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1. On the lower Riesz basis bound of exponential systems over an interval

Author

Alemany, Thibaud and Nitzan, Shahaf

Subjects
Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs
Abstract

We revisit Pavlov's characterization for Riesz bases of exponentials and study the corresponding lower Riesz basis bounds. In particular, this approach allows us to improve on known estimates for the bounds in Avdonin's theorem regarding average perturbations, and Levin's theorem regarding zeroes of sine-type functions., Comment: 34 pages

Published
2025

6. Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder

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O’Connell, Kevin S., Koromina, Maria, van der Veen, Tracey, Boltz, Toni, David, Friederike S., Yang, Jessica Mei Kay, Lin, Keng-Han, Wang, Xin, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Mitchell, Brittany L., McGrouther, Caroline C., Rangan, Aaditya V., Lind, Penelope A., Koch, Elise, Harder, Arvid, Parker, Nadine, Bendl, Jaroslav, Adorjan, Kristina, Agerbo, Esben, Albani, Diego, Alemany, Silvia, Alliey-Rodriguez, Ney, Als, Thomas D., Andlauer, Till F. M., Antoniou, Anastasia, Ask, Helga, Bass, Nicholas, Bauer, Michael, Beins, Eva C., Bigdeli, Tim B., Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Boks, Marco P., Børte, Sigrid, Bosch, Rosa, Brum, Murielle, Brumpton, Ben M., Brunkhorst-Kanaan, Nathalie, Budde, Monika, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Byerley, William, Cabana-Domínguez, Judit, Cairns, Murray J., Carpiniello, Bernardo, Casas, Miquel, Cervantes, Pablo, Chatzinakos, Chris, Chen, Hsi-Chung, Clarence, Tereza, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Claus, Isabelle, Coombes, Brandon, Corfield, Elizabeth C., Cruceanu, Cristiana, Cuellar-Barboza, Alfredo, Czerski, Piotr M., Dafnas, Konstantinos, Dale, Anders M., Dalkner, Nina, Degenhardt, Franziska, DePaulo, J. Raymond, Djurovic, Srdjan, Drange, Ole Kristian, Escott-Price, Valentina, Fanous, Ayman H., Fellendorf, Frederike T., Ferrier, I. Nicol, Forty, Liz, Frank, Josef, Frei, Oleksandr, Freimer, Nelson B., Fullard, John F., Garnham, Julie, Gizer, Ian R., Gordon, Scott D., Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Greenwood, Tiffany A., Grove, Jakob, Guzman-Parra, José, Ha, Tae Hyon, Hahn, Tim, Haraldsson, Magnus, Hautzinger, Martin, Havdahl, Alexandra, Heilbronner, Urs, Hellgren, Dennis, Herms, Stefan, Hickie, Ian B., Hoffmann, Per, Holmans, Peter A., Huang, Ming-Chyi, Ikeda, Masashi, Jamain, Stéphane, Johnson, Jessica S., Jonsson, Lina, Kalman, Janos L., Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kennedy, James L., Kim, Euitae, Kim, Jaeyoung, Kittel-Schneider, Sarah, Knowles, James A., Kogevinas, Manolis, Kranz, Thorsten M., Krebs, Kristi, Kushner, Steven A., Lavebratt, Catharina, Lawrence, Jacob, Leber, Markus, Lee, Heon-Jeong, Liao, Calwing, Lucae, Susanne, Lundberg, Martin, MacIntyre, Donald J., Maier, Wolfgang, Maihofer, Adam X., Malaspina, Dolores, Manchia, Mirko, Maratou, Eirini, Martinsson, Lina, Mattheisen, Manuel, McGregor, Nathaniel W., McInnis, Melvin G., McKay, James D., Medeiros, Helena, Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, Millischer, Vincent, Morris, Derek W., Moutsatsou, Paraskevi, Mühleisen, Thomas W., O’Donovan, Claire, Olsen, Catherine M., Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia, Papiol, Sergi, Pardiñas, Antonio F., Park, Hye Youn, Perry, Amy, Pfennig, Andrea, Pisanu, Claudia, Potash, James B., Quested, Digby, Rapaport, Mark H., Regeer, Eline J., Rice, John P., Rivera, Margarita, Schulte, Eva C., Senner, Fanny, Shadrin, Alexey, Shilling, Paul D., Sigurdsson, Engilbert, Sindermann, Lisa, Sirignano, Lea, Siskind, Dan, Slaney, Claire, Sloofman, Laura G., Smeland, Olav B., Smith, Daniel J., Sobell, Janet L., Soler Artigas, Maria, Stein, Dan J., Stein, Frederike, Su, Mei-Hsin, Sung, Heejong, Świątkowska, Beata, Terao, Chikashi, Tesfaye, Markos, Tesli, Martin, Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E., Thorp, Jackson G., Toma, Claudio, Tondo, Leonardo, Tooney, Paul A., Tsai, Shih-Jen, Tsermpini, Evangelia Eirini, Vawter, Marquis P., Vedder, Helmut, Vreeker, Annabel, Walters, James T. R., Winsvold, Bendik S., Witt, Stephanie H., Won, Hong-Hee, Ye, Robert, Young, Allan H., Zandi, Peter P., Zillich, Lea, Adolfsson, Rolf, Alda, Martin, Alfredsson, Lars, Backlund, Lena, Baune, Bernhard T., Bellivier, Frank, Bengesser, Susanne, Berrettini, Wade H., Biernacka, Joanna M., Boehnke, Michael, Børglum, Anders D., Breen, Gerome, Carr, Vaughan J., Catts, Stanley, Cichon, Sven, Corvin, Aiden, Craddock, Nicholas, Dannlowski, Udo, Dikeos, Dimitris, Etain, Bruno, Ferentinos, Panagiotis, Frye, Mark, Fullerton, Janice M., Gawlik, Micha, Gershon, Elliot S., Goes, Fernando S., Green, Melissa J., Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria, Hauser, Joanna, Henskens, Frans A., Hjerling-Leffler, Jens, Hougaard, David M., Hveem, Kristian, Iwata, Nakao, Jones, Ian, Jones, Lisa A., Kahn, René S., Kelsoe, John R., Kircher, Tilo, Kirov, George, Kuo, Po-Hsiu, Landén, Mikael, Leboyer, Marion, Li, Qingqin S., Lissowska, Jolanta, Lochner, Christine, Loughland, Carmel, Luykx, Jurjen J., Martin, Nicholas G., Mathews, Carol A., Mayoral, Fermin, McElroy, Susan L., McIntosh, Andrew M., McMahon, Francis J., Medland, Sarah E., Melle, Ingrid, Milani, Lili, Mitchell, Philip B., Morken, Gunnar, Mors, Ole, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Müller-Myhsok, Bertram, Myers, Richard M., Myung, Woojae, Neale, Benjamin M., Nievergelt, Caroline M., Nordentoft, Merete, Nöthen, Markus M., Nurnberger, John I., O’Donovan, Michael C., Oedegaard, Ketil J., Olsson, Tomas, Owen, Michael J., Paciga, Sara A., Pantelis, Christos, Pato, Carlos N., Pato, Michele T., Patrinos, George P., Pawlak, Joanna M., Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Reif, Andreas, Reininghaus, Eva Z., Ribasés, Marta, Rietschel, Marcella, Ripke, Stephan, Rouleau, Guy A., Roussos, Panos, Saito, Takeo, Schall, Ulrich, Schalling, Martin, Schofield, Peter R., Schulze, Thomas G., Scott, Laura J., Scott, Rodney J., Serretti, Alessandro, Smoller, Jordan W., Squassina, Alessio, Stahl, Eli A., Stefansson, Hreinn, Stefansson, Kari, Stordal, Eystein, Streit, Fabian, Sullivan, Patrick F., Turecki, Gustavo, Vaaler, Arne E., Vieta, Eduard, Vincent, John B., Waldman, Irwin D., Weickert, Cynthia S., Weickert, Thomas W., Werge, Thomas, Whiteman, David C., Zwart, John-Anker, Edenberg, Howard J., McQuillin, Andrew, Forstner, Andreas J., Mullins, Niamh, Di Florio, Arianna, Ophoff, Roel A., and Andreassen, Ole A.

