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2. Hippocampal RNA sequencing in mice selectively bred for high and low activity
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Booher, Winona C., primary, Vanderlinden, Lauren A., additional, Hall, Lucy A., additional, Thomas, Aimee L., additional, Evans, Luke M., additional, Saba, Laura M., additional, and Ehringer, Marissa A., additional
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- 2022
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3. Inverse probability weighting is an effective method to address selection bias during the analysis of high dimensional data
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Patrick M. Carry, Jill M. Norris, Lauren A. Vanderlinden, Katerina Kechris, Teresa Buckner, Fran Dong, Elizabeth Litkowski, and Timothy Vigers
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Clustering high-dimensional data ,Sample selection ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Sample (statistics) ,Age and sex ,Article ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bias ,Statistics ,Humans ,education ,Selection Bias ,Genetics (clinical) ,Probability ,030304 developmental biology ,Mathematics ,media_common ,Selection bias ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,Inverse probability weighting ,030305 genetics & heredity ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Type I and type II errors - Abstract
Omics studies frequently use samples collected during cohort studies. Conditioning on sample availability can cause selection bias if sample availability is nonrandom. Inverse probability weighting (IPW) is purported to reduce this bias. We evaluated IPW in an epigenome-wide analysis testing the association between DNA methylation (261,435 probes) and age in healthy adolescent subjects (n = 114). We simulated age and sex to be correlated with sample selection and then evaluated four conditions: complete population/no selection bias (all subjects), naïve selection bias (no adjustment), and IPW selection bias (selection bias with IPW adjustment). Assuming the complete population condition represented the "truth," we compared each condition to the complete population condition. Bias or difference in associations between age and methylation was reduced in the IPW condition versus the naïve condition. However, genomic inflation and type 1 error were higher in the IPW condition relative to the naïve condition. Postadjustment using bacon, type 1 error and inflation were similar across all conditions. Power was higher under the IPW condition compared with the naïve condition before and after inflation adjustment. IPW methods can reduce bias in genome-wide analyses. Genomic inflation is a potential concern that can be minimized using methods that adjust for inflation.
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- 2021
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4. Element B: Shell
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Stefan Pienkny, Ben Brungraber, David W. Johnson, Anthony Golebiewski, Sukamorn Prasithrathsint, Timothy B. McDonald, Maria Spinu, Roger W. Kipp, Charles J. Parise, Leo A. Daly, Robert P. Foley, Valerie Eickelberger, Stephan Pienkny, Jarrett B. Davis, Grace S. Lee, Charles W. Vanderlinden, Janet B. Rankin, Dan Swiegart, Robert E. Fehlberg, William C. Bauman, Lawrence W. Cobb, Thomas A. Sabol, Charles A. Szoradi, Donald Neubauer, Tedd Benson, Richard J. Vitullo, Rich Boon, John Carmody, Tom Van Dean, David Ballast, Daniel F.C. Hayes, Charles E. Miller, Joseph A. Wilkes, Cline McGee, Russell S. Fling, Rich Cianfrini, Stephen Selkowitz, Walter D. Shapiro, and Mark J. Mazz
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Climate zones ,Structural load ,Shell (structure) ,Stucco ,Vapor barrier ,Composite material ,Curtain wall ,Louver ,Skylight ,Geology - Published
- 2020
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5. Doubly Stabilized Perovskite Nanocrystal Luminescence Downconverters
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Xue, Qi, primary, Lampe, Carola, additional, Naujoks, Tassilo, additional, Frank, Kilian, additional, Gramlich, Moritz, additional, Schoger, Markus, additional, Vanderlinden, Willem, additional, Reisbeck, Patrick, additional, Nickel, Bert, additional, Brütting, Wolfgang, additional, and Urban, Alexander S., additional
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- 2022
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6. Synthesis and structure–activity relationship of L ‐methionine‐coupled 1,3,4‐thiadiazole derivatives with activity against influenza virus
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Tatar, Esra, primary, Yaldız, Seda, additional, Kulabaş, Necla, additional, Vanderlinden, Evelien, additional, Naesens, Lieve, additional, and Küçükgüzel, İlkay, additional
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- 2021
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7. Inverse probability weighting is an effective method to address selection bias during the analysis of high dimensional data
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Carry, Patrick M., primary, Vanderlinden, Lauren A., additional, Dong, Fran, additional, Buckner, Teresa, additional, Litkowski, Elizabeth, additional, Vigers, Timothy, additional, Norris, Jill M., additional, and Kechris, Katerina, additional
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- 2021
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8. Author response for 'Dietary factors during pregnancy and atopic outcomes in childhood: a systematic review from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology'
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Miriam Ben-Abdallah, Debra J. Palmer, Matthew Greenhawt, Peter K. Smith, Caroline Roduit, Alexander Maiorella, Bright I Nwaru, Carlo Agostoni, Nonhlanhla Lunjani, Rosan Meyer, Eva Untersmayr, Syed Hasan Arshad, Carina Venter, Graham Roberts, David Fleischer, G. Du Toit, Liam O'Mahony, Antonella Muraro, Marion Groetch, Merryn J. Netting, Kate Maslin, MP Palumbo, Deborah H. Glueck, and Lauren A. Vanderlinden
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Pregnancy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Allergy ,Clinical immunology ,business.industry ,Family medicine ,medicine ,Dietary factors ,medicine.disease ,business - Published
- 2020
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9. European long-term field experiments: knowledge gained about alternative management practices
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Juan Vicente Giráldez, Leendert Molendijk, Karl Vanderlinden, Gema Guzmán, Luca Bechini, Janine Mallast, H.-P. Stüger, Heide Spiegel, T. D′Hose, H.F.M. ten Berge, Zuzanna Jarosz, N. Schlatter, Hans-Peter Haslmayr, A. Pecio, Taru Sandén, Laura Zavattaro, and Carlo Grignani
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Crop residue ,productivity ,Soil Science ,Agricultural engineering ,010501 environmental sciences ,Agrosysteemkunde ,01 natural sciences ,Agrosystems Research ,Green manure ,Long-term experiment ,alternative management practices ,soil quality ,Agro Field Technology Innovations ,Cover crop ,Productivity ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,2. Zero hunger ,Conventional tillage ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,15. Life on land ,Crop rotation ,Pollution ,Soil quality ,Europe ,Tillage ,13. Climate action ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Environmental science ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,OT Team Schimmels Onkr. en Plagen - Abstract
Alternative management practices such as no-tillage compared to conventional tillage are expected to recover or increase soil quality and productivity, even though all of these aspects are rarely studied together. Long-term field experiments (LTEs) enable analysis of alternative management practices over time. This study investigated a total of 251 European LTEs in which alternative management practices such as crop rotation, catch crops, cover crops/green manure, no-tillage, non-inversion tillage and organic fertilization were applied. Response ratios of indicators for soil quality, climate change and productivity between alternative and reference management practices were derived from a total of 260 publications. Both positive and negative effects of alternative management practices on the different indicators were shown and, as expected, no alternative management practice could comply with all objectives simultaneously. Productivity was hampered by non-inversion tillage, FYM amendments and incorporation of crop residues. SOC contents were increased significantly following organic fertilizers and non-inversion tillage. GHG emissions were increased by slurry application and incorporation of crop residues. Our study showed that alternative management practices beneficial to one group of indicators (e.g. organic fertilizers for biological soil quality indicators) are not necessarily beneficial to other indicators (e.g. increase of crop yields). We conclude that LTEs are valuable for finding ways forward in protecting European soils as well as finding evidence-based alternative management practices for the future; however, experiments should focus more on biological soil quality indicators as well as GHG emissions to enable better evaluation of trade-offs and mutual benefits of management practices.
