cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Assembly of α-synuclein and neurodegeneration in the central nervous system of heterozygous M83 mice following the peripheral administration of α-synuclein seeds.
Creators: name: Macdonald, Jennifer A
name: Chen, John L
name: Masuda-Suzukake, Masami
name: Schweighauser, Manuel
name: Jaunmuktane, Zane
name: Warner, Thomas
name: Holton, Janice L
name: Grossman, Annabelle
name: Berks, Richard
name: Lavenir, Isabelle
name: Goedert, Michel
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Research
α-Synuclein
Multiple system atrophy
Seeded assembly
Neurodegeneration
Microglia

description: Peripheral administration (oral, intranasal, intraperitoneal, intravenous) of assembled A53T α-synuclein induced synucleinopathy in heterozygous mice transgenic for human mutant A53T α-synuclein (line M83). The same was the case when cerebellar extracts from a case of multiple system atrophy with type II α-synuclein filaments were administered intraperitoneally, intravenously or intramuscularly. We observed abundant immunoreactivity for pS129 α-synuclein in nerve cells and severe motor impairment, resulting in hindlimb paralysis and shortened lifespan. Filaments immunoreactive for pS129 α-synuclein were in evidence. A 70% loss of motor neurons was present five months after an intraperitoneal injection of assembled A53T α-synuclein or cerebellar extract with type II α-synuclein filaments from an individual with a neuropathologically confirmed diagnosis of multiple system atrophy. Microglial cells changed from a predominantly ramified to a dystrophic appearance. Taken together, these findings establish a close relationship between the formation of α-synuclein inclusions in nerve cells and neurodegeneration, accompanied by a shift in microglial cell morphology. Propagation of α-synuclein inclusions depended on the characteristics of both seeds and transgenically expressed protein.
The effects of using computer graphics on preschool children
Creators: name: English, Merle Russell
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study was designed to investigate the ability of young children to use a particular computer graphics program Colorpaint and its effects on their artwork. It was conducted in two parts : the pilot study in which five children participated and the main study which involved two children. Four predictions were made. Prediction one stated that of the total number of children's interactions with the program, more would be in the category of independent use than in the category of teacher-assisted use. The second prediction was that children would use goal-oriented behavior in aesthetic decision-making and problem-solving when using the program. Prediction three stated artwork, done with computer media would be rated higher in each of the categories of "Variety within Shapes", "Variety between Shapes", "Complexity", and "Texture" than would images made with other media. The fourth prediction was that computer-generated artwork, would be rated lower in the category of "Image Autonomy" than the artwork done in other media. For both parts of the study, anecdotal data in the form of field notes, transcribed conversations, and videotapes were kept and analysed to provide insight into the children's behavior when using the computer. During the main study the children's interactions with the computer program were recorded on a checklist indicating whether they were able to use the program independently or if they needed help. Artwork made by the subjects in the main study using the computer and other media were saved for analysis and were rated by three independent judges. The judges used five criteria derived from the literature on children's art to rate each image on a five point Likert scale. Results indicated that prediction one, which stated that more interactions with the computer would be in the category of independent use, was supported as there were more independent interactions than teacher-assisted interactions with the computer for each subject. Prediction two, which indicated that children would use goal-oriented behavior in aesthetic decision-making and problem-solving when using the computer, was supported by the descriptive data collected. Prediction three, that the computer images would be rated higher in each of the categories of Variety within Shapes, Variety between Shapes, Complexity, and Texture, was supported in the two categories Variety between Shapes and Variety within Shapes. The fourth outcome predicted was that the computer artwork would be rated lower in the category Image Autonomy than artwork done in other media. This outcome was supported by the results of the analysis of the artwork.
Interpretable Machine Learning for Production Optimization
Creators: name: Wasmer, S.
name: Klöter, B.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Manufacturing & Production of Si Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 272-274
description: Hanwha Q CELLS makes full use of its single wafer tracking system TRA.QTM [1] as a fundamental data basis to apply state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms for mass production optimization and continuous improvement of its Q.ANTUM solar cells. This work deals with the actual deciphering of common “black box” machine learning algorithms by deriving additive feature impacts. It is applied to a representative data set consisting of over 250k Cz-Si p-type Q.ANTUM samples from a 12 weeks timeframe. The model accurately reproduces the seen time course of cell efficiencies and could be interpreted to identify the subtle impacts and interactions leading to slight “ups and downs” of average production, especially beneficial for ramping-up of new process parameters or troubleshooting.
