cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775320.v1
title: Beliefs and habits: staff experiences with key word signing in special schools and group residential homes

description: Even though use of aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) by staff has been extensively researched, few studies relate to unaided AAC strategies such as key word signing (KWS). We explored the KWS views of two groups: direct support staff in group residential homes and teachers from special education secondary schools. We examined transcripts from individual semi-structured interviews with five direct support staff and five teachers using thematic analysis. Participants discussed consistency of KWS use and reasons for implementing KWS. Compared to direct support staff, teachers described more use of KWS throughout the day with more individuals with intellectual disability. Teachers discussed use of KWS to facilitate students’ present and future interactions, while direct support staff primarily discussed immediate effects. Participants experienced KWS implementation as a learning process and aimed to turn the use of manual signs into a routine habit. This required considerable self-monitoring, and the effort that this continuous self-feedback required, combined with environmental factors, could hinder KWS implementation. These preliminary findings suggest that preservice KWS training and on-site KWS assistance may need to be enhanced.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775308.v1
title: Outcome for children treated for medulloblastoma and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (CNS-PNET) – a retrospective analysis spanning 40 years of treatment

description: <b>Background:</b> Medulloblastoma (MB) and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the central nervous system (CNS-PNET) are among the most common pediatric brain tumors. The diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of MB/CNS-PNET patients treated during the last four decades at Oslo University Hospital (OUH) are described. <b>Material and methods:</b> All patients younger than 20 years of age diagnosed and treated for MB/CNS-PNET at OUH between 1 January 1974 and 31 December 2013 were identified. <b>Results:</b> We found 175 patients. In 13 of them, the diagnosis was changed upon histopathological review and in 4 patients part of the treatment was administered at other hospitals. Thus, 158 patients were included for further analysis. Eight patients did not receive adjuvant therapy because of a dismal clinical condition. The overall 5-year survival rate for MB and CNS-PNET was 54%, for MB 57%, and for CNS-PNET 41%. Gross total resection (GTR) was achieved in 118 patients and 5-year overall survival for patients with GTR versus those with non-GTR differed significantly with 64% versus 22%. Cytological examination of the cerebrospinal fluid was performed in 52 patients. A total of 126 patients received radiotherapy as part of the primary treatment and 24 did not due to young age. Median time from surgery to start of radiotherapy was 33 days. Duration of radiotherapy was more than 48 days in 22% of patients. At the time of analysis, 63 patients were alive and disease-free, one alive with disease, and 94 patients were deceased; 84 of these due to MB/CNS-PNET and 10 due to supposed late effects from the treatment. <b>Conclusions:</b> Survival was comparable to data from other population-based studies. The importance of GTR for survival was corroborated. Reporting real-world data remains crucial to know the true outcome of patients treated outside clinical trials.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775338.v2
title: Relative change in stream discharge from a tropical watershed improves predictions of fecal bacteria in near-shore environments

description: Statistical models poorly predict bacteria in near-shore environments of tropical islands due to inaccuracies in runoff and discharge characterization of storm events. Intense, short duration storms on small, steeply sloped watersheds produce high rates of runoff, resulting in rapid pulses of discharge that influence the physical and physiological conditions of the fate and transport of pathogens. As such, increasing rates of discharge are expected to have a different influence on sediment transport and pathogen load compared to decreasing rates of discharge. Regression modeling was used to examine the affect of antecedent streamflow on the interaction between environmental parameters and two fecal indicator bacteria, enterococci and <i>Clostridium perfringens</i>. Including the relative change in discharge incorporates a proximate representation of the energy available to transport particulates, improving predictions of near-shore water quality. Understanding factors that influence pathogen loads improves management of watersheds and protects public health.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775338.v1
title: Relative change in stream discharge from a tropical watershed improves predictions of fecal bacteria in near-shore environments

