cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Gender Disparities in Surgical Treatment of Axis Fractures in Older Adults
Creators: name: Cutshaw, Drew
name: Catalino, Michael P.
name: Pate, Virginia
name: Stürmer, Til
name: Bhowmick, Deb A.
name: Kessler, Brice A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: 

Study Design:
Retrospective cohort study.


Objectives:
Gender appears to play in important role in surgical outcomes following acute cervical spine trauma, with current literature suggesting males have a significantly higher mortality following spine surgery. However, no well-adjusted population-based studies of gender disparities in incidence and outcomes of spine surgery following acute traumatic axis injuries exist to our knowledge. We hypothesized that females would receive surgery less often than males, but males would have a higher 1-year mortality following isolated traumatic axis fractures.


Methods:
We performed a retrospective cohort study using Medicare claims data that identified US citizens aged 65 and older with ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision) code diagnosis corresponding to isolated acute traumatic axis fracture between 2007 and 2014. Our primary outcome was defined as cumulative incidence of surgical treatment, and our secondary outcome was 1-year mortality. Propensity weighted analysis was performed to balance covariates between genders. Our institutional review board approved the study (IRB #16-0533).


Results:
There was no difference in incidence of surgery between males and females following acute isolated traumatic axis fractures (7.4 and 7.5 per 100 fractures, respectively). Males had significantly higher 1-year weighted mortality overall (41.7 and 28.9 per 100 fractures, respectively, P < .001).


Conclusion:
Our well-adjusted data suggest there was no significant gender disparity in incidence of surgical treatment over the study period. The data also support previous observations that males have worse outcomes in comparison to females in the setting of axis fractures and spinal trauma regardless of surgical intervention.
Conversion of cDNA differential display results (DDRT-PCR) into quantitative transcription profiles
Creators: name: Venkatesh, B.
name: Hettwer, U.
name: Koopmann, B.
name: Karlovsky, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Background: Gene expression studies on non-model organisms require open-end strategies for transcription profiling. Gel-based analysis of cDNA fragments allows to detect alterations in gene expression for genes which have neither been sequenced yet nor are available in cDNA libraries. Commonly used protocols are cDNA Differential Display (DDRT-PCR) and cDNA-AFLP. Both methods have been used merely as qualitative gene discovery tools so far. Results: We developed procedures for the conversion of DDRT-PCR data into quantitative transcription profiles. Amplified cDNA fragments are separated on a DNA sequencer. Data processing consists of four steps: (i) cDNA bands in lanes corresponding to samples treated with the same primer combination are matched in order to identify fragments originating from the same transcript, (ii) intensity of bands is determined by densitometry, (iii) densitometric values are normalized, and (iv) intensity ratio is calculated for each pair of corresponding bands. Transcription profiles are represented by sets of intensity ratios (control vs. treatment) for cDNA fragments defined by primer combination and DNA mobility. We demonstrated the procedure by analyzing DDRT-PCR data on the effect of secondary metabolites of oilseed rape Brassica napus on the transcriptome of the pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. Conclusion: We developed a data processing procedure for quantitative analysis of amplified cDNA fragments. The system utilizes common software and provides an open-end alternative to microarray analysis. The processing is expected to work equally well with DDRT-PCR and cDNA-AFLP data and be useful in research on organisms for which microarray analysis is not available or economical.
(501997) Arthur Wilfred Watson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
MICRORESONATOR-BASED CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM PULSE SHAPING WITH FOUNDRY SILICON PHOTONICS
Creators: name: Cohen, Lucas Michael
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400899
subject: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Fourier-transform optical pulse shaping is a technique that is crucial in numerous technologies like spectroscopy, communications, optical and radio-frequency signal processing, quantum communications, and more. Commercial WaveShapers – Fourier-transform pulse shapers based on bulk optical elements and spatial light modulators - have enabled rapid and significant advancements in these applications but are limited to >= 10 GHz resolution. Achieving spectral resolution at the single or sub-GHz level is especially sought after in, for example, next generation applications in quantum information processing and RF photonics. Laboratory-scale shapers with resolutions at the 100s of MHz level have been shown, but they require complex alignment, occupy a significant footprint, and impose strong optical losses. To this end, researchers have been pursuing spectral shapers on integrated optical platforms for the benefits of small form-factor and large-scale integration with other subsystems. In this thesis, we will discuss our advancements in developing high-resolution chip-scale pulse shapers using microresonator filter banks with inline phase control. Unlike other integrated spectral dispersers like the arrayed-waveguide grating which requires a large footprint to achieve high spectral resolution, the resolution of the microresonator is limited only by the waveguide propagation losses and the fabrication. We will first discuss the design and characterization of high-resolution microresonator filters on a foundry silicon photonics platform. This will be followed by the experimental demonstration of a high-resolution wavelength selective switch and spectral demultiplexer. Then, we will present results in both classical and quantum domains from a six-channel silicon photonic shaper with a high resolution of 900 MHz. We will discuss in detail techniques which we have developed to realize programmable reconfigurability of our shaper. Our shaper is fabricated through a commercial foundry silicon photonics process and stands out as the highest spectral resolution integrated Fourier-transform pulse shaper to date.
Teaching project management to children in primary school: a scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Delle-Vergini, Sante
name: Eacersall, Douglas
name: Ally, Mustafa
name: Dann, Chris
name: Chakraborty, Subrata
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori)
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation

description: This document is a scoping review protocol that will provide a rigorous methodological approach to the search, extraction, analysis and presentation of evidence sources on the topic of teaching project management to children in primary school.
Providing Secure NFV Multi Site Connectivity Services
Creators: name: Manjón Cáliz, Jose Manuel
name: Nogales, Borja
name: López, Diego R.
name: Pastor, Antonio
name: Vidal, Iván
name: Valera, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This poster presents the integration of the L2S platform and the Centrally Controlled IPSec (CCIPS). This integration aims at providing a complete secure communication solution for cloud environments, while preserving the compatibility with the underlying telecom connectivity. L2S offers a secure link-layer communications for multi-site NFV services, while CCIPS provides a centralized architectural solution to control multiple IPsec endpoints or gateways. The practical feasibility of integrating both components has been validated on a real NFV ecosystem.
Duality of Quantum Coherence and Path Distinguishability
Creators: name: Bera, Manabendra Nath
name: Qureshi, Tabish
name: Siddiqui, Mohd Asad
name: Pati, Arun Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a generalized wave-particle duality relation for arbitrary multipath quantum interference phenomena. Beyond the conventional notion of the wave nature of a quantum system, i.e., the interference fringe visibility, we introduce a quantifier as the normalized quantum coherence, recently defined in the framework of quantum information theory. To witness the particle nature, we quantify the path distinguishability or the which-path information based on unambiguous quantum state discrimination. Then, the Bohr complementarity principle for multipath quantum interference can be stated as a duality relation between the quantum coherence and the path distinguishability. For two-path interference, the quantum coherence is identical to the interference fringe visibility, and the relation reduces to the well-known complementarity relation. The duality relation continues to hold in the case where mixedness is introduced due to possible decoherence effects.
description: 6 pages, 0 figures, close to the published version
(502025) William Taylor Grahamsley
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Hybrid model for LTE Network-Assisted D2D communications
Creators: name: Gunes, Thouraya Toukabri
name: Afifi, Hossam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: New Architecture to support D2D communications, where discovery is made directly between devices while communications occur with the help of the E-Node B
Gender-Based Violence, Perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean
Creators: name: Parker, Morgan
name: Tsapalas, Daphne
name: Ferrer, Lilian
name: Bernales, Margartia
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: 

Introduction:
To address the phenomenon of gender-based violence in Latin America and the Caribbean is an issue of epic proportion that reflects the unequal power dynamics created within the binary gender system and is often perpetrated by those with more physical, cultural, or social power and inflicted upon those without.


