cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in healthcare professionals: validation of the Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire
Creators: name: Garrison, Amanda
name: Fressard, Lisa
name: Karlsson, Linda
name: Soveri, Anna
name: Fasce, Angelo
name: Lewandowsky, Stephan
name: Schmid, Philipp
name: Gagneur, Arnaud
name: Dubé, Eve
name: Verger, Pierre
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Vaccine confidence among health care professionals (HCPs) is a key determinant of vaccination behaviors. We validate a short-form version of the 31-item Pro-VC-Be (Health Professionals Vaccine Confidence and Behaviors) questionnaire that measures HCPs’ confidence in and commitment to vaccination. A cross-sectional survey among 2,696 HCPs established a long-form tool to measure 10 dimensions of psychosocial determinants of vaccination behaviors. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models tested the construct validity of 69,984 combinations of items in a 10-item short form tool. The criterion validity of this tool was tested with four behavioral and attitudinal outcomes using weighted modified Poisson regressions. An immunization resource score was constructed from summing the responses of the dimensions that can influence HCPs’ pro-vaccination behaviors: vaccine confidence, proactive efficacy, and trust in authorities. The short-form tool showed good construct validity in CFA analyses (RMSEA = 0.035 [0.024; 0.045]; CFI = 0.956; TLI = 0.918; SRMR 0.027) and comparable criterion validity to the long-form tool. The immunization resource score showed excellent criterion validity. The Pro-VC-Be short-form showed good construct validity and criterion validity similar to the long-form and can therefore be used to measure determinants of vaccination behaviors among HCPs.
Sexual Partnership Patterns in Malawi: Implications for HIV/STI Transmission
Creators: name: Chilongozi, David A.
name: Ghani, Azra C.
name: Pilcher, Christopher D.
name: Pettifor, Audrey E.
name: Cohen, Myron S.
name: Hoffman, Irving F.
name: Hosseinipour, Mina C.
name: Miller, William C.
name: Price, Matthew A.
name: Martinson, Francis E. A.
name: Powers, Kimberly A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Concurrent sexual partnerships are believed to play an important role in HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, but the contributions of concurrency to HIV and STI spread depend on the details of infectious periods and relationship patterns. To contribute to the understanding of sexual partnership patterns in this region, we estimated partnership lengths, temporal gaps between partners, and periods of overlap across partners at an STI clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Problems with twilight/supersky flat-field for wide-field robotic telescopes and the solution
Creators: name: Wei, Peng
name: Shang, Zhaohui
name: Ma, Bin
name: Zhao, Cheng
name: Hu, Yi
name: Liu, Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Twilight/night sky images are often used for flat-fielding CCD images, but the brightness gradient in twilight/night sky causes problems of accurate flat-field correction in astronomical images for wide-field telescopes. Using data from the Antarctic Survey Telescope (AST3), we found that when the sky brightness gradient is minimum and stable, there is still a gradient of 1% across AST3's field-of-view of 4.3 square degrees. We tested various approaches to remove the varying gradients in individual flat-field images. Our final optimal method can reduce the spatially dependent errors caused by the gradient to the negligible level. We also suggest a guideline of flat-fielding using twilight/night sky images for wide-field robotic autonomous telescopes.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, Proc. SPIE 9149 (2014)
Effect of Quantum Gravity on Specific Heat of Solid
Creators: name: Riasat, Sheikh
name: Mandal, Bhabani Prasad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: All possible theories of quantum gravity suggest the existence of a minimal length. As a consequence, the usual Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) is replaced by a more general uncertainty principle known as the Generalised Uncertainty Principle(GUP). The dynamics of all quantum mechanical system gets modified due to GUP. In this work, we consider both Einstein's and Debye's models to find the quantum gravity effect on the specific heat of solids. GUP modified specific heat in Einstein's model shows usual exponential dominance at low temperatures. Further, the modification to Debye's specific heat is calculated by considering the GUP modified dispersion relation, which becomes time dependent for elastic waves.
description: 12 pages, Latex
Model Counting for Formulas of Bounded Clique-Width
Creators: name: Slivovsky, Friedrich
name: Szeider, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We show that #SAT is polynomial-time tractable for classes of CNF formulas whose incidence graphs have bounded symmetric clique-width (or bounded clique-width, or bounded rank-width). This result strictly generalizes polynomial-time tractability results for classes of formulas with signed incidence graphs of bounded clique-width and classes of formulas with incidence graphs of bounded modular treewidth, which were the most general results of this kind known so far.
description: Extended version of a paper published at ISAAC 2013
Changes in Spirituality and the Impact on Mental Health of Canadian Muslim Women in Ottawa
Creators: name: Ansam, Y A Elharan
Publisher: name: Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
Year: 2022
Subjects: cultural competency, Canadian mental health providers, psychotherapy, changes in spirituality

description: As the population of Muslim women in Canada grows, there is an increasing need for mental health providers who are familiar with the religious and spiritual aspects of Muslim women. Yet psychological research or literature discussing Muslim women clients or their experiences remains scant. The purpose of this research study is to identify the experiences of Canadian Muslim women after occurrences of change in their spirituality, and to observe the impacts on their mental health. This thesis provides some foundational information that mental health providers may consider to work effectively with Muslim women clients. The research illustrates how clinicians can effectively explore and incorporate aspects of Islam in their practice in order to increase their cultural competency when working with Muslim women clients.