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2025
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8. CVQA: Culturally-diverse Multilingual Visual Question Answering Benchmark

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Romero, David, Lyu, Chenyang, Wibowo, Haryo Akbarianto, Lynn, Teresa, Hamed, Injy, Kishore, Aditya Nanda, Mandal, Aishik, Dragonetti, Alina, Abzaliev, Artem, Tonja, Atnafu Lambebo, Balcha, Bontu Fufa, Whitehouse, Chenxi, Salamea, Christian, Velasco, Dan John, Adelani, David Ifeoluwa, Meur, David Le, Villa-Cueva, Emilio, Koto, Fajri, Farooqui, Fauzan, Belcavello, Frederico, Batnasan, Ganzorig, Vallejo, Gisela, Caulfield, Grainne, Ivetta, Guido, Song, Haiyue, Ademtew, Henok Biadglign, Maina, Hernán, Lovenia, Holy, Azime, Israel Abebe, Cruz, Jan Christian Blaise, Gala, Jay, Geng, Jiahui, Ortiz-Barajas, Jesus-German, Baek, Jinheon, Dunstan, Jocelyn, Alemany, Laura Alonso, Nagasinghe, Kumaranage Ravindu Yasas, Benotti, Luciana, D'Haro, Luis Fernando, Viridiano, Marcelo, Estecha-Garitagoitia, Marcos, Cabrera, Maria Camila Buitrago, Rodríguez-Cantelar, Mario, Jouitteau, Mélanie, Mihaylov, Mihail, Imam, Mohamed Fazli Mohamed, Adilazuarda, Muhammad Farid, Gochoo, Munkhjargal, Otgonbold, Munkh-Erdene, Etori, Naome, Niyomugisha, Olivier, Silva, Paula Mónica, Chitale, Pranjal, Dabre, Raj, Chevi, Rendi, Zhang, Ruochen, Diandaru, Ryandito, Cahyawijaya, Samuel, Góngora, Santiago, Jeong, Soyeong, Purkayastha, Sukannya, Kuribayashi, Tatsuki, Clifford, Teresa, Jayakumar, Thanmay, Torrent, Tiago Timponi, Ehsan, Toqeer, Araujo, Vladimir, Kementchedjhieva, Yova, Burzo, Zara, Lim, Zheng Wei, Yong, Zheng Xin, Ignat, Oana, Nwatu, Joan, Mihalcea, Rada, Solorio, Thamar, and Aji, Alham Fikri

Subjects
Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Computation and Language, Computer Science - Machine Learning
Abstract

Visual Question Answering (VQA) is an important task in multimodal AI, and it is often used to test the ability of vision-language models to understand and reason on knowledge present in both visual and textual data. However, most of the current VQA models use datasets that are primarily focused on English and a few major world languages, with images that are typically Western-centric. While recent efforts have tried to increase the number of languages covered on VQA datasets, they still lack diversity in low-resource languages. More importantly, although these datasets often extend their linguistic range via translation or some other approaches, they usually keep images the same, resulting in narrow cultural representation. To address these limitations, we construct CVQA, a new Culturally-diverse multilingual Visual Question Answering benchmark, designed to cover a rich set of languages and cultures, where we engage native speakers and cultural experts in the data collection process. As a result, CVQA includes culturally-driven images and questions from across 30 countries on four continents, covering 31 languages with 13 scripts, providing a total of 10k questions. We then benchmark several Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) on CVQA, and show that the dataset is challenging for the current state-of-the-art models. This benchmark can serve as a probing evaluation suite for assessing the cultural capability and bias of multimodal models and hopefully encourage more research efforts toward increasing cultural awareness and linguistic diversity in this field., Comment: 38th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024) Track on Datasets and Benchmarks

Published
2024

9. GIGANTEA adjusts the response to shade at dusk by directly impinging on PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 7 function.

Author

Martínez-Vasallo, Carlos, Cole, Benjamin, Pérez-Alemany, Jaime, Ortiz-Ramírez, Clara, Gallego-Bartolomé, Javier, Chory, Joanne, Kay, Steve, and Nohales, Maria

Subjects
GIGANTEA, PIF7, circadian gating, shade avoidance, tissue specificity, Arabidopsis Proteins, Arabidopsis, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Light, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Circadian Rhythm, Circadian Clocks, DNA-Binding Proteins
Abstract

For plants adapted to bright light, a decrease in the amount of light received can be detrimental to their growth and survival. Consequently, in response to shade from surrounding vegetation, they initiate a suite of molecular and morphological changes known as the shade avoidance response through which stems and petioles elongate in search for light. Under sunlight-night cycles, the plants responsiveness to shade varies across the day, being maximal at dusk time. While a role for the circadian clock in this regulation has long been proposed, mechanistic understanding of how it is achieved is incomplete. Here, we show that the clock component GIGANTEA (GI) directly interacts with the transcriptional regulator PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 7 (PIF7), a key player in the response to shade. GI represses PIF7 transcriptional activity and the expression of its target genes in response to shade, thereby fine-tuning the magnitude of the response to limiting light conditions. We find that under light/dark cycles, this function of GI is required to adequately modulate the gating of the response to shade at dusk. Importantly, we also show that this circuit primarily operates in epidermal cells, highlighting the relevance of tissue-specific clock-output connections for the regulation of plant development in resonance with the environment.

Published
2024

11. Dissecting the polygenic contribution of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder on school performance by their relationship with educational attainment

Author

Cabana-Domínguez, Judit, Bosch, Rosa, Soler Artigas, María, Alemany, Silvia, Llonga, Natalia, Vilar-Ribó, Laura, Carabí-Gassol, Pau, Arribas, Lorena, Macias-Chimborazo, Valeria, Español-Martín, Gemma, del Castillo, Clara, Martínez, Laura, Pagerols, Mireia, Pagespetit, Èlia, Prat, Raquel, Puigbó, Julia, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Casas, Miquel, and Ribasés, Marta

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2024
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13. Late-onset vestibulocerebellar ataxia: clinical and genetic studies in a long follow-up series of 50 patients

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Genís, David, Alemany, Berta, Pellerin, David, Brais, Bernard, Dicaire, Marie-Josée, Volpini, Víctor, Campos, Berta, Corral, Jordi, Gardenyes, Josep, de Jorge, Laura, San Nicolás, Héctor, Buxó, Maria, Martínez Sancho, Joan, Obon, Maria, Roig, Carles, Rodriguez-Revenga, Laia, Alvarez-Mora, María Isabel, Danzi, Matt C., Houlden, Henry, Zuchner, Stephan, Márquez, Fabián, and Ramió i Torrentà, Lluís

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2025
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15. Reprogramming of the LXRα Transcriptome Sustains Macrophage Secondary Inflammatory Responses.

