cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
La importancia de las etiquetas escolares en la preparación de la Vuelta al cole
Creators: name: Ferrari, Lorena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: La "Vuelta al cole" es un momento lleno de expectativas para los niños y los padres. Entre los preparativos, compras de útiles, uniformes y mochilas, hay un elemento que pasa desapercibido: Etiquetas Escolares. Las etiquetas escolares son prácticas y juegan un papel importante en la organización y en la identificación de todos los cuadernos, libros, lápices y útiles escolares.Evitan pérdidas y confusionesEn el ajetreo diario de la vida escolar, es común que los niños pierdan o confundan sus pertenencias. Los objetos personales pueden extraviarse con facilidad. Las etiquetas escolares personalizadas con el nombre del niño ayudan a identificar rápidamente sus cosas, reduciendo el riesgo de pérdidas y evitando confusiones con los objetos de otros compañeros.Fomentan la responsabilidadEtiquetar las pertenencias de los niños enseña a los pequeños a ser más responsables con sus cosas. Al ver su nombre en sus útiles, los niños aprenden a cuidar de ellos y a ser más conscientes de lo que llevan al colegio.Ahorran tiempo y dineroLas etiquetas escolares son una inversión mínima que puede ahorrar mucho dinero a largo plazo, ya que reducen la probabilidad de tener que reponer artículos perdidos.PersonalizaciónLas etiquetas escolares permiten a los niños personalizar sus pertenencias con diseños y gustos que reflejen su personalidad con sus personajes o temáticas favoritas. Las etiquetas pueden convertirse en un detalle que haga más divertida la vuelta al cole.Unificando estos dos últimos items, Personalización y Ahorro de dinero: puedes utilizar las etiquetas escolares para imprimir gratis del sitio web ideasparaimprimir.com porque cuentan con etiquetas escolares de todas las temáticas y personajes infantiles que les gustan y quieren los niños, niñas y también los adolescentes para personalizar todas los útiles, libros y pertenencias que llevan al colegio o escuela. Además, son editables y están disponibles para descargar e imprimir gratisConclusiónComo conclusión Las etiquetas escolares pueden parecer un detalle pequeño en la larga lista de preparativos para la "Vuelta al cole", pero su impacto es significativo. Antes de que empiece el nuevo año escolar, no olvides incluir las etiquetas escolares en tu lista. ¿Ya tienes tus etiquetas escolares listas para la "Vuelta al cole"?Puedes encontrarlas gratis en ideasparaimprimir.com
Fomitiporia langloisii Murrill
Creators: name: da Silva, Maria Aparecida
name: de Jesus, Maria Aparecida
name: Peres, Rafaela Saraiva
name: Sales-Campos, Ceci
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Hymenochaetales
Hymenochaetaceae
Fomitiporia
Fomitiporia langloisii