Caractéristiques socio-économiques de la pêche professionnelle française - Synthèse des enquêtes réalisées auprès des pêcheurs professionnels en 2011 dans le cadre du Système d'Informations Halieutiques (SIH) de l'Ifremer - Façade Méditerranée
Creators: name: Macher, Claire
name: Le Grand, Christelle
name: Daures, Fabienne
name: Leonardi, Sophie
name: Guyader, Olivier
name: Ruchon, Francois
Publisher: name: Ifremer
Year: 2013

description: Ce document est une synthèse des enquêtes réalisées auprès des pêcheurs professionnels de la façade méditerranéenne en 2011 (sur les données 2010) dans le cadre du Système d'Informations Halieutiques (SIH) de l'Ifremer. Il vient en complément des synthèses annuelles sur les flottilles de pêches et présente des données agrégées sur les navires enquêtés, leurs stratégies, les équipages et la population des patrons pêcheurs qui ont accepté de répondre au questionnaire économique du SIH en 2011.
Developing a Predictive Model to Prioritize HIV Partner Notification in North Carolina
Creators: name: MacDonald, Pia D. M.
name: Hoots, Brooke E.
name: Miller, William C.
name: Leone, Peter A.
name: Hightow-Weidman, Lisa B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) in North Carolina (NC) have less time to conduct partner notification due to competing responsibilities while simultaneously facing increased case loads due to increased HIV testing. We developed a model to predict undiagnosed HIV infection in sexual partners to prioritize DIS interviews.
A neural network clustering algorithm for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A novel technique to identify and split clusters created by multiple charged particles in the ATLAS pixel detector using a set of artificial neural networks is presented. Such merged clusters are a common feature of tracks originating from highly energetic objects, such as jets. Neural networks are trained using Monte Carlo samples produced with a detailed detector simulation. This technique replaces the former clustering approach based on a connected component analysis and charge interpolation. The performance of the neural network splitting technique is quantified using data from proton--proton collisions at the LHC collected by the ATLAS detector in 2011 and from Monte Carlo simulations. This technique reduces the number of clusters shared between tracks in highly energetic jets by up to a factor of three. It also provides more precise position and error estimates of the clusters in both the transverse and longitudinal impact parameter resolution.
description: 6 pages plus author list + cover pages (38 pages total), 10 figures, 0 tables, submitted to JINST, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/PERF-2012-05
Формирование пуховой продуктивности коз оренбургской породы путем коррекции элементного статуса
Creators: name: Панин В.А.
Publisher: name: Эффективное животноводство
Year: 2023
Subjects: продуктивность
шерсть
пух
коза
микроэлементы
минеральный
состав
качество
productivity
wool
down
goat
trace elements
mineral
composition
quality

description: В статье приведены данные эксперимента по включению в рацион коз оренбургской породы добавок микро и макроэлементов с целью повышения показателей их пуховой продуктивности и улучшения качества пуха. Определен начес пуха по итогам двух чёсок. В лабораторных условиях изучены свойства пуховых волокон, определяющие качество пуха.
description: The article presents experimental data on the inclusion of micro and macro elements additives in the diet of Orenburg breed goats in order to increase their down productivity and improve the quality of down. The fluff is determined based on the results of two combs. The properties of down fibers that determine the quality of down have been studied in laboratory conditions.
Attacks on Robust Distributed Learning Schemes via Sensitivity Curve Maximization
Creators: name: Schroth, Christian A.
name: Vlaski, Stefan
name: Zoubir, Abdelhak M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Distributed learning paradigms, such as federated or decentralized learning, allow a collection of agents to solve global learning and optimization problems through limited local interactions. Most such strategies rely on a mixture of local adaptation and aggregation steps, either among peers or at a central fusion center. Classically, aggregation in distributed learning is based on averaging, which is statistically efficient, but susceptible to attacks by even a small number of malicious agents. This observation has motivated a number of recent works, which develop robust aggregation schemes by employing robust variations of the mean. We present a new attack based on sensitivity curve maximization (SCM), and demonstrate that it is able to disrupt existing robust aggregation schemes by injecting small, but effective perturbations.