Method:
Each database was comprehensively searched for MeSH keyword combinations of gender violence (violence against women) or (gender-based violence) with the region of interest (Latin America and the Caribbean) in addition to a third word or phrase regarding health care (health care training, training, health care curricula, curricula, health care professionals).


Results:
After completing this scope review, we have found a widespread call for more comprehensive preparation for health care professionals involved in identifying and addressing gender-based violence.


Conclusions:
Though some research has been conducted documenting the ways in which gender-based violence is managed or not managed by health care providers, Latin America and the Caribbean in particular represent a gap in research on health care tools and their effectiveness in these situations. There is a distinct need for the creation of context-specific protocols for vulnerable and underrepresented groups.
(501980) James Green
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Fracture and Fragmentation Modelling of Ceramics for Cold Spray Additive  Manufacturing
Creators: Farid, Hannaneh Manafi
Singh, Shachi
Yang, Shuo
McDonald, André
Hogan, James David
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Conference Abstract

Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2022
Rural Wireless Mesh Network: A Design Methodology
Creators: name: Fendji, Jean Louis Ebongue Kedieng
name: Nlong, Jean Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Wireless Mesh Network is presented as an appealing solution for bridging the digital divide between developed and under-developed regions. But the planning and deployment of these networks are not just a technical matter, since the success depends on many other factors tied to the related region. Although we observe some deployments, to ensure usefulness and sustainability, there is still a need of concrete design process model and proper network planning approach for rural regions, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a design methodology to provide network connectivity from a landline node in a rural region at very low cost. We propose a methodology composed of ten steps, starting by a deep analysis of the region in order to identify relevant constraints and useful applications to sustain local activities and communication. Approach for planning the physical architecture of the network is based on an indoor-outdoor deployment for reducing the overall cost of the network.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables
Characterizing the Regional Structure in the United States: A County-based Analysis of Labor Market Centrality
Creators: name: Kaza, Nikhil
name: Nesse, Katherine
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: Categorizing places based on their network connections to other places in the region reveals not only population concentration but also economic dynamics that are missed in other typologies. The US Office of Management and Budget categorization of counties into metropolitan/micropolitan and central/outlying is widely seen as insufficient for many analytic purposes. In this article, we use a coreness index from network analysis to identify labor market centrality of a county. We use county-to-county commute flows, including internal commuting, to identify regional hierarchies. Indicators broken down by this typology reveal counterintuitive results in many cases. Not all strong core counties have large populations or high levels of urbanization. Employment in these strong core counties grew faster in the postrecession (2008–2015) than in other types of counties. This economic dimension is missed by other typologies, suggesting that our categorization may be useful for regional analysis and policy.
Early detection of internet trolls: Introducing an algorithm based on word pairs / single words multiple repetition ratio
Creators: name: Monakhov, Sergei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: trolling, tweets, troll writing, genuine writing, Donald Trump, classification algorithm, Russian internet trolls

description: This is the data required to replicate all findings reported in the article "Early detection of internet trolls: Introducing an algorithm based on word pairs / single words multiple repetition ratio". It includes raw data files as well as Python code, tables, and hi-res figures.
Diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and new bound states of top and anti-top quarks
Creators: name: Froggatt, C. D.
name: Das, C. R.
name: Laperashvili, L. V.
name: Nielsen, H. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the constraints, provided by the LHC results on Higgs boson decay into 2 photons and its production via gluon fusion, on the previously proposed Standard Model (SM) strongly bound state $S$ of 6 top quarks and 6 anti-top quarks. A correlation is predicted between the ratios $κ_γ$ and $κ_g$ of the Higgs diphoton decay and gluon production amplitudes respectively to their SM values. We estimate the contribution to these amplitudes from one loop diagrams involving the 12 quark bound state $S$ and related excited states using an atomic physics based model. We find two regions of parameter space consistent with the ATLAS and CMS data on ($κ_γ$, $κ_g$) at the 3 sigma level: a region close to the SM values ($κ_γ=1$, $κ_g =1$) with the mass of the bound state $m_S > 400$ GeV and a region with ($κ_γ \sim 3/2$, $κ_g \sim -3/4$) corresponding to a bound state mass of $m_S \sim 220$ GeV.
description: 27 pages and 4 figures
title: COSMO-Model Version 5.00: A Description of the Nonhydrostatic Regional COSMO-Model - Part I: Dynamics and Numerics
Creators: name: Doms, G.
name: Baldauf, M.
Publisher: name: Deutscher Wetterdienst
Year: 2013

