cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fast and Accurate Bilateral Filtering using Gauss-Polynomial Decomposition
Creators: name: Chaudhury, Kunal N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The bilateral filter is a versatile non-linear filter that has found diverse applications in image processing, computer vision, computer graphics, and computational photography. A widely-used form of the filter is the Gaussian bilateral filter in which both the spatial and range kernels are Gaussian. A direct implementation of this filter requires $O(σ^2)$ operations per pixel, where $σ$ is the standard deviation of the spatial Gaussian. In this paper, we propose an accurate approximation algorithm that can cut down the computational complexity to $O(1)$ per pixel for any arbitrary $σ$ (constant-time implementation). This is based on the observation that the range kernel operates via the translations of a fixed Gaussian over the range space, and that these translated Gaussians can be accurately approximated using the so-called Gauss-polynomials. The overall algorithm emerging from this approximation involves a series of spatial Gaussian filtering, which can be implemented in constant-time using separability and recursion. We present some preliminary results to demonstrate that the proposed algorithm compares favorably with some of the existing fast algorithms in terms of speed and accuracy.
description: To appear in the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2015)
Search for a charged Higgs boson in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for a charged Higgs boson is performed with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 +/- 0.5 inverse femtobarns collected with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. The charged Higgs boson is searched for in top quark decays for m(H+/-) < m(t) - m(b), and in the direct production pp -> t (b) H+/- for m(H+/-) > m(t) - m(b). The H+/- -> tau+/- nu[tau] and H+/- -> t b decay modes in the final states tau[h]+jets, mu tau[h], l+jets, and ll' (l = e, mu) are considered in the search. No signal is observed and 95% confidence level upper limits are set on the charged Higgs boson production. A model-independent upper limit on the product branching fraction B( t -> H+/- b ) B( H+/- -> tau+/- nu[tau] )= 1.2-0.15% is obtained in the mass range m(H+/-) = 80-160 GeV, while the upper limit on the cross section times branching fraction sigma( pp -> t (b) H+/- ) B( H+/- -> tau+/- nu[tau] ) = 0.38-0.025 pb is set in the mass range m(H+/-) = 180-600 GeV. Here, cross section sigma( pp -> t (b) H+/- ) stands for the sum sigma( pp -> t-bar (b) H+ ) + sigma( pp -> t (b-bar) H- ). Assuming B( H+/- -> t b ) = 1, an upper limit on sigma ( pp -> t (b) H+/- ) of 2.0-0.13 pb is set for m(H+/-) = 180-600 GeV. The combination of all considered decay modes and final states is used to set exclusion limits in the m(H+/-)-tan(beta) parameter space in different MSSM benchmark scenarios.
description: Replaced with published version. Added the journal reference and DOI. All figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/HIG-14-023/index.html
title: Geschlechtergerecht gleich-gerichtet reden & Rechte der Sprecher : Zum Verhältnis von Wortkunde & Norm im Bildungsgang
Creators: name: Heinz, Ulrich J.
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: Education
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
gender-related and proper speech
fair language in higher education
Genus und Sexus bei Gattungsangaben
Wortwahl rechtlich gesehen

description: "In Deutschland...(kann) jeder so sprechen und schreiben..., wie er verstanden...werden will", erklärte der Vorsitz der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache. 1: Dieser Grundsatz ist anwendbar auf den "gerechten" Wortgebrauch in Studium und Berufslehre, weniger auf den Spracherwerb in der Schule. 2: Der Redefreiheit wegen, jedoch bei Klarheit des Ausdrucks. Er ist zu ergänzen um die Machtfrage im rechtlichen Rahmen: Persönlichkeitsrecht, amtlicher Rechtschrieb, Lehrfreiheit und institutionelle Autonomie.