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Discussions: An Opportunity for Mothers to Talk With Their Daughters About Sexual Health
Creators: name: McRee, Annie-Laurie
name: Dittus, Patricia J.
name: Reiter, Paul L.
name: Gottlieb, Sami L.
name: Tucker Halpern, Carolyn
name: Brewer, Noel T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Mother-daughter communication about sex is associated with healthier behavior during adolescence. We sought to characterize mothers’ communication with their daughters about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and the potential for these discussions to provide an opportunity for talking about sexual health.
Supplementary document for Miniaturized structured illumination microscopy using two 3-axis MEMS micromirrors - 6135025.pdf
Creators: name: Tinning, Peter
name: Donnachie, Mark
name: Christopher, Jay
name: Uttamchandani, Deepak
name: Bauer, Ralf
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Modeling the Impact of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection on HIV Transmission in HIV-Infected Individuals in Medical Care
Creators: name: Golin, Carol E.
name: Grodensky, Catherine A.
name: Quinlivan, Evelyn Byrd
name: Tien, Hsiao-Chuan
name: Patel, Shilpa N.
name: Hobbs, Marcia M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: To assess factors associated with having a Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection among persons receiving care for HIV and estimate the number of transmitted HIV infections attributable to TV.
Supplementary document for Miniaturized structured illumination microscopy using two 3-axis MEMS micromirrors - 6053776.pdf
Creators: name: Tinning, Peter
name: Donnachie, Mark
name: Christopher, Jay
name: Uttamchandani, Deepak
name: Bauer, Ralf
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Predicting effectiveness of the V114 vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in children
Creators: name: Ryman, Josiah
name: Weaver, Jessica
name: Yee, Ka Lai
name: Sachs, Jeffrey R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The potential impact of new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) is assessed by using immune responses to predict their effectiveness against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). This analysis predicted the serotype-specific effectiveness against IPD of a new 15-valent PCV (V114) for the serotypes shared with a 13-valent PCV (PCV13), in a US pediatric population given a 3 + 1 dosing regimen. Beginning with the known serotype-specific antibody concentrations after vaccination with placebo, 7-valent PCV (PCV7) and PCV13, reverse cumulative distribution curves were used, along with published serotype-specific vaccine effectiveness of PCV7 and PCV13, to derive a protective antibody concentration (Cp) for each PCV13 serotype in V114. Serotype-specific effectiveness was predicted using the Cp estimates and the respective serotype-specific antibody concentrations of placebo and V114 recipients in recent pediatric clinical trials. Predicted serotype-specific V114 effectiveness values ranged from 86% to 99% for PCV7 serotypes and from 59% to 97% for (non-PCV7) PCV13 serotypes. V114 serotype-specific effectiveness against IPD in a US pediatric population was predicted to be largely comparable to that of PCV7 and PCV13 for shared serotypes, with models suggesting likelihood of high overall benefit gained from increased serotype 3 effectiveness, and additional protection against serotypes 22 F and 33 F.
Prior HIV Testing Among STD Patients in Guangdong Province, China: Opportunities for Expanding Detection of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infection
Creators: name: Chen, Xiang-Sheng
name: Cohen, Myron S.
name: Yang, Bin
name: Lu, He-Kun
name: Huang, Shu-Jie
name: Yang, Li-Gang
name: Young, Darwin
name: Henderson, Gail E.
name: Tucker, Joseph D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Expanding HIV testing is important among individuals at increased risk for sexual HIV transmission in China, but little is known about prior HIV testing experiences among sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients.
Estimating phase parameters of a three-level system interacting with two classical monochromatic fields in simultaneous and individual metrological strategies
Creators: name: Abouelkhir, Nour-Eddine
name: Slaoui, Abdallah
name: Hadfi, Hanane El
name: Laamara, Rachid Ahl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, the Hilbert-Schmidt speed, as a special class of quantum statistical speed, has been reported to improve the interferometric phase in single-parameter quantum estimation. Here, we test this concept in the multiparameter scenario where two laser phases are estimated in a theoretical model consisting of a three-level atom interacting with two classical monochromatic fields. When the atom is initially prepared in the lower bare state taking into account the detuning parameters, we extract an exact analytical solution of the atomic density matrix in the case of two-photon resonant transition. Further, we compare the performance of laser phase parameters estimation in individual and simultaneous metrological strategies, and we explore the role of quantum coherence in improving the efficiency of unknown multi-phase shift estimation protocols. The obtained results show that the Hilbert-Schmidt speed detects the lower bound on the statistical estimation error as well as the optimal estimation regions, where its maximal corresponds to the maximal quantum Fisher information, the performance of simultaneous multiparameter estimation with individual estimation inevitably depends on the detuning parameters of the three-level atom, and not only the quantum entanglement, but also the quantum coherence is a crucial resource to improve the accuracy of a metrological protocol.