description: Fomitiporia langloisii Murrill Material examined. BRAZIL – Roraima • Caracaraí, Viruá National Park; 01°30′36″N, 060°42′59″W, 85 m alt.; 06.X.2017; M.A. Silva leg.; INPA 286209. Identification. This species is characterized by the following: basidiome perennial, effused-reflexed (Fig. 3A); hymenophoral surface with circular to angular pores, 6–7 per mm (Fig. 3A); context homogeneous, thin, yellowish brown (Fig. 3A); hyphal system dimitic, with generative hyphae hyaline, thin-walled, septate (Fig. 4E); skeletal hyphae yellowish, thick-walled, nonseptate (Fig. 4E); basidiospores dextrinoid, globose, hyaline, thickwalled, 6.5–5 × 6–6.2 μm (Fig. 4E). Distribution. This species is known to occur in North America (Murrill 1907; Decock et al. 2007), and our record, therefore, is first from South America.
description: Published as part of da Silva, Maria Aparecida, de Jesus, Maria Aparecida, Peres, Rafaela Saraiva & Sales-Campos, Ceci, 2021, Notes on Fomitiporia Murrill in Amazon region: a list of species and new records, pp. 323-331 in Check List 17 (2) on page 327, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.323
description: {"references": ["Murrill WA (1907) Polyporaceae. In: North American flora volume 9 (Agaricales) Polyporaceae - Agaricaceae. Part 1. New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA, 1 - 72.", "Decock C, Figueroa SH, Robledo G, Castillo G (2007) Fomitiporia punctata (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) and its presumed taxonomic synonyms in America: taxonomy and phylogeny of some species from tropical / subtropical areas. Mycologia 99 (5): 733 - 752. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 15572536.2007.11832537"]}
A novel statistical method for the accurate identification of RNA-edits with application to human cancers
Creators: name: Giuliany, Ryan S.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: RNA-editing is the post-transcriptional, enzymatic modification of RNA molecules resulting in an altered nucleotide sequence. These modifications play a critical role in mammalian tissues and are essential for proper function of liver and neuronal development, among other processes. The advent of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies (e.g. Illumina HiSeq) has renewed interest in RNA-editing discovery due to unprecedented opportunities for simultaneous interrogation of whole genome and transcriptome sequences. In the past several months a number of studies have been published describing methods and results of RNA-editing discovery in HTS data. These methods have been ad hoc approaches based on repurposing SNP calling tools designed for genome-based variant detection. However, the statistical properties of RNA-editing warrant specialized analytical strategies that leverage the non-uniform substitution distributions inherent in RNA-editing processes. A novel statistical framework, called Auditor, that simultaneously analyzes the genomic and transcriptomic base-counts and infers the likelihood of an RNA-edit at each position in the transcriptome is reported. This model leverages the inherent correlation present in the RNA and DNA sequence while encoding the non-uniform substitution distributions induced by RNA-editing, conferring increased sensitivity. Further, a Random-Forest based technical artifact removal tool that accurately identifies sequencing and alignment errors has been implemented, greatly increasing the specificity of the method. The combination of these approaches leads to a robust, principled method that accurately detects RNA-edits in the presence of both biological and technical noise. It is systematically shown, in both a simulation study and on real matched whole genome and transcriptome data generated from 11 lymphoma samples, that Auditor significantly outperforms similar, but simpler statistical frameworks, including a Samtools/bcftools based approach that is similar to a recently published study. Finally by profiling 11 diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and 16 triple negative breast cancers with Auditor, it is shown that RNA-editing is an active process in human malignancies. Surprisingly, consistent patterns of nucleotide substitutions and regional enrichment of RNA-edits in 3 UTRs suggests that RNA-editing processes are invariant between cell lineages and between tumours of similar histological subtypes and even cancers from distinct tissues of origin. ii
title: Respiratory Patterns Recognition and Cough Detection Using Signals from Capacitive Touchpads in Smartphones Commonly Worn in Shirt Pockets
Creators: name: Gupta, Vedant
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cough Sensor
subject: Breathing rate
subject: Sensor
subject: Capacitive Sensor
subject: Touchpad
subject: Smartphone
subject: Digital Health
subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

description: The timely identification of respiratory distress, often indicated by coughs, has become important for public health readiness and response to pandemics like COVID-19, SARS, and Influenza. Traditional methods of monitoring respiratory health, including hospitalization rates, doctor reports, and wearable sensors, have limitations in real-time reporting, extra costs, etc. With smartphones used by 66 out of every 100 persons, they are useful tools in various public health initiatives. Our project studies the use of capacitive touchpad sensors present in smartphones for monitoring respiratory patterns and distress. Specifically, this study examines how different touchpad scan patterns, orientations, and electrode spacings affect respiratory monitoring by detecting capacitive fluctuations. Our measurements with a commercial 5 by 6 element capacitive touchpad sensor array (0.8 cm pitch) worn on the chest or pocket registered fluctuations over the baseline due to cough-related chest surface movements. Furthermore, when the touchpad is placed on the chest or pocket, this method can also detect breathing rate by registering changes in capacitance over the baseline. Through this approach, we were able to measure very low capacitance values (0–100 pF), which are typically challenging to detect with conventional sensors. We also explored how varying electrode spacing impacts the fringing fields in the capacitive touchpad, as different configurations alter the depth and sensitivity of the capacitive field. This investigation allowed us to assess whether specific spacing setups could capture respiratory patterns deeper within body tissue, providing a non-invasive approach to respiratory health monitoring. This pioneering prototype demonstrates the potential for capacitive sensing to offer real-time, accessible respiratory monitoring using widely available smartphone technology.
Property A and the operator norm localization property for discrete metric spaces
Creators: name: Sako, Hiroki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46L99, 51F99

description: We study property A defined by G. Yu and the operator norm localization property defined by X. Chen, R. Tessera, X. Wang, and G. Yu. These are coarse geometric properties for metric spaces which have applications to operator K-theory. It is proved that the two properties are equivalent for discrete metric spaces with bounded geometry.
description: 10 pages. In this revised version, we make comments on two other coarse geometric properties defined by Brodzki, Niblo, Spakula, Willett, and Wright
A Q-learning approach to the continuous control problem of robot inverted pendulum balancing
Creators: name: Safeea, Mohammad
name: Neto, Pedro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This study evaluates the application of a discrete action space reinforcement learning method (Q-learning) to the continuous control problem of robot inverted pendulum balancing. To speed up the learning process and to overcome technical difficulties related to the direct learning on the real robotic system, the learning phase is performed in simulation environment. A mathematical model of the system dynamics is implemented, deduced by curve fitting on data acquired from the real system. The proposed approach demonstrated feasible, featuring its application on a real world robot that learned to balance an inverted pendulum. This study also reinforces and demonstrates the importance of an accurate representation of the physical world in simulation to achieve a more efficient implementation of reinforcement learning algorithms in real world, even when using a discrete action space algorithm to control a continuous action.
title: The Transition to Net-Zero of Heavy-Duty Road Freight in Alberta: A Scenario Model
Creators: name: Redick, Zachary Campo
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Fuel Cell
subject: Net-Zero Transition
subject: Emission Reduction
subject: Heavy-Duty Truck
subject: Hydrogen
subject: ZEV
subject: Sociology--Transportation
subject: Engineering--Civil