Self-consistent thermodynamics for the Tsallis statistics in the grand canonical ensemble: Nonrelativistic hadron gas
Creators: name: Parvan, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present paper, the Tsallis statistics in the grand canonical ensemble was reconsidered in a general form. The thermodynamic properties of the nonrelativistic ideal gas of hadrons in the grand canonical ensemble was studied numerically and analytically in a finite volume and the thermodynamic limit. It was proved that the Tsallis statistics in the grand canonical ensemble satisfies the requirements of the equilibrium thermodynamics in the thermodynamic limit if the thermodynamic potential is a homogeneous function of the first order with respect to the extensive variables of state of the system and the entropic variable $z=1/(q-1)$ is an extensive variable of state. The equivalence of canonical, microcanonical and grand canonical ensembles for the nonrelativistic ideal gas of hadrons was demonstrated.
description: 8 figures
Sensory Impairment Among Older US Workers
Creators: name: Caban-Martinez, Alberto
name: Ferraro, Kenneth
name: Arheart, Kristopher
name: Fleming, Lora
name: LeBlanc, William
name: Davila, Evelyn
name: Lee, David
name: Lam, Byron
name: McCollister, Kathryn
name: Muennig, Peter
name: Christ, Sharon
name: Zheng, Diane
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: We used 1997–2004 National Health Interview Survey data to evaluate the prevalence of sensory impairment among US workers 65 years and older. Hearing impairment prevalence was 3 times that of visual impairment (33.4% vs 10.2%), and 38% of older workers reported experiencing either impairment. Farm operators, mechanics, and motor vehicle operators had the highest prevalence of sensory impairment. Workplace screening and accommodations, including sensory protection devices for older workers, are warranted given the greater risk for injuries among the sensory impaired.
Capture of a rare and threatened skate Raja undulata (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the southern coast of France (northwestern Mediterranean Sea)
Creators: name: CAPAPÉ, Christian
name: EL KAMEL-MOUTALIBI, Olfa
name: DIATTA, Youssouph
name: NOËL, Thierry
name: REYNAUD, Christian
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: The authors present in this paper a new Mediterranean record of undulate skate Raja undulata Lacépède, 1802. The specimen was an adult male caught between Sète and Palavas, off the Languedocian coast (southern France); it measured 820 mm total length, 425 mm disc width and weighed 3750 g. The specimen is herein described with morphometric measurements, meristic counts and external morphology of claspers. The occurrence of this threatened species in the area and the Mediterranean Sea is discussed and commented. It appears that the origin of the Mediterranean specimens of R. undulata remains still questionnable.
Elastic consequences of a single plastic event: towards a realistic account of structural disorder and shear wave propagation in models of flowing amorphous solids
Creators: name: Nicolas, Alexandre
name: Puosi, Francesco
name: Mizuno, Hideyuki
name: Barrat, Jean-Louis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shear transformations (i.e., localised rearrangements of particles resulting in the shear deformation of a small region of the sample) are the building blocks of mesoscale models for the flow of disordered solids. In order to compute the time-dependent response of the solid material to such a shear transformation, with a proper account of elastic heterogeneity and shear wave propagation, we propose and implement a very simple Finite-Element (FE) -based method. Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of a binary Lennard-Jones glass are used as a benchmark for comparison, and information about the microscopic viscosity and the local elastic constants is directly extracted from the MD system and used as input in FE. We find very good agreement between FE and MD regarding the temporal evolution of the disorder-averaged displacement field induced by a shear transformation, which turns out to coincide with the response of a uniform elastic medium. However, fluctuations are relatively large, and their magnitude is satisfactorily captured by the FE simulations of an elastically heterogeneous system. Besides, accounting for elastic anisotropy on the mesoscale is not crucial in this respect. The proposed method thus paves the way for models of the rheology of amorphous solids which are both computationally efficient and realistic, in that structural disorder and inertial effects are accounted for.
description: Submitted to the Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Adding Sexual Orientation Questions to Statewide Public Health Surveillance: New Mexico's Experience
Creators: name: Padilla, James
name: Lee, Joseph
name: Goldstein, Adam
name: VanKim, Nicole
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: We examined refusal rates for sensitive demographic questions to determine whether questions on sexual orientation are too sensitive for routine use on public health surveys. We compared the percentage of active refusals in New Mexico for a sexual orientation question and 6 other sensitive demographic questions. In 2007 and 2008, refusal rates for sexual orientation questions were similar to rates for questions on race/ethnicity and weight and significantly lower than rates for questions on household income. Perceptions that sexual orientation is too controversial a topic to be included on state surveys may be unfounded.