PV LCOE for Different Market Segments in Italy with and without Storage Systems
Creators: name: Veronese, E.
name: Moser, D.
name: Manzolini, G.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Finance, Markets and Policies
Costs, Economics, Finance and Markets

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1955-1959
description: The Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) is a techno-economic parameter used to evaluate the cost of a kilowatt-hour of energy produced from a selected power plant. The initial investment, annual operation and maintenance costs, and annual energy production are some of the input data needed to determine the LCOE based on discounting methods. Many of the involved parameters are significantly time- and country-dependent. Moreover, the current diffusion of storage systems is modifying the methodology for the calculation of the LCOE to include costs and impacts of this additional component. This work is focused on the photovoltaic (PV) sector with the aim of updating the current state of the Italian PV market for different market segments (residential, commercial and utilityscale) and investigating the impacts of storage systems on profitability and grid parity achievement. Six different geographical locations are selected to represent the Italian irradiation and specific yield levels.
Cycling-related orthopaedic fractures admitted to the Major Trauma Centre in the cycling capital of the UK.
Creators: name: Jamil, Omar
name: Al Shdefat, Sofyan
name: Arshad, Zaki
name: Thahir, Azeem
name: Anwar, Fahim
name: Davies, Benjamin M
name: Chou, Daud TS
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Trauma
Cycling
Fractures
Road Traffic Accident
Road Safety
Injury Pattern
Orthopaedic Injuries

description: INTRODUCTION: The popularity of cycling in the United Kingdom is increasing, with a further rise likely due to recent government cycling promotion schemes. This study aims to characterise fractures sustained due to cycling-related collisions in patients presenting to a Major Trauma Centre, in the region with the highest cycling rates in the United Kingdom. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of cycling injuries presenting to our centre between January 2012 and December 2020 was performed using a prospectively collected electronic database. Comparison of fracture characteristics was made according to patient age and mechanism of injury (collision with a motorised vehicle versus collision with a non-motorised object.). RESULTS: Of the 737 patients who suffered a cycling-related injury, 292 (39.6%) suffered at least 1 fracture to the appendicular skeleton. Overall, fractures were most commonly seen in those over 50 years of age. Upper limb fractures were more common than lower limb fractures. Fractures sustained during motorised injuries were more likely to require surgical intervention than those sustained during non-motorised collisions. CONCLUSION: This study provides valuable information regarding the nature, epidemiology and treatment of fractures sustained following cycling-related accidents, adding to the paucity of similar literature in the field. Given the likely increase in future cycling uptake, our results are important to clinicians treating patients with cycling-related injuries and policymakers designing safety interventions.
Additional file 7 of Performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for identifying cardiometabolic risk in children: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Jiang, Yuan
name: Dou, Yalan
name: Chen, Hongyan
name: Zhang, Yi
name: Chen, Xiaotian
name: Wang, Yin
name: Rodrigues, Myanca
name: Yan, Weili
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 7: Table S5. Pooled results of WHtR screening for CMRs in East-Asian children.
Fractional-order derivatives in cosmological models of accelerated expansion
Creators: name: Shchigolev, V. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this brief review, we present the results of the fractional differential approach in cosmology in the context of the exact models of cosmological accelerated expansion obtained by several authors to date. Most of these studies are devoted to the problem of introducing fractional derivatives or fractional integrals into the classical General Relativity (GR). There are several observational and theoretical motivations to investigate the modified or alternative theories of GR. Among other things, we cover General Relativity modified by a phenomenological approach dealing with fractional calculus. At the same time, a sufficiently large number of exact solutions of the cosmological equations modified by this approach were obtained. Some of these models may be especially relevant in the light of solving the problem of late accelerated expansion of the universe. These studies are largely motivated by rapid progress in the field of observational cosmology that now allows, for the first time, precision tests of fundamental physics on the scale of the observable Universe. The purpose of this review is to provide a reference tool for researchers and students in cosmology and gravitational physics, as well as a self-contained, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the subject as a whole.
description: 20 pages, no figures
Assessing adolescents' critical health literacy: How is trust in government leadership associated with knowledge of COVID-19?
Creators: name: Mathews, Channing J
name: McGuire, Luke
name: Joy, Angelina
name: Law, Fidelia
name: Winterbottom, Mark
name: Rutland, Adam
name: Drews, Marc
name: Hoffman, Adam J
name: Mulvey, Kelly Lynn
name: Hartstone-Rose, Adam
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Research Article
subject: Medicine and health sciences
subject: People and places
subject: Social sciences
subject: FOS: Social sciences
subject: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science policy

description: This study explored relations between COVID-19 news source, trust in COVID-19 information source, and COVID-19 health literacy in 194 STEM-oriented adolescents and young adults from the US and the UK. Analyses suggest that adolescents use both traditional news (e.g., TV or newspapers) and social media news to acquire information about COVID-19 and have average levels of COVID-19 health literacy. Hierarchical linear regression analyses suggest that the association between traditional news media and COVID-19 health literacy depends on participants' level of trust in their government leader. For youth in both the US and the UK who used traditional media for information about COVID-19 and who have higher trust in their respective government leader (i.e., former US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson) had lower COVID-19 health literacy. Results highlight how youth are learning about the pandemic and the importance of not only considering their information source, but also their levels of trust in their government leaders.
