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Pratiques numériques au collège durant le confinement et transformation pédagogique du rôle de l’enseignant

2021

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Collège[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationPratique numériqueEnseignantPratique pédagogiqueComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSRôleConfinement

Review of: "OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW (ONJ) IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: EFFECT OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN A MONOINSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE"

2021

Oncologymedicine.medical_specialtyBreast cancerbusiness.industryInternal medicineGeneral Engineeringmedicinemedicine.diseaseOsteonecrosis of the jawbusinessQeios

Genetic variability and evolutionary dynamics of tomato black ring virus population

2021

Tomato black ring virus (TBRV) is an important pathogen infecting a wide range of plant species worldwide. Phylogenetic studies of TBRV have already been conducted, although limited by the use of short genomic regions or a reduced amount of isolates. In the present study, we carried out an exhaustive phylogenetic and population genetic analysis based on the coat protein gene (CP) sequence of 57 TBRV isolates originating from different host plants and European geographic regions (47 isolates from Poland, 8 from Lithuania, one from the UK, and one from Hungary). Moreover, the selective pressure acting on particular codons and coevolution of amino acid residues in the CP were analysed. The res…

education.field_of_studybiologyEvolutionary biologyPopulationGeneticsPlant ScienceGenetic variabilityHorticultureEvolutionary dynamicseducationTomato black ring virusbiology.organism_classificationAgronomy and Crop Science

Ruwen Ogien au secours des éducateurs scolaires : une pensée pour réduire quelques apories éducatives

2021

Les projets éducatifs sont, par nature, des visions enchevêtrées de moyens et d’objectifs qui tentent de faire face à des apories éducatives. Ce texte propose d’envisager les apports de la pensée de Ruwen Ogien pour cela. On y examine ainsi successivement les possibilités offertes pour la sanction éducative, l’orientation et la prise en charge de la difficulté scolaire au moyen des notions de « faiblesse de la volonté », de non-nuisance et de l’idée de supériorité des droits sur les valeurs. En fin de compte sont apportés quelques arguments montrant que le minimalisme moral défendu par Ogien peut permettre à la fois de penser de façon plus assurée certaines apories éducatives, tout en augme…

éducation scolaireSocial Sciences and Humanitiesmoral minimalismphilosophie de l’éducationphilosophie moralephilosophy of educationvaleursvaluesGeneral Earth and Planetary Sciencesminimalisme moralSciences Humaines et Socialesschool educationmoral philosophyGeneral Environmental Science

Cinematic cruising: Reel imagination and real experience for pleasure on the high seas

2021

The experiences of cruise ship passengers are influenced by cinematic representations and intensified and (re)produced by cruise operators. This paper conceptualises cinematic cruising as a phenomenon of reel and real spaces between imagination and experience for pleasure on the high seas. To date, the influence of cinematic representations on the experience of cruise passengers has not yet been studied in detail. To address this, our argument builds on the comparability of cinemas and cruise ships. They share similar characteristics as modern and postmodern places, as heterotopias, and as places of dreams. Both are places of illusion, places of compensation, and places where one can escape…

media_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesGeography Planning and DevelopmentCruise050801 communication & media studiesPleasure0508 media and communicationsInternational watersAestheticsTourism Leisure and Hospitality Management0502 economics and businessReel050212 sport leisure & tourismmedia_commonTourism and Hospitality Research

La formation au numérique des enseignants du second degré en France : une approche exploratoire

2021

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Numérique[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationEnseignement secondaireFormation des enseignantsEnseignantComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS

Pratiques pédagogiques en cours magistral, caractéristiques des enseignants et caractéristiques du contexte : une étude de liens

2021

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UniversitéPédagogie universitaireContexte[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationCours magistralCaractéristique individuelleEnseignantPratique pédagogiqueComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSEnseignement supérieur

Enseigner l’EPS à distance. Des compétences nouvelles pour des savoirs secondaires

2021

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Savoir professionnel[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationEnseignement à distance[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationEnseignement de l'éducation physique et sportiveAcquisition de compétencesComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS

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2021

Aggressive behavior in school is an ongoing concern. The current focus is on specific manifestations such as bullying, but the behavior is broad and heterogenous. Children spend a substantial amount of time in school, but their behaviors in the school setting tend to be less well characterized than at home. Because aggression may index multiple behavioral problems, we used three validated instruments to assess means, correlations and gender differences of teacher-rated aggressive behavior with co-occurring externalizing/internalizing problems and social behavior in 39,936 schoolchildren aged 7–14 from 4 population-based cohorts from Finland, the Netherlands, and the UK. Correlations of aggr…

050103 clinical psychologyMultidisciplinaryAggression05 social sciencesSchool settingNegative associationPopulation based16. Peace & justiceDevelopmental psychologyCo occurringProsocial behaviorCohortmedicine0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesmedicine.symptomPsychology050104 developmental & child psychologyPLOS ONE

Chromatographic Profiles of the main Secondary Metabolites in the Monarda fistulosa L. Aerial Part

2021

Two different methods of chromatographic analysis have been used in this study for the phytochemical evaluation of main secondary metabolites in the aerial part of bee balm (Monarda fistulosa L.) as the non-officinal medicinal plant of the Lamiaceae Martinov family. The high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) fingerprinting method was developed for the qualitative analyses of phenolic and non-polar compounds in the bee balm herb after its maceration in the solvents of different polarity. Such polyphenols as rosmarinic, caffeic and chlorogenic acids were authentically identified in the methanol extract of herb using HPTLC. Aromatic monoterpenoid thymol was identified by the HPTLC …

Volatile CompoundsChromatographybiologyGC/MSRosmarinic acid010401 analytical chemistryPolyphenolsMonarda fistulosabiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesThymol0104 chemical sciencesHPTLC010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryPolyphenolPharmacology (medical)Gas chromatography–mass spectrometryRosmarinic AcidPharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)ThymolResearch Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Formulaic language

2021

The notion of formulaicity has received increasing attention in disciplines and areas as diverse as linguistics, literary studies, art theory and art history. In recent years, linguistic studies of formulaicity have been flourishing and the very notion of formulaicity has been approached from various methodological and theoretical perspectives and with various purposes in mind. The linguistic approach to formulaicity is still in a state of rapid development and the objective of the current volume is to present the current explorations in the field. Papers collected in the volume make numerous suggestions for further development of the field and they are arranged into three complementary par…

formulaicity400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistiklinguistics410Formulaic language

PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ITP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021

The current COVID-19 pandemic requires revisiting our current approach to major blood disorders, including ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia), stirring  up the production of several disease-specific practical guidelines. This report describes an updated version of consensus-based practical guidelines on the management of ITP, adapted to the Italian health system and social context.  It highlights the role of the hematologist in offering guidance for choosing differentiated approaches in relation to specific circumstances and is intended to provide them with a useful tool for sharing the decision-making process with their patients.
 Probably, the greatest risk to avoid for a patient with sus…

medicine.medical_specialtyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)business.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentSplenectomySocial environmentHematology030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyImmune thrombocytopenia03 medical and health sciencesTherapeutic approach0302 clinical medicineInfectious DiseasesBlood Disorderhemic and lymphatic diseasesPandemicmedicine030212 general & internal medicineHematologistIntensive care medicinebusinessMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Images manquantes et expériences indicibles dans les films documentaires de Carolina Astudillo

2021

International audience; L’œuvre documentaire de la réalisatrice hispano-chilienne Carolina Astudillo se construit autour de deux axes thématiques : la mémoire historique et la mémoire des femmes. Ses courts et longs métrages cherchent à combler des vides, à montrer des visages et à raconter des histoires absentes de l’histoire officielle. Ce faisant, la cinéaste chilienne réfléchit aussi aux difficultés de construire un récit historique conditionné par le contexte politique (les dictatures chilienne et espagnole), le patriarcat et la classe sociale, des éléments qui vont déterminer des expériences personnelles qui deviennent indicibles. Comment rendre compte de l’expérience de la torture ? …

représentationindicibleféminismemémoire des femmes[SHS.ART] Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art historymémoire historique[SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences[SHS.ART]Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art historycinéma espagnolcinéma documentaire[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences

The (Meta)politics of Thinking

2021

In this chapter, Jussi Backman approaches Hannah Arendt’s readings of ancient philosophy by setting out from her perspective on the intellectual, political, and moral crisis characterizing Western societies in the twentieth century, a crisis to which the rise of totalitarianism bears witness. To Arendt, the political catastrophes haunting the twentieth century have roots in a tradition of political philosophy reaching back to the Greek beginnings of philosophy. Two principal features of Arendt’s exchange with the ancients are highlighted. The first is her account, in The Human Condition (1958), of the profound transformation of the Greek perceptions of political life initiated by Plato, the…

PhilosophyAncient philosophypoliittiset kriisitpoliittinen filosofiaArendt HannahantiikkiStoicismSOCRATESAction (philosophy)filosofiaContinental philosophyyhteiskuntafilosofiaHellenistic philosophyantiikin filosofiaPolitical philosophyGreeksClassics

Latvia: Political Developments and Data in 2020

2021

PoliticsPolitical sciencePolitical economyEuropean Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook

Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Long Form for Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Subjects with Chron…

2021

Validation studies of questionnaires used to assess physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in stroke survivors are scarce. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire long-form (IPAQ-LF) in community living adults with post-stroke sequelae (≥6 months) and preserved ambulation. Participants’ functional mobility, lower limb strength, ambulatory level, stroke severity, and disability were assessed. An accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) was worn for ≥7 consecutive days. Subsequently, the IPAQ-LF was interview-administered. Fifty-six participants (58.1 ± 11.1 years, 66.1% male) were included. A strong correlation between …

AdultMalevaliditymedicine.medical_specialtyHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPsychological interventionPhysical activityphysical activityPhysical functionArticleinternational physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ)03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineIPAQSurveys and Questionnairessedentary behaviorCommunity livingHumansMedicine030212 general & internal medicineExerciseChronic strokeStrokebusiness.industryRPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthReproducibility of Resultsinternational physical activity questionnaireSedentary behaviorself-reportmedicine.diseasestrokeaccelerometerCross-Sectional StudiesAmbulatoryPhysical therapyMedicineFemalebusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Five Challenges in the Field of Viral Diversity and Evolution

2021

Viral diversity and evolution play a central role in processes such as disease emergence, vaccine failure, drug resistance, and virulence. However, significant challenges remain to better understand and manage these processes. Here, we discuss five of these challenges. These include improving our ability to predict viral evolution, developing more relevant experimental evolutionary systems, integrating viral dynamics and evolution at different scales, more thoroughly characterizing the virosphere, and deepening our understanding of virus-virus interactions. Intensifying future research on these areas should improve our ability to combat viral diseases, as well as to more efficiently use vir…

0303 health sciencesViral metagenomicsExperimental evolutionField (physics)030306 microbiologymedia_common.quotation_subjectvirusesGeneral MedicineBiology3. Good health03 medical and health sciencesEvolutionary biologyViral evolutioninternationalPlan_S-Compliant_OA030304 developmental biologyDiversity (politics)media_commonFrontiers in Virology

Multiple small bowel perforations during the treatment of primary intestinal extranodal natural killer/T‐cell lymphoma, nasal type

2021

Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryHematologyNasal typeBowel perforationmedicine.diseaseNatural killer T cellmedicine.disease_causeEpstein–Barr virusLymphomaGastrointestinal perforationmedicinebusinessBritish Journal of Haematology

The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region Statement on the Erosion of Public Health Systems

2021

2019-20 coronavirus outbreakmedicine.medical_specialtyEconomic growthStatement (logic)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Association (object-oriented programming)global healthPolitical scienceGlobal healthmedicinehealth systems strengtheningpublic health systemsglobal health securityCommunity and Home CarePublic healthpublic healthPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthCOVID-19European regionGlobal governanceglobal governanceSociety Journal ArchiveEditorialPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270health systemsPublic Health Reviews

Comparing equilibration schemes of high-molecular-weight polymer melts with topological indicators.

