cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Characterising the dynamics of cerebral metabolic dysfunction following traumatic brain injury: A microdialysis study in 619 patients.
Creators: name: Guilfoyle, Mathew R
name: Helmy, Adel
name: Donnelly, Joseph
name: Stovell, Matthew G
name: Timofeev, Ivan
name: Pickard, John D
name: Czosnyka, Marek
name: Smielewski, Peter
name: Menon, David
name: Carpenter, Keri
name: Hutchinson, Peter
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Research Article
subject: Biology and life sciences
subject: Medicine and health sciences
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Research and analysis methods

description: Funder: Evelyn Trust; funder-id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004282
description: Funder: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation; funder-id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100013112
description: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability, particularly amongst young people. Current intensive care management of TBI patients is targeted at maintaining normal brain physiology and preventing secondary injury. Microdialysis is an invasive monitor that permits real-time assessment of derangements in cerebral metabolism and responses to treatment. We examined the prognostic value of microdialysis parameters, and the inter-relationships with other neuromonitoring modalities to identify interventions that improve metabolism. This was an analysis of prospective data in 619 adult TBI patients requiring intensive care treatment and invasive neuromonitoring at a tertiary UK neurosciences unit. Patients had continuous measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP), arterial blood pressure (ABP), brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2), and cerebral metabolism and were managed according to a standardized therapeutic protocol. Microdialysate was assayed hourly for metabolites including glucose, pyruvate, and lactate. Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) and cerebral autoregulation (PRx) were derived from the ICP and ABP. Outcome was assessed with the Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) at 6 months. Relationships between monitoring variables was examined with generalized additive mixed models (GAMM). Lactate/Pyruvate Ratio (LPR) over the first 3 to 7 days following injury was elevated amongst patients with poor outcome and was an independent predictor of ordinal GOS (p<0.05). Significant non-linear associations were observed between LPR and cerebral glucose, CPP, and PRx (p<0.001 to p<0.05). GAMM models suggested improved cerebral metabolism (i.e. reduced LPR with CPP >70mmHg, PRx <0.1, PbtO2 >18mmHg, and brain glucose >1mM. Deranged cerebral metabolism is an important determinant of patient outcome following TBI. Variations in cerebral perfusion, oxygenation and glucose supply are associated with changes in cerebral LPR and suggest therapeutic interventions to improve cerebral metabolism. Future prospective studies are required to determine the efficacy of these strategies.
Supplementary data for "Phased polyploid genomes provide deeper insight into the multiple origins of domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae beer yeasts"
Creators: name: Saada, Omar Abou
name: Friedrich, Anne
name: Schacherer, Joseph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: In our paper, "Phased polyploid genomes provide deeper insight into the multiple origins of domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae beer yeasts", the Figures 1 and S2 contained sufficiently many pages that we have published only representative examples and uploaded the full files here. The link to this file can be found in the paper in the relevant legend descriptions.
Loop equations, matrix models, and N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories
Creators: name: Kraus, Per
name: Ryzhov, Anton V.
name: Shigemori, Masaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the Konishi anomaly equations for N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories based on the classical gauge groups with matter in two-index tensor and fundamental representations, thus extending the existing results for U(N). A general formula is obtained which expresses solutions to the Konishi anomaly equation in terms of solutions to the loop equations of the corresponding matrix model. This provides an alternative to the diagrammatic proof that the perturbative part of the glueball superpotential $W_{\rm eff}$ for these matter representations can be computed from matrix model integrals, and further shows that the two approaches always give the same result. The anomaly approach is found to be computationally more efficient in the cases we studied. Also, we show in the anomaly approach how theories with a traceless two-index tensor can be solved using an associated theory with a traceful tensor and appropriately chosen coupling constants.
description: 27 pages, amstex, no figures. v2: references added. v3: minor corrections
THE CONCEPT OF "A MACEDONIAN NATION" AS A NEW DIMENSION IN BALKAN POLITICS. (GREECE)
Creators: name: Matzureff, George Dimitroff
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: A, page: 1822.
