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- Nijkamp, P., et al.
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Towards a regional science academy : A manifesto
- 2016
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Ingår i: Region. - : European Regional Science Association. - 2409-5370. ; 3:1, s. R1-R16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This Manifesto provides a joint proposal to create a Regional Science Academy as a think-tank support platform for a strategic development of the spatial sciences. The Regional Science Academy is a strategic spatial knowledge catalyst: it acts as a global intellectual powerhouse for new knowledge network initiatives and scholarly views on regions and cities as vital centrepieces of interconnected spatial systems. This contribution highlights its role and presents various activity plans.
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- Glaeser, S. P., et al.
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Varibaculum anthropi sp nov represented by three genetically different genomovars isolated from clinical material and emended description of the genus Varibaculum
- 2016
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Ingår i: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0723-2020. ; 39:8, s. 546-552
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the years 1994-2011 five strictly anaerobic, Gram-stain-positive, diphtheroid bacteria (strains CCUG 31793(T), CCUG 44221, CCUG 61255, CCUG 45114, and CCUG 44993) were isolated from different clinical samples in Sweden and the United Kingdom. Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the five strains shared 99-100% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity among each other and 98.3-98.6% sequence similarity to Varibaculum cambriense DSM 15806(T). Genomic fingerprint patterns generated with ERIC-, BOX-, and RAPD-PCR, and whole genome sequence (WGS) based comparison by in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (isDDH), average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis and six housekeeping gene (atpA, rpoB, pgi, metG, gltA and gyrA) based multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) showed that the strains could be differentiated from V. cambrienSe DSM 15806(T) and formed three genomic groups, which could only be differentiated at the species border level. Based on physiological characterizations the five strains could not be clearly distinguished among each other. Based on those data a new Varibaculum species, Varibaculum anthropi (type strain CCUG 31793(T)-JCM 19104(T)) is proposed including three genetically distinct genomovars (gv 1: CCUG 31793(T), CCUG 44221, CCUG 61255; gv 2: CCUG 45114, and gv 3: CCUG 44993). (C) 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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- Balmativola, D., et al.
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Pathological non-response to chemotherapy in a neoadjuvant setting of breast cancer: an inter-institutional study
- 2014
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Ingår i: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-7217 .- 0167-6806. ; 148:3, s. 511-523
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To identify markers of non-response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) that could be used in the adjuvant setting. Sixteen pathologists of the European Working Group for Breast Screening Pathology reviewed the core biopsies of breast cancers treated with NAC and recorded the clinico-pathological findings (histological type and grade; estrogen, progesterone receptors, and HER2 status; Ki67; mitotic count; tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes; necrosis) and data regarding the pathological response in corresponding surgical resection specimens. Analyses were carried out in a cohort of 490 cases by comparing the groups of patients showing pathological complete response (pCR) and partial response (pPR) with the group of non-responders (pathological non-response: pNR). Among other parameters, the lobular histotype and the absence of inflammation were significantly more common in pNR (p < 0.001). By ROC curve analyses, cut-off values of 9 mitosis/2 mm(2) and 18 % of Ki67-positive cells best discriminated the pNR and pCR + pPR categories (p = 0.018 and < 0.001, respectively). By multivariable analysis, only the cut-off value of 9 mitosis discriminated the different response categories (p = 0.036) in the entire cohort. In the Luminal B/HER2- subgroup, a mitotic count < 9, although not statistically significant, showed an OR of 2.7 of pNR. A lobular histotype and the absence of inflammation were independent predictors of pNR (p = 0.024 and < 0.001, respectively). Classical morphological parameters, such as lobular histotype and inflammation, confirmed their predictive value in response to NAC, particularly in the Luminal B/HER2- subgroup, which is a challenging breast cancer subtype from a therapeutic point of view. Mitotic count could represent an additional marker but has a poor positive predictive value.
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- Glaeser, S. P., et al.
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Alicyclobacillus consociatus sp nov., isolated from a human clinical specimen
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. - : Microbiology Society. - 1466-5026 .- 1466-5034. ; 63:10, s. 3623-3627
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic organism, isolated from a blood sample from a 51-year-old woman, was studied for its taxonomic position. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain CCUG 53762(T) was grouped into the genus Alicyclobacillus, most closely related to the type strain of Alicyclobacillus pohliae (94.7%). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to other species of the genus Alicyclobacillus was 91 % and similarity to species of the genus Tumebacillus was 91.3-93 %. The occurrence of menaquinone MK-7 as the major respiratory quinone, meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid of the cell wall and the fatty acid profile supported the allocation of the strain to the genus Alicyclobacillus. Major fatty acids were iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and three unknown phospholipids. The absence of the iso-branched fatty acids iso-C-16:0 and iso-C-17:0 allowed differentiation of strain CCUG 53762(T) from A. pohliae CIP 109385(T). In addition, the results of physiological and biochemical tests also allowed phenotypic differentiation of strain CCUG 53762(T) from this most closely related species. The G+C content of the DNA was 47 mol%. Strain CCUG 53762(T) therefore represents a novel species of the genus Alicyclobacillus, for which we propose the name Alicyclobacillus consociatus sp. nov., with CCUG 53762(T) (=CCM 8439(T)) as the type strain.