description: The global climate crisis has prompted Canada’s commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The transportation sector, responsible for ~25% of Canada's GHG emissions, faces challenges in decarbonizing heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), which make up ~20% of transportation emissions. Alberta’s heavy-duty trucking industry, a significant emissions contributor, encounters challenging conditions with strict range and vehicle weight requirements, complicating efforts to decarbonize. This thesis models the transition of Alberta’s heavy-duty trucking sector to net-zero GHG emissions, evaluating the feasibility of meeting Canada’s federal targets of 35% zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales by 2030 and nearly 100% by 2040. A comprehensive stock and flow model for hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and battery electric vehicles is developed, integrating vehicle projections, kilometers traveled, energy use, and GHG emissions under different decarbonization scenarios. The study also explores the development of a hydrogen-based value chain for Alberta's long-haul trucking industry, addressing the economic, logistical, and technical challenges of building infrastructure to support FCEVs. The economic analysis compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) for FCEVs and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) and examines the role of government policies, particularly the carbon tax, in supporting the transition. Key findings indicate that meeting the 2030 sales target is unlikely due to infrastructure and deployment challenges, while the 2040 target, though challenging, remains feasible. The extended timeline allows for the development of zero-emission vehicle technologies and hydrogen infrastructure, providing substantial GHG emission reduction benefits of at least 87% across all scenarios. FCEVs initially have a higher TCO than ICEVs, but as production scales and technology improves, the TCO is projected to fall below ICEVs by 2045. Incremental costs are projected to peak at CAD 500 million annually by 2035, achieving cost parity by 2040, and resulting in total costs of CAD 4 billion, with potential savings of up to CAD 2.5 billion annually by 2050. The projected carbon tax revenue covers the incremental costs, and even if doubled, would require only 75% of the revenue, demonstrating the strong economic feasibility of this beneficial and essential transition.
Fomitiporia murrillii Alves-Silva, R. M. Silveira & Drechsler-Santos 2020
Creators: name: da Silva, Maria Aparecida
name: de Jesus, Maria Aparecida
name: Peres, Rafaela Saraiva
name: Sales-Campos, Ceci
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Hymenochaetales
Hymenochaetaceae
Fomitiporia
Fomitiporia murrillii

description: Fomitiporia murrillii Alves-Silva, R.M. Silveira & Drechsler-Santos Material examined. BRAZIL – Roraima • Caracarai, Viruá National Park; 01°30′36″N, 060°42′ 59″W, 85 m alt.; 26.VIII.2018; M.A. Silva leg.; INPA 286231. Identification. Fomitiporia murrillii was identified by the following characters: basidiome perennial, ungulate (Fig. 3C); hymenophoral surface with circular to angular pores, 4–6 per mm (Fig. 3C); context homogeneous, woody, cinnamon-brown (Fig. 3C); hyphal system dimitic, with generative hyphae hyaline, yellowish, thin-walled, septate (Fig. 4G); skeletal hyphae yellowish, thick-walled, nonseptate (Fig. 4G); basidiospores dextrinoid, subglobose to globose, hyaline, thick-walled, 5.5–7 × 4.5–6 μm (Fig. 4G) (Dai et al. 2008). Distribution. Fomitiporia murrillii is reported in Brazil only from the states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. There are no records from the Amazon region, and our record is the first from this region.
description: Published as part of da Silva, Maria Aparecida, de Jesus, Maria Aparecida, Peres, Rafaela Saraiva & Sales-Campos, Ceci, 2021, Notes on Fomitiporia Murrill in Amazon region: a list of species and new records, pp. 323-331 in Check List 17 (2) on page 330, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.323
description: {"references": ["Dai YC, Cui BC, Decock C (2008) A new species of Fomitiporia Hymenochaetaceae, Basidiomycota) from China based on morphological and molecular characters. Mycological Research 112 (1): 375 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. mycres. 2007.11.020"]}
The Relationship Between Plasma Flow Doppler Velocities and Magnetic Field Parameters During the Emergence of Active Regions at the Solar Photospheric Level
Creators: name: Khlystova, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A statistical study has been carried out of the relationship between plasma flow Doppler velocities and magnetic field parameters during the emergence of active regions at the solar photospheric level with data acquired by the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). We have investigated 224 emerging active regions with different spatial scales and positions on the solar disc. The following relationships for the first hours of the emergence of active regions have been analysed: i) of peak negative Doppler velocities with the position of the emerging active regions on the solar disc; ii) of peak plasma upflow and downflow Doppler velocities with the magnetic flux growth rate and magnetic field strength for the active regions emerging near the solar disc centre (the vertical component of plasma flows); iii) of peak positive and negative Doppler velocities with the magnetic flux growth rate and magnetic field strength for the active regions emerging near the limb (the horizontal component of plasma flows); iv) of the magnetic flux growth rate with the density of emerging magnetic flux; v) of the Doppler velocities and magnetic field parameters for the first hours of the appearance of active regions with the total unsigned magnetic flux at the maximum of their development.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures. The results of article were presented at the ESPM-13 (12-16 September 2011, Rhodes, Greece, Abstract Book p. 102-103, P.4.13, http://astro.academyofathens.gr/espm13/documents/ESPM13_abstract_programme_book.pdf)
title: Improving Stroke Clinical Trials with Medical Imaging and Advanced Algorithms
Creators: name: Charatpangoon, Pattarawut
Publisher: name: Schulich School of Engineering
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Stroke
subject: Clinical Trials
subject: Medical Imaging
subject: Matching Algorithms
subject: Denoising Algorithms
subject: Data Harmonization
subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: Neuroscience

