018 to May 2018. The mean age of weaning is 4.14 ± 1.53 months, with 1 and 6 months as the highest and 6 months as predominant. Women with lower levels of education receive early infants than more educated women (p=00024). The main reasons for women to wean their children are: excessive crying of the child (45.8%) and recommendations of health personnel (30%). Level of education and route of delivery are factors influencing withdrawal (p˂0,05). Parity, work status and marital status of the woman have no statistically significant relationship in our study.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 3 (2019)
Quantum many-body simulations with PauliStrings.jl
Creators: name: Loizeau, Nicolas
name: Peacock, J. Clayton
name: Sels, Dries
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the Julia package PauliStrings ( https://github.com/nicolasloizeau/PauliStrings.jl ) for quantum many-body simulations, which performs fast operations on the Pauli group by encoding Pauli strings in binary. All of the Pauli string algebra is encoded into low-level logic operations on integers, and is made efficient by various truncation methods which allow for systematic extrapolation of the results. We illustrate the effectiveness of our package by (i) performing Heisenberg time evolution through direct numerical integration and (ii) by constructing a Liouvillian Krylov space. We benchmark the results against tensor network methods, and we find our package performs favorably. In addition, we show that this representation allows for easy encoding of any geometry. We present results for chaotic and integrable spin systems in 1D as well as some examples in 2D. Currently, the main limitations are the inefficiency of representing non-trivial pure states (or other low-rank operators), as well as the need to introduce dissipation to probe long-time dynamics.
Climate change effects on beerding practices and adaptation analysis options : Case of the Bouza-Niger zone
Creators: name: CHAIBOU, Mahamadou
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Climate change, Livestock practices, adaptation, Bouza, Niger.

description: A study on climate change effect on livestock farmers and their practices was conducted in Bouza (Tahoua) department to better analyze the adaptation options. Sixty (60) breeders were systematically selected, including twenty (20) in Bouza and twenty (20) in two areas closest to Bouza. Environmental and Socio-economic impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies of adaptation of the system of animal productions practiced by the breeders were sought. Almost all of population (90%) surveyed said that rainy seasons are becoming drier in the last twenty (20) years. Reactions of various actors related to precipitation modification made it possible to identify three main climatic risks including drought, late rains and floods. Four main climatic risks were noted, namely decrease in cumulative rainfall, shortening of length of season, rise in temperatures and frequency of floods. Adaptation options mainly concern valorization of forage crops (collection and storage of fodder) and development of water points. Adaptation options mainly concerned with valuation of drilling crops and the development of water points.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 2 (2019)
Examining time-to-transport decisions in Emergency Medical Services
Creators: name: Farhat, Hassan
name: Alinier, Guillaume
name: Aifa, Kawther El
name: Makhlouf, Ahmed
name: Gangaram, Padarath
name: Abid, Cyrine
name: Howland, Ian
name: Howard, Ian
name: Castle, Nicholas
name: Al-Shaikh, Loua
name: Khadhraoui, Moncef
name: Gargouri, Imed
name: Laughton, James
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems

description: BackgroundIn modern healthcare systems, allocating resources and a patient-centred approach are crucial. While considerable efforts have been made to investigate emergency care and timing within the Emergency Medical Service (EMS)1,2,3, the subtleties surrounding time-to-transport decisions remain underexplored. This study examined factors affecting the time elapsed between EMS dispatch and ambulance readiness for the next emergency call using retrospective data from Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service (HMCAS).MethodsWe conducted a comprehensive time-to-event analysis of HMCAS electronic patient care record system data from January to February 2023, representing 93,712 emergency cases attended to, using R Studio to understand the time from when an ambulance is dispatched until it is available for the subsequent call. Various parameters were considered, and their Hazard Ratios (HR) were computed. The impact of these variables on the time-to-handover was evaluated through a Cox regression model.ResultsFigure 1 indicates the transport probabilities as inferred from the Cox regression. As the time spent on scene increases (due to various reasons, among them: spending more time providing clinical treatment and health education because the patient decided not to go to the hospital, or the crew spending more time convincing the patient to go to the hospital by explaining the potential complications of their condition and the potential outcomes of a refusal to go to hospital), the probability of transporting the patient decreases. This trend suggests that extended time could adversely affect patient care if they eventually need to recall for an ambulance. The Schoenfeld plot (Figure 2) demonstrates that multiple variables have a significant impact on increasing the time-to-handover.ConclusionThe study elucidates and clarifies key factors affecting time-to-transport in EMS, underscoring a decline in transport success rates as time on scene lengthens. This trend signifies potential inefficiencies in the current EMS workflow, necessitating further investigation for its broader implications on patient care and resource allocation. The multiple variables affecting time-to-handover reveal the complexity of EMS operations, emphasizing the need for a multi-pronged approach for optimization. Overall, the study provides a factual foundation for amending EMS protocols, aiming for a more efficient and patient-centered healthcare system.
Understanding the Performance of Knowledge Graph Embeddings in Drug Discovery
Creators: name: Bonner, Stephen
name: Barrett, Ian P
name: Ye, Cheng
name: Swiers, Rowan
name: Engkvist, Ola
name: Hoyt, Charles Tapley
name: Hamilton, William L
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Knowledge Graphs (KG) and associated Knowledge Graph Embedding (KGE) models have recently begun to be explored in the context of drug discovery and have the potential to assist in key challenges such as target identification. In the drug discovery domain, KGs can be employed as part of a process which can result in lab-based experiments being performed, or impact on other decisions, incurring significant time and financial costs and most importantly, ultimately influencing patient healthcare. For KGE models to have impact in this domain, a better understanding of not only of performance, but also the various factors which determine it, is required. In this study we investigate, over the course of many thousands of experiments, the predictive performance of five KGE models on two public drug discovery-oriented KGs. Our goal is not to focus on the best overall model or configuration, instead we take a deeper look at how performance can be affected by changes in the training setup, choice of hyperparameters, model parameter initialisation seed and different splits of the datasets. Our results highlight that these factors have significant impact on performance and can even affect the ranking of models. Indeed these factors should be reported along with model architectures to ensure complete reproducibility and fair comparisons of future work, and we argue this is critical for the acceptance of use, and impact of KGEs in a biomedical setting.
Universal scaling laws in quantum-probabilistic machine learning by tensor network towards interpreting representation and generalization powers
Creators: name: Bai, Sheng-Chen
name: Ran, Shi-Ju
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Interpreting the representation and generalization powers has been a long-standing issue in the field of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence. This work contributes to uncovering the emergence of universal scaling laws in quantum-probabilistic ML. We take the generative tensor network (GTN) in the form of a matrix product state as an example and show that with an untrained GTN (such as a random TN state), the negative logarithmic likelihood (NLL) $L$ generally increases linearly with the number of features $M$, i.e., $L \simeq k M + const$. This is a consequence of the so-called ``catastrophe of orthogonality,'' which states that quantum many-body states tend to become exponentially orthogonal to each other as $M$ increases. We reveal that while gaining information through training, the linear scaling law is suppressed by a negative quadratic correction, leading to $L \simeq βM - αM^2 + const$. The scaling coefficients exhibit logarithmic relationships with the number of training samples and the number of quantum channels $χ$. The emergence of the quadratic correction term in NLL for the testing (training) set can be regarded as evidence of the generalization (representation) power of GTN. Over-parameterization can be identified by the deviation in the values of $α$ between training and testing sets while increasing $χ$. We further investigate how orthogonality in the quantum feature map relates to the satisfaction of quantum probabilistic interpretation, as well as to the representation and generalization powers of GTN. The unveiling of universal scaling laws in quantum-probabilistic ML would be a valuable step toward establishing a white-box ML scheme interpreted within the quantum probabilistic framework.
description: 5 pages (main text) + 3 pages (appendices), 5 figures (main text) + 4 figures (appendices)
Study of the relationship between the analysis of the relevant parts of the environmental standard ISO 14001/2015 and high environmental quality in the building
Creators: name: ABOUETTAHIR, Rachid
name: SEGHIOUER, Hamid
Publisher: name: AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL AT THE SERVICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Year: 2019
Subjects: EMS, HQE, Stakeholders, SWOT / SWOT, Risk analysis.

