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2. CORE: A Few-Shot Company Relation Classification Dataset for Robust Domain Adaptation
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Borchert, Philipp, De Weerdt, Jochen, Coussement, Kristof, De Caigny, Arno, and Moens, Marie-Francine
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Computer Science - Computation and Language - Abstract
We introduce CORE, a dataset for few-shot relation classification (RC) focused on company relations and business entities. CORE includes 4,708 instances of 12 relation types with corresponding textual evidence extracted from company Wikipedia pages. Company names and business entities pose a challenge for few-shot RC models due to the rich and diverse information associated with them. For example, a company name may represent the legal entity, products, people, or business divisions depending on the context. Therefore, deriving the relation type between entities is highly dependent on textual context. To evaluate the performance of state-of-the-art RC models on the CORE dataset, we conduct experiments in the few-shot domain adaptation setting. Our results reveal substantial performance gaps, confirming that models trained on different domains struggle to adapt to CORE. Interestingly, we find that models trained on CORE showcase improved out-of-domain performance, which highlights the importance of high-quality data for robust domain adaptation. Specifically, the information richness embedded in business entities allows models to focus on contextual nuances, reducing their reliance on superficial clues such as relation-specific verbs. In addition to the dataset, we provide relevant code snippets to facilitate reproducibility and encourage further research in the field., Comment: Accepted to EMNLP 2023 main conference
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- 2023
3. Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of LIG4 pathogenic variations: neuro-histopathological description of 4 fetuses with stenosis of the aqueduct
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Nicolle, Romain, Boutaud, Lucile, Loeuillet, Laurence, Talhi, Naima, Grotto, Sarah, Bourgon, Nicolas, Feresin, Agnese, Coussement, Aurélie, Barrois, Mathilde, Beaujard, Marie-Paule, Rambaud, Thomas, Razavi, Férechté, and Attié-Bitach, Tania
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- 2024
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4. Changes in histone lysine acetylation, but not DNA methylation during facultative hibernation in Syrian hamster liver
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Oosterhof, Marloes M., Coussement, Louis, van Pijkeren, Alienke, Kwiatkowski, Marcel, Zwinderman, Martijn R. H., Dekker, Frank J., de Meyer, Tim, Reitsema, Vera A., Bischoff, Rainer, Guryev, Victor, Bouma, Hjalmar R., Henning, Rob H., and Rots, Marianne G.
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- 2024
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5. Parameter Estimation Using a Gaussian Process Regression-Based Reduced-Order Model and Sparse Sensing: Application to a Methane/Air Lifted Jet Flame
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Procacci, Alberto, Donato, Laura, Amaduzzi, Ruggero, Galletti, Chiara, Coussement, Axel, and Parente, Alessandro
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- 2024
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6. Advancing Reacting Flow Simulations with Data-Driven Models
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Zdybał, Kamila, D'Alessio, Giuseppe, Aversano, Gianmarco, Malik, Mohammad Rafi, Coussement, Axel, Sutherland, James C., and Parente, Alessandro
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Statistics - Machine Learning ,Computer Science - Machine Learning ,Physics - Fluid Dynamics ,65D99, 68U99, 62H30, 68T09, 68T30, 76F25 - Abstract
The use of machine learning algorithms to predict behaviors of complex systems is booming. However, the key to an effective use of machine learning tools in multi-physics problems, including combustion, is to couple them to physical and computer models. The performance of these tools is enhanced if all the prior knowledge and the physical constraints are embodied. In other words, the scientific method must be adapted to bring machine learning into the picture, and make the best use of the massive amount of data we have produced, thanks to the advances in numerical computing. The present chapter reviews some of the open opportunities for the application of data-driven reduced-order modeling of combustion systems. Examples of feature extraction in turbulent combustion data, empirical low-dimensional manifold (ELDM) identification, classification, regression, and reduced-order modeling are provided., Comment: Chapter 15 in the book 'Data Driven Fluid Mechanics', originating from the lecture series 'Machine Learning in Fluid Mechanics' organized by the von Karman Institute in 2020
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- 2022
7. Local manifold learning and its link to domain-based physics knowledge
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Zdybał, Kamila, D'Alessio, Giuseppe, Attili, Antonio, Coussement, Axel, Sutherland, James C., and Parente, Alessandro
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Physics - Fluid Dynamics ,Statistics - Machine Learning ,65D99, 68U99, 62H30, 68T09, 68T30, 76F25 - Abstract
In many reacting flow systems, the thermo-chemical state-space is known or assumed to evolve close to a low-dimensional manifold (LDM). Various approaches are available to obtain those manifolds and subsequently express the original high-dimensional space with fewer parameterizing variables. Principal component analysis (PCA) is one of the dimensionality reduction methods that can be used to obtain LDMs. PCA does not make prior assumptions about the parameterizing variables and retrieves them empirically from the training data. In this paper, we show that PCA applied in local clusters of data (local PCA) is capable of detecting the intrinsic parameterization of the thermo-chemical state-space. We first demonstrate that utilizing three common combustion models of varying complexity: the Burke-Schumann model, the chemical equilibrium model and the homogeneous reactor. Parameterization of these models is known a priori which allows for benchmarking with the local PCA approach. We further extend the application of local PCA to a more challenging case of a turbulent non-premixed $n$-heptane/air jet flame for which the parameterization is no longer obvious. Our results suggest that meaningful parameterization can be obtained also for more complex datasets. We show that local PCA finds variables that can be linked to local stoichiometry, reaction progress and soot formation processes.