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Vladimir de la Rosa, Juan, Tabraue, Carlos, Huang, Zhiqiang, Orizaola, Marta, Martin-Rodríguez, Patricia, Steffensen, Knut, Zapata, Juan, Boscá, Lisardo, Tontonoz, Peter, Alemany, Susana, Treuter, Eckardt, and Castrillo, Antonio

Subjects
gene expression, inflammation, macrophage, nuclear receptor LXR, Animals, Mice, Disease Models, Animal, Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, Liver X Receptors, Macrophages, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Transcriptome
Abstract

Macrophages regulate essential aspects of innate immunity against pathogens. In response to microbial components, macrophages activate primary and secondary inflammatory gene programs crucial for host defense. The liver X receptors (LXRα, LXRβ) are ligand-dependent nuclear receptors that direct gene expression important for cholesterol metabolism and inflammation, but little is known about the individual roles of LXRα and LXRβ in antimicrobial responses. Here, the results demonstrate that induction of LXRα transcription by prolonged exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) supports inflammatory gene expression in macrophages. LXRα transcription is induced by NF-κB and type-I interferon downstream of TLR4 activation. Moreover, LPS triggers a reprogramming of the LXRα cistrome that promotes cytokine and chemokine gene expression through direct LXRα binding to DNA consensus sequences within cis-regulatory regions including enhancers. LXRα-deficient macrophages present fewer binding of p65 NF-κB and reduced histone H3K27 acetylation at enhancers of secondary inflammatory response genes. Mice lacking LXRα in the hematopoietic compartment show impaired responses to bacterial endotoxin in peritonitis models, exhibiting reduced neutrophil infiltration and decreased expansion and inflammatory activation of recruited F4/80lo-MHC-IIhi peritoneal macrophages. Together, these results uncover a previously unrecognized function for LXRα-dependent transcriptional cis-activation of secondary inflammatory gene expression in macrophages and the host response to microbial ligands.

Published
2024

16. The attitudes towards mathematics: analysis in a multicultural context

Author

Inmaculada Alemany-Arrebola, María del Mar Ortiz-Gómez, Emilio Jesús Lizarte-Simón, and Ángel Custodio Mingorance-Estrada

Subjects
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities, AZ20-999, Social Sciences
Abstract

Abstract Students often exhibit negative attitudes towards mathematics, manifested through rejection, denial, frustration, and avoidance, among others. These attitudes can have a negative influence on academic performance. This work aims to analyse the relationship between attitudes towards mathematics and gender, cultural background, academic year, and academic performance. An Ex Post Facto causal-comparative study was used, with a cross-sectional design, involving the participation of 1101 students of first and second year of Secondary Education. The Attitudes Towards Mathematics in Intercultural Classrooms-Revised (AMAI-R) questionnaire, consisting of 4 components (Affective, Anxiety Control, Behavioural or Study Habits, and Cognitive), was used. The results indicate that there are no differences concerning the gender variable, although women show more anxiety and more negative affective reactions. About grade, second-year students show worse attitudes towards mathematics than firs-year students. Regarding the cultural group, differences are observed according to the ethnic group to which they belong. In addition, students who fail mathematics or repeat grades exhibit worse attitudes. Therefore, the contribution of this research is the possibility that teachers can use a valid, reliable, and easy-to-apply questionnaire in the classroom at the beginning of the course to find out the students’ attitudes, detect negative ones, and counteract their influence on the teaching-learning process, or implement intervention programmes for students to modify them and reduce gender gaps in the STEM field.

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2025
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17. On The Maximum Linear Arrangement Problem for Trees

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Alemany-Puig, Lluís, Esteban, Juan Luis, and Ferrer-i-Cancho, Ramon

Subjects
Computer Science - Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics
Abstract

Linear arrangements of graphs are a well-known type of graph labeling and are found in many important computational problems, such as the Minimum Linear Arrangement Problem ($\texttt{minLA}$). A linear arrangement is usually defined as a permutation of the $n$ vertices of a graph. An intuitive geometric setting is that of vertices lying on consecutive integer positions in the real line, starting at 1; edges are often drawn as semicircles above the real line. In this paper we study the Maximum Linear Arrangement problem ($\texttt{MaxLA}$), the maximization variant of $\texttt{minLA}$. We devise a new characterization of maximum arrangements of general graphs, and prove that $\texttt{MaxLA}$ can be solved for cycle graphs in constant time, and for $k$-linear trees ($k\le2$) in time $O(n)$. We present two constrained variants of $\texttt{MaxLA}$ we call $\texttt{bipartite MaxLA}$ and $\texttt{1-thistle MaxLA}$. We prove that the former can be solved in time $O(n)$ for any bipartite graph; the latter, by an algorithm that typically runs in time $O(n^4)$ on unlabelled trees. The combination of the two variants has two promising characteristics. First, it solves $\texttt{MaxLA}$ for almost all trees consisting of a few tenths of nodes. Second, we prove that it constitutes a $3/2$-approximation algorithm for $\texttt{MaxLA}$ for trees. Furthermore, we conjecture that $\texttt{bipartite MaxLA}$ solves $\texttt{MaxLA}$ for at least $50\%$ of all free trees.

Published
2023

20. General physical impairments in migraine patients beyond cervical function

Author

Roy La Touche, Teresa García-Pastor, Álvaro Reina-Varona, Alba Paris-Alemany, and Mónica Grande-Alonso

Subjects
Chronic migraine, Cervical region, Physical activity, Physical function, Migraine related disability, Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract Previous research has focused on the possibility of cervical dysfunction in migraine patients, similar to what is observed in patients with tension-type headaches. However, there is no evidence concerning the physical function of other body regions, even though lower levels of physical activity have been reported among migraine patients. The aim of this study was to compare cervical and extra-cervical range of motion, muscular strength, and endurance, as well as overall levels of physical activity, between patients with chronic migraine (CM) and asymptomatic participants. The secondary objective included the analysis of associations between CM-related disability and various physical and psychological variables. A total of 90 participants were included in this cross-sectional study: 30 asymptomatic participants (AG) and 60 patients with CM. Cervical and lumbar range of motion, strength and endurance, as well as handgrip strength were measured. Headache-related disability, kinesiophobia, pain behaviors, physical activity level and headache frequency were assessed through a self-report. Lower values were found in CM vs AG for cervical and lumbar ranges of motion (p

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2024
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21. Mitochondrial transplantation normalizes transcriptomic and proteomic shift associated with ischemia reperfusion injury in neonatal hearts donated after circulatory death

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Ilias P. Doulamis, Aspasia Tzani, Victor S. Alemany, Rio S. Nomoto, Aybuke Celik, Dominic P. Recco, Mossab Y. Saeed, Alvise Guariento, Jorge Plutzky, Sitaram M. Emani, Pedro J. del Nido, and James D. McCully

Subjects
Donation after cardiac death, Mitochondrial transplantation, Neonatal, RNA sequencing, Proteomic, Ex situ heart perfusion, Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract Heart transplantation remains the ultimate treatment strategy for neonates and children with medically refractory end-stage heart failure and utilization of donors after circulatory death (DCD) can expand th donor pool. We have previously shown that mitochondrial transplantation preserves myocardial function and viability in neonatal swine DCD hearts to levels similar to that observed in donation after brain death (DBD). Herein, we sought to investigate the transcriptomic and proteomic pathways implicated in these phenotypic changes using ex situ perfused swine hearts. Pathway analysis showed that ATP binding, voltage-gated K channel activity involved in cardiac cell muscle contraction and ribosomal RNA biogenesis were upregulated in the mitochondrial transplantation group, while mitochondria were the predicted source. Promotion of ribosome biogenesis and downregulation of apoptosis were the overlapping mechanisms between transcriptomic and proteomic alterations. Moreover, we showed that mitochondrial transplantation modulates ischemic transcriptomic and proteomic profiles to that of non-ischemia through the mitochondria. Replication of these findings in human in vivo experiments is warranted.