description: The construction sector in Morocco is a real potential for development. The infrastructure project of diversity and the fight against dirty habitats show the impact of these projects in social development, the countries economic and environmental. In this competitive environment, ISO 14001 and high environmental quality are requirements and guidelines for the environmental management system applied to buildings. To assist companies in these two approaches, we will investigate the causal relationship between SWOT1 / FFOM2 analysis with the High Environmental Quality (HEQ). The analytical results and extrapolation of our SWOT matrix on the standard environmental management system (EMS) ISO 14001/2015 with14 targets of the High Environmental Quality (HQE), proves the presence of the existing relationship between the analysis of the relevant stakeholders and HQE. In addition, SWOT appropriation allows defining the environmental objectives of both approaches.
description: AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL AT THE SERVICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 3, No 2 (2019)
The Health Care System in Rwanda
Creators: name: Nauroozi, Hüma
Publisher: name: Universität Bremen
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Rwanda
subject: health
subject: health care
subject: health care system
subject: 300

description: This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Rwanda. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major health care reforms, and the current organization of the health care system in Rwanda. This report is part of the CRC 1342 Social Policy Country Briefs Series.
sj-pdf-1-eqs-10.1177_87552930221141108 – Supplemental material for A DesignSafe earthquake ground motion database for California and surrounding regions
Creators: name: Ji, Chunyang
name: Cabas, Ashly
name: Kottke, Albert
name: Pilz, Marco
name: Macedo, Jorge
name: Liu, Chenying
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-eqs-10.1177_87552930221141108 for A DesignSafe earthquake ground motion database for California and surrounding regions by Chunyang Ji, Ashly Cabas, Albert Kottke, Marco Pilz, Jorge Macedo and Chenying Liu in Earthquake Spectra
Links between Entropy, Complexity, and the Technological Singularity
Creators: name: Modis, Theodore
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Entropy always increases monotonically in a closed system but complexity increases at first and then decreases as equilibrium is approached. Commonsense information-related definitions for entropy and complexity demonstrate that complexity behaves like the time derivative of entropy, which is proposed here as a new definition for complexity. A 20-year-old study had attempted to quantify complexity (in arbitrary units) for the entire Universe in terms of 28 milestones, breaks in historical perspective, and had concluded that complexity will soon begin decreasing. That conclusion is now corroborated by other researchers. In addition, the exponential runaway technology trend advocated by supporters of the singularity hypothesis, which was in part based on the trend of the very 28 milestones mentioned above, would have anticipated five new such milestones by now, but none have been observed. The conclusions of the 20-year-old study remain valid: we are at the maximum of complexity and we should expect the next two milestones at around 2033 and 2078.
description: 15pages, 2 figures
Impact of supplementary irrigation with charged water on soil solution and plant durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum)
Creators: name: BCHINI, Houcine
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Supplementary irrigation, salinity, soil humidity, Electric conductivityleaf pigments.