RPR Titer Variation in the Two Weeks Following Syphilis Therapy
Creators: name: Behets, Frieda
name: Van Damme, Kathleen
name: Hook, Edward W.
name: Holman, Katherine M.
name: McNeil, Linda
name: Martin, David H.
name: Seña, Arlene C.
name: Leone, Peter
name: Gehrig, Meredyth L.
name: Wolff, Mark
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Serologic tests for syphilis (STS) results at time of diagnosis are the basis for evaluating response to syphilis therapy. Following treatment, however, STS titers may continue to increase for several weeks. We evaluated RPR titer variation over the 14 days following therapy using data from a recent large, prospective RCT.
The Flavor of QCD Axion Dark Matter
Creators: name: Alonso-Álvarez, Gonzalo
name: Cline, James M.
name: Xiao, Tianzhuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that demanding a consistent cosmological history, including the absence of domain walls and strongly interacting relics at the Peccei-Quinn scale, singles out two concrete realizations of hadronic QCD axions as viable dark matter models. These realizations generally feature flavor-violating axion couplings to Standard Model quarks that are unsuppressed at low energies. As a consequence, experiments looking for flavor-violating hadronic processes involving the axion can be sensitive probes of QCD axion dark matter models. In particular, we show that the NA62 and KOTO experiments could detect the $K\rightarrowπ+ a$ decay for axions consistent with the observed dark matter abundance via the post-inflationary misalignment mechanism.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Systematic Differences in Risk Behaviors and Syphilis Prevalence Across Types of Female Sex Workers: A Preliminary Study in Liuzhou, China
Creators: name: Merli, M. Giovanna
name: Weir, Sharon S.
name: Chen, Xiang-Sheng
name: Henderson, Gail E.
name: Li, Jing
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Female sex workers (FSWs) have become one of the key populations for HIV/STI control in China. Categorization of FSWs can help prioritize HIV/STI intervention efforts. We examined two possible categorizations of FSWs and the relationship with syphilis infection risk in Liuzhou City, China.
Personal and contextual determinants of COVID-19 vaccination intention: a vignette study
Creators: name: Morbée, Sofie
name: Waterschoot, Joachim
name: Yzerbyt, Vincent
name: Klein, Olivier
name: Luminet, Olivier
name: Schmitz, Mathias
name: Van den Bergh, Omer
name: Van Oost, Pascaline
name: De Craene, Silke
name: Vansteenkiste, Maarten
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This vignette study explores which factors contribute to higher COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Between the 4th-11 January 2021, we recruited 15,901 Belgian citizens (Mage = 50.11 years, range 18–100) through convenience sampling to participate in a vignette study. In each vignette, we manipulated contextual determinants consisting of different factors. Each participant rated six vignettes in terms of the outcomes ‘vaccination intention’ and ‘recommendation to others.’ Finally, we explored the benefits of tailored communication by examining whether these ratings depended upon citizens’ initial motives for vaccination. Participants are most likely to accept a vaccine when they expect no or only small side effects, when the vaccine offers a 95% protection, and when people can no longer infect others (p < 0.001). The possibility to receive the vaccine at home or at the GP’s office, highlighting that most citizens are willing to get vaccinated, and emphasizing the protective benefits for others yielded additional positive effects (p < 0.001). Results showed that tailored communication has a small but significant effect, especially for individuals high on distrust-based amotivation (p < 0.01). In addition to vaccine characteristics, there is room for policymakers to respond to those determinants that fall under their control and can thus be highlighted within communication campaigns.
An Asymmetric Spoof-Fluid-Spoof Acoustic Waveguide and its Application as a CO$_2$ Sensor
Creators: name: Perchikov, Nathan
name: Vujić, Đorđe
name: Bajac, Branimir
name: Alù, Andrea
name: Bengin, Vesna
name: Janković, Nikolina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We study pressure acoustic propagation in asymmetric spoof-fluid-spoof acoustic waveguides and its potential application in acoustic gas sensors. First, a stable and efficient analytical method is established for fast calculation of the dispersion curves based on spectral expansion and enforcement of continuity between segments at suitable collocation points. The analysis is validated by a commercial finite element software. The geometric design of the waveguide is then optimized for the emergence of a nearly-flat dispersion curve associated with vertical geometric asymmetry. The waveguide is fabricated using 3D printing technology and the measurement results corroborate the numerical simulations. Based on the nearly-flat dispersion curve supported by this waveguide, a CO$_2$ sensor is proposed allowing to relate the phase difference measured between two points in the waveguide to the composition of the gas in the waveguide. The proposed sensor is experimentally validated in a controlled environment and the measurement results match the computational predictions well. The sensor is robust with respect to noise and signal-recording duration due to fast phase measurements and shows high sensitivity to gas concentration due to reliance on the second, nearly-flat, dispersion curve. In addition, the sensor is label-free and low-cost, while exhibiting rapid response, low-maintenance requirements and potential for measurements in a wide range of CO$_2$ concentrations without saturation issues.
description: 21 pages, 12 figures
Does Core Area Theory Apply to STIs in Rural Environments?