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- Glaeser, S. P., et al.
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Paenibacillus vulneris sp nov., isolated from a necrotic wound
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. - : Microbiology Society. - 1466-5026 .- 1466-5034. ; 63, s. 777-782
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A Gram-positive-staining, aerobic, endospore-forming bacterium, isolated from a necrotic wound of a 35-year-old man was studied in detail to determine its taxonomic position. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain CCUG 53270(T) was grouped into the genus Paenibacillus, most closely related to the type strains of Paenibacillus rigui (97.2%), Paenibacillus xylanisolvens (96.3 %) and Paenibacillus chinjuensis (96.1 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to strains of other Paenibacillus species was <= 96%. Chemotaxonomic characterization supported the allocation of the strain to the genus Paenibacillus. The major menaquinones were MK-7 (85%) and MK-6 (15%). The polar lipid profile contained the major compounds diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The polyamine pattern contained predominantly spermidine. The major fatty acids were iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed phenotypic differentiation of strain CCUG 53270T from closely related species. Thus, strain CCUG 53270(T) represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus vulneris sp. nov. is proposed, with CCUG 53270(T) (=JCM 18268(T)) as the type strain.nd of a
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- Kampfer, P., et al.
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Herminiimonas contaminans sp nov., isolated as a contaminant of biopharmaceuticals
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. - : Microbiology Society. - 1466-5026 .- 1466-5034. ; 63:Pt 2, s. 412-417
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated as a contaminant from a biopharmaceutical process (strain CCUG 53591(T)) was studied for its taxonomic allocation. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity data, this strain was clearly allocated to the genus Herminiimonas. Herminiimonas saxobsidens was shown to be the most closely related species on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (99.9%), followed by Herminiimonas glaciei (99.6%) and Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans (98.8%). Strain ND5, previously reported as H. glaciei, but showing 100% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to strain CCUG 53591(T), was included in the comparative study. Similarities to all other species of the genus Herminiimonas were below 98.0%. Chemotaxonomic data (major ubiquinone, Q-8; major polar lipids, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol; and major fatty acids, C-17:0 cyclo, C-19:0 cyclo omega 8c and C-16:0, with C-10:0 3-OH as hydroxylated fatty acid) supported the affiliation of the isolate to the genus Herminiimonas. DNA-DNA hybridization results (mean values) for strain CCUG 53591(T) with H. saxobsidens CCUG 59860(T) (34%), H. glaciei DSM 21140(T) (57 %), H. arsenicoxydans DSM 17148(T) (17 %) and Herminiimonas fonticola S-94(T) (11%) clearly supported the separate taxonomic position of this strain. Strain ND5 showed DNA DNA similarities of 78, 56 and 52% to strain CCUG 53591(T), H. glaciei DSM 21140(T) and H. saxobsidens CCUG 59860(T), respectively. Phenotypic differentiation of the isolate from the most closely related species was possible by various features. Hence, strain CCUG 53591(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Herminiimonas contaminans sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain CCUG 53591(T) (=CCM 7991(T)). Strain ND5 is a second strain of this species.
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- Benjamin, DJ, et al.
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The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics*
- 2012
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Ingår i: Annual review of economics. - : Annual Reviews. - 1941-1383 .- 1941-1391. ; 4, s. 627-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article reviews existing research at the intersection of genetics and economics, presents some new findings that illustrate the state of genoeconomics research, and surveys the prospects of this emerging field. Twin studies suggest that economic outcomes and preferences, once corrected for measurement error, appear to be about as heritable as many medical conditions and personality traits. Consistent with this pattern, we present new evidence on the heritability of permanent income and wealth. Turning to genetic association studies, we survey the main ways that the direct measurement of genetic variation across individuals is likely to contribute to economics, and we outline the challenges that have slowed progress in making these contributions. The most urgent problem facing researchers in this field is that most existing efforts to find associations between genetic variation and economic behavior are based on samples that are too small to ensure adequate statistical power. This has led to many false positives in the literature. We suggest a number of possible strategies to improve and remedy this problem: (a) pooling data sets, (b) using statistical techniques that exploit the greater information content of many genes jointly, and (c) focusing on economically relevant traits that are most proximate to known biological mechanisms.
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