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Widdicks K, Lucivero F, Samuel G, Croxatto LS, Smith MT, Holter CT, Berners-Lee M, Blair GS, Jirotka M, Knowles B, Sorrell S, Rivera MB, Cook C, Coroamă VC, Foxon TJ, Hardy J, Hilty LM, Hinterholzer S, Penzenstadler B. Systems thinking and efficiency under emissions constraints: Addressing rebound effects in digital innovation and policy. Patterns (N Y) 2023; 4:100679. [PMID: 36873905 PMCID: PMC9982294 DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2023.100679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Innovations and efficiencies in digital technology have lately been depicted as paramount in the green transition to enable the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, both in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and the wider economy. This, however, fails to adequately account for rebound effects that can offset emission savings and, in the worst case, increase emissions. In this perspective, we draw on a transdisciplinary workshop with 19 experts from carbon accounting, digital sustainability research, ethics, sociology, public policy, and sustainable business to expose the challenges of addressing rebound effects in digital innovation processes and associated policy. We utilize a responsible innovation approach to uncover potential ways forward for incorporating rebound effects in these domains, concluding that addressing ICT-related rebound effects ultimately requires a shift from an ICT efficiency-centered perspective to a "systems thinking" model, which aims to understand efficiency as one solution among others that requires constraints on emissions for ICT environmental savings to be realized.
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster, UK
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
- Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
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Balakrishnan A, Jah A, Lesurtel M, Andersson B, Gibbs P, Harper SJF, Huguet EL, Kosmoliaptsis V, Liau SS, Praseedom RK, Ramia JM, Branes A, Lendoire J, Maithel S, Serrablo A, Achalandabaso M, Adham M, Ahmet A, Al-Sarireh B, Albiol Quer M, Alconchel F, Alejandro R, Alsammani M, Alseidi A, Anand A, Anselmo A, Antonakis P, Arabadzhieva E, de Aretxabala X, Aroori S, Ashley S, Ausania F, Banerjee A, Barabino M, Bartlett A, Bartsch F, Belli A, Beristain-Hernandez J, Berrevoet F, Bhatti A, Bhojwani R, Bjornsson B, Blaz T, Byrne M, Calvo M, Castellanos J, Castro M, Cavallucci D, Chang D, Christodoulis G, Ciacio O, Clavien P, Coker A, Conde-Rodriguez M, D'Amico F, D'Hondt M, Daams F, Dasari B, De Beillis M, de Meijer V, Dede K, Deiro G, Delgado F, Desai G, Di Gioia A, Di Martino M, Dixon M, Dorovinis P, Dumitrascu T, Ebata T, Eilard M, Erdmann J, Erkan M, Famularo S, Felli E, Fergadi M, Fernandez G, Fox A, Galodha S, Galun D, Ganandha S, Garcia R, Gemenetzis G, Giannone F, Gil L, Giorgakis E, Giovinazzo F, Giuffrida M, Giuliani T, Giuliante F, Gkekas I, Goel M, Goh B, Gomes A, Gruenberger T, Guevara O, Gulla A, Gupta A, Gupta R, Hakeem A, Hamid H, Heinrich S, Helton S, Heumann A, Higuchi R, Hughes D, Inarejos B, Ivanecz A, Iwao Y, Iype S, Jaen I, Jie M, Jones R, Kacirek K, Kalayarasan R, Kaldarov A, Kaman L, Kanhere H, Kapoor V, Karanicolas P, Karayiannakis A, Kausar A, Khan Z, Kim DS, Klose J, Knowles B, Koh P, Kolodziejczyk P, Komorowski A, Koong J, Kozyrin I, Krishna A, Kron P, Kumar N, van Laarhoven S, Lakhey P, Lanari J, Laurenzi A, Leow V, Limbu Y, Liu YB, Lob S, Lolis E, Lopez-Lopez V, Lozano R, Lundgren L, Machairas M, Magouliotis D, Mahamid A, Malde D, Malek A, Malik H, Malleo G, Marino M, Mayo S, Mazzola M, Memeo R, Menon K, Menzulin R, Mohan R, Morgul H, Moris D, Mulita F, Muttillo E, Nahm C, Nandasena M, Nashidengo P, Nickkholgh A, Nikov A, Noel C, O'Reilly D, O'Rourke T, Ohtsuka M, Omoshoro-Jones J, Pandanaboyana S, Pararas N, Patel R, Patkar S, Peng J, Perfecto A, Perinel J, Perivoliotis K, Perra T, Phan M, Piccolo G, Porcu A, Primavesi F, Primrose J, Pueyo-Periz E, Radenkovic D, Rammohan A, Rowcroft A, Sakata J, Saladino E, Schena C, Scholer A, Schwarz C, Serrano P, Silva M, Soreide K, Sparrelid E, Stattner S, Sturesson C, Sugiura T, Sumo M, Sutcliffe R, Teh C, Teo J, Tepetes K, Thapa P, Thepbunchonchai A, Torres J, Torres O, Torzili G, Tovikkai C, Troncoso A, Tsoulfas G, Tuzuher A, Tzimas G, Umar G, Urbani L, Vanagas T, Varga, Velayutham