cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On the Narrow dip Structure at 1.9~GeV/c^2 in Diffractive Photoproduction
Creators: name: P.L. Frabetti
name: H.W.K. Cheung
name: J.P. Cumalat
name: C. Dallapiccola
name: J.F. Ginkel
name: W.E. Johns
name: M.S. Nehring
name: E.W. Vaandering
name: J.N. Butler
name: S. Cihangir
name: I. Gaines
name: P.H. Garbincius
name: L. Garren
name: S.A. Gourlay
name: D.J. Harding
name: P. Kasper
name: A. Kreymer
name: P. Lebrun
name: S. Shukla
name: M. Vittone
name: R. Baldini-Ferroli
name: L. Benussi
name: M. Bertani
name: S. Bianco
name: F.L. Fabbri
name: S. Pacetti
name: A. Zallo
name: C. Cawlfield
name: R. Culbertson
name: R.W. Gardner
name: E. Gottschalk
name: R. Greene
name: K. Park
name: A. Rahimi
name: J. Wiss
name: G. Alimonti
name: G. Bellini
name: M. Boschini
name: D. Brambilla
name: B. Caccianiga
name: L. Cinquini
name: M. DiCorato
name: P. Dini
name: M. Giammarchi
name: P. Inzani
name: F. Leveraro
name: S. Malvezzi
name: D. Menasce
name: E. Meroni
name: L. Milazzo
name: L. Moroni
name: D. Pedrini
name: L. Perasso
name: F. Prelz
name: A. Sala
name: S. Sala
name: D. Torretta
name: D. Buchholz
name: D. Claes
name: B. Gobbi
name: B. O'Reilly
name: J.M. Bishop
name: N.M. Cason
name: C.J. Kennedy
name: G.N. Kim
name: T.F. Lin
name: D.L. Puseljic
name: R.C. Ruchti
name: W.D. Shephard
name: J.A. Swiatek
name: Z.Y. Wu
name: V. Arena
name: G. Boca
name: G. Bonomi
name: C. Castoldi
name: G. Gianini
name: M. Merlo
name: S.P. Ratti
name: C. Riccardi
name: L. Viola
name: P. Vitulo
name: A.M. Lopez
name: L. Mendez
name: A. Mirles
name: E. Montiel
name: D. Olaya
name: J.E. Ramirez
name: C. Rivera
name: Y. Zhang
name: J.M. Link
name: V.S. Paolone
name: P.M. Yager
name: J.R. Wilson
name: J. Cao
name: M. Hosack
name: P.D. Sheldon
name: F. Davenport
name: K. Cho
name: K. Danyo
name: T. Handler
name: B.G. Cheon
name: Y.S. Chung
name: J.S. Kang
name: K.Y. Kim
name: K.B. Lee
name: S.S. Myung
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2003

description: The narrow dip observed at 1.9~GeV/c^2 by the Fermilab experiment E687 in diffractive photoproduction of ~3π^+3π^- is examined.The E687 data are refitted, a mechanism is proposed  to explain why this resonance appears as a dip, and possible interpretations are discussed.
title: Spacecraft Guidance Techniques for Maximizing Mission Success
Creators: name: Robinson, Shane B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Traditional spacecraft guidance techniques have the objective of deterministically minimizing fuel consumption. These traditional approaches to guidance are developed independently of the navigation system, and without regard to stochastic effects. This work presents and demonstrates a new approach to guidance design. This new approach seeks to maximize the probability of mission success by minimizing the variance of trajectory dispersions subject to a fuel consumption constraint. The fuel consumption constraint is imposed by formulating the dynamics in terms of a steering command, and placing a constraint on the final time. Stochastic quadratic synthesis is then used to solve for the nominal control along with the estimator and feedback gains. This new approach to guidance is demonstrated by solving a simple Zermelo boat problem. This example shows that a significant reduction in terminal dispersions is possible with small increases to fuel budgeted for the maneuver.