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2024
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22. Spatial multi-omics in whole skeletal muscle reveals complex tissue architecture

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Clara Martínez Mir, Paola Pisterzi, Isabel De Poorter, Maria Rilou, Melissa van Kranenburg, Bram Heijs, Anna Alemany, Fanny Sage, and Niels Geijsen

Subjects
Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract

Abstract Myofibers are large multinucleated cells that have long thought to have a rather simple organization. Single-nucleus transcriptomics, spatial transcriptomics and spatial metabolomics analysis have revealed distinct transcription profiles in myonuclei related to myofiber type. However, the use of local tissue collection or dissociation methods have obscured the spatial organization. To elucidate the full tissue architecture, we combine two spatial omics, RNA tomography and mass spectrometry imaging. This enables us to map the spatial transcriptomic, metabolomic and lipidomic organization of the whole murine tibialis anterior muscle. Our findings on heterogeneity in fiber type proportions are validated with multiplexed immunofluorescence staining in tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum longus and soleus. Our results demonstrate unexpectedly strong regionalization of gene expression, metabolic differences and variable myofiber type proportion along the proximal-distal axis. These new insights in whole-tissue level organization reconcile sometimes conflicting results coming from previous studies relying on local sampling methods.

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2024
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23. A rare case of IgG4-related aortitis in the thoracic aorta mimicking an intramural hematoma: navigating the diagnostic labyrinth

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Victor S. Alemany, Jacqueline Fortier, Himanshu Gupta, Arik Zaider, Juan Grau, Paul Burns, and Habib Jabagi

Subjects
Aortitis, IgG4-RD, Intramural hematoma, Acute aortic syndrome, Aortic imaging, Ascending aorta, Surgery, RD1-811, Anesthesiology, RD78.3-87.3
Abstract

Abstract A 54-year-old female presented with recurrent abdominal pain and new onset chest pain. Chest computed-tomography angiogram detected a thoracic aortic aneurysm with suspected Type A intramural hematoma (IMH) versus aortitis. Initially, conservative management was pursued while awaiting a definitive diagnosis. Differential workup was negative, while additional imaging modalities favored IMH, prompting expedited surgical intervention. During ascending aortic and hemiarch replacement, severe aortitis was unexpectedly discovered without evidence of IMH. Histopathological examination of the aortic specimens identified transmural aortic inflammation with lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate and irregular fibrosis. Numerous IgG4-positive plasma cells were present with IgG4/IgG ratio of 40–50% suggesting IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Subsequent analysis revealed B cells positive for clonal IgH gene rearrangement, and bone marrow biopsy then revealed the same clonal B cells. She was ultimately diagnosed with CLL, the most common phenotype of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, thought to account for the IgG4-predominant plasma cells causing aortitis. Although rare, this case highlights the importance of considering IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) as a cause of aortitis when assessing symptomatic patients with aortic pathologies, emphasizing the complexities involved in diagnosing due to a variety of imaging presentation, differentiating, and managing large-vessel vasculitides. Moreover, it underscores the importance of Multidisciplinary Aortic Team care and the use of multiple diagnostic modalities in evaluating ambiguous aortic pathologies.

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2024
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24. Time-dependent neural arbitration between cue associative and episodic fear memories

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Aurelio Cortese, Ryu Ohata, Maria Alemany-González, Norimichi Kitagawa, Hiroshi Imamizu, and Ai Koizumi

Subjects
Science
Abstract

Abstract After traumatic events, simple cue-threat associative memories strengthen while episodic memories become incoherent. However, how the brain prioritises cue associations over episodic coding of traumatic events remains unclear. Here, we developed an original episodic threat conditioning paradigm in which participants concurrently form two memory representations: cue associations and episodic cue sequence. We discovered that these two distinct memories compete for physiological fear expression, reorganising overnight from an overgeneralised cue-based to a precise sequence-based expression. With multivariate fMRI, we track inter-area communication of the memory representations to reveal that a rebalancing between hippocampal- and prefrontal control of the fear regulatory circuit governs this memory maturation. Critically, this overnight re-organisation is altered with heightened trait anxiety. Together, we show the brain prioritises generalisable associative memories under recent traumatic stress but resorts to selective episodic memories 24 h later. Time-dependent memory competition may provide a unifying account for memory dysfunctions in post-traumatic stress disorders.

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2024
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25. Influence of E-Learning Training on the Acquisition of Competences in Basketball Coaches in Cantabria

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Josep Alemany-Iturriaga, Álvaro Velarde-Sotres, Javier Jorge, and Kamil Giglio

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to analyse the influence of e-learning training on the acquisition of competences in basketball coaches in Cantabria. The current landscape of basketball coach training shows an increasing demand for innovative training models and emerging pedagogies, including e-learning-based methodologies. The study sample consisted of fifty students from these courses, all above 16 years of age (36 males, 14 females). Among them, 16% resided outside the autonomous community of Cantabria, 10% resided more than 50 km from the city of Santander, 36% between 10 and 50 km, 14% less than 10 km, and 24% resided within Santander city. Data were collected through a Google Forms survey distributed by the Cantabrian Basketball Federation to training course students. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. The survey, consisting of 56 questions, was validated by two sports and health doctors and two senior basketball coaches. The collected data were processed and analysed using Microsoft® Excel version 16.74, and the results were expressed in percentages. The analysis revealed that 24.60% of the students trained through the e-learning methodology considered themselves fully qualified as basketball coaches, contrasting with 10.98% of those trained via traditional face-to-face methodology. The results of the study provide insights into important characteristics that can be adjusted and improved within the investigated educational process. Moreover, the study concludes that e-learning training effectively qualifies basketball coaches in Cantabria.

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2024
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26. Smoking and alcohol by HPV status in head and neck cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

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Thakral, Abhinav, Lee, John JW., Hou, Tianzhichao, Hueniken, Katrina, Dudding, Tom, Gormley, Mark, Virani, Shama, Olshan, Andrew, Diergaarde, Brenda, Ness, Andrew R., Waterboer, Tim, Smith-Byrne, Karl, Brennan, Paul, Hayes, D. Neil, Sanderson, Eleanor, Brown, M. Catherine, Huang, Sophie, Bratman, Scott V., Spreafico, Anna, De Almeida, John, Davies, Joel C., Bierut, Laura, Macfarlane, Gary J., Lagiou, Pagona, Lagiou, Areti, Polesel, Jerry, Agudo, Antonio, Alemany, Laia, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Healy, Claire M., Conway, David I., Nygard, Mari, Canova, Cristina, Holcatova, Ivana, Richiardi, Lorenzo, Znaor, Ariana, Goldstein, David P., Hung, Rayjean J., Xu, Wei, Liu, Geoffrey, and Espin-Garcia, Osvaldo

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2024
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29. Machine learning-based health environmental-clinical risk scores in European children

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Guimbaud, Jean-Baptiste, Siskos, Alexandros P., Sakhi, Amrit Kaur, Heude, Barbara, Sabidó, Eduard, Borràs, Eva, Keun, Hector, Wright, John, Julvez, Jordi, Urquiza, Jose, Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve, Chatzi, Leda, Casas, Maribel, Bustamante, Mariona, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Vrijheid, Martine, López-Vicente, Mónica, de Castro Pascual, Montserrat, Stratakis, Nikos, Robinson, Oliver, Grazuleviciene, Regina, Slama, Remy, Alemany, Silvia, Basagaña, Xavier, Plantevit, Marc, Cazabet, Rémy, and Maitre, Léa

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2024
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30. Author Correction: Prospective individual patient data meta-analysis of two randomized trials on convalescent plasma for COVID-19 outpatients

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Millat-Martinez, Pere, Gharbharan, Arvind, Alemany, Andrea, Rokx, Casper, Geurtsvankessel, Corine, Papageorgiou, Grigorios, van Geloven, Nan, Jordans, Carlijn, Groeneveld, Geert, Swaneveld, Francis, van der Schoot, Ellen, Corbacho-Monné, Marc, Ouchi, Dan, Piccolo Ferreira, Francini, Malchair, Pierre, Videla, Sebastian, García García, Vanesa, Ruiz-Comellas, Anna, Ramírez-Morros, Anna, Rodriguez Codina, Joana, Amado Simon, Rosa, Grifols, Joan-Ramon, Blanco, Julian, Blanco, Ignacio, Ara, Jordi, Bassat, Quique, Clotet, Bonaventura, Baro, Bàrbara, Troxel, Andrea, Zwaginga, Jaap Jan, Mitjà, Oriol, and Rijnders, Bart J. A.