2021

Abstract Recent theoretical studies have demonstrated that the behaviour of molecular knots is a sensitive indicator of polymer structure. Here, we use knots to verify the ability of two state-of-the-art algorithms—configuration assembly and hierarchical backmapping—to equilibrate high-molecular-weight (MW) polymer melts. Specifically, we consider melts with MWs equivalent to several tens of entanglement lengths and various chain flexibilities, generated with both strategies. We compare their unknotting probability, unknotting length, knot spectra, and knot length distributions. The excellent agreement between the two independent methods with respect to knotting properties provides an addit…

PaperMaterials sciencemolecular knots; multiscale simulations; polymer melts; polymer modelling; topological propertiesStructure (category theory)02 engineering and technologyQuantum entanglementTopologyMultiscale Simulation Methods for Soft Matter Systemspolymer melts01 natural sciencesSpectral lineMolecular dynamicsKnot (unit)multiscale simulationsChain (algebraic topology)Consistency (statistics)0103 physical sciencesGeneral Materials Sciencepolymer modelling010306 general physicsmolecular knotschemistry.chemical_classificationPolymer021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter PhysicsMathematics::Geometric Topologychemistry0210 nano-technologytopological properties

Surpassing the Energy Resolution Limit with Ferromagnetic Torque Sensors

2021

We discuss the fundamental noise limitations of a ferromagnetic torque sensor based on a levitated magnet in the tipping regime. We evaluate the optimal magnetic field resolution taking into account the thermomechanical noise and the mechanical detection noise at the standard quantum limit (SQL). We find that the Energy Resolution Limit (ERL), pointed out in recent literature as a relevant benchmark for most classes of magnetometers, can be surpassed by many orders of magnitude. Moreover, similarly to the case of a ferromagnetic gyroscope, it is also possible to surpass the standard quantum limit for magnetometry with independent spins, arising from spin-projection noise. Our finding indica…

PhysicsQuantum PhysicsPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsMagnetometerOrders of magnitude (temperature)Quantum limitFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyGyroscopeInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)01 natural sciencesNoise (electronics)010305 fluids & plasmaslaw.inventionMagnetic fieldComputational physicslawMagnet0103 physical sciencesTorque sensorddc:530Quantum Physics (quant-ph)010306 general physics

Instrumento para Evaluar la Cohesión Social en Universidades Mexicanas: Resultados de la Validación Cultural UNIVECS-MX

2021

El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer un instrumento para evaluar la cohesión social en universidades mexicanas. A partir del modelo de evaluación UNIVECS validado en el contexto español, se realiza una adaptación y validación cultural en México; desarrollando un juicio de expertos con nueve profesionales del área de Antropología, Lingüística, Pedagogía, Psicología y Sociología, un jueceo con 51 docentes en educación superior, cuatro grupos de validación de reactivos entre tres universidades con 42 docentes, y un grupo de validación con diez estudiantes universitarios. Todo ello, en función de cuatro criterios de valoración cuantitativa y cualitativa: pertinencia, claridad, factibilidad y…

Higher educationbusiness.industry05 social sciences050301 educationContext (language use)Social WelfareGeneral MedicineSocial mobilitylaw.inventionCohesion (linguistics)030507 speech-language pathology & audiology03 medical and health scienceslawPedagogyCLARITYRelevance (law)Ensenyament universitariSociology0305 other medical sciencebusiness0503 educationInclusion (education)Humanities

¿Entre el fiscal y el verdugo? Mateu Orfila i Rotger (1787–1853) y la toxicología del siglo XIX

2021

We have recently witnessed the rebirth of biographical writing in the history of science. Over the last few years, many publications have re-evaluated the role of biography in our field, correcting...

History and Philosophy of ScienceChemistry (miscellaneous)media_common.quotation_subjectBiographyArtHumanitiesHistory of sciencemedia_commonAmbix

Seasonal cues to food scarcity and calorie cravings: Winter cues elicit preferences for energy-dense foods

2021

Abstract Winter cues signal a scarcity of food. Birds and mammals respond to such environmental cues by consuming more energy. They convert this surplus into body fat that serves as a buffer against impending food shortages. Similarly, humans exhibit higher obesity rates among food-insecure populations. However, to date, it has been unclear whether winter cues qualitatively affect consumers’ food preferences. Results from five studies ( N = 865), with one of them preregistered, show that watching videos depicting winter cues elicits thoughts about energy-dense foods and survival. Such cues elicit higher preferences for energy-dense than low-calorie foods, as verified by meta-analytic eviden…

Nutrition and DieteticsCaloriemedia_common.quotation_subjectEnergy (esotericism)Economic shortagemedicine.diseaseAffect (psychology)ObesityScarcityEnvironmental healthmedicinePsychologySensory cueFood scarcityFood Sciencemedia_common

Continuous‐Flow Synthesis of High‐Quality Few‐Layer Antimonene Hexagons

2021

2D materials show outstanding properties that can bring many applications in different technological fields. However, their uses are still limited by production methods. In this context, antimonene is recently suggested as a new 2D material to fabricate different (opto)electronic devices, among other potential applications. This work focuses on optimizing the synthetic parameters to produce high-quality antimonene hexagons and their implementation in a large-scale manufacturing procedure. By means of a continuous-flow synthesis, few-layer antimonene hexagons with ultra-large lateral dimensions (up to several microns) and a few nanometers thick are isolated. The suitable chemical post-treatm…

Materials sciencebusiness.industryContinuous flow02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter Physics01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsBiomaterialsQuality (physics)ElectrochemistryOptoelectronics0210 nano-technologybusinessLayer (electronics)Colloidal synthesisAdvanced Functional Materials

Arctic black carbon during PAMARCMiP 2018 and previous aircraft experiments in spring

2021

Vertical profiles of the mass concentration of black carbon (BC) were measured at altitudes up to 5 km during the PAMARCMiP (Polar Airborne Measurements and Arctic Regional Climate Model simulation Project) aircraft-based field experiment conducted around the northern Greenland Sea (Fram Strait) during March and April 2018 from operation base Station Nord (81.6∘ N, 16.7∘ W). Median BC mass concentrations in individual altitude ranges were 7–18 ng m−3 at standard temperature and pressure at altitudes below 4.5 km. These concentrations were systematically lower than previous observations in the Arctic in spring, conducted by ARCTAS-A in 2008 and NETCARE in 2015, and similar to those observed …

Atmospheric Sciencegeographygeography.geographical_feature_category010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesField experimentPhysicsQC1-999010501 environmental sciencesAtmospheric sciences01 natural sciencesTroposphereChemistryAltitudeArctic13. Climate actionMiddle latitudesSpring (hydrology)Environmental scienceMass concentration (chemistry)Climate modelQD1-9990105 earth and related environmental sciences

Modeller i kjemiundervisning - et eksempel på hvordan de kan bidra til læring og feillæring

2021

We discuss the use of analogical models in science education using examples from online learning resources.  We have conducted a teaching program for a group of 7th grade pupils and a group of science teacher students, and the main theme of this program is the use of models in chemistry. Specifically, we study the effect of an analogical model that is designed to promote understanding of the properties of molecules, related to a paper chromatography experiment. Our research indicates that analogical models can be a useful tool to convey understanding of abstract concepts and non-visible phenomena, but they hold serious pitfalls that can lead to misunderstandings amongst students if not used…

Chemistry educationAnalogical modelsOnline learningmedia_common.quotation_subjectMODELLERScience educationEducationComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONMathematics educationConversationChemistry (relationship)Psychologymedia_commonTheme (narrative)Nordic Studies in Science Education

Proteomic signature of the Dravet syndrome in the genetic Scn1a-A1783V mouse model

2021

AbstractBackgroundDravet syndrome is a rare, severe pediatric epileptic encephalopathy associated with intellectual and motor disabilities. Proteomic profiling in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome can provide information about the molecular consequences of the genetic deficiency and about pathophysiological mechanisms developing during the disease course.MethodsA knock-in mouse model of Dravet syndrome with Scn1a haploinsufficiency was used for whole proteome, seizure and behavioral analysis. Hippocampal tissue was dissected from two-(prior to epilepsy manifestation) and four-(following epilepsy manifestation) week-old male mice and analyzed using LC-MS/MS with label-free quantification. Pro…

EpilepsyDravet syndromeProteomic ProfilingProteomeSynaptic plasticitymedicineHippocampusBiologymedicine.diseaseHaploinsufficiencyNeuroscienceAstrogliosis

UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ENTREPRENEUR KNOWLEDGE ON ENTREPRENEUR INTEREST STUDENT OF STIE PEMUDA SURABAYA