description: Clinical trials are essential for advancing healthcare by exploring new treatments to improve patient outcomes. However, recruiting eligible participants for trials remains a significant challenge, particularly in acute conditions like stroke. Stroke is a leading cause of mortality, and timely treatment is critical. While recruiting patients for stroke trials is essential, manual screening for trial eligibility can be slow, prone to errors, and costly. Additionally, the complexity of trial inclusion criteria and the need for rapid decision-making in emergencies make it unrealistic for clinicians to be aware of all ongoing trials. This thesis focuses on three key areas to enhance both the quality and quantity of stroke trial recruitment: 1) the development of automated matching algorithms to improve the number and quality of enrollment; 2) reducing radiation doses in computed tomography perfusion (CTP) imaging to keep patients safer; 3) implementing a multi-site data harmonization pipeline on CTP images to improve the quality of data and ensure consistent and comparable results. The results show that the automated algorithms could quickly and accurately identify eligible participants, reducing human error and bias. The post-processing denoising algorithm effectively reduced the radiation dose by up to 80% while retaining most clinical features. For the harmonization, the variations between sites were mitigated, ensuring more consistent and reliable imaging data. In conclusion, these studies have potential implications that could enhance both the quality and quantity of stroke clinical trials, accelerating medical advancements and promising to improve the outcomes for stroke patients.
Supplementary document for Multicomponent garnet phosphor (LuYGd)(Al4Ga)O12:Ce3+,V3+: Trap modulation via reductive gas annealing and optical information storage property - 5250961.pdf
Creators: name: Deng, Mingxue
name: Wang, Caiyan
name: Liu, Qian
name: Zhang, Ying
name: Zhou, Zhenzhen
name: Xu, Xiaoke
name: He, Huan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Statement about Valence of Ce and V
Cell type-specific CLIP reveals that NOVA regulates cytoskeleton interactions in motoneurons
Creators: name: Yuan, Yuan
name: Xie, Shirley
name: Darnell, Jennifer C.
name: Darnell, Andrew J.
name: Saito, Yuhki
name: Phatnani, Hemali P.
name: Murphy, Elisabeth A.
name: Zhang, Chaolin
name: Maniatis, Tom
name: Darnell, Robert B.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Motor neurons
Cytoskeleton
Septins
RNA splicing
Biology

description: Background
                Alternative RNA processing plays an essential role in shaping cell identity and connectivity in the central nervous system. This is believed to involve differential regulation of RNA processing in various cell types. However, in vivo study of cell type-specific post-transcriptional regulation has been a challenge. Here, we describe a sensitive and stringent method combining genetics and CLIP (crosslinking and immunoprecipitation) to globally identify regulatory interactions between NOVA and RNA in the mouse spinal cord motoneurons.

                Results
                We developed a means of undertaking motoneuron-specific CLIP to explore motoneuron-specific protein–RNA interactions relative to studies of the whole spinal cord in mouse. This allowed us to pinpoint differential RNA regulation specific to motoneurons, revealing a major role for NOVA in regulating cytoskeleton interactions in motoneurons. In particular, NOVA specifically promotes the palmitoylated isoform of the cytoskeleton protein Septin 8 in motoneurons, which enhances dendritic arborization.