D2.1. Report on Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement Strategy
Creators: name: Häberlein, Lisa
name: Hövel, Philipp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: public trust in science
stakeholder engagement
stewards of trust

description: The report explains the objectives of the stakeholder engagement strategy in VERITY, provides an overview of the envisaged engagement activities in different work packages (WP) and related tasks, specifies the types of stakeholder engagement formats, and describes the criteria and determining factors for stakeholder mapping, including the distinction between stewards of trust and other relevant stakeholders. When developing the strategy, VERITY draws on findings from The BiodivERsA Stakeholder Engagement Handbook (Durham, Baker, Smith, Moore & Morgan, 2014) and the Guidebook for Socio- Economic Impact Assessment of Research Infrastructures by RIPATHS (Griniece et al., 2020), but also considers recent stakeholder engagement approaches and recommendations, for example from projects such as ROSiE (Lindemann, 2021) and ETHNA System (Häberlein, Mönig & Hövel 2021a). The first section of the report explains what the stakeholder engagement strategy is and why stakeholder engagement is crucial for VERITY. In this context, the text highlights the transformation process within the ecosystem of trust and its actors. It also identifies potential risks and corresponding measures, which are further differentiated in subsequent chapters. Moreover, the text addresses the methods that were used to develop the stakeholder engagement strategy and explains which activities will be carried out in cooperation with other WPs. At this stage, it is discussed how the definition and selection criteria for stewards of trust and other relevant stakeholders were established. Subsequently, the report outlines how the stakeholder management in VERITY works, especially regarding diversity and consideration of factors such as gender, nationality, language, age, education, income, etc., and what the next steps will be. The report also shows how a mutual engagement strategy has been developed and what role the ADvisory and IMpact (ADIM) Board and Cluster will play in the project. The final section summarises how the stakeholder engagement strategy is helping VERITY to facilitate the transition from 'science for society' to 'science with and for society' (Owen, Macnaghten & Stilgoe, 2012).
Measuring local employment multipliers and informal employment: a stochastic frontier approach
Creators: name: Bashford-Fernández, Joanna María
name: Rodríguez-Álvarez, Ana
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: This paper offers policymakers a novel tool for calculating employment multipliers. A theoretical model incorporating a non-tradeable employment function is combined with a stochastic frontier methodology to estimate an accurate multiplier. The advantage of this model is that it allows a consideration of unobserved informal employment when estimating the multiplier. We find an employment multiplier effect of 1.2 jobs in the non-tradeable sector for one job in the tradeable sector. Also, the greater the number of skilled consumers, the higher the multiplier indices and the lower the level of informal employment. Moreover, specialised sectors requiring skilled workers also present less informal employment. We use provincial data for Spain over the period 1995–2013.
Burden from Study Questionnaire on Patient Fatigue in Qualitative Congestive Heart Failure Research
Creators: name: Hanna, Fahad
name: Iyngkaran, Pupalan
name: Usmani, Wania
name: bahmani, zahra
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420605
subject: Preventative health care

description: Mixed methods research forms the backbone of translational research methodologies. Qualitative research and subjective data lead to hypothesis generation and ideas that are then proven via quantitative methodologies and gathering objective data. In this vein, clinical trials that generate subjective data may have limitations, when they are not followed through with quantitative data, in terms of their ability to be considered gold standard evidence and inform guidelines and clinical management. However, since many research methods utilise qualitative tools, an initial factor is that such tools can create a burden on patients and researchers. In addition, the quantity of data and its storage contributes to noise and quality issues for its primary and post hoc use. This paper discusses the issue of the burden of subjective data collected and fatigue in the context of congestive heart failure (CHF) research. The CHF population has a high baseline morbidity, so no doubt the focus should be on the content; however, the lengths of the instruments are a product of their vigorous validation processes.
Keep calm and carry on emitting: cap-and-trade rules, local emissions and growth
Creators: name: Mascia, Danilo V.
name: Onali, Enrico
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: We estimate the impact of the Cap-and-Trade Program (CATP) in California on regional greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth. Our preferred identification strategies, based on spatial distance and county-level contiguity, fail to provide evidence of a reduction in regional emissions or economic growth due to the CATP. Multi-state organisations do not transfer emissions to non-Californian facilities, but parent-level concentration in emissions changes, consistent with an insofar unexplored form of regulatory arbitrage. Overall, our results highlight the importance of a regional approach when designing climate policies and evaluating their effects.
Data and scripts for GMD publication - Surface representation impacts on turbulent heat fluxes in WRF (v.4.1.3)
Creators: name: Román-Cascón, Carlos
name: Lothon, Marie
name: Lohou, Fabienne
name: Hartogensis, Oscar
name: Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Jordi
name: Pino, David
name: Yagüe, Carlos
name: Pardyjak, Eric R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: WRF
Land cover
Surface-atmosphere interaction
Turbulent fluxes
Surface heterogeneity

description: In this repository, we include the codes and data used in the GMD publication "Surface representation impacts on turbulent heat fluxes in WRF (v.4.1.3). Please, see the README file for more information.
Modeling the chemical evolution of a collapsing prestellar core in two spatial dimensions
Creators: name: van Weeren, R. J.
name: Brinch, C.
