cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Implementation of the European health interview survey (EHIS) into the German health update (GEDA)
Creators: name: Lange, Cornelia
name: Finger, Jonas D.
name: Allen, Jennifer
name: Born, Sabine
name: Hoebel, Jens
name: Kuhnert, Ronny
name: Müters, Stephan
name: Thelen, Jürgen
name: Schmich, Patrick
name: Varga, Marike
name: Lippe, Elena Von Der
name: Wetzstein, Matthias
name: Ziese, Thomas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Germany
subject: Europe
subject: Surveillance
subject: Health monitoring
subject: Adults
subject: Health interview survey
subject: Ehis
subject: Public health indicators
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: This methodological paper describes the integration of the ‘European Health Interview Survey wave 2’ (EHIS 2) into the ‘German Health Update’ 2014/2015 (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS). Methods: GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS is a cross-sectional health survey. A two-stage stratified cluster sampling approach was used to recruit persons aged 15 years and older with permanent residence in Germany. Two different modes of data collection were used, self-administered web questionnaire and self-administered paper questionnaire. The survey instrument implemented the EHIS 2 modules on health status, health care use, health determinants and social background variables and additional national questions. Data processing was conducted according to the quality and validation rules specified by Eurostat. Results: In total, 24,824 questionnaires were completed. The response rate was 27.6%. The two-stage cluster sample method seems to have been successful in achieving a sample with high representativeness. The final micro data file was inspected, approved and certified by Eurostat. Access to micro data of the EHIS 2 can be provided by Eurostat via research contract and to the GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS public use file by the Research Data Centre of the Robert Koch Institute. First EHIS 2 results are available at the Eurostat website. Conclusions: Integrating a multinational health survey into an existing national health monitoring system was a challenge in Germany. The national survey methodology for conducting the survey had to be further developed in order to meet the overarching goal of harmonizing the health information from national statistical offices and public health research institutes across the European Union. The harmonized EHIS 2 data source will profoundly impact international public health research in the near future. The next EHIS wave 3 will be conducted around 2019.
The raw data of the Robot-assisted percutaneous hollow screw treatment versus traditional surgical reduction fixation in the treatment of talus fracture:a retrospective study of an average two-year follow-up
Creators: name: Yuan Xinwei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The raw data of the Robot-assisted percutaneous hollow screw treatment versus traditional surgical reduction fixation in the treatment of talus fracture:a retrospective study of an average two-year follow-up
Influenza und ambulant erworbene Pneumonie in hausärztlich tätigen Arztpraxen in Deutschland
Creators: name: Zanuzdana, Aryna
name: Köpke, Karla
name: Haas, Walter
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Influenza
subject: Pneumonie
subject: Akute respiratorische Erkrankungen
subject: ICD-10
subject: Ambulante Versorgung
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Obwohl akute respiratorische Erkrankungen, einschließlich Influenza und Pneumonie, überwiegend in der primärärztlichen Versorgung behandelt werden, fehlen in Deutschland weitgehend epidemiologische Daten aus dem ambulanten Bereich bezüglich Risikofaktoren sowie Komplikationen dieser Erkrankungen. Im Rahmen der am Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) durchgeführten wissenschaftlichen Studie wurden diese Fragestellungen anhand der ICD-10-Diagnosecodes untersucht. Ziele dieses Beitrags sind die Vorstellung der Studienmethodik sowie die deskriptive Darstellung des Patientenkollektivs. Zwischen Januar 2012 und April 2015 wurden mithilfe der im Auftrag des RKI entwickelten Software anonymisierte, fallbasierte Informationen aus der Praxissoftware von 89 Arztpraxen zu allen Patienten erfasst, bei denen eine Influenza, Pneumonie oder andere akute respiratorische Erkrankung (ARE) diagnostiziert wurde. Zu jedem Patienten wurden alle Diagnosen mit Datum retrospektiv sowie prospektiv (jeweils sechs Monate) übermittelt, sowie Angaben zu Alter, Geschlecht und Influenzaimpfung. 156.803 Patienten mit ARE wurden erfasst, davon 7909 Patienten mit Influenza- (in den Influenzawellen) und 8528 Patienten mit Pneumonie-Diagnose(n). Die dokumentierten Influenza-Diagnosen bildeten deutlich die Influenzawellen in Deutschland ab. 1,6 % der Influenza-Fälle hatten eine Pneumonie als Folgediagnose innerhalb von 30 Tagen nach einer Influenza. Im Vergleich zur Allgemeinbevölkerung wurden chronische Erkrankungen (Asthma und Diabetes) im Patientenkollektiv signifikant häufiger diagnostiziert. Die in der Studie erhobenen Routinedaten aus deutschen Hausarztpraxen stellen eine solide Grundlage für die Untersuchung von Forschungsfragen bezüglich Risikofaktoren und Komplikationen der Influenza und Pneumonie sowie anderer akuter Atemwegserkrankungen im zeitlichen Verlauf dar.