                Conclusions
                Our study demonstrates that cell type-specific RNA regulation is important for fine tuning motoneuron physiology and highlights the value of defining RNA processing regulation at single cell type resolution.
Model Checking Vector Addition Systems with one zero-test
Creators: name: Bonnet, Rémi
name: FInkel, Alain
name: Leroux, Jérôme
name: Zeitoun, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.1.1

description: We design a variation of the Karp-Miller algorithm to compute, in a forward manner, a finite representation of the cover (i.e., the downward closure of the reachability set) of a vector addition system with one zero-test. This algorithm yields decision procedures for several problems for these systems, open until now, such as place-boundedness or LTL model-checking. The proof techniques to handle the zero-test are based on two new notions of cover: the refined and the filtered cover. The refined cover is a hybrid between the reachability set and the classical cover. It inherits properties of the reachability set: equality of two refined covers is undecidable, even for usual Vector Addition Systems (with no zero-test), but the refined cover of a Vector Addition System is a recursive set. The second notion of cover, called the filtered cover, is the central tool of our algorithms. It inherits properties of the classical cover, and in particular, one can effectively compute a finite representation of this set, even for Vector Addition Systems with one zero-test.
Development of a Misinformation Instructional Toolkit
Creators: name: Ganshorn, Heather
name: Wheeler, Justine
Publisher: name: STEM Librarians' Collaborative
Year: 2024
Subjects: misinformation
disinformation
information literacy

description: The ability to analyze information and arguments for credibility is one of the hallmarks of critical thinking. However, the proliferation of disinformation and misinformation on social media has raised concerns among educators regarding students’ ability to assess the credibility and accuracy of this information. This open educational toolkit, created by University of Calgary librarians, supports faculty in engaging students to develop skills to critically appraise the credibility of information disseminated on social media and other information platforms, and more broadly to understand misinformation and disinformation within a broader social context, in particular the deliberate use of disinformation tactics to influence public perception on a variety of topics. The toolkit also focuses on individuals as information actors, and encourages students to adopt critical thinking skills and behaviors when interpreting and sharing information. The toolkit design was informed by an extensive research process involving focus groups, a literature review, classroom piloting, and stakeholder feedback, and includes instructional resources and examples to support teaching curricula across disciplines.
title: Exploring Public Expectations of Care and Communication in Intensive Care Units: A Cross-sectional Web-based Survey
Creators: name: Trotter, Bethany Therese
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: public expectations
subject: critical care
subject: intensive care
subject: patient and family centered care
subject: web-based survey
subject: Education--Health
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Health Sciences