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2024
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32. Phenology and ecological role of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in freshwaters

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Villena-Alemany, Cristian, Mujakić, Izabela, Fecskeová, Livia K., Woodhouse, Jason, Auladell, Adrià, Dean, Jason, Hanusová, Martina, Socha, Magdalena, Gazulla, Carlota R., Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim, Sunagawa, Shinichi, Silva Kavagutti, Vinicius, Andrei, Adrian-Ştefan, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Ghai, Rohit, Koblížek, Michal, and Piwosz, Kasia

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2024
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34. Preface

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Alemany, Luis J., Herrera-Delgado, Concepción, Cortés-Reyes, Marina, and Moreno-Tost, Ramón

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2025
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35. Which Argumentative Aspects of Hate Speech in Social Media can be reliably identified?

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Furman, Damián, Torres, Pablo, Rodríguez, José A., Letzen, Diego, Martínez, Vanina, and Alemany, Laura Alonso

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Computer Science - Computation and Language, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Abstract

With the increasing diversity of use cases of large language models, a more informative treatment of texts seems necessary. An argumentative analysis could foster a more reasoned usage of chatbots, text completion mechanisms or other applications. However, it is unclear which aspects of argumentation can be reliably identified and integrated in language models. In this paper, we present an empirical assessment of the reliability with which different argumentative aspects can be automatically identified in hate speech in social media. We have enriched the Hateval corpus (Basile et al. 2019) with a manual annotation of some argumentative components, adapted from Wagemans (2016)'s Periodic Table of Arguments. We show that some components can be identified with reasonable reliability. For those that present a high error ratio, we analyze the patterns of disagreement between expert annotators and errors in automatic procedures, and we propose adaptations of those categories that can be more reliably reproduced., Comment: 9 Pages plus reference and appendix

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2023

36. KPC pancreatic cancer cells are a novel immunocompetent murine model supporting human adenovirus replication and tumor oncolysis

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Marc Otero-Mateo, Francesc Estrany Jr, Sabrina Arcas-Márquez, Laura Moya-Borrego, Giancarlo Castellano, Miquel Castany, Ramon Alemany, and Cristina Fillat

Subjects
oncolytic adenovirus, immunocompetent models, pancreatic tumors, KPC cells, autophagy, adenovirus replication, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
Abstract

Oncolytic adenoviral therapy is a promising approach for pancreatic cancer treatment. However, the limited capacity of murine cells to produce infectious viral progeny precludes the full evaluation of the virotherapy in a suitable immunocompetent mouse model. Here, we report that the murine KPC-I cell line, established from pancreatic tumors developed in LSL-KrasG12D; LSL-Trp53R172H; Pdx-Cre mice, is susceptible to adenoviral replication and generates a progeny of infective virions similar to those from infected human A549 cells. A comparative study with the semipermissive murine CMT64.6 cells reveals that adenoviral infection of KPC-I cells substantially increases the release of infective particles, with a correlating enhanced susceptibility to adenovirus-induced autophagy. Remarkably, systemic delivery of the oncolytic adenovirus AdNuPARE1A in athymic mice bearing KPC-I tumors results in significant inhibition of tumor growth. Moreover, KPC-I tumors in immunocompetent mice with intratumoral administration of AdNuPARE1A or ICOVIR15kDelE3 display significant antitumoral effects, with evidence of adenoviral replication. Collectively, our data show that KPC-I cells are permissive to human oncolytic adenovirus replication, rendering KPC-I syngeneic tumors an interesting model to evaluate the multifaceted antitumor activities of oncolytic adenovirus.

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2025
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37. Retinoblastoma with and without Extraocular Tumor Extension