name: Hogerheijde, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physical conditions in a collapsing cloud can be traced by observations of molecular lines. To correctly interpret these observations the abundance distributions of the observed species need to be derived. The chemistry in a collapsing molecular cloud is not in a steady state as the density and temperature evolve. We therefore need to follow chemical reactions, both in the gas phase and on dust grains, as well as gas-grain interactions, to predict the abundance distributions. Our aim is to model the abundances of molecules, in the gas phase and on grain mantles in the form of ice, from prestellar core collapse to disk formation. We use a 2-dimensional hydrodynamical simulation as a physical model from which we take the density, temperature, and the flow of the gas. Trace particles, moving along with the gas, are used to follow the chemistry during prestellar core collapse and disk formation. The evolution of the abundances and the composition of ices on grain mantles were compared to observations. We also investigated the initial abundances to be adopted in more detailed modeling of protoplanetary disks by following the chemical evolution of trace particles accreting onto the disk. Fractional abundances of HCO+, N2H+, H2CO, HC3N, and CH3OH from our model with grain surface reactions provide a good match to observations, while abundances of CO, CS, SO, HCN, and HNC show better agreement without grain surface reactions. The observed mantle composition of dust grains is best reproduced when we include surface reactions. The initial chemical abundances to be used for detailed modeling of a protoplanetary disk are found to be different from those in dark interstellar clouds. Ices with a binding energy lower than about 1200 K sublimate before accreting onto the disk, while those with a higher binding energy do not.
description: 20 pages, 41 figures, accepted for publication in A&A on February 9, 2009
Condor and the Bologna Batch System
Creators: name: Couvares, Peter
name: Mazzanti, Paolo
name: Bortolotti, Daniela
name: Semeria, Franco
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2003

description: A very simple batch system for UNIX Linux machines, based on Condor software is presented. This system may be very useful for managing farms and is very customizable and flexible. It has been extensively tested on a dedicated farm in INFN Bologna.
Superconducting FeSe1-xTex Single Crystals Grown by Optical Zone-Melting Technique
Creators: name: Yeh, K. W.
name: Ke, C. T.
name: Huang, T. W.
name: Chen, T. K.
name: Huang, Y. L.
name: Wu, P. M.
name: Wu, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new approach to grow FeSe1-xTex single crystals with optical zone-melting technique was successfully employed. Crystals with actual composition 0.4 < x < 1.0 all show high crystallinity with no phase separation. The ability to visually observe the locally heated melt, and ease of use and control of the image furnace make this method a promising and time-efficient way for obtaining high-quality FeSe1-xTex crystals. Our results indicate that with adequate heat treatment, the non-uniform distribution of Se and Te atoms in crystal lattice can be effectively eliminated, while the transition width of superconductivity can be reduced to about 2 K, which suggest the crystals are homogeneous in nature.
description: To appear in Crystal Growth and Design
title: Assessing Changes in Waterfowl Population and Community Dynamics
Creators: name: Ross, Beth E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Studying long-term ecological studies allows for a better understanding of processes driving populations and communities, and this understanding can be used to improve conservation eorts. These studies can describe how changes in the environment have led to current states of populations and communities, and indicate if the current state or trend falls within expectations based on past dynamics. Studies of long-term datasets also help ecologists predict how populations may shift with climate, water, or land-use change and determine necessary management action to maintain sustainable populations and community interactions. Serving as a \test of time," long-term monitoring can provide insight into the in uence of predation, intra- or interspecic competition, and other interactions on system dynamics. Studies need to explicitly include these drivers and sources of autocorrelation in data (e.g., spatial autocorrelation) to obtain unbiased estimates of ecological processes for guiding management. Fortunately, new statistical analyses for ecological applications are available that help ecologists make full use of the information present in long-term studies while properly accounting for sampling error and autocorrelation. In this study, I use advanced statistical methods to analyze a long-term dataset, the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey, and address questions about waterfowl population and community dynamics. In Chapter 2, I use multi-state occupancy models to determine how the presence of lesser and greater scaup (Aythya anis and A. marila) has changed on their breeding grounds in North America since 1955. In Chapter 3, I use a Bayesian hierarchical model to determine the drivers of the breeding scaup population in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Lastly, in Chapter 4 I incorporate more waterfowl species into the hierarchical model from Chapter 3 to determine the drivers of the pochard duck community, along with the role of species interactions. My results indicate that the occupancy of scaup has decreased in the boreal forest of Canada and increased in the prairie parklands. Additionally, scaup in the Northwest Territories are largely in uenced by density dependence and snow cover extent. Finally, the pochard community in the Northwest Territories is regulated more by environmental drivers than intra- or interspecic interactions. These results indicate that management of the species through hunting regulations likely deserves further study, as scaup likely exhibit some sort of compensation in response to hunting.