Black holes in Goedel-type universes with a cosmological constant
Creators: name: Behrndt, Klaus
name: Klemm, Dietmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss supersymmetric black holes embedded in a Goedel-type universe with cosmological constant in five dimensions. The spacetime is a fibration over a four-dimensional Kaehler base manifold, and generically has closed timelike curves. Asymptotically the space approaches a deformation of AdS_5, which suggests that the appearance of closed timelike curves should have an interpretation in some deformation of D=4, N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. Finally, a Goedel-de Sitter universe is also presented and its causal structure is discussed.
description: 25 pages, Latex, no figures, references updated, physical discussion of the solutions considerably expanded, holographic stress tensor and conserved charges of Goedel-AdS(5) solution computed
The Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles on Egg, Larva, and Adult Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa)
Creators: name: Spence, Austin Reid
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles on egg, larva, and adult rough-skinned newts, Taricha granulosa. To date, little research has been done to investigate the potentially detrimental effects of nanoparticles on amphibians, especially salamanders and newts (caudates). Chronic toxicity was tested on eggs and larvae, and acute toxicity was tested on eggs, larvae, and adults. For eggs, chronic exposure to ZnO nanoparticles caused higher mortality at 10.0 and 100.0 mg/L compared to 0.0, 0.1, and 1.0 mg/L. When given an acute exposure (24h) to nanoparticles at a late incubation stage, nanoparticles caused larvae to hatch five days early, at a decreased developmental stage and smaller size compared to the control. Chronic and acute exposure of larvae increased mortality up to 75% at both 10 and 100.0 mg/L, and exhibited sublethal effects, most dramatically, severe gill degradation. These results suggest nanoparticles can have lethal and sublethal effects on all life stages of amphibians. For the first time to our knowledge caudates are shown to be vulnerable to nanoparticle toxicity. Considering the paucity of data on this relatively new environmental contaminant, the use of nanoparticles and their potential effects need to be recognized as these substances become increasingly prevalent in the environment.
Metastability within the generalized canonical ensemble
Creators: name: Touchette, H.
name: Costeniuc, M.
name: Ellis, R. S.
name: Turkington, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a property of our recently introduced generalized canonical ensemble (J. Stat. Phys. 119 (2005) 1283). We show that this ensemble can be used to transform metastable or unstable (nonequilibrium) states of the standard canonical ensemble into stable (equilibrium) states within the generalized canonical ensemble. Equilibrium calculations within the generalized canonical ensemble can thus be used to obtain information about nonequilibrium states in the canonical ensemble.
description: 5 pages, RevTeX4, Proceedings of the NEXT-SigmaPhi 2005 Conference, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among reproductive age women: Findings from the 2019 BRFSS
Creators: name: Hurley, Laura
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: adverse childhood experiences
subject: reproduction
subject: women
subject: girls
subject: health risks
subject: abuse
subject: neglect
subject: Adverse Childhood Experiences
subject: Women's Health

description: I would like to thank Dr. Joe Feinglass for his mentorship of this work and investment in my training. Jointly, we would like to thank Dr. Audrey Stillerman and Bridget Gavaghan for their partnership in this work. All stakeholders have been updated on the progress of this research; they will receive the final paper once completed, and discussion of findings will be communicated through virtual channels.
description: Background and Significance: The 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences ACE Study defines ACEs as ten categories of abuse, neglect, and family stressors before age 18. ACEs contribute to poor health and wellbeing for all genders across the lifespan. Despite rising premature mortality among women, and the impact of childhood adversity on girls and women, scant research examines trends in ACEs among women of reproductive age.  Methods: This study utilizes the 2019 BRFSS Survey and focuses on women and men ages 18-39 in 17 states. The study first analyses gender differences in ACE score and specific ACE exposures. The study then examines age differences in ACE scores between four age cohorts of women of reproductive age (18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 years). Finally, the study analyses associations between womens ACEs scores and adult physical and mental health, self-reported BMI categories, history of depression, and fair to poor overall health by age cohort. Results: Findings revealed a higher prevalence of 4+ ACE scores among women as compared to men ages 18-39 years (5.42% difference). A greater proportion of women experienced sexual abuse (16.49% vs. 5.91%), lived with someone experiencing mental illness (22.16% vs. 15.44%), with alcohol abuse (22.31% vs. 18.32%) and drug/prescription medication abuse (13.58% vs.12.16%), and witnessed domestic violence at home (16.59% vs. 12.84%) compared to men. Younger reproductive age women (18-24 years) experienced a greater prevalence of 4+ ACEs (24.67%) as compared to older reproductive age women (35-39 years) (20.06%; 4.61% difference). In contrast to those without a history of ACEs, women with 4+ ACEs were 1.59 (95% CI, 1.41-1.78) times as likely to develop obesity, 3.46 (95% CI 3.07-3.90) times as likely to have a history of depression, and 1.68 (95% CI 1.45-1.94) times as likely to report fair or poor health. Discussion: ACEs are associated with significant health problems among reproductive age women. These findings provide a critical foundation for future social epidemiology research focused on this population. Awareness of the prevalence and impact of ACEs must be included in public health planning, policy, and practice to improve the health of reproductive age women.