(286) Helen Beattie
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
A comparison of MgCO3 in individual sub-components of major skeletal structures of the common temperate sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus
Creators: name: MCCLINTOCK, James
name: AMSLER, Margaret
name: ANGUS, Robert
name: MCCLINTOCK, Ferne
name: GENEVIÈRE, Anne-Marie
name: LEBRATO, Mario
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: The major skeletal structures (test, spines, Aristotle's lantern) of a common regular sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus were analyzed for Mg-calcite composition to determine their relative vulnerability to ocean acidification. Percentage of MgCO3 in the test and several sub-components of the Aristotle's lantern were generally similar to one another (mean range = 10.1-11.0 mol % MgCO3), and would be the most vulnerable to partial dissolution. Also vulnerable would be the teeth (mean = 8.8 mol % MgCO3) of the lantern. Primary spines (mean = 3.7 mol % MgCO3) are potentially the most resistant to dissolution, with significantly lower MgCO3 percentages than all other skeletal structures. Our results suggest that in near-future predicted levels of ocean acidification adult regular echinoids will retain their ability to defend themselves with their spines. However, feeding efficiency may be compromised should dissolution weaken the lantern and its associated teeth, decreasing grazing efficiency and/or increasing the energy investment of tooth replacement.
Effects of Work Permits on Illegal Employment Among Youth Workers: Findings of a School-Based Survey on Child Labor Violations
Creators: name: Harris, Thomas
name: Dal Santo, Janet Abboud
name: Bowling, J. Michael
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: We compared self-reported child labor violations between teenagers with and without work permits. Data were obtained from a school-based survey of working teenagers in 16 randomly selected high schools in North Carolina. We examined associations between work hour violations, hazardous order violations (performance of illegal tasks), and possession of a work permit. Work permits appear to be protective against performance of illegal tasks but not against work hour violations, demonstrating the need for stricter enforcement policies and improvements in work permit screening processes.
Diversity of crustacean species from Tunis Southern Lagoon (Central Mediterranean) after an ecological restoration
Creators: name: OUNIFI-BEN AMOR, Khadija
name: BEN AMOR, Mohamed Mourad
name: RIFI, Mouna
name: BEN SOUISSI, Jamila
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: Regular surveys, conducted in the Tunis Southern Lagoon from June 2014 to May 2015 in 10 stations, allowed us to sample 44 crustacean species: 31 are autochthonous and 13 allochthonous. These new settlements are the consequences of the successfully environmental restoration of the area, which enhanced the presence of species locally unknown. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) highlighted the concomitant influence of several environmental factors. The Shannon-Weaver diversity index indicates that the lagoon is a good-moderate ecosystem and the evenness (J') tends towards 1 reflecting an almost equal distribution of individuals in the species.
Rapa whelk pot fishery in the Black Sea of Turkey: pot type, soak time, depth and season
Creators: name: SAGLAM, Hacer
name: DAGTEKIN, Murat
name: KUTLU, Sebahattin
name: BASCINAR, Selda
name: SAHIN, Ahmet
name: DUZGUNES, Ertug
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: The aim of this study is to identify whether there are differences in catch per unit effort (CPUE) to harvest Rapa whelk using different pots, soak times, depths and seasons. The surveys were conducted monthly off Trabzon city coast in the Southern Black Sea from April 2006 to February 2007. Whelk pot type 1 was the most effective relative to other pot types used in this study. The mean CPUE increased with increasing soak time. The most abundant catch was at a depth of 10 m in the summer. Approximately 98% of the total catch in pots was composed of target species (whelk), and roughly 2% was by-catch. The major by-catches in pots were crabs and goby fish.
NATHENA - D1.2 – Data Management Plan.pdf
Creators: name: Nathena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The Data Management Plan is a document which summarises the beneficiaries’ strategy and concrete actions related to the generation, protection and dissemination of the project data. The DMP follows the evolution of the project from the first month until the submission of the final project report. The DMP will be updated during the implementation of the project: the DMP is not a document with a fixed content. Indeed, it evolves and becomes more precise and substantial during the lifespan of the project, reflecting the steps undertaken to generate, protect, disseminate (if possible) the generated results. The beneficiaries will report periodically to the European Commission the concrete dissemination and protection activities carried out. These activities will be consistent with the DMP and proportionate to the impact expected from the action. At the end of the project the final report will include the final version of the Data Management Plan that will allow the European Commission to assess the impact of the project.