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- 2022
8. Changes in histone lysine acetylation, but not DNA methylation during facultative hibernation in Syrian hamster liver
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Marloes M. Oosterhof, Louis Coussement, Alienke van Pijkeren, Marcel Kwiatkowski, Martijn R. H. Zwinderman, Frank J. Dekker, Tim de Meyer, Vera A. Reitsema, Rainer Bischoff, Victor Guryev, Hjalmar R. Bouma, Rob H. Henning, and Marianne G. Rots
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HDAC ,HAT ,RNA sequencing ,Epigenetics ,Histone acetylation ,WGBS ,Genetics ,QH426-470 - Abstract
Abstract Background Hibernation (torpor) is a strategy to survive extreme environmental conditions, associated with a significant decrease in metabolism and body temperature. The inducibility by the environment of torpor for facultative hibernators designates epigenetic mechanisms as likely candidates for regulation. Therefore, we set out to unravel epigenetics in the liver of a facultative hibernator, Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), sampled at different phases during hibernation, by assessing the expression of epigenetic writer and eraser enzymes, histone acetylation dynamics, and DNA methylation levels. Results Expression of epigenetic writers/erasers confirmed previously reported results obtained in obligatory hibernators, but might point to a mechanism specific for facultative hibernators, e.g., differential expression of histone acetyltransferases (HATs; KAT6A, KAT6B, KAT7, and KAT13D/CLOCK). These findings were in accordance with observed changes in histone H3 and H4 acetylation changes. Overall histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity was highest in torpor. No differences were detected in DNA methylation throughout all phases. Conclusion Our study thus points to histone acetylation as an important player in facultative hamster hibernation, which may underlie the orchestration of gene expression changes throughout hibernation.
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- 2024
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9. Generation of IPi001-A/B/C human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from healthy amniotic fluid cells
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Mikaël Boullé, Alix Boucharlat, Ambre Leleu, Céline Banal, Aurélie Coussement, Marcel Hollenstein, Frank Yates, Nathalie Lefort, and Fabrice Agou
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Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs) represent an invaluable source of primary cells to investigate development, establish cell and disease models, provide material for regenerative medicine and allow more physiological high-content screenings. Here, we generated three healthy hiPSC control lines - IPi001-A/B/C - from primary amniotic fluid cells (AFCs), an infrequently used source of cells, which can be readily obtained from amniocentesis for the prenatal diagnosis of numerous genetic disorders. These AFCs were reprogrammed by non-integrative viral transduction. The resulting hiPSCs displayed normal karyotype and expressed classic pluripotency hallmarks.
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- 2024
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10. PD-L1 Expression in Paired Samples of Rectal Cancer
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Mina Coussement, Roberta Fazio, Alessandro Audisio, Reem El Khoury, Fatima-Zahra Abbassi, Irene Assaf, Chiara Conti, Chiara Gallio, Nada Benhima, Giacomo Bregni, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Valentina Spagnolo, Geraldine Anthoine, Gabriel Liberale, Luigi Moretti, Philippe Martinive, Alain Hendlisz, Pieter Demetter, and Francesco Sclafani
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PD-L1 ,tumour proportion score (TPS) ,immune cell score (ICS) ,combined positive score (CPS) ,immune checkpoint inhibitors ,radiotherapy ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors and immune-related biomarkers are increasingly investigated in rectal cancer (RC). We retrospectively analysed PD-L1 expression in diagnostic biopsy and resection samples from RC patients treated at our centre between 2000 and 2020. PD-L1 immunostaining (22C3 clone) was evaluated according to tumour proportion (TPS), immune cell (ICS), and the combined positive score (CPS). Eighty-three patients were included. At diagnosis, PD-L1 expression ≥1%/≥5% was observed in 15.4%/0%, 80.7%/37.4%, and 69.2%/25.6% of patients based on TPS, ICS, and CPS, respectively. At surgery, the respective figures were 4.6%/1.5%, 60.2%/32.5%, and 50.7%/26.2%. Using the 1% cut-off and regardless of the scoring system, PD-L1 was less expressed in surgery than biopsy samples (p ≤ 0.04). In paired specimens, PD-L1-ICS reduction was especially observed following neoadjuvant long-course (chemo)radiotherapy (p = 0.03). PD-L1-ICS of ≥5% in surgical samples (HR: 0.17; p = 0.02), and a biopsy-to-surgery increase in PD-L1-ICS (HR: 0.19; p = 0.04) was predictive for longer disease-free survival, while the PD-L1-ICS of either ≥1% (HR 0.28; p = 0.04) or ≥5% (HR 0.19; p = 0.03) in surgical samples and the biopsy-to-surgery increase in PD-L1-ICS (HR: 0.20; p = 0.04) were associated with better overall survival. Our study suggests that PD-L1 expression in RC is largely reflective of immune cell infiltration, and its presence/increase in surgical samples predicts better outcomes.
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- 2024
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11. Promoter hypermethylation of neural-related genes is compatible with stemness in solid cancers
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Idris, Musa, Coussement, Louis, Alves, Maria M., De Meyer, Tim, and Melotte, Veerle
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- 2023
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12. Promoter hypermethylation of neural-related genes is compatible with stemness in solid cancers
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Musa Idris, Louis Coussement, Maria M. Alves, Tim De Meyer, and Veerle Melotte
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DNA hypermethylation ,Pan cancer ,Neural differentiation ,REST ,Genetics ,QH426-470 - Abstract
Abstract Background DNA hypermethylation is an epigenetic feature that modulates gene expression, and its deregulation is observed in cancer. Previously, we identified a neural-related DNA hypermethylation fingerprint in colon cancer, where most of the top hypermethylated and downregulated genes have known functions in the nervous system. To evaluate the presence of this signature and its relevance to carcinogenesis in general, we considered 16 solid cancer types available in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Results All tested cancers showed significant enrichment for neural-related genes amongst hypermethylated genes. This signature was already present in two premalignant tissue types and could not be explained by potential confounders such as bivalency status or tumor purity. Further characterization of the neural-related DNA hypermethylation signature in colon cancer showed particular enrichment for genes that are overexpressed during neural differentiation. Lastly, an analysis of upstream regulators identified RE1-Silencing Transcription factor (REST) as a potential mediator of this DNA methylation signature. Conclusion Our study confirms the presence of a neural-related DNA hypermethylation fingerprint in various cancers, of genes linked to neural differentiation, and points to REST as a possible regulator of this mechanism. We propose that this fingerprint indicates an involvement of DNA hypermethylation in the preservation of neural stemness in cancer cells.