Stability of the Regenerated p-Type Multi-Crystalline PERC Solar Cell after Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation
Creators: name: Zhu, J.
name: He, B.
name: Søndenå, R.
name: Foss, S.E.
name: Wei, Q.
name: Qian, H.
name: Ni, Z.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Homojunction Solar Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 489-491
description: P-type multi-crystalline silicon based passivated emitter and rear cells were degraded under illumination at different elevated temperatures. The time to reach a stable degraded Voc differed considerably at varying temperatures. All the cells were subsequently recovered within a few hours at an accelerated process with illumination and heating at certain high temperature (i.e. 130oC and 0.5 Sun). However, it was found the cells after regeneration were still not stable at room temperature or even normal module operating temperatures. It was found that the Voc will degrade up to 0.7%relative after this first degradation-regeneration cycle. Fortunately, it can be recovered very quickly at high temperature with illumination. This behavior can be repeated. In addition, the experiments showed that the Voc of the regenerated cells can be kept stable when the cells are kept at a constant temperature and illumination intensity.
CP Violation in Two Zero Texture Neutrino Mass Matrices
Creators: name: Dev, S.
name: Kumar, Sanjeev
name: Verma, Surender
name: Gupta, Shivani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been shown that the neutrino mass matrices with two texture zeros in the charged lepton basis predict non-zero 1-3 mixing and are necessarily CP violating with one possible exception in class C for maximal mixing.
description: 6 pages, no figures, final version with minor changes, to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Tunnel Contact IBC Cells: An Industrial Process Using Shadow Masking
Creators: name: Legradic, B.
name: Lachenal, D.
name: Bätzner, D.L.
name: Papet, P.
name: Kramer, R.
name: Kössler, T.
name: Vuithier, L.
name: Pitteloud, S.
name: Holm, N.
name: Aeby, C.
name: Frammelsberger, W.
name: Strahm, B.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Heterojunction Solar Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 205-207
description: Solar cell efficiency has undergone rapid development in recent years. Both-side contacted singlejunction devices are reaching the limits of physical performance. Interdigitated back-contact (IBC) solar cells are then the logical next step towards ever-higher performances, but high manufacturing costs have held back adoption of this promising technology. This paper presents our solution: Reaching very high efficiencies via an industrial ten-step low cost process on Cz material, and its key requirements: Excellent passivation and low contact resistance. We have produced tunnel IBC heterojunction solar cells with a very large pitch of over two millimetres. Thanks to high passivation quality, a damage-less shadow masking process and low contact resistance we achieve excellent performances of above 25% conversion efficiency. We will show how some passivation defects are only revealed after the deposition of the tunnel contact, and how contact resistance depends on the thickness of the TCO layer used, both for electron and hole contacts. We have successfully transferred the tunnel IBC process from Fz to Cz material, using industrial wafer thicknesses and have managed to scale-up to full M2 cell size. With the right metallisation, bifacial IBC cells with over 79% bifaciality have been produced, with a conversion efficiency of 22.9%.
Non-Destructive Approach for Measuring Base Resistivity of Emitter-Diffused, Partially-Processed Wafers Using Temperature-Stage QSSPC
Creators: name: Kuruganti, V.
name: Haunschild, J.
name: Brand, A.
name: Al-Hajjawi, S.
name: Rein, S.
name: Glunz, S.W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Characterisation & Simulation of Si Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 361-365
description: A novel non-destructive and contactless approach for measuring the base resistivity of emitter-diffused, partially-processed wafers is introduced. The method is based on temperature-dependent resistivity analysis and referred as temperature-dependent resistivity slope model (TRSM). It is developed for p-type boron-doped silicon wafers used in industrial applications with base resistivities ranging from 1 to 5 Ωcm. A sensitivity analysis is carried out on TRSM to determine the limits of this simple approach and the results show that TRSM can determine the base resistivity with an accuracy of 90%. The main limiting factor is the reproducibility from the measuring tool with a mean error of 6% on the TRSM results. Finally, the base resistivity of emitter-diffused, partially-processed wafers (in this work referred as precursor wafers) obtained from TRSM is compared to two reference approaches and showed mean error percentages of less than 10%.