V, Vigano L, Wakai T, Yang Z, Yip V, Zacharoulis D, Zakharov E, Zimmitti G. Heterogeneity of management practices surrounding operable gallbladder cancer - results of the OMEGA-S international HPB surgical survey. HPB (Oxford) 2022; 24:2006-2012. [PMID: 35922277 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is an aggressive, uncommon malignancy, with variation in operative approaches adopted across centres and few large-scale studies to guide practice. We aimed to identify the extent of heterogeneity in GBC internationally to better inform the need for future multicentre studies. METHODS A 34-question online survey was disseminated to members of the European-African Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (EAHPBA), American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (AHPBA) and Asia-Pacific Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (A-PHPBA) regarding practices around diagnostic workup, operative approach, utilization of neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies and surveillance strategies. RESULTS Two hundred and three surgeons responded from 51 countries. High liver resection volume units (>50 resections/year) organised HPB multidisciplinary team discussion of GBCs more commonly than those with low volumes (p < 0.0001). Management practices exhibited areas of heterogeneity, particularly around operative extent. Contrary to consensus guidelines, anatomical liver resections were favoured over non-anatomical resections for T3 tumours and above, lymphadenectomy extent was lower than recommended, and a minority of respondents still routinely excised the common bile duct or port sites. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest some similarities in the management of GBC internationally, but also specific areas of practice which differed from published guidelines. Transcontinental collaborative studies on GBC are necessary to establish evidence-based practice to minimise variation and optimise outcomes.
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- Anita Balakrishnan
- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris Cité, 100 Bd du Général Leclerc, 92110, Clichy, France
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- Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Avenida Pintor Baeza, 12 03010 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Hospital Sotero del Rio, Av. Concha y Toro 3459, Puente Alto, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Hospital Dr Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322 USA
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
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Freitag C, Berners-Lee M, Widdicks K, Knowles B, Blair GS, Friday A. The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends, and regulations. Patterns 2022; 3:100576. [PMID: 36033584 PMCID: PMC9403341 DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2022.100576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Freitag C, Berners-Lee M, Widdicks K, Knowles B, Blair GS, Friday A. The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends, and regulations. Patterns (N Y) 2021; 2:100340. [PMID: 34553177 PMCID: PMC8441580 DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2021.100340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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In this paper, we critique ICT's current and projected climate impacts. Peer-reviewed studies estimate ICT's current share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at 1.8%-2.8% of global GHG emissions; adjusting for truncation of supply chain pathways, we find that this share could actually be between 2.1% and 3.9%. For ICT's future emissions, we explore assumptions underlying analysts' projections to understand the reasons for their variability. All analysts agree that ICT emissions will not reduce without major concerted efforts involving broad political and industrial action. We provide three reasons to believe ICT emissions are going to increase barring intervention and find that not all carbon pledges in the ICT sector are ambitious enough to meet climate targets. We explore the underdevelopment of policy mechanisms for enforcing sector-wide compliance, and contend that, without a global carbon constraint, a new regulatory framework is required to keep the ICT sector's footprint aligned with the Paris Agreement.