Creators: name: Sullivan, Ashleigh B.
name: Gesink, Dionne C.
name: Norwood, Todd A.
name: Miller, William C.
name: Serre, Marc L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Our objective was to determine the extent to which geographical core areas for gonorrhea and syphilis are located in rural areas, as compared to urban areas.
Suivis stationnel et surfacique de l’herbier à Zostera noltei de la masse d’eau FRFT8 Bidassoa – 2013 - Bassin Hydrographique Adour-Garonne -
Creators: name: Sanchez, Florence
name: De Casamajor, Marie-Noelle
name: Lissardy, Muriel
Publisher: name: Ifremer
Year: 2014
Subjects: Herbier Zostera noltei
Directive Cadre sur l’eau
Côte basque
Baie de Txingudi
Hendaye
Seagrass Zostera noltei
Water Framework Directive
Basque country
Txingudi Bay

description: The new protocol, established by Auby et al. (2012) to the seagrass monitoring under the Water Framework Directive, was used in Txingudi bay (Hendaye, France). Based on 3 metrics ("taxonomy", "extension" and "density"), the quality index of the water body for the angiosperm indicator, was "medium", while it was in "good condition" in 2012. These results are explained by a sharp drop in the density observed on the monitoring station. The cartography of the species distribution showed a decrease of the total area of seagrass, particularly in the southern part of the mudflat. However, further north, small intertidal seagrass spots appeared. Atypical weather conditions in 2013 (cold, heavy spring rain) with silting of this area, could explain this situation.
description: L’année 2013 constitue la 2ème année d’application du nouveau protocole mis en place par Auby et al. (2012) pour le suivi stationnel DCE de l’herbier à Zostera noltei en baie de Txingudi. Les 3 métriques (« taxinomie », « extension » et « densité ») de l’indicateur angiosperme conduisent à un classement de la masse d’eau en «état moyen», alors que celle-ci était en « bon état » en 2012. Ces résultats s’expliquent par une forte baisse de la densité observée sur la station de suivi. La cartographie réalisée également en 2013, montre que sur la partie sud de la vasière, où se situe la station de suivi, l’herbier a fortement régressé au profit de la spartine. En revanche, plus au nord, de petites tâches intertidales de zostères sont apparues. Les conditions climatiques atypiques de 2013 caractérisées par un printemps particulièrement pluvieux, froid et peu ensoleillé, conjuguées à l’ensablement de la zone, pourraient expliquer cette situation.
Expertise Trees Resolve Knowledge Limitations in Collective Decision-Making
Creators: name: Abels, Axel
name: Lenaerts, Tom
name: Trianni, Vito
name: Nowé, Ann
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Experts advising decision-makers are likely to display expertise which varies as a function of the problem instance. In practice, this may lead to sub-optimal or discriminatory decisions against minority cases. In this work we model such changes in depth and breadth of knowledge as a partitioning of the problem space into regions of differing expertise. We provide here new algorithms that explicitly consider and adapt to the relationship between problem instances and experts' knowledge. We first propose and highlight the drawbacks of a naive approach based on nearest neighbor queries. To address these drawbacks we then introduce a novel algorithm - expertise trees - that constructs decision trees enabling the learner to select appropriate models. We provide theoretical insights and empirically validate the improved performance of our novel approach on a range of problems for which existing methods proved to be inadequate.
description: Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (2023)
Imbriea rhipis, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Reily, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Brachiopoda
Strophomenata
Orthotetida
Areostrophiidae
Imbriea
Imbriea rhipis

description: Imbriea rhipis (Imbrie, 1959), comb. nov.
= Orthopleura rhipis Imbrie, 1959: 392.
description: Published as part of Reily, Brian H., 2020, Imbriea nom. nov., a replacement name for Orthopleura Imbrie, 1959 (Brachiopoda), pp. 143-145 in Zootaxa 4894 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4315602
Imbriea Reily 2020, nom. nov.
Creators: name: Reily, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Brachiopoda
Strophomenata
Orthotetida
Areostrophiidae
Imbriea

description: Genus Imbriea Reily, nom. nov.
= Orthopleura Imbrie, 1959: 391. Preoccupied by Orthopleura Spinola, 1845.
Type species: Orthopleura rhipis Imbrie, 1959 by original designation.
Etymology: The name Imbriea is honorific of the late Dr. John Imbrie, the author who first recognized this taxon as distinct.
description: Published as part of Reily, Brian H., 2020, Imbriea nom. nov., a replacement name for Orthopleura Imbrie, 1959 (Brachiopoda), pp. 143-145 in Zootaxa 4894 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4315602
Parents’ and Sons’ Beliefs in Sexual Disinhibition After Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
Creators: name: Reiter, Paul L.
name: Mayer, Melissa K.
name: Brewer, Noel T.
name: Zucker, Rachel A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: The concern that adolescent girls who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may be more likely to have sex (ie, sexual disinhibition) has been commonplace in media coverage, but this belief is not held by many parents of adolescent girls. Because no studies have addressed this topic for adolescent boys, we examined parents’ and their adolescent sons’ beliefs in sexual disinhibition occurring after boys receive HPV vaccine.
Computing inventories of anthropogenic CO2 in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic using OVIDE data
Creators: name: Zunino Rodriguez, Patricia
name: Perez, Fiz F.
name: Lherminier, Pascale
name: Mercier, Herle
Publisher: name: Ifremer
Year: 2015

description: The highest anthropogenic CO2 (Cant) inventories of all the oceans are found in the subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA). The OVIDE section crosses the SPNA from Greenland to Portugal and is repeated biennially since 2002. Therefore, OVIDE data allow evaluating the evolution of inventories of anthropogenic CO2 (Cant) in the SPNA. This oceanic region is known to host water formation and ventilation processes that change the water mass volumetric census year by year. Changes in the volumetric census cause differences in the Cant inventory estimates (Pérez et al., 2008). Consequently, Pérez et al. (2010) proposed a method for computing Cant inventory in the SPNA taking into account the volumetric census variability and a bathymetric adjustment. This method has been recently revised. The initial methodology and the recent improvements are detailed in this report.
description: Les inventaires de CO2 anthropique (Cant) les plus hauts de tous les océans sont trouvés en Atlantique Nord subpolaire. La section OVIDE traverse l’Atlantique Nord Subpolaire du Groenland au Portugal ; elle est visitée tous les deux ans depuis 2002. Les données acquises pendant les campagnes OVIDE sont donc un outil très intéressant pour étudier l’évolution des inventaires de Cant dans l’Atlantique Nord subpolaire. Dans cette région océanique il y a des processus de ventilation et de formation de masses d’eau qui provoquent des changements de volume de masses d’eau d’une année à l’autre, et ces derniers causent des différences sur le calcul d’inventaires de Cant (Pérez et al., 2008). Donc Pérez et al. (2010) ont proposé une méthode pour calculer des inventaires de Cant en corrigeant la variabilité du volume des masses d’eau et en tenant compte de la bathymétrie du bassin. Cette méthode a était récemment révisée, et les améliorations de la méthode initiale sont détaillées et quantifiées dans ce rapport.
Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Counseling Messages for Avoiding Unprotected Sexual Intercourse During Sexually Transmitted Infection and Reproductive Tract Infection Treatment Among Female Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Patients
Creators: name: Hylton-Kong, Tina
name: Anderson, Clive
name: Wiener, Jeffrey
name: Legardy-Williams, Jennifer
name: Steiner, Markus J.
name: Hobbs, Marcia M.
name: Figueroa, J. Peter
name: Gallo, Maria F.
name: Warner, Lee
name: Jamieson, Denise J.
name: Macaluso, Maurizio
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: The effectiveness of counseling messages to avoid unprotected sex during short-term treatment for curable sexually transmitted infections is unknown.
X-ray variability of SS433: effects of the supercritical accretion disc
Creators: name: Atapin, Kirill
name: Fabrika, Sergei
name: Medvedev, Aleksei
name: Vinokurov, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a stochastic variability of SS433 in the $10^{-4} - 5\times 10^{-2}$ Hz frequency range based on RXTE data, and on simultaneous observations with RXTE and optical telescopes. We find that the cross-correlation functions and power spectra depend drastically on the precession phase of the supercritical accretion disc. When the wind funnel of the disc is maximally open to the observer, a flat part emerges in the power spectrum; a break is observed at the frequency $1.7\times10^{-3}$ Hz, with a power-law index $β\approx 1.67$ at higher frequencies. The soft emission forming mostly in the jets, lags behind the hard and optical emission. When the observer does not see the funnel and jets (the `edge-on' disc), the power spectrum is described by a single power-law with $β\approx 1.34$ and no correlations between X-ray ranges are detected. We investigated two mechanisms to explain the observed variability at the open disc phase, 1) reflection of radiation at the funnel wall (X-rays and optical) and 2) the gas cooling in the jets (X-rays only). The X-ray variability is determined by the contribution of both mechanisms, however the contribution of the jets is much higher. We found that the funnel size is $(2-2.5)\times10^{12}$ cm, and the opening angle is $\vartheta_f\sim 50^\circ$. X-ray jets may consist of three fractions with different densities: $8\times10^{13}$, $3\times10^{13}$ and $5\times10^{11}$ cm$^{-3}$, with most of the jet's mass falling within the latter fraction. We suppose that revealed flat part in the power spectrum may be related to an abrupt change in the disc structure and viscous time-scale at the spherization radius, because the accretion disc becomes thick at this radius, $h/r \sim 1$. The extent of the flat spectrum depends on the variation of viscosity at the spherization radius.
description: 20 pages, 15 figures, to appear in MNRAS
A Novel Variational Principle in Electrostatics and its Consequences
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Kolahal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a novel variational principle in electrostatics and show that one can derive mirror equation in the context of image problem starting from this principle. The corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation is seen to lead to Green's differential equation (also known as Thomson's equation).
Imbriea orthoplicata, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Reily, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Brachiopoda
Strophomenata
Orthotetida
Areostrophiidae
Imbriea
Imbriea orthoplicata

description: Imbriea orthoplicata (Stainbrook, 1943), comb. nov.
= Orthopleura orthoplicata (Stainbrook, 1943) sec. Imbrie 1959: 392.
= Schuchertella orthoplicata Stainbrook, 1943: 43, uncertainty of genus is indicated in the original description as “ Schuchertella? orthoplicata ”.
description: Published as part of Reily, Brian H., 2020, Imbriea nom. nov., a replacement name for Orthopleura Imbrie, 1959 (Brachiopoda), pp. 143-145 in Zootaxa 4894 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4315602
Topological and non-topological kink families in non-linear $(\mathbb{S}^1\times \mathbb{S}^1)$-Sigma models
Creators: name: Alonso-Izquierdo, A.
name: Sebastian, A. J. Balseyro
name: Leon, M. A. Gonzalez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we construct a family of Hamilton-Jacobi separable non-linear $\mathbb{S}^1\times\mathbb{S}^1$ Sigma models for which the kink variety can be analytically identified and for which the linear stability of the emerging kinks is ensured. Furthermore, a model with only one vacuum point is found, where all kinks are forced to be non-topological. The non-simply connectedness of the torus guarantees the global stability of all the non-topological kinks in these models.
description: 22 pages, 14 figures
Imbriea flabellum, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Reily, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Brachiopoda
Strophomenata
Orthotetida
Areostrophiidae
Imbriea
Imbriea flabellum

description: Imbriea flabellum (Whitfield, 1882), comb. nov.
= Orthopleura flabellum (Whitfield, 1882) sec. Imbrie 1959: 392.
= Orothethes flabellum (Whitfield, 1882) sec. Schuhert 1897: 297.
= Streptorhynchus flabellum Whitfield, 1882: 200.
description: Published as part of Reily, Brian H., 2020, Imbriea nom. nov., a replacement name for Orthopleura Imbrie, 1959 (Brachiopoda), pp. 143-145 in Zootaxa 4894 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4315602
Variations of the stellar initial mass function in the progenitors of massive early-type galaxies and in extreme starburst environments
Creators: name: Chabrier, G.
name: Hennebelle, P.
name: Charlot, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine variations of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) in extreme environments within the formalism derived by Hennebelle \& Chabrier. We focus on conditions encountered in progenitors of massive early type galaxies and starburst regions. We show that, when applying the concept of turbulent Jeans mass as the characteristic mass for fragmentation in a turbulent medium, instead of the standard thermal Jeans mass for purely gravitational fragmentation, the peak of the IMF in such environments is shifted towards smaller masses, leading to a bottom-heavy IMF, as suggested by various observations. In very dense and turbulent environments, we predict that the high-mass tail of the IMF can become even steeper than the standard Salpeter IMF, with a limit for the power law exponent $α\simeq -2.7$, in agreement with recent observational determinations. This steepening is a direct consequence of the high densities and Mach values in such regions but also of the time dependence of the fragmentation process, as incorporated in the Hennebelle-Chabrier theory. We provide analytical parametrizations of these IMFs in such environments, to be used in galaxy evolution calculations. We also calculate the star formation rates and the mass-to-light ratios expected under such extreme conditions and show that they agree well with the values inferred in starburst environments and massive high-redshift galaxies. This reinforces the paradigm of star formation as being a universal process, i.e. the direct outcome of gravitationally unstable fluctuations in a density field initially generated by large scale shock-dominated turbulence. This globally enables us to infer the variations of the stellar IMF and related properties for atypical galactic conditions.
description: To appear in ApJ
Estimation of control area in badminton doubles with pose information from top and back view drone videos
Creators: name: Ding, Ning
name: Takeda, Kazuya
name: Jin, Wenhui
name: Bei, Yingjiu
name: Fujii, Keisuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The application of visual tracking to the performance analysis of sports players in dynamic competitions is vital for effective coaching. In doubles matches, coordinated positioning is crucial for maintaining control of the court and minimizing opponents' scoring opportunities. The analysis of such teamwork plays a vital role in understanding the dynamics of the game. However, previous studies have primarily focused on analyzing and assessing singles players without considering occlusion in broadcast videos. These studies have relied on discrete representations, which involve the analysis and representation of specific actions (e.g., strokes) or events that occur during the game while overlooking the meaningful spatial distribution. In this work, we present the first annotated drone dataset from top and back views in badminton doubles and propose a framework to estimate the control area probability map, which can be used to evaluate teamwork performance. We present an efficient framework of deep neural networks that enables the calculation of full probability surfaces. This framework utilizes the embedding of a Gaussian mixture map of players' positions and employs graph convolution on their poses. In the experiment, we verify our approach by comparing various baselines and discovering the correlations between the score and control area. Additionally, we propose a practical application for assessing optimal positioning to provide instructions during a game. Our approach offers both visual and quantitative evaluations of players' movements, thereby providing valuable insights into doubles teamwork. The dataset and related project code is available at https://github.com/Ning-D/Drone_BD_ControlArea
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Multimedia Tools and Applications
Property (T) and the Furstenberg Entropy of Nonsingular Actions
Creators: name: Bowen, Lewis
name: Hartman, Yair
name: Tamuz, Omer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We establish a new characterization of property (T) in terms of the Furstenberg entropy of nonsingular actions. Given any generating measure $μ$ on a countable group $G$, A. Nevo showed that a necessary condition for $G$ to have property (T) is that the Furstenberg $μ$-entropy values of the ergodic, properly nonsingular $G$-actions are bounded away from zero. We show that this is also a sufficient condition.
description: 10 pages
Scale-Up and Case-Finding Effectiveness of an HIV Partner Services Program in Cameroon: An Innovative HIV Prevention Intervention for Developing Countries
Creators: name: Adimora, Adaora
name: Henley, Catherine
name: Forgwei, Gideon
name: Golden, Matthew
name: Muffih, Pius Tih
name: Shields, Raymond
name: Welty, Thomas
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Partner services (PSs) are a long-standing component of HIV control programs in the United States and some parts of Europe. Small randomized trials suggest that HIV PS can be effective in identifying persons with undiagnosed HIV infection. However, the scalability and effectiveness of HIV PS in low-income countries are unknown.
Spontaneous localisation from a coarse-grained deterministic and non-unitary dynamics
Creators: name: Kakade, Kartik
name: Singh, Avnish
name: Singh, Tejinder P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Collapse of the wave function appears to violate the quantum superposition principle as well as deterministic evolution. Objective collapse models propose a dynamical explanation for this phenomenon, by making a stochastic non-unitary and norm-preserving modification to the Schrödinger equation. In the present article we ask how a quantum system evolves under a {\it deterministic} and non-unitary but norm-preserving evolution? We show using a simple two-qubit model that under suitable conditions, quantum linear superposition is broken, with the system predictably driven to one or the other alternatives. If this deterministic dynamics is coarse-grained and observed over a lower time resolution, the outcomes appear random while obeying the Born probability rule. Our analysis hence throws light on the distinct roles of non-unitarity and of stochasticity in objective collapse models.
description: v3, 7 pages, 2 figures, references added, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A
The Footprint of Old Syphilis: Using a Reverse Screening Algorithm for Syphilis Testing in a US Geographic Information Systems–Based Community Outreach Program
Creators: name: Sena, Arlene C.
name: Miller, William C.
name: Stout, Jason E.
name: Hecker, Emily J.
name: Cox, Gary M.
name: Norton, Brianna L.
name: Goswami, Neela D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: The impact of syphilis reverse sequence screening has not been evaluated in community outreach. Using reverse sequence screening in neighborhoods identified with geographic information systems, we found that among 239 participants, 45 (19%) were seropositive. Of these, 3 (7%) had untreated syphilis, 33 (73%) had previously treated syphilis infection, and 9 (20%) had negative nontreponemal test results.