Modelling of Passivation and Resistance of n-Type poly-Si Layers by Trained Artificial Neural Networks
Creators: name: Bordihn, S.
name: Min, B.
name: Peibst, R.
name: Brendel, R.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Homojunction Solar Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 176-179
description: This paper studies the passivation quality and sheet resistance of n-type poly-Si on oxide (POLO) layers that we prepare at various post-deposition annealing temperatures. The n-type poly-Si layers are 50 nm-thin and grown on textured and planar Cz Si substrates. The samples are annealed from 880 °C to 1000 °C to transform the amorphous Si to poly-crystalline Si. The surface passivation quality is evaluated after the aforementioned anneal step, after an additional hydrogenation step (induced by Al2O3 capping layers and subsequent low temperature anneal), and after firing at 840 °C peak temperature. The optimal surface passivation quality is found for annealing at 960 °C and hydrogenation, resulting in iVoc-values of 710 mV. The hydrogenation step improves the iVoc by ~20 mV depending on the post-deposition annealing temperature. We find that surface passivation and sheet resistance of the poly-Si layers increased with increasing anneal temperature up to 960 °C and starts to decline above 980 °C. This trend is found to correlate with the amount of in-diffused dopants that depends also on the annealing temperature. We show that artificial neural network based model can serve as a fast tool for predicting layer properties that depend on multiple process parameters. The quality of the modelling is the same as that using the Design of Experiment method.
A recoiling supermassive black hole in the quasar SDSSJ092712.65+294344.0?
Creators: name: Komossa, S.
name: Zhou, H.
name: Lu, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present SDSSJ092712.65+294344.0 as the best candidate to date for a recoiling supermassive black hole (SMBH). SDSSJ0927+2943 shows an exceptional optical emission-line spectrum with two sets of emission lines: one set of very narrow emission lines, and a second set of broad Balmer and broad high-ionization forbidden lines which are blueshifted by 2650 km\s relative to the set of narrow emission lines. This observation is most naturally explained if the SMBH was ejected from the core of the galaxy, carrying with it the broad-line gas while leaving behind the bulk of the narrow-line gas. We show that the observed properties of SDSSJ0927+2943 are consistent with predictions and expectations from recent numerical relativity simulations which demonstrate that SMBHs can receive kicks up to several thousand km\s due to anisotropic emission of gravitational waves during the coalescence of a binary. Our detection of a strong candidate for a rapidly recoiling SMBH implies that kicks large enough to remove SMBHs completely from their host galaxies do occur, with important implications for models of black hole and galaxy assembly at the epoch of structure formation, and for recoil models.
description: To appear in ApJ Letters, 678, L81, 2008 (May 10 issue); includes 1 colour figure. Version with higher-resolution figure and related papers at http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/~skomossa/
Chekhov's doctors : a prescription for a better life
Creators: name: Ledingham, Georgina May
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Anton Chekhov pursued two careers simultaneously throughout his life—that of a doctor as well as a writer of prose and drama. It is not surprising, therefore, to discover many physicians amongst his characters but it is puzzling that the portrayal of doctors is frequently unflattering despite his admitted indebtedness to the profession. The thesis herein proposed is that the poor image Chekhov presents points to the necessity of self-determination in matters of emotional and spiritual health; if the doctors are incapable of healing themselves and those in their care, the patients might well take the biblical directive, "Arise! Take up thy bed and walk." In his stated desire to show people how bad and dreary their lives are, thereby assisting them in fashioning better lives, Chekhov's prescription is one of self-help. The short stories—Late-Blooming Flowers, Anyuta, Ward No. 6, The Head Gardener's Tale and The Doctor's Visit—and the plays— Platonov, Ivanov, The Seagull, The Wood-Demon, Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters—have been examined; beneath the incompetence and villainy of the doctors an affirming statement is discovered in the otherwise melancholy canon of Chekhov.
Batch-produced, GIS-informed range maps for birds based on provenanced, crowd-sourced data inform conservation assessments.
Creators: name: Huang, Ryan M
name: Medina, Wilderson
name: Brooks, Thomas M
name: Butchart, Stuart HM
name: Fitzpatrick, John W
name: Hermes, Claudia
name: Jenkins, Clinton N
name: Johnston, Alison
name: Lebbin, Daniel J
name: Li, Binbin V
name: Ocampo-Peñuela, Natalia
name: Parr, Mike
name: Wheatley, Hannah
name: Wiedenfeld, David A
name: Wood, Christopher
name: Pimm, Stuart L
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Research Article
subject: Biology and life sciences
subject: Ecology and environmental sciences
subject: Social sciences
subject: FOS: Social sciences
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accurate maps of species ranges are essential to inform conservation, but time-consuming to produce and update. Given the pace of change of knowledge about species distributions and shifts in ranges under climate change and land use, a need exists for timely mapping approaches that enable batch processing employing widely available data. We develop a systematic approach of batch-processing range maps and derived Area of Habitat maps for terrestrial bird species with published ranges below 125,000 km2 in Central and South America. (Area of Habitat is the habitat available to a species within its range.) We combine existing range maps with the rapidly expanding crowd-sourced eBird data of presences and absences from frequently surveyed locations, plus readily accessible, high resolution satellite data on forest cover and elevation to map the Area of Habitat available to each species. Users can interrogate the maps produced to see details of the observations that contributed to the ranges. Previous estimates of Areas of Habitat were constrained within the published ranges and thus were, by definition, smaller-typically about 30%. This reflects how little habitat within suitable elevation ranges exists within the published ranges. Our results show that on average, Areas of Habitat are 12% larger than published ranges, reflecting the often-considerable extent that eBird records expand the known distributions of species. Interestingly, there are substantial differences between threatened and non-threatened species. Some 40% of Critically Endangered, 43% of Endangered, and 55% of Vulnerable species have Areas of Habitat larger than their published ranges, compared with 31% for Near Threatened and Least Concern species. The important finding for conservation is that threatened species are generally more widespread than previously estimated.