description: Statistical models poorly predict bacteria transport from tropical island watersheds to the near-shore due to inaccuracies in the characterization of rainfall, runoff and discharge regimes for tropical storms. Intense, short duration storm events on small, steeply sloped watersheds produce high rates of runoff and soil erosion, resulting in rapidly changing pulses of discharge to coastal regions that influence the physical and physiological conditions of the fate and transport of pathogens. As such, increasing rates of discharge are expected to have a different influence on sediment transport and pathogen load compared to decreasing rates of discharge. This paper uses regression modeling to examine how changing tides, runoff and the antecedent stream discharge affect the concentration of enterococci and <i>Clostridium perfringens</i>, and their response to changing environmental parameters near the mouth of Honoli‘i Stream on Hawai‘i Island over nine years. Relationships between discharge and water quality were stronger during ebb tides than flood tides and more pronounced during high flows than low flows. Including a parameter describing the relative change in discharge improved predictions of near-shore bacteria compared to models that only included discharge as it incorporates a proximate value of the energy available to transport particulates downstream. Understanding the factors that influence pathogen contamination of near-shore water bodies is critical for improving the management of watersheds and protecting public health.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775245
title: Physical symptoms and working performance in female breast cancer survivors: a systematic review

description: <b>Purpose:</b> The aim of this systematic review was to summarize and systematize the information about physical symptoms and its relation with work activity on female Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS). <b>Methods:</b> A systematic search was performed on the databases MEDLINE/PubMed (via National Library of Medicine), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Web of Science (Thomson Reuters Scientific) and CINAHL with full text (EBSCO), including papers about physical impairments experienced by female workers who have had breast cancer. <b>Results:</b> The search retrieved 238 studies, and another 5 were identified in the articles’ references, totaling 243 papers. After removing duplicates and applying the inclusion criteria and a full text reading, 13 articles were included for qualitative analysis. Concerning physical limitations, most complaints were related to the elevation of upper limbs, carrying heavy objects, driving and holding manual movements. The most referred symptoms were breast/arm pain, fatigue, lymphedema, reduced range of motion and weakness in the upper limbs, scar tissue adherence in the breast/axilla and paresthesia in the arm/breast. <b>Conclusion:</b> These symptoms and physical limitations led to the difficulty or impossibility of performing work tasks, which also diminished work productivity, as well as the increase in time to return to work. The present results suggest higher unemployment rates and the need for modifying work conditions.Implication for RehabilitationHealth professionals should include risk assessment at daily routine to identify possible sources of physical impairments for upper limbs.Provide the support and orientations according to personal and job characteristics of the patient.Focus the aims of treatment over upper limbs impairments, reducing the prevalence and the gravity of symptoms. Health professionals should include risk assessment at daily routine to identify possible sources of physical impairments for upper limbs. Provide the support and orientations according to personal and job characteristics of the patient. Focus the aims of treatment over upper limbs impairments, reducing the prevalence and the gravity of symptoms.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775245.v1
title: Physical symptoms and working performance in female breast cancer survivors: a systematic review

description: <b>Purpose:</b> The aim of this systematic review was to summarize and systematize the information about physical symptoms and its relation with work activity on female Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS). <b>Methods:</b> A systematic search was performed on the databases MEDLINE/PubMed (via National Library of Medicine), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Web of Science (Thomson Reuters Scientific) and CINAHL with full text (EBSCO), including papers about physical impairments experienced by female workers who have had breast cancer. <b>Results:</b> The search retrieved 238 studies, and another 5 were identified in the articles’ references, totaling 243 papers. After removing duplicates and applying the inclusion criteria and a full text reading, 13 articles were included for qualitative analysis. Concerning physical limitations, most complaints were related to the elevation of upper limbs, carrying heavy objects, driving and holding manual movements. The most referred symptoms were breast/arm pain, fatigue, lymphedema, reduced range of motion and weakness in the upper limbs, scar tissue adherence in the breast/axilla and paresthesia in the arm/breast. <b>Conclusion:</b> These symptoms and physical limitations led to the difficulty or impossibility of performing work tasks, which also diminished work productivity, as well as the increase in time to return to work. The present results suggest higher unemployment rates and the need for modifying work conditions.Implication for RehabilitationHealth professionals should include risk assessment at daily routine to identify possible sources of physical impairments for upper limbs.Provide the support and orientations according to personal and job characteristics of the patient.Focus the aims of treatment over upper limbs impairments, reducing the prevalence and the gravity of symptoms. Health professionals should include risk assessment at daily routine to identify possible sources of physical impairments for upper limbs. Provide the support and orientations according to personal and job characteristics of the patient. Focus the aims of treatment over upper limbs impairments, reducing the prevalence and the gravity of symptoms.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775236
title: The Keepit arc: provenance of sedimentary rocks in the central Tablelands Complex, southern New England Orogen, Australia, as recorded by detrital zircon

description: Detrital zircon from the Carboniferous Girrakool Beds in the central Tablelands Complex of the southern New England Orogen, Australia, is dominated by <i>ca</i> 350–320 Ma grains with a peak at <i>ca</i> 330 Ma; there are very few Proterozoic or Archean grains. A maximum deposition age for the Girrakool Beds of <i>ca</i> 309 Ma is identified. These data overlap the age of the Carboniferous Keepit arc, a continental volcanic arc along the western margin of the Tamworth Belt. Zircon trace-element and isotopic compositions support petrographic evidence of a volcanic arc provenance for sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks of the central Tablelands Complex. Zircon Hf isotope data for <i>ca</i> 350–320 Ma detrital grains become less radiogenic over the 30 million-year record. This pattern is observed with maturation of continental volcanic arcs but is opposite to the longer-term pattern documented in extensional accretionary orogens, such as the New England Orogen. Volcanic activity in the Keepit arc is inferred to decrease rapidly at <i>ca</i> 320 Ma, based on a major change in the detrital zircon age distribution. Although subduction continues, this decrease is inferred to coincide with the onset of trench retreat, slab rollback and the eastward migration of the magmatic arc that led to the Late Carboniferous to early Permian period of extension, S-type granite production and intrusion into the forearc basin, high-temperature–low-pressure metamorphism, and development of rift basins such as the Sydney–Gunnedah–Bowen system.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775224
title: Gudowska et al. 2017_Carabidae_metabolic rate

description: The origin of the allometric relationship between the standard metabolic rate (MR) and body mass (M), often described as MR=<i>a</i>M<i><sup>b</sup></i>, remains puzzling. Much effort has been directed at determining the mass-scaling exponent, <i>b</i>, however, the conclusions depend on the methodological approach. We investigated the mass scaling of MRs within and between species of Carabidae beetles. We used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, phylogenetically generalized least squares (PGLS) regression and standardized major axis (SMA) regression to explore the effects of different model-fitting methods and data clustering caused by phylogenetic clades (shift grade) and gas exchange patterns (discontinuous (DGE), cyclic and continuous). At the interspecific level, the relationship between MR and M was either negatively allometric (b&lt;1) or isometric (b=1), depending on the fitting method. At the intraspecific level, the relationship either did not exist or it was isometric or positively allometric (b&gt;1) and it was significantly improved after the analysed dataset was split to gas exchange patterns. The studied species originated from two distinct phylogenetic clades that had different intercepts but a common scaling exponent (OLS, 0.61) that was much shallower than the scaling exponent for the combined dataset for all species (OLS, 0.71). The best scaling exponent estimates were obtained by applying OLS while accounting for grade shifts or applying PGLS. Overall, our findings warn that conclusions about a relationship between MR and M in insects can depend heavily on the model fitting method, the structure of phylogenetic non-independence and ecological factors that elicit different modes of gas exchange.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775236.v1
title: The Keepit arc: provenance of sedimentary rocks in the central Tablelands Complex, southern New England Orogen, Australia, as recorded by detrital zircon

description: Detrital zircon from the Carboniferous Girrakool Beds in the central Tablelands Complex of the southern New England Orogen, Australia, is dominated by <i>ca</i> 350–320 Ma grains with a peak at <i>ca</i> 330 Ma; there are very few Proterozoic or Archean grains. A maximum deposition age for the Girrakool Beds of <i>ca</i> 309 Ma is identified. These data overlap the age of the Carboniferous Keepit arc, a continental volcanic arc along the western margin of the Tamworth Belt. Zircon trace-element and isotopic compositions support petrographic evidence of a volcanic arc provenance for sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks of the central Tablelands Complex. Zircon Hf isotope data for <i>ca</i> 350–320 Ma detrital grains become less radiogenic over the 30 million-year record. This pattern is observed with maturation of continental volcanic arcs but is opposite to the longer-term pattern documented in extensional accretionary orogens, such as the New England Orogen. Volcanic activity in the Keepit arc is inferred to decrease rapidly at <i>ca</i> 320 Ma, based on a major change in the detrital zircon age distribution. Although subduction continues, this decrease is inferred to coincide with the onset of trench retreat, slab rollback and the eastward migration of the magmatic arc that led to the Late Carboniferous to early Permian period of extension, S-type granite production and intrusion into the forearc basin, high-temperature–low-pressure metamorphism, and development of rift basins such as the Sydney–Gunnedah–Bowen system.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4775224.v1
title: Carabidae_metabolic rate

description: The origin of the allometric relationship between the standard metabolic rate (MR) and body mass (M), often described as MR=<i>a</i>M<i><sup>b</sup></i>, remains puzzling. Much effort has been directed at determining the mass-scaling exponent, <i>b</i>, however, the conclusions depend on the methodological approach. We investigated the mass scaling of MRs within and between species of Carabidae beetles. We used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, phylogenetically generalized least squares (PGLS) regression and standardized major axis (SMA) regression to explore the effects of different model-fitting methods and data clustering caused by phylogenetic clades (shift grade) and gas exchange patterns (discontinuous (DGE), cyclic and continuous). At the interspecific level, the relationship between MR and M was either negatively allometric (b&lt;1) or isometric (b=1), depending on the fitting method. At the intraspecific level, the relationship either did not exist or it was isometric or positively allometric (b&gt;1) and it was significantly improved after the analysed dataset was split to gas exchange patterns. The studied species originated from two distinct phylogenetic clades that had different intercepts but a common scaling exponent (OLS, 0.61) that was much shallower than the scaling exponent for the combined dataset for all species (OLS, 0.71). The best scaling exponent estimates were obtained by applying OLS while accounting for grade shifts or applying PGLS. Overall, our findings warn that conclusions about a relationship between MR and M in insects can depend heavily on the model fitting method, the structure of phylogenetic non-independence and ecological factors that elicit different modes of gas exchange.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3965660
title: Simulation of a Lo/Ld phase coexistence in a PSM/DOPC/Cholesterol mixture, smaller membrane

description: To be added
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3965659
title: Simulation of a Lo/Ld phase coexistence in a PSM/DOPC/Cholesterol mixture, smaller membrane

description: To be added
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12853945
title: Assessing biodiversity within the range of <i>Heleobia chimbaensis</i> (Caenogastropoda: Cochliopidae) on the Atacama Desert coast