(287) Annie Turnbull McGilchrist
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
SOLOS HIDROMÓRFICOS E SUAS REAÇÕES QUÍMICAS (HYDROMORPHIC SOILS AND THEIR CHEMICAL REACTIONS)
Creators: name: De Oliveira Alves, Gustavo
name: Hidelblandi Farias De Melo
name: Moreira, Cintia Dayrane Duarte
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Equilíbrio químico do solo (Soil chemical balance)
Gleização (Gleization)
Hidromorfismo (Hydromorphism)
Receptores secundários de elétrons (Electron secondary acceptors)
Solos alagados (Flooded soils)

description: A brief contextualization about halomorphic soils and their chemical reactions.
 The documents are written in Portuguese (original the publication) and in English. ALVES, Gustavo de Oliveira; MELO, Hidelblandi Farias de; MOREIRA, Cintia Dayrane Duarte. SOLOS HIDROMÓRFICOS E SUAS REAÇÕES QUÍMICAS.. In: Anais do Congresso Brasileiro Interdisciplinar em Ciência e Tecnologia. Anais...Diamantina(MG) Online, 2022. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 06/09/2022 12:40
description: The documents are written in Portuguese (original the publication) and in English.
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Engaging Key Stakeholders to Assess and Improve the Professional Preparation of MPH Health Educators
Creators: name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Moracco, Beth
name: Ellenson, Meg
name: Blanchard, Lynn
name: Davenport, Amy
name: Steckler, Allan
name: Bowling, Mike
name: Succop, Stacey
name: Linnan, Laura
name: Yamanis, Nina
name: French, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Objectives. We described the process of engaging key stakeholders in a systematic review of requirements for a master of public health (MPH) degree within the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and summarized resulting changes. Methods. A benchmarking study of 11 peer institutions was completed. Key stakeholders (i.e., current students, alumni, faculty, staff, employers, and practicum preceptors) received online or print surveys. A faculty retreat was convened to process results and reach consensus on program revisions. Results. MPH program changes included (1) improved advising and mentoring program, (2) elimination of research and practice track options, (3) increased elective and decreased required credit hours, (4) replacement of master’s paper requirement with ‘‘deliverables’’ (written products such as reports, documents, and forms) produced as part of the required ‘‘Capstone’’ course, (5) extended community field experience to 2 semesters and moved it to year 2 of the program, and (6) allowed practica of either 200, 300, or 400 hours. Conclusions. Engaging key stakeholders in the program review process yielded important changes to the MPH degree program requirements. Others may consider this approach when undertaking curriculum reviews.
Challenging Assumptions About Minority Participation in US Clinical Research
Creators: name: Fisher, Jill
name: Kalbaugh, Corey
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Although extensive research addresses minorities’ low participation in clinical research, most focuses almost exclusively on therapeutic trials. The existing literature might mask important issues concerning minorities’ participation in clinical trials, and minorities might actually be overrepresented in phase I safety studies that require the participation of healthy volunteers. It is critical to consider the entire spectrum of clinical research when discussing the participation of disenfranchised groups; the literature on minorities’ distrust, poor access, and other barriers to trial participation needs reexamination. Minority participation in clinical trials is an important topic in public health discussions because this representation touches on issues of equality and the elimination of disparities, which are core values of the field.
(285) Walter Beattie
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Translation invariant extensions of finite volume measures
Creators: name: Goldstein, S.
name: Kuna, T.
name: Lebowitz, J. L.