On the possibility of Deeply Bound Hadronic Molecules from single Pion Exchange
Creators: name: Close, Frank
name: Downum, Clark
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pion exchange in S-wave between hadrons that are themselves in a relative S-wave can shift energies by hundreds of MeV. In the case of charmed mesons $D,D^*,D_0,D_1$ a spectroscopy of quasi-molecular states may arise consistent with enigmatic charmonium states observed above 4 GeV in $e^+e^-$ annihilation. A possible explanation of $Y(4260)\to ψππ$ and $Y(4360) \to ψ'ππ$ is found. Searches in $D\bar{D}3π$ channels as well as B decays are recommended to test this hypothesis.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure. Version accepted to PRL. Equation 3 of v1 of this paper was wrong and has been taken into account in this version. Other minor typos corrected... conclusions unchanged
An Abstract Model of the Virtual Organization Membership Service
Creators: name: Andreozzi, Sergio
name: Ciaschini, Vincenzo
name: Dell'Agnello, Luca
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2004

description: Grid systems involve the coordination of resources and services that are not subject to centralized control, span multiple trust domains and are accessible by a large number of users. They require a functionality for mapping users and credentials that exist at the virtual level to users and credentials that exist at the physical level. In this paper, we present a rigorous modeling of the Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS), a credential-based access control system. It enables the management and secure distribution of roles, groups and capabilities of users at the virtual level by improving both scalability and flexibility aspects.
The Stellar Population of the Thin Disk
Creators: name: Prieto, Carlos Allende
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss recent observations of stars located close to the symmetry plane of the Milky Way, and examine them in the context of theories of Galaxy formation and evolution. The kinematics, ages, and compositions of thin disk stars in the solar neighborhood display complex patterns, and interesting correlations. The Galactic disk does not seem to pose any unsurmountable obstacles to hierarchical galaxy formation theories, but a model of the Milky Way able to reproduce the complexity found in the data will likely require a meticulous study of a significant fraction of the stars in the Galaxy. Making such an observational effort seems necessary in order to make a physics laboratory out of our own galaxy, and ultimately ensure that the most relevant processes are properly understood.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the IAU Symp. 265 Chemical Abundances in the Universe: Connecting First Stars to Planet, K. Cunha, M. Spite and B. Barbuy, eds
title: The Role of TRPM5 in Dietary Fat Preference, Intake, and Body Composition
Creators: name: Minaya, Dulce M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: We recently showed a critical role of Trpm5 in the transduction pathway for long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In the present study, I have begun to investigate dietary fat preference and the propensity to develop dietary-induced obesity in Trpm5-/- mice. My preliminary data shows that in male mice placed on a high fat diet, Trpm5-/- mice did not enhance their caloric intake as observed in wild type mice. Most surprisingly, however, was that I did not observe the same differences in between female mice, which posits a potential gender effect of this pathway on dietary fat intake. Also, I show that the preference for dietary fat is not disrupted in Trpm5-/- mice since there is no difference in dietary fat preference between Trpm5-/- and wild type mice. Wild type and Trpm5-/- mice both have a strong preference for the high fat diet, as demonstrated by the fact that they solely consumed the high fat diet. Consistent with our original hypothesis that these responses are specific for high fat feeding, I did not observe any differences in caloric intake in male mice on a high sucrose diet. Again, gender differences were observed, with Trpm5-/- female mice displaying a higher caloric intake than wild type female mice.
Furthermore, I used a paired-feeding approach via oral gavage to delve further into whether the effect of Trpm5 disruption was due to pre- or post-ingestive effects. The results from this experiment show that all animals have a reduction in body weight and body fat with no significant difference between wild type and Trpm5-/- mice. This result suggests that the expression of Trpm5 in the oral cavity is necessary for the changes in body weight and composition observed during ad libitum feeding. Also, the fact that Trpm5-/- mice lost body weight and fat mass is contrary to our previous observations. When these animals consume the roughly same number of calories on a high fat diet ad libitum, we observe an increase in body weight and fat mass. This suggests that there might be another mechanism accountable for the response observed in Trpm5-/- mice when fed ad libitum. In conclusion, the results from these experiments suggest a link between dietary fat consumption and development of adiposity.
Changes in unemployment and permanent sickness in England’s East Midlands coalfields, 1971–2011
Creators: name: Sinnett, Danielle
name: Norman, Paul
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: The UK coal industry was an important part of the economy, but it experienced substantial job losses during the 1980s and 1990s. To alleviate the resulting socio-economic problems, many areas received regeneration funds. We examine to what extent relative unemployment and permanent sickness and disability in the coalfields of the East Midlands changed between 1971 and 2011. Over this period rates of permanent sickness and disability have increased, and the gap widened between coalfields and non-coalfields. In contrast, unemployment has decreased at a faster rate in the coalfields. However, both outcomes are better in those coalfields that were less dependent on mining.