Die Epidemiologie der Varizellen in Deutschland unter Einfluss der Varizellen-Impfempfehlung
Creators: name: Hecht, Jane
name: Siedler, Anette
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Varizellen
subject: Epidemiologie
subject: Impfempfehlung
subject: Meldedaten
subject: Sentinel
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Hintergrund: Seit Juli 2004 empfiehlt die Ständige Impfkommission (STIKO) die Varizellenimpfung für alle Kinder im Alter von 11–14 Monaten, seit 2009 eine zweite Impfdosis im Alter von 15–23 Monaten. Die Impfquoten im Alter von 24 Monaten stiegen von 43 % in der Geburtskohorte 2004 auf 87,5 % in der Geburtskohorte 2010. Eine Varizellenmeldepflicht wurde in den Neuen Bundesländern (NBL) zwischen 2002 und 2009 eingeführt, deutschlandweit im April 2013. Seit 2005 liegen am Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) zusätzlich Daten aus einem bundesweiten Varizellen-Sentinelsystem vor. Ziel und Methode: Ziel der Arbeit war, die Varizellenepidemiologie nach Einführung der Impfempfehlung im Zusammenhang mit Impfquoten zu beschreiben und Meldepflicht- und Sentineldaten hinsichtlich Aussagekraft und Datenqualität zu vergleichen. Trends und Altersverteilung wurden mittels Microsoft Excel und Stata12 analysiert. Impfquoten wurden vom ﻿RKI-Projekt „KV-Impfsurveillance“ zur Verfügung gestellt. Ergebnisse: Bis Ende 2013 gingen im Sentinel die Varizellenfälle/Praxis/Monat (Praxisindex) von 3,47 auf 0,43 und die Inzidenzen laut Meldepflicht in den NBL von 32 auf 12/100.000 zurück. In beiden Meldesystemen zeigte sich der größte Rückgang bei den 1‑ bis 4‑Jährigen (um 94 % im Sentinel und 90 % nach Meldepflicht). 2014 stiegen die Inzidenzen in allen Altersgruppen an, nicht aber die Praxisindizes nach Alter. Diskussion: Die gestiegenen Impfquoten und der Rückgang der Varizellenerkrankungen sprechen für eine gute Umsetzung der Impfempfehlung und Wirksamkeit der Impfung. Anhand der Meldedaten können exakte Inzidenzen berechnet werden. Das Sentinelsystem hingegen liefert genauere Informationen zum Impfstatus, höhere Dokumentationsqualität und kontinuierlich seit 2005 meldepflichtunabhängige Daten. Die bundesweiten Meldedaten 2013–2014 sind aufgrund der kurzen Beobachtungszeit nur eingeschränkt bewertbar.
sj-pdf-2-pie-10.1177_09544089211022617 - Supplemental material for Minimizing the overall loss coefficient of flat plate solar collector using energy, entropy and exergy analysis
Creators: name: Sathyakala, Ponnusamy
name: Gangadharan, Sai Sundara Krishnan
name: Kalaiarasu, Balaji
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-pie-10.1177_09544089211022617 for Minimizing the overall loss coefficient of flat plate solar collector using energy, entropy and exergy analysis by Ponnusamy Sathyakala, Sai Sundara Krishnan Gangadharan and Balaji Kalaiarasu in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
Modified Huangqi Chifeng decoction alleviates podocyte injury on rat with experimental membranous nephropathy
Creators: name: Chang, Meiying
name: Shi, Xiujie
name: Yang, Bin
name: Li, Peng
name: Zhang, Yifan
name: Zhang, Qi
name: Zhang, Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: This study aims to investigate the therapeutic effects of modified Huangqi Chifeng decoction (MHCD) on proteinuria in membranous nephropathy (MN) and its potential protective effects on podocytes. Furthermore, we explored whether these effects are associated with the inhibition of the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) pathway. Passive Heymann nephritis (PHN) rat model was applied with a single tail vein injection of sheep anti-rat Fx1A serum (0.4 ml/100g). All rats were divided into four groups: normal group, PHN group, benazepril group (10 mg/kg), and MHCD group (12.5 g/kg), and were treated for 6 weeks. 24-hour urine protein levels and serum biochemical parameters were measured. Optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were performed to assess pathological changes in renal tissues. Additionally, the expression levels of IgG, C5b-9, nephrin, podocin, Wilms’ tumor gene 1 (WT-1), and NF-κB p65 were evaluated. PHN rats exhibited progressive proteinuria over time. However, MHCD treatment significantly reduced levels of proteinuria and triglyceride, while increased levels of albumin. Moreover, MHCD alleviated pathological damage in renal tissues, and reduced the expression of IgG and membrane attack complex (C5b-9). Immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that MHCD increased the expression of nephrin, podocin, and WT-1. Western blot analysis showed that MHCD increased the expression of nephrin and podocin while inhibiting the activation of NF-κB p65. Our findings indicate that MHCD exert reno-protective effects in the experimental rat model of MN by alleviating podocyte damage and inhibiting the NF-κB pathway.