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Swathi Kaliki, MD, Vijitha S. Vempuluru, MD, Ido Didi Fabian, MD, Elhassan Abdallah, MD, Shehu U. Abdullahi, MD, Rula A. Abdulqader, MD, Aminatu A. Abdulrahaman, MD, Sherif Abouelnaga, MD, Dupe S. Ademola-Popoola, FMCOph, FWACS, Adedayo Adio, FWACS, Mahmoud A. Afifi, MD, Armin R. Afshar, MD, Priyanka Aggarwal, MD, Ada E. Aghaji, FMCOph MSc, Alia Ahmad, MRCPCH UK, Marliyanti N.R. Akib, MD, Adeseye M. Akinsete, MBBS, Lamis Al Harby, MD, Saleh A. Al Mesfer, MD, Mouroge H. Al Ani, MD, Silvia Alarcón Portabella, MD, Safaa A.F. Al-Badri, MD, Ana Patricia A. Alcasabas, MD, Saad A. Al-Dahmash, MD, Amanda Alejos, MD, Ernesto Alemany-Rubio, MD, Amadou I. Alfa Bio, MD, Yvania Alfonso Carreras, MD, Christiane E. Al-Haddad, MD, Hamoud H.Y. Al-Hussaini, MD, MSc, Amany M. Ali, MD, Donjeta B. Alia, MD, Mazin F. Al-Jadiry, MD, Usama Al-Jumaly, MD, Hind M. Alkatan, MD, Charlotta All-Eriksson, MD, PhD, Ali A.R.M. Al-Mafrachi, FIBMS, Argentino A. Almeida, MD, Khalifa M. Alsawidi, MD, Athar A.S.M. Al-Shaheen, MD, Entissar H. Al-Shammary, MD, Doreen Amankwaa-Frempong, MBChB, Primawita O. Amiruddin, MD, Inggar Armytasari, MD, Nicholas J. Astbury, FRCS, FRCOphth, Hatice T. Atalay, MD, Eda Ataseven, MD, La-ongsri Atchaneeyasakul, MD, Rose Atsiaya, OCO, Rudolf Autrata, MD, PhD, Julia Balaguer, MD, PhD, Ruhengiz Balayeva, PhD, Honorio Barranco, MD, PhD, Paulina Bartoszek, MD, Katarina Bartuma, MD, PhD, Covadonga Bascaran, MD, MSc, Nikolaos E. Bechrakis, MD, Maja Beck Popovic, MD, Ainura S. Begimkulova, MD, Sarra Benmiloud, MD, Rokia C. Berete, MD, PhD, Jesse L. Berry, MD, Anirban Bhaduri, MD, Sunil Bhat, MBBS, MD, Arpita Bhattacharyya, MD, Eva M. Biewald, MD, Elaine Binkley, MD, Sharon Blum, MD, Nadia Bobrova, MD, H. Culver Boldt, MD, Maria Teresa B.C. Bonanomi, MD, PhD, Gabrielle C. Bouda, MD, Hédi Bouguila, MD, PhD, Rachel C. Brennan, MD, Bénédicte G. Brichard, MD, PhD, Jassada Buaboonnam, MD, Aléine Budiongo, MD, Matthew Burton, FRCOphth, Patricia Calderón-Sotelo, MD, Doris A. Calle Jara, MD, Jayne E. Camuglia, FRANZCO, Miriam R. Cano, MD, MSc, Michael Capra, FRCPI, Shani Caspi, MD, Nathalie Cassoux, MD, PhD, Guilherme Castela, MD, Luis Castillo, MD, Jaume Català-Mora, MD, PhD, Isabel Caviedes, MD, Arthika Chandramohan, MD, Guillermo L. Chantada, MD, PhD, Shabana Chaudhry, MD, Bhavna Chawla, MD, Wensi Chen, MD, Faraja S. Chiwanga, MSc, Tsengelmaa Chuluunbat, MD, PhD, Krzysztof Cieslik, MD, Antony Clark, FRANZCO, Ruellyn L. Cockcroft, MB ChB , M Med Paed, Codruta Comsa, MD, Maria G. Correa Llano, MD, Timothy W. Corson, PhD, Line Couitchere, MD, Kristin E. Cowan-Lyn, MD, MBBS, Monika Csóka, MD, PhD, Wantanee Dangboon, MD, Anirban Das, MD, Pranab Das, MD, Sima Das, MS, Jacquelyn M. Davanzo, BSN, BSPH, Alan Davidson, MBChB, MPhil, Sonia De Francesco, MD, Patrick De Potter, MD, PhD, Karina Q. Delgado, MD, PhD, Hakan Demirci, MD, Laurence Desjardins, MD, Rosdali Y. Diaz Coronado, MD, Helen Dimaras, PhD, Andrew J. Dodgshun, M Phil, Carla R. Donato Macedo, MD, Monica D. Dragomir, MD, PhD, Yi Du, MD, Magritha Du Bruyn, MD, Johannes P. Du Plessis, MMed (Paed), Gagan Dudeja, MBBS, MS, Katrin Eerme, MD, I Wayan Eka Sutyawan, MD, Asmaa El Kettani, MD, Amal M. Elbahi, MD, James E. Elder, MBBS, Alaa M. Elhaddad, MD, PhD, Moawia M.A. Elhassan, MD, Mahmoud M. Elzembely, MD, Connor Ericksen, MD, Vera A. Essuman, FWACS, Ted Grimbert A. Evina, MD, Ifeoma R. Ezegwui, FMCOph, FWACS, FAEH, Zehra Fadoo, MBBS, Adriana C. Fandiño, MD, Mohammad Faranoush, MD, Oluyemi Fasina, FWACS, Delia D.P.G. Fernández, MSc, Ana Fernández-Teijeiro, MD, PhD, Allen Foster, FRCOphth, Shahar Frenkel, MD, PhD, Ligia D. Fu, MD, Soad L. Fuentes-Alabi, MD, MPH, Juan L. Garcia, MSc, David García Aldana, MD, Henry N. Garcia Pacheco, MD, Jennifer A. Geel, MBChB, MMed, Fariba Ghassemi, MD, Ana V. Girón, MD, Marco A. Goenz, MD, Aaron S. Gold, OD, Hila Golberg, MD, Glen A. Gole, MD, FRANZCO, Nir Gomel, MD, Efren Gonzalez, MD, Graciela Gonzalez Perez, MD, Liudmira González-Rodríguez, MD, Malka Gorfine, PhD, Jaime Graells, MD, Pernille A. Gregersen, MD, Nathalia D.A.K. Grigorovski, MD, Koffi M. Guedenon, MD, D Sanjeeva Gunasekera, MD, Ahmet K. Gündüz, MD, Himika Gupta, MD, Sanjiv Gupta, MS, Vineeta Gupta, MD, Theodora Hadjistilianou, MD, Patrick Hamel, MD, Syed A. Hamid, FCPS, Norhafizah Hamzah, MSc, Eric D. Hansen, MD, J William Harbour, MD, M. Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, Murat Hasanreisoglu, MD, Sadiq Hassan, MD, FWACS, Shadab Hassan, FRCS, FCPS, Wojciech Hautz, MD, Huda A. Haydar, CHD, Stanislava Hederova, MD, Laila Hessissen, MD, Hoby Lalaina, MD, Suradej Hongeng, MD, Diriba F. Hordofa, MD, G. Baker Hubbard, MD, Marlies Hummlen, MD, Kristina Husakova, MD, Allawi N. Hussein Al-Janabi, MD, Affiong A. Ibanga, MB.BCh, FMCOph, Russo Ida, MD, Vesna R. Ilic, MD, Ziyavuddin Islamov, MD, Vivekaraj Jairaj, DNB, Teyyeb A. Janjua, MD, FCPS, FRCSEd, Irfan Jeeva, FRCOphth, Xunda Ji, MD, Dong Hyun Jo, MD, PhD, Michael M. Jones, MD, PhD, FRANZCO, Theophile B. Amani Kabesha, MD, PhD, Rolande L. Kabore, MD, Abubakar Kalinaki, MD, Pius Kamsang, MD, Mehmet Kantar, MD, Noa Kapelushnik, MD, Tamar Kardava, PhD, Rejin Kebudi, MD, Jonny Keomisy, MD, Tomas Kepak, MD, Petra Ketteler, MD, Zohora J. Khan, MD, Hussain A. Khaqan, MD, Vikas Khetan, FRCS, FACS, Alireza Khodabande, MD, Zaza Khotenashvili, MD, Jonathan W. Kim, MD, Jeong Hun Kim, MD, PhD, Hayyam Kiratli, MD, Tero T. Kivelä, MD, Artur Klett, MD, PhD, Irem Koç, MD, Jess Elio Kosh Komba Palet, MD, Dalia Krivaitiene, MD, PhD, Mariana Kruger, Mmed Paed, PhD, Kittisak Kulvichit, MD, Mayasari W. Kuntorini, MD, Alice Kyara, BA, Geoffrey C. Lam, FRANZCO, Scott A. Larson, MD, Slobodanka Latinović, MD, PhD, Kelly D. Laurenti, MD, Yotam Lavi, MD, PhD, Alenka Lavric Groznik, MD, Amy A. Leverant, MD, Cairui Li, MD, Kaijun Li, MD, Ben Limbu, MD, Chun-Hsiu Liu, MD, Quah Boon Long, FRCS (Ed), MMed ( Ophth), FAMS, Juan P. López, MD, Robert M. Lukamba, MD, Sandra Luna-Fineman, MD, Delfitri Lutfi, MD, Lesia Lysytsia, MD, Shiran Madgar, MD, George N. Magrath, MD, Amita Mahajan, MD, Puja Maitra, MD, Erika Maka, MD, Emil K. Makimbetov, MD, Azza M.Y. Maktabi, MD, Carlos Maldonado, MD, Ashwin Mallipatna, MD, Rebecca Manudhane, MD, Lyazat Manzhuova, MD, Nieves Martín Begue, MD, PhD, Sidra Masud, MBBS, Ibrahim O. Matende, MD, M. Med (Oph), Clarissa C.D.S. Mattosinho, MD, Marchelo Matua, BAPH, Ismail Mayet, MD, Freddy B. Mbumba, MD, MMed Paed, John D. McKenzie, MD, Azim Mehrvar, MD, Aemero A. Mengesha, MD, Vikas Menon, MD, Gary John V.D.D. Mercado, MD, Marilyn B. Mets, MD, Edoardo Midena, MD, PhD, Audra Miller, MD, Divyansh K.C. Mishra, DNB, Furahini G. Mndeme, MD, Ahmed A. Mohamedani, FRCPath, Mona T. Mohammad, MD, FRCS, Annette C. Moll, MD, PhD, Margarita M. Montero, MD, Claude Moreira, MD, PhD, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, Mchikirwa S. Msina, MMed Ophth, Gerald Msukwa, MMed Ophth, Sangeeta S. Mudaliar, DNB Pediatric, Hassan Muhammad, MD, Kangwa I. Muma, MMed Ophth, FCOphth, Francis L. Munier, MD, Timothy G. Murray, MD, MBA, Kareem O. Musa, FWACS, FMCOphth, FICO, Asma Mushtaq, MD, Anne A. Musika, MD, Hamzah Mustak, MD, Tajudeen Mustapha, MBBS, FWACS, Okwen M. Muyen, MD, Khumo H. Myezo, Msc, Gita Naidu, MMed Paed, PhD, Natasha Naidu, MBCHB, FCS Ophthalmol, Akshay Gopinathan Nair, MD, Sundaram Natarajan, FRCS, Larisa Naumenko, MD, PhD, Paule Aïda Ndoye Roth, MD PhD, Yetty M. Nency, MD, Vladimir Neroev, MD, PhD, Yvonne Ng, MBChB ( Auckland) , FRANZCO, Marina Nikitovic, MD, PhD, Elizabeth D. Nkanga, FMCOph, Henry E. Nkumbe, MD, Marcel N. Numbi, MD, Kalle Nummi, MD, Murtuza Nuruddin, FRCS, Mutale Nyaywa, MD, MMed Ophth, FCOphth, Chinsisi Nyirenda, MD, Ghislaine Obono-Obiang, MD, Scott C.N. Oliver, MD, Joaquin Ooporto, MD, Miriam Ortega-Hernández, MD, Alexander Oscar, MD, Diego Ossandon, MD, Halimah Pagarra, MD, PhD, Vivian Paintsil, FWACP, Luisa Paiva, MD, Mahesh Shanmugam Palanivelu, FRCSED, Ruzanna Papyan, MD, Raffaele Parrozzani, MD, PhD, Claudia R. Pascual Morales, MD, Katherine E. Paton, MD, FRCSC, Jacob Pe'er, MD, Jesús Peralta Calvo, MD, Sanja Perić, MD, PhD, Chau T.M. Pham, MD, Remezo Philbert, MD, David A. Plager, MD, Pavel Pochop, MD, PhD, Rodrigo A. Polania, MD, Vladimir Polyakov, MD, Jimena Ponce, MD, Ali O. Qadir, MD, Seema Qayyum, FCPS, Jiang Qian, MD, Ardizal Rahman, MD, Purnima Rajkarnikar, MD, Rajesh Ramanjulu, MD, Aparna Ramasubramanian, MD, Marco A. Ramirez-Ortiz, MD, MPH, Jasmeen K. Randhawa, BA, Léa Raobela, MD, Riffat Rashid, MS, M. Ashwin Reddy, FRCOphth, Lorna A. Renner, FRCPCH (UK), David Reynders, MD, Dahiru Ribadu, FMCOph, Petra Ritter-Sovinz, MD, Anna Rogowska, MD, Duangnate Rojanaporn, MD, Livia Romero, MD, Soma R. Roy, DCO, Raya H. Saab, MD, Svetlana Saakyan, MD, PhD, Ahmed H. Sabhan, MD, Mandeep S. Sagoo, FRCS (Ed), Azza M.A. Said, MD, Rohit Saiju, MD, Beatriz Salas, MD, Sonsoles San Román Pacheco, MD, Gissela L. Sánchez, MD, Alma Janeth Sanchez Orozco, MD, Phayvanh Sayalith, MD, Trish A. Scanlan, MRCPI, MSc, Christoph Schwab, MD, Ahad Sedaghat, MD, Rachna Seth, DNB MNAMS, Mariana Sgroi, MD, Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD, Shawkat A. Shakoor, MS, Manoj K. Sharma, MD, Sadik T. Sherief, MD, Carol L. Shields, MD, David Sia, MB ChB, FRANZCO, Sorath Noorani Siddiqui, MD, Sidi Sidi cheikh, MD, PhD, Sónia Silva, MD, Arun D. Singh, MD, Usha Singh, MS, Penny Singha, MD, Rita S. Sitorus, MD, PhD, Alison H. Skalet, MD, PhD, Hendrian D. Soebagjo, MD, PhD, Tetyana Sorochynska, MD, PhD, Grace Ssali, MD, Andrew W. Stacey, MD, Sandra E. Staffieri, PhD, Erin D. Stahl, MD, David M. Steinberg, PhD, David K. Stones, MBChB, FCPaed, Caron Strahlendorf, MD, Maria Estela Coleoni Suarez, MD, Sadia Sultana, FCPS, Xiantao Sun, MD, Rosanne Superstein, MD, Eddy Supriyadi, MD, PhD, Supawan Surukrattanaskul, MD, Shigenobu Suzuki, MD, PhD, Karel Svojgr, MD, PhD, Fatoumata Sylla, MD, Gevorg Tamamyan, MD, PhD, Deborah Tan, MBBS, Alketa Tandili, MD, PhD, Jing Tang, MD, Fanny F. Tarrillo Leiva, MD, Maryam Tashvighi, MD, Bekim Tateshi, MD, PhD, Kok Hoi Teh, MD, Edi S. Tehuteru, MD, Luiz F. Teixeira, MD, Manca Tekavcic Pompe, MD, PhD, Abdullah Dahan M. Thawaba, MD, Tuyisabe Theophile, MSc, Helen Toledano, MBChB, Doan L. Trang, MD, Fousseyni Traoré, MD, Devjyoti Tripathy, MD, Samuray Tuncer, MD, Harba Tyau-Tyau, MD, Ali B. Umar, MD, FMCPath, Emel Unal, MD, Ogul E. Uner, BA, Steen F. Urbak, MD, PhD, Tatiana L. Ushakova, MD, Rustam H. Usmanov, MD, Sandra Valeina, MD, Paola Valente, MD, Milo van Hoefen Wijsard, MD, Jacqueline Karina Vasquez Anchaya, MD, Leon O. Vaughan, FRCS (Ed), Nevyana V. Veleva-Krasteva, MD, PhD, Nishant Verma, MD, Andi A. Victor, MD, PhD, Maris Viksnins, MD, Edwin G. Villacís Chafla, MD, Victor M. Villegas, MD, Victoria Vishnevskia-Dai, MD, Keith Waddell, DM, FRCP, FRCS, FRCOphth, Amina H. Wali, MD, FMCOph Nigeria, Yi-Zhuo Wang, MD, Nutsuchar Wangtiraumnuay, MD, FICO, Julie A. Wetter, MMed Rad Onc, FCRad Onc, Widiarti P. Riono, MD, Matthew W. Wilson, MD, Amelia D.C. Wime, MD, Atchareeya Wiwatwongwana, MD, Damrong Wiwatwongwana, MD, Charlotte Wolley Dod, MD, Emily S. Wong, FCOphth HK, FHKAM, Phanthipha Wongwai, MD, PhD, Si-qi Wu, MSc, Daoman Xiang, MD, PhD, Yishuang Xiao, MSc, Bing Xu, MD, Kang Xue, MD, Antonio Yaghy, MD, Jason C. Yam, FRCSEd, Huasheng Yang, MD, Jenny M. Yanga, MD, Muhammad A. Yaqub, MD, FCPS, FRCSEd, Vera A. Yarovaya, MD, Andrey A. Yarovoy, MD, PhD, Huijing Ye, MD, Roberto I. Yee, MD, Yacoub A. Yousef, MD, Putu Yuliawati, MD, Arturo M. López, MD, Ekhtelbenina Zein, MD, Yi Zhang, MD, PhD, Katsiaryna Zhilyaeva, MD, Nida Zia, MBBS, MCPS, Othman A.O. Ziko, MD, PhD, Marcia Zondervan, MBA, Sabrina Schlüter, MD, and Richard Bowman, FRCOphth