title: The Functional Role of CD36 Involved in Fatty Acid Transduction
Creators: name: Xu, Han
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The multifunctional fatty acid (FA) binding protein, Cluster of Differentiation 36 (CD36), has been found to be expressed in a variety of tissues where it is involved in multiple fat-related biological processes, such as lipid metabolism in mammals and the detection of lipid-like pheromones in insects. As identified in the apical membranes of taste cells, along with functional evidence in behavioral and cellular level, its involvement in the gustatory FAs detection is suggested. Nonetheless, whether CD36 acts as a direct lipid sensor or as a chaperone protein that facilitates the function of FA-activated G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), such as taste cell expressing GPR120, remains to be determined. To characterize the role of CD36 in FA signaling, either as a primary receptor or in concert with GPCRs, I utilized human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cell lines that express the different combination of the LCFA receptor GPR120 and CD36. By using intracellular calcium imaging, the presence of CD36
increased the cell sensitivity to LA slightly in GPR120+ cells. Treating the CD36+GPR120+ cells with CD36 inhibitor, sulfo-N-succinimidyl oleate (SSO), resulted in a large reduction, but not abolishment of the LA activated response, which was absent in CD36+GPR120- cells. To investigate the role of CD36 in FA transduction specifically in taste, a mouse taste bud-derived (TBD) cell line, TBD-a1, was used. Knockdown of CD36 by RNA interference in these cells reduced but did not eliminate their intracellular calcium responses to LA. In vivo, isolated taste cells from CD36-KO mice and WT mice were compared for their FA sensitivity. CD36-KO cells were capable of responding to LA with the concentration-response curve not shifted significantly compared to WT cells. However, SSO significantly reduced the LA response in WT mice. At the behavioral level, responsiveness to LA in CD36-KO mice was not eliminated comparing to WT mice after formation of a conditioned taste aversion to LA. These data suggest that CD36 is a protein that facilitates the activation of GPR120 by FAs instead of a primary receptor for FAs itself. In the taste system, CD36 is not required but may facilitate activity in FAs responsive pathways.
Statistical methods for automated drug susceptibility testing: Bayesian minimum inhibitory concentration prediction from growth curves
Creators: name: Zhou, Xi Kathy
name: Clyde, Merlise A.
name: Garrett, James
name: Lourdes, Viridiana
name: O'Connell, Michael
name: Parmigiani, Giovanni
name: Turner, David J.
name: Wiles, Tim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of a drug that prevents microbial growth is an important step for managing patients with infections. In this paper we present a novel probabilistic approach that accurately estimates MICs based on a panel of multiple curves reflecting features of bacterial growth. We develop a probabilistic model for determining whether a given dilution of an antimicrobial agent is the MIC given features of the growth curves over time. Because of the potentially large collection of features, we utilize Bayesian model selection to narrow the collection of predictors to the most important variables. In addition to point estimates of MICs, we are able to provide posterior probabilities that each dilution is the MIC based on the observed growth curves. The methods are easily automated and have been incorporated into the Becton--Dickinson PHOENIX automated susceptibility system that rapidly and accurately classifies the resistance of a large number of microorganisms in clinical samples. Over seventy-five studies to date have shown this new method provides improved estimation of MICs over existing approaches.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/08-AOAS217 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
title: Doctoral Dissertation Research in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT): A Content Analysis
Creators: name: Broadbent, Clinton L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The field of marriage and family therapy (MFT) has enjoyed tremendous growth over the past 60 years. As the charismatic pioneers of MFT strove to gain legitimacy in the early years, the culture of MFT lacked a focus on quality empirical research needed to lend credibility to the field. In the past 20 years, a surge of efficacy and effectiveness research has pointed the field in a positive direction. Doctoral dissertations offer valuable insight into what is being learned by future researchers and suggest in what direction the field is heading. Previous articles voice concern over a gap between researchers producing the research and therapists who should be a vital consumer. A content analysis was performed on all 157 doctoral dissertations from 19 COAMFTE-accredited Ph.D. programs between the years of 2005 and 2008. The sample was gathered through the ProQuest thesis and dissertation database. Dissertations were coded according to research methodology, clinical focus, and whether they were published. Results showed that women consisted of two-thirds (n = 106) of the dissertations finished within the timeframe and that men published on average more than women. Findings also suggest a significant lack of dissertations being published (16.5%; n = 26) with downward trends from 2005 to 2008. Out of the dissertations published, however, the quality was high with a mean impact factor of .940. Trends show an increase in qualitative research and a noticeable lack of process research. Of all the dissertations produced within 2005 and 2008, almost one in five dissertations lacked explicit clinical application in the study. Ways to improve the amount of clinically relevant research are discussed. Suggestions are made as to the role of advisors in the publication process as well as to improve the quantity of dissertations published in COAMFTE-accredited doctoral programs.