Bundling Effects on Contract Performance of Highway Projects: Quantitative Analysis and Optimization Framework
Creators: name: Qiao, Yu
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Infrastructure engineering and asset management

description: The practice of project bundling, which involves combining multiple projects into a single multi-project contract, is in increased use at infrastructure agencies. Researchers have shown that this practice potentially reduces project cost but could cause undesirable consequences such as reduced market competition. For this reason, bundling policy needs to be guided by a determination of whether specific projects should be bundled, the bundling strategy in terms of bundle size, bundling combinations, geographical locations, and project scheduling, and the resulting outcome of each strategy in the terms of contract performance (overall cost and time duration, and cost and time overrun). Practitioners seeking answers to these questions continue to be stymied by the lack of quantified relationships between bundling alternatives and the resulting contract performance.This dissertation addresses these questions by analyzing empirical data including the costs and durations of highway contracts and projects over a ten-year period. Using a variety of modeling approaches, the dissertation developed models to quantify the effects of bundling-related factors on the key contract performance measures (CPMs). The bundling related factors are contract size, bundle size, project combinations, project similarity and spatial proximity between bundled projects, and the CPMs are project cost and time performance, market competition, and the risks of cost overrun and project delay. Through the modeling process, the dissertation measured the effects of project similarity, economies of scale, economies of bundling, and economies of competition on bundling, and developed a novel technique to measure similarities between projects. Using the developed models, the dissertation then established an optimization framework to identify cost-effective bundling strategies. A greedy approach that minimizes the overall cost in a polynomial time was proposed to obtain heuristic solutions. The outcomes of this dissertation are twofold: first, it provides highway agencies with a quick, convenient and robust tool to design long-term cost-effective bundling strategies for any given pool of candidate projects; secondly, it provides guidelines and directions for future bundling policy formulation or evaluation.
Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to kidney dysfunction (1990–2021) with projections to 2050: analysis of the 2021 Global Burden of Disease study
Creators: name: Zhang, Tian
name: Li, Ting
name: Jin, Pengfei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: This study examines global trends in cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with kidney dysfunction (KD) from 1990 to 2021 and projects future trends through 2050. This study analyzed the 2021 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database, focusing on age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR), age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rate (ASDR), absolute numbers, estimated annual percentage change, and average annual percent change. A Bayesian age-period-cohort model was employed to project global trends from 2022 to 2050. Variables included age, gender, national levels, and Socio-demographic Index (SDI) regions. From 1990 to 2021, the CVD burden from KD increased, with deaths rising from 1,312,393 to 2,095,800 and DALYs from 27,382,767 to 41,589,861. However, the ASMR decreased from 40.58 per 100,000 in 1990 to 25.55 in 2021, while ASDR fell from 742.17 to 489.81 during the same period. The burden was higher in men, peaking at ages 70–74 and in women at ages 85–89. Regions with lower-middle and low SDI recorded the highest CVD burden, inversely related to SDI levels. Geographically, Central Asia and Eastern Europe recorded the highest rates, while high-income Asia Pacific and Southern Latin America had the lowest. Projections suggest a sustained decline in global CVD burden due to KD from 2022 to 2050, although disparities between sexes are expected to persist, with men bearing a heavier burden. CVD attributable to KD remains a major global public health challenge, especially for men, the elderly, and low SDI regions. These spatial and temporal variations highlight the need for region-specific healthcare strategies.
Additional file 1 of Bronchiolitis recovery and the use of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filters (The BREATHE Study): study protocol for a multi-center, parallel, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial
Creators: name: Cowan, Kelly
name: Semmens, Erin O.
name: Lee, Jeannette Y.
name: Walker, Ethan S.
name: Smith, Paul G.
name: Fu, Linda
name: Singleton, Rosalyn
name: Cox, Sara McClure
name: Faiella, Jennifer
name: Chassereau, Laurie
name: Lawrence, Lora
name: Ying, Jun
name: Baldner, Jaime
name: Garza, Maryam
name: Annett, Robert
name: Chervinskiy, Sheva K.
name: Snowden, Jessica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 1.
sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_01461672211030391 – Supplemental material for Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood
Creators: name: Kaiser, Cheryl R.
name: Dover, Tessa L.
name: Small, Payton
name: Xia, Gary
name: Brady, Laura M.