description: This part of the documentation provides information on the theoretical and numerical formulation of the model covering both the basic thermodynamics and the particular numerical schemes to solve the model equations.
(501995) William Smith Wilkinson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: COSMO-Model Version 5.00: A Description of the Nonhydrostatic Regional COSMO-Model - Part V: Initial and Boundary Data for the COSMO-Model
Creators: name: Schättler, U.
name: Blahak, U.
Publisher: name: Deutscher Wetterdienst
Year: 2013

description: For operational applications, COSMO is nested in the global models GME (until January 2015) and ICON (starting January 2015) of DWD. Initial and boundary conditions are provided by the pre-processing program INT2LM for analyses and forecasts of GME, ICON or the ECMWF global model IFS. A detailed description of how to work with GME, ICON or IFS data is provided.
A Comparative Study of SA-JA-ABA Cross-talk in Response to Alternaria Brassicae in Susceptible and Resistant Brassica Species
Creators: name: Dixit, Shikha
name: Pushkar, Suchitra
name: Singh, Shashi bala
name: Grover, Anita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Phytohormones
molecular signalling
A. brassicae
Brassica
Gene expression

description: Past research has established that the disease resistance mechanism in plants is regulated by SA and JA-mediated pathways. However, the involvement of ABA in SA-JA cross-talk have gained attention due to the diverse role of ABA in disease resistance. Depending on the phyto-patho system ABA can be a positive or a negative regulator. In terms of the A. brassicae-brassica system, the role of ABA as a regulator has not been established assertively. This study explored the variation in phytohormone signaling in susceptible B. juncea and its resistant wild relatives. Our study revealed a significant difference in the initial trigger of phytohormone signaling with 3hrs of inoculation in susceptible and tolerant genotypes. Also, it was established that the higher ABA production within early hours in susceptible species triggers SA production and H2O2 accumulation which in turn favored the pathogen. Contrastingly, in the resistance genotype ABA accumulation was not noticed which led to robust JA mediated defense and a resistance phenotype was noticed.
description: The funding for this research was provided by ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi India
Design Considerations in Multisite Randomized Trials Probing Moderated Treatment Effects
Creators: name: Spybrook, Jessaca
name: Kelcey, Benjamin
name: Dong, Nianbo
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: 
Past research has demonstrated that treatment effects frequently vary across sites (e.g., schools) and that such variation can be explained by site-level or individual-level variables (e.g., school size or gender). The purpose of this study is to develop a statistical framework and tools for the effective and efficient design of multisite randomized trials (MRTs) probing moderated treatment effects. The framework considers three core facets of such designs: (a) Level 1 and Level 2 moderators, (b) random and nonrandomly varying slopes (coefficients) of the treatment variable and its interaction terms with the moderators, and (c) binary and continuous moderators. We validate the formulas for calculating statistical power and the minimum detectable effect size difference with simulations, probe its sensitivity to model assumptions, execute the formulas in accessible software, demonstrate an application, and provide suggestions in designing MRTs probing moderated treatment effects.
High phase-lag order trigonometrically fitted two-step Obrechkoff methods for the numerical solution of periodic initial value problems
Creators: name: Shokri, Ali
name: Saadat, Hosein
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: G.1
subject: 65l05, 65l07, 65l20