name: Speer, E. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We investigate the following questions: Given a measure $μ_Λ$ on configurations on a subset $Λ$ of a lattice $\mathbb{L}$, where a configuration is an element of $Ω^Λ$ for some fixed set $Ω$, does there exist a measure $μ$ on configurations on all of $\mathbb{L}$, invariant under some specified symmetry group of $\mathbb{L}$, such that $μ_Λ$ is its marginal on configurations on $Λ$? When the answer is yes, what are the properties, e.g., the entropies, of such measures? Our primary focus is the case in which $\mathbb{L}=\mathbb{Z}^d$ and the symmetries are the translations. For the case in which $Λ$ is an interval in $\mathbb{Z}$ we give a simple necessary and sufficient condition, local translation invariance (LTI), for extendibility. For LTI measures we construct extensions having maximal entropy, which we show are Gibbs measures; this construction extends to the case in which $\mathbb{L}$ is the Bethe lattice. On $\mathbb{Z}$ we also consider extensions supported on periodic configurations, which are analyzed using de~Bruijn graphs and which include the extensions with minimal entropy. When $Λ\subset\mathbb{Z}$ is not an interval, or when $Λ\subset\mathbb{Z}^d$ with $d>1$, the LTI condition is necessary but not sufficient for extendibility. For $\mathbb{Z}^d$ with $d>1$, extendibility is in some sense undecidable.
description: 28 pages, LaTex, 3 files; significant amount of new material added
A Game Theoretic Perspective on Self-organizing Optimization for Cognitive Small Cells
Creators: name: Xu, Yuhua
name: Wang, Jinlong
name: Wu, Qihui
name: Du, Zhiyong
name: Shen, Liang
name: Anpalagan, Alagan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this article, we investigate self-organizing optimization for cognitive small cells (CSCs), which have the ability to sense the environment, learn from historical information, make intelligent decisions, and adjust their operational parameters. By exploring the inherent features, some fundamental challenges for self-organizing optimization in CSCs are presented and discussed. Specifically, the dense and random deployment of CSCs brings about some new challenges in terms of scalability and adaptation; furthermore, the uncertain, dynamic and incomplete information constraints also impose some new challenges in terms of convergence and robustness. For providing better service to the users and improving the resource utilization, four requirements for self-organizing optimization in CSCs are presented and discussed. Following the attractive fact that the decisions in game-theoretic models are exactly coincident with those in self-organizing optimization, i.e., distributed and autonomous, we establish a framework of game-theoretic solutions for self-organizing optimization in CSCs, and propose some featured game models. Specifically, their basic models are presented, some examples are discussed and future research directions are given.
description: 8 Pages, 8 Figures, to appear in IEEE Communications Magazine
Concurrent Partnerships, Nonmonogamous Partners, and Substance Use Among Women in the United States
Creators: name: Schoenbach, Victor
name: Adimora, Adaora
name: Taylor, Eboni
name: Khan, Maria
name: Schwartz, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Objectives. We determined the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of US women's involvement in concurrent sexual partnerships, a sexual-network pattern that speeds population-wide HIV dissemination. Methods. We used sexual partnership dates reported by 7643 women in the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to determine prevalence of concurrent sexual partnerships during the preceding 12 months. We examined associations between concurrency and sociodemographic characteristics and risk behaviors. Results. Prevalence of concurrent partnerships was 5.7% based on reported partnerships and 8.3% after adjustment for possible underreporting. Concurrency was associated with younger age (22 to 24 years: prevalence odds ratio [POR]=2.44) versus older age (40 to 44 years); marital status (formerly married: POR=6.56; never married: POR=3.81; vs married); Black race/ethnicity  (POR=1.78); younger age at first sexual intercourse (12 to 13 years: POR=2.89) versus 18 years or older); having a nonmonogamous sexual partner (POR=6.96); having intercourse while ‘‘high’’ on drugs or alcohol (POR=1.61); binge drinking (POR=1.70); and crack or cocaine use (POR=2.72). Conclusions. The association of concurrency with nonmonogamous sexual partners and substance use suggests the existence of extensive sexual networks that link people at higher risk for HIV infection with increased opportunities for disseminating infection.
Cultural Context in the Effort to Improve Oral Health Among Alaska Native People: The Dental Health Aide Therapist Model
Creators: name: Bader, James
name: Wetterhall, Scott
name: Burrus, Barri
name: Shugars, Daniel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: The Alaska Native people in rural Alaska face serious challenges in obtaining dental care. Itinerant care models have failed to meet their needs for more than 50 years. The dental health aide therapist (DHAT) model, which entails training midlevel care providers to perform limited restorative, surgical, and preventive procedures, was adopted to address some of the limitations of the itinerant model. We used quantitative and qualitative methods to assess residents’ satisfaction with the model and the role of DHATs in the cultural context in which they operate. Our findings suggest that the DHAT model can provide much-needed access to urgent care and is beneficial from a comprehensive cultural perspective.
