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Data set from Fantini F, Toso A, Menicanti L, Moroni F, Castelvecchio S. Restrictive filling pattern in ischemic cardiomyopathy: Insights after surgical ventricular restoration. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Oct 30:S0022-5223(19)32349-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.173. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31767363. This is the abstract: Objective: To examine factors possibly involved in the resolution or persistence of restrictive filling pattern (RFP) after surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) in a series of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and RFP. Methods: Echocardiography was performed at baseline (pre-SVR), discharge, and follow-up in 43 patients with ICM and RFP (E/A ratio ≥2). Patients were divided into 2 groups based on E/A ratio at discharge: improved (E/A ratio <2; 22 patients) and unchanged (E/A ratio ≥2; 21 patients). Results: The improved group had a significantly increased mean deceleration time (from 137 ± 22 ms to 194 ± 68 ms; P = .002) and mean A wave velocity (from 43 ± 10 cm/s to 92 ± 37 cm/s; P = .001), and decreased E/e' ratio (from 27.7 ± 9.5 to 19.2 ± 7.8; P = .01) after SVR. The unchanged group did not show any significant variations in diastolic parameters. The only significant differences at baseline between the two groups were thinner left ventricle posterior wall and lower relative wall thickness (RWT) in the unchanged group. RWT was the sole baseline parameter independently associated with persistent RFP. Conclusions: RFP was reversed after SVR in 22 of our 43 patients with ICM with a response that remained stable over time, associated with improved New York Heart Association class. RWT was the sole baseline echocardiographic parameter significantly associated with the evolution of RFP after

Project: IPCC Data Distribution Centre : Assessment Report Four data sets - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information, relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and option for adaption and migration. Projection of future trends for a number of key variables are provided through this section of the DDC (http://ipcc-data.org/sim/gcm_clim/SRES_AR4 ). The SRES scenarios have been constructed to explore future developments in the global enviromental with special reference to the production of greenhouse gases and aerosol precursor emission. A set of four scenario families (A1, A2, B1, B2) have been developed that each of this storylines describes one possible demographic, polito-economic, societal and technological future. Model experiments, also using different forcing scenarios, were calculated at other modeling centres. The data represent a subset of data sets from the IPCC Model Output Archive at PCMDI (http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php). _ These datasets are available in netCDF and GRIB format. The dataset names are composed of - centre/model acronym (e.g. MPEH5: Max-Planck-Institute/Echam5) - scenario acronym (e.g. SRB1: SRES B1) - run number (e.g. 1: run 1) - format identifier (e.g. N: netCDF, G: GRIB) - variable acronym [with level value] (e.g. hur850: relative humidity, 850 hPa) --> example: MPEH5_SRB1_1_G_hur850 Summary: These data represent monthly averaged values of selected variables for the Data Distribution Centre (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (see also http://www.ipcc-data.org/) The model output prepared for IPCC Fourth Assessment climate of the Pre-industrial control experiment (picntrl). These datasets are available in netCDF and GRIB format. The dataset names are composed of - centre/model acronym (e.g. MPEH5: Max-Planck-Institute/Echam5) - scenario acronym (e.g. PICTL: PICNTRL) - run number (e.g. 1: run 1) - format identifier (e.g. N: netCDF, G: GRIB) - variable acronym [with level value] (e.g. hur850: relative humidity, 850 hPa) --> example: MPEH5_PICTL_1_G_hur850 For this experiment there are 2 ensemble runs available. For model output data in higher temporal resulution and more variables visit the web page https://esg.llnl.gov:8443/home/publicHomePage.do.

The best-possible-self (BPS) intervention is one of the most widely used positive psychological interventions. It has been shown to promote well-being, optimism and positive affect and to decrease negative affect. However, most research has been conducted in western countries and its effectiveness in people from Eastern countries has been questioned. In this study, we examined the effect of the BPS in young adults from mainland China. Moreover, we investigated the moderating effect of cultural orientation, self-efficacy, and trait optimism and the mediating effect of state optimism and goal-related cognitions. Seventy participants were randomly assigned to the BPS or the control condition. In contrast to previous studies, the BPS did not lead to higher positive affect or well-being in Chinese, but rather to decreased negative affect and negative future expectancies. No significant moderating or mediating effect was found. This study indicates that the effects of the BPS might differ across cultures.