name: Major, Brenda
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_01461672211030391 for Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood by Cheryl R. Kaiser, Tessa L. Dover, Payton Small, Gary Xia, Laura M. Brady and Brenda Major in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
A systematic review and meta-analysis of herpes zoster risk in adults with immunocompromised conditions and autoimmune diseases in Asia-Pacific
Creators: name: Chen, Jing
name: Ho, Chin-Yen
name: Tu, Yu-Kang
name: Lin, Yi-Chih
name: Hsia, Yun
name: Lin, Ying-Chun
name: Shantakumar, Sumitra
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Asia-Pacific (APAC) faces an increasing burden of herpes zoster (HZ) over time. The risk of HZ and its complications are increased in immunocompromised (IC) patients and those with autoimmune diseases (AID). Our study aimed to synthesize evidence on the epidemiological burden of HZ and its complications among the general adult population and patients with IC/AID conditions in APAC. Following a systematic literature review, we performed meta-analyses for outcomes where ≥3 studies met the inclusion criteria. Of the 271 articles identified, 75 were included for meta-analysis. We found a high burden of HZ and its complications (i.e., postherpetic neuralgia, HZ ophthalmicus), particularly among individuals with IC/AID conditions in APAC. Patients with IC/AID conditions had significantly increased HZ risk and a higher proportion of HZ recurrence than the general adult population. These findings may inform clinical practice and public health decisions regarding HZ prevention, including HZ vaccination strategies, among the IC/AID population in APAC.
Flyer for The Spanish Baroque and latin American Literary Modernity: writing in Constellation
Creators: name: Chemris, Crystal Anne
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024

description: This contains a table of contents and description for the book, The Spanish Baroque and Latin American Literary Modernity: Writing in Constellation, as a follow up to my paper for the 2024 MLA.  Chapter One formed the basis for "Góngora, Inca Garcilaso, and the Meeting of Humanist and Indigenous Modes of Knowledge."
FEMALE KITCHEN NARRATIVES: THE ELEMENTS OF THE LATINA BILDUNGSROMAN THROUGH SELF-EXPLORATION AND PROTEST
Creators: name: Rivera, Alba I
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Literature in Spanish and Portuguese

description: The following chapters access kitchen narratives through the lens of the Bildungsroman to help bridge an important gap in the reception and criticism of the theme. In particular, I examine the trope of food and the kitchen space in texts that also deal with coming of age, and how the criticism surrounding these texts has helped or hindered critical understanding of female experiences. In my Introduction I conduct a survey of the way literary criticism has approached culinary texts and women’s writing about kitchen spaces. I propose that viewing kitchen narratives in Latina authors’ texts as a form of female Bildungsroman serves as a platform for women to communicate their own stories in a way that highlights their contribution to a literary genre through their own personal experiences. In parts 1 and 2 of Chapter 2 I investigate further into the history of culinary writing in Latin America as well as how the Bildungsroman and the kitchen intersect in women’s writing respectively. In Chapter 3 I conduct a critical analysis of one of the most widely studied culinary fictions, Laura Esquivel's Como agua para chocolate (1989), and examine how this text and its scholarship have set the stage for food narrative criticism for women across Latina texts. Chapter 4 focuses on kitchen narratives in texts and how they can be viewed through the lens of the Bildungsroman utilizing Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood (1991).
sj-pdf-3-jsm-10.1177_10996362211020420 - Supplemental material for Bending fatigue of single-wall and double-wall corrugated paperboards under sinusoidal and random loads
Creators: name: Wang, Zhi-Wei
name: Lai, Yang-Zhou
name: Wang, Li-Jun
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-jsm-10.1177_10996362211020420 for Bending fatigue of single-wall and double-wall corrugated paperboards under sinusoidal and random loads by Zhi-Wei Wang, Yang-Zhou Lai and Li-Jun Wang: on behalf of the TLC Study Group in Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials
Progress towards a new parity non-conservation measurement in cesium-133
Creators: name: Toh, Yao De George
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
Atomic and molecular physics

description: Atomic parity violation measurements provide a way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model. They can provide constraints on conjectures of a massive Z′ bosonor a light boson, or searches of dark energy. Using the two-pathway coherent control technique, our group plans to make a new measurement of the weak interaction induced parity non-conservation (PNC) transition moment (EPNC) on the cesium 6S→7S transition. We will coherently interfere a 2-photon transition with the Stark and PNC transitions to amplify and extract the PNC amplitude. Previously, our lab has measured the magnetic dipole transition moment on the same 6S→7S transition to about 0.4% uncertainty using this technique. In this dissertation, I discuss improvements made to the system, and review what future upgrades are needed for a new EPNC measurement. Key systematics are also described. For an accurate determination of EPNC, properties of cesium such as the scalar (α) and vector (β) transition polarizabilities are needed. I present improved determinations of keyelectric dipole matrix elements, and calculate new high precision determinations of α and β. Finally, using β and the previously measured value of EPNC/β, I calculate new values for the weak charge of the cesium nucleus Qw.