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- 2018
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10. Potential to predict depth-specific soil-water content beneath an olive tree using electromagnetic conductivity imaging
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Karl Vanderlinden, Gonzalo Martinez, Jingyi Huang, Juan Vicente Giráldez, and John Triantafilis
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0208 environmental biotechnology ,Soil Science ,Soil science ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Conductivity ,Pollution ,020801 environmental engineering ,Tree (data structure) ,Soil water ,Content (measure theory) ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Environmental science ,Agronomy and Crop Science - Published
- 2018
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11. Dietary factors during pregnancy and atopic outcomes in childhood: A systematic review from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Venter, Carina, primary, Agostoni, Carlo, additional, Arshad, S. Hasan, additional, Ben‐Abdallah, Miriam, additional, Du Toit, George, additional, Fleischer, David M., additional, Greenhawt, Matthew, additional, Glueck, Deborah H., additional, Groetch, Marion, additional, Lunjani, Nonhlanhla, additional, Maslin, Kate, additional, Maiorella, Alexander, additional, Meyer, Rosan, additional, Antonella, Muraro, additional, Netting, Merryn J., additional, Ibeabughichi Nwaru, Bright, additional, Palmer, Debra J., additional, Palumbo, Micheala P., additional, Roberts, Graham, additional, Roduit, Caroline, additional, Smith, Pete, additional, Untersmayr, Eva, additional, Vanderlinden, Lauren A., additional, and O’Mahony, Liam, additional
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- 2020
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12. Unifying the Aminohexopyranose‐ and Peptidyl‐Nucleoside Antibiotics: Implications for Antibiotic Design
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Serrano, Catherine M., primary, Kanna Reddy, Hariprasada Reddy, additional, Eiler, Daniel, additional, Koch, Michael, additional, Tresco, Ben I. C., additional, Barrows, Louis R., additional, VanderLinden, Ryan T., additional, Testa, Charles A., additional, Sebahar, Paul R., additional, and Looper, Ryan E., additional
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- 2020
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13. Water retention and field soil water states in a vertisol under Long‐Term direct drill and conventional tillage
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Vanderlinden, Karl, primary, Pachepsky, Yakov, additional, Pedrera‐Parrilla, Aura, additional, Martinez, Gonzalo, additional, Espejo‐Pérez, Antonio, additional, Perea, Francisco, additional, and Giráldez, Juan, additional
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- 2020
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14. The effect of trauma and dissociation on the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy for binge eating disorder: A 6‐month prospective study
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Serra, Riccardo, primary, Kiekens, Glenn, additional, Tarsitani, Lorenzo, additional, Vrieze, Elske, additional, Bruffaerts, Ronny, additional, Loriedo, Camillo, additional, An, Adriaens, additional, and Vanderlinden, Johan, additional
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- 2020
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15. Recruitment and Regulation of RPN13 in the 26S Proteasome
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Tingting Yao, Christopher P. Hill, Ryan T. VanderLinden, Howard Robinson, and Casey W. Hemmis
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Proteasome ,Genetics ,Biology ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Biotechnology ,Cell biology - Published
- 2019
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16. Tuning the Optical Properties of Perovskite Nanoplatelets through Composition and Thickness by Ligand-Assisted Exfoliation
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Verena A. Hintermayr, Markus Döblinger, Jochen Feldmann, Jasmina A. Sichert, Yu Tong, Alexander F. Richter, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu, Florian Ehrat, Alexander S. Urban, and Willem Vanderlinden
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Materials science ,Ligand ,Mechanical Engineering ,Radiative decay ,Halide ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Exfoliation joint ,0104 chemical sciences ,Wavelength ,Chemical engineering ,Nanocrystal ,Mechanics of Materials ,Quantum dot ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Perovskite (structure) - Abstract
High-quality hybrid halide perovskite nanocrystals are fabricated through a simple, versatile, and efficient two-step process involving a dry step followed by a ligand-assisted liquid-phase exfoliation step. The emission wavelength of the resulting nanocrystals can be tuned either through composition by varying the halide content or by reducing their thickness.