description: Arid and semi-arider areas are subject to interannual variation rainfall which are the origin of cereal yield fluctuations. The use of tolerant wheat varieties to salinity and supplementary irrigation with saline water constitute a way to ovoid these variations. To attain this goal, 30 genotypes (composed of subscribed varieties; renowned tolerant genotypes in provenance of 13 countries and 2 varieties containing the genes of sodium exclusion Nax1 and Nax2) were tested under 2 treatments (control irrigated with tap water and saline treatment irrigated with tap water supplied with 10 g.l-1 of NaCl). Results showed that supplemental irrigation with charged water improve humidity and soil solution’s electric conductivity. In plants, supplementary irrigation with charged water induced varied responses. The plant’s height is reduced (p < 0,05) in almost tested genotypes, while the rate of leaf pigments is increased (p < 0,05) in the 2/3 genotypes subjected to the saline irrigation regime.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 2 (2019)
Evaluating Students and Educators’ Satisfaction with Objective Structured Clinical Examinations in Health Sciences Education: Evidence from Tunisia
Creators: name: Ben Amor, Asma
name: Farhat, Hassan
name: Bouaziz, Aicha
name: Ounallah, Amina
name: Bouallegue, Olfa
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3201
subject: Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: BackgroundObjective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) have played an important role in healthcare education for several decades, predominantly in affluent regions.1,2 The satisfaction with OSCEs in economically constrained environments like Tunisia still needs to be studied. This research investigates the satisfaction levels of students and educators with OSCEs in Tunisian health sciences education, aiming to offer insights into other low-resource settings. MethodsA cross-sectional study at the School of Health Sciences, Sousse, Tunisia, used a five?point Likert scale survey on four themes (Table 1). Reliability and validity were assessed through Cronbach’s Alpha and Aiken V Content Validity Coefficient (CVC).2 Satisfaction scores from students and educators were collated. The Spearman assessed the relationship between pairs of OSCE themes. Kruskal-Wallis, adjusted with post-hoc tests, assessed satisfaction themes’ scores differences across the specialities of the paramedicine students.Results128 students and 31 health sciences educators, 100% of their respective populations, participated. Overall satisfaction with the OSCE theme averaged 3.3 for students and 3.8 for professors (5=Strongly agree) (Figure 1). Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.96 and 0.83 for students and educators, with CVCs of 0.71 and 0.82. For the “Particularity” (Distinctiveness) theme, Spearman’s Rho showed positive correlations, especially with “Efficiency”. The distinctiveness of OSCE appeared to influence its perceived efficiency. The analysis identified significant satisfaction score variations across “Paramedicine_Students_specialities”.ConclusionIn a Tunisian context, students and educators displayed high levels of satisfaction with the distinctiveness and efficiency of the OSCEs in health sciences training. Variability in satisfaction among different student classes underscores the need to tailor OSCE components for diverse student groups, especially in resource-limited settings. This highlights the importance of adaptability in educational assessments and reinforces the value of context-specific feedback for continual improvement. As OSCEs expand in global application, recognising and addressing these variances becomes essential for maintaining educational integrity and optimising students’ learning outcomes.
Flying Fuel Cells and the challenges for bipolar plate forming
Creators: name: Horstkotte, Rainer
name: Gierlings, Sascha
name: Herrig, Tim
name: Bergs, Thomas
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Fuel cell
Hydrogen
Aviation
Forming

description: The influence of increasing resource scarcity and climate change has a significant impact on aviation. Therefore, the European Commission has set ambitious goals with a 75% reduction in CO2 and a 90% reduction in NOx as part of the Flightpath 2050 vision. Achieving these goals requires the use of disruptive technologies in aviation, especially in propulsion. In addition to the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), the direct use of hydrogen is a promising alternative. There is the possibility of the direct use of liquid hydrogen in gas turbines as well as the use of fuel cells. In the last-mentioned application, the fuel cell acts as an energy converter and powers the primary electric drives, so that there is the potential to fly emission-free, especially for short- and medium-range flights. However, successful integration of the fuel cell into the aircraft's powertrain requires a significantly increased gravimetric power density compared to the status quo. Furthermore, the fuel cell and the entire manufacturing process chain must fulfill the very high safety requirements of aviation. Therefore, the bipolar plate and, respectively, its production process are key elements for the flying fuel cell. To fulfill the high safety requirements of aviation during the forming of the bipolar plate, various fields of action exist. Within the scope of the presentation, current possibilities of forming simulation will be shown in order to understand the cause-and-effect relationships and thus significantly improve the forming process and the resulting product quality for an optimal integration into a flying fuel cell. Furthermore, current digitalization approaches in the context of forming bipolar plates for flying fuel cells will be presented in order to manage the complexity from the dimensions of design requirement, manufacturing process chain as well as sustainable production.
sj-docx-1-ggm-10.1177_23337214221149772 – Supplemental material for Risk Negotiation With People With Dementia: From Co-designed Paper Version to Implementation Preparation of an Electronic Conversation Tool
Creators: name: Meyer, Claudia
name: Dickins, Marissa
name: O’Keefe, Fleur
name: Hall, Kylie
name: Lowthian, Judy
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-ggm-10.1177_23337214221149772 for Risk Negotiation With People With Dementia: From Co-designed Paper Version to Implementation Preparation of an Electronic Conversation Tool by Claudia Meyer, PhD, Marissa Dickins, PhD, Fleur O’Keefe, MNurs, Kylie Hall, GDipGerontics and Judy Lowthian, PhD in Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS HISTORICAL IMPACT ON BROADCAST POLICIES
Creators: name: Dr. Emily Anderson-, McCoy
Publisher: name: continental
Year: 2024
Subjects: television, media regulation, information quality, political engagement, media deregulation.