Training and development data for the WMT18 QE task. Test data will be published as a separate item. This shared task will build on its previous six editions to further examine automatic methods for estimating the quality of machine translation output at run-time, without relying on reference translations. We include word-level, phrase-level and sentence-level estimation. All tasks make use of datasets produced from post-editions by professional translators. The datasets are domain-specific (IT and life sciences/pharma domains) and extend from those used previous years with more instances and more languages. One important addition is that this year we also include datasets with neural MT outputs. In addition to advancing the state of the art at all prediction levels, our specific goals are: To study the performance of quality estimation approaches on the output of neural MT systems. We will do so by providing datasets for two language language pairs where the same source segments are translated by both a statistical phrase-based and a neural MT system. To study the predictability of deleted words, i.e. words that are missing in the MT output. TO do so, for the first time we provide data annotated for such errors at training time. To study the effectiveness of explicitly assigned labels for phrases. We will do so by providing a dataset where each phrase in the output of a phrase-based statistical MT system was annotated by human translators. To study the effect of different language pairs. We will do so by providing datasets created in similar ways for four language language pairs. To investigate the utility of detailed information logged during post-editing. We will do so by providing post-editing time, keystrokes, and actual edits. Measure progress over years at all prediction levels. We will do so by using last year's test set for comparative experiments. In-house statistical and neural MT systems were built to produce translations for all tasks. MT system-dependent information can be made available under request. The data is publicly available but since it has been provided by our industry partners it is subject to specific terms and conditions. However, these have no practical implications on the use of this data for research purposes. Participants are allowed to explore any additional data and resources deemed relevant.

Alpha oscillations (8���14 Hz) are the dominant rhythm in the awake brain, which is proposed to set the internal state of the neural system. Previous work has demonstrated that states of decreased spontaneous alpha oscillatory power correlate with enhanced neural excitability. However, whether and how changes in neural excitability influence sensory processing and manifest in behavior are yet open questions. To address these questions, we used a novel paradigm to experimentally manipulate human participants��� decision criterion (i.e., how certain percepts are used for decision) in a visual detection task. In different blocks, we primed participants differently with clearly visible stimuli to introduce either a liberal or conservative decision criterion for the subsequently presented ambiguous stimuli. While we observed prevalent criterion shifts in participants��� decisions under different priming conditions, the pre-stimulus oscillatory power or phase were not modulated by different priming conditions. Trial-by-trial analyses showed that lower spontaneous alpha oscillatory power in visual areas encoding the target stimuli leads to higher accuracy in performing the task, which is accompanied with enhanced information content decodable in the neural activity patterns. Moreover, spontaneous alpha oscillatory phase in anterior frontal and superior parietal regions modulate accuracy in a phasic sinusoidal manner. Together, our results indicate that as neural excitability increases in the state of decreased occipital alpha-band oscillatory power, the sensory representation of task-relevant visual stimuli is sharpened and consequently leads to improved behavioral discriminability.

Project: IPCC Assessment Report 5 and Coupled Model Intercomparison Project data sets - These data belong to two projects: 1) to the Assessment Report No 5 of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR5) and 2) to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project No 5 (CMIP5). CMIP5 is executed by the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) on behalf of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Most of the data is replicated between the three data nodes at the World Data Centre for Climate (WDCC), the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC), and the PCMDI. The project embraces the simulations with about 30 climate models of about 20 institutes worldwide. Summary: 'decadal1997' is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 ( http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/ ). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5. decadal1997 (10-year hindcast/prediction initialized in year 1997) - Version 2: The atmospheric composition (and other conditions) should be prescribed as in the historical run (expt. 3.2) and the RCP4.5 scenario (expt. 4.1) of the long-term suite of experiments. Ocean initial conditions should be in some way representative of the observed anomalies or full fields for the start date. Land, sea-ice and atmosphere initial conditions are left to the discretion of each group. Experiment design: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf List of output variables: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.pdf Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax ( http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf ) as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc .

This deposit serves as a long-term archive for the unprocessed raw data behind the uprolls2019 table in my comprehensive dataset on religion and politics in India, which is available at https://github.com/raphael-susewind/india-religion-politics/tree/master/uprolls2019

Diffraction data frames and processing file for the 1.70 Å crystal structure of Vibrio alkaline phosphatase with bound HEPES, a non-competitve inhibitor. Diffraction data were collected at the BioMAX beamline (MaxIV synchrotron, Lund, Sweden) and processed in XDS and XSCALE. "VAP-HEPESdeh.hkl" is the final processed reflections file used for phasing and refinement.

This dataset contains the Arab-West Report special reports that were published in 2005.This dataset mainly contains the writings of Cornelis Hulsman, Drs., among other authors on topics related to Muslim-Christian relations and interfaith dialogue between the West and Islamic world. Many of the articles also discuss tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt throughout the year. Notably, in this dataset, a number of the articles address the famous incident of the Danish cartoons and drawings of Prophet Muhammad which caused an uproar in the Islamic world. Other prominent subjects in this dataset include reports on monastic life and articles about Coptic Orthodox Bishops.Furthermore, the dataset included recommendation of Arab-West Report's work by other social figures and commentary on published material from other sources (reviews/critique of articles).Some of the themes that characterized this dataset:Book reviews of S.S. Hasan’s Book, "Christian Versus Muslim In Modern Egypt: The Century-Long Struggle For Coptic Equality" by a number of authors listed in this dataset.-John. H. Watson, who knows Pope Shenouda and many of the Bishops mentioned in the book, closes his review with Hasan’s words: “It is doubtful that the Copts have made much headway, in their century-long tortuously slow trajectory toward citizenship with equal rights."-PhD student Fiona McCallum concluded that by focusing on the bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Hasan provides a clear and original study of the impact of the reform movement. McCallum explains that the use of traditions such as Coptic martyrology combined with modernization of the church administration has allowed the church to successfully assimilate Coptic cultural and political space in to its own structures.- An account of how the murder of the Armanious family had been received in the US Coptic community. The Coptic community held a candlelight vigil for the Armanious family in Los Angeles.- A report on a visit by a Christian-Muslim dialogue group from Austria to Egypt with the desire to discover a new context for Muslim-Christian relations. The group hoped that this visit might inspire similar Christian-Muslim dialogue in Europe. The group experienced dialogue at very different levels, from religious leaders and prominent intellectuals to the grassroots level in a village in Banī Swayf. The Austrians were impressed by the deep and genuine friendships between Muslims and Copts and their shared commitment to social work.Arab West Report developments:-Invitation to Mustafa Abaza to join the AWR Board of Advisors.Arab West Report Recommendations-Muhammad Abu Laylah, Professor of Islamic Studies in English and Head of the English Department at the Azhar University recommends Arab West Report's work.-An author praised the solid contribution of Arab West Report to providing deeper understanding of interfaith dynamics in Egypt and elsewhere by seeking to give context to day-to-day discourses and events that often appear senseless or even capricious to the uninformed observer.Media critique:Hulsman wrote in one of his editorials about the need for journalists to be aware of sectarian sensitivities so as to not contribute to bias and distortion of facts.-A critique of an article published by Al-ʾUsbūʿ that reinforces a widespread belief that Americans are trying to use Egypt’s Christians to create a wedge between Muslims and Christians with the purpose of weakening Egypt. The author considered that the article lacks accuracy but evinces Egyptian distrust of US involvement in religious issues in Egypt.- An Interview with Amīr Mīlād, a Christian desert guide, about the monks in Wādī al-Rayyān. Father Basilius of the Monastery of Makarius responded to the articles of Dr. John Watson [Week 21] and Amīr Mīlād [Week 22] about Wādī al-Rayyān. Father Basilius provides more details, commenting on the hierarchical structure of the church.- Baptist pastor Dr. Jeff Adams agrees with Dr. Larry Levine, an Orthodox Jew, that some statements of evangelical Christian leaders supporting Israel are reasons for concern. But Dr. Adams asks to avoid putting all Christian evangelicals and/or fundamentalists in the same box, especially in the emotionally charged religious/political climate of today.