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- 2023
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13. The genome of the extremophile Artemia provides insight into strategies to cope with extreme environments
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De Vos, Stephanie, Rombauts, Stephane, Coussement, Louis, Dermauw, Wannes, Vuylsteke, Marnik, Sorgeloos, Patrick, Clegg, James S, Nambu, Ziro, Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip, Norouzitallab, Parisa, Van Leeuwen, Thomas, De Meyer, Tim, Van Stappen, Gilbert, Van de Peer, Yves, and Bossier, Peter
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Biological Sciences ,Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ,Genetics ,Generic health relevance ,Animals ,Artemia ,Extreme Environments ,Extremophiles ,Heat-Shock Proteins ,Salinity ,Arthropod ,Genome ,Transcriptome ,Assembly ,Annotation ,Extremophile ,Anoxia ,Brine shrimp ,Information and Computing Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Bioinformatics ,Biological sciences ,Biomedical and clinical sciences - Abstract
BackgroundBrine shrimp Artemia have an unequalled ability to endure extreme salinity and complete anoxia. This study aims to elucidate its strategies to cope with these stressors.Results and discussionHere, we present the genome of an inbred A. franciscana Kellogg, 1906. We identified 21,828 genes of which, under high salinity, 674 genes and under anoxia, 900 genes were differentially expressed (42%, respectively 30% were annotated). Under high salinity, relevant stress genes and pathways included several Heat Shock Protein and Leaf Embryogenesis Abundant genes, as well as the trehalose metabolism. In addition, based on differential gene expression analysis, it can be hypothesized that a high oxidative stress response and endocytosis/exocytosis are potential salt management strategies, in addition to the expression of major facilitator superfamily genes responsible for transmembrane ion transport. Under anoxia, genes involved in mitochondrial function, mTOR signalling and autophagy were differentially expressed. Both high salt and anoxia enhanced degradation of erroneous proteins and protein chaperoning. Compared with other branchiopod genomes, Artemia had 0.03% contracted and 6% expanded orthogroups, in which 14% of the genes were differentially expressed under high salinity or anoxia. One phospholipase D gene family, shown to be important in plant stress response, was uniquely present in both extremophiles Artemia and the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, yet not differentially expressed under the described experimental conditions.ConclusionsA relatively complete genome of Artemia was assembled, annotated and analysed, facilitating research on its extremophile features, and providing a reference sequence for crustacean research.
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- 2021
14. New Approaches to Manage Infections in Transplant Recipients: Report From the 2023 GTI (Infection and Transplantation Group) Annual Meeting
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Alexandra Serris, Julien Coussement, Benoît Pilmis, Victoire De Lastours, Aurélien Dinh, François Parquin, Eric Epailly, Florence Ader, Olivier Lortholary, Emmanuel Morelon, Nassim Kamar, Edouard Forcade, David Lebeaux, Jérôme Dumortier, Filomena Conti, Agnes Lefort, Anne Scemla, and Hannah Kaminski
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muli-drug resistant bacteria ,antimicrobial resistance ,antimicrobial stewardship ,antifungal therapy ,urinary tract infection ,Specialties of internal medicine ,RC581-951 - Published
- 2023
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15. Recidiverend vallen, osteoporose en sarcopenie, drie belangrijke problemen, een geïntegreerde benadering
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E. Dejaeger, S. Boonen, J. Coussement, and K. Milisen
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valpreventie ,osteoporose ,sarcopenie ,Medicine - Abstract
Valincidenten treden frequent op en hebben vaak heel wat nadelige effecten, zo is er niet alleen de kans op een verwonding maar vaak zijn er ook psychologische - en financiële gevolgen die aanzienlijk kunnen zijn. Als men deze problematiek grondig wil aanpakken, zal men zowel aandacht dienen te besteden aan een reductie van het valrisico als van het fractuurrisico. De afdeling Gerontologie en Geriatrie van de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is op beide domeinen actief betrokken en dit zowel onderzoeksmatig als op het maatschappelijke vlak.
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- 2023
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16. Churn Prediction with Sequential Data and Deep Neural Networks. A Comparative Analysis
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Mena, C. Gary, De Caigny, Arno, Coussement, Kristof, De Bock, Koen W., and Lessmann, Stefan
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Statistics - Applications ,Computer Science - Machine Learning ,Statistics - Machine Learning - Abstract
Off-the-shelf machine learning algorithms for prediction such as regularized logistic regression cannot exploit the information of time-varying features without previously using an aggregation procedure of such sequential data. However, recurrent neural networks provide an alternative approach by which time-varying features can be readily used for modeling. This paper assesses the performance of neural networks for churn modeling using recency, frequency, and monetary value data from a financial services provider. Results show that RFM variables in combination with LSTM neural networks have larger top-decile lift and expected maximum profit metrics than regularized logistic regression models with commonly-used demographic variables. Moreover, we show that using the fitted probabilities from the LSTM as feature in the logistic regression increases the out-of-sample performance of the latter by 25 percent compared to a model with only static features.
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- 2019
17. A decision-analytic framework for interpretable recommendation systems with multiple input data sources: a case study for a European e-tailer
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Coussement, K., De Bock, K. W., and Geuens, S.
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- 2022
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18. Non-Premixed Filtered Tabulated Chemistry for LES: Evaluation on Sandia Flames D and E
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Pedro Javier Obando Vega, Axel Coussement, Amsini Sadiki, and Alessandro Parente
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turbulent non-premixed combustion ,Sandia flames D and E ,filtered tabulated chemistry for LES ,Fuel ,TP315-360 - Abstract
The non-premixed filtered tabulated chemistry for large eddy simulations employs numerical filtering to resolve a thin flame front on practical LES numerical grids. The flame structure is modified to be coherent with the domain discretization. The first turbulent combustion application of the non-premixed filtered tabulated chemistry approach is presented. A keen comparison of the flamelet filtering transformation in the premixed and non-premixed regimes is carried out. Three distinctive features are outlined: the flame thickness variation, the filtered manifold transformation, and the model activation dependence on the chosen diffusion flamelet configuration for a non-premixed filtered approach. The model performance is assessed on two real turbulent flame configurations, Sandia flames D and E, employing a three-dimensional tabulation strategy, where the numerical grid is coupled with the model by the third parameter, i.e., the computational cell size. The repercussions of the above cited aspects are carefully assessed. The results demonstrate that the formalism coupling with an SGS modeling function can adequately describe wrinkled flame front effects. The predictions for both the major stable species and the minor ones accurately correspond with the underlying physics. It turns out that there is a substantial variation of the filter effect as a function of the strain rate of the flame and the considered species. The varying filter sensitivity along the manifold influences the response of the model correction terms and the retrieved variables. The non-premixed FTACLES formalism possibilities and conditions for the model’s utilization and optimal performance are clearly stated, to confirm the idea that SGS closure in diffusive combustion can be derived based on filtering arguments, and not only based on statistical approaches.