Anlage zum Epidemiologischen Bulletin 17 / 2010
Creators: name: Koch-Institut, Robert
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: FSME
subject: FSME-Risikogebiete
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Fünfjahresinzidenz der Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis in Kreisen und Kreisregionen, Deutschland, 2002–2009
Knowledge, willingness, and hesitancy toward recommended vaccinations among pregnant and post-partum women: A cross-sectional survey in Italy
Creators: name: del Giudice, Grazia Miraglia
name: Angelillo, Silvia
name: Sansone, Vincenza
name: Della Polla, Giorgia
name: Angelillo, Italo Francesco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The objectives of the cross-sectional survey were to examine knowledge, attitudes, and hesitancy among pregnant and post-partum women toward the recommended vaccinations and to identify determinants. The survey was conducted from July to September 2024 in Naples, Italy. Out of a total of 585 participants, 64.1% had been infected with at least one of the MMRV diseases and 47.3% had received MMRV vaccinations. Only 21.4% knew that MMRV vaccinations were recommended in the post-partum, and this was more frequent among healthcare workers (HCWs) or those who had a partner working in the healthcare sector and those with no history of MMRV infections. The overall mean Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) score was 24.1 and 43.6% were high-hesitant (score ≥ 25). Participants who had a higher level of education, with a non-Italian nationality, history of MMRV infections or pregnancy-related health problems, who were aware of the MMRV complications during pregnancy, who had a higher perception of knowledge about recommended vaccinations in the post-partum, who acquired information about recommended vaccinations in the post-partum from HCWs, and those who needed further information had higher odds of low hesitancy regarding the vaccinations recommended in the post-partum as measured by the VHS instrument. More than one-third expressed willingness to receive the MMRV vaccinations in the post-partum. Respondents with higher education, those who acquired information from HCWs, those who needed further information, and those not high vaccine hesitant were more willing to receive the vaccinations. The findings revealed an inadequate level of knowledge and a significant prevalence of vaccine hesitancy and public health efforts, and informative campaigns regarding the utility of the vaccinations in the post-partum are needed.
Flyer for The Spanish Baroque and latin American Literary Modernity: writing in Constellation
Creators: name: Chemris, Crystal Anne
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: This contains a table of contents and description for the book, The Spanish Baroque and Latin American Literary Modernity: Writing in Constellation, as a follow up to my paper for the 2024 MLA. Chapter One formed the basis for "Góngora, Inca Garcilaso, and the Meeting of Humanist and Indigenous Modes of Knowledge."
sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_01461672211024121 – Supplemental material for Examining Automatic Stereotyping From a Propositional Perspective: Is Automatic Stereotyping Sensitive to Relational and Validity Information?
Creators: name: Moran, Tal
name: Cummins, Jamie
name: De Houwer, Jan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-psp-10.1177_01461672211024121 for Examining Automatic Stereotyping From a Propositional Perspective: Is Automatic Stereotyping Sensitive to Relational and Validity Information? by Tal Moran, Jamie Cummins and Jan De Houwer in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Additional file 3 of Cortical superficial siderosis is associated with reactive astrogliosis in cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Creators: name: Auger, Corinne A.
name: Perosa, Valentina
name: Greenberg, Steven M.
name: van Veluw, Susanne J.
name: Kozberg, Mariel G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. GFAP-positive and CD68-positive cell density vs. iron density in sections with macrohemorrhages. (A) Example section from the temporal lobe in an area with macrohemorrhage, stained with hematoxylin and eosin. (B, C, D, E) Serial sections from the inset region in the slide above, stained with (B) hematoxylin and eosin to visualize hemosiderin deposits (in hemorrhagic region indicated by red asterisk), (C) Perls’ Prussian blue, and immunohistochemistry against (D) GFAP and (E) CD68. Examples of GFAP-positive and CD68-positive cells are indicated by yellow arrows. (F, G) Reactive astrocytes and activated microglia/macrophages are present in the area around blood breakdown products. Plots of inflammatory cell density vs. iron deposit density in sections with macrohemorrhage. Each dot represents one section, and the inflammatory cell density for a section in one iron category is the mean of the inflammatory cell densities for all pixels in that brain that fall within that category. Each section may appear in each column. (F) In sections with a macrohemorrhage, mean GFAP-positive cell densities trended toward being higher in pixels with higher iron burden, but there was not a significant association (Skillings-Mack χ2 (d.f. = 3) = 6.9, p = 0.0752). (G) In sections with a macrohemorrhage, mean CD68-positive cell densities were higher in pixels with higher iron burden in four predefined categories (Skillings-Mack χ2 (d.f. = 3) = 8.1, p = 0.0440).
sj-pdf-1-pul-10.1177_2045894020933081 - Supplemental material for Mate-pair sequencing identifies a cryptic BMPR2 mutation in hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension
Creators: name: Chalmers, Sarah J.
name: Murphy, Stephen J.
name: Thompson, Laura L.
name: Hoppman, Nicole L.
name: Smadbeck, James B.
name: Balcom, Jessica R.
