cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Value of Ultrasonography in evaluation of superficial soft-tissues masses types
Creators: name: Murariu, Oana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Pathology

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Ultrasonography is a very important diagnostic imaging tool for evaluating the superficial soft-tissues and its value grows stronger with the development of technology which implies a higher quality of ultrasound images, more specificity and...
Symmetry-Improved 2PI Approach to the Goldstone-Boson IR Problem of the SM Effective Potential
Creators: name: Pilaftsis, Apostolos
name: Teresi, Daniele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effective potential of the Standard Model (SM), from three loop order and higher, suffers from infra-red (IR) divergences arising from quantum effects due to massless would-be Goldstone bosons associated with the longitudinal polarizations of the W and Z bosons. Such IR pathologies also hinder accurate evaluation of the two-loop threshold corrections to electroweak quantities, such as the vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field. However, these divergences are an artifact of perturbation theory, and therefore need to be consistently resummed in order to obtain a IR-safe effective potential. The so-called Two-Particle-Irreducible (2PI) effective action provides a rigorous framework to consistently perform such resummations, without the need to resort to ad hoc subtractions or running into the risk of over-counting contributions. By considering the recently proposed symmetry-improved 2PI formalism, we address the problem of the Goldstone-boson IR divergences of the SM effective potential in the gaugeless limit of the theory. In the same limit, we evaluate the IR-safe symmetry-improved 2PI effective potential, after taking into account quantum loops of chiral fermions, as well as the renormalization of spurious custodially breaking effects triggered by fermionic Yukawa interactions. Finally, we compare our results with those obtained with other methods presented in the literature.
description: 33 pages, 14 figures, journal version
title: Teres minor beyond quadrilateral space syndrome: a pictorial review
Creators: name: Santos, Eduardo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Education
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: - To familiarize the reader with the normal anatomy and function of the teres minor muscle (TM). - To review its pathology and imaging findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). - To show the importance of identifying TM disorders and associate...
title: Bursae around the hip: anatomy, pathology, and mimics
Creators: name: Souza, Patrícia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Inflammation
subject: Normal variants
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Bursae are fluid-filled sacs that provide cushioning between bony prominences and the surrounding soft tissues. About 20 types of bursae have been described in the literature around the hip and pelvic areas, with variable extents and...
The Built Environment, Spatial Variation in Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations, and Attributable Mortality: A Scenario-Based Land Use Regression Approach
Creators: name: Mansfield, Theodore
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: A land use regression model is calibrated to predict annual average PM[25] concentrations throughout the Triangle Region. A risk assessment model is used to predict attributable all-cause mortality from exposure to predicted concentrations. Two alternative land development scenarios are compared to current conditions in terms of air quality and health impacts. This study finds that compact development alone is not an effective intervention to reduce all-cause mortality attributable to fine particulate matter in urban areas; however, regional air quality improves in response to more compact development. While compact development patterns may reduce total vehicle-kilometers travelled and improve regional air quality, the combination of compact urban forms and automobile dependence may result in significant local air quality impacts co-located with area of high population density. Therefore, compact urban forms may exacerbate health impacts associated with fine particulate matter if other policy options to reduce automobile dependence are not simultaneously put forth.
title: SLAP LESIONS in professional athletes: Diagnostic value of MR-Arthrogram compared with Clinical and Surgical results
Creators: name: Bristogiannis, Christos
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Athletic injuries
subject: Arthrography
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Currently the clinical diagnosis of SLAP Lesionsisstill difficult, and the arthroscopic procedure represents the gold standard for theidentification and classificationof this disease. The purpose of this multicentric study was to evaluate the...
title: Radiological approach to focal hand lesions
Creators: name: Tandon, Ankit
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Tissue characterisation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To review the MR imaging findings of various soft tissue lesions in the hand and attempt to classify them into“benign”, “intermediate-grade” (histological benign but locally aggressive, with potential for recurrence) and “malignant”...
Topology of Closed Hypersurfaces of Small Entropy
Creators: name: Bernstein, Jacob
name: Wang, Lu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C44

description: We use a weak mean curvature flow together with a surgery procedure to show that all closed hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ with entropy less than or equal to that of $\mathbb{S}^2\times \mathbb{R}$, the round cylinder in $\mathbb{R}^4$, are diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{S}^3$.
description: 24 pages. Revised version
title: Giant-cell tumor of the tendon sheath: when must we suspect it?
Creators: name: Santos Montón, Cecilia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Pathology

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this exhibit is: 1. To review the pathophysiology of the giant-cell tumor of the tendon sheath (GCTTS). 2. To explain the imaging features of the GCTTS in the different radiologic techniques. 3. To establish a differential diagnosis...
Cultivation-Independent Identification of Phenol-Degrading Bacteria in Activated Sludge by Stable Isotope Probing
Creators: name: Carstensen, Darryl
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: The activated sludge process is the most commonly used process for municipal wastewater treatment in the United States. Molecular methods in microbiology have provided more detailed insight of the activated sludge process in recent years. However, most of these methods still rely upon culturing of isolates for characterization of the physiology of an organism and extrapolation of those characteristics to more complex systems for the study of environmental samples. Stable isotope probing (SIP) is a method which circumvents the requirement of culturing isolates to identify functionally relevant organisms in a system. SIP involves incubating a microbial community with a 13^C-labeled carbon source, the recovering 13^C-enriched nucleic acids by density-gradient ultracentrifugation. In this study, SIP was applied to a phenol-degrading activated sludge community and followed by denaturant gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting and construction of 16S rRNA gene clone libraries for identification of phenol degraders by phylogenetic analysis. The effects on SIP results of pulse (spike) addition of phenol were compared to those of slow, continuous addition of phenol. Also, the effects of chemostat enrichment of the activated sludge community with phenol as a sole carbon source were examined. Sequences of major phenol-degrading bacteria closely related to two β-proteo bacterial sequences previously implicated in phenol-degrading activated sludge were recovered. However, the most abundant sequence associated with phenol degradation was related to organisms in the α-proteobacteria which have not been previously implicated in phenol degradation in waste treatment systems. The method of [U-^13C]phenol addition in SIP incubations affected the degree of 13^C-labeling in the SIP experiment, with the spike-fed samples being more heavily labeled than the continuously fed samples. This finding can have implications for the design and interpretation of future SIP experiments.
title: MRI classification of tibial plateau fractures
Creators: name: Pashnikova, Irina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Education
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Many clinical classifications of tibial plateau fractures (Schatzker (1974), Hohl (1967), AO (1995) classifications, etc.) have been put forward from time to time. Aim of classifications should be its clinical practical utility. It is know that MRI...
title: Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the monitoring of meniscal healing after surgical repair with observation for 12 months.
Creators: name: Pasnik, Marcin
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Trauma
subject: MR
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Complications
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Athletic injuries
subject: Education and training
subject: Outcomes

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The important role which meniscus plays in protection of the knee joint in preventing osteoarthritis has been well established. Its role includes load sharing, increase in joint congruity, articular cartilage nutrition and lubrication. It has been...
Toward a tomographic analysis of the cross-correlation between Planck CMB lensing and H-ATLAS galaxies
Creators: name: Bianchini, Federico
name: Lapi, Andrea
name: Calabrese, Matteo
name: Bielewicz, Pawel
name: Gonzalez-Nuevo, Joaquin
name: Baccigalupi, Carlo
name: Danese, Luigi
name: de Zotti, Gianfranco
name: Bourne, Nathan
name: Cooray, Asantha
name: Dunne, Loretta
name: Eales, Stephen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an improved and extended analysis of the cross-correlation between the map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) lensing potential derived from the \emph{Planck} mission data and the high-redshift galaxies detected by the \emph{Herschel} Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) in the photometric redshift range $z_{\rm ph} \ge 1.5$. We compare the results based on the 2013 and 2015 \textit{Planck} datasets, and investigate the impact of different selections of the H-ATLAS galaxy samples. Significant improvements over our previous analysis have been achieved thanks to the higher signal-to-noise ratio of the new CMB lensing map recently released by the \textit{Planck} collaboration. The effective galaxy bias parameter, $b$, for the full galaxy sample, derived from a joint analysis of the cross-power spectrum and of the galaxy auto-power spectrum is found to be $b = 3.54^{+0.15}_{-0.14}$. Furthermore, a first tomographic analysis of the cross-correlation signal is implemented, by splitting the galaxy sample into two redshift intervals: $1.5 \le z_{\rm ph} < 2.1$ and $z_{\rm ph}\ge 2.1$. A statistically significant signal was found for both bins, indicating a substantial increase with redshift of the bias parameter: $b=2.89\pm0.23$ for the lower and $b=4.75^{+0.24}_{-0.25}$ for the higher redshift bin. Consistently with our previous analysis we find that the amplitude of the cross correlation signal is a factor of $1.45^{+0.14}_{-0.13}$ higher than expected from the standard $Λ$CDM model for the assumed redshift distribution. The robustness of our results against possible systematic effects has been extensively discussed although the tension is mitigated by passing from 4 to 3$σ$.
description: 12 pages, 14 figures, 7 tables, submitted to ApJ
title: Pictorial review of gouty arthropathy
Creators: name: Low, Soo Fin
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To illustrate the imaging findings of typical and atypical cases of gout on plain radiograph, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography...
A Method to Determine the Homogeneity of Noise Exposure Groups and Criteria for Enrollment into a Hearing Conservation Program
Creators: name: Zontek, Tracy L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1994

description: Noise is a hazard which permeates the majority of work environments. In order to comply with the OSHA Hearing Conservation Amendment, all employees who are exposed to greater than 85 dBA as an 8 hour time weighted average need to be enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program(HCP). In order to efficiently decide which employees need to be in the HCP, employees are often placed in exposure groups, in which it is assumed that all employees share the same exposure. In order to determine if exposure groups are truly homogeneous with respect to exposure, several statistical tests were employed. Three personal noise measurements were taken randomly on individuals in each exposure group. These measurements were used to form individual worker means. If the individual worker means from each exposure group were well within the 95% confidence interval around the estimated group mean, the exposure group was considered homogeneous. An additional test, the random-effects analysis of variance model, was used to determine the between-worker component of variance. If a substantial proportion of the total variance was attributable to the between-worker component, employees in the exposure group may be experiencing different exposure profiles. In this study 157 personal noise measurements were made on 7 exposure groups. Only 1 of the 7 groups was considered homogeneous. If exposure groups which are not homogeneous are placed into a HCP, there could be misclassification of employees and waste of company resources. In deciding if a group which is homogeneously exposed, should be placed in a HCP, the percentage of measurements that are greater than 85 dBA may be employed. In this study all of the exposure groups, except one, would be placed in a HCP.
Employee Engagement and Quality Assurance Implementation in Theory and Practice in Ugandan Universities
Creators: name: Adrian Rwekaza Mwesigye*
name: Moses Muhindo Kibalirwandi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: policy failures, benchmarking, collaboration, and quality assurance policy.

description: Abstract: Employee engagement and assurance implementation are crucial for the effective functioning of universities and other tertiary institutions in Higher Education. This article examines social exchange theory as its main theoretical framework and practical employee engagement applications in quality assurance policies within higher education institutions. Analyzing current literature and case studies explores how these concepts are applied to enhance university operations and improve overall performance. The study further identifies best practices, challenges, and the impact of engagement strategies. It explores quality assurance measures on employee performance and institutional success. The empirical data is taken from a doctoral study approved by UNCST reference SS-4248. A total of 182 participants were enrolled for the study where 141 responded to the self-administered questionnaire and 41 responded to the qualitative interviewee schedule from six Ugandan universities. The study findings show that there are several factors influencing employees’ engagement in active production hence leading to higher performance in the production and management of an organisation. Influencing factors are those factors that affect some features of target objects. The legality or constitutionality of a policy challenged in such circumstances remains eminent. Technological changes alter the feasibility or relevance of an institution hence a new perception may be developed with employees’ engagement assisted with technology and the administrative will of the top management of an institution. It is also important to note that discoveries alter public support hence economic and political conditions will change. However, there are several causes of policy failures; poor understanding of the problem, insufficient knowledge of the implementation context, unclear and even contradictory goals, and absence of political backing. As policy failure increases, in such circumstances any degree of successful implementation is unlikely to be observed. Therefore, the political environment must be supported by an economic environment that rewards participating entities in policy formulation and implementation stages of national reforms.
Interstellar Fullerene Compounds and Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Creators: name: Omont, Alain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, the presence of fullerenes in the interstellar medium (ISM) has been confirmed especially with the first confirmed identification of two strong diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) with C60+. This justifies reassesing the importance of interstellar fullerenes of various sizes with endohedral or exohedral inclusions and heterofullerenes (EEHFs). The phenomenology of fullerenes is complex. In addition to fullerene formation in shock shattering, fully dehydrogenated PAHs in diffuse interstellar (IS) clouds could perhaps efficiently transform into fullerenes including EEHFs. But it is extremely difficult to assess their expected abundance, composition and size distribution, except for C60+. EEHFs share many properties with C60, as regards stability, formation/destruction and chemical processes, and many basic spectral features. We address the interstellar importance of various EEHFs as possible DIB carriers. Specifically, we discuss IS properties and the contributions of fullerenes of various sizes and charge such as C60+, metallofullerenes, heterofullerenes, fulleranes, fullerene-PAH compounds, H2@C60. We conclude that the landscape of interstellar fullerenes is probably much richer than heretofore realized. EEHFs, together with pure fullerenes of various sizes, have properties necessary to be suitably carriers of DIBs: carbonaceous nature; stability and resilience in the ISM; various heteroatoms and ionization states; relatively easy formation; few stable isomers; right spectral range; energy internal conversion; Jahn-Teller fine structure. This is supported by the C60+ DIBs. But, the lack of information about optical spectra other than C60 and IS abundances still precludes definitive assessment of the importance of fullerenes as DIB carriers. Their compounds could significantly contribute to DIBs, but it still seems difficult that they are the only important DIB carriers.
description: 29 pages, 6 figures, revised as published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
title: Analysis of vastus lateralis muscle microvascularization in exercise by Power Doppler
Creators: name: Santos, Rute
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: Blood

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Muscle structure and morphology can change with workout or physical exercise (1) . During the exercise metabolic changes occur and blood flow within the muscle changes (2) . Ultrasonography is an imaging technique useful to study muscle morphology...
title: Conventional Radiography (CR), Computed Tomography (TC) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI): What every radiologist should know about gout?
Creators: name: Morcillo Carratalá, Rafael
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Developmental disease
subject: Arthritides
subject: Localisation
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Complications
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal bone

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this exhibit is to review a wide variety of imaging findings in conventional radiography (CR), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of gout in patients with longstanding disease. In this...
Comparison of statistical methods for predicting penetration capacity of drugs into human breast milk using physicochemical, pharmacokinetic and chromatographic descriptors
Creators: name: Wanat, K.
name: Khakimov, B.
name: Brzezińska, E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: In silico methods are often used for predicting pharmacokinetic properties of drugs due to their simplicity and cost-effectiveness. This study evaluates the penetration of 83 active pharmaceutical ingredients into human breast milk with an experimental milk-to-plasma ratio (M/P) obtained from the literature. Multiple linear regression (MLR), partial least squares (PLS) and random forest (RF) regression methods were compared to uncover the relationship between physicochemical, pharmacokinetic and membrane crossing properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) using their rapid reference measurement value (Rf values), thin-layer chromatography (TLC) data from albumin-impregnated plates. Molecular descriptors of APIs proven to be important for their crossing into breast milk, including protein binding, ionisation state and lipophilicity and TLC data, have been included in the development of the prediction models. The best regression results were achieved by MLR (r2 = 0.83 and r2 = 0.86, n = 28) and RF (r2 = 0.85, n = 58). In addition, the discriminant function analysis (DFA) was performed on acidic, basic and neutral drugs separately and showed a prediction accuracy of 93%, with M/P included as the discriminating variable.
title: Conventional Radiography (CR), Computed Tomography (TC) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI): What every radiologist should know about Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Crystal Deposition Disease?
Creators: name: Morcillo Carratalá, Rafael
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Localisation
subject: Complications
subject: Pathology
subject: Arthritides
subject: Developmental disease

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this exhibit is to review a wide variety of imaging findings in conventional radiography (CR), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals deposition (CPPD) disease. In...
title: Reliability of the pronator quadratus fat pad sign to predict the severity of distal radius fractures
Creators: name: Tonak, Julia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Trauma

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Distal radius fracture may be difficult to detect. Indirect fracture signs can help to disclose osseous injury. Amongst others Fallahi et al. (1) described the pronator quadratus fat pad sign (FPS) as an adjuvant marker for distal radius fractures....
Working Memory and Manual Dexterity in Dyslexic Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: de Assis Leão, Sara Edith Souza
name: Lage, Guilherme Menezes
name: de Souza, Renan Pedra
name: de Holanda Marinho Nogueira, Nathálya Gardênia
name: Pinheiro, Ângela Maria Vieira
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Dyslexic children have impairments in working memory and manual dexterity. Studies have shown that when cognitive development has deficits, motor development is often impaired, indicating a strong interconnection between both domains, and the possibility of interference with each other’s proper functioning. Thus, a new literature review is necessary to understand which components of working memory and manual dexterity are affected in dyslexic children and the possible relationship between them. This review aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze both skills in dyslexic children. The protocol was carried out according to the criteria established by PRISMA being registered at PROSPERO under number CRD 42021238901. Six literature databases were searched to locate studies published between 2001 and 2021: EMBASE, ERIC, ISI Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus. 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. The findings suggest that dyslexic children have significantly poorer visuospatial and verbal working memory with more impairments in the phonological loop. No significant differences were found in manual dexterity.
Comparison of Mean Constituent Residence Time (MCRT) from Fluoride Tracer Studies and Water Age from Epanet Modeling of Distribution Systems
Creators: name: Traviglia, Alessandro
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2000

description: Epanet is a hydraulic and water quality model that includes calculation of Water Age, a parameter that relates to the residence of water in the DS. Locations with long Water Age are of interest because they also may experience deterioration in water quality. The Mean Constituent Residence Time (MCRT) is an alternative to Water Age that is simpler because it can be measured from the response to a fluoride tracer test in the DS and does not require the use of Epanet and attendant calibration-verification steps. In this study, the correlation between Water Age and MCRT was investigated. Water Age predictions were obtained by Epanet simulations with the Raleigh DS serving as a case study. The MCRT was determined from the results of a simulation in which the tracking of fluoride was predicted after turning off the fluoride input into the network model. The simulation results established the validity of the MCRT as an experimental alternative to water quality modeling for the estimation of mean Water Age in the DS.
International Governance of Autonomous Military Robots
Creators: Marchant, Gary E.
Allenby, Braden
Arkin, Ronald
Barrett, Edward T.
Borenstein, Jason
Gaudet, Lyn M.
Kittrie, Orde
Lin, Patrick
Lucas, George R.
O'Meara, Richard
Silberman, Jared
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Military robots
Technology and law
International law

description: New technologies have always been a critical component of military strategy and preparedness. One new technology on the not-too-distant technological horizon is lethal autonomous robotics, which would consist of robotic weapons capable of exerting lethal force without human control or intervention. There are a number of operational and tactical factors that create incentives for the development of such lethal systems as the next step in the current development, deployment and use of autonomous systems in military forces. Yet, such robotic systems would raise a number of potential operational, policy, ethical and legal issues. This article summarizes the current status and incentives for the development of lethal autonomous robots, discusses some of the issues that would be raised by such systems, and calls for a national and international dialogue on appropriate governance of such systems before they are deployed. The article reviews potential modes of governance, ranging from ethical principles implemented through modifications or refinements of national policies, to changes in the law of war and rules of engagement, to international treaties or agreements, or to a variety of other "soft law" governance mechanisms.
Application of Assistive Technologies in the Intensive Care Setting: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Kargela, Mallory
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Information Technology
subject: Physiotherapy
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Telemedicine
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Critical Care
subject: Physical Therapy

description: A scoping review of the available evidence presented on assistive technologies. This will be an update of a previous review completed by Needham et al in 2009.
title: Racial differences in biochemical knee cartilage composition between African-American and Caucasian-American women at risk for osteoarthritis using MR-based T2 relaxation time measurements - data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Creators: name: Kretzschmar, Martin
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Segmentation

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) is the most common form of arthritis characterized by progressive cartilage loss, osteophyte formation, subchondral bone changes and synovitis. It is a chronic musculoskeletal disorder of globally growing importance. Estimates...
Identification of structural fingerprints for ABCG2 inhibition by using Monte Carlo optimization, Bayesian classification, and structural and physicochemical interpretation (SPCI) analysis
Creators: name: Ghosh, K.
name: Bhardwaj, B.
name: Amin, S.A.
name: Jha, T.
name: Gayen, S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), one of the members of the large ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily, is crucial for resistance against chemotherapeutic agents. Currently, it has been emerged as one of the best biological targets for the designing of small molecule drugs capable of eliminating multidrug resistance in breast cancer. In order to gain insights into the relationship between the molecular structure of compounds and the ABCG2 inhibition, a multi-QSAR approach using different methods was performed on a dataset of 294 ABCG2 inhibitors with diverse scaffolds. The best models obtained by different chemometric methods have the following statistical characteristics: Monte Carlo Optimization-based QSAR (sensitivity = 0.905, specificity = 0.6255, accuracy = 0.756, and MCC = 0.545), Bayesian classification model (sensitivity = 0.735, specificity = 0.775, and concordance = 0.757); structural and physicochemical interpretation analysis-random forest method (balance accuracy = 0.750, sensitivity = 0.810, and specificity = 0.700). Additionally, structural fingerprints modulating the ABCG2 inhibitory properties were identified from the best models of each method and also validated with each other. The current modelling study is an attempt to get a deep insight into the different important structural fingerprints modulating ABCG2 inhibition.
Training Techniques for Sustained Breath-Holds Utilised by Athletes in Aquatic Environments: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Tse, Damien
name: Neideck, Bridget
name: Owens, Kyle
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sports Sciences
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is a registration of the plan of the scoping review before data extraction begins. The attached file contains the protocol for the scoping review.
Harnessing Remote Sensing for Disaster Risk Management
Creators: name: Beyrouthy, Naji El
name: Alsayah, Mario
name: Vignote, Camille
name: Ouabou, Mohamed
name: Sossou, Abla M. Edjossan
name: Jirouskova, Nina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The paper introduces an approach to the use of remote sensing for disaster risk management. It leverages Earth Observation for hazard mapping and risk management, with its effectiveness demonstrated during the 2023 Slovenian floods.

 

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title: Comparision of routine reporting and sharp scores: erosion, joint space narrowing and progression
Creators: name: Vestering, Myrthe
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Quality assurance

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To evaluate the reports of the radiologists in accordance with the Sharp/van der Heijde Score (SHS score) regarding the radiographic joint damage due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on hand and feet...
Inhibition of vacuum sublimation artefacts for (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy ((S)TEM) of sulphur samples via encapsulation
Creators: name: Ronan, Oskar
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Materials Chemistry
subject: Physics
subject: Chemistry
subject: Other Physics

description: The imaging and characterisation of any sort of nanostructured sulphur samples challenging, as the material will be modified or even disappear rapidly as soon as it is inserted into the TEM vacuum. As a result, materials characterised by such methods are prone to deviation from normal conditions to a great extent. To prevent this, a novel method of encapsulating sulphur particles between silicon nitride (SiNx) membranes is demonstrated in this work.
Response of An Electronic Sensor To Binary Solvent Mixtures in A Simulated Charcoal Bed
Creators: name: Gartland, James G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1986

description: A study was performed which evaluated the ability of a charcoal bed breakthrough detector to be utilized under conditions where a binary mixture of solvents was passed through a bed. A Taguchi Gas Sensor (TGS 812) was used. Acetone and toluene were tested in a simulated charcoal bed system both singly and in binary mixtures over a range of concentrations. TGS response to acetone was much greater than to toluene. In addition, acetone achieved the charcoal service life endpoint (ie. 10% of the challenge concentration) more quickly. Toluene concentrations at the 10% breakthrough times for the acetone were insufficient to appreciably affect sensor response. It would thus appear that this detector can be utilized for the detection of a mixture of acetone and toluene if the alarm signal on the detector is preset for acetone. Sensor sensitivities were much weaker than found in a previous study with the same sensor.
Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Nouri Nojadeh, Jafar
name: Behrouz Sharif, Shahin
name: Sakhinia, Ebrahim
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2018
Subjects: CRC
MSI
DNA MMR system
mini-review

description: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease that is caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Although it is one of the most common cancers worldwide, CRC would be one of the most curable cancers if it is detected in the early stages. Molecular changes that occur in colorectal cancer may be categorized into three main groups: 1) Chromosomal Instability (CIN), 2) Microsatellite Instability (MSI), and 3) CpG Island Methylator phenotype (CIMP). Microsatellites, also known as Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) are small (1-6 base pairs) repeating stretches of DNA scattered throughout the entire genome and account for approximately 3 % of the human genome. Due to their repeated structure, microsatellites are prone to high mutation rate. Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a unique molecular alteration and hyper-mutable phenotype, which is the result of a defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system, and can be defined as the presence of alternate sized repetitive DNA sequences which are not present in the corresponding germ line DNA. The presence of MSI is found in sporadic colon, gastric, sporadic endometrial and the majority of other cancers. Approximately, 15-20 % of colorectal cancers display MSI. Determination of MSI status in CRC has prognostic and therapeutic implications. As well, detecting MSI is used diagnostically for tumor detection and classification. For these reasons, microsatellite instability analysis is becoming more and more important in colorectal cancer patients. The objective of this review is to provide the comprehensive summary of the update knowledge of colorectal cancer classification and diagnostic features of microsatellite instability.
description: EXCLI Journal; 17:Doc159; ISSN 1611-2156
Learning efficiency correlates of using SuperMemo with specially crafted Flashcards in medical scholarship
Creators: name: Pujo, Alexis
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Educational Methods
subject: Education

description: Computer-assisted learning has been growing in popularity in higher education and in the research literature. A subset of these novel approaches to learning claim that predictive algorithms called Spaced Repetition (SR) can significantly improve retention rates of studied knowledge while minimizing the time investment required for learning. SuperMemo is a brand of commercial software and the editor of the SuperMemo SR algorithm. Medical scholarship is well known for requiring students to acquire large amounts of information in a short span of time. Anatomy in particular relies heavily on rote memorization for recalling names and parts of the human body. Using the SuperMemo web platform we are creating a trial, inviting medical students completing an anatomy course to take part. Use of SuperMemo as well as a performance test will be measured, and compared with a concurrent control group who will not be provided with the SuperMemo Software.
Multiple spawning of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae) under laboratory conditions
Creators: name: Hamasaki, Katsuyuki
name: Nishimoto, Sota
name: Dan, Shigeki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: A season-independent juvenile supply system is required for developing the aquaculture of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii. The present study aimed to test if P. clarkii females can spawn multiple times under a constant temperature (25°C) and photoperiod (14 L: 10D) – conditions that are suitable for their reproduction. When a female developed glair glands on the underside of its uropods, it was paired with a single male for mating. Females that laid the first egg batch from the middle of July to the end of October were successively cultured; large proportions of individuals then rematured (76%) and laid a second egg batch (94%) from late September to early February. Although we finished the culture experiments in early February when all the test females had laid their second egg batch, a third spawning occurred in 27% of these females. Overall, the earlier the females spawned, the more egg batches they laid. Fecundity was correlated with female body size (postorbital carapace length) and decreased in accordance with spawning time. The egg development rate was very low in some females – probably depending on male fertility. We highlight future research subjects for developing a continuous breeding system in P. clarkii.
title: Standing MRI exaggerates lumbar stenosis but does not improve patient symptom correlation
Creators: name: Lee, Ka Lok
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: MR
subject: Equipment

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Lumbar spinal stenosis often leads to neurogenic claudication lower back and sciatica-type pain aggravated by standing, walking or spinal extension in the upright position. Conventional magnetic esonance imaging (MRI) in the supine (recumbent)...
Dicke superradiance as nondestructive probe for the state of atoms in optical lattices
Creators: name: Brinke, Nicolai ten
name: Schützhold, Ralf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a proposal for a probing scheme utilizing Dicke superradiance to obtain information about ultracold atoms in optical lattices. A probe photon is absorbed collectively by an ensemble of lattice atoms generating a Dicke state. The lattice dynamics (e.g., tunneling) affects the coherence properties of that Dicke state and thus alters the superradiant emission characteristics -- which in turn provides insight into the lattice (dynamics). Comparing the Bose-Hubbard and the Fermi-Hubbard model, we find similar superradiance in the strongly interacting Mott insulator regime, but crucial differences in the weakly interacting (superfluid or metallic) phase. Furthermore, we study the possibility to detect whether a quantum phase transition between the two regimes can be considered adiabatic or a quantum quench.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures, EPJ style
title: Ultrasound of the Elbow with Emphasis on Detailed Assessment of Complex Structures; Technique and Anatomical Correlation
Creators: name: Antic, Marijana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Dissection

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Discuss the ultrasound anatomy of more complex structures and areas of the elbow, with MR and cadaver correlation. Discuss ultrasound technique and tips and tricks for assessment of these...