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External beam radiotherapy, Extraocular extension, Multimodal treatment, Retinoblastoma, Tumor, Ophthalmology, RE1-994
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Purpose: To study the treatment and outcomes of children with retinoblastoma (RB) with extraocular tumor extension (RB-EOE) and compare them with RB without extraocular tumor extension (RB-w/o-EOE). Design: Multicenter intercontinental collaborative prospective study from 2017 to 2020. RB-EOE cases included those with overt orbital tumor extension in treatment-naive patients. Cases with microscopic orbital extension detected postenucleation were excluded from the study. Participants: A total of 319 children with RB-EOE and 3116 children with RB-w/o-EOE. Intervention: Chemotherapy, enucleation, exenteration, radiotherapy. Main Outcome Measures: Systemic metastasis and death. Results: Of the 3435 RB patients included in this study, 309 (9%) were from low-income countries (LIC), 1448 (42%) from lower-middle income, 1012 (29%) from upper-middle income, and 666 (19%) patients from high-income countries. There was an inverse relationship between the percentage of RB-EOE and national income level, with 96 (31%) patients from LIC, 197 (6%) lower-middle income, 20 (2%) upper-middle income, and 6 (1%) patients from high-income countries (P = 0.0001). The outcomes were statistically significant for RB-EOE compared with RB-w/o-EOE: systemic metastasis (32% vs. 4% respectively; P = 0.0001) and metastasis-related death (63% vs. 6% respectively; P = 0.0001). Multimodal treatment was the most common form of treatment (n = 177; 54%) for RB-EOE, with most cases undergoing a combination of intravenous chemotherapy and enucleation (n = 97; 30%). Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) after surgery (enucleation/orbital exenteration) was given in only 68 (21%) cases. Kaplan–Meier analysis for systemic metastasis and metastasis-related death in RB-EOE was 28% and 57% at 1 year, 29% and 60% at 2 years, and 29% and 61% at 3 years, respectively. Cox regression analysis revealed that the risk of death from RB-EOE was greater in patients aged >4 years than