name: Harris, Faye R.
name: Frantz, Robert P.
name: Vasmatzis, George
name: E. Wylam, Mark
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pul-10.1177_2045894020933081 for Mate-pair sequencing identifies a cryptic BMPR2 mutation in hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension by Sarah J. Chalmers, Stephen J. Murphy, Laura L. Thompson, Nicole L. Hoppman, James B. Smadbeck, Jessica R. Balcom, Faye R. Harris, Robert P. Frantz, George Vasmatzis and Mark E. Wylam in Pulmonary Circulation
Mathematical modelling for vaccine efficacy trials during the future epidemics of emerging respiratory infections
Creators: name: Kim, Soyoung
name: Park, Sun Hee
name: Choi, Sunhwa
name: Lee, Wanho
name: Choi, Suein
name: Han, Sungpil
name: Han, Seunghoon
name: Lee, Dong-Gun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Assessing vaccine efficacy (VE) during emerging epidemics is challenging due to unpredictable disease transmission dynamics. We aimed to investigate the impact of vaccine randomized controlled trials (RCTs) timing on estimates of VE and sample sizes during future epidemics of emerging respiratory diseases. We developed an age-structured susceptible-exposed-infected-asymptomatically infected-removed (SEIAR) compartment models using 2022 Korean population, and COVID-19 and 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic influenza parameters. Various RCT scenarios were tested to calculate VE estimates, sample size and power by varying RCT timings (using the epidemic peak as the base, ±10%, ±20%, ±30% relative to the time of peak) with follow-up durations (4 weeks as the base, and 8 and 12 weeks), recruitment durations (4 weeks as the base, and 2, 8, and 12 weeks), and non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) levels in reducing R0 by 10% and 20%. Additionally, assumptions regarding baseline cumulative incidences were evaluated for sample size calculations. The results showed that VE remained relatively stable across trial timings; however, required sample sizes varied significantly with timing. Sample size requirements initially decreased after a peak and then increased steeply as the epidemic progressed. Initiating RCTs 30% earlier than the peak, along with extended recruitment duration, could reduce sample sizes without compromising VE. NPIs effectively extended the feasible timeframe for RCTs. Sample size estimates based on simulated case numbers in the placebo group were slightly underestimated, with power consistently above 85%. In contrast, calculations using cumulative incidence over the 4 weeks pretrial or the entire study duration could lead to overpowered or underpowered studies.
Three essays on consumption and food waste
Creators: name: Serebrennikov, Dmytro
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Agricultural economics

description: Population growth and increasing life standards contributed to a high demand for food worldwide. Simultaneously, there is growing evidence that more food is being lost or wasted through the different stages of the supply chain. In the developed world, including the United States, consumer waste often constitutes more than 60% of all food losses. This dissertation explores the problem of consumer waste from three different perspectives. In the first essay, a game-theoretic model of a direct interaction between consumers and a retailer with monopoly power is developed to capture the effects of dynamic pricing on the transfer of perishable inventory to consumers. The retailer chooses its optimal price taking into account both retailer and consumer preservation. As long as the retailer’s inventory is well preserved, its price will be low inducing consumers to stockpile and waste more food. Consumers may also waste more if their own preservation level is relatively high. The second essay focuses on governmental policies aimed at reducing consumer waste, such as a tax and a subsidy. Using microeconomic analysis, closed-form solutions for a social-optimal food waste tax and subsidy are derived. The government may impose this tax to increase the cost of waste disposal for households while using tax revenue to sponsor food preservation efforts. It is shown that the tax might not be an effective instrument if the responsiveness of food waste to this tax is low. Finally, the third essay investigates the impact of a nutrition education program on school-cafeteria waste. This program was implemented to promote the health benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables among elementary school children. Comparing food waste data in the treatment and control groups, we found no statistically significant evidence of either increased selection or consumption of fruits and vegetables in the treatment group.