description: In this paper, we present the two-step trigonometrically fitted symmetric Obrechkoff methods with algebraic order of twelve. The method is based on the symmetric two-step Obrechkoff method, with 12 algebraic order, high phase-lag order and is constructed to solve IVPs with periodic solutions such as orbital problems. We compare the new method to some recently constructed optimized methods from the literature. The numerical results obtained by the new method for some problems show its superiority in efficiency, accuracy and stability.
description: 18 page and 12 figure, Numerical Algorithms, 2015
Ready, Set, BABY Live Virtual Prenatal Breastfeeding Education for COVID-19
Creators: name: Parry, Kathleen C.
name: Hendricks, Michelle J.
name: Wouk, Kathryn
name: Lawless, Gigi C.
name: Smith, Jacquana L.
name: Smetana, Abigail R.
name: Palmquist, Aunchalee E. L.
name: Bourg, Julia F.
name: Sullivan, Catherine S.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2020

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unforeseen challenges
in the delivery of lactation training, education, and
skilled support worldwide. The World Health Organization
(WHO) has developed global recommendations for the protection,
promotion, and support of breastfeeding when
COVID-19 is suspected or confirmed (World Health
Organization, 2020). This interim guidance, which is
grounded in the best available clinical evidence and epidemiology,
brings attention to the importance of integrating
breastfeeding education and skilled lactation support into the
COVID-19 pandemic response (Gribble, 2018; UNICEF,
2020).
title: COSMO-Model Version 5.00: A Description of the Nonhydrostatic Regional COSMO-Model - Part VII: User's Guide
Creators: name: Schättler, U.
name: Doms, G.
name: Schraff, C.
Publisher: name: Deutscher Wetterdienst
Year: 2013

description: The user guide of COSMO provides information on code access as well as hardware and software requirements for executing the code. Short tutorials on how to install and run the model are included. The user guide contains a detailed description of all control parameters in the NAMELIST input file. These control parameters allow a flexible set-up of model runs for various applications.
(500635) Francis Brumell
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Measurement and control of electron wave packets from a single-electron source
Creators: name: Waldie, J.
name: See, P.
name: Kashcheyevs, V.
name: Griffiths, J. P.
name: Farrer, I.
name: Jones, G. A. C.
name: Ritchie, D. A.
name: Janssen, T. J. B. M.
name: Kataoka, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report an experimental technique to measure and manipulate the arrival-time and energy distributions of electrons emitted from a semiconductor electron pump, operated as both a single-electron source and a two-electron source. Using an energy-selective detector whose transmission we control on picosecond timescales, we can measure directly the electron arrival-time distribution and we determine the upper-bound to the distribution width to be 30 ps. We study the effects of modifying the shape of the voltage waveform that drives the electron pump, and show that our results can be explained by a tunneling model of the emission mechanism. This information was in turn used to control the emission-time difference and energy gap between a pair of electrons.
“…[T]his is What We are Missing”: The Value of Communicating Infant Feeding Information Across Three Generations of African American Women
Creators: name: Schafer, Ellen J.
name: Smith, Jacquana L.
name: Woods Barr, Alexis L.
name: Austin, Deborah A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: 

Background
Breast/Chestfeeding remains a public health issue for African Americans, and increased rates would mitigate many health disparities, thus promoting health equity.


Research Aims
To explore the interplay of generational familial roles and meaning (or value) ascribed to communicating infant feeding information across three generations.


Method
This prospective, cross-sectional qualitative study used an asset-driven approach and was guided by Black Feminist Thought and Symbolic Interactionism. African American women (N = 35; 15 family triads/dyads), residing in the southeastern United States were interviewed. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.


Results
The older two generations described their role using assertive yet nurturing terms, while the younger generation carefully discussed the flexibility between their familial roles. Emergent themes described the meaning each generation attributed to communicating infant feeding information: “My Responsibility,” “Comforting,” “Bonding Experience,” “She Cared,” and “Gained Wisdom.”