description: <i>Heleobia</i> is the most specious genus in the family Cochliopidae, in which many species are morphologically similar. Here we used morphological, microstructural and phylogenetic criteria to investigate species delimitation within the <i>Heleobia chimbaensis</i> complex on the Atacama Desert coast. The range included subdivided populations of the species, the subspecies <i>Heleobia chimbaensis conica</i>, and the allopatric snails from Los Perales, first recognized as a population of <i>H. chimbaensis</i> and more recently considered a candidate species of the group. Traditional shell characters, morphometric analysis, operculum, and protoconch were either uninformative or ambiguous to separate taxa. However, the phylogenetic analysis identified <i>H. chimbaensis</i>, <i>H. chimbaensis conica</i> and four additional populations of the species as a monophyletic group while the population from Los Perales was recovered as a distantly evolutionary significant unit for which the name <i>Heleobia peralensis</i> sp. nov. is provided here. While the geographic isolation and limited dispersal seem to have influenced the diversification and current distribution of <i>H. chimbaensis</i> in Atacama, the origin of <i>Heleobia peralensis</i> sp. nov. remains unclear because of uncertain relationships. A conservation status assessment according to IUCN criteria and NatureServe methodology suggests that both <i>H. chimbaensis</i> and <i>Heleobia peralensis</i> sp. nov. face a high risk of extinction. http://www.zoobank.org:pub:91770DA4-B16F-46AD-A6D6-9638065ED899
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12853945.v1
title: Assessing biodiversity within the range of <i>Heleobia chimbaensis</i> (Caenogastropoda: Cochliopidae) on the Atacama Desert coast

description: <i>Heleobia</i> is the most specious genus in the family Cochliopidae, in which many species are morphologically similar. Here we used morphological, microstructural and phylogenetic criteria to investigate species delimitation within the <i>Heleobia chimbaensis</i> complex on the Atacama Desert coast. The range included subdivided populations of the species, the subspecies <i>Heleobia chimbaensis conica</i>, and the allopatric snails from Los Perales, first recognized as a population of <i>H. chimbaensis</i> and more recently considered a candidate species of the group. Traditional shell characters, morphometric analysis, operculum, and protoconch were either uninformative or ambiguous to separate taxa. However, the phylogenetic analysis identified <i>H. chimbaensis</i>, <i>H. chimbaensis conica</i> and four additional populations of the species as a monophyletic group while the population from Los Perales was recovered as a distantly evolutionary significant unit for which the name <i>Heleobia peralensis</i> sp. nov. is provided here. While the geographic isolation and limited dispersal seem to have influenced the diversification and current distribution of <i>H. chimbaensis</i> in Atacama, the origin of <i>Heleobia peralensis</i> sp. nov. remains unclear because of uncertain relationships. A conservation status assessment according to IUCN criteria and NatureServe methodology suggests that both <i>H. chimbaensis</i> and <i>Heleobia peralensis</i> sp. nov. face a high risk of extinction. http://www.zoobank.org:pub:91770DA4-B16F-46AD-A6D6-9638065ED899
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12853966
title: Intrageneric evolutionary timing and hidden genetic diversity of <i>Paramecium</i> lineages (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea)

description: Members of the genus <i>Paramecium</i> (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) are widespread ciliates able to colonize many fresh, brackish and marine water environments around the globe. Despite they have been historically used in a variety of research fields, ranging from genomics to ecology, their evolutionary origin and genetic structure remains elusive for most valid species. There are currently 19 valid species distributed in 5 subgenera, which can have restricted to cosmopolitan distribution patterns. However, their true biodiversity and biographical distribution are blurred by evidences of cryptic species within most of these valid species. Here, we inferred a 18S rDNA-based time-calibrated tree to determine the evolutionary origin of extant <i>Paramecium</i> lineages and intra-genus phylogenetic relationships. Next, we used two common computational species delimitation algorithms (PTP and mPTP) to analyze a population-level (cytochrome oxidase subunit I [COI]) phylogeny to predict the existence of independent evolutionary unities (IEUs) within valid <i>Paramecium</i> morphospecies. Our data suggest that, some cosmopolitan <i>Paramecium</i> may have emerged prior to the Cretaceous period (before the complete separation of the continents), thus, explaining their wide distribution pattern. We found that the diversity of cryptic species may be higher than previous though and that most of the valid <i>Paramecium</i> species should be, in fact considered as complexes of species, composed each by IEUs that can co-occur within restricted or wide geographical areas. Moreover, our data indicate that these species delimitation algorithms (PTP and mPTP) may be of great assistance to uncover the diversity of cryptic species within <i>Paramecium</i> (or any other microeukaryote) by indicating potential candidates for more in detail future studies of taxonomists through integrative taxonomy frameworks.