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- Charlotte Freitag
- Small World Consulting, Gordon Manley Building, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Small World Consulting, Gordon Manley Building, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4YQ, UK
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- School of Computing and Communications, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4WA, UK
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- School of Computing and Communications, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4WA, UK
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- School of Computing and Communications, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4WA, UK
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- School of Computing and Communications, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4WA, UK
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Behrenbruch C, Prabhakaran S, Udayasiri D D, Michael M, Hollande F, Hayes I, Heriot AG, Knowles B, Thomson BN. Association between imaging response and survival following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases: A cohort study. J Surg Oncol 2021; 123:1263-1273. [PMID: 33524184 DOI: 10.1002/jso.26400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The association between the imaging response (structural or metabolic) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (neoCT) before colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) and survival is unclear. METHOD A total of 201 patients underwent their first CRLM resection. A total of 94 (47%) patients were treated with neoCT. A multivariable, Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was performed to compare overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) between response groups. RESULTS Multivariable regression analysis of the CT/MRI (n = 94) group showed no difference in survival (OS and PFS) in patients who had stable disease/partial response (SD/PR) or complete response (CR) versus patients who had progressive disease (PD) (OS: HR, 0.36 (95% CI: 0.11-1.19) p = .094, HR, 0.78 (95% CI: 0.13-4.50) p = .780, respectively), (PFS: HR, 0.70 (95% CI: 0.36-1.35) p = .284, HR, 0.51 (0.18-1.45) p = .203, respectively). In the FDG-PET group (n = 60) there was no difference in the hazard of death for patients with SD/PR or CR versus patients with PD for OS or PFS except for the PFS in the small CR subgroup (OS: HR, 0.75 (95% CI: 0.11-4.88) p = .759, HR, 1.21 (95% CI: 0.15-9.43) p = .857), (PFS: HR, 0.34% (95% CI: 0.09-1.22), p = .097, HR, 0.17 (95% CI: 0.04-0.62) p = .008, respectively). CONCLUSION There was no convincing evidence of association between imaging response to neoCT and survival following CRLM resection.
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- C Behrenbruch
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of General Surgical Specialties, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.,Department of Clinical Pathology, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of General Surgical Specialties, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of General Surgical Specialties, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.,Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.,Colorectal Surgery Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Medical Oncology, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Centre for Cancer Research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of General Surgical Specialties, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.,Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.,Colorectal Surgery Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of General Surgical Specialties, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of General Surgical Specialties, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.,Department of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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Johansen C, Knowles B, Jones D, Dickison P. Commentary on McGillis Hall, L., Lalonde, M., Kashin, J., Yoo, C., & Moran, J. (2017) Changing nurse licensing examinations: media analysis and implication of the Canadian experience. Int Nurs Rev 2018. [PMID: 29527689 DOI: 10.1111/inr.12445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- C Johansen
- College of Nurses of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Analytics & Research, College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Communications, College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Examinations, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
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Herbst M, Poser BA, Singh A, Deng W, Knowles B, Zaitsev M, Stenger VA, Ernst T. Motion correction for diffusion weighted SMS imaging. Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 38:33-38. [PMID: 27988191 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2016.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- M Herbst
- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA; Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre, Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