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- 2016
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17. Binge eating and purging in first‐year college students: Prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity, and academic performance
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Serra, Riccardo, primary, Kiekens, Glenn, additional, Vanderlinden, Johan, additional, Vrieze, Elske, additional, Auerbach, Randy P, additional, Benjet, Corina, additional, Claes, Laurence, additional, Cuijpers, Pim, additional, Demyttenaere, Koen, additional, Ebert, David D, additional, Tarsitani, Lorenzo, additional, Green, Jennifer Greif, additional, Kessler, Ronald C, additional, Nock, Matthew K, additional, Mortier, Phillippe, additional, and Bruffaerts, Ronny, additional
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- 2019
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18. Novel N ‐(1‐thia‐4‐azaspiro[4.5]decan‐4‐yl)carboxamide derivatives as potent and selective influenza virus fusion inhibitors
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Göktaş, Füsun, primary, Özbil, Mehmet, additional, Cesur, Nesrin, additional, Vanderlinden, Evelien, additional, Naesens, Lieve, additional, and Cesur, Zafer, additional
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- 2019
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19. Recruitment and Regulation of RPN13 in the 26S Proteasome
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Hemmis, Casey W, primary, VanderLinden, Ryan T, additional, Yao, Tingting, additional, Robinson, Howard, additional, and Hill, Christopher P, additional
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- 2019
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20. The sequenced rat brain transcriptome - its use in identifying networks predisposing alcohol consumption
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Morton P. Printz, Heather N. Richardson, Joseph Lombardo, Paula L. Hoffman, Stephen Flink, Kalervo Kiianmaa, Laura Saba, Boris Tabakoff, Yedy Israel, Pamela Flodman, Lauren A. Vanderlinden, Lutske Tampier, Richard L. Bell, Giancarlo Colombo, and George F. Koob
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Male ,Candidate gene ,Alcohol Drinking ,Population ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,Article ,law.invention ,Transcriptome ,law ,Rats, Inbred BN ,Gene expression ,Animals ,Gene Regulatory Networks ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Rats, Wistar ,education ,Molecular Biology ,Gene ,Neuroinflammation ,Recombination, Genetic ,Genetics ,education.field_of_study ,Brain ,High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ,Rats, Inbred Strains ,Cell Biology ,Phenotype ,Rats ,Recombinant DNA ,Databases, Nucleic Acid - Abstract
A quantitative genetic approach, which involves correlation of transcriptional networks with the phenotype in a recombinant inbred (RI) population and in selectively bred lines of rats, and determination of coinciding quantitative trait loci for gene expression and the trait of interest, has been applied in the present study. In this analysis, a novel approach was used that combined DNA-Seq data, data from brain exon array analysis of HXB/BXH RI rat strains and six pairs of rat lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference, and RNA-Seq data (including rat brain transcriptome reconstruction) to quantify transcript expression levels, generate co-expression modules and identify biological functions that contribute to the predisposition of consuming varying amounts of alcohol. A gene co-expression module was identified in the RI rat strains that contained both annotated and unannotated transcripts expressed in the brain, and was associated with alcohol consumption in the RI panel. This module was found to be enriched with differentially expressed genes from the selected lines of rats. The candidate genes within the module and differentially expressed genes between high and low drinking selected lines were associated with glia (microglia and astrocytes) and could be categorized as being related to immune function, energy metabolism and calcium homeostasis, as well as glial-neuronal communication. The results of the present study show that there are multiple combinations of genetic factors that can produce the same phenotypic outcome. Although no single gene accounts for predisposition to a particular level of alcohol consumption in every animal model, coordinated differential expression of subsets of genes in the identified pathways produce similar phenotypic outcomes.The datasets supporting the results of the present study are available at http://phenogen.ucdenver.edu.
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- 2015
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21. Blended Learning as Transformational Institutional Learning
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Kim VanDerLinden
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Blended learning ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,Higher education ,business.industry ,Organizational learning ,Pedagogy ,Active learning ,Educational technology ,Faculty development ,business ,Psychology ,Experiential learning ,Learning sciences - Abstract
This chapter reviews institutional approaches to blended learning and the ways in which institutions support faculty in the intentional redesign of courses to produce optimal learning. The chapter positions blended learning as a strategic opportunity to engage in organizational learning.
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22. Novel N ‐(1‐thia‐4‐azaspiro[4.5]decan‐4‐yl)carboxamide derivatives as potent and selective influenza virus fusion inhibitors
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Nesrin Cesur, Mehmet Ozbil, Zafer Cesur, Füsun Göktaş, Lieve Naesens, and Evelien Vanderlinden
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Influenza Virus ,medicine.drug_class ,Stereochemistry ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Carboxamide ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Hemolysis Inhibition ,Virus Replication ,Antiviral Agents ,01 natural sciences ,Virus ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,Synthesis ,Antiviral Activity ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,Spiro Compounds ,Cycloaddition ,Aza Compounds ,Fusion ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Molecular Structure ,010405 organic chemistry ,Chemistry ,Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype ,Influenza a ,0104 chemical sciences ,Molecular Docking Simulation ,010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry ,Viral replication ,Structure Elucidation ,Surface protein - Abstract
Özbil, Mehmet (Arel Author), Hemagglutinin is the surface protein of the influenza virus that mediates both binding and penetration of the virus into host cells. We here report on the synthesis and structure-activity relationship of some novel N-(1-thia-4-azaspiro[4.5]decan-4-yl)-carboxamide compounds carrying the 5-chloro-2-methoxybenzamide structure, designed as influenza virus fusion inhibitors. The carboxamides (1a-h, 2a-h) have a similar backbone structure as the fusion inhibitors that we reported on previously. Compounds 2b and 2d displayed inhibitory activity against influenza A/H3N2 virus replication (average antiviral EC50: 2.1 mu M for 2b and 3.4 mu M for 2d). Data obtained in the hemolysis inhibition assay supported that these compounds act as inhibitors of the influenza virus hemagglutinin-mediated fusion process.
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- 2019
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23. Quantifying cognitive dysfunction across the spectrum of end‐stage kidney disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
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Vanderlinden, Jessica A., primary, Ross‐White, Amanda, additional, Holden, Rachel, additional, Shamseddin, M. Khaled, additional, Day, Andrew, additional, and Boyd, J. Gordon, additional
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- 2018
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24. Unsupervised, Statistically Based Systems Biology Approach for Unraveling the Genetics of Complex Traits: A Demonstration with Ethanol Metabolism
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Lusk, Ryan, primary, Saba, Laura M., additional, Vanderlinden, Lauren A., additional, Zidek, Vaclav, additional, Silhavy, Jan, additional, Pravenec, Michal, additional, Hoffman, Paula L., additional, and Tabakoff, Boris, additional
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- 2018
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25. European long-term field experiments: knowledge gained about alternative management practices
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Sandén, T., primary, Spiegel, H., additional, Stüger, H.-P., additional, Schlatter, N., additional, Haslmayr, H.-P., additional, Zavattaro, L., additional, Grignani, C., additional, Bechini, L., additional, D′Hose, T., additional, Molendijk, L., additional, Pecio, A., additional, Jarosz, Z., additional, Guzmán, G., additional, Vanderlinden, K., additional, Giráldez, J. V., additional, Mallast, J., additional, and ten Berge, H., additional
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- 2018
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26. Changes in eating disorder characteristics over the years
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Probst, Michel, primary, Kürsa, Kärt, additional, Van Damme, Tine, additional, Diedens, Jolien, additional, and Vanderlinden, Johan, additional
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- 2018
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27. Potential to predict depth-specific soil-water content beneath an olive tree using electromagnetic conductivity imaging
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Martinez, G., primary, Huang, J., additional, Vanderlinden, K., additional, Giráldez, J. V., additional, and Triantafilis, J., additional
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- 2018
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28. Physical Activity Correlates in Persons with Binge Eating Disorder: A Systematic Review
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Andrew Soundy, Guido Pieters, Johan Vanderlinden, Marc De Hert, Michel Probst, Davy Vancampfort, and Brendon Stubbs
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Binge eating ,Life style ,Physical activity ,PsycINFO ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Eating disorders ,Effective interventions ,Binge-eating disorder ,medicine ,Motor activity ,medicine.symptom ,Psychiatry ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Understanding the factors that influence physical activity in persons with binge eating disorders can aid the design of more effective interventions. In order to address this, the present paper provides a systematic quantitative review of the correlates of physical activity in people with binge eating disorder. We searched PsycINFO, PubMed and PEDro from inception until June 2013. Keywords included 'binge eating' with 'physical activity' or 'exercise', or 'physical inactivity' or 'sedentary'. Nine papers involving 636 (489 women) persons with binge eating disorders and evaluating 24 correlates were included. No consistent physical activity correlates were reported in four or more studies. The only significant correlate with lower physical activity participation reported in more than one study was a negative body attitude. Further research is required to address this current gap in literature.