Additional file 8 of Genomic variations and epigenomic landscape of the Medaka Inbred Kiyosu-Karlsruhe (MIKK) panel
Creators: name: Leger, Adrien
name: Brettell, Ian
name: Monahan, Jack
name: Barton, Carl
name: Wolf, Nadeshda
name: Kusminski, Natalja
name: Herder, Cathrin
name: Aadepu, Narendar
name: Becker, Clara
name: Gierten, Jakob
name: Hammouda, Omar T.
name: Hasel, Eva
name: Lischik, Colin
name: Lust, Katharina
name: Sokolova, Natalia
name: Suzuki, Risa
name: Tavhelidse, Tinatini
name: Thumberger, Thomas
name: Tsingos, Erika
name: Watson, Philip
name: Welz, Bettina
name: Naruse, Kiyoshi
name: Loosli, Felix
name: Wittbrodt, Joachim
name: Birney, Ewan
name: Fitzgerald, Tomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 8: Figure S6. Circos plots. Circos plots for structural variants (DEL, INS, DUP, INV, TRA) discovered by the reference-anchored approach.
The Contribution of Complement to the Pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy: Are Complement-Targeted Therapies Moving from Rare Disorders to More Common Diseases?
Creators: name: Poppelaars, Felix
name: Faria, Bernardo
name: Schwaeble, Wilhelm
name: Daha, Mohamed R
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: complement
kidney
nephrology

description: Primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure for which there is no disease-specific treatment. However, this could change, since novel therapeutic approaches are currently being assessed in clinical trials, including complement-targeting therapies. An improved understanding of the role of the lectin and the alternative pathway of complement in the pathophysiology of IgAN has led to the development of these treatment strategies. Recently, in a phase 2 trial, treatment with a blocking antibody against mannose-binding protein-associated serine protease 2 (MASP-2, a crucial enzyme of the lectin pathway) was suggested to have a potential benefit for IgAN. Now in a phase 3 study, this MASP-2 inhibitor for the treatment of IgAN could mark the start of a new era of complement therapeutics where common diseases can be treated with these drugs. The clinical development of complement inhibitors requires a better understanding by physicians of the biology of complement, the pathogenic role of complement in IgAN, and complement-targeted therapies. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the role of complement in IgAN, including the recent discovery of new mechanisms of complement activation and opportunities for complement inhibitors as the treatment of IgAN.
Kids on the Autism Spectrum and Their Siblings
Creators: name: Rum, Yonat
name: Dromi, Esther
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Neuroscience and Psychology
autism
Sibling relationship
social skill
Communication
Empathy
Play
conflict

description: Siblings play and enjoy together, and also have conflicts and quarrels. This way, they teach each other important things, mostly how to communicate with others. Kids on the autism spectrum have challenges in social communication, acquiring social skills, and applying them. Therefore, many researchers were interested in negative influences that children on the autism spectrum could have on the sibling relationship in the family. Other researchers were interested in the positive aspects of these relationships. In this paper, we review aspects unique to relationships between kids on the autism spectrum and their siblings.
Entropy of quantum states
Creators: name: Facchi, Paolo
name: Gramegna, Giovanni
name: Konderak, Arturo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Given the algebra of observables of a quantum system subject to selection rules, a state can be represented by different density matrices. As a result, different von Neumann entropies can be associated with the same state. Motivated by a minimality property of the von Neumann entropy of a density matrix with respect to its possible decompositions into pure states, we give a purely algebraic definition of entropy for states of an algebra of observables, thus solving the above ambiguity. The entropy so defined satisfies all the desirable thermodynamic properties, and reduces to the von Neumann entropy in the quantum mechanical case. Moreover, it can be shown to be equal to the von Neumann entropy of the unique representative density matrix belonging to the operator algebra of a multiplicity-free Hilbert-space representation.
description: 20 pages, 2 figures
Evaluation of accuracy, exclusivity, limit-of-detection and ease-of-use of LumiraDx™: An antigen-detecting point-of-care device for SARS-CoV-2.