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Knowles B, Silveira CB, Bailey BA, Barott K, Cantu VA, Cobián-Güemes AG, Coutinho FH, Dinsdale EA, Felts B, Furby KA, George EE, Green KT, Gregoracci GB, Haas AF, Haggerty JM, Hester ER, Hisakawa N, Kelly LW, Lim YW, Little M, Luque A, McDole-Somera T, McNair K, de Oliveira LS, Quistad SD, Robinett NL, Sala E, Salamon P, Sanchez SE, Sandin S, Silva GGZ, Smith J, Sullivan C, Thompson C, Vermeij MJA, Youle M, Young C, Zgliczynski B, Brainard R, Edwards RA, Nulton J, Thompson F, Rohwer F. Erratum: Corrigendum: Lytic to temperate switching of viral communities. Nature 2016; 539:123. [DOI: 10.1038/nature19335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Day JG, Benson EE, Harding K, Knowles B, Idowu M, Bremner D, Santos L, Santos F, Friedl T, Lorenz M, Lukesova A, Elster J, Lukavsky J, Herdman M, Rippka R, Hall T. Cryopreservation and conservation of microalgae: the development of a Pan-European scientific and biotechnological resource (the COBRA project). Cryo Letters 2005; 26:231-238. [PMID: 19827252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Microalgae are one of the most biologically important elements of worldwide ecology and could be the source of diverse new products and medicines. COBRA (The COnservation of a vital european scientific and Biotechnological Resource: microAlgae and cyanobacteria) is the acronym for a European Union, RTD Infrastructures project (Contract No. QLRI-CT-2001-01645). This project is in the process of developing a European Biological Resource Centre based on existing algal culture collections. The COBRA project's central aim is to apply cryopreservation methodologies to microalgae and cyanobacteria, organisms that, to date, have proved difficult to conserve using cryogenic methods. In addition, molecular and biochemical stability tests have been developed to ensure that the equivalent strains of microorganisms supplied by the culture collections give high quality and consistent performance. Fundamental and applied knowledge of stress physiology form an essential component of the project and this is being employed to assist the optimisation of methods for preserving a wide range of algal diversity. COBRA's "Resource Centre" utilises Information Technologies (IT) and Knowledge Management practices to assist project coordination, management and information dissemination and facilitate the generation of new knowledge pertaining to algal conservation. This review of the COBRA project will give a summary of current methodologies for cryopreservation of microalgae and procedures adopted within the COBRA project to enhance preservation techniques for this diverse group of organisms.
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- J G Day
- CCAP, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK.
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De Plaen E, De Backer O, Arnaud D, Bonjean B, Chomez P, Martelange V, Avner P, Baldacci P, Babinet C, Hwang SY, Knowles B, Boon T. A new family of mouse genes homologous to the human MAGE genes. Genomics 1999; 55:176-84. [PMID: 9933564 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The human MAGE genes are expressed in a wide variety of tumors but not in normal cells, with the exception of the male germ cells, placenta, and, possibly, cells of the developing embryo. These genes encode tumor-specific antigens recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes. The MAGE genes are located on the X chromosome, in three clusters denoted MAGE-A, B, and C, mapping at q28, p21.3, and q26, respectively. The function of these genes remains unknown. Because mice offer many advantages for the study of genes that may be involved in embryonic development, we looked for the murine equivalents of the 12 human MAGE-A genes. Using a MAGE-A probe, we isolated 8 new murine genes that are homologous to the MAGE genes. On average, the open reading frames (ORFs) of these 8 closely related genes display a slightly higher degree of nucleotide identity with the MAGE-A ORFs than with the MAGE-B or MAGE-C ORFs. Furthermore, like MAGE-A genes, they encode acidic proteins, whereas the MAGE-B genes encode basic proteins. Accordingly, these 8 murine genes were named Mage-a1 to 8 (approved symbols Magea1 to 8). Mage-a genes were mapped in two different loci on the mouse X chromosome. Mage-a4 and Mage-a7 are located in a region that is syntenic to either Xp21 or Xq28. The 6 other genes are arranged in a cluster located in a region syntenic to Xp22. Like their human counterparts, Mage-a genes were found to be transcribed in adult testis, but not in other tissues. Expression of some Mage-a genes was also detected in tumor cell lines. Two Mage-a genes were found to be expressed in blastocysts.
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- E De Plaen
- Brussels Branch, 74 avenue Hippocrate-UCL 74.59, Brussels, B1200, Belgium
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To develop a resource for the identification and isolation of genes expressed in the early mammalian embryo, large and representative cDNA libraries were constructed from unfertilized eggs, and two-cell, eight-cell, and blastocyst-stage mouse embryos. Using these libraries, we now report the first stages at which the cytokines interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1 beta, and interferon (IFN)-gamma are transcribed in the developing embryo and the presence of IL-7 transcripts in the unfertilized egg. Transcripts for IL-1 alpha, -2, -3, -4, or -5 were not detected at these stages. To identify novel genes expressed on activation of the embryonic genome, the egg and eight-cell stage-specific cDNA libraries were subtracted from the two-cell library, yielding a specialized cDNA library enriched for transcripts expressed at the two-cell stage. Sequence and Southern blot analysis of several of these cDNAs expressed predominantly at the two-cell stage of embryogenesis revealed them to be from novel genes, thereby providing the first molecular tools with which to approach the study of gene expression in the early mammalian embryo.