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- 2013
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29. Emerging Antiviral Strategies to Interfere with Influenza Virus Entry
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Lieve Naesens and Evelien Vanderlinden
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Pharmacology ,Oseltamivir ,biology ,Neuraminidase inhibitor ,medicine.drug_class ,Hemagglutinin (influenza) ,Virology ,Virus ,Nucleoprotein ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,M2 proton channel ,Viral entry ,Drug Discovery ,Immunology ,Pandemic ,biology.protein ,medicine ,Molecular Medicine - Abstract
Influenza A and B viruses are highly contagious respiratory pathogens with a considerable medical and socioeconomical burden and known pandemic potential. Current influenza vaccines require annual updating and provide only partial protection in some risk groups. Due to the global spread of viruses with resistance to the M2 proton channel inhibitor amantadine or the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir, novel antiviral agents with an original mode of action are urgently needed. We here focus on emerging options to interfere with the influenza virus entry process, which consists of the following steps: attachment of the viral hemagglutinin to the sialylated host cell receptors, endocytosis, M2-mediated uncoating, low pH-induced membrane fusion, and, finally, import of the viral ribonucleoprotein into the nucleus. We review the current functional and structural insights in the viral and cellular components of this entry process, and the diverse antiviral strategies that are being explored. This encompasses small molecule inhibitors as well as macromolecules such as therapeutic antibodies. There is optimism that at least some of these innovative concepts to block influenza virus entry will proceed from the proof of concept to a more advanced stage. Special attention is therefore given to the challenging issues of influenza virus (sub)type-dependent activity or potential drug resistance.
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- 2013
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30. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Purine 2′-Fluoro-2′-deoxyriboside ProTides as Anti-influenza Virus Agents
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Silvia Meneghesso, Andrea Brancale, Christopher McGuigan, Evelien Vanderlinden, Lieve Naesens, and Jan Balzarini
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Adenosine Deaminase ,Guanine ,Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ,Protide ,Antiviral Agents ,Biochemistry ,Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Dogs ,Adenosine deaminase ,Catalytic Domain ,Drug Discovery ,Animals ,Humans ,Structure–activity relationship ,Deoxyguanosine ,General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics ,Pharmacology ,Binding Sites ,biology ,Organic Chemistry ,Nucleosides ,Phosphoramidate ,DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases ,Fluorine ,Prodrug ,Orthomyxoviridae ,Molecular Docking Simulation ,HEK293 Cells ,chemistry ,Purines ,biology.protein ,Molecular Medicine ,Nucleoside - Abstract
2'-Fluoro-2'-deoxyguanosine has been reported to have potent anti-influenza virus activity in vitro and in vivo. Herein we describe the synthesis and biological evaluation of 6-modified 2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyguanosine analogues and their corresponding phosphoramidate ProTides as potential anti-influenza virus agents. Whereas the parent nucleosides were devoid of antiviral activity in two different cellular assays, the 5'-O-naphthyl(methoxy-L-alaninyl) ProTide derivatives of 6-O-methyl-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyguanosine, 6-O-ethyl-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyguanosine, and 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-6-chloroguanosine, and the 5'-O-naphthyl(ethoxy-L-alaninyl) ProTide of 6-O-ethyl-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyguanosine displayed antiviral EC(99) values of ~12 μM. The antiviral results are supported by metabolism studies. Rapid conversion into the L-alaninyl metabolite and then 6-modified 2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-monophosphate was observed in enzymatic assays with yeast carboxypeptidase Y or crude cell lysate. Evidence for efficient removal of the 6-substituent on the guanine part was provided by enzymatic studies with adenosine deaminase, and by molecular modeling of the nucleoside 5'-monophosphates in the catalytic site of a model of ADAL1, thus indicating the utility of the double prodrug concept.