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- 2022
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19. Local manifold learning and its link to domain-based physics knowledge
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Kamila Zdybał, Giuseppe D’Alessio, Antonio Attili, Axel Coussement, James C. Sutherland, and Alessandro Parente
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Local principal component analysis ,Low-dimensional manifolds ,Physically interpretable models ,Data parameterization ,Data clustering ,Semi-supervised learning ,Fuel ,TP315-360 ,Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade ,HD9502-9502.5 - Abstract
In many reacting flow systems, the thermo-chemical state-space is known or assumed to evolve close to a low-dimensional manifold (LDM). Various approaches are available to obtain those manifolds and subsequently express the original high-dimensional space with fewer parameterizing variables. Principal component analysis (PCA) is one of the dimensionality reduction methods that can be used to obtain LDMs. PCA does not make prior assumptions about the parameterizing variables and retrieves them empirically from training data. In this paper, we show that PCA applied in local clusters of data (local PCA) is capable of detecting physically meaningful parameterization of the thermo-chemical state-space. We first demonstrate that utilizing three common combustion models of varying complexity: the Burke–Schumann model, the chemical equilibrium model, and the homogeneous reactor. Parameterization of these models is known a priori which allows for benchmarking with the local PCA approach. We further extend the application of local PCA to a more challenging case of a turbulent non-premixed n-heptane/air jet flame for which the parameterization is no longer obvious. Our results suggest that meaningful parameterization can be obtained also for more complex datasets. We show that local PCA finds variables that can be linked to local stoichiometry, reaction progress and soot formation processes. We shed the light on how data-driven techniques, such as local PCA, can be enhanced by using the available knowledge of the system.
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- 2023
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20. The genome of the extremophile Artemia provides insight into strategies to cope with extreme environments
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Stephanie De Vos, Stephane Rombauts, Louis Coussement, Wannes Dermauw, Marnik Vuylsteke, Patrick Sorgeloos, James S. Clegg, Ziro Nambu, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Parisa Norouzitallab, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Tim De Meyer, Gilbert Van Stappen, Yves Van de Peer, and Peter Bossier
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Arthropod ,Genome ,Transcriptome ,Assembly ,Annotation ,Extremophile ,Biotechnology ,TP248.13-248.65 ,Genetics ,QH426-470 - Abstract
Abstract Background Brine shrimp Artemia have an unequalled ability to endure extreme salinity and complete anoxia. This study aims to elucidate its strategies to cope with these stressors. Results and discussion Here, we present the genome of an inbred A. franciscana Kellogg, 1906. We identified 21,828 genes of which, under high salinity, 674 genes and under anoxia, 900 genes were differentially expressed (42%, respectively 30% were annotated). Under high salinity, relevant stress genes and pathways included several Heat Shock Protein and Leaf Embryogenesis Abundant genes, as well as the trehalose metabolism. In addition, based on differential gene expression analysis, it can be hypothesized that a high oxidative stress response and endocytosis/exocytosis are potential salt management strategies, in addition to the expression of major facilitator superfamily genes responsible for transmembrane ion transport. Under anoxia, genes involved in mitochondrial function, mTOR signalling and autophagy were differentially expressed. Both high salt and anoxia enhanced degradation of erroneous proteins and protein chaperoning. Compared with other branchiopod genomes, Artemia had 0.03% contracted and 6% expanded orthogroups, in which 14% of the genes were differentially expressed under high salinity or anoxia. One phospholipase D gene family, shown to be important in plant stress response, was uniquely present in both extremophiles Artemia and the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, yet not differentially expressed under the described experimental conditions. Conclusions A relatively complete genome of Artemia was assembled, annotated and analysed, facilitating research on its extremophile features, and providing a reference sequence for crustacean research.
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- 2021
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21. A network approach to the five-facet model of mindfulness
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Alexandre Heeren, Séverine Lannoy, Charlotte Coussement, Yorgo Hoebeke, Alice Verschuren, M. Annelise Blanchard, Nadia Chakroun-Baggioni, Pierre Philippot, and Fabien Gierski
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Despite the large-scale dissemination of mindfulness-based interventions, debates persist about the very nature of mindfulness. To date, one of the dominant views is the five-facet approach, which suggests that mindfulness includes five facets (i.e., Observing, Describing, Nonjudging, Nonreactivity, and Acting with Awareness). However, uncertainty remains regarding the potential interplay between these facets. In this study, we investigated the five-facet model via network analysis in an unselected sample (n = 1704). We used two distinct computational network approaches: a Gaussian graphical model (i.e., undirected) and a directed acyclic graph, with each model determining the relations between the facets and their relative importance in the network. Both computational approaches pointed to the facet denoting Acting with Awareness as playing an especially potent role in the network system. Altogether, our findings offer novel data-driven clues for the field's larger quest to ascertain the very foundations of mindfulness.
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- 2021
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22. COVID-19 or not COVID-19? Compared characteristics of patients hospitalized for suspected COVID-19
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Rogier, Thomas, Eberl, Isabelle, Moretto, Florian, Sixt, Thibault, Catherine, François-Xavier, Estève, Clémentine, Abdallahoui, Maroua, Behague, Lucile, Coussement, Antoine, Mathey, Lucas, Mahy, Sophie, Buisson, Marielle, Salmon-Rousseau, Arnaud, Duong, Michel, Chavanet, Pascal, Bernard, Quentin, Nicolas, Barbara, Benguella, Leila, Bonnotte, Bernard, Blot, Mathieu, and Piroth, Lionel
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- 2021
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23. Ekphraseis et écriture dans le roman pastoral The Countesse of Montgomery’s Urania (1621) de Lady Mary Wroth
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Laetitia Coussement-Boillot
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Wroth (Lady Mary) ,Sidney (Sir Philip) ,The Countesse of Montgomery’s Urania ,ekphrasis ,writing ,reflexivity ,History (General) and history of Europe ,French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature ,PQ1-3999 - Abstract
In her prose romance The Countesse of Montgomery’s Urania (1621), Lady Mary Wroth inserted many more ekphraseis compared to the number found in her uncle Sir Philip Sidney’s prose romance The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1593). Wroth’s ekphraseis are more numerous, yet they are often incomplete and repetitive, as if the author was more interested in the reflexive potential of the ekphrasis, foregrounding the « mise en abyme » of the act of writing, rather than in the detailed description of a « living picture » inherited from Antiquity. Both the multiplication and the incompleteness of ekphraseis in Urania testify to Mary Wroth’s use and transformation of this rhetorical device recurrent in the pastoral tradition in order to emphasize the act of writing which was essential for her as an author trying to assert her legitimacy.