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Tevethia SS, Lewis M, Tanaka Y, Milici J, Knowles B, Maloy WL, Anderson R. Dissection of H-2Db-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes on simian virus 40 T antigen by the use of synthetic peptides and H-2Dbm mutants. J Virol 1990; 64:1192-200. [PMID: 1689391 PMCID: PMC249233 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.64.3.1192-1200.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Five distinct cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) recognition sites were identified in the simian virus 40 (SV40) T antigen by using H-2b cells that express the truncated T antigen or antigens carrying internal deletions of various sizes. Four of the CTL recognition determinants, designated sites I, II, III, and V, are H-2Db restricted, while site IV is H-2Kb restricted. The boundaries of CTL recognition sites I, II, and III, clustered in the amino-terminal half of the T antigen, were further defined by use of overlapping synthetic peptides containing amino acid sequences previously determined to be required for recognition by T-antigen site-specific CTL clones by using SV40 deletion mutants. CTL clone Y-1, which recognizes epitope I and whose reactivity is affected by deletion of residues 193 to 211 of the T antigen, responded positively to B6/PY cells preincubated with a synthetic peptide corresponding to T-antigen amino acids 205 to 219. CTL clones Y-2 and Y-3 lysed B6/PY cells preincubated with large-T peptide LT220-233. To distinguish further between epitopes II and III, Y-2 and Y-3 CTL clones were reacted with SV40-transformed cells bearing mutations in the major histocompatibility complex class I antigen. Y-2 CTL clones lysed SV40-transformed H-2Dbm13 cells (bm13SV) which carry several amino acid substitutions in the putative antigen-binding site in the alpha 2 domain of the H-2Db antigen but not bm14SV cells, which contain a single amino acid substitution in the alpha 1 domain. Y-3 CTL clones lysed both mutant transformants. Y-1 and Y-5 CTL clones failed to lyse bm13SV and bm14SV cells; however, these cells could present synthetic peptide LT205-219 to CTL clone Y-1 and peptide SV26(489-503) to CTL clone Y-5, suggesting that the endogenously processed T antigen yields fragments of sizes or sequences different from those of synthetic peptides LT205-219 and SV26(489-503).
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- S S Tevethia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033
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Eager KB, Williams J, Breiding D, Pan S, Knowles B, Appella E, Ricciardi RP. Expression of histocompatibility antigens H-2K, -D, and -L is reduced in adenovirus-12-transformed mouse cells and is restored by interferon gamma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:5525-9. [PMID: 3927302 PMCID: PMC391155 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.16.5525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Primary mouse cells transformed by adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) expressed negligible amounts of class I antigens H-2K, -D, and -L on the cell surface and were capable of forming tumors in syngeneic animals, whereas cells transformed by Ad5 continued to express class I antigens and were nontumorigenic. Cells from a tumor, generated by injection of Ad12-transformed mouse cells into a syngeneic mouse, also expressed low levels of H-2 antigens, indicating that this phenotype is maintained in vivo. In all Ad12-transformed cells, synthesis of the H-2 heavy chain was not detected whereas the beta 2-microglobulin light chain was synthesized. Furthermore, the level of cytoplasmic H-2 mRNA in the Ad12 lines was greatly reduced. Reduction of H-2 expression is instructed solely by the transforming region of the viral genome, since this repression occurred in cells transformed by a DNA fragment containing only Ad12 E1A and E1B genes. Addition of recombinant murine interferon gamma strongly stimulated expression of class I antigens in the Ad12 transformants as well as in cells from the Ad12 tumor. This result indicates that Ad12 does not preferentially transform cells that are deficient for class I genes and that Ad12 does not mutate the class I genes in cells it transforms. The correlation between tumorigenicity and loss of H-2 expression in Ad12-transformed cells is discussed.