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- 2013
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31. Attribution of extreme weather and climate-related events
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Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Nikolaos Christidis, Hans von Storch, Peter Walton, Friederike E. L. Otto, Peter A. Stott, Robert Vautard, Pascal Yiou, Francis W. Zwiers, Ying Sun, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, United Kingdom Met Office [Exeter], Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften (MPI-MiS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Extrèmes : Statistiques, Impacts et Régionalisation (ESTIMR), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Department of Chemistry, University of York [York, UK], Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Atmospheric Science ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Overview ,Climate change ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Natural (archaeology) ,Extreme weather ,ddc:551 ,[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Event (probability theory) ,[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere ,Global and Planetary Change ,business.industry ,Global warming ,Environmental resource management ,Stakeholder ,Knowledge Generation with Models ,020801 environmental engineering ,Geography ,13. Climate action ,Observational study ,Overviews ,business ,Attribution ,Cartography ,Detection and Attribution - Abstract
Extreme weather and climate-related events occur in a particular place, by definition, infrequently. It is therefore challenging to detect systematic changes in their occurrence given the relative shortness of observational records. However, there is a clear interest from outside the climate science community in the extent to which recent damaging extreme events can be linked to human-induced climate change or natural climate variability. Event attribution studies seek to determine to what extent anthropogenic climate change has altered the probability or magnitude of particular events. They have shown clear evidence for human influence having increased the probability of many extremely warm seasonal temperatures and reduced the probability of extremely cold seasonal temperatures in many parts of the world. The evidence for human influence on the probability of extreme precipitation events, droughts, and storms is more mixed. Although the science of event attribution has developed rapidly in recent years, geographical coverage of events remains patchy and based on the interests and capabilities of individual research groups. The development of operational event attribution would allow a more timely and methodical production of attribution assessments than currently obtained on an ad hoc basis. For event attribution assessments to be most useful, remaining scientific uncertainties need to be robustly assessed and the results clearly communicated. This requires the continuing development of methodologies to assess the reliability of event attribution results and further work to understand the potential utility of event attribution for stakeholder groups and decision makers. WIREs Clim Change 2016, 7:23-41. doi: 10.1002/wcc.380 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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32. Variability in Affective Activation Predicts Non-suicidal Self-injury in Eating Disorders
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Laurence Claes, Michel Probst, Kristof Vansteelandt, Guido Pieters, Johan Vanderlinden, Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp, Josée Lemmens, and Kathleen De Cuyper
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Bulimia nervosa ,Poison control ,Anorexia ,medicine.disease ,Affect (psychology) ,Comorbidity ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Eating disorders ,mental disorders ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Valence (psychology) ,Psychiatry ,Psychology ,Borderline personality disorder ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
We examined whether affective variability can predict non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in eating disorders. Affect was represented by valence (positive versus negative) and activation (high versus low). Twenty-one patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type, 18 patients with anorexia nervosa-binge-purging type and 20 patients with bulimia nervosa reported their momentary affect at nine random times a day during a one week period using a hand-held computer. Affective variability was calculated as the within-person standard deviation of valence and activation over time. Results indicate that patients displaying greater variability in activation and using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have a higher probability to engage in lifetime NSSI after adjustment for depression and borderline personality disorder. Neither variability of valence nor mean level of valence and activation had any predictive association with engaging in NSSI. It is suggested that the treatment of NSSI should focus on affect stabilization rather than reducing negative affect.
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33. Missing Data in Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Eating Disorders Using the Body Attitude Test
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Johan Vanderlinden, Candida Geerdens, Amber De Herdt, Michel Probst, and Guido Pieters
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,Statistical model ,medicine.disease ,Missing data ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Eating disorders ,medicine ,Absenteeism ,Normative ,Psychiatry ,Psychology ,Association (psychology) ,Attitude test - Abstract
Objective Incompleteness of data is a major problem within clinical follow-up studies. The aim of present study was to compare different statistical models in the management of follow-up data in patients with eating disorders using the Body Attitude Test. Method A prospective longitudinal investigation with repeated evaluations over fixed time intervals was conducted among 807 female patients with eating disorders using the Body Attitude Test as a dependent-variable. Three types of missing data mechanisms were explored: missing completely at random, missing at random and missing not at random. Results Multivariate analysis showed that the missing completely at random type of missing data mechanism is less reliable than the missing at random or missing not at random mechanisms. Five years after admission, the body experience of eating disorder patients is less deviant. Compared with normative data, 37% of the eating disorder patients still had a more negative body experience 5 years after admission. Discussion There is no single correct method for dealing with missing data. Therefore, it is recommended that multiple methods be used under different assumptions of absenteeism. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
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34. Synthesis and Preliminary Biologic Evaluation of 5-Substituted-2-(4-substituted phenyl)-1,3-Benzoxazoles as A Novel Class of Influenza Virus A Inhibitors
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Lieve Naesens, Zhenyu Li, Peng Zhan, Xinyong Liu, Guanhua Du, Ai-Lin Liu, Erik De Clercq, and Evelien Vanderlinden
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Pharmacology ,Oseltamivir ,Mts assay ,Chemistry ,Stereochemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,Influenza a ,Reference drug ,Biochemistry ,In vitro ,Virus ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Canine kidney ,Drug Discovery ,Molecular Medicine ,Biologic Evaluation - Abstract
The diversity-oriented chemistry synthesis together with the random screening approach has permitted the discovery and optimization of novel antiviral lead compounds. In this paper, a series of novel 5-substituted-2-(4-substituted phenyl)-1,3-benzoxazoles was synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro anti-influenza A virus and anti-influenza B virus activity. The activity was monitored by the MTS assay in the Madin–Darby canine kidney cells. Compound 7h showed excellent inhibitory activity and selective index against A/H3N2 (EC50 = 37.03 μm, SI > 5), which were all higher than that of the reference drug oseltamivir (EC50 > 59.00 μm, SI > 1). However, no compound displays inhibitory activity against influenza B virus.
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35. Discovery of Dihydro-Alkyloxy-Benzyl-Oxopyrimidines as Promising Anti-Influenza Virus Agents
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Mingyan Yu, Ai-Lin Liu, Guanhua Du, Lieve Naesens, Erik De Clercq, Xinyong Liu, and Evelien Vanderlinden
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Pharmacology ,Influenza B viruses ,biology ,Chemistry ,viruses ,Organic Chemistry ,virus diseases ,Influenza a ,Antiviral mechanism ,medicine.disease_cause ,Biochemistry ,Virology ,Virus ,Canine kidney ,Cell culture ,Drug Discovery ,polycyclic compounds ,biology.protein ,Influenza A virus ,medicine ,Molecular Medicine ,heterocyclic compounds ,Neuraminidase - Abstract
A series of novel dihydro-alkyloxy-benzyl-oxopyrimidine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their activity against influenza virus in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Four dihydro-alkyloxy-benzyl-oxopyrimidine derivatives (4a1, 4a2, 4a3, and 4d1) showed potent activity against influenza virus. Among them, compound 4a3 was the most promising lead with broad activity against influenza A (antiviral EC(50) values of 9 and 18 μm for the A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 subtype, respectively) and influenza B viruses (EC(50) : 33 μm). The antiviral mechanism of action of these dihydro-alkyloxy-benzyl-oxopyrimidine derivatives must be quite different from that of the currently approved anti-influenza virus drugs that target the viral M2 or neuraminidase proteins. The dihydro-alkyloxy-benzyl-oxopyrimidine derivatives represent a new avenue for further optimization and development of novel anti-influenza virus agents.