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- 2022
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24. Non-Premixed Filtered Tabulated Chemistry: Filtered Flame Modeling of Diffusion Flames
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Pedro Javier Obando Vega, Axel Coussement, Amsini Sadiki, and Alessandro Parente
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laminar non-premixed combustion ,coflow flame ,filtered tabulated chemistry ,Fuel ,TP315-360 - Abstract
The flame front filtering is a well-known strategy in turbulent premixed combustion. An extension of this approach for the non-premixed combustion context has been proposed by means of directly filtering counterflow diffusion flamelets. Promising results were obtained for the non-premixed filtered tabulated chemistry formalism on 1-D and 2-D unresolved counterflow flame configurations. The present paper demonstrates the soundness of this approach on a 3-D real laminar non-premixed coflow flame. The model results are compared against the direct filtering of the fully resolved laminar diffusion flame showing that the formalism adequately describes the underlying physics. The study reveals the importance of the one-dimensional counterflow flamelet hypothesis, so that the model activation under this condition is ensured by means of a flame sensor. The consistent coupling between the model and the flame sensor adequately retrieves the flame lift-off and satisfactorily predicts the profile extension due to the filtering process.
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- 2021
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25. Digital Twin for Experimental Data Fusion Applied to a Semi-Industrial Furnace Fed with H2-Rich Fuel Mixtures
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Alberto Procacci, Marianna Cafiero, Saurabh Sharma, Muhammad Mustafa Kamal, Axel Coussement, and Alessandro Parente
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digital twin ,data fusion ,dimensionality reduction ,Technology - Abstract
The objective of this work is to build a Digital Twin of a semi-industrial furnace using Gaussian Process Regression coupled with dimensionality reduction via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. The Digital Twin is capable of integrating different sources of information, such as temperature, chemiluminescence intensity and species concentration at the outlet. The parameters selected to build the design space are the equivalence ratio and the benzene concentration in the fuel stream. The fuel consists of a H2/CH4/CO blend, doped with a progressive addition of C6H6. It is an H2-rich fuel mixture, representing a surrogate of a more complex Coke Oven Gas industrial mixture. The experimental measurements include the flame temperature distribution, measured on a 6×8 grid using an air-cooled suction pyrometer, spatially resolved chemiluminescence measurements of OH* and CH*, and the species concentration (i.e., NO, NO2, CO, H2O, CO2, O2) measured in the exhaust gases. The GPR-based Digital Twin approach has already been successfully applied on numerical datasets coming from CFD simulations. In this work, we demonstrate that the same approach can be applied on heterogeneous datasets, obtained from experimental measurements.
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- 2023
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26. On the Measurement of Climate Change Anxiety: French Validation of the Climate Anxiety Scale
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Camille Mouguiama-Daouda, M. Annelise Blanchard, Charlotte Coussement, and Alexandre Heeren
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climate change anxiety ,climate change ,psychometrics ,french validation ,eco-anxiety ,assessment ,Psychology ,BF1-990 - Abstract
The notion of climate change anxiety has gained traction in the last years. Clayton & Karazsia (2020) recently developed the 22-item Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CAS), which assesses climate change anxiety via a four-factor structure. Yet other research has cast doubts on the very structure of the CAS by calling either for a shorter (i.e. 13 items) two-factor structure or for a shorter single-factor structure (i.e. 13 items). So far, these three different models have not yet been compared in one study. Moreover, uncertainty remains regarding the associations between the CAS and other psychological constructs, especially anxiety and depression. This project was designed to overcome these limitations. In a first preregistered study ('n' = 305), we translated the scale into French and tested, via confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), whether the French version would better fit with a four-, two-, or single-factor structure, as implied by previous works. We also examined how the CAS factors related to depression, anxiety, and environmental identity. In a second preregistered study, we aimed at replicating our comparison between the three CFA models in a larger sample ('n' = 905). Both studies pointed to a 13-item version of the scale with a two-factor structure as the best fitting model, with one factor reflecting cognitive and emotional features of climate change anxiety and the other reflecting the related functional impairments. Each factor exhibited a positive association with depression and environmental identity but not with general anxiety. We discuss how this two-factor structure impacts the conceptualization of climate change anxiety.
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27. Attentional networks in co-occurring generalized anxiety disorder and major depression disorder: Towards a staging approach to the executive control deficits
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Charlotte Coussement, Xavier De Longueville, and Alexandre Heeren
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Attentional networks ,Executive control ,Major depression disorder ,Generalized anxiety disorder ,Comorbidity ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
Introduction: Major Depression Disorder (MDD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) often co-occur, but the neurocognitive mechanisms of this co-occurrence remain unknown. Prominent views have pointed to attentional processes as potent mechanisms at play in MDD and GAD, respectively. Yet uncertainty remains regarding the very nature of attentional impairments in patients with co-occurring MDD and GAD. Methods: Inspired by contemporary models of attentional networks, we compared the three main attentional networks, namely the orienting, alerting, and executive networks of the Attention Network Task's model, in four groups of patients with, respectively, co-occurring DSM-5 MDD and GAD (n = 30), DSM-5 MDD only (n = 30), DSM-5 GAD only (n = 30), or free from any DSM-5 diagnosis (n = 30). To capture the multivariate nature of our data, we examined between-group differences in the attentional networks through a multivariate analysis of variance. Results: Patients with co-occurring MDD and GAD exhibited more severe impairments in the executive control network than those with only one of the disorders. Although patients with MDD or GAD solely did not differ in terms of attentional impairments, both groups showed significantly more impairments in the executive control network than those free from any DSM-5 diagnosis (all Bonferonni-corrected post-hoc ps < 0.05). Conclusions: Our findings align with a longstanding staging approach to comorbidity whereby, via synergistic effects, co-occurring disorders produce more damages than the sum of each disorder. Here, for the first time, we extended this approach to the executive network of attention in the context of the co-occurrence between MDD and GAD.