description: The ongoing evolution of television and new technologies has raised questions about the necessity of regulation. Television has become a powerful tool for disseminating information, making it a significant part of the media landscape and a platform for policymakers to communicate their messages. It can serve as both an educational tool and a source of entertainment. This duality has sparked a debate, pitting populist ideals against corporate capitalism, primarily in the context of media deregulation. As W. Lance Bennet (2004) notes, this deregulation has led to the growth of global media conglomerates, with differing opinions on its consequences. Some argue that it has eroded public service broadcasting and media social-responsibility norms, resulting in a decline in information quality and political disengagement among citizens. Conversely, others see deregulation as broadening information choices and empowering citizens to determine their preferred levels of political engagement.
Modeling advection on distance-weighted directed networks
Creators: name: Benzi, Michele
name: Durastante, Fabio
name: Zigliotto, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C50 (Primary) 05C63, 34B45 (Secondary)

description: In this paper we propose a model for describing advection dynamics on distance-weighted directed graphs. To this end we establish a set of key properties, or axioms, that a discrete advection operator should satisfy, and prove that there exists an essentially unique operator satisfying all such properties. Both infinite and finite networks are considered, as well as possible variants and extensions. We illustrate the proposed model through examples, both analytical and numerical, and we describe an application to the simulation of a traffic network.
Supplemental Material - Better Understanding Wearable Activity Monitor Use and Non-Use Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Study
Creators: name: Zytnick, Deena
name: Folta, Sara C.
name: Reid, Kieran F.
name: Chomitz, Virginia R.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material for Better Understanding Wearable Activity Monitor Use and Non-Use Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Study by Deena Zytnick, Sara C. Folta, Kieran F. Reid, and Virginia R. Chomitz in Journal of Applied Gerontology
ACTRIS PPP D5.1: Documentation on technical concepts and requirements for ACTRIS Observational Platforms
Creators: name: Wandinger, Ulla
name: Apituley, Arnoud
name: Blumenstock, Thomas
name: Bukowiecki, Nicolas
name: Cammas, Jean-Pierre
name: Connolly, Paul
name: De Maziere, Martine
name: Dils, Bart
name: Fiebig, Markus
name: Freney, Evelyn
name: Gallagher, Martin
name: Godin-Beekmann, Sophie
name: Goloub, Philippe
name: Gysel-Beer, Martin
name: Haeffelin, Martial
name: Hase, Frank
name: Hermann, Markus
name: Herrmann, Hartmut
name: Jokinen, Tuija
name: Komppula, Mika
name: Kubistin, Dagmar
name: Langerock, Bavo
name: Lihavainen, Heikki
name: Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos
name: Laj, Paolo
name: Lund Myhre, Cathrine
name: Mathieu, Emmanuel
name: Mertes, Stephan
name: Möhler, Ottmar
name: MONA, LUCIA
name: Nicolae, Doina
name: O'Connor, Ewan
name: Palm, Mathias
name: Pappalardo, Gelsomina
name: Pazmino, Andrea
name: Petäjä, Tuukka
name: Philippin, Sabine
name: Plass-Dülmer, Christian
name: Pospichal, Berhard
name: putaud, jean philippe
name: Reimann, Stefan
name: Rohrer, Franz
name: Russchenberg, Herman
name: Sauvage, Sébastien
name: Sellegri, Karine
name: Steinbrecher, Rainer
name: Stratmann, Frank
name: Sussmann, Ralf
name: van Pinxteren, Dominik
name: Van Roozendael, Michel
name: Vigouroux, Corinne
name: Walden, Christopher
name: Wegener, Robert
name: Wiedensohler, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: This document aims at providing the description of technical concepts and requirements for ACTRISObservational Platforms.
Analysis of the reasons for consultations listed in the Ouassakara urban health training in the commune of Yopougon in Abidjan
Creators: name: YAPI, Apollinaire
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Reason for consultation, Socioeconomics factor, FSU Ouassakara, Yopougon.