Creators: name: Krüger, Lisa J
name: Klein, Julian AF
name: Tobian, Frank
name: Gaeddert, Mary
name: Lainati, Federica
name: Klemm, Sarah
name: Schnitzler, Paul
name: Bartenschlager, Ralf
name: Cerikan, Berati
name: Neufeldt, Christopher J
name: Nikolai, Olga
name: Lindner, Andreas K
name: Mockenhaupt, Frank P
name: Seybold, Joachim
name: Jones, Terry C
name: Corman, Victor M
name: Pollock, Nira R
name: Knorr, Britta
name: Welker, Andreas
name: De Vos, Margaretha
name: Sacks, Jilian A
name: Denkinger, Claudia M
name: ACE-IT Study Group
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Diagnostic Accuracy
Point-of-care
Covid-19
Sars-cov-2
Antigen-detecting Diagnostics

description: PURPOSE: Rapid antigen-detecting tests (Ag-RDTs) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can transform pandemic control. Thus far, sensitivity (≤ 85%) of lateral-flow assays has limited scale-up. Conceivably, microfluidic immunofluorescence Ag-RDTs could increase sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 detection. METHODS: This multi-centre diagnostic accuracy study investigated performance of the microfluidic immunofluorescence LumiraDx™ assay, enrolling symptomatic and asymptomatic participants with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection. Participants collected a supervised nasal mid-turbinate (NMT) self-swab for Ag-RDT testing, in addition to a professionally collected nasopharyngeal (NP) swab for routine testing with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results were compared to calculate sensitivity and specificity. Sub-analyses investigated the results by viral load, symptom presence and duration. An analytical study assessed exclusivity and limit-of-detection (LOD). In addition, we evaluated ease-of-use. RESULTS: The study was conducted between November 2nd 2020 and 4th of December 2020. 761 participants were enrolled, with 486 participants reporting symptoms on testing day. 120 out of 146 RT-PCR positive cases were detected positive by LumiraDx™, resulting in a sensitivity of 82.2% (95% CI 75.2-87.5%). Specificity was 99.3% (CI 98.3-99.7%). Sensitivity was increased in individuals with viral load ≥ 7 log10 SARS-CoV2 RNA copies/ml (93.8%; CI 86.2-97.3%). Testing against common respiratory commensals and pathogens showed no cross-reactivity and LOD was estimated to be 2-56 PFU/mL. The ease-of-use-assessment was favourable for lower throughput settings. CONCLUSION: The LumiraDx™ assay showed excellent analytical sensitivity, exclusivity and clinical specificity with good clinical sensitivity using supervised NMT self-sampling. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER AND REGISTRATION DATE: DRKS00021220 and 01.04.2020.
Additional file 1 of Endophytic ability of indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis strain VKK-BB2: new horizons for the development of novel insect pest-resistant crops
Creators: name: Pola, Sunitha
name: Kesharwani, Amit Kumar
name: Singh, Jyoti
name: Singh, Dinesh
name: Kalia, Vinay K.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Composition of semi synthetic diet for mass rearing of Leucinodes orbonalis.
Solving the SUSY Flavour and CP Problems with Non-Abelian Family Symmetry and Supergravity
Creators: name: Antusch, Stefan
name: King, Stephen F.
name: Malinsky, Michal
name: Ross, Graham G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Can a theory of flavour capable of describing the spectrum of fermion (including neutrino) masses and mixings also contain within it the seeds for a solution of the SUSY flavour and CP problems? We argue that supergravity together with a non-Abelian family symmetry can completely resolve the SUSY flavour and CP problems in a broad class of theories in which family symmetry and CP is spontaneously broken in the flavon sector. We show that a simple superpotential structure can suppresses the F-terms of the flavons and GUT scale Higgs fields and that, if this mechanism is implemented, the resulting flavour and CP violation is suppressed and comfortably within the experimental limits. For illustration, we study a specific model based on SU(3) family symmetry, but similar models based on non-Abelian (continuous or discrete) family symmetry will lead to similar results.
description: 14 pages
Additional file 1 of Patients’ perspectives of telemedicine appointments for psoriatic arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a patient-driven pilot survey
Creators: name: Jethwa, Hannah
name: Brooke, Melanie
name: Parkinson, Andrew
name: Dures, Emma
name: Gullick, Nicola J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Summary of results from e-survey.