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28. Stroboscopic detection of nuclear resonance in an arbitrary scattering channel
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Deák, L., Bottyán, L., Callens, R., Coussement, R., Major, M., Nasu, S., Serdons, I., Spiering, H., and Yoda, Y.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science ,Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics - Abstract
The theory of heterodyne/stroboscopic detection of nuclear resonance scattering is developed, starting from the total scattering matrix as a product of the matrix of the reference sample and the sample under study. This general approach holds for any dynamical scattering channel. The forward channel, which is discussed in detail in the literature, reveals the speciality that electronic scattering causes only an energy independent diminution of the intensity. For all other channels, complex resonance line shapes in the heterodyne/stroboscopic spectra - as a result of interference of electronic and nuclear scattering - is encountered. The grazing incidence case is evaluated and described in detail. Experimetal data of classical grazing incidence reflection and their stroboscopic detection on [natFe/57Fe]10 and antiferromagnetic [57Fe/Cr]20 multilayers are fitted simultaneously., Comment: 23 pages, 4 Postscript figures, uses iucr.sty
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29. A network approach to the five-facet model of mindfulness
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Heeren, Alexandre, Lannoy, Séverine, Coussement, Charlotte, Hoebeke, Yorgo, Verschuren, Alice, Blanchard, M. Annelise, Chakroun-Baggioni, Nadia, Philippot, Pierre, and Gierski, Fabien
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30. Lack of consensus in the choice of termination of pregnancy for Turner syndrome in France
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Monika Hermann, Babak Khoshnood, Olivia Anselem, Claire Bouvattier, Aurélie Coussement, Sophie Brisset, Alexandra Benachi, and Vassilis Tsatsaris
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Sex chromosome anomaly ,Termination of pregnancy ,Turner syndrome ,Vignette study ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background The observed rate of termination of pregnancy (TOP) for Turner syndrome varies worldwide and even within countries. In this vignette study we quantified agreement among ten multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centers in Paris. Methods We submitted online three cases of Turner syndrome (increased nuchal translucency, normal ultrasound, aortic coarctation) to fetal medicine experts: one obstetrician, one pediatrician and one geneticist in each of the ten Parisian centers. Each case was presented in the form of a progressive clinical history with conditional links dependent upon responses. The background to each case was provided, along with the medical history of the parents and the counseling they got from medical staff. The experts indicated online whether or not they would accept the parents’ request for TOP. We assessed the percentage of agreement for acceptance or refusal of TOP. We also used a multilevel logistic regression model to evaluate differences among obstetrician-gynecologists, pediatricians and cytogeneticists. Results Overall agreement among the experts to accept or refuse TOP was, respectively, 25 and 28%. The percentage of disagreement was 47%. The percentage of agreement to accept TOP was 33, 8 and 33% for obstetrician-gynecologists, pediatricians and cytogeneticists, respectively. The respective percentages of agreement to refuse TOP were 19, 47 and 26%. Conclusion Our results show the lack of consensus with regard to decisions related to termination of pregnancy for Turner Syndrome. This lack of consensus in turn underscores the importance of multidisciplinary management of these pregnancies in specialized fetal medicine centers.
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31. Asymptotic zero distribution for a class of multiple orthogonal polynomials
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Coussement, E., Coussement, J., and Van Assche, W.
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Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs ,Mathematics - Spectral Theory ,33C45 ,42C05 ,15A18 - Abstract
We establish the asymptotic zero distribution for polynomials generated by a four-term recurrence relation with varying recurrence coefficients having a particular limiting behavior. The proof is based on ratio asymptotics for these polynomials. We can apply this result to three examples of multiple orthogonal polynomials, in particular Jacobi-Pineiro, Laguerre I and the example associated with Macdonald functions. We also discuss an application to Toeplitz matrices., Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures
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32. Pieter Slaman, De Glazen Toren. De Leidse universiteit 1970-2020
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Alexia Coussement
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History of Low Countries - Benelux Countries ,DH1-925 - Published
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33. Percutaneous mitral valve repair: the necessity to redefine secondary mitral regurgitation
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Halim, J., Van den Branden, B., Coussement, P., Kedhi, E., and Van der Heyden, J.
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34. A survey and benchmarking study of multitreatment uplift modeling
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Olaya, Diego, Coussement, Kristof, and Verbeke, Wouter
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35. Combination of polynomial chaos and Kriging for reduced-order model of reacting flow applications
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Gianmarco Aversano, Giuseppe D’Alessio, Axel Coussement, Francesco Contino, and Alessandro Parente
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PCA ,Surrogate models ,Polynomial chaos ,Kriging ,Technology - Abstract
The combination of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) with Kriging has been shown to be a reliable choice for the development of Reduced-Order Models (ROMs) for the prediction of combustion data at unexplored operating conditions. In this study, POD is combined with Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE), with a combination of PCE and Kriging (PC-Kriging) and with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for the development of a ROM that can predict 2D combustion data for unexplored operating conditions. The choice of Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) instead of POD as compression method is also investigated. This method is chosen because it can intrinsically guarantee the non-violation of physical constraints such as positivity of chemical species mass fractions, although POD's data reconstruction errors are lower. The performances of the POD and NMF in combination with the proposed supervised methods are compared, with prediction normalized root mean squared errors (NRMSE) being less than 10% for spatial fields of temperature, CH4 and O2 for all approaches.