Conclusions
Our findings have potential to contribute to achieving health equity in African American families. Future breast/chestfeeding promotion efforts may benefit from reframing the current approach to including protection language and not solely support language. Lactation professionals should further recognize and support strengths and resource-richness of intergenerational infant feeding communication within African American families using strength-based, empowerment-oriented, and ethnically sensitive approaches.
Supplementary Files
Creators: name: Kruse, Daniel Zornow
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420603
subject: Health promotion
classificationCode: 340407
subject: Proteins and peptides

description: The Supplementary Files are as follows:Supplementary Files, Figure 1: Pictures showing the breakfast test meals.Supplementary Files, Tabel 1: Overview of questionnaires used to assess appetite sensations before, between, and after meals, questionnaires used to asses palatability of test meals, and demographic- and modified Dutch eating behavior questions.
Dalgaard et al. _ Supplementary Files
Creators: name: Kruse, Daniel Zornow
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420603
subject: Health promotion
classificationCode: 340407
subject: Proteins and peptides

description: Dalgaard et al.
Running title: Breakfast and satiety in young obese femalesThe Supplementary Files are as follows:Supplementary Files, Figure 1: Pictures showing the breakfast test meals.Supplementary Files, Tabel 1: Overview of questionnaires used to assess appetite sensations before, between, and after meals, questionnaires used to asses palatability of test meals, and demographic- and modified Dutch eating behavior questions.
(502713) _____ [Shafto]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Knowledge and Impact of COVID-19 on Middle-Aged and Older People Living with HIV in Lima, Peru
Creators: name: Cárcamo, Cesar
name: Ramirez, Valeria
name: Diaz, Monica M.
name: Gil-Zacarias, Marcela
name: Garcia, Patricia J.
name: Hsieh, Evelyn
name: Cabrera, Diego M.
name: Saavedra, Manuel
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: 
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented worldwide impact, and Peru has had one of the highest COVID-19 case rates despite implementation of an early strict nationwide quarantine. Repercussions on Peru's healthcare system may impact vulnerable populations, particularly people with HIV (PWH). We explored knowledge of COVID-19 and the socioeconomic and health impact of the pandemic among middle-aged and older PWH. A cross-sectional telephone survey was administered to 156 PWH age ≥40 years receiving care in one of two large HIV clinics in Lima, Peru. The majority of PWH (age 52 ± 7.7 years, 41% female, 65% completed secondary school or less) were knowledgeable regarding COVID-19 symptoms and prevention methods. Nearly half of those employed prior to the pandemic reported job loss. Female sex (unadjusted prevalence ratio [PR] 1.85 [95%CI 1.27-2.69]), low educational level (PR 1.62 [1.06-2.48]) and informal work (PR 1.58 [1.06-2.36]) were risk factors for unemployment but not in adjusted models. Increased anxiety was reported in 64% and stress in 77%. COVID-19 has had a substantial socioeconomic and mental health impact on PWH living in Lima, Peru, particularly those with lower educational levels and informal workers. Efforts are needed to ensure continued medical care and socioeconomic support of PWH in Peru.
(502714) Robert Shafto
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Provider effects in antibiotic prescribing: Evidence from physician exits
Creators: name: Huang, Shan
name: Ullrich, Hannes
Publisher: name: Hertie School
Year: 2023