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36. Influence De La Concentration Sur Le Déclin Des Penta-1, 3-Dienes Photoexcités à 228.8 nm: Mise En Évidence D'Un Excimère
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Paul Vanderlinden and Stéphane Boué
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Quenching (fluorescence) ,Concentration dependence ,Diene ,Stereochemistry ,Chemistry ,Photodissociation ,Physical chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Plateau (mathematics) ,Kinetic energy ,Excimer - Abstract
In contrast to the results obtained at 253.7 nm, the photolysis of penta-1,3-dienes at 228.8 nm in solution displays a strong remarkable concentration dependence. Hence ϕcis trans increases and ϕtrans cis decreases with an increasing diene concentration and both figures reach a plateau at ∼1M. A kinetic treatment is presented, which involves dynamic and static quenching (according to Perrin's law) and accounts for experimental data; the scheme consistently suggests that an excimer comes into play in this system.
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37. Body dissatisfaction moderates weight curves in the inpatient treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
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Michel Probst, Guido Pieters, Johan Vanderlinden, and Kristof Vansteelandt
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Adult ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Anorexia Nervosa ,Adolescent ,Anorexia ,Weight Gain ,Body weight ,Anorexia nervosa ,medicine.disease ,Developmental psychology ,Young Adult ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Body Image ,medicine ,Linear rate ,Humans ,Female ,Drive for thinness ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Weight gain ,Body dissatisfaction - Abstract
To examine whether drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, and restrictive/binge eating-purging subtype at admission moderates the weight curves of patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) over the course of inpatient treatment.The nature of weight curves, individual differences herein and moderating factors are examined in 92 AN patients by means of multilevel modeling.The average weight curve of AN patients is characterized by a linear weight increase during treatment that levels off near the end of treatment. Substantial individual differences exist in the shape of patients' weight curves. Patients with stronger body dissatisfaction at admission display a slower linear rate of weight gain over the course of treatment. Neither drive for thinness nor restrictive/binge eating-purging subtype predicted patients' weight curve over the course of treatment.Body dissatisfaction moderates patients' weight curves over the course of inpatient treatment but more research on factors determining weight curves is needed.
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38. Siblings As Change Agents For Promoting The Functional Status Of Children With Cerebral Palsy
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Jean A. Lakin, Martha J. Craft, Gregory M. Clancy, Darl W. Vanderlinden, and Robert A. Oppliger
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Activities of daily living ,Adolescent ,Pilot Projects ,Sister ,Cerebral palsy ,Developmental Neuroscience ,Personal hygiene ,Intervention (counseling) ,Activities of Daily Living ,Humans ,Sibling Relations ,Medicine ,Sibling ,Child ,Neurologic Examination ,business.industry ,Cerebral Palsy ,medicine.disease ,Brother ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Range of motion ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a four-month intervention program in which 31 siblings of 15 children with cerebral palsy were taught about cerebral palsy and what they could do to encourage their brother or sister to be more independent. The teaching was reinforced by home visits to develop individual plans for the children with cerebral palsy, and sibling group meetings were held to discuss progress and to provide support. Following this intervention, the children with cerebral palsy had significantly increased range of motion of the shoulder, elbow and wrist. There were also improvements in ambulation, personal hygiene, dressing and feeding. These findings indicate that siblings should be involved in the plant of care for children with disability, since they can be important teachers, rôle models and agents of change.
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39. Evaluation of body experience questionnaires in eating disorders in female patients (AN/BN) and nonclinical participants
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Johan Vanderlinden, Michel Probst, and Guido Pieters
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Anorexia Nervosa ,Adolescent ,Psychometrics ,Population ,Test validity ,Anorexia nervosa ,Developmental psychology ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Belgium ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Body Image ,medicine ,Humans ,Psychological testing ,Bulimia Nervosa ,education ,Psychological Tests ,education.field_of_study ,Bulimia nervosa ,Discriminant Analysis ,Reproducibility of Results ,medicine.disease ,Eating Disorder Inventory ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Eating disorders ,Case-Control Studies ,Multivariate Analysis ,Female ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Objective: Body image disturbance is an important factor in the development and the treatment of eating disorders. Therefore, evaluations of different instruments for measuring body image disturbances are necessary. Method: Four widely used questionnaires are evaluated: The Body Attitude Test, The Eating Disorder Inventory, The Body Shape Questionnaire, and the Body Attitude Questionnaire. Psychometric properties of these questionnaires are investigated in 228 patients with eating disorder and 389 female controls. Normative values for a Flemish population are provided. Results: All questionnaires have good psychometric properties. To separate patients from controls all four questionnairescan be used. To differentiate between patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, the Body Attitude Test and the Body Dissatisfaction subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory show good criterion-related validity. Conclusion: All these measures are useful as preliminary screening devices to identify populations with a high proportion or risk for developing eating disorders. More research is needed because there is still a great lack of clarity about what constitutes the normal range of attitudes towards the body. © 2008 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2008
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40. Alexithymia and dermatology: the state of the art
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Willemsen, Maria, Roseeuw, Diane, Haentjens, Patrick, Vanderlinden, Johan, Specialities, Skin function and permeability, Dermatology, Vriendenkring VUB, Surgical clinical sciences, and Internal Medicine Specializations
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Male ,Alexithymia ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Comorbidity ,Dermatology ,Disease ,Anxiety ,Cochrane Library ,Risk Assessment ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Severity of Illness Index ,Skin Diseases ,Recurrence ,medicine ,Humans ,Personality ,Affective Symptoms ,Psychiatry ,media_common ,Depressive Disorder ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Psychosomatics ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Psychophysiologic Disorders ,Feeling ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Stress, Psychological - Abstract
Background Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in differentiating and describing feelings. Research indicates that alexithymia acts as a triggering factor for many medical and psychiatric disorders. The interest in alexithymia has increased considerably over the past decade. A state of the art review of recent research on alexithymia in medical and dermatological research is presented. Methods We reviewed most relevant publications on alexithymia from the field of clinical research, psychology, psychosomatics, and psycho-neuro-endocrinology. Systematic searches on alexithymia in dermatology were undertaken using the Cochrane Library and PUBMed. Results Interdisciplinary research, investigating alexithymia, is advancing rapidly into different fields of medicine. Alexithymia has been found to be associated with changes in sympathetic activity, immunity and brain activity. Some researchers link alexithymia with insecure parental attachment and adverse childhood experiences. Although research of alexithymia in dermatology is still scarce and reveals conflicting results, preliminary data show that alexithymia seems to be associated with alopecia areata, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, vitiligo or chronic urticaria. Conclusion Present research findings on alexithymia in the field of dermatology suggest important implications for the treatment of some specific dermatological disorders. Besides treating comorbid psychological problems such as anxiety and depression, dermatologists should also be aware of alexithymia and its possible association with an underlying dermatologic disease.