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36. Clinically relevant aberrant Filip1l DNA methylation detected in a murine model of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
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Kevin Roth, Louis Coussement, Elena V. Knatko, Maureen Higgins, Sandra Steyaert, Charlotte M. Proby, Tim de Meyer, and Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova
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cSCC ,DNA methylation ,RRBS ,FILIP1L ,Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Background: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC) are among the most common and highly mutated human malignancies. Understanding the impact of DNA methylation in cSCC may provide avenues for new therapeutic strategies. Methods: We used reduced-representation bisulfite sequencing for DNA methylation analysis of murine cSCC. Differential methylation was assessed at the CpG level using limma. Next, we compared with human cSCC Infinium HumanMethylation BeadArray data. Genes were considered to be of major relevance when they featured at least one significantly differentially methylated CpGs (RRBS) / probes (Infinium) with at least a 30% difference between tumour vs. control in both a murine gene and its human orthologue. The human EPIC Infinium data were used to distinguish two cSCC subtypes, stem-cell-like and keratinocyte-like tumours. Findings: We found increased average methylation in mouse cSCC (by 12.8%, p = 0.0011) as well as in stem-cell like (by 3.1%, p=0.002), but not keratinocyte-like (0.2%, p = 0.98), human cSCC. Comparison of differentially methylated genes revealed striking similarities between human and mouse cSCC. Locus specific methylation changes in mouse cSCC often occurred in regions of potential regulatory function, including enhancers and promoters. A key differentially methylated region was located in a potential enhancer of the tumour suppressor gene Filip1l and its expression was reduced in mouse tumours. Moreover, the FILIP1L locus showed hypermethylation in human cSCC and lower expression in human cSCC cell lines. Interpretation: Deregulation of DNA methylation is an important feature of murine and human cSCC that likely contributes to silencing of tumour suppressor genes, as shown for Filip1l. Funding: British Skin Foundation, Cancer Research UK
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37. Irrationality proof of certain Lambert series using little q-Jacobi polynomials
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Coussement, Jonathan and Smet, Christophe
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Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs ,Mathematics - Number Theory ,11J72 (Primary) 11J82, 33D45 (Secondary) - Abstract
We apply the Pade technique to find rational approximations to % \[h^{\pm}(q_1,q_2)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{\q_1^k}{1\pm \q_2^k}, 0
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38. DNA Methylation Regulates Transcription Factor-Specific Neurodevelopmental but Not Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression Dynamics in Zebra Finch Telencephalon
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Jolien Diddens, Louis Coussement, Carolina Frankl-Vilches, Gaurav Majumdar, Sandra Steyaert, Sita M. Ter Haar, Jeroen Galle, Ellen De Meester, Sarah De Keulenaer, Wim Van Criekinge, Charlotte A. Cornil, Jacques Balthazart, Annemie Van Der Linden, Tim De Meyer, and Wim Vanden Berghe
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DNA methylation ,zebra finch ,brain development ,epigenetics ,song learning ,dosage compensation ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Song learning in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) is a prototypical example of a complex learned behavior, yet knowledge of the underlying molecular processes is limited. Therefore, we characterized transcriptomic (RNA-sequencing) and epigenomic (RRBS, reduced representation bisulfite sequencing; immunofluorescence) dynamics in matched zebra finch telencephalon samples of both sexes from 1 day post hatching (1 dph) to adulthood, spanning the critical period for song learning (20 and 65 dph). We identified extensive transcriptional neurodevelopmental changes during postnatal telencephalon development. DNA methylation was very low, yet increased over time, particularly in song control nuclei. Only a small fraction of the massive differential expression in the developing zebra finch telencephalon could be explained by differential CpG and CpH DNA methylation. However, a strong association between DNA methylation and age-dependent gene expression was found for various transcription factors (i.e., OTX2, AR, and FOS) involved in neurodevelopment. Incomplete dosage compensation, independent of DNA methylation, was found to be largely responsible for sexually dimorphic gene expression, with dosage compensation increasing throughout life. In conclusion, our results indicate that DNA methylation regulates neurodevelopmental gene expression dynamics through steering transcription factor activity, but does not explain sexually dimorphic gene expression patterns in zebra finch telencephalon.
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39. Gauusian quadrature for multiple orthogonal polynomials
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Coussement, Jonathan and Van Assche, Walter
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Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs ,41A55, 65D32 - Abstract
We study multiple orthogonal polynomials of type I and type II which have orthogonality conditions with respect to r measures. These polynomials are connected by their recurrence relation of order r+1. First we show a relation with the eigenvalue problem of a banded lower Hessenberg matrix L_n, containing the recurrence coefficients. As a consequence, we easily find that the multiple orthogonal polynomials of type I and type II satisfy a generalized Christoffel-Darboux identity. Furthermore, we explain the notion of multiple Gaussian quadrature (for proper multi-indices), which is an extension of the theory of Gaussian quadrature for orthogonal polynomials and was introduced by C. F. Borges. In particular we show that the quadrature points and quadrature weights can be expressed in terms of the eigenvalue problem of L_n., Comment: 16 pages
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40. Multiple Wilson and Jacobi-Pineiro polynomials
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Beckermann, B., Coussement, J., and Van Assche, W.
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Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs ,33C45, 42C05 - Abstract
We introduce multiple Wilson polynomials, which give a new example of multiple orthogonal polynomials (Hermite-Pade polynomials) of type II. These polynomials can be written as a Jacobi-Pineiro transform, which is a generalization of the Jacobi transform for Wilson polynomials, found by T.H. Koornwinder. Here we need to introduce Jacobi and Jacobi-Pineiro polynomials with complex parameters. Some explicit formulas are provided for both Jacobi-Pineiro and multiple Wilson polynomials, one of them in terms of Kampe de Feriet series. Finally we look at some limiting relations and construct a part of a multiple AT-Askey table., Comment: 22 pages, 2 figures
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41. Double chromosomal translocation in an infertile man: one-step FISH meiotic segregation analysis and reproductive prognosis
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Pierron, Lucie, Irrmann, Alexandra, de Chalus, Aliénor, Bloch, Adrien, Heide, Solveig, Rogers, Eli, Lédée, Nathalie, Prat-Ellenberg, Laura, Coussement, Aurélie, Dupont, Jean-Michel, Cassuto, Nino Guy, Siffroi, Jean-Pierre, and Rouen, Alexandre
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42. Direct and inverse spectral transform for the relativistic Toda lattice and the connection with Laurent orthogonal polynomials
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Coussement, J., Kuijlaars, A. B. J., and Van Assche, W.
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Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs ,Mathematical Physics ,37K10, 42C05 - Abstract
We introduce a spectral transform for the finite relativistic Toda lattice (RTL) in generalized form. In the nonrelativistic case, Moser constructed a spectral transform from the spectral theory of symmetric Jacobi matrices. Here we use a non-symmetric generalized eigenvalue problem for a pair of bidiagonal matrices (L,M) to define the spectral transform for the RTL. The inverse spectral transform is described in terms of a terminating T-fraction. The generalized eigenvalues are constants of motion and the auxiliary spectral data have explicit time evolution. Using the connection with the theory of Laurent orthogonal polynomials, we study the long-time behaviour of the RTL. As in the case of the Toda lattice the matrix entries have asymptotic limits. We show that L tends to an upper Hessenberg matrix with the generalized eigenvalues sorted on the diagonal, while M tends to the identity matrix., Comment: 24 pages, 9 figures
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43. Educational Telecommunication: Does It Work? (An Attitude Study).
