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Utrecht University
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About: Utrecht University is a education organization based out in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 58176 authors who have published 139351 publications receiving 6214282 citations. The organization is also known as: UU & Universiteit Utrecht.
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TL;DR: The results show that rich club connections make an important contribution to interregional signal traffic, forming a central high-cost, high-capacity backbone for global brain communication.
Abstract: Network studies of human brain structural connectivity have identified a specific set of brain regions that are both highly connected and highly central. Recent analyses have shown that these putative hub regions are mutually and densely interconnected, forming a “rich club” within the human brain. Here we show that the set of pathways linking rich club regions forms a central high-cost, high-capacity backbone for global brain communication. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data of two sets of 40 healthy subjects were used to map structural brain networks. The contributions to network cost and communication capacity of global cortico-cortical connections were assessed through measures of their topology and spatial embedding. Rich club connections were found to be more costly than predicted by their density alone and accounted for 40% of the total communication cost. Furthermore, 69% of all minimally short paths between node pairs were found to travel through the rich club and a large proportion of these communication paths consisted of ordered sequences of edges (“path motifs”) that first fed into, then traversed, and finally exited the rich club, while passing through nodes of increasing and then decreasing degree. The prevalence of short paths that follow such ordered degree sequences suggests that neural communication might take advantage of strategies for dynamic routing of information between brain regions, with an important role for a highly central rich club. Taken together, our results show that rich club connections make an important contribution to interregional signal traffic, forming a central high-cost, high-capacity backbone for global brain communication.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the importance of teacher-student relationships for the wellbeing of teachers starting from the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping of Lazarus (1991) based on theories on interpersonal relationships, it is postulated that teachers have a basic need for relatedness with the students in their class.
Abstract: Many studies have examined the importance of teacher–student relationships for the development of children. Much less is known, however, about how these relationships impact the professional and personal lives of teachers. This review considers the importance of teacher–student relationships for the wellbeing of teachers starting from the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping of Lazarus (1991). Based on theories on interpersonal relationships, it is postulated that teachers have a basic need for relatedness with the students in their class. It is discussed that teachers internalize experiences with students in representational models of relationships that guide emotional responses in daily interactions with students and change teacher wellbeing in the long run. In addition, the notion of mental representations of relationships at different levels of generalization could offer a window to understand how individual teacher–student relationships may affect the professional and personal self-esteem of teachers. Lastly, it is argued that the influence of student misbehavior on teacher stress may be more fully understood from a relationship perspective. The review shows that few studies have directly tested these propositions and offers suggestions for future research.
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TL;DR: In conclusion, women with PCOS are at increased risk of pregnancy and neonatal complications and pre-pregnancy, antenatal and intrapartum care should be aimed at reducing these risks.
Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive disorder associated with many characteristic features, including hyperandrogenaemia, insulin resistance and obesity which may have significant implications for pregnancy outcomes and long-term health of the woman. This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the risk of pregnancy and neonatal complications in women with PCOS. Electronic databases were searched for the following MeSH headings: PCOS, hyperandrogenism, pregnancy outcome, pregnancy complications, diabetes mellitus, type II. A handsearch of human reproduction and fertility and sterility was also conducted. Studies in which pregnancy outcomes in women with PCOS were compared with controls were considered for inclusion in this meta-analysis. Fifteen of 525 identified studies were included, involving 720 women presenting with PCOS and 4505 controls. Women with PCOS demonstrated a significantly higher risk of developing gestational diabetes [odds ratio (OR) 2.94; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.70-5.08], pregnancy-induced hypertension (OR 3.67; 95% CI: 1.98-6.81), pre-eclampsia (OR 3.47; 95% CI: 1.95-6.17) and preterm birth (OR 1.75; 95% CI: 1.16-2.62). Their babies had a significantly higher risk of admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (OR 2.31; 95% CI: 1.25-4.26) and a higher perinatal mortality (OR 3.07; 95% CI: 1.03-9.21), unrelated to multiple births. In conclusion, women with PCOS are at increased risk of pregnancy and neonatal complications. Pre-pregnancy, antenatal and intrapartum care should be aimed at reducing these risks.