description: This article analyzes the structure of consultation reasons at the Ouassakara urban health facility in Yopougon commune in Abidjan. The analysis of this structure was based on socio-economic and geographic factors. The Methodology is based on the review of the consultation register for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. A total of 3579 consultations are analyzed in this research. The reasons for the solicitation of the FSU have been identified. The khi² test was used to judge the influence of socio-economic and geographic parameters on the grounds for consultation. The Analysis show that the patient population is predominantly female. Malaria is the first among the ten of reasons for consultation. Finally, the study concludes with an influence of professional status, place of residence and climato-meteorological calendar on the reasons for consultation.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 2 (2019)
Suspected Adnexal Torsion in Qatar – Symptomatology Reliability in Diagnosis and Management
Creators: name: Thompson, Morounfolu
name: Athar, Sufia
name: Gonzalez  Olubunmi Oniya, Rafael
name: Mohamed, Naglaa
name: El Khawly, Yehia
name: Al Maslamani, Kholode
name: Al Ansari, Lolwa
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3215
subject: Reproductive medicine

description: BackgroundIn Qatar, primary presentation of acute abdominal pain with most women is to the Emergency Department. Adnexal torsion is a rare time limiting surgical emergency with severe reproductive health consequences characterised by such a presentation, and firm diagnosis requires direct visualization at surgery.1 Accurate, timely diagnosis of adnexal torsion is crucial to predict the need for surgery and prevent complications, however information on signs and symptomatology reliability is limited in the medical literature. There is currently no relevant reported data from Qatar.MethodsThis study aimed to assess symptomatology reliability in prediction of surgically proven cases of suspected adnexa torsion presenting to Al Wakra Hospital in Qatar. A database review was conducted of all women with suspected adnexal torsion presenting to the Emergency Departments between 1st January 2017 and 31st December 2022. Clinical data were assessed following a literature review. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive estimates were calculated for each parameter with 95% confidence intervals (CI) included. ResultsAmong 58 suspected cases, 39 (67.24%) were subsequently confirmed as adnexal torsion. The predominating symptomatology was: acute abdominal pain associated with vomiting, abdominal guarding, mass, and tenderness (Figure 1). Tachypnoea was absent in all suspected cases (Table 1). Abdominal tenderness had a very high sensitivity, 99.2% (CI 97.6-99.8%) and positive predictive value, 96.0% (CI 95.1-96.8), while the absence of vaginal bleeding showed a high specificity, 100% (CI 82.4-100%).ConclusionEmergency room presentation and triage of cases with suspected adnexal torsion for surgery can be improved using these study findings. The wide confidence intervals in some parameters reflects the wide variation in clinical presentation and current diagnostic uncertainty.3 It is interesting that tachypnoea does not appear to be a feature in our population while abdominal tenderness is a strong predictor especially when linked with absence of vaginal bleeding.
Flood hazard mapping in the town of Fez: From hydrological modeling to hydraulic simulation
Creators: name: LASRI, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Flood hazard, hydrological modeling, hydraulic simulation, town of Fez, mapping.

description: As many Moroccan cities, the town of Fez is highly threatened by floods. To this, the map of flood hazard is a primary tool to orient and plan the management of flood risks related to this hazard. This work presents the cartographic results obtained applying hydrological and hydraulic modeling methods. The hydrological modeling, with the HEC-HMS software, allowed us to simulate the hydrological behaviors of the Oued Fes watershed, even in the absence of hydrometrical data. Furthermore, in order to obtain a spatial representation of different grades of hazard, hydraulic modeling, with the HEC-RAS software, produced some simulations of floods depending on their frequencies and intensities. Both softwares are interacting with the SIG ArcMAP© through the extensions HEC-geoHMS and HEC-geoRAS. This interoperability allowed us to obtain a good cartographic representation of flood hazard in the city of Fez, illustrated with the case of oued El Mahraz.
description: Environmental and Water Sciences, public Health and Territorial Intelligence Journal, Vol. 3, No 2 (2019)
sj-docx-1-ehi-10.1177_11786302231151538 – Supplemental material for Mortality Risk Related to Heatwaves in Dezful City, Southwest of Iran
Creators: name: Aghababaeian, Hamidreza
name: Ostadtaghizadeh, Abbas
name: Ardalan, Ali
name: Asgary, Ali
name: Akbary, Mehry
name: Yekaninejad, Mir Saeed
name: Sharafkhani, Rahim
name: Stephens, Carolyn
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-ehi-10.1177_11786302231151538 for Mortality Risk Related to Heatwaves in Dezful City, Southwest of Iran by Hamidreza Aghababaeian, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Ali Ardalan, Ali Asgary, Mehry Akbary, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad, Rahim Sharafkhani and Carolyn Stephens in Environmental Health Insights