Spectral Theory of Time Dispersive and Dissipative Systems
Creators: name: Figotin, Alex
name: Schenker, Jeffrey H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34A30, 47DO6, 82CO3, 78A25, 70J10

description: We study linear time dispersive and dissipative systems. Very often such systems are not conservative and the standard spectral theory can not be applied. We develop a mathematically consistent framework allowing (i) to constructively determine if a given time dispersive system can be extended to a conservative one; (ii) to construct that very conservative system -- which we show is essentially unique. We illustrate the method by applying it to the spectral analysis of time dispersive dielectrics and the damped oscillator with retarded friction. In particular, we obtain a conservative extension of the Maxwell equations which is equivalent to the original Maxwell equations for a dispersive and lossy dielectric medium.
description: LaTeX, 57 Pages, incorporated revisions corresponding with published version
Additional file 1 of Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in acute coronary syndrome patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Grande, Michael R. Le
name: Beauchamp, Alison
name: Driscoll, Andrea
name: Jackson, Alun C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols) 2015 checklist: recommended items addressed in our systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sensing individual nuclear spins with a single rare-earth electron spin
Creators: name: Kornher, Thomas
name: Xiao, Da-Wu
name: Xia, Kangwei
name: Sardi, Fiammetta
name: Zhao, Nan
name: Kolesov, Roman
name: Wrachtrup, Jörg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rare-earth related electron spins in crystalline hosts are unique material systems, as they can potentially provide a direct interface between telecom band photons and long-lived spin quantum bits. Specifically, their optically accessible electron spins in solids interacting with nuclear spins in their environment are valuable quantum memory resources. Detection of nearby individual nuclear spins, so far exclusively shown for few dilute nuclear spin bath host systems such as the NV center in diamond or the silicon vacancy in silicon carbide, remained an open challenge for rare-earths in their host materials, which typically exhibit dense nuclear spin baths. Here, we present the electron spin spectroscopy of single Ce$^{3+}$ ions in a yttrium orthosilicate host, featuring a coherence time of $T_{2}=124\,μ$s. This coherent interaction time is sufficiently long to isolate proximal $^{89}$Y nuclear spins from the nuclear spin bath of $^{89}$Y. Furthermore, it allows for the detection of a single nearby $^{29}$Si nuclear spin, native to the host material with ~5% abundance. This study opens the door to quantum memory applications in rare-earth ion related systems based on coupled environmental nuclear spins, potentially useful for quantum error correction schemes.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Additional file 2 of Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in acute coronary syndrome patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Grande, Michael R. Le
name: Beauchamp, Alison
name: Driscoll, Andrea
name: Jackson, Alun C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Search strategy.
On the open Dicke-type model generated by an infinite-component vector spin
Creators: name: Kyokawa, Ryota
name: Moriya, Hajime
name: Tamura, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider an open Dicke model comprising a single infinite-component vector spin and a single-mode harmonic oscillator which are connected by Jaynes--Cummings-type interaction between them. This open quantum model is referred to as the OISD (Open Infinite-component Spin Dicke) model. The algebraic structure of the OISD Liouvillian is studied in terms of superoperators acting on the space of density matrices. An explicit invertible superoperator (precisely, a completely positive trace-preserving map) is obtained that transforms the OISD Liouvillian into a sum of two independent Liouvillians, one generated by a dressed spin only, the other generated by a dressed harmonic oscillator only. The time evolution generated by the OISD Liouvillian is shown to be asymptotically equivalent to that generated by an adjusted decoupled Liouvillian with some synchronized frequencies of the spin and the harmonic oscillator. This asymptotic equivalence implies that the time evolution of the OISD model dissipates completely in the presence of any (tiny) dissipation.