description: Background Explaining critical illnesses to family members or support persons of patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a sensitive and challenging duty for healthcare providers (HCPs). Current literature indicates that families often report insufficient and inadequate communication from critical care staff, leading to stress, anxiety, and sometimes even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Inaccurate media portrayals of ICU care and healthcare further contribute to unrealistic expectations, resulting in a mismatch between family expectations and the reality of care in ICUs. Objective This study aimed to identify and understand the public’s expectations of ICU care and communication if they were a family member or support person of an ICU patient. Methods A 36-question online survey of the Canadian public (n=489) was conducted to explore their expectations should they have a family member admitted to an ICU. The currently used and validated Family Satisfaction in the ICU (FSICUR-24) tool was used as a basis for the survey in this study, with the questions amended to be public facing. Participants were recruited through social media. The inclusion criteria required participants to be Canadian citizens or residents, over 18 years old, and could not have had any previous exposure or experience in ICUs. Results Participants expressed high expectations for substantial emotional support, frequent and clear communication from all specialties of HCPs, compassionate care, and a supportive physical environment. Recommendations for practice based on these findings include improving family conversations by managing expectations, expanding ICU HCP education, and procuring organizational support. Conclusions The public holds high expectations of ICU care, particularly regarding communication and support. Understanding these expectations can help improve families’ experiences, foster better communication, and improve patient and family-centred care in ICUs.
Phase transitions in crowd dynamics of resource allocation
Creators: name: Ghosh, Asim
name: De Martino, Daniele
name: Chatterjee, Arnab
name: Marsili, Matteo
name: Chakrabarti, Bikas K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We define and study a class of resources allocation processes where $gN$ agents, by repeatedly visiting $N$ resources, try to converge to optimal configuration where each resource is occupied by at most one agent. The process exhibits a phase transition, as the density $g$ of agents grows, from an absorbing to an active phase. In the latter, even if the number of resources is in principle enough for all agents ($g<1$), the system never settles to a frozen configuration. We recast these processes in terms of zero-range interacting particles, studying analytically the mean field dynamics and investigating numerically the phase transition in finite dimensions. We find a good agreement with the critical exponents of the stochastic fixed-energy sandpile. The lack of coordination in the active phase also leads to a non-trivial faster-is-slower effect.
description: 7 pages, 7 figs
Tidal interaction in compact binaries: a post-Newtonian affine framework
Creators: name: Ferrari, V.
name: Gualtieri, L.
name: Maselli, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a semi-analytical approach, based on the post-Newtonian expansion and on the affine approximation, to model the tidal deformation of neutron stars in the coalescence of black hole-neutron star or neutron star-neutron star binaries. Our equations describe, in a unified framework, both the system orbital evolution, and the neutron star deformations. These are driven by the tidal tensor, which we expand at 1/c^3 post-Newtonian order, including spin terms. We test the theoretical framework by simulating black hole-neutron star coalescence up to the onset of mass shedding, which we determine by comparing the shape of the star with the Roche lobe. We validate our approach by comparing our results with those of fully relativistic, numerical simulations.
description: 15 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. Minor changes to match the version published on Phys. Rev. D
The Horizontal Component of Photospheric Plasma Flows During the Emergence of Active Regions on the Sun
Creators: name: Khlystova, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of horizontal plasma flows during the first hours of the emergence of active region magnetic flux in the solar photosphere have been analyzed using SOHO/MDI data. Four active regions emerging near the solar limb have been considered. It has been found that extended regions of Doppler velocities with different signs are formed in the first hours of the magnetic flux emergence in the horizontal velocity field. The flows observed are directly connected with the emerging magnetic flux; they form at the beginning of the emergence of active regions and are present for a few hours. The Doppler velocities of flows observed increase gradually and reach their peak values 4-12 hours after the start of the magnetic flux emergence. The peak values of the mean (inside the +/-500 m/s isolines) and maximum Doppler velocities are 800-970 m/s and 1410-1700 m/s, respectively. The Doppler velocities observed substantially exceed the separation velocities of the photospheric magnetic flux outer boundaries. The asymmetry was detected between velocity structures of leading and following polarities. Doppler velocity structures located in a region of leading magnetic polarity are more powerful and exist longer than those in regions of following polarity. The Doppler velocity asymmetry between the velocity structures of opposite sign reaches its peak values soon after the emergence begins and then gradually drops within 7-12 hours. The peak values of asymmetry for the mean and maximal Doppler velocities reach 240-460 m/s and 710-940 m/s, respectively. An interpretation of the observable flow of photospheric plasma is given.
description: 20 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables. The results of article were presented at the ESPM-13 (12-16 September 2011, Rhodes, Greece, Abstract Book p. 102, P.4.12, http://astro.academyofathens.gr/espm13/documents/ESPM13_abstract_programme_book.pdf)
Additional file 1 of Effect of an increase in Lp(a) following statin therapy on cardiovascular prognosis in secondary prevention population of coronary artery disease
Creators: name: Zhu, Lijun
name: Fang, Yangliang
name: Gao, Beibei
name: Jin, Xiangbo
name: Zheng, Jiamin
name: He, Ying
name: Huang, Jinyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Statins used in study subjects. Table S2. Endpoint events for study subjects. Table S3. Univariate COX analysis of risk factors for MACE.
The Spectroscopic Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae
Creators: name: Blondin, S.
name: Matheson, T.
name: Kirshner, R. P.
name: Mandel, K. S.
name: Berlind, P.
name: Calkins, M.
name: Challis, P.
name: Garnavich, P. M.
name: Jha, S. W.
name: Modjaz, M.
name: Riess, A. G.
name: Schmidt, B. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present 2603 spectra of 462 nearby Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) obtained during 1993-2008 through the Center for Astrophysics Supernova Program. Most of the spectra were obtained with the FAST spectrograph at the FLWO 1.5m telescope and reduced in a consistent manner, making data set well suited for studies of SN Ia spectroscopic diversity. We study the spectroscopic and photometric properties of SN Ia as a function of spectroscopic class using the classification schemes of Branch et al. and Wang et al. The width-luminosity relation appears to be steeper for SN Ia with broader lines. Based on the evolution of the characteristic Si II 6355 line, we propose improved methods for measuring velocity gradients, revealing a larger range than previously suspected, from ~0 to ~400 km/s/day considering the instantaneous velocity decline rate at maximum light. We find a weaker and less significant correlation between Si II velocity and intrinsic B-V color at maximum light than reported by Foley et al., owing to a more comprehensive treatment of uncertainties and host galaxy dust. We study the extent of nuclear burning and report new detections of C II 6580 in 23 early-time spectra. The frequency of C II detections is not higher in SN Ia with bluer colors or narrower light curves, in conflict with the recent results of Thomas et al. Based on nebular spectra of 27 SN Ia, we find no relation between the FWHM of the iron emission feature at ~4700 A and Dm15(B) after removing the two low-luminosity SN 1986G and SN 1991bg, suggesting that the peak luminosity is not strongly dependent on the kinetic energy of the explosion for most SN Ia. Finally, we confirm the correlation of velocity shifts in some nebular lines with the intrinsic B-V color of SN Ia at maximum light, although several outliers suggest a possible non-monotonic behavior for the largest blueshifts.
description: 36 pages (emulateapj), 23 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ. Spectroscopic data available at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/supernova/SNarchive.html . New SNID template set available at http://marwww.in2p3.fr/~blondin/software/snid/index.html . Minor changes from v1 to conform to published version
title: Ανάλυση της κινητικότητας εδαφικών πρανών εκσκαφής με την μέθοδο των πεπερασμένων στοιχείων
Creators: name: Βαγιωνακης Νικολαος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2021