description: In the fight against antibiotic resistance, reducing antibiotic consumption while preserving healthcare quality presents a critical health policy challenge. We investigate the role of practice styles in patients’ antibiotic intake using exogenous variation in patient-physician assignment. Practice style heterogeneity explains 49% of the differences in overall antibiotic use and 83% of the differences in second-line antibiotic use between primary care providers. We find no evidence that high prescribing is linked to better treatment quality or fewer adverse health outcomes. Policies improving physician decision-making, particularly among high-prescribers, may be effective in reducing antibiotic consumption while sustaining healthcare quality.
Supplementary document for Time-domain Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of quasi-thermal fields and its application in linear optical circuit characterization - 5981440.pdf
Creators: name: Romanova, Anna
name: Katamadze, Konstantin
name: Dyakonov, Ivan
name: Skryabin, Nikolay
name: Kalinkin, Alexander
name: Avosopiants, Grant
name: Bogdanov, Yurii
name: Kulik, Sergei
name: Biguaa, Leon
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Origins of GaN(0 0 0 1) surface reconstructions
Creators: name: Vezian, S.
name: Semond, F.
name: Massies, J.
name: Bullock, D. W.
name: Ding, Z.
name: Thibado, P. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reconstructions of the Ga polarity GaN(0 0 0 1) surface with and without trace amounts of arsenic and prepared by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) have been studied with in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Various reconstructions are observed with RHEED by analyzing patterns while the substrate is exposed to a fixed NH3 flux or after depositing known amounts of Ga as a function of substrate temperature. In situ STM images reveal that only a few of these reconstructions yield long-range periodicity in real space. The controversial role of arsenic on Ga induced reconstructions was also investigated using two independent MBE chambers and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
Romosozumab treatment in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Liu, Y.
name: Cao, Y.
name: Zhang, S.
name: Zhang, W.
name: Zhang, B.
name: Tang, Q.
name: Li, Z.
name: Wu, J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Aim: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of romosozumab in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Method: A comprehensive literature review was performed of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and Web of Science for RCTs. Outcome measures were changes in lumbar spine, total hip and femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD), incidence of fractures and adverse events. Six trials were finally included. Results: Romosozumab resulted in a significantly lower risk of new vertebral fracture (relative risk (RR) 0.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.18–0.77, p = 0.005, n = 5371), non-vertebral fracture (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.66–0.92, p < 0.0001, n = 5635) and hip fracture (RR 0.59, 95% CI 0.44–0.79, p = 0.0004, n = 5635) compared with other therapies. The BMD was significantly increased at the lumbar spine (weighted mean difference (WMD) 13.33, 95% CI 11.41–15.25, p < 0.00001, n = 198), total hip (WMD 5.09, 95% CI 3.81–6.38, p < 0.00001, n = 184) and femoral neck (WMD 4.70, 95% CI 3.50–5.90, p < 0.00001, n = 175) compared with placebo. There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse events in patients with romosozumab compared to other therapies (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.98–1.02). Conclusion: In postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who were at high risk for fracture, romosozumab treatment resulted in a significantly lower risk of fracture. Romosozumab 210 mg monthly showed the largest gains in BMD, and was generally well tolerated.
The effect of teacher’s attitudes in supporting inclusive education by catering to diverse learners
Creators: name: Kazmi, Anjum Bano
name: Kamran, Mahwish
name: Siddiqui, Sohni
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::370 Bildung und Erziehung::370 Bildung und Erziehung
subject: behavioral disorder
subject: inclusive education
subject: quantitative research
subject: self-efficacy
subject: teacher’s attitudes

description: Several countries around the world, including Pakistan, are determined to achieve successful inclusion but are facing some major and minor challenges. For example, the dearth of physical and human resources and a lack of understanding, expertise, and attitudes. The present research was carried out to find out the role that teachers’ attitudes play in educating children suffering from behavioral disorders. Using the quantitative research design data were gathered from 230 randomly selected sample cases of teachers working in 10 traditional (non-inclusive) and 10 inclusive schools in Karachi, Pakistan. The teachers were asked to respond to items on the semantic differential scale and five-point Likert scale, respectively, to gauge their attitudes toward inclusive education. The analyses were carried out through Smart Partial Least Squares (Smart PLS) 3.0. The results from the Structural Equation Modeling analysis revealed that teachers have positive attitudes toward the education of children with behavioral disorders. Directly significant positive correlations indicated that teachers are prepared to cater students with mild behavioral disorders in their classrooms. The current study suggested the development of a support mechanism by the school administration and also the provision of guiding principles for increasing teachers’ self-efficacy to increase the chances of inclusion of students with behavioral disorders.
Arms for education? External support and rebel social services
Creators: name: Sullivan, Patricia L
name: Huang, Reyko
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2021