2021

This study aims to analyze the influence of the use of social media and entrepreneurial knowledge on the entrepreneurial interest of STIE Pemuda students both partially and simultaneously. This research is a descriptive quantitative research. The sample used was 100 students who had taken entrepreneurship courses. The data analysis method uses multiple linear regression analysis techniques.                     The results showed that partially the use of social media and entrepreneurial knowledge had a positive and significant effect on the entrepreneurial interest of STIE Pemuda Surabaya students. Simultaneously that the use of social media and entrepreneurial knowledge has a positive and …

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEntrepreneurshipPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthMathematics educationMultiple linear regression analysisSocial mediaSample (statistics)PsychologyDescriptive quantitativeAnalysis methodInternational Journal of Global Accounting, Management, Education, and Entrepreneurship

From Job Resources to Idea Implementation: A Moderated Sequential Mediation Model

2021

Considering the motivational path of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study investigates a multistep process by which contextual job resources might have an indirect effect on idea implementation. Among 187 shop floor employees of a manufacturing company, we found support for a model whereby job control has an indirect effect, over a 5-month time frame, on idea implementation through employee work engagement and personal initiative. In addition, we found that the indirect effect of job control on idea implementation is stronger when employees have a higher conformity orientation. Support was not found for the hypothesized indirect effect of coworker social support on idea imple…

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementProcess managementComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONComputer scienceProcess (engineering)Work engagement05 social sciences050109 social psychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)0502 economics and businessMediationPath (graph theory)0501 psychology and cognitive sciences050203 business & managementApplied PsychologyGroup & Organization Management

Evaluation of intraocular pressure and other biomechanical parameters to distinguish between subclinical keratoconus and healthy corneas

2021

(1) Purpose: To assess the main corneal response differences between normal and subclinical keratoconus (SCKC) with a Corvis® ST device. (2) Material and Methods: We selected 183 eyes of normal patients, of a mean age of 33 ± 9 years and 16 eyes of patients with SCKC of a similar mean age. We measured best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and corneal topography with a Pentacam HD device to select the SCKC group. Biomechanical measurements were performed using the Corvis® ST device. We carried out a non-parametric analysis of the data with SPSS software (Wilcoxon signed rank-test). (3) Results: We found statistically significant differences between the control and SCKC groups in some corneal b…

Corvis® STmedicine.medical_specialtyKeratoconusIntraocular pressureWilcoxon signed-rank testgenetic structuresCorvis<sup>®</sup> STArticle03 medical and health sciencesocular inflammation0302 clinical medicineDiscriminant function analysisOphthalmologymedicine030304 developmental biologySubclinical infectionBest corrected visual acuity0303 health sciencesmedicine.diagnostic_testcornea biomechanicsbusiness.industryRMean ageGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseCorneal topographyeye diseasessubclinical keratoconus030221 ophthalmology & optometryMedicinesense organsbusinessintraocular pressure

Vibrational circular dichroism studies of exceptionally strong chirality inducers in liquid crystals.

2021

7,7′-Disubstituted 2,2′-methylenedioxy-1,1′-binaphthyls are highly efficient chirality inducers in nematic liquid crystals. The absolute configuration of these compounds is, however, hard to determine as they only crystallize as racemic mixtures. In this work a Vibrational Circular Dichroism (VCD) study is reported that provides an unambiguous determination of the absolute configuration of these compounds. An in-depth General Coupled Oscillator (GCO) analysis of the source of the VCD signal reveals that the unusual structure of these binaphthyl compounds inherently leads to strong and robust VCD bands. Combined with linear transit calculations, our VCD studies allow for the determination of…

FELIX Condensed Matter PhysicsMaterials scienceAbsolute configurationGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciences/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/clean_water_and_sanitationCrystallographyLiquid crystalVibrational circular dichroismPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry0210 nano-technologyChirality (chemistry)SDG 6 - Clean Water and SanitationPhysical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Structured reporting of rectal cancer staging and restaging: A consensus proposal

2021

Background: Structured reporting (SR) in oncologic imaging is becoming necessary and has recently been recognized by major scientific societies. The aim of this study was to build MRI-based structured reports for rectal cancer (RC) staging and restaging in order to provide clinicians all critical tumor information. Materials and Methods: A panel of radiologist experts in abdominal imaging, called the members of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, was established. The modified Delphi process was used to build the SR and to assess the level of agreement in all sections. The Cronbach’s alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency of ea…

re-stagingCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyStagingColorectal cancerIntraclass correlationModified delphiArticle030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health sciencesRe‐staging0302 clinical medicineMagnetic resonance imagingmagnetic resonance imaging; rectal cancer; re‐staging; staging; structured reportingCronbach's alphaStructured reportingInternal consistencymedicineMedical physicsRectal cancerRC254-282Final versionmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensInterventional radiologymedicine.diseaseOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisbusinessStructured reporting

Effects on intermittent postural control in people with Parkinson's due to a dual task.