Varicella zoster virus mRNA vaccine candidate induced superior cellular immunity and comparable humoral and Fc-mediated immunity compared to the licensed subunit vaccine in a mouse model
Creators: name: Jang, Eun-Jeong
name: Xayaheuang, Sivilay
name: Hwang, Ji-Young
name: Kim, Yunhwa
name: Lee, Kyung-Min
name: Choi, Seok-Tae
name: Kwak, Hye Won
name: Nam, Jae-Hwan
name: Kim, Keunea
name: Yoon, Boomi
name: Lim, Jae Hyang
name: Seo, Ho Seong
name: Woo, Chang-Hoon
name: Park, Hosun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The threat of herpes zoster (HZ) is increasing, particularly in the elderly and immunocompromised individuals. Although two platform vaccines are currently available for HZ prevention, the low effectiveness of the live attenuated varicella-zoster virus vaccine (Zostavax®), and the high reactogenicity and limited supply of the AS01 adjuvant gE subunit vaccine (Shingrix®) indicate that, the development of more effective and safe vaccines is required. Compared to conventional vaccines, mRNA vaccines offer the advantages of faster production and generally do not require adjuvants. However, no authorized mRNA vaccine is currently available for HZ. Therefore, we aimed to prepare a gE mRNA vaccine and evaluate the immunogenicity compared with the two commercial vaccines in mice. The gE mRNA vaccine elicited a robust humoral immune response, as measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen test. The mRNA vaccine binding antibody level was comparable to that of Shingrix® and significantly higher than that of Zostavax®. In contrast, in cellular immune responses, which were evaluated by ELISpot assays and intracellular cytokine staining assay, the VZV gE mRNA vaccine induced significantly higher responses than Zostavax® and Shingrix®. In addition, the antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis activity of the gE mRNA vaccine was comparable to that of the commercial vaccines. However, the highest antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity response was achieved by Shingrix®, followed by gE mRNA and then Zostavax®. Our results demonstrate that the mRNA HZ vaccine candidate elicited robust immunogenicity, especially in cellular immunity, and shows a promising potential for HZ prevention.
Impact of Economic Reforms on MSMEs Sustainability; A of Study of Zamfara North Senatorial Zone
Creators: name: Abdul S.H.
name: Muawiyyah A.K.
name: Abubakar D.A.
name: Uzoigwe C.U.
Publisher: name: gjrpublication
Year: 2024

description: This research assesses the impact of economic reforms on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sustainability; A case study of Zamfara North Senatorial Zone. The study aimed to assess fuel subsidy removal reform, foreign exchange reform and tax regulatory reform on MSMEs sustainability in Zamfara North Senatorial Zone. The study engaged empirical survey research study in carrying out the study, a purposive sample of 120 MSMEs were selected for the study, given that 30 MSMEs were selected from each of the four local government, these include Birni-Magaji local Government, kaura Namoda local Government Shinkafi local Government and Zurmi local Government that constituted the zone under the study. Data were collected using structured questionnaires, design in a closed ended form and using five linker scale approach. Data were analyzed using structural equation model SEM-PLS3, and the hypotheses were tested using multiple regression. The study revealed that there is a statistical relationship between independent variables of fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange and tax regulatory on MSMEs sustainability in Zamfara North Senatorial Zone. Therefore, it is recommended that clear and transparent policies for fuel subsidy removal be established, including support mechanisms for MSMEs during the transition period. Additionally, tax incentives should be introduced for MSMEs that demonstrate sustainable practices or invest in innovation.
Asymptotic Analysis of the kth Subword Complexity
Creators: name: Ahmadi, Lida
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Approximation theory and asymptotic methods
Combinatorics and discrete mathematics (excl. physical combinatorics)
Probability theory
Real and complex functions (incl. several variables)

description: The Subword Complexity of a character string refers to the number of distinct substrings of any length that occur as contiguous patterns in the string. The kth Subword Complexity in particular, refers to the number of distinct substrings of length k in a string of length n. In this work, we evaluate the expected value and the second factorial moment of the kth Subword Complexity for the binary strings over memory-less sources. We first take a combinatorial approach to derive a probability generating function for the number of occurrences of patterns in strings of finite length. This enables us to have an exact expression for the two moments in terms of patterns' auto-correlation and correlation polynomials. We then investigate the asymptotic behavior for values of k=a log n. In the proof, we compare the distribution of the kth Subword Complexity of binary strings to the distribution of distinct prefixes of independent strings stored in a trie. The methodology that we use involves complex analysis, analytical poissonization and depoissonization, the Mellin transform, and saddle point analysis.
A USER-SPECIFIC APPROACH TO DEVELOP AN ADAPTIVE VR EXERGAME FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI
Creators: name: Palaniappan, Shanmugam Muruga
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Virtual and mixed reality
Rehabilitation engineering

description: Patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) have limited time with supervised therapy in rehabilitation hospitals. This makes it imperative for them to continue regular therapy at home so they can maximize motor recovery especially for performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL). However, physical therapy can be tedious and frustrating leading to a lack of motivation. A novel upper extremity movement measurement tool was developed using a commercial VR system to rapidly and objectively measure an individual’s range of motion, velocity of movement on an individual gesture basis, and frequency of movements in a three-dimensional space. Further, an exergame with varied and customizable gameplay parameters was developed. Through the analysis of participant interaction with the exergame, we identified gameplay parameters that can be adjusted to affect the player’s perceived and physiological effort. We observed that VR has a significant motivational effect on range of motion of upper limbs in individuals with tetraplegia. The motion data and kernel density estimation is used to determine areas of comfort. Moreover, the system allowed calculation of joint torques through inverse kinematics and dynamics to serve as an analysis tool to gauge muscular effort. The system can provide an improved rehabilitation experience for persons with tetraplegia in home settings while allowing oversight by clinical therapists through analysis of mixed reality videos or it could be used as a supplement or alternative to conventional therapy.