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Ballou B, Reiland J, Levine G, Knowles B, Hakala TR. Tumor location using F(ab')2 mu from a monoclonal IgM antibody: pharmacokinetics. J Nucl Med 1985; 26:283-92. [PMID: 2857779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A monoclonal IgM antibody (anti-SSEA-1) and its divalent antigen-binding peptic fragment [F(ab')2 mu] were compared as in vivo tumor localization reagents in mouse teratocarcinomas. F(ab')2 mu is cleared more rapidly than whole antibody from the whole body, blood, and all tested organs (t1/2 for whole antibody approximately 18 hr; t1/2 for F(ab')2 mu, 12 hr). A corresponding average improvement in tumor-to-tissue ratio is observed 48 hr after injection and earlier. However, the affinity of the F(ab')2 mu for antigen is much lower, and a smaller fraction of the antibody fragment is retained in the tumor than with whole antibody. The fragment was not retained by animals bearing nonantigenic tumors.
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Koren E, McConathy WJ, Lacko AG, Knowles B. Detection of lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) in a human hepatoma cell line. Cancer Biochem Biophys 1985; 7:301-7. [PMID: 2983879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A human hepatoma cell line (HepG-2) was probed for the presence of lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) using an antiserum to human plasma LCAT. Double immunodiffusion analysis using antiserum to human plasma LCAT revealed a single precipitin line in the sonicated cell homogenate. This precipitin line showed a reaction of identity with highly purified plasma LCAT. The presence of LCAT within the hepatoma cells was also confirmed by an immunofluorescence test. In contrast, the cell culture supernate showed a weak and inconsistent precipitin line. These data suggest that HepG-2 cells synthesize LCAT but secretion of the enzyme by these cells into the culture medium may be partially or totally impaired.
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Dashti N, Wolfbauer G, Koren E, Knowles B, Alaupovic P. Catabolism of human low density lipoproteins by human hepatoma cell line HepG2. Biochim Biophys Acta 1984; 794:373-84. [PMID: 6331515 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(84)90003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The mechanism of hepatic catabolism of human low density lipoproteins (LDL) by human-derived hepatoma cell line HepG2 was studied. The binding of 125I-labeled LDL to HepG2 cells at 4 degrees C was time dependent and inhibited by excess unlabeled LDL. The specific binding was predominant at low concentrations of 125I-labeled LDL (less than 50 micrograms protein/ml), whereas the nonsaturable binding prevailed at higher concentrations of substrate. The cellular uptake and degradation of 125I-labeled LDL were curvilinear functions of substrate concentration. Preincubation of HepG2 cells with unlabeled LDL caused a 56% inhibition in the degradation of 125I-labeled LDL. Reductive methylation of unlabeled LDL abolished its ability to compete with 125I-labeled LDL for uptake and degradation. Chloroquine (50 microM) and colchicine (1 microM) inhibited the degradation of 125I-labeled LDL by 64% and 30%, respectively. The LDL catabolism by HepG2 cells suppressed de novo synthesis of cholesterol and enhanced cholesterol esterification; this stimulation was abolished by chloroquine. When tested at a similar content of apolipoprotein B, very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), LDL and high density lipoproteins (HDL) inhibited the catabolism of 125I-labeled LDL to the same degree, indicating that in HepG2 cells normal LDL are most probably recognized by the receptor via apolipoprotein B. The current study thus demonstrates that the catabolism of human LDL by HepG2 cells proceeds in part through a receptor-mediated mechanism.
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Das M, Knowles B, Biswas R, Bishayee S. Receptor modulating properties of an antibody directed against the epidermal growth factor receptor. Eur J Biochem 1984; 141:429-34. [PMID: 6329758 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A murine antiserum with specificity for the human epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor was used to investigate EGF receptor function. The IgG fraction of this antiserum displayed no EGF-like mitogenic activity, even when cross-linking was ensured by sequential treatment with rabbit anti-(mouse IgG). The interaction of antibody with solubilized purified EGF receptor was characterized in detail. The binding of 125I-antibody to the receptor was not blocked by EGF, but the binding of 125I-EGF to the receptor was blocked by the immune IgG. Scatchard analysis of this reaction revealed a reduction in maximal EGF binding but an enhanced EGF binding affinity. In addition, at low concentrations, the immune IgG was found to enhance receptor kinase activity in the absence of EGF. The enhancement of kinase activity, as measured by receptor phosphorylation, was due to a decreased Km for ATP, and an increased V. These results suggest that the antibody is capable of altering conformations at receptor active sites by binding to non-active species-specific epitopes.