description: 25pages, Accepted for publication in Open Systems & Information Dynamics
On semiclassical approximation and spinning string vertex operators in AdS_5 x S^5
Creators: name: Tseytlin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Following earlier work by Polyakov and Gubser, Klebanov and Polyakov, we attempt to clarify the structure of vertex operators representing string states which have large (``semiclassical'') values of AdS energy (equal to 4-d dimension Δ) and angular momentum J in S^5 or spin S in AdS_5. We comment on the meaning of semiclassical limit in the context of α' perturbative expansion for the 2-d anomalous dimensions of the corresponding vertex operators. We consider in detail the leading-order 1-loop renormalization of these operators in AdS_5 x S^5 sigma model (ignoring fermionic contributions). We find new examples of operators for which, as in the case considered in hep-th/0110196, the 1-loop anomalous dimension can be made small by tuning quantum numbers. We also comment on a possibility of deriving the semiclassical relation between Δand J or S from the marginality condition for the vertex operators, using a stationary phase approximation in the path integral expression for their 2-point correlator on a complex plane.
description: 35 pages, harvmac; v2: references added
Reconstructing $ρ^0$ and $ω$ mesons from non-leptonic decays in C+C at 2AGeV
Creators: name: Vogel, Sascha
name: Bleicher, Marcus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We predict transverse and longitudinal momentum spectra and yields of $ρ^0$ and $ω$ mesons reconstructed from hadron correlations in C+C reactions at 2~AGeV. The rapidity and $p_T$ distributions for reconstructable $ρ^0$ mesons differs strongly from the primary distribution, while the $ω$'s distributions are only weakly modified. We discuss the temporal and spatial distributions of the particles emitted in the hadron channel. Finally, we report on the mass shift of the $ρ^0$ due to its coupling to the $N^*(1520)$, which is observable in both the di-lepton and $ππ$ channel. Our calculations can be tested with the Hades experiment at GSI, Darmstadt.
Scalar ether theory of gravity: a modification that seems needed
Creators: name: Arminjon, Mayeul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The construction of the scalar theory based on the concept of gravity as Archimedes' thrust is briefly summarized, emphasizing the two (extreme) possibilities that result from this concept for the gravitational rod contraction: it can either occur in only one direction, or be isotropic. A modified equation for the scalar field is stated for the new, isotropic case. The reasons to consider this case are: i) it is almost as natural as the other case, and ii) it should avoid the violation of the weak equivalence principle, found for a small extended body with the directional contraction. The dynamical equation stays unchanged.
description: LaTeX, 7 pages. Summary of a talk to be given at the IXth Conference "Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory" (London, 3--6 September 2004). This text will be published in the Proceedings (M. C. Duffy, ed.). v2: Redactional improvements in Sects. 3 (Dynamics) and 5 (Modified Equations), a new result announced in Sect. 5, a few references updated or added
USIA Poll: African Students in Great Britain
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: This is a survey of students from Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania, who are now enrolled in British universities and technical colleges. Topics included: other nations visited, opinions of other nations (most liked, least liked), own definitions of "ideal" and "worst" nations and examples of each, effects of foreign aid on Africa, interest in learning about political affairs, problems facing nations in Africa, factors affecting one's quality of life, what respondents read, future desired profession, and demographics.
Additional file 6 of ACE inhibitors in SSc patients display a risk factor for scleroderma renal crisis—a EUSTAR analysis
Creators: name: Bütikofer, Lukas
name: Varisco, Pierre A.
name: O. Distler
name: O. Kowal-Bielecka
name: Y. Allanore
name: G. Riemekasten
name: P. M. Villiger
name: Adler, S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 6: Table S3. Hazard ratios for renal crisis from a multivariable Cox proportional hazard model with covariates observed at any time before renal crisis based on the medication dataset.