- “Lies In A Coptic Letter To US Secretary Of State Condoleeza Rice”: Human rights activist Rā’id al-Sharqāwī disputes the claims of the US Copts Association that a priest from al-Zaqāzīq was murdered in a car accident.The Danish Cartoons controversy:-Discussions on the issue of freedom of expression and media responsibility, following the publication, in a Danish newspaper, of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. These cartoons were perceived by Muslims as anti-Islamic.-A response by Danish newspapers to the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.-Discovering Islam in Ramadan : During the weekend "Discovering Islam in Ramadān” in the framework of the "Inculturation Training” offered by CAWU, eight European volunteers met with Arab West Report translator ʿAmr al-Misrī on liberal Islam. Former Arab West Report translator Amānī ʿĀsim introduced them to the spirit of Ramadān,-The celebration of 150 years of presence of the Evangelical Church [e.g. the Presbyterian denomination] in Egypt stressed both the universality and the deep-rootedness of the Church in Egyptian society.A statement by the Danish Christian NGO, Danmission, pointing out that the NGO dissociated itself from Jyllens-Posten’s cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as far back as November 2005. Danmission calls for dialogue, rather than conflict. This statement is delivered in addition to a statement by the Danish Minister Of Foreign Affairs about the Danish cartoons, in which he called on Muslims and their leaders around the world to look beyond the big news headlines and the inflammatory rhetoric concerning the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Furthermore, the Minister of Foreign Affairs points out Denmark’s positive relations with the Arab world. The dataset included another statement by the Danish Prime Minister where he announced that Jyllens-Posten has apologized for the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, and emphasizes that the Danish government condemns any expression, action or indication that attempts to demonize groups of people on the basis of their religion or ethnic background.-An author analyses the case of Heidi Hakīm Manqarius Salīb, a Christian girl who converted to Islam. This case was reported in Al-Katība al-Tībīya (The Theban Legion) and on the websites of several Christian organizations as a kidnapping despite the fact there is no proof of any physical force or forced conversion.-Coptic researcher Samīr Marqus sees problems between Copts and Muslims mainly as a result of the wavering economy. Arab-West Report is convinced that efforts at economic development would help reduce incidents of sectarian strife.Authors with work featured in this dataset include:Cornelis Hulsman, Drs. , Janique Blattmann , John H. Watson, Fiona McCallum, Otto F.A. Meinardus, Hazel Heijer, John Hoover, Kristina Bergmann , Adam Hannestad, Basilius al-Maqārī (Father), Karam Sabir, Naji Bihman , Dr. Larry F. Levine , ‘Alī ‘Ashmāwī, Jeff Adams, Dr., Rev., Hamzah Ibrahim, 'Alā' al-Qahwajī , Wolfram Reiss, Rev. Dr. , Rā’id al-Sharqāwī, ‘Ulā Jalāl, ʿAmr al-Misri , Elizabeth Yell , David D. Grafton, Monika Zickelbein, Anne-Catherine Weiss, Muhammad Abu Laylā, Ahmad Usāmah, Lars Mandrup, Per Stig Møller, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Elizabeth Yell, Dr. ʿAbd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, Dr., Yūḥannā Qultah Sa‘īd, Monika Zickelbein, Thurayya Hoppe, and Jennifer Drago.

Le Financement de provinciale-territoriale soutient 17 categories de projets d'infrastructure, dont les infrastructures essentielles (p. ex., eau potable) et les infrastructures porteuses de croissance economique (p. ex., connectivite a large bande). Les organismes provinciaux, municipaux et prives sont admissibles. Ces donnees montrent les demandes faites au Financement de base provincial- territorial en 2007. Le Financement de base provincial-territorial est un volet du Plan Chantiers Canada dont la province, le gouvernement federal et le demandeur se partagent les couts. *[p. ex.]: par exemple The Provincial-Territorial Base Fund (PT-Base) fund infrastructure projects across 17 project categories, including critical infrastructure (e.g. drinking water) and infrastructure that promotes economic growth (e.g. broadband). Eligible applicants include the province, municipalities and public sector bodies. This dataset shows the application stage for the 2007 PT-Base intake. PT-Base is a component of the Building Canada Plan and is cost shared by the province, the federal government and the applicant. *[PT-Base]: Provincial-Territorial Base Fund *[e.g.]: for example