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Coussement, Sylvere H.
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This study was planned to develop and evaluate an assessment component to measure student attitudes on science as influenced by subject matter presented via telecommunication. Use of technology to introduce varying, exciting, and effective education is becoming commonplace, and assessment of student attitudes is essential to evaluating, updating, and refining curriculum. This research examined the "Integrated Science" teaching process, involving known teaching techniques integrated with a video lesson. A questionnaire was developed, analyzed, tested, revised, and then given to 299 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students in 14 Integrated Science classes at 3 schools which received the video lessons via telecast from a major southern U.S. university. The questionnaires established a means for evaluating the Integrated Science program as determined by attitude toward science monitoring. Variables affecting the study might include positive or negative feelings toward a teacher, subject matter, classroom environment, or classroom activities. The study results are being used to revise the Integrated Science curriculum. (Contains 23 references.) (BEW)
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44. Quadrupole moments of high-spin isomers: test of the tilted-axis cranking model
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Balabanski, D. L., Vyvey, K., Neyens, G., Almehed, D., Blaha, P., Borremans, D., Chmel, S., Coulier, N., Coussement, R., De Clercq, W., Frauendorf, S., Georgiev, G., Hubel, H., Lepine-Szily, A., Mineva, M., Nenoff, N., Pancholi, S., Rossbach, D., Schwengner, R., Teughels, S., and Walker, P. M.
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We report the results of recent measurements of the spectroscopic quadrupole moments of high-spin isomers. For the K=35/2- five-quasiparticle isomer in 179W we measured Q_s=4.00(+0.83)(-1.06)eb. It corresponds to a smaller deformation compared to the ground states of the W isotopes and is in disagreement with the current theoretical predictions. We also measured the quadrupole moment of the I=11- isomer in 196Pb, Q_s=(-)3.41(66)eb. It has the same proton s(-2)1/2 h9/2 i13/2 configuration as the one suggested for the I=16- magnetic bandhead which allows to deduce the quadrupole moment of the 16- state as Q_s=-0.316(97)eb. This small value proves the near sphericity of the bandhead., Comment: Contributed paper at "High Spin Physics 2001", see http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~hs2001/, to be published in Acta Physica Polonica B
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45. Some classical multiple orthogonal polynomials
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Van Assche, Walter and Coussement, Els
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Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs ,42C05, 33C45 - Abstract
Recently there has been a renewed interest in an extension of the notion of orthogonal polynomials known as multiple orthogonal polynomials. This notion comes from simultaneous rational approximation (Hermite-Pade approximation) of a system of several functions. We describe seven families of multiple orthogonal polynomials which have he same flavor as the very classical orthogonal polynomials of Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite. We also mention some open research problems and some applications.
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46. Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of LIG4pathogenic variations: neuro-histopathological description of 4 fetuses with stenosis of the aqueduct
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Nicolle, Romain, Boutaud, Lucile, Loeuillet, Laurence, Talhi, Naima, Grotto, Sarah, Bourgon, Nicolas, Feresin, Agnese, Coussement, Aurélie, Barrois, Mathilde, Beaujard, Marie-Paule, Rambaud, Thomas, Razavi, Férechté, and Attié-Bitach, Tania
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Severe ventriculomegaly is a rare congenital brain defect, usually detected in utero, of poor neurodevelopmental prognosis. This ventricular enlargement can be the consequence of different mechanisms: either by a disruption of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation or abnormalities of its production/absorption. The aqueduct stenosis is one of the most frequent causes of obstructive ventriculomegaly, however, fewer than 10 genes have been linked to this condition and molecular bases remain often unknown. We report here 4 fetuses from 2 unrelated families presenting with ventriculomegaly at prenatal ultra-sonography as well as an aqueduct stenosis and skeletal abnormalities as revealed by fetal autopsy. Genome sequencing identified biallelic pathogenic variations in LIG4, a DNA-repair gene responsible for the LIG4 syndrome which associates a wide range of clinical manifestations including developmental delay, microcephaly, short stature, radiation hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency. Thus, not only this report expands the phenotype spectrum of LIG4-related disorders, adding ventriculomegaly due to aqueduct stenosis, but we also provide the first neuropathological description of fetuses carrying LIG4pathogenic biallelic variations.
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47. Multipoint optimization of an axial turbine cascade using a hybrid algorithm
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Châtel, Arnaud, Verstraete, Tom, and Coussement, Grégory
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This paper presents a multipoint optimization of the LS89 cascade. The objective of the optimization consists in minimizing the entropy losses generated inside the cascade over a predefined operating range. Two aerodynamic constraints are imposed in order to conserve the same performance as the original cascade. The first constraint is established on the outlet flow angle in order to achieve at least the same flow turning as the LS89. The second constraint limits the mass-flow passing through the cascade. The optimization is performed using a hybrid algorithm which combines a classical evolutionary algorithm with a gradient-based method. The hybridization between both methods is based on the Lamarckian approach which consists in incorporating the gradient method inside the loop of the evolutionary algorithm. In this methodology, the evolutionary method allows to globally explore the design space while the gradient-based method locally improves certain designs located in promising regions of the search space. First, the better performance of the hybrid method compared to the performance of an evolutionary algorithm is demonstrated on benchmark problems. Then, the methodology is applied on the LS89 application. The optimization allows to find a new profile which reduces the entropy losses over the entire operating range by at least 9.5 %. Finally, the comparison of the flows computed in the baseline and in the optimized cascades demonstrates that the reduction of the losses is due to a decrease of the entropy generated downstream the trailing edges and within the passages between the optimized blades.
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48. The impact of arterial flow complexity on flow diverter outcomes in aneurysms
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Chodzyǹski, Kamil Jerzy, Uzureau, Pierrick, Nuyens, Vincent, Rousseau, Alexandre, Coussement, Gregory, and Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Karim
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49. Lack of consensus in the choice of termination of pregnancy for Turner syndrome in France
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Hermann, Monika, Khoshnood, Babak, Anselem, Olivia, Bouvattier, Claire, Coussement, Aurélie, Brisset, Sophie, Benachi, Alexandra, and Tsatsaris, Vassilis
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50. Value of ultrasound and computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis with histopathology as gold standard.
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Haentjens, Louis, Coussement, Louis, and Vuylsteke, Marc
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