2021

Objectives The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of performing a dual task on the sway density plot parameters in Parkinson's disease and control subjects. Methods A cross-sectional design was used to establish differences in the mean peak, mean time, and mean distance between a group with Parkinson's disease and a control group without Parkinson's disease. The subjects performed, in a unique measurement session, two trials under three different randomized conditions: i. eyes open, ii. eyes closed, and iii. Eyes open with foam base. One trial was performed as a single task (i.e., the subjects completed one of the balance test), while the other trial was performed as a du…

NeurologiaCross-Sectional StudiesCase-Control StudiesBiophysicsHumansParkinson DiseaseExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineGeneral MedicinePostural BalanceCiènciaHuman Movement Science

Novel therapeutical approaches to managing atherosclerotic risk

2021

Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial vascular disease that leads to inflammation and stiffening of the arteries and decreases their elasticity due to the accumulation of calcium, small dense Low Density Lipoproteins (sdLDL), inflammatory cells, and fibrotic material. A review of studies pertaining to cardiometabolic risk factors, lipids alterations, hypolipidemic agents, nutraceuticals, hypoglycaemic drugs, atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation was performed. There are several therapeutic strategies including Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, inclisiran, bempedoic acid, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), and nutraceuticals t…

QH301-705.5InflammationReview030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyPharmacologyCatalysisInorganic Chemistry03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineLipid oxidationmedicineAnimalsHumans030212 general & internal medicineMolecular Targeted TherapyPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryEndothelial dysfunctionBiology (General)Molecular BiologyQD1-999SpectroscopyInnovative therapiesMolecular signalingVascular diseasebusiness.industryPCSK9Organic ChemistryGeneral MedicineProprotein convertasemedicine.diseaseAtherosclerosisComputer Science ApplicationsManagementChemistryInflammationsAtheromaOxidative stressHypolipidemic Agentslipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)Nutraceuticalsmedicine.symptombusiness

Aviation Contrail Cirrus and Radiative Forcing Over Europe During 6 Months of COVID‐19

2021

Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic led to a 72% reduction of air traffic over Europe in March–August 2020 compared to 2019. Modeled contrail cover declined similarly, and computed mean instantaneous radiative contrail forcing dropped regionally by up to 0.7 W m−2. Here, model predictions of cirrus optical thickness and the top‐of‐atmosphere outgoing longwave and reflected shortwave irradiances are tested by comparison to Meteosat‐SEVIRI‐derived data. The agreement between observations and modeled data is slightly better when modeled contrail cirrus contributions are included. The spatial distributions and diurnal cycles of the differences in these data between 2019 and 2020 are partially caused…

Atmospheric Science010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesPollution: Urban Regional and GlobalcirrusForcing (mathematics)Atmospheric Composition and Structure010502 geochemistry & geophysicsAtmospheric sciencesBiogeosciences01 natural sciencesOceanography: Biological and ChemicalCloud/Radiation InteractionRadiative transferWolkenphysikInstitut für Physik der AtmosphäreMarine PollutioncontrailOceanography: GeneralGeophysicsPollution: Urban and RegionalAtmospheric ProcessesCirrusClouds and AerosolssatelliteMegacities and Urban Environmentcontrail aircraft climate observation model traffic Meteosat CoCiPRadiation: Transmission and ScatteringAtmospherePaleoceanographyEvolution of the EarthCOVID‐19Research LetterGlobal ChangeBiosphere/Atmosphere InteractionsUrban Systems0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEvolution of the AtmosphereAerosolsradiative forcingVerkehrsmeteorologieAtmosphereLongwaveAtmosphärische SpurenstoffeRadiative forcingAerosols and ParticlesNumerical weather predictionTectonophysicsaviationGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental scienceShortwaveNatural HazardsGeophysical Research Letters