Quantifying Non-Game Fish Sampling Biases and Demographics to Better Understand the Role of Fish in Pelican Diet and Distribution at Strawberry Reservoir, UT
Creators: name: Reynolds, Jamie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Predation and competition are natural ecological processes, though these interactions occasionally cause concern among humans when ecosystem services are involved (e.g., popular fisheries in highly managed systems). The population of American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at Strawberry Reservoir (Utah) has increased dramatically in the last decade, as have the populations of Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens) and Utah chub (Gila atraria). Anglers and managers are concerned that predation by pelicans and competition from non-game fish species are negatively impacting the reservoir's prized Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah) fishery. My project focused on non-game fishes and is part of a larger project examining potential pelican predation on fishes, with an emphasis on cutthroat trout. Our goals included assessing potential for net bias, estimating age-class structure and body condition of non-game fishes, and beginning investigations of the relative impact pelicans have on the non-game fishes of the reservoir. During the 2014 field season, we caught multiple species of fishes using trap nets and gill nets, measured all captured fishes, conducted counts of the pelican population, and gathered pelican diet samples. Using a Kolmogorov-Smimov test we determined that gill nets are biased towards larger fishes. Based on length-weight regressions and Fulton's K factor, we observed higher body condition for Utah chub relative to Utah sucker. By identifying dominant modes of size-frequency distributions and comparing the modes to age-at-length data from previous studies, we estimated that captured Utah chub are age-1 and older, while captured Utah sucker are age-4 and older. We also evaluated the relationships between the number of pelicans and the catch-per-unit-effort of fishes at four different locations in the reservoir, and observed no clear relationship. These results will provide useful information for fish population modeling in the future, for informing the next and final season of field data collection, and ultimately for critical management decisions for both birds and fishes in the reservoir.
THE HOUSE OF ROTCH: WHALING MERCHANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1734-1828
Creators: name: McDevitt, Jr., Joseph Lawrence
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 43
subject: History, heritage and archaeology
classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: A, page: 1787.
Intergenerational Care: A Strategic Approach to Senior Care
Creators: name: Stadel, Amanda Lundholm
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Our society has become increasingly segregated between generations, specifically with senior adults. During the last years of a senior adult's life, he or she may often feel socially isolated which is closely correlated to depression, mental health challenges, and physical decline. These challenges may likely increase considering the number of adults age 65 and older is predicted to double within the next 25 years.
Intergenerational care is an innovative model that combines both child and senior care in a way that bridges the gap between generations. Studies have shown that implementing this model can benefit residents in ways that other types of care facilities cannot. Time spent with children can be a powerful antidote to depression, disability, and memory retention. It also benefits children by helping them better understand disabilities and the aging process.
The purpose of this study is to view intergenerational care from management's perspective. In the fiercely competitive environment of senior care, intergenerational care can be a powerful strategic solution not only to substantially increase profit, but to improve quality of life for those involved. Through secondary research, the study highlights the strategic approach and benefits of intergenerational care to the business, staff, and residents. It provides practical ideas to implement this model of care into existing facilities.
Additional file 5 of ACE inhibitors in SSc patients display a risk factor for scleroderma renal crisis—a EUSTAR analysis
Creators: name: Bütikofer, Lukas
name: Varisco, Pierre A.
name: O. Distler
name: O. Kowal-Bielecka
name: Y. Allanore
name: G. Riemekasten
name: P. M. Villiger
name: Adler, S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 5: Table S2. Hazard ratios for renal crisis from a multivariable Cox proportional hazard model with covariates measured at baseline based on the medication dataset.
REACTIONS OF CYCLIC ALCOHOLS WITH BROMINE AND SILVER COMPOUNDS
Creators: name: Onley, John Henry
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 3405
subject: Organic chemistry

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: B, page: 1292.
Why Despite Bipartisan Support, the Embargo Against Cuba Won't Go Down Without a Fight
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Victoria Scotte
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Within the past decade, there has been a dramatic shift in American politics. Once considered enemies, the United States and Cuba have reestablished diplomatic relations. The reestablishment of relationships is a surprise to many politicians because Cuba has not made the necessary changes to end the trade embargo put into place by the 1996 Helms-Burton act.
The majority of the friction in ending the embargo is from the Republican Party. While over half the Republicans in the country support ending the embargo, the Republicans in congress are not quite as divided on the issue. Still, some republicans are adamantly in favor of free trade and increasing agricultural exports from their state and support relations with Cuba. The senators that support relations represent the future and the ideologies of the rising millennial generation.
The source behind the change is the growing millennial demographic among both the Cuban American population and the entire U.S. population. Despite the millennial generation's influence on relations with Cuba, it will take at least a decade to see the end of the Helms Burton act because of the generation currently in control of the Republican legislature. Because of the complex way in which the U.S. political system functions, full relations with Cuba will have to wait a decade for millennials to become the overwhelming majority of the work force and to control the delegates elected to Congress.