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McHugh S, Knowles B. A Multidisciplinary Approach in Psychotherapy. Br J Occup Ther 1984. [DOI: 10.1177/030802268404700205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The authors have attempted to give an overall picture of their day hospital, mentioning briefly the techniques used and how different disciplines work together to achieve a common aim — to allow group members to explore difficulties in their lives within a supportive environment. This is based on a psychotherapeutic approach. ‘Psychotherapy is primarily concerned with communication, usually verbal, but it must be accepted that nonverbal communications can be of the greatest importance in this form of treatment. It is common knowledge that talking about one's problems can be helpful; to unload on somebody else, to get things off one's chest brings a certain degree of relief. In its most dramatic form catharsis, which means literally purging, occurs when hitherto repressed memories flood into consciousness accompanied by the discharge of the emotion attached to the repressed memory or experience.’
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- S McHugh
- Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
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- Formerly at Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
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Lagenaur C, Schachner M, Solter D, Knowles B. Monoclonal antibody against SSEA-1 is specific for a subpopulation of astrocytes in mouse cerebellum. Neurosci Lett 1982; 31:181-4. [PMID: 6127658 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(82)90113-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Coffino P, Knowles B, Nathenson SG, Scharff MD. Suppression of immunoglobulin synthesis by cellular hybridization. Nat New Biol 1971; 231:87-90. [PMID: 4103301 DOI: 10.1038/newbio231087a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sepiapteridine was found in higher concentration in the eyes and bodies of females from the tu-h strain than in wild-type females. After inclusion of a large number of pteridine mutants in the tu-h background, it was found that only the purpleoid mutant appeared to act synergistically with the tu-h background in producing a higher concentration of sepiapteridine in the bodies of both homo- and heterokaryotypes containing homozygous purpleoid second chromosomes. As the productivity of these females is extremely low, a correlation between high concentrations of sepiapteridine and decreased female productivity is suggested, although this is not felt to be a cause-effect relationship, but a pleitropic manifestation of a single unknown defect.
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Swetly P, Brodano GB, Knowles B, Koprowski H. Response of simian virus 40-transformed cell lines and cell hybrids to superinfection with simian virus 40 and its deoxyribonucleic acid. J Virol 1969; 4:348-55. [PMID: 4186276 PMCID: PMC375881 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.4.4.348-355.1969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Whereas normal human and monkey cells were susceptible both to intact simian virus 40 (SV40) and to SV40 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), human and monkey cells transformed by SV40 were incapable of producing infectious virus after exposure to SV40, but displayed susceptibility to SV40 DNA. On the other hand, mouse and hamster cells, either normal or SV40-transformed, were resistant both to the virus and to SV40 DNA. Hybrids between permissive and nonpermissive parental cells revealed a complex response: whereas most hybrids tested were resistant, three of them produced a small amount of infectious virus upon challenge with SV40 DNA. All were resistant to whole virus challenge. The persistence of infectious SV40 DNA in permissive and nonpermissive cells up to 96 hr after infection was ascertained by cell fusion. The decay kinetics proved to be quite different in permissive and nonpermissive cells. Adsorption of SV40 varied widely among the different cell lines. Very low adsorption of SV40 was detected in nonsusceptible cells with the exception of the mKS-BU100 cell line. A strong increase in SV40 adsorption was produced by pretreating cells with polyoma virus. In spite of this increased adsorption, the resistance displayed by SV40-transformed cells to superinfection with the virus was maintained.
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Knowles B. Population explosion in the South Pacific. Caribb Med J 1966; 27:17-21. [PMID: 12255220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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