description: Ο σκοπός της εργασίας είναι η διερεύνηση και ανάλυση της κινητικής συμπεριφοράς των εδαφικών σχηματισμών στην περιοχή ορυχείου ανοικτής εκσκαφής, που αναπτύσσεται κοντά σε παρακείμενο οικισμό, αλλά και η εκτίμηση της ελάχιστης δυνατής απόστασης του μετώπου της εκσκαφής από τον οικισμό, με σκοπό την αποφυγή δυσάρεστων συνεπειών στις παρακείμενες κατασκευές του.
Αρχικά, πραγματοποιήθηκε διερεύνηση της γεωλογίας-τεκτονικής και της σεισμικότητας της περιοχής. Στην συνέχεια, για την προσομοίωση της συμπεριφοράς της εκσκαφής, εφαρμόστηκε η μέθοδος των πεπερασμένων στοιχείων στο λογισμικό PLAXIS, της έκδοσης V.8. Επελέγη το καταστατικό μοντέλο προσομοίωσης της εδαφικής συμπεριφοράς “Hardening Soil Model” (HSM).
Πραγματοποιήθηκε ο σχεδιασμός του μοντέλου και η προσομοίωση της εκσκαφής, με την επιλογή των απαραίτητων γεωτεχνικών παραμέτρων για κάθε γεωλογικό σχηματισμό. Πραγματοποιήθηκαν οι σχετικοί υπολογισμοί και εκτιμήθηκαν οι αναμενόμενες παραμορφώσεις-μετακινήσεις συναρτήσει της απόστασης από το μέτωπο της εκσκαφής.
Με βάση τις επιτρεπόμενες τιμές μετακινήσεων για την αποφυγή προβλημάτων στις παρακείμενες κατασκευές, ορίστηκε η ελάχιστη απόσταση του μετώπου της εκσκαφής από τον οικισμό.

description: The purpose of the work is to analyze the kinetic behavior of the soil formations in the wider area of an open pit mine, which is developed near an adjacent settlement and to assess the minimum possible distance of the front of the excavation from the settlement, in order to avoid unpleasant consequences on the adjacent structures.
Initially, the geology-tectonics and seismicity of the research area was investigated. In order to simulate the kinetic behavior of the excavation, the finite element method was applied and the PLAXIS software, version V.8 was used. Also, the statutory model of simulation of soil behavior used, is the "Hardening Soil Model" (HSM).
Then the design of the model and the simulation of the excavation took place, using the necessary geotechnical parameters for each geological formation. In addition, the expected deformations-movements of the model as well as the deformations of the ground surface in relation to the distance from the front of the excavation, were calculated.
Based on the allowable values of displacements to avoid problems in the adjacent structures, the minimum distance of the excavation front from the settlement was estimated.
neue Rekonstruktionszeichnung der Igeler Säule
Creators: name: Zahn, Eberhard
Publisher: name: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Year: 2021

description: Beilage zu: E. Zahn, Die neue Rekonstruktionszeichnung der Igeler Säule DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/tz.1968.1.55873
description: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete, Bd. 31 (1968): Trierer Zeitschrift : für Geschichte und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Tafeln
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Year: 2021

description: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete, Bd. 31 (1968): Trierer Zeitschrift : für Geschichte und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Inhalt des 31. Jahrgangs
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Year: 2021

description: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete, Bd. 31 (1968): Trierer Zeitschrift : für Geschichte und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
The local-global exact sequence for Chow groups of zero-cycles
Creators: name: Liang, Yongqi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14G25, 11G35