Texture of Yukawa coupling matrices in general two-Higgs-doublet model
Creators: name: Zhou, Yu-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss possible parallel textures of the Yukawa coupling matrices in the generaltwo-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM). In those textures the flavor changing neutral currentsare naturally suppressed. Motivated by a phenomenologically successful texturewith four texture zeros in the standard model, we propose a predictive ansatz for the Yukawa coupling matrices with the same texture in the general 2HDM. Compared with the six texture-zero based ansatz proposed by Cheng and Sher, it is in a better agreement with the data of quark mixings and CP violation. The four texture-zero based ansatz predicts a different hierarchy in the Yukawa coupling matrix elements. As a consequence, in the lepton sector, the related Yukawa couplings are less constrained by the experimental upper bound of $μ\to eγ$, which allows significantly larger predictions for other processes. The contributions from neutral scalar interactions to the lepton number violation decay modes $\ell\to \ell_{1}\ell_{2}\ell_{3}$ are calculated in both ansatz. It is shown that the predictions from the four texture-zero based ansatz could be two order of magnitude greater than that from the six texture-zero based one. The branching ratio of $μ\to 3e$ and $τ\to 3μ$ can reach $7.5 \times 10^{-17}$ and $1.3\tiems 10^{-10}$ respectively. The predicted ratio of $Br(μ\to 3e)/Br(τ\to 3e)$ is also larger and almost parameter independent. Those differences make the two ansatz to be easily distinguished by the future experiments.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures
The Southeast in Context: An Assessment of the Trauma Associated With Agriculture
Creators: name: Welker, Martin
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2013

description: Hunter-gatherer tradition prevailed as the dominant subsistence pattern for most of human history. Between 9,000 and 13,000 years ago peoples in the Levant, New World, and Asia began the domestication and cultivation of wild flora and fauna, creating a subsistence pattern that subsequently spread to neighboring regions (Abbo et al. 2010; Bellwood 2009; Purugganan & Fuller 2009; Richerson et al. 2001). The influence of this agricultural transition on human populations is manifested in various forms in the human skeleton, many of which have received intensive study: dental caries, degenerative joint disease, decreased stature, and increased birth rates (Bridges 1991; Larson 1997, 2006; Tayles et al. 2000). However, few studies have focused on the fracture trauma associated with agriculture. As early as 1976, Steinbock noted a slight decrease in the number of fractures that populations in the southern U.S. exhibited as they moved from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to floodplain agriculture. More recently, Domett and Tayles (2006) examined changes in fracture patterns through time in prehistoric rice agriculturalists in Thailand, hypothesizing that increased intensification of agricultural activities was responsible for increased rates of long bone fracture.
Twisted Hochschild Homology of Quantum Flag Manifolds and Kähler Forms
Creators: name: Matassa, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the twisted Hochschild homology of quantum flag manifolds, the twist being the modular automorphism of the Haar state. We prove that every quantum flag manifold admits a non-trivial class in degree two, with an explicit representative defined in terms of a certain projection. The corresponding classical two-form, via the Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg theorem, is identified with a Kähler form on the flag manifold.
Qutrit and Ququint Magic States
Creators: name: Jain, Akalank
name: Prakash, Shiroman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-stabilizer eigenstates of Clifford operators are natural candidates for endpoints of magic state distillation routines. We provide an explicit bestiary of all inequivalent non-stabilizer Clifford eigenstates for qutrits and ququints. For qutrits, there are four non-degenerate eigenstates, and two families of degenerate eigenstates. For ququints, there are eight non-degenerate eigenstates, and three families of degenerate eigenstates. Of these states, a simultaneous eigenvector of all Clifford symplectic rotations known as the qutrit strange state is distinguished as both the most magic qutrit state and the most symmetric qutrit state. We show that no analogue of the qutrit strange state (i.e., no simultaneous eigenvector of all symplectic rotations) exists for qudits of any odd prime dimension $d>3$.
description: 41 pages, 9 figures; v2: improved discussion, accepted in Phys. Rev. A
Speed limit for open systems coupled to general environments
Creators: name: Shiraishi, Naoto
name: Saito, Keiji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, we investigate the bound on the speed of state transformation in the quantum and classical systems that are coupled to general environment with arbitrary coupling interactions. We show that a Mandelstam-Tamm type speed limit exists and energy fluctuation still plays a crucial role in this speed limit inequality for open quantum systems. The energy fluctuation of the target system in addition to the coupling to the environment is key in the inequality. We also present the classical version of the speed limit for open systems. As potential applications of the proposed speed limit expression, we discuss the fundamental limitation of the state change in quantum cyclic engines and the equilibriation time required for the thermalization phenomena of isolated quantum systems.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
Treatment of burns
Creators: name: Creator not identified.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1940
Subjects: subject: Burns
subject: Burns
subject: Burns/therapy

description: These guidelines dealing with the treatment of patient with burns discuss how to care for those in shock, how to care for localized burns, the equipment and supplies needed to treat the burn patients,  and general recommendations.