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2025
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39. Editorial: Affirmation? How to Learn to Live with ‘The Others’ Through Design

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Enrique Nieto Fernández and Ester Gisbert Alemany

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Drawing. Design. Illustration, NC1-1940
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We approach design practices as practices of re-composition that ‘design’ encounters between entities with lives, interests, risks, materialities, politics, scales, and temporalities that are highly heterogeneous. This proposal draws attention to the responsibility of design in a world marked by an increasing ecosocial crisis, which demands not so much an improvement in our ability to design for others, but rather to live with others ‘through’ design. We will meet with disobedient ants, cultural management, invasive plants, ancestral knowledges, unstable amphibians, women’s communities, changing climates, Indigenous peoples, environments, and publics that—all together—design a ‘we’ that is always in formation, affecting the places where we work, the studios where we design, the classrooms where we learn, or the epistemologies from which we articulate our relationship with otherness.

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2025
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40. Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis

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José Fierro-Marrero, Mario González-Iglesias, Alberto Melis-Romeu, Javier Andrés López-Vidal, Alba Paris-Alemany, and Roy La Touche

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motor imagery, movement imagery, mental representation, older adults, aging, geriatrics, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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ObjectiveExplore motor imagery (MI) abilities in healthy older adults compared with healthy younger adults.MethodsA systematic review with meta-analysis.ResultsTwenty-seven cross-sectional studies were included. Meta-analyses explored MI abilities between healthy older and younger adults for the ability to generate kinesthetic (60–70 years: g = −0.24, 95%CI = −1.61, 1.13; 70–80 years: g = −1.29, 95%CI = −2.75, 0.17), and visual modality (g = −0.08, 95%CI = −0.71, 0.86); vividness in kinesthetic (g = 0.14, 95%CI = −0.13, 0.41), IV (g = 0.11, 95%CI = −0.16, 0.38), and EV modalities (g = 0.05, 95%CI = −0.15, 0.24); mental chronometry in timed-up and go (seconds = 0.63, 95%CI = −0.02, 1.27), and linear walk (seconds = 0.75, 95%CI = −0.55, 2.06); and MI-execution time congruence (performance overestimation) in linear walk (g = −0.02, 95%CI = −0.73, 0.69). Mental chronometry in upper limb movements was analyzed visually in forest plot indicating tendencies of greater time in older adults. Hand recognition in hand laterality judgment task visual analysis revealed a poorer accuracy, greater response time and lower efficiency in older adults.ConclusionVividness of MI in kinesthetic and visual modalities appears to be preserved in older adults. Tendencies for greater time in mental chronometry were observed in older adults in TUG, linear walk and upper limb tasks. Implicit MI assessed with hand laterality showed older adults have lower accuracy, longer response times and lower efficiency. The ability to generate MI in kinesthetic and visual modalities presented imprecise results, and no clear conclusions could be drawn on MI-execution temporal congruence due to imprecision. Further research is needed to potentially clarify these findings.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO: CRD42023384916.

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2025
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41. Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and genotyping among healthy adult populations in the United States and Europe: results from the PROGRESS (PRevalence of Oral hpv infection, a Global aSSessment) studyResearch in context

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Laia Alemany, Marisa Felsher, Anna R. Giuliano, Tim Waterboer, Haitham Mirghani, Hisham Mehanna, Craig Roberts, Ya-Ting Chen, Núria Lara, Mark Lynam, Mayara Torres, Montse Pedrós, Emilio Sanchez, Jacque Spitzer, Bradley Sirak, Beatriz Quirós, Gema Carretero, Sonia Paytubi, Edith Morais, and Miquel Angel Pavón

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Oral human papillomavirus, Prevalence, Risk factors, Medicine (General), R5-920
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Summary: Background: HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is increasing in incidence, yet there are few well-designed oral HPV epidemiology studies in general populations. This study assessed oral HPV prevalence and risk-factors among a general population in Europe and the United States (US). Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2020 and July 2023 in 105 dental offices in France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom (UK) and US. Participants were aged 18–60 and visiting dental clinics for routine examination. Participants provided oral gargle specimen for HPV DNA and genotyping and completed behavioral questionnaires. HPV DNA detection and genotyping was performed using SPF10/DEIA/LiPA25 at central laboratories. Findings: Of 7674 participants, mean (SD) age was 40.0 (11.9), and 45.8% were males. Among men, any oral HPV prevalence ranged between countries from 6.6% to 15.0% and 1.8%–4.5% for high-risk (HR) types. Among women, any oral HPV prevalence ranged between countries from 3.6% to 6.8% and 0.2%–2.1% for HR types. HR infection among men was associated with older age (AOR 1.04; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.06); marijuana use (AOR 1.92; 95% CI: 1.19–3.11); increasing number of lifetime female oral sex partners; and by country, residing in the UK compared to Spain (AOR 2.89; 95% CI: 1.30–6.43). HR infection among women was associated with lifetime marijuana use (AOR 2.33; 95% CI: 1.18–4.60) and by country, residing in France compared to Spain (AOR 4.46; 95% CI: 1.26–15.77). Interpretation: Oral HPV burden was highest among older men who may be at risk of developing OPSCC. Funding: Funding for this research was provided by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.

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2025
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42. Product Fit and Sizing

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Robinette, Kathleen M., Veitch, Daisy, Alemany, Sandra, and Bredenkamp, Karen

Subjects
Sustainable Fit Design Process, Product Design, Industry Design, 3D Human Scanning, Biomechanical Modeling, Engineering Anthropometry, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Biomedical engineering, Ergonomics, Engineering: general, Production and quality control management, Automatic control engineering, Probability and statistics, Other manufacturing technologies, Systems analysis and design, Purchasing and supply management, Product design, Biomechanics, human kinetics, Hydraulic engineering
Abstract

In this book, for the first time, the complexity of assessing fit and using fittings in the product design process is addressed from a scientific and systems engineering perspective. It includes methods to represent the anthropometry of the target market, good practices to develop protocols for more reliable and consistent fit testing, methods for developing and maintaining a fit database, comprehensive statistical analyses needed for fit and sizing analysis, and instructions for selecting and modeling cases for new product development. Product Fit and Sizing: Sustainable Product Evaluation, Engineering, and Design offers step-by-step instructions for the evaluation, engineering, and design of existing and new products and includes real-world examples of mass-produced apparel, head wearables, and footwear products. It also explains how to develop a sustainable fit standard for fit and sizing continuity for all styles across all seasons and iterations. This book is intended for industry professionals and undergraduate and graduate education to prepare students for design and engineering jobs. For organizations that purchase uniforms or protective equipment and apparel, it also provides instructions for purchasing professionals to evaluate the suitability of wearable products for their population. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Published
2024
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