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41. Many roads lead to Rome: Why does cognitive behavioural therapy remain unsuccessful for many eating disorder patients?
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Johan Vanderlinden
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychotherapist ,Anorexia nervosa ,Peer Group ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Cognition ,Behavior Therapy ,medicine ,Humans ,Family ,Parent-Child Relations ,Psychiatry ,Evidence-Based Medicine ,Bulimia nervosa ,Peer group ,Evidence-based medicine ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Eating disorders ,Attitude ,Female ,Psychology - Abstract
This paper makes the case that the widely used evidence-based 'CBT' approaches remain unsuccessful in many eating disorder patients. Six critical 'personal reflections' are formulated on why many patients remain totally resistant toward our therapeutic endeavours. My reflections suggest that probably many roads may lead to Rome.
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42. Analysis of soil moisture dynamics beneath olive trees
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Juan Vicente Giráldez, Luca Brocca, Karl Vanderlinden, John Triantafilis, Tommaso Moramarco, and Antonio Jesús Espejo-Pérez
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Hydrology ,Topsoil ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Moisture ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,Soil science ,Soil classification ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,020801 environmental engineering ,Olive trees ,Field capacity ,Pedotransfer function ,Soil water ,Environmental science ,Water content ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology - Abstract
Olive cultivation is a widespread land use in Mediterranean climates. The proper implementation of soil and water conservation practices in groves requires detailed knowledge of the governing hydrological processes. In this work topsoil moisture dynamics under wet and dry conditions and across a small catchment was investigated in the inter row (IR) and directly under the olive tree canopies (UC). We do this using a sensor network (11 stations) and a simple bucket model which was calibrated (June, 2011–2012) and validated (June, 2012–2013). During most of the year the normalized soil moisture contents (s) were greater in the IR than under UC, with an average normalized soil moisture difference of 0.12. The difference between UC and IR normalized soil moisture followed a seasonal pattern, reaching a maximum near 0.30 during spring. An analysis of the normalized soil moisture probability density functions (pdfs) was bimodal, showing characteristic dominant wet and dry soil moisture states, with the highest probability densities for the dry state. Overall the spatial variability of soil moisture was lower UC than in the IR. This was a result of the soil moisture buffering capacity of the canopy with respect to rainfall and evaporation, in addition to observed differences in soil properties. Hourly soil moisture data were successfully modelled (R2 > 0.85), both UC and in the IR, yet with the inclusion of a simple formulation for canopy interception for the former. The results provide insight into how olive trees change hydrological processes in their neighbourhood. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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43. Spatiotemporal Evolution of Soil pH and Zinc after the Aznalcóllar Mine Spill
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María José Polo, Juan Vicente Giráldez, Karl Vanderlinden, and R. Ordóñez
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Pollution ,Environmental Engineering ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Mineralogy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Zinc ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,engineering.material ,Mining ,Soil ,Soil pH ,Soil Pollutants ,Precipitation ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Dissolution ,Water Science and Technology ,media_common ,biology ,Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ,biology.organism_classification ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,engineering ,Environmental science ,Sugar beet ,Pyrite ,Field conditions - Abstract
The residual pollution after the Aznalcóllar (southwestern Spain) pyrite mine spill is still a threat due to the continuing oxidation of sulfuric minerals. The objective of this paper was to analyze the combined effect of pyrite oxidation, sugar beet foam applications, and meteorological conditions on the spatiotemporal evolution of the pH and EDTA-extractable Zn concentration, using non co-located data from 11 sampling dates between June 1999 and March 2002. Median pH values ranged from 4.4 at the beginning of the monitoring period to 7.6 at the end, although values near 2.5 were observed throughout the entire period, despite of two sugar beet foam (SBF) applications. Zinc distributions were positively skewed and median concentrations ranged from 17 to 94 mg kg(-1). The inverse relationship between pH and Zn became weaker toward the end of the monitoring period as a consequence of the precipitation and posterior dissolution of newly formed minerals from the reaction products of the pyrite oxidation. Normal score maps showed that after the SBF applications only 0.5% of the monitored area was below the pH = 4 threshold, while on other dates up to one-third of the area remained below this value. The better performance of the second SBF application could be explained in terms of pyrite oxidation pathways and environmental conditions. From this analysis, with data obtained under uncontrolled field conditions, it is concluded that SBF should be applied before or during the wet and cold season to alleviate acidification, caused by the oxidation of pyrite or other sulfuric minerals.
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44. Mapping Residual Pyrite after a Mine Spill Using Non Co-Located Spatiotemporal Observations
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Juan Vicente Giráldez, Karl Vanderlinden, María José Polo, and R. Ordóñez
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Environmental Engineering ,Iron ,Mineralogy ,Sampling (statistics) ,Geostatistics ,Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ,Sulfides ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Residual ,Pollution ,Mining ,Metals ,Normal score ,Kriging ,Soil water ,Principal component analysis ,Soil Pollutants ,Environmental science ,Variogram ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Water Science and Technology - Abstract
Monitoring of soil chemical properties for pollution assessment generally requires destructive soil sampling and results in spatiotemporal datasets where data from different sampling dates are non co-located. The objective of this study was to assess the spatial distribution of residual pyrite sludge at a reclaimed site, using temporally non co-located data on pH; soil oxidizable fraction (SOF); and EDTA-extractable Fe, Zn, and Cu from six different sampling dates over a period of 2 yr. During this period spatially averaged pH and Zn concentrations ranged, respectively, from 4.4 to 6.6 and from 60 to 140 mg kg(-1), with minimum pH values of below 2.7. The data were merged into a single dataset for each chemical property after applying a normal score (ns) transform. Normal score pH was significantly negatively correlated with the ns metal concentrations. A principal component analysis (PCA) showed that normal score pH, Zn, and Fe were associated with the residual contamination, while ns Cu, SOF, and elevation were related with historic contamination. The spatial dependence between the properties was found to be scale-dependent. The best ns estimates were produced by ordinary kriging with an anisotopic variogram model, for the properties related with Principal Component (PC) I, while those associated with PC II were best estimated using simple kriging with varying local means. A classified ns pH map showed that 33% of the study area reached at least once values of below 4 during the 2-yr period. This part of the area should be excluded to ensure successful revegetation.