description: 
How does foreign support for rebel groups affect rebel governance of civilians during armed conflict? Existing studies primarily examine the local and domestic politics of rebel rule, leaving the effects of foreign intervention on rebel governance underexplored. Focusing on rebel provision of social services, this study considers two competing arguments. The first suggests that foreign sponsorship reduces rebels’ need to rely on local civilians for resources and hence decreases rebels’ incentives to provide services. The second anticipates that by augmenting rebels’ resources and military capabilities, foreign support increases their capacity to provide welfare services. These competing logics suggest that different types of foreign support have divergent effects on rebel social service provision. The article tests this theory using cross-sectional time-series data on external support for rebel groups and rebel governance for the post-1945 period. It finds that rebel groups that receive external funding, weapons or training are significantly more likely to provide education and health services to civilians. In contrast, direct military intervention to assist insurgent forces has no effect on rebel service provision. This article is among the first to systematically study the impact of external support and third-party intervention on rebel social service provision during civil war and holds implications for civilian welfare in contested territories.
Overcoming the efficiency paradigm—The challenges of introducing local organic beef in canteens
Creators: name: Schäfer, Martina
name: Haack, Michaela
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche
subject: canteens
subject: public procurement
subject: local products
subject: kitchen management
subject: public catering
subject: efficiency paradigm
subject: sustainability transformation
subject: organic beef

description: Introduction: In recent years, there has been a growing recognition that public canteens can play an important role in supporting the transformation toward sustainable food systems and providing access to sustainable and healthy food for everybody—including the most vulnerable groups of the population. One important way in which canteens can contribute to this transformation is by increasing the share of organic and local products. These new political and public demands contrast with the organizational development of canteens over the past few decades, which has mainly been characterized by an increase in economic efficiency and a reduction in costs. Based on a project that was carried out in the Berlin-Brandenburg region (Germany), this paper exemplifies some of the challenges canteens face in the process of introducing organic and local products. Methods: The empirical results are based on 31 qualitative interviews with canteen managers and kitchen staff as well as with the processing company involved. In addition, a survey of 500 canteen guests was conducted in the participating canteens. Results: The analysis shows that the canteens had to adapt various organizational practices to ensure a healthy and sustainable diet at manageable cost. Introducing local organic beef in the canteens requires close cooperation with local farmers and processors, a change in procurement practices, transparency around the origin of the products, as well as adapted menu planning. Discussion: Based on the empirical results, the paper discusses how these challenges can be met and which supportive measures can be taken on different governance levels. To change entrenched practices, process facilitators who support local cooperation along the value added chain are needed, and practical knowledge and professional training must be provided. The article concludes that there is a great potential to foster a sustainable and healthy diet via public and private canteens if the tension between efficiency and sustainability orientation can be overcome by adapting framework conditions.
Evaluating the Telehealth Experience of Patients With COVID-19 Symptoms: Recommendations on Best Practices
Creators: name: Pillai, Malvika
name: Gianforcaro, Robert
name: Edson, Barbara
name: Khairat, Saif
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2020

description: 
Positive patient experiences are associated with illness recovery and adherence to medication. To evaluate the virtual care experience for patients with COVID-19 symptoms as their chief complaints. We conducted a cross-sectional study of the first cohort of patients with COVID-19 symptoms in a virtual clinic. The main end points of this study were visit volume, wait times, visit duration, patient diagnosis, prescriptions received, and satisfaction. Of the 1139 total virtual visits, 212 (24.6%) patients had COVID-19 symptoms. The average wait time (SD) for all visits was 75.5 (121.6) minutes. The average visit duration for visits was 10.5 (4.9) minutes. The highest volume of virtual visits was on Saturdays (39), and the lowest volume was on Friday (19). Patients experienced shorter wait times (SD) on the weekdays 67.1 (106.8) minutes compared to 90.3 (142.6) minutes on the weekends. The most common diagnoses for patients with COVID-19 symptoms were upper respiratory infection. Patient wait times for a telehealth visit varied depending on the time and day of appointment. Long wait times were a major drawback in the patient experience. Based on patient-reported experience, we proposed a list of general, provider, and patient telehealth best practices.
(501994) John Leadbitter
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(502700) Ralph Wilfred Cooper
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.