Additional file 4 of ACE inhibitors in SSc patients display a risk factor for scleroderma renal crisis—a EUSTAR analysis
Creators: name: Bütikofer, Lukas
name: Varisco, Pierre A.
name: O. Distler
name: O. Kowal-Bielecka
name: Y. Allanore
name: G. Riemekasten
name: P. M. Villiger
name: Adler, S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4: Table S1. Hazard ratios for renal crisis from univariable Cox proportional hazard models based on (A) the complete and (B) the medication dataset.
THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION: THE DILEMMA OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND THE RESOLUTION OF INVESTOR-HOST CONFLICT WITH REFERENCE TO CHILE
Creators: name: Persaud, Motee Lall
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: A, page: 1824.
Spa47 is an Oligomerization - Activated Type Three Secretion System (T3SS) ATPase from Shigella flexneri
Creators: name: Kingsford, Jamie Lee
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Gram-negative pathogens often use conserved type three secretion systems (T3SS) for virulence. The Shigella type three secretion apparatus (T3SA) penetrates the host cell membrane and provides a unidirectional conduit for injection of effectors into host cells. The protein Spa4 7 localizes to the base of the apparatus and is speculated to be an ATPase that provides the energy for T3SA formation and secretion. Here, we developed an expression and purification protocol, producing active Spa47 and providing the first direct evidence that Spa47 is a bona fide ATPase. Additionally, size exclusion chromatography and analytical ultracentrifugation identified multiple oligomeric species of Spa47 with the largest greater than 8 fold more active for ATP hydrolysis than the monomer. An ATPase inactive Spa47 point mutant was then engineered by targeting a conserved Lysine within the predicted Walker A motif of Spa47. Interestingly, the mutant maintained a similar oligomerization pattern as active Spa47, but was unable to restore invasion phenotype when used to complement a spa47 null S. flexneri strain. Together, these results identify Spa47 as a Shigella T3SS ATPase and suggest that its activity is linked to oligomerization, perhaps as a regulatory mechanism as seen in some related pathogens. Additionally, Spa4 7 catalyzed ATP hydrolysis appears to be essential for host cell invasion, providing a strong platform for additional studies dissecting its role in virulence and providing an attractive target for anti-infective agents.
Monopole and Berry Phase in Momentum Space in Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics
Creators: name: Berard, Alain
name: Mohrbach, Herve
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To build genuine generators of the rotations group in noncommutative quantum mechanics, we show that it is necessary to extend the noncommutative parameter $θ$ to a field operator, which one proves to be only momentum dependent. We find consequently that this field must be obligatorily a dual Dirac monopole in momentum space. Recent experiments in the context of the anomalous Hall effect provide for a monopole in the crystal momentum space. We suggest a connection between the noncommutative field and the Berry curvature in momentum space which is at the origine of the anomalous Hall effect.
description: 4 pages
Revisiting Transactional Statistics of High-scalability Blockchains
Creators: name: Perez, Daniel
name: Xu, Jiahua
name: Livshits, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Scalability has been a bottleneck for major blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Despite the significantly improved scalability claimed by several high--profile blockchain projects, there has been little effort to understand how their transactional throughput is being used. In this paper, we examine recent network traffic of three major high-scalability blockchains--EOSIO, Tezos and XRP Ledger (XRPL)--over a period of seven months. Our analysis reveals that only a small fraction of the transactions are used for value transfer purposes. In particular, 96% of the transactions on EOSIO were triggered by the airdrop of a currently valueless token; on Tezos, 76% of throughput was used for maintaining consensus; and over 94% of transactions on XRPL carried no economic value. We also identify a persisting airdrop on EOSIO as a DoS attack and detect a two-month-long spam attack on XRPL. The paper explores the different designs of the three blockchains and sheds light on how they could shape user behavior.
Online Credibility Testing in Small Organizations: A Case Study of the Global Village Gifts Website
Creators: name: Homan, Natalie Cheney
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: A visitor's perception of the credibility of a website and the organization behind it is a matter of great importance to any business. A theory known as prominence-interpretation theory suggests that users make credibility judgