cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lifting the veil of secrecy: maternal and neonatal outcome of oocyte donation pregnancies in Germany
Creators: name: Altmann, Judith
name: Kummer, J.
name: Herse, Florian
name: Hellmeyer, L.
name: Schlembach, D.
name: Henrich, Wolfgang
name: Weichert, A.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Oocyte-donation
subject: Egg-donation
subject: Preeclampsia
subject: Pregnancy risks
subject: Peripartum hemorrhage
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: In Germany, performing fertility procedures involving oocyte donation is illegal, as stated by the Embryo Protection Law. Nonetheless, in our clinical routine we attend to a steadily rising number of pregnant women, who have sought oocyte donation abroad. Due to the legal circumstances many women opt to keep the origin of their pregnancy a secret. However, studies have shown, that oocyte donation is an independent risk factor for the development of pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate maternal and neonatal outcomes of oocyte donation pregnancies in three large obstetric care units in Berlin, Germany. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all available medical data on oocyte donation pregnancies at Charite University hospital, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, and Neukoelln in the German capital. Results: We included 115 oocyte donation (OD) pregnancies in the present study. Our data are based on 62 singleton, 44 twin, 7 triplet, and 2 quadruplet oocyte donation pregnancies. According to our data, oocyte donation pregnancies are associated with a high risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcome, i.e., hypertension in pregnancy, preterm delivery, Cesarean section as mode of delivery, and increased peripartum hemorrhage. Conclusion: Although oocyte donation is prohibited by German law, many couples go abroad to seek reproductive measures using oocyte donation after former treatment options have failed. OD pregnancies are associated with a high risk of preeclampsia, C-section as mode of delivery, and peripartum hemorrhage. Detailed knowledge of the associated risks is of utmost importance to both the patient and the treating physician and midwife.
The role of serum C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of periprosthetic shoulder infection
Creators: name: Akgün, Doruk
name: Wiethölter, Mats
name: Siegert, Paul
name: Danzinger, Victor
name: Minkus, Marvin
name: Braun, Karl Friedrich
name: Moroder, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: C-reactive protein
subject: Periprosthetic shoulder infection
subject: Definition
subject: Low-virulence
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: There is a paucity of literature regarding serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in the evaluation of a shoulder periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). The purpose of the current study was to establish cutoff values for diagnosing shoulder PJI and evaluate the influence of the type of infecting microorganism and the classification subgroups according to last proposed International Consensus Meeting (ICM) criteria on the CRP level. Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of all 136 patients, who underwent septic or aseptic revision shoulder arthroplasty in our institution between January 2010 and December 2019, was performed. Shoulder PJI was defined according to the last proposed definition criteria of the ICM. Serum CRP levels were compared between infected and non-infected cases, between infection subgroups, as well as between different species of infecting microorganisms. A receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to display sensitivity and specificity of serum CRP level for shoulder PJI. Results: A total of 52 patients (38%) were classified as infected, 18 meeting the criteria for definitive infection, 26 for probable infection and 8 for possible infection. According to the ROC curve, an optimized serum CRP threshold of 7.2 mg/l had a sensitivity of 69% and specificity of 74% (area under curve = 0.72). Patients with definitive infection group demonstrated significantly higher median serum CRP levels (24.3 mg/l), when compared to probable, possible infection groups and PJI unlikely group (8 mg/l, 8.3 mg/l, 3.6 mg/l, respectively, p < 0.05). The most common isolated microorganism was Cutibacterium acnes in 25 patients (48%) followed by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) in 20 patients (39%). Patients with a PJI caused by high-virulent microorganisms had a significantly higher median serum CRP level compared to patients with PJI caused by low-virulent microorganisms (48 mg/l vs. 11.3 mg/l, p = 0.04). Conclusions: Serum CRP showed a low sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of shoulder PJI, even applying cutoffs optimized by receiver-operating curve analysis. Low-virulent microorganisms and patients with probable and possible infections are associated with lower CRP levels compared to patients with definitive infection and infections caused by high-virulent microorganisms.
Nan zhi tang gao ; Kuai gou guan shi yi cao [volume 02]
南枝堂稿 ; 蒯緱館十一草 [第二冊]
Creators: name: Xue, Shiheng, 1617-1686
name: 薛始亨, 1617-1686
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of Xue Shiheng's poems and essays. On double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Method development from Cost-effective, green HPLC determination of losartan, valsartan and their nitrosodiethylamine impurity: application to pharmaceutical dosage forms
Creators: name: Abd El-Hay, Soad S.
name: Elhenawee, Magda
name: Maged, Khaled
name: Ibrahim, Adel Ehab
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30203 Inorganic Green Chemistry
subject: 30504 Organic Green Chemistry

description: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are one of the most widely used anti-hypertensive drugs which are used to reduce hypertension. In 2018, the United States Food and drug Administration together with European Medicine Agency declared that the presence of carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities such as nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in some of the products, including valsartan (VLS) and losartan (LOS), and drugs' recall procedures were started. Thus, they should be controlled to be below the acceptable cancer risk level to ensure safety of the pharmaceutical products. Therefore, sensitive and reliable analytical methods were required for detection and quantitation of NDEA in bulk and finished drug products. Green analytical chemistry has received great interest to minimize the amount of organic solvents consumed without loss in chromatographic performance. A green and sensitive HPLC method was developed for the determination of NDEA in LOS and VLS using mobile phase of 0.02 M ammonium acetate adjusted to pH 7.2 and ethanol in gradient manner. Limits of detection and limits of quantification for NDEA were estimated to be 0.2 and 0.5 µg ml−1, respectively. The standardized limits of NDEA impurity in drug substances were set as 0.56 ppm, which indicate the feasibility of its determination by the proposed conventional method without need for expensive instrumentations (e.g. MS/MS detectors) that are not found in most of pharmaceutical quality control laboratories.
title: Afghanistan Fatigue: Diasporic Narrations of Conflict Memory and Political Mobilization
Creators: name: Ayazi, Mena
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Diaspora
subject: Afghanistan
subject: Conflict memory
subject: Diaspora politics
subject: Afghan-American
subject: Conflict-generated diaspora

description: With Afghanistan re-gaining headlines in the media as the United States Government and Taliban insurgency hammer out a peace deal, a spike in domestic immigrant politics, and a rise in global recognition of the power of transnational diaspora politics, there lies a timely significance in understanding the state of the Afghan diaspora. This thesis unpacks the political agency of the Afghan-American community by offering insights into the relationship between the narrations of conflict memory and diasporic understandings of political agency, particularly in the context of the Afghan-American diaspora. In the process of researching and writing this thesis, the author conducted individual life story interviews and participant observation. This thesis is slated to be a reference and resource for diaspora research and networks.
Application from Cost-effective, green HPLC determination of losartan, valsartan and their nitrosodiethylamine impurity: application to pharmaceutical dosage forms
Creators: name: Abd El-Hay, Soad S.
name: Elhenawee, Magda
name: Maged, Khaled
name: Ibrahim, Adel Ehab
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30203 Inorganic Green Chemistry
subject: 30504 Organic Green Chemistry

description: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are one of the most widely used anti-hypertensive drugs which are used to reduce hypertension. In 2018, the United States Food and drug Administration together with European Medicine Agency declared that the presence of carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities such as nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in some of the products, including valsartan (VLS) and losartan (LOS), and drugs' recall procedures were started. Thus, they should be controlled to be below the acceptable cancer risk level to ensure safety of the pharmaceutical products. Therefore, sensitive and reliable analytical methods were required for detection and quantitation of NDEA in bulk and finished drug products. Green analytical chemistry has received great interest to minimize the amount of organic solvents consumed without loss in chromatographic performance. A green and sensitive HPLC method was developed for the determination of NDEA in LOS and VLS using mobile phase of 0.02 M ammonium acetate adjusted to pH 7.2 and ethanol in gradient manner. Limits of detection and limits of quantification for NDEA were estimated to be 0.2 and 0.5 µg ml−1, respectively. The standardized limits of NDEA impurity in drug substances were set as 0.56 ppm, which indicate the feasibility of its determination by the proposed conventional method without need for expensive instrumentations (e.g. MS/MS detectors) that are not found in most of pharmaceutical quality control laboratories.
Differential diagnosis of syndromic craniosynostosis: a case series
Creators: name: Casteleyn, Tamara
name: Horn, Denise
name: Henrich, Wolfgang
name: Verlohren, Stefan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Syndromic craniosynostosis
subject: Apert syndrome
subject: Saethre Chotzen syndrome
subject: Prenatal ultrasound
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose: Syndromic craniosynostosis is a rare genetic disease caused by premature fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures combined with malformations of other organs. The aim of this publication is to investigate sonographic signs of different syndromic craniosynostoses and associated malformations to facilitate a precise and early diagnosis. Methods: We identified in the period of 2000-2019 thirteen cases with a prenatal suspected diagnosis of syndromic craniosynostosis at our department. We analyzed the ultrasound findings, MRI scans, genetic results as well as the mode of delivery, and postnatal procedures. Results: Eight children were diagnosed with Apert Syndrome, two with Saethre Chotzen syndrome, one with Crouzon syndrome, and one with Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome. One child had a mutation p.(Pro253Leu) in the FGFR2 gene. We identified characteristic changes of the head shape as well as typical associated malformations. Conclusion: Second trimester diagnosis of syndromic craniosynostosis is feasible based on the identified sonographic signs. In case of a suspected diagnosis a genetic, neonatal as well as surgical counseling is recommended. We also recommend to offer a fetal MRI. The delivery should be planned in a perinatal center.
Baccalaureate Service, 1933
Creators: name: State Normal School
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1933
Subjects: subject: State Normal School
subject: Commencement ceremonies

description: Baccalaureate service program for June 11, 1933, which may include written corrections and annotations. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy in baccalaureate service programs, the service may have changed after the program was printed.
title: Who Takes Music with Them When They Transition to High School?
Creators: name: Tucker, Tevis L
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Music education
subject: Transition to high school
subject: Music electives
subject: Persistence
subject: Retention
subject: Attrition

description: While there is ample evidence that music is one of the most widely available and enrolled-in arts elective among American adolescents today, less is known about how this relates to continued enrollment within music (i.e., persistence). According to claims from music educators, persistence beyond a student’s initial enrollment in middle and high school music is a real problem in the U.S. and worldwide, making one-time enrollment metrics a misleading indicator of music’s popularity and success in schools. Empirical evidence that verifies music educators’ claims, all while exploring the various ways that students who persist differ from those who do not, is long overdue. This paper builds off prior work with the Miami School Readiness Project (MSRP; Winsler et al., 2020; Alegrado & Winsler, 2020), by prospectively following a large (n = 3,393), majority Hispanic (62%), sample of adolescents from middle to high school (8th–9th grade), to better understand predictors of persistence within in-school music electives. Overall, only 24.5% of students taking any music elective in 8th grade continued to take any music elective in 9th grade (persistence rates varied when only looking within each music type; band, chorus, guitar, orchestra). Regression analyses showed that more academically competent students (higher 8th grade GPA and 8th grade reading and math scores), and students with disabilities, were more likely to persist with any music from 8th to 9th grade (predictors varied when looking within each music type). A multigroup analysis directly compared what predictors of any-music persistence varied by music type, finding there was significant moderation across music types with respect to the effect of gender, gifted status, and math scores on any-music persistence. Implications, for both music educators and researchers, are discussed.
Linearity from Cost-effective, green HPLC determination of losartan, valsartan and their nitrosodiethylamine impurity: application to pharmaceutical dosage forms
Creators: name: Abd El-Hay, Soad S.
name: Elhenawee, Magda
name: Maged, Khaled
name: Ibrahim, Adel Ehab
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30203 Inorganic Green Chemistry
subject: 30504 Organic Green Chemistry

description: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are one of the most widely used anti-hypertensive drugs which are used to reduce hypertension. In 2018, the United States Food and drug Administration together with European Medicine Agency declared that the presence of carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities such as nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in some of the products, including valsartan (VLS) and losartan (LOS), and drugs' recall procedures were started. Thus, they should be controlled to be below the acceptable cancer risk level to ensure safety of the pharmaceutical products. Therefore, sensitive and reliable analytical methods were required for detection and quantitation of NDEA in bulk and finished drug products. Green analytical chemistry has received great interest to minimize the amount of organic solvents consumed without loss in chromatographic performance. A green and sensitive HPLC method was developed for the determination of NDEA in LOS and VLS using mobile phase of 0.02 M ammonium acetate adjusted to pH 7.2 and ethanol in gradient manner. Limits of detection and limits of quantification for NDEA were estimated to be 0.2 and 0.5 µg ml−1, respectively. The standardized limits of NDEA impurity in drug substances were set as 0.56 ppm, which indicate the feasibility of its determination by the proposed conventional method without need for expensive instrumentations (e.g. MS/MS detectors) that are not found in most of pharmaceutical quality control laboratories.
Total hip arthroplasty for destructive septic arthritis of the hip using a two-stage protocol without spacer placement
Creators: name: Hipfl, Christian
name: Karczewski, Daniel
name: Oronowicz, Jakub
name: Pumberger, Matthias
name: Perka, Carsten
name: Hardt, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Septic arthritis
subject: Hip
subject: Resection arthroplasty
subject: Two-stage
subject: Spacer
subject: Total hip arthroplasty
subject: Periprosthetic infection
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: The optimal treatment of patients with a degenerative joint disease secondary to an active or chronic septic arthritis of the hip is unclear. The aim of the present study was to report on our experience with two-stage total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a contemporary treatment protocol without spacer insertion. Materials and methods: Our prospective institutional database was used to identify all patients with degenerative septic arthritis treated with a non-spacer two-stage protocol between 2011 and 2017. Clinical outcomes included interim revision, periprosthetic infection (PJI) and aseptic revision rates. Restoration of leg-length and offset were assessed radiographically. Modified Harris hip score (mHHS) were obtained. Treatment success was defined using the modified Delphi consensus criteria. Mean follow-up was 62 months (13-110). Results: A total of 33 patients with a mean age of 60 years (13-85) were included. 55% of the cohort was male and average Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was 3.7 (0-12). 21 patients (64%) had an active/acute infection and 12 patients (36%) were treated for chronic/quiescent septic arthritis. Overall, 11 patients (33%) had treatment failure, including 5 patients who failed to undergo THA, 2 interim re-debridement for persistent infection, and 4 patients who developed PJI after an average of 7 months (0.3-13) following THA. The most common identified pathogen was Staphylococcus aureus (42.4%). No aseptic revision was recorded following THA. Leg-length and offset were successfully restored. Mean mHHS improved from 35.2 points to 73.4 points. Conclusion: Two-stage THA without spacer placement is a viable treatment option for destructive septic arthritis of the hip, demonstrating comparable rates of infection control and functional outcome. However, definitive resection arthroplasty is not uncommon in these often critically ill patients.
title: With/In Limits: Play as Practice in the Digital Vernacular
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020

description: Participatory cultures were among the first groups to form communities online. Since 2004, however, the interpenetration of “social” media with “everyday life” has transformed the way fans and others use and inhabit digital spaces. Taking SuperWhoLock fandom on Tumblr as a test case and textual archive, this project demonstrates how fans’ manipulation of digital accordances has in turn transformed the social media landscape: from the creation of “user-generated content” that keeps digital audiences engaged, to the integration of entextualized media fragments into everyday communicative practice. Working with a set of texts selected from SuperWhoLock fandom (c. 2012-2015), I identify key “protocols” developed within participatory cultures that continue to structure the sociolinguistics of the vernacular web. I examine how fans’ tactics for foregrounding, representing, and managing affect in digitally mediated relationships rely on an underlying ethos of play “within constraints”1 that translates to everyday vernacular usages of digital technologies. Finally, I show that the prolific textual generativity of fans’ “play/work” functions as the unpaid and discursively elided labor on which social media’s continued profitability depends.
title: A Technical Report on Real-Estate Rent Prediction
Creators: name: Rafatirad, Setareh
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Real estate
subject: Machine learning

description: Real-estate rent prediction is sensitive to several independent parameters and has allured a lot of researchers in the past few years to constructing automated tools using (ML) commodities. However, most of the proposed solutions are limited in scope, and are only investigated on a particular locality, house type, or based on one type of machine learning algorithm. Furthermore, the past work often used synthetic data which can compromise the accuracy of the output, as it is not closely identical to real-world datasets. To address these challenges, we study a wide range of Machine Learning techniques applied to three real-estate housing types, using real-world data. Unlike prior work which attempt to develop a one-size-fits-all model with fixed set of features, our study shows that the important parameters for rent prediction depends highly on the type and locality. Further, for each property type, there is a different winning algorithm to perform rent prediction. Accordingly, we construct multiple rent prediction models using a large Zillow dataset of 50K real estate properties in the state of Virginia and Maryland. In addition to Zillow, external attributes such as walk/transit score, and crime rate are collected from online sources. Our comprehensive case study indicates that real-estate rent behavior strongly depends on the type of house and locality. As such, we deploy a two-layer clustering approach to partition data into multiple training sets based on house-type and similar zip codes. We evaluate and report the performance of the prediction models studied in this work based on two metrics of R-squared and Mean Absolute Error, applied on unseen data.
Nan zhi tang gao ; Kuai gou guan shi yi cao [volume 01]
南枝堂稿 ; 蒯緱館十一草 [第一冊]
Creators: name: Xue, Shiheng, 1617-1686
name: 薛始亨, 1617-1686
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of Xue Shiheng's poems and essays. On double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Greenness assessment from Cost-effective, green HPLC determination of losartan, valsartan and their nitrosodiethylamine impurity: application to pharmaceutical dosage forms
Creators: name: Abd El-Hay, Soad S.
name: Elhenawee, Magda
name: Maged, Khaled
name: Ibrahim, Adel Ehab
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30203 Inorganic Green Chemistry
subject: 30504 Organic Green Chemistry

description: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are one of the most widely used anti-hypertensive drugs which are used to reduce hypertension. In 2018, the United States Food and drug Administration together with European Medicine Agency declared that the presence of carcinogenic nitrosamine impurities such as nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in some of the products, including valsartan (VLS) and losartan (LOS), and drugs' recall procedures were started. Thus, they should be controlled to be below the acceptable cancer risk level to ensure safety of the pharmaceutical products. Therefore, sensitive and reliable analytical methods were required for detection and quantitation of NDEA in bulk and finished drug products. Green analytical chemistry has received great interest to minimize the amount of organic solvents consumed without loss in chromatographic performance. A green and sensitive HPLC method was developed for the determination of NDEA in LOS and VLS using mobile phase of 0.02 M ammonium acetate adjusted to pH 7.2 and ethanol in gradient manner. Limits of detection and limits of quantification for NDEA were estimated to be 0.2 and 0.5 µg ml−1, respectively. The standardized limits of NDEA impurity in drug substances were set as 0.56 ppm, which indicate the feasibility of its determination by the proposed conventional method without need for expensive instrumentations (e.g. MS/MS detectors) that are not found in most of pharmaceutical quality control laboratories.
Baccalaureate Service, 1934
Creators: name: State Normal School
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1934
Subjects: subject: State Normal School
subject: Commencement ceremonies

description: Baccalaureate service program for June 10, 1934, which may include written corrections and annotations. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy in baccalaureate service programs, the service may have changed after the program was printed.
Guangdong Qing dai dang an lu [volume 01]
廣東清代檔案錄 [第一冊]
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of archives about Guangdong in Qing dynasty.
Title from label, on double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
title: Credit Ratings & Climate Change Resilience: A Framework for Assessing Airports, Seaports, & Toll Roads
Creators: name: Brown-Neuhaus, Virginia Gale
name: Harloe, Christopher
name: Kwekam, Gilles David
name: Lu, George
name: Quenga, Joseph
name: Snyder, William
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Credit Ratings
subject: Climate change

description: This report provides a framework for incorporating climate change resilience in Fitch Ratings’ credit rating assessments of airports, seaports, and toll roads. We build on current transportation resilience practices and climate-related assessments, key credit rating drivers, stakeholder interviews, and analysis of nonrecourse municipal securities official statements to develop a conceptual resilience framework that may be useful in expanding into Fitch Ratings credit rating process for transportation projects. This proposed framework can help develop quantifiable information to determine a project’s resiliency by analyzing these factors: project type, asset level; asset productivity; and strategic response planning. By focusing on the vulnerabilities and portfolio exposure, the framework provides a means to assess a project’s climate-related risks and resilience that can be easily distinguished between a high, medium, and low risk-resilience metric.
title: Deep Brain Stimulation: Treatment for Clinical Depression
Creators: name: Admassu, Azaria
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020

description: Depression is the most common mental disorder in the United States. A person with this disorder is generally described as feeling sad, discouraged and in general, disinterested in life. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a method of electrically stimulating a specific part of a brain using implanted electrodes. Since the symptoms of major depressive disorder have been linked to the dysfunction of the reward circuitry system of which the NAcs are the major players of, DBS to these neurons have been one suggested method to improve patients’ symptoms. In 2013, DBS of the NAcs had given a promising result when patients treated by DBS had shown an improvement with little to no side effect. This paper will discuss the advantages to DBS as an anti-depressant by the assessment of available studies and will further discuss the current as well as future challenges facing DBS.
Non-verbal predication: A perspective from Indigenous languages
Creators: name: Ciucci, Luca
Publisher: name: Knowledge Commons
Year: 2025

description: Our current understanding of human language would not be possible without the contribution coming from the description of Indigenous languages, whose theoretical importance goes far beyond the study of a single language or family and stands in stark contrast to the prejudice many of these lects still face. In fact, minoritized languages often exhibit uncommon or even rare linguistic features that allow us to explore the limits of human language (cf. Campbell 1997: 15-16; Wohlgemuth and Cysouw 2010; Nevins 2022, among others).
This talk will illustrate how Indigenous languages expand our typological knowledge of non-verbal predication. Based on Hengeveld (1992) and Stassen (1997), we can distinguish three types of non-verbal predicative constructions, which involve (i) the use of a copula, (ii) the juxtaposition of subject and predicate, and (iii) an inflection on the non-verbal predicate. In the last strategy, also known as "predicative inflection construction" (Bertinetto, Ciucci and Farina 2019), the predicate receives a verb-like inflection, often stemming from the cliticization of a copula.
However, the description of the small Zamucoan family (Bolivia and Paraguay; Bertinetto 2014[2009]; Ciucci 2016) has led to the identification of another, rare, subtype of predicative inflection, in which the markers on the non-verbal predicate are typically zero or morphologically lighter than those on the argument. After addressing this construction in Zamucoan, I will show that it is also found in some Tupi-Guarani languages, at some stages of Semitic (Bertinetto, Ciucci and Farina 2019), and was recently identified in some Cushitic languages (Tosco, Forthcoming 2025) and Cuwabo (Bantu; Guérois, Forthcoming 2025).
Finally, a typological overview of non-verbal predication in non-WEIRD languages reveals a fourth type of strategy, so far never addressed in literature, which mixes the predicative inflection construction with the use of the copula (Bertinetto, Ciucci and Creissels, Forthcoming 2025).
Guangdong Qing dai dang an lu [volume 03]
廣東清代檔案錄 [第三冊]
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of archives about Guangdong in Qing dynasty.
Title from label, on double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
title: Telegram: C. Harrison Mann, Jr. to William M. Tuck, November 14, 1958
Creators: name: Mann, Charles Harrison, Jr., 1908-1977
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Tuck, William M.
subject: Schools
subject: Integration
subject: Desegregation
subject: Supreme Court
subject: Arlington, VA

description: Telegram: typescript, 8.5" x 6" (21.6 cm x 15.2 cm)
description: Telegram from C. Harrison Mann, Jr. to William F. Tuck, U.S. Representative from Virginia, regarding comments Tuck made in Arlington, VA regarding integration.
Never too late? Quadruplets at the age of 65 years
Creators: name: Hinkson, Larry
name: Dame, Christof
name: Braun, Thorsten
name: Nachtigall, Irit
name: Henrich, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Advanced reproductive age
subject: Cross-border reproductive care
subject: In vitro fertilization
subject: Quadruplets
subject: Case report
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: We discuss the challenges of multiple pregnancy at very advanced reproductive age. Case presentation: We present the case of a quadruplet pregnancy at the maternal age of 65 following in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with donor eggs and sperm, involving cross-border reproductive care. All children born were at 25 weeks' gestation and survived; however, poor neurodevelopmental outcome remains a major concern in one child. Conclusions: The use of reproductive technology to achieve a multiple pregnancy at such an advanced post-menopausal age generated a debate on ethical, psychosocial and medical questions. We share this debate and highlight the need to reconsider international guidelines for women of advanced reproductive age.
New pharmacotherapy options for noninfectious posterior uveitis
Creators: name: Pleyer, Uwe
name: Neri, Piergiorgio
name: Deuter, Christoph
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: bDMARD
subject: Corticosteroid
subject: nbDMARD
subject: tsDMARD
subject: Therapy
subject: Uveitis
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: Noninfectious inflammation of the posterior eye segment represents an important cause of visual impairment. It often affects relatively young people and causes a significant personal and social impact. Although steroids and nonbiologic- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (nbDMARDs) are effective both in acute and long- lasting diseases, however they are increasingly being replaced by biologic (DMARDs). bDMARD. This article therefore aims to identify recent advances in the therapy of noninfectious posterior segment uveitis. Methods: A Medline-search was conducted using the terms: nbDMARD, bDMARD, posterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis, treatment, corticosteroid. In addition, clinical studies were included as registered at ClinicalTrials.gov. Results: Currently two major lines of treatments can be identified: (1) the intraocular application of anti-inflammatory agents and (2) the introduction of new agents, e.g., (bDMARDs) and small-molecule-inhibitors. Whereas intravitreal treatments have the advantage to avoid systemic side effects, new systemic agents are progressively earning credit on the basis of their therapeutic effects. Conclusion: Even when current treatment strategies are still hampered by the limited number of randomized controlled trials, promising progress and continuous efforts are seen.
title: Alfred H. Titus to Cousin [Phebe Haight], April 10, 1865
Creators: name: Titus, Alfred H.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mobile (Al.)
subject: Blakely (Al.)
subject: Richmond (Va.)

description: Public domain. There are no known use restrictions.
description: Letter from Alfred H. Titus to Cousin [Phebe Haight] in which Titus discusses his (Union) army unit's actions approaching Mobile, Alabama. He also mentions that he has heard that Richmond [Va] has fallen to the Union Army.
Guangdong Qing dai dang an lu [volume 02]
廣東清代檔案錄 [第二冊]
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: A handwritten copy of archives about Guangdong in Qing dynasty.
Title from label, on double leaves, East Asian binding. Sealed by Yao Junshi.
Edition: [Chao ben]
title: Impact of Humanitarian Aid on Facilitating Corruption: A Look at Nations in Central America and the Caribbean
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021

description: Humanitarian assistance can be a lifeline in places where governments are either unwilling or unable to provide basic support for their citizens. As the number of global disasters continues to rise, so too does the need for humanitarian assistance. However, corruption may negatively impact the effectiveness of such aid. Corruption can hinder nation states’ ability to provide public services, humanitarian assistance, and emergency preparedness for their citizens. Researchers have investigated the benefits of development projects and humanitarian aid in low and lower-middle income countries, but little has been written on the role of humanitarian aid in facilitating corruption. Considering the increase in global instability and natural disasters, it is important to ask, “Does humanitarian aid increase corruption”? This dissertation will engage theories of corruption and obligation in humanitarian aid to evaluate how humanitarian aid contributes to corruption perception in countries with endemic and systematic corruption. This dissertation explores the impact of humanitarian aid on corruption perception in countries that receive aid from organizations in high-income countries. The focus is on assessing the success of transparency in aid programs and examining how and whether such aid contributes to corruption in countries with endemic and systematic corruption. Specifically, it will review nine countries in Central America and the Caribbean with high levels of corruption: Haiti, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Panama, Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Venezuela. The study period was from 2000 to 2018.The study used a mixed methods research approach to gather and analyze data. Specifically, a qualitative research approach in the form of semi-structured interviews of humanitarian aid practitioners and document reviews was used to gather qualitative data. In addition, the study utilized quantitative statistical methods to examine trends in corruption and its correlation with levels of humanitarian aid. Perhaps surprising, the quantitative analysis found that surges in humanitarian aid are NOT significantly correlated with increases in corruption. Rather, despite large fluctuations in humanitarian aid, measured levels of corruption are determined mainly by a country’s level of development and governing institutions; humanitarian aid, measured both in dollars and as percent of a country’s GDP, has no further effect, either by itself, with lags, or interacting with institutions. The qualitative analysis and case study found that donor organizations work hard to keep corruption from undercutting their humanitarian aid efforts. The data shows that while corrupt countries may remain corrupt, their measured corruption perception does not grow worse when large infusions of humanitarian aid are being provided.
How Do Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Participate in the Labor Market? A German Multi-center Survey
Creators: name: Maslahati, Tolou
name: Bachmann, Christian J.
name: Höfer, Juliana
name: Küpper, Charlotte
name: Stroth, Sanna
name: Wolff, Nicole
name: Poustka, Luise
name: Roessner, Veit
name: Kamp-Becker, Inge
name: Hoffmann, Falk
name: Roepke, Stefan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Autism
subject: Autism Spectrum Disorder
subject: Labor Market
subject: Education
subject: Employment
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: International studies show disadvantages for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the labor market. Data about their participation in the German labor market are scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the integration of adults with ASD in the German labor market in terms of education, employment and type of occupation by means of a cross-sectional-study, using a postal questionnaire. Findings show above average levels of education for adults with ASD compared to the general population of Germany and simultaneously, below average rates of employment and high rates of financial dependency. That indicates a poor integration of adults with ASD in the German labor market and emphasizes the need for vocational support policies for adults with ASD.
Supplementary document for Numerical investigation of gas-filled multipass cells in the enhanced dispersion regime for clean spectral broadening and pulse compression - 6310342.pdf
Creators: name: Staels, Victor Segundo
name: Jarque, Enrique Conejero
name: Carlson, Daniel
name: Hemmer, Michaël
name: Kapteyn, Henry
name: Murnane, Margaret
name: San Roman, Julio
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Evaluation of the prognostic relevance of the recommended minimum number of lymph nodes in colorectal cancer—a propensity score analysis
Creators: name: Ramser, Michaela
name: Lobbes, Leonard A.
name: Warschkow, Rene
name: Viehl, Carsten T.
name: Lauscher, Johannes C.
name: Droeser, Raoul A.
name: Kettelhack, Christoph
name: Zuber, Markus
name: Weixler, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Colorectal cancer
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: Overall survival
subject: Disease-free survival
subject: Propensity score analysis
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose: Nodal status in colorectal cancer (CRC) is an important prognostic factor, and adequate lymph node (LN) staging is crucial. Whether the number of resected and analysed LN has a direct impact on overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS) and disease-free survival (DFS) is much discussed. Guidelines request a minimum number of 12 LN to be analysed. Whether that threshold marks a prognostic relevant cut-off remains unknown. Methods: Patients operated for stage I-III CRC were identified from a prospectively maintained database. The impact of the number of analysed LN on OS, CSS and DFS was assessed using Cox regression and propensity score analysis. Results: Of the 687 patients, 81.8% had >= 12 LN resected and analysed. Median LN yield was 17.0 (IQR 13.0-23.0). Resection and analysis of >= 12 LN was associated with improved OS (HR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.56-0.95, p = 0.033), CSS (HR 0.52, 95% CI: 0.31-0.85, p = 0.030) and DFS (HR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.57-0.95, p = 0.030) in multivariate Cox analysis. After adjusting for biasing factors with propensity score matching, resection of >= 12 LN was significantly associated with improved OS (HR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.43-0.81; p = 0.002), CSS (HR = 0.34; 95% CI: 0.20-0.60; p < 0.001) and DFS (HR = 0.55; 95% CI: 0.41-0.74; p < 0.001) compared to patients with < 12 LN. Conclusion: Eliminating biasing factors by a propensity score matching analysis underlines the prognostic importance of the number of analysed LN. The set threshold marks the minimum number of required LN but nevertheless represents a cut-off regarding outcome in stage I-III CRC. This analysis therefore highlights the significance and importance of adherence to surgical oncological standards.
title: Alveoli, teeth, and tooth loss: Understanding the homology of internal mandibular structures in mysticete cetaceans
Creators: name: Peredo, Carlos Mauricio
name: Pyenson, Nicholas D.
name: Uhen, Mark D.
name: Marshall, Christopher D.
Publisher: name: PLoS ONE
Year: 2017

description: The evolution of filter feeding in baleen whales (Mysticeti) facilitated a wide range of ecological diversity and extreme gigantism. The innovation of filter feeding evolved in a shift from a mineralized upper and lower dentition in stem mysticetes to keratinous baleen plates that hang only from the roof of the mouth in extant species, which are all edentulous as adults. While all extant mysticetes are born with a mandible lacking a specialized feeding structure (i.e., baleen), the bony surface retains small foramina with elongated sulci that often merge together in what has been termed the alveolar gutter. Because mysticete embryos develop tooth buds that resorb in utero, these foramina have been interpreted as homologous to tooth alveoli in other mammals. Here, we test this homology by creating 3D models of the internal mandibular morphology from terrestrial artiodactyls and fossil and extant cetaceans, including stem cetaceans, odontocetes and mysticetes. We demonstrate that dorsal foramina on the mandible communicate with the mandibular canal via smaller canals, which we explain within the context of known mechanical models of bone resorption. We suggest that these dorsal foramina represent distinct branches of the inferior alveolar nerve (or artery), rather than alveoli homologous with those of other mammals. As a functional explanation, we propose that these branches provide sensation to the dorsal margin of the mandible to facilitate placement and occlusion of the baleen plates during filer feeding.
Embitterment – Conception of a Potential Moderator to Dysfunctional and Aggressive Behaviour in Children and Adolescents
Creators: name: Balder, Tim
name: Linden, Michael
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Embitterment
subject: Justice
subject: Humiliation
subject: Children and adolescents
subject: Breach of trust
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Embitterment is an emotion which is known to everybody in reaction to injustice, humiliation, and breach of trust. Children and adolescents have an understanding of justice/injustice and fairness, violations of injustice, humiliation, and breach of trust are also stressors at a young age. In this conceptual paper it is argued that embitterment is also seen in children and adolescents, and that parents, educators and therapists should recognize this emotion. This could possibly help to early identify children at risk for severe dysfunctional and aggressive behaviours, when preventive interventions are still possible. The article concludes with concepts on how to diagnose and treat children with embitterment.
Risk factors for upper and lower type prolonged postoperative ileus following surgery for Crohn’s disease
Creators: name: Pozios, Ioannis
name: Seeliger, Hendrik
name: Lauscher, Johannes C.
name: Stroux, Andrea
name: Weixler, Benjamin
name: Kamphues, Carsten
name: Beyer, Katharina
name: Kreis, Martin E.
name: Lehmann, Kai S.
name: Seifarth, Claudia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Prolonged postoperative ileus
subject: Crohn's disease
subject: Ileocecal resection
subject: Upper lower gastrointestinal tract
subject: Risk factors
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose: Prolonged postoperative ileus (PPOI) is common after bowel resections, especially in Crohn's disease (CD). The pathophysiology of PPOI is not fully understood. PPOI could affect only the upper or lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The aim of this study was to assess risk factors for diverse types of PPOI, particularly to differentiate PPOI of upper and lower GI tract. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 163 patients with CD undergoing ileocecal resection from 2015 to 2020 in a single center was performed. PPOI of the upper GI tract was predefined as the presence of vomiting or use of nasogastric tube longer than the third postoperative day. Lower PPOI was predefined as the absence of defecation for more than three days. Independent risk factors were identified by multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results: Overall incidence of PPOI was 42.7%. PPOI of the upper GI tract was observed in 30.7% and lower PPOI in 20.9% of patients. Independent risk factors for upper PPOI included older age, surgery by a resident surgeon, hand-sewn anastomosis, prolonged opioid analgesia, and reoperation, while for lower PPOI included BMI <= 25 kg/m(2), preoperative anemia, and absence of ileostomy. Conclusion: This study identified different risk factors for upper and lower PPOI after ileocecal resection in patients with CD. A differentiated upper/lower type approach should be considered in future research and clinical practice. High-risk patients for each type of PPOI should be closely monitored, and modifiable risk factors, such as preoperative anemia and opioids, should be avoided if possible.