Molecular hydrogen isotopes adsorbed on krypton-preplated graphite: Quantum Monte Carlo simulations
Creators: name: Turnbull, Joseph
name: Boninsegni, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Adsorption of ortho-deuterium and para-hydrogen films on a graphite substrate, pre-plated with a single atomic layer of krypton, is studied theoretically by means of quantum Monte Carlo simulations at low temperature. Our model explicitly includes substrate corrugation. Energetic and structural properties of these adsorbed films are computed for a range of hydrogen coverages. Thermodynamically stable adsorbed films are solid, with no clear evidence of any liquid-like phase. Quantum exchanges of ortho-deuterium and para-hydrogen are essentially absent in this system, down to zero temperature; consequently, this system displays no superfluidity in this limit. Our simulations provide evidence of a stable domain wall fluid at low temperature, consistently with recent experimental observations.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
Grafting vigour is associated with DNA de-methylation in eggplant.
Creators: name: Cerruti, Elisa
name: Gisbert, Carmina
name: Drost, Hajk-Georg
name: Valentino, Danila
name: Portis, Ezio
name: Barchi, Lorenzo
name: Prohens, Jaime
name: Lanteri, Sergio
name: Comino, Cinzia
name: Catoni, Marco
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Article
/631/449/2653
/631/208/176/1988
article

description: In horticulture, grafting is a popular technique used to combine positive traits from two different plants. This is achieved by joining the plant top part (scion) onto a rootstock which contains the stem and roots. Rootstocks can provide resistance to stress and increase plant production, but despite their wide use, the biological mechanisms driving rootstock-induced alterations of the scion phenotype remain largely unknown. Given that epigenetics plays a relevant role during distance signalling in plants, we studied the genome-wide DNA methylation changes induced in eggplant (Solanum melongena) scion using two interspecific rootstocks to increase vigour. We found that vigour was associated with a change in scion gene expression and a genome-wide hypomethylation in the CHH context. Interestingly, this hypomethylation correlated with the downregulation of younger and potentially more active long terminal repeat retrotransposable elements (LTR-TEs), suggesting that graft-induced epigenetic modifications are associated with both physiological and molecular phenotypes in grafted plants. Our results indicate that the enhanced vigour induced by heterografting in eggplant is associated with epigenetic modifications, as also observed in some heterotic hybrids.
From Sunlight to Power: The History of Achieving a Globally Harmonised Approach to PV Measurement
Creators: name: Müllejans, H.
name: Zaaiman, W.
name: Dunlop, E.D.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 778-782
description: The measurement of PV module power and energy rating requires necessarily the determination of the incident solar irradiance. This used to be the major contribution to measurement uncertainty (UC) and therefore efforts have been undertaken since the 1980s to develop and harmonise the measurement of irradiance with PV reference cells. In the mid 1990s the World Photovoltaic Scale (WPVS) was established. Based on this starting point, the concept was followed up by the European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) enlarging the number of contributing results and applying advanced data analysis methods, namely the determination of the WPVS calibration values as Key Comparison Reference Value (KCRV) usually employed in intercomparisons between National Metrology Institutes (NMI). This led to PV reference cells being able to measure the incident solar irradiance with an UC around 0.25%, the lowest worldwide for any PV device. Furthermore secondary calibrations of PV reference cells and PV modules are possible with an UC of 0.5% and 1.0% respectively. The WPVS has led to world-wide consistency in PV module power measurement and contributes to improved accuracy of PV energy rating.
Teacher Education Students' Attitude towards Research Studies: A Case Study
Creators: name: Garancho, Gliceria Arlyn G.
name: Marpa, Eliseo P.
Publisher: name: Rangsit University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Year: 2019
Subjects: Factors
Teacher Education Students
Attitude
Research
Case Study

description: RANGSIT JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, 6, 1, 12-25
A Simplified Model to Simulate Passivating & Selective Hole-Collecting Contacts
Creators: name: Janssen, G.J.M.
name: Ah Sen, M.T.S.K.
name: Bronsveld, P.C.P.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Characterisation & Simulation of Si Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 280-285
description: A simplified model is presented that can be used in simulations to describe a wide range of passivating & selective contacts with different interfacial layers, such as a tunneling oxide, an intrinsic a-Si layer or an oxide with a high pinhole density. The interfacial layer is described by a c-Si(i) layer with a low, effective charge carrier mobility. We present simulations using this model that show that a work function above 5.2 eV can be sufficient to make a good hole selective contact on Si. However, the lower the work function, the more care must be taken to optimize the interfacial layer to find a good balance between electron and hole transport.