Length-weight relationships of commercial indigenous and Lessepsian fishes in Gökova Bay, Turkey
Creators: name: ATEŞ, Celal
name: CERİM, Hasan
name: ÇELİK, Murat
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: Lessepsian fish species have become of really high economic interest and take native commercial species' places in Gökova Bay, Turkey. This study determines the length-weight relationships of commercial indigenous and Lessepsian fishes in Gökova bay. A total of 3105 individuals comprising of five families and six species of fishes were collected using longline and trammel nets from June 2014 to May 2015. In longline, Nemipterus randalli and Pagellus erythrinus showed negative allometry, Saurida lessepsianus and Sparus aurata showed isometric growth. In trammel net, Nemipterus randalli, Pagellus erythrinus and Siganus rivulatus showed negative allometry, Saurida lessepsianus showed positive allometry, and Sardinella aurita showed isometric growth. This study is a contribution to fisheries management of Gökova Bay, Turkey.
(282) Jane Beattie
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Data Sources for an Environmental Quality Index: Availability, Quality, and Utility
Creators: name: Lobdell, Danelle
name: Rappazzo, Kristen
name: Jagai, Jyotsna
name: Messer, Lynne
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Objectives. An environmental quality index (EQI) for all counties in the United States is under development to explore the relationship between environmental insults and human health. The EQI is potentially useful for investigators researching health disparities to account for other concurrent environmental conditions. This article focused on the identification and assessment of data sources used in developing the EQI. Data source strengths, limitations, and utility were addressed. Methods. Five domains were identified that contribute to environmental quality: air, water, land, built, and sociodemographic environments. An inventory of possible data sources was created. Data sources were evaluated for appropriate spatial and temporal coverage and data quality. Results. The overall data inventory identified multiple data sources for each domain. From the inventory (187 sources, 617 records), the air, water, land, built environment, and sociodemographic domains retained 2, 9, 7, 4, and 2 data sources for inclusion in the EQI, respectively. However, differences in data quality, geographic coverage, and data availability existed between the domains. Conclusions. The data sources identified for use in the EQI may be useful to researchers, advocates, and communities to explore specific environmental quality questions.
Accelerating universe as a result of an adjustment mechanism
Creators: name: Martin-Moruno, Prado
name: Nunes, Nelson J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this essay we propose that the theory of gravity's vacuum is described by a de Sitter geometry. Under this assumption we consider an adjustment mechanism able to screen any value of the vacuum energy of the matter fields. We discuss the most general scalar-tensor cosmological models with second order equations of motion that have a fixed de Sitter critical point for any kind of material content. These models give rise to interesting cosmological evolutions that we shall discuss.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures. Essay awarded honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation essay competition 2015
Impact of Poor Oral Health on Children's School Attendance and Performance
Creators: name: Lee, Jessica
name: Vann, William
name: Jackson, Stephanie
name: Pahel, Bhavna
name: Kotch, Jonathan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Objectives. We examined school days missed for routine dental care versus dental pain or infection to determine the relationship between children's oral health status and school attendance and performance. Methods. We used 2008 data from the North Carolina Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Program. The study sample, weighted to reflect the state’s population, included 2183 schoolchildren. Variables assessed included school absences and performance, oral health status, parental education, health insurance coverage, race, and gender. Results. Children with poor oral health status were nearly 3 times more likely (odds ratio=3.89; 95% confidence interval=1.96, 7.75) than were their counterparts to miss school as a result of dental pain. Absences caused by pain were associated with poorer school performance (P<.05), but absences for routine care were not. Mediation analyses revealed that oral health status was associated with performance independent of absence for pain. Conclusions. Children with poorer oral health status were more likely to experience dental pain, miss school, and perform poorly in school. These findings suggest that improving children’s oral health status may be a vehicle to enhancing their educational experience.
(283) Ellen [Nellie] Beattie
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Superradiance Transition and Nonphotochemical Quenching in Photosynthetic Complexes
Creators: name: Berman, Gennady P.
name: Nesterov, Alexander I.
name: López, Gustavo V.
name: Sayre, Richard T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate numerically that superradiance could play a significant role in nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) in light-harvesting complexes. Our model consists of a network of five interconnected sites (discrete excitonic states) that are responsible for the NPQ mechanism. Damaging and charge transfer states are linked to their sinks (independent continuum electron spectra), in which the chemical reactions occur. The superradiance transition in the charge transfer (or in the damaging) channel, occurs at particular electron transfer rates from the discrete to the continuum electron spectra, and can be characterized by a segregation of the imaginary parts of the eigenvalues of the effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. All five excitonic sites interact with their protein environment that is modeled by a random stochastic process. We find the region of parameters in which the superradiance transition into the charge transfer channel takes place. We demonstrate that this superradiance transition has the capability of producing optimal NPQ performance.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Two new species of Terschellingia (Nematoda: Monhysterida: Linhomoeidae) from the East China Sea
Creators: name: WANG, Chunming
name: AN, Liguo
name: HUANG, Yong
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: Two new free-living nematode species of the genus Terschellingia De Man, 1888, found in the East China Sea, are described. Terschellingia filicaudata sp. nov. is characterized by large body with short cephalic seta, small buccal cavity cup-shaped, absence of pharyngeal posterior bulb, tail elongated with long filiform portion, spicules slender with hooked cephalate proximally. Terschellingia stenocephala sp. nov. is characterized by middle size body with a strongly tapered anterior end, minute buccal cavity funnel-shaped, absence of labial sensillae and subcephalic setae, circular amphidial fovea situated comparatively far from anterior end, pharynx with a distinctly rounded posterior bulb, large ventral gland, tail elongated with a long filiform portion up to 70-80%. An identification key to valid species of genus Terschellingia is given.
First record of two crab species from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea
Creators: name: ABDELSALAM, Khaled M.
name: RAMADAN, Sherif E.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: The present study deals with two new records of crabs collected from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea during the period from September 2000 to January 2016: Albunea carabus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Lissa chiragra (Fabricius, 1775). These crab species affiliate to 2 genera of 2 families, under the two Decapoda infra-orders Anomura and Brachyura. A short re-description and remarks on distributions of the recorded species are provided.
(284) William Beattie
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Population structure and reproductive biology of the mudskipper Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 from the Bay of Hormozgan province, Persian Gulf
Creators: name: SHARIFIAN, Sana
name: TAHERIZADEH, Mohammad Reza
name: SALARPOURI, Ali
name: DEHGHANI, Mohsen
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: The mudskipper Boleophthalmus dussumieri is one of the dominant fishes in mud flats of tidal areas in Iran. A total of 1461 specimens was sampled by hand from Tiab and Bandar e Pol bays located in the east and west of Bandar Abbas, Persian Gulf. Population structure and reproduction of mudskipper were studied monthly from August 2008 to July 2009. The total length (TL) and weight (W) relationship demonstrated growth in both sexes was allometric with the function W= 0.027×TL2.39. The asymptotic length (L∞) and growth coefficient (k) were estimated to be 24.5 cm and 0.47 yr-1, respectively. The value of t0 was calculated as -0.37 and the longevity was estimated to 6 years. The Von Bertalanffy function was calculated at TL(t) = 24.5×[1- exp (-0.47(t+0.37))]. Natural mortality (M) was estimated to be 1.15 yr-1. Five cohorts were distinguished with mean total length of 6.63, 9.64, 14.6, 18.57 and 20.72 cm, respectively. The maximum recruitment was in January at 21.3%. The overall sex ratio (F:M = 1:0.51) was significantly different from 1:1. Reproductive study showed that peak of the gonadosomatic index (GSI) occurred in March. The size at onset of sexual maturity (LM50) was estimated at a total length 13.5 cm. The mean of absolute and relative fecundity were estimated to be 3952 ± 1031 and 146 ± 36, respectively.