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01 Jan 2010TL;DR: Three-dimensional DWIBS can be obtained with this technique, which may allow us to screen for malignancies in the whole body through diffusion weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression.
Abstract: In applying diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS) technique, DW-MR images are acquired during free breathing, which results in images with high signal-to-noise ratio using relatively thin image sections (4–5 mm). Image acquisition during free breathing is possible because bulk tissue motion, including respiratory motion, may be considered as types of coherent motion, which do not result in significant signal loss unlike intravoxel incoherent motion, which reflects random water motion at a cellular level. The concept of DWIBS allows handling of the acquired images as a volumetric dataset and it exploits both prolonged T2 relaxation time and impeded diffusion that the majority of solid lesions (both benign and malignant) exhibit as mechanisms for image contrast, which is used for clinical evaluation of diseases.
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TL;DR: A boat trailer having a wheel and axle supported frame including a pair of V-shaped cross members supporting a pairof elongated, laterally spaced bunks for supporting a single personal watercraft, a tongue unit longitudinally adjustably attached to the front of the frame, and a winch mounting assembly.
Abstract: The nature of induced resistance
Resistance, according to Agrios (1988) is the ability
of an organism to exclude or overcome, completely
or in some degree, the effect of a pathogen or other
damaging factor Disease resistance in plants is manifested
by limited symptoms, reflecting the inability
of the pathogen to grow or multiply and spread, and
often takes the form of a hypersensitive reaction (HR),
in which the pathogen remains confined to necrotic
lesions near the site of infection Induced resistance is
the phenomenonthat a plant, once appropriately stimulated,
exhibits an enhanced resistance upon 'challenge'
inoculation with a pathogen Although induced resistance
has been attracting attention recently (Ryals et
al, 1994; Hammerschmidt and Kuc, 1995), the first
systematic enquiry into induced resistance was made
by Ross (1961a,b) He observed that the inducible
resistance response to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
in N gene-containing, hypersensitively reacting tobacco
was not confined to the immediate vicinity of the
resulting local necrotic lesions, but extended to other
plant parts A ring of tissue around the developing
lesions became fully refractory to subsequent infection
(localized acquired resistance; Ross, 1961a), whereas
challenge inoculation of distant tissues resulted in
much smaller, and occasionally fewer, lesions (systemic
acquired resistance (SAR); Ross, 1961b) than in
non-induced plants Even leaves thatweremere initials
at the time of the primary inoculation became induced,
suggesting that as a result of the initial infection, a
signal was generated, transported and propagated, that
primed the plant to respond more effectively to subsequent
infection (Bozarth and Ross, 1964) Treatments that influenced lesion size after primary infection had
similar effects on lesions developing upon challenge
inoculation (Ross, 1966), leading to the conclusion
that the mechanisms responsible for resistance expression
were the same under both conditions Only upon
challenge inoculation, defense mechanisms appeared
to be expressed earlier and to a greater extent (De Laat
and Van Loon, 1983; Dean and Kuc, 1987)
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ronald C. Kessler | 274 | 1332 | 328983 |
Albert Hofman | 267 | 2530 | 321405 |
Douglas G. Altman | 253 | 1001 | 680344 |
Hans Clevers | 199 | 793 | 169673 |
Craig B. Thompson | 195 | 557 | 173172 |
Patrick W. Serruys | 186 | 2427 | 173210 |
Ruedi Aebersold | 182 | 879 | 141881 |
Dennis S. Charney | 179 | 802 | 122408 |
Kenneth S. Kendler | 177 | 1327 | 142251 |
Jean Louis Vincent | 161 | 1667 | 163721 |
Vilmundur Gudnason | 159 | 837 | 123802 |
Monique M.B. Breteler | 159 | 546 | 93762 |
Lex M. Bouter | 158 | 767 | 103034 |
Elio Riboli | 158 | 1136 | 110499 |
Roy F. Baumeister | 157 | 650 | 132987 |