The fiscal implications of land use decisions : an analysis of three municipal expenditure-revenue analyses undertaken in Greater Vancouver
Creators: name: Schlagintweit, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis explores the theory and practice of incorporating a financial perspective into land use planning. Although it is well known that land use changes have definite consequences on municipal finances, there is little empirical information to guide municipal planners in analyzing and understanding the fiscal consequences of their decisions. In this thesis the role of municipal expenditure-revenue analysis in land use planning is analyzed. Municipal expenditure-revenue analysis represents a methodology used to quantify the net cost to a municipal government of providing services to specified land use categories. The nature and historical development of municipal expenditure-revenue analysis is described, and criteria for the evaluation of such analyses are developed. On the basis of these criteria, three municipal expenditure-revenue studies, undertaken in metropolitan Vancouver, are analyzed and evaluated in order to highlight current field practice and key issues in this area of analysis. The evaluation of the three case studies illustrates that despite considerable efforts on behalf of the analysts involved, the results of the studies have little direct application in planning and policy formulation. All three studies were found to have shortcomings which place in question the reliability and validity of the results. Despite these shortcomings, it is concluded that the process of undertaking expenditure-revenue analysis is valuable in that it provides an explicit framework in which planners and other municipal officials can consider the financial implications of land use decisions. On the basis of the analysis and evaluation undertaken in this thesis five recommendations are developed which will help analysts to improve the reliability of both the process and results of future expenditure-revenue analysis. This, in turn, will increase the potential of the direct application of these studies' results in planning and policy formulation. The recommendations made in the concluding chapter of this thesis are listed below: (1 ) Municipal expenditure-revenue analysis should be undertaken under objective circumstances; (2) The resources available to municipal expenditure-revenue studies should allow a thorough and in-depth analysis of the expenditure and revenue associated with the specified land use categories;' (3) The study methodology should combine the range of approaches discussed in Chapter 2 of this thesis; (4) Municipal expenditure-revenue analysis should be computerized; and (5) All aspects of an expenditure-revenue analysis should be clearly documented.
Additional file 2 of Patients’ perspectives of telemedicine appointments for psoriatic arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a patient-driven pilot survey
Creators: name: Jethwa, Hannah
name: Brooke, Melanie
name: Parkinson, Andrew
name: Dures, Emma
name: Gullick, Nicola J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Lay summary.
Do we know eventually p(e)?
Creators: name: Kampfer, B.
name: Bluhm, M.
name: Schade, H.
name: Schulze, R.
name: Seipt, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quasi-particle model is employed to derive from available lattice QCD calculations an equation of state useable in hydrodynamical simulations of the expansion stage of strongly interacting matter created in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Various lattice results give an astonishing agreement of the pressure as a function of energy density at large energy densities supposed the pseudo-critical temperature is in the range $170 \pm 15$ MeV, while in the transition region the equation of state is not yet well constrained. Therefore, one can construct a family of equations of state by bridging the uncertain region from the uniquely given high-energy density region part to a hadronic equation of state by suitable interpolation together with the extrapolation to non-zero baryon density by means of the quasi-particle model. We present a series of tests of the model, discuss the chiral extrapolation and the role of Landau damping. We also briefly sketch the path of cosmic matter in the early universe in the phase diagram.
description: Aug. 2007. 9 pp. Invited talk given at 4th International Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement, Darmstadt, Germany, 9-13 Jul 2007
Инфекции, передаваемые половым путем. Клиника, диагностика и лечение
Creators: name: Сергеевич, Шевченко Александр
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: инфекции, передаваемые половым путем
ИППП
sexually transmitted infections
STIs

description: На русском: [Шевченко А.С. Инфекции, передаваемые половым путем. Клиника, диагностика и лечение / Общество акушеров-гинекологов. День акушера, 22 декабря 2000 года, орг. ОЗО, ГЗО, ХГМУ, ХМАПО, Перинатальній центр // Информационный бюллетень Харьковского медицинского общества, ноябрь-декабрь 2000 года, 15 с. - Украина, Харьков: ХМО, 2000. - С.15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3253155]

Ключевые слова: инфекции, передаваемые половым путем (ИППП).

In English: [Shevchenko Alexander S. (2000) Sexually transmitted infections. Clinic, diagnosis and treatment (rus.) / Сommunity of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstetrician Day, December 22, 2000 // Information Bulletin of Kharkov Medical  Сommunity, November-December 2000, p. 15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3253155]

Keywords: sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Ecological Footprint of PV Electricity: Influence of Waste Management, Degradation and Lifetime
Creators: name: Weiß, K.-A.
name: Herceg, S.
name: Pinto, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
Sustainability and Recycling

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1224-1228
description: Research and development of photovoltaic (PV) systems have normally been oriented to increased efficiencies and power outputs which, indirectly, reduce the specific impacts of such systems. It becomes necessary, however, to give more relevance to the ecological footprint of PV from the very first stages of conception and design in order to optimize its environmental performance and to guarantee that development based on these technologies is truly sustainable. Following the recommendations of the European Commission and associated photovoltaic (PV) research programs, a Life Cycle Assessment on PV systems has been performed. The objective has been to evaluate different strategies carrying potential to mitigate the harmful environmental impacts that PV product ion entails and to determine which of these lead to higher reductions of its ecological footprint.