description: A local-global sequence for Chow groups of zero-cycles involving Brauer groups has been conjectured to be exact for all proper smooth algebraic varieties. We apply existing methods to construct several new families of varieties verifying the exact sequence. The examples are explicit, they are normic bundles over the projective space.
description: 10 pages, new organization of the last section and minor modifications
Additional file 1 of Body mass index and incidence of lung cancer in the HUNT study: using observational and Mendelian randomization approaches
Creators: name: Jiang, Lin
name: Sun, Yi-Qian
name: Brumpton, Ben Michael
name: Langhammer, Arnulf
name: Chen, Yue
name: Mai, Xiao-Mei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table S1. The association of BMI in HUNT2 with incidence of lung cancer overall and different histologic types after excluding the first five years’ follow-up, the HUNT Study, 1995-97 to2017 (N = 59,711). Supplementary Table S2. The associations of BMI in HUNT2 with lung cancer incidence taking account of competing risk due to death, the HUNT Study, 1995-97 to 2017 (N = 62,453). Supplementary Text 1. Analysis using negative control exposure. Supplementary Figure 1. DAG for body mass index(BMI) (as the main exposure), migraine (as the negative control exposure) and incidence of lung cancer (as the outcome). Supplementary Table S3. Negative control using migraine as an alternative exposure to address residual confounding by smoking for the association of BMI in HUNT2 with lung cancer incidence across different lung cancer subtypes, the HUNT Study, 1995-97 to 2017(N = 49,969). Supplementary Table S4. Comparison of baseline characteristics of participants with complete and missing information on 75 BMI SNPs in HUNT2. Supplementary Text 2. Univariable Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses using the 61 single-nucleotide polymorphisms only for body mass index (BMI-Only SNPs). Supplementary Table S5. Associations of externally weighted BMI GRS1 based on 61 BMI-Only SNPs with potential confounders in HUNT2, 1995-1997 (N = 54,511). Supplementary Table S6. The association of BMI with incidence of lung cancer overall and different histologic types based on the univariable MR analyses using 61 BMI-Only SNPs,the HUNT Study, 1995-97 to 2017 (N = 54,511).
Utility of the Dependence Scale in dementia: validity, meaningfulness, and health economic considerations
Creators: name: Zhu, Carolyn W.
name: Bruinsma, Bote G.
name: Stern, Yaakov
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease
Dependency
Medical economics
Neurology
Alzheimer's disease--Patients

description: Background
                The concept of dependence has been proposed as a unified representation of disease severity to quantify and stage disease progression in a manner more informative to patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers.

                Methods
                This paper provides a review of the Dependence Scale (DS) as a quantitative measure of Alzheimer’s disease severity, its properties as an outcome measure, a metric of disease progression, and a correlate of medical costs.

                Results
                The literature supports the notion that the DS is related to, but distinct from, key severity measures, including cognition, function, and behavior, and captures the full spectrum of patient needs. It also presents as a useful measure for assessing disease progression.

                Conclusions
                Results underscore the importance of the DS as a unique endpoint in Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials, providing important information about the impact of therapeutic interventions. The DS also is a useful measure for economic evaluation of novel interventions aimed at delaying progression.
A chiral quark-soliton model with broken scale invariance for nuclear matter
Creators: name: Drago, Alessandro
name: Sarti, Valentina Mantovani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a model for describing nuclear matter at finite density based on quarks interacting with chiral fields, σand πand with vector mesons introduced as massive gauge fields. The chiral Lagrangian includes a logarithmic potential, associated with the breaking of scale invariance. We provide results for the soliton in vacuum and at finite density, using the Wigner-Seitz approximation. We show that the model can reach higher densities respect to the linear-σmodel and that the introduction of vector mesons allows to obtain saturation. This result was never obtained before in similar approaches.
description: 14 pages, 15 figures, 7 tables. Enlarged version including vector mesons
Missense mutation in SLIT2 associated with congenital myopia, anisometropia, connective tissue abnormalities, and obesity
Creators: name: Liu, Katherine Y.
name: Sengillo, Jesse D.
name: Velez, Gabriel
name: Jauregui, Ruben
name: Sakai, Lynn Y.
name: Maumenee, Irene H.
name: Bassuk, Alexander G.
name: Mahajan, Vinit B.
name: Tsang, Stephen H.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ophthalmology
Myopia
Anisometropia
Mutation (Biology)
Connective tissues
Obesity

description: Background
                SLIT2 is a protein ligand for the Roundabout (ROBO) receptor and was found to play a major role in repulsive midline axon guidance in central nervous system development. Based on studies utilizing knockout models, it has been postulated that SLIT2 is important for preventing inappropriate axonal routing during mammalian optic chiasm development.

                Methods
                Case report.

                Results
                Here, we report a case of congenital myopia, anisometropia, and obesity in a patient with a SLIT2 point mutation. Examination of the patient’s skin biopsy revealed abnormalities in elastin and collagen fibrils that suggest an underlying connective tissue disorder. Structural modeling placed the novel mutation (p.D1407G) in the EGF-like domain 8 and was predicted to affect interactions with SLIT2 binding partners.

                Conclusions
                To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of a SLIT2 variant in the context of these ocular findings.