sj-pdf-1-jit-10.1177_15280837211027781 - Supplemental material for Ag-coated cotton fabric as ultrasensitive and flexible SERS substrate
Creators: name: Bian, Xueyan
name: Xu, Jiangtao
name: Pu, Yi
name: Yang, Jing
name: Chiu, Ka-lam
name: Jiang, Shouxiang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jit-10.1177_15280837211027781 for Ag-coated cotton fabric as ultrasensitive and flexible SERS substrate by Xueyan Bian, Jiangtao Xu, Yi Pu, Jing Yang, Ka-lam Chiu and Shouxiang Jiang in Journal of Industrial Textiles
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF POTENT HIV-1 PROTEASE INHIBITORS WITH NOVEL BICYCLIC OXAZOLIDINONE AND BIS SQUARAMIDE SCAFFOLDS
Creators: name: Williams, Jacqueline N
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Organic chemistry not elsewhere classified
Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported approximately 37 million people are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Suppressing replication of the virus down to undetectable levels was achieved by combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) which effectively reduced the mortality and morbidity rates of HIV positive individuals. Despite the improvements towards combatting HIV/AIDS, no successful treatment exists to eradicate the virus from an infected individual. Treatment regimens are lifelong and prompt less than desirable side effects including but not limited to; drug-drug interactions, toxicity, systemic organ complications, central nervous system HIV triggered disorders and most importantly, drug resistance. Current therapies are becoming ineffective against highly resistant HIV strains making the ability to treat long-term viral suppression a growing issue. Therefore, potent and more effective HIV inhibitors provide the best chance for long-term successful cART. HIV-1 protease (PR) enzyme plays a critical role in the life cycle and replication of HIV. Significant advancements were achieved through structure-based design and X-ray crystallographic analysis of protease-bound to HIV-1 and brought about several FDA protease inhibitors (PI). Highly mutated HIV-1 variants create a challenge for current and future treatment regimens. This thesis work focuses on the design, synthesis, and evaluation of two new classes of potent HIV-1 PIs that exhibit a novel bicyclic oxazolidinone feature as the P2 ligand and a novel bis squaramide scaffold as the P2/P3 ligand. Several inhibitors displayed good to excellent activity toward HIV-1 protease and significant antiviral activity in MT-4 cells. Inhibitors 1.65g and 1.65h were further evaluated against a panel of highly resistant multidrug-resistant HIV-1 variants and displayed antiviral activity similar to Darunavir. X-ray crystal structures of inhibitor 1.65a and inhibitor 1.65i were co-crystallized with wild type HIV-1 protease and solved at a 1.22 Å and 1.30 Å resolution and maintained strong hydrogen bond with the backbone of the PR enzyme.
EMOTIONS EXPERIENCED BY FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS DURING PROGRAMMING TASKS
Creators: name: Atiq, Syedah Zahra
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2019
Subjects: Other engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Computer programming is a difficult undertaking for novices, requiring a lot of patience and persistence. Hence, in a programming class, students experience an array of emotions that may promote or thwart their performance and learning. For instance, frustration may reduce students' motivation to learn programming. In extreme cases, continued frustration may convince students to abandon plans for engineering or computing careers. Even though emotions are crucial for learning, very little is known about how students experience emotions in an introductory programming class. In this dissertation, I report my investigation of emotions experienced by first-year engineering students during programming tasks, the reasons for experiencing those emotions, and the self-regulation strategies they adopted to cope with those emotions.I recruited 17 novice first-year engineering students taking an introductory programming class for the first time. Each participant took part in two sessions, which collected multi-modal data: programming task and retrospective think-aloud interview. During the programming task, participants worked on four programming problems for thirty minutes. In this session, I collected five types of data: screen capture, facial expressions, eye-gaze data, electrodermal activity, and survey instruments that assessed emotions and neuroticism. After the programming task, I conducted a short post-task interview to ask follow-up questions. The participants returned three to seven days after the programming task for a retrospective think-aloud interview. During this session, participants viewed a video of their actions during the programming task. After every two minutes of viewing, I paused the video and asked about the emotions they experienced during that segment.The overarching findings from this study suggest the students experienced frustration most frequently while working on programming problems. Students also experienced multiple emotions because of the same event. For instance, one student reported feeling annoyed because she had made a mistake, but she also experienced joy when she was able to fix the mistake. Findings of this study also suggest that most students tended to persevere despite encountering errors. When they overcame the errors, they experienced joy and pride.A better understanding of student emotions may help educators design curriculum and pedagogy to help mitigate the effects of negative emotions, and to promote positive emotions. This improved curriculum and pedagogy may eventually help students maximize their learning and performance in programming courses. Subsequently, student motivation and interest in programming may also be increased by using this improved and enhanced curriculum and pedagogy.