A unified large/small-scale dynamo in helical turbulence
Creators: name: Bhat, Pallavi
name: Subramanian, Kandaswamy
name: Brandenburg, Axel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use high resolution direct numerical simulations (DNS) to show that helical turbulence can generate significant large-scale fields even in the presence of strong small-scale dynamo action. During the kinematic stage, the unified large/small-scale dynamo grows fields with a shape-invariant eigenfunction, with most power peaked at small scales or large $k$, as in \citet{SB14}. Nevertheless, the large-scale field can be clearly detected as an excess power at small $k$ in the negatively polarized component of the energy spectrum for a forcing with positively polarized waves. Its strength $bar{B}$, relative to the total rms field $B_{rms}$, decreases with increasing magnetic Reynolds number, $R_m$. However, as the Lorentz force becomes important, the field generated by the unified dynamo orders itself by saturating on successively larger scales. The magnetic integral scale for the positively polarized waves, characterizing the small-scale field, increases significantly from the kinematic stage to saturation. This implies that the small-scale field becomes as coherent as possible for a given forcing scale, which averts the $R_m$-dependent quenching of $\bar{B}/B_rms$. These results are obtained for $1024^3$ DNS with magnetic Prandtl numbers of $P_m=0.1$ and $10$. For $P_m=0.1$, $\bar{B}/B_{rms}$ grows from about $0.04$ to about $0.4$ at saturation, aided in the final stages by helicity dissipation. For $P_m=10$, $\bar{B}/B_{rms}$ grows from much less than 0.01 to values of the order the $0.2$. Our results confirm that there is a unified large/small-scale dynamo in helical turbulence.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures. Published in mnras
Study of the relationship between fish size and otolith size in four demersal species from the south-eastern Yellow Sea
Creators: name: JAWAD, Laith A.
name: PARK, Joo M.
name: KWAK, Seok N.
name: LIGAS, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: Relationships between fish size and otolith measures were analysed in four species from the south-eastern Yellow Sea: marbled flounder Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae (Günther, 1877), bastard halibut Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pleuronectiformes), and Korean rockfish Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880, and greenling, Hexagrammos otakii Jordan & Starks, 1895 (Scorpaeniformes). The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the effect of the categorical factor sex in the fish weight and total length relationship. Significant difference in fish weight and total length relationship between males and females was highlighted in P. yokohamae only. The relationship between fish standard length and total length was described by means of a linear regression model, while the relationships between fish weight-total length, otolith length-fish total length, otolith weight-length, and otolith width-length were analysed by means of non-linear models.
Catch composition, length-weight relationship and discard ratios of commercial longline fishery in the Eastern Mediterranean
Creators: name: GÜLŞAHİN, Anıl
name: SOYKAN, Ozan
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2017

description: The aim of the study is to determine the catch composition, catch per unit effort and discard ratios of demersal longline fishery which is the most important fishing method in the Gökova Bay. A total of 25 commercial fishing sets (15000 hooks) were performed between October 2014 and September 2015 with a 6 m length traditional type boat. 14 species belonging to 9 families were obtained during the fishing operations. A total of 718 individuals totally weighed 144.5 kg. CPUE values for total number of individuals and total weight were calculated as 4.8 ind.100 hooks-1 and 0.92 kg.100 hooks-1, respectively. Discard ratio for Gökova longline fishery was found to be 24.6%.
Monitoring surface resonances on Co2MnSi(100) by spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
Creators: name: Braun, J.
name: Jourdan, M.
name: Kronenberg, A.
name: Chadov, S.
name: Balke, B.
name: Kolbe, M.
name: Gloskovskii, A.
name: Elmers, H. J.
name: Schönhense, G.
name: Felser, C.
name: Kläui, M.
name: Ebert, H.
name: Minár, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnitude of the spin polarization at the Fermi level of ferromagnetic materials at room temperature is a key property for spintronics. Investigating the Heusler compound Co$_2$MnSi a value of 93$\%$ for the spin polarization has been observed at room temperature, where the high spin polarization is related to a stable surface resonance in the majority band extending deep into the bulk. In particular, we identified in our spectroscopical analysis that this surface resonance is embedded in the bulk continuum with a strong coupling to the majority bulk states. The resonance behaves very bulk-like, as it extends over the first six atomic layers of the corresponding (001)-surface. Our study includes experimental investigations, where the bulk electronic structure as well as surface-related features have been investigated using spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (SR-UPS) and for a larger probing depth spin-integrated high energy x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES). The results are interpreted in comparison with first-principles band structure and photoemission calculations which consider all relativistic, surface and high-energy effects properly.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, Heusler alloy, electronic structure and photoemission