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45. Soil Water-Holding Capacity Assessment in Terms of the Average Annual Water Balance in Southern Spain
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Juan Vicente Giráldez, Karl Vanderlinden, and Marc Van Meirvenne
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Field capacity ,Hydrology ,Soil map ,Water balance ,Evapotranspiration ,Soil Science ,Environmental science ,Spatial variability ,Geostatistics ,Surface runoff ,Multivariate interpolation - Abstract
Knowledge of the soil water-holding capacity, w(0), is essential to the evaluation of regional balance. In this paper, we produced a map of w(0) for the region Andalusia, southern Spain, using pedo-transfer functions (PTFs) and geostatistics. The information available of analytical and morphological data from 521 soil profiles the region, and the 1: 400 000 soil map of Andalusia. The w(0) values were calculated using 10 published PTFs. The soil map only slightly improved the spatial interpolation of the PTF-calculated w(0)' s. The PTF estimates for w(0) ranged from near 0 to 235 mm, with an average value of 110 mm and a SD of 48 mm. Since no independent field observations were available, the w(0) estimates were evaluated in terms of the average annual total runoff and actual evapotranspiration. Both components were calculated at 160 meteorological observatories using a simple bucket water balance model, driven by daily meteorological data. The spatial variability of w(0) had little effect on the calculated average annual balance of the region. Increasing w(0) to 150 to 200 mm produced better fit of the water balance predicted with Budyko's empirical functions. The difference could be partly explained by seasonality-related characteristics of the climate in the region. Comparison of the results with other studies suggests that the estimated w(0) values should be increased by 45%. These differences can be attributed entirely to an inconsistent definition of field capacity (FC).
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46. Catching up with the Americans
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Herbert J. Smoluk PhD and David VanderLinden
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Microeconomics ,Economics and Econometrics ,Keeping up with the Joneses ,Consumption-based capital asset pricing model ,Bond ,Per capita ,Economics ,Equity (finance) ,Capital asset ,Monetary economics ,Asset return ,Marginal utility ,Finance - Abstract
This paper develops an international version of the consumption-based capital asset pricing (CCAPM), which we refer to as “catching up with the Americans.” Previous CCAPM research develops the concept of “catching up with the Joneses,” where a representative economic agent exhibits higher marginal utility of consumption as a result of higher past per capita consumption in his own country. Catching up with the Americans, on the other hand, is an international habit-preference hypothesis. It extends the idea of catching up with the Joneses by stating that consumers of non-U.S. countries gain higher marginal utility of consumption as a result of higher past American consumption growth. Contrary to much of the CCAPM literature, we test this version of the model using long bond rates rather than equity returns. However, like most of the previous research on the CCAPM, the catching up with the Americans model fails to explain the relationship between consumption and asset returns.
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47. Selective attention and executive functions deficits among criminal psychopaths
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M Vanderlinden, Pierre Philippot, Thierry H. Pham, and Olivier Vanderstukken
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medicine.diagnostic_test ,Psychopathy ,Trail Making Test ,Poison control ,Cognition ,Neuropsychological test ,medicine.disease ,Executive functions ,Developmental psychology ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Psychology ,General Psychology ,Stroop effect ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
The present study examined whether psychopaths exhibit deficits in selective attention and executive functions. Prison inmates were assigned to either a "psychopath" group or a "control" group according to their scores on the PCL-R [Hare, 1991: Toronto, Multi-Health Systems]. The two groups were compared in terms of performance on the following tests: (1) D-II cancellation, (2) Porteus Maze, (3) Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting, (4) Stroop Color Word Interference, (5) Trail Making, and (6) Tower of London. The results support the hypothesis of selective attention and specific executive function deficits among psychopaths. Specifically, psychopaths' abilities to maintain a plan and to inhibit irrelevant information were inferior to those of control participants. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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48. A Psychometric Exploration of an Italian Translation of the SCOFF Questionnaire
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Mario Di Fiorino, Marco Giannini, Johan Vanderlinden, and Linda Pannocchia
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Psychometrics ,Population ,SCOFF questionnaire ,Anorexia nervosa ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Eating disorders ,medicine ,Screening tool ,Psychology ,Psychiatry ,education ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
The SCOFF is a quick and simple screening tool for eating disorders (EDs), intended for use by those who are not specialists in the field. The purpose of the present study is to explore the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the instrument. An Italian translation of the SCOFF was administered, together with a part of the Italian version of the Eating Disorders Inventory-3, to the following: (i) a sample of psychiatric patients diagnosed with ED according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; (ii) a sample of female psychiatric controls with no ED symptoms; and (iii) a sample of female normal controls without EDs from the general population. Results suggest that the Italian version of the SCOFF provides a reliable and valid tool for screening EDs.
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49. Emerging antiviral strategies to interfere with influenza virus entry
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Vanderlinden, Evelien and Naesens, Lieve
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Influenza A and B viruses are highly contagious respiratory pathogens with a considerable medical and socioeconomical burden and known pandemic potential. Current influenza vaccines require annual updating and provide only partial protection in some risk groups. Due to the global spread of viruses with resistance to the M2 proton channel inhibitor amantadine or the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir, novel antiviral agents with an original mode of action are urgently needed. We here focus on emerging options to interfere with the influenza virus entry process, which consists of the following steps: attachment of the viral hemagglutinin to the sialylated host cell receptors, endocytosis, M2-mediated uncoating, low pH-induced membrane fusion, and, finally, import of the viral ribonucleoprotein into the nucleus. We review the current functional and structural insights in the viral and cellular components of this entry process, and the diverse antiviral strategies that are being explored. This encompasses small molecule inhibitors as well as macromolecules such as therapeutic antibodies. There is optimism that at least some of these innovative concepts to block influenza virus entry will proceed from the proof of concept to a more advanced stage. Special attention is therefore given to the challenging issues of influenza virus (sub)type-dependent activity or potential drug resistance. ispartof: Medicinal Research Reviews vol:34 issue:2 pages:301-39 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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50. Water Retention and Preferential States of Soil Moisture in a Cultivated Vertisol
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Vanderlinden, K., primary, Pachepsky, Y.A., additional, Pederera-Parrilla, A., additional, Martínez, G., additional, Espejo-Pérez, A.J., additional, Perea, F., additional, and Giráldez, J.V., additional
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