Measurements of the Temperature Coefficient of Electric Resistivity of Hydrogen Overloaded Pd
Creators: name: Spallone, Antonio
name: Celani, Francesco
name: Marini, Paolo
name: Stefano, Vittorio Di
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2005

description: As reported in previous papers, we performed many electrolytic loading tests using thin Pd wires, achieving loading ratios of H/Pd ≥ 0.95 (H/Pd over-loading).  In particular, we defined a reproducible "loading protocol" suitable for achieving such an over-loading level, based on the use of very diluted acid electrolytic solutions (with additions of tenths of micro-moles of Ca or Sr or Li cations and some hundred nano-moles of Hg ions) and operating with electrolytic current cycles  from a few mA up to one hundred mA. By observing the day/night cyclic fluctuations of electrical resistance, as a function of the corresponding temperature variations, of stable, long term, H/Pd loadings we were able to calculate the temperature coefficient of resistivity (K_0) of the Pd-H system at very high H/Pd loadings. Many years ago (on 1998) we reported an unexpected value showing that the K_0 parameter values increase when H/Pd exceeds 0.75 (i.e. after that R/Ro goes beyond the 1.8 peak value, i.e. to the right side of the R/Ro / H/Pd curve). This fact was confirmed by the ISR-Stanford Group (McKubre and Tripodi) and Pirelli-Research Group (Gamberale and Garbelli). In this paper we show several measurements of K_0 at different overloading values of H/Pd up to  ≅ 1 (corresponding at R/Ro=1.12) where K_0 =(13±1) * 10^-3 K^-1 , i.e. more than six times higher than the minimum value achieved at the R/Ro=1.8 peak value. This result can corroborate the hypothesis that a new Pd-H phase (full β-phase or the beginning of β+α phase) could occur after the H/Pd=0.75 loading ratio (at the end of β+α phase), as claimed by many authors as the necessary condition for excess (anomalous) heat from Pd-D system (at D/Pd ≥ 1).
THE STANDARD OF JUDICIAL REVIEW IN EU COMPETITION CASES: THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING A SYSTEM OF MORE INTENSE OR FULL JUDICIAL REVIEW BY THE EU COURTS
Creators: name: SETARI, ALICE
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2014

description: The work analyses the characteristics of the ?limited? standard of judicial review exercised by the EU Courts in the competition field, its evolution over time, and the main criticisms which have been advanced against its alleged shortcomings, in order to understand whether a system of more intense or full judicial review is necessary and warranted at the EU level.
title: The Effects of Pipewall Offsets on Water Meter Accuracy
Creators: name: Pope, Jesse M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Accurate flow measurement is essential for the management of any type of fluid system. In order for a meter to accurately measure the flow, some installation requirements must be met. These installation requirements are meant to produce a condition where there are limited flow disturbances as the fluid enters the meter. If flow disturbances do occur, the meter may produce inaccurate measurements.
This research investigated the effect on accuracy that different types of 12-inch flow meters have as a result of being installed in pipelines of differing inside diameter. The types of meters chosen for this research were the portable ultrasonic meter, the magnetic meter, and four types of differential pressure meters: classical Venturi, Halmi Venturi Tube, V-cone, and the wedge meter. Each meter was tested for accuracy with ten different pipe schedules installed upstream forming a pipewall offset varying
between +0.125 inches and 0.937 inches. Ten flow rates between 400gpm and 6,550gpm were considered for each test setup. The meters’ accuracy during each test series was compared to the specified accuracy as defined by the manufacturer of the meter. All results were displayed graphically for comparison.
In general, most of the meters tested were affected by the disturbances caused by the pipewall offsets, and some meters were more affected than others. The measurement error was found to be as high as 8% for the ultrasonic meter type. This research demonstrated that for accurate flow measurement, most flow meters require that the inside diameter of the piping be the same as the inside diameter as the meter. Laboratory tests showed that the wedge meter was not dependent upon the upstream pipe installation. Normally, it is recommended that laboratory calibrations be performed to ensure the accurate use of any meter type.
Long-lived Charginos in the Focus-point Region of the MSSM Parameter Space
Creators: name: Gladyshev, A. V.
name: Kazakov, D. I.
name: Paucar, M. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the possibility to get light long-lived charginos within the framework of the MSSM with gravity mediated SUSY breaking. We find out that this possibility can be realized in the so-called focus-point region of parameter space. The mass degeneracy of higgsino-like chargino and two higgsino-like neutralinos is the necessary condition for a long lifetime. It requires the fine-tuning of parameters, but being a single additional constraint in the whole parameter space it can be fulfilled in the Constrained MSSM along the border line where radiative electroweak symmetry breaking fails. In a narrow band close to the border line the charginos are long-lived particles. The cross-sections of their production and co-production at the LHC via electroweak interaction reach a few tenth of pb.
description: LaTeX, 11 pages, 11 eps figures
LEGGE DI BILANCIO E LEGGI DI SPESA STATALI. PROFILI COSTITUZIONALI
Creators: name: MELANI, ANDREA GIOVANNI
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2014

description: The present dissertation intends to describe the fundamental legislative acts of the power of the purse, the ?legge di bilancio? and the ?leggi di spesa?. The study is based on the interpretation of the art. 81 of the Constitution and its meaning given in the application of the rules that constitute the so-called ?diritto di bilancio?. The first chapters are dedicated to the elaboration of the categories of the ?legge di bilancio? and the ?leggi di spesa?, according to the former text of the art. 81. The last chapter intends to analyze the same categories, according to the new text of the art. 81, as reformed by the constitutional law 2012/1.
Relative photometry of transiting exoplanet CoRoT-Exo-2b
Creators: name: Vereš, Peter
name: Budaj, Ján
name: Világi, Jozef
name: Galád, Adrian
name: Kornoš, Leonard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Relative CCD photometry of the extrasolar planet COROT-Exo-2b transiting in front of its parent star was carried out at the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory of Comenius University at Modra (AGO). Physical and orbital parameters were determined and compared with the previous published data.
description: 9 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures
Measurements of the Temperature Coefficient of electric Resistivity of hydrogen Overloaded Pd
Creators: name: Spallone, Antonio
name: Celani, Francesco
name: Marini, Paolo
name: Stefano, Vittorio Di
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2006

description: As reported in previous papers, we performed many electrolytic loading tests using thin Pd wires, achieving loading ratios of H/Pd ≥ 0.95 (H/Pd over-loading).  In particular, we defined a reproducible "loading protocol" suitable for achieving such an over-loading level, based on the use of very diluted acid electrolytic solutions (with additions of tenths of micro-moles of Ca or Sr or Li cations and some hundred nano-moles of Hg ions) and operating with electrolytic current cycles  from a few mA up to one hundred mA. By observing the day/night cyclic fluctuations of electrical resistance, as a function of the corresponding temperature variations, of stable, long term, H/Pd loadings we were able to calculate the temperature coefficient of resistivity (K_0) of the Pd-H system at very high H/Pd loadings. Many years ago (on 1998) we reported an unexpected value showing that the K_0 parameter values increase when H/Pd exceeds 0.75 (i.e. after that R/Ro goes beyond the 1.8 peak value, i.e. to the right side of the R/Ro / H/Pd curve). This fact was confirmed by the ISR-Stanford Group (McKubre and Tripodi) and Pirelli-Research Group (Gamberale and Garbelli). In this paper we show several measurements of K_0 at different overloading values of H/Pd up to  ≅ 1 (corresponding at R/Ro=1.12) where K_0 =(13±1) * 10^-3 K^-1 , i.e. more than six times higher than the minimum value achieved at the R/Ro=1.8 peak value. This result can corroborate the hypothesis that a new Pd-H phase (full β-phase or the beginning of β+α phase) could occur after the H/Pd=0.75 loading ratio (at the end of β+α phase), as claimed by many authors as the necessary condition for excess (anomalous) heat from Pd-D system (at D/Pd ≥ 1).
title: The Effects of High-Tech Stimuli and Duration of Access on Reinforcer Preference and Efficacy
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Audrey N.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Two dimensions of reinforcement that influence behavior are reinforcer magnitude and stimulus type. One type of stimulus involving high technology (i.e., hightech stimuli) has not been examined to determine reinforcement properties. This project examined the interactions of reinforcer magnitude and high-tech stimuli and the effects of those interactions on preference and reinforcer efficacy. Participants included three adult individuals with disabilities. Two multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) preference assessments were conducted to determine a highly preferred high-tech stimulus and a highly preferred no-tech stimulus for each participant. A paired stimulus preference assessment was conducted to identify preferred reinforcer magnitudes using both highly preferred stimuli (high- and no-tech). A progressive ratio (PR) reinforcer assessment was then conducted to assess the effects of stimulus type and reinforcer magnitude on reinforcer efficacy. Results demonstrated a preference for high-tech stimuli at longer durations of access for two participants. Results also demonstrated participants responded more for high-tech stimuli as reinforcer magnitudes were increased, and responded less for no-tech stimuli as reinforcer magnitudes were increased (measured as total number of responses during the PR assessments). These results provide further evidence of the effects of reinforcer magnitude and stimulus type (high-tech stimuli) on preference and reinforcer efficacy and have implications for clinicians and caregivers using high- and no-tech items as reinforcers.
Charge relaxation resistance in the Coulomb blockade problem
Creators: name: Rodionov, Ya. I.
name: Burmistrov, I. S.
name: Ioselevich, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dissipation in a system consisting of a small metallic island coupled to a gate electrode and to a massive reservoir via single tunneling junction. The dissipation of energy is caused by a slowly oscillating gate voltage. We compute it in the regimes of weak and strong Coulomb blockade. We focus on the regime of not very low temperatures when electron coherence can be neglected but quantum fluctuations of charge are strong due to Coulomb interaction. The answers assume a particularly transparent form while expressed in terms of specially chosen physical observables. We discovered that the dissipation rate is given by a universal expression in both limiting cases.
description: 21 pages, 12 figures
IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF NITAZOXANIDE AND RELATED MOLECULES
Creators: name: GNUDI, FEDERICA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2014

description: Background: Nitazoxanide (Alinia�, NTZ) and its active circulating metabolite tizoxanide (TIZ) belong to a new class of anti-infective agents active against parasites, anaerobic bacteria, and viruses. Nowadays, NTZ is licensed in the United States for the treatment of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in adults and children older than twelve months of age. The amplitude of the spectrum of pathogens targeted by NTZ and new-generation non-nitro thiazolides, makes it very unlikely that the action of these compounds is mediated by a pathogen-specific mechanism(s), suggesting instead that thiazolides act as immunomodulants. To date, the potential effect of these compounds on immune responses has nevertheless not been analysed. In particular, because innate immunity and type 1 interferons are pivotal in early and effective antiviral immune responses that are not antigen-restricted, it is plausible to hypothesize that thiazolides could potentiate this arm of the immune system. To verify this possibility, we performed extensive in vitro analyses on the immunomodulatory effects of TIZ and the second generation non-nitro thiazolide RM4848 using two different models of viral infection: Influenza and HIV-1. Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 20 healthy donors were stimulated with influenza virus antigen (FLU) or infected with HIV-1BaL strain and cultured in presence/absence of TIZ or RM4848. Thiazolide effects on innate immunity were examined by evaluating TLRs expression on monocytes, IFN-secretion by dendritic cells, cytokine and chemokine production, mRNA expression of multiple genes involved in TLR, type I IFN and in cholesterol metabolism pathways. Results: Thiazolides are associated with strong immunomodulatory effects. Notably, these compounds, both in FLU-stimulated and in HIV-1-infected cells, significantly increase: 1) TLR-expression on monocytes, 2) IFN production, 3) chemokine and cytokine production, 4) mRNA expression of different genes operating in the TLR and type I IFN pathways, 5) genes involved in cholesterol metabolism and efflux. Conclusions: Data herein show that thiazolides are potent type I IFN inducers, triggering a selective activation of several IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) pathway. Thus, increased expression of innate antiviral factors and the different modulation of genes involved in cholesterol metabolism and efflux suggest a new mechanism of action mediated by thiazolides.
UN PARADIGMA DEVOZIONALE NEL PERIODO BIZANTINO E PRIMO ISLAMICO: RIVALUTANDO IL COMPLESSO MONASTICO DEL MEMORIALE DI MOS� SUL MONTE NEBO
Creators: name: BIANCHI, DAVIDE
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2017

description: The aim of my PhD dissertation is to reassess the previous interpretations related to the monastic complex of the Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo, Jordan. This analysis was possible due to new archaeological surveys promoted by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, on which I cooperated as archaeological field assistant. My research was conducted into those parts of the basilica that had never been investigated archaeologically. Excavations in the central nave of the church have unearthed a burial tomb, completely intact. It was found to be empty, adorned with alabaster marble and placed on the highest point of the mountain. The tomb structure, which can probably be considered a cenotaph, was built in the oldest sacred building erected on Mount Nebo, in the place where, according to biblical tradition, the memory of the death of the Prophet Moses was worshipped. The thesis is divided into two different parts. The first two chapters are devoted to the last discoveries and to the reassessment of previously published data, in order to suggest a new approach to the first building constructed on Mount Nebo and a revised interpretation of the several layers of construction carried out on the monument over the centuries. The historical and topographic context of the coenobium is discussed in the second part. The monastery of Mount Nebo was indeed part of the variegated framework of monastic complexes linked to the worship of the biblical figures widespread in Transjordan. After discussing this important correlation, I examined the different economic aspects that have contributed to the evolution of the monastery in its joint production and livelihood. The fine mosaic floors demonstrate the evergetism of the abbots, lay donors and local bishops, while the agricultural facilities show the hegemonic role of the monastery over the colony of monks who dwelled in the surrounding valleys. Finally, I analyzed the various factors that led to the monastic decline. Particular attention was paid to the excavations under the synthronon and in one room of the monastery, which have provided additional data on the last renovation of the building, occurred during the transition between the Umayyad period and the early ?Abb?sid era.
COVID-19 and labour market resilience: evidence from large-scale recruitment behaviour
Creators: name: Yu, Xinguo
name: Song, Hengxu
name: Ren, Ting
name: Xue, Yanbo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: We construct a theoretical model to interpret the structural shock from the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of local labour market and industry specialization. The empirical study takes the large-scale online labour market of China to analyse firms’ hiring demand for 20 industries across 380 cities with monthly recruitment data from May 2017 to September 2020. Post-event quantitative analysis on job postings and employer demand highlighted that the pandemic resulted in an unemployment shock and industry- and city-level redistribution of the worker. China’s local job market resilience also revealed a regional imbalance, correlated with pandemic risk, city scale and industry structure.
Qualification of a Thermal GAP Filler to be Used as Electronics to Structure Interface
Creators: name: S. Cerchi
name: S. Cuneo
name: S. Minutoli
name: P. Musico
name: E. Robutti
name: D. Torazza
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2006

description: A thermal gap filler has been selected, and its performance measured before and after irradiation, to qualify it for the use in TOTEM T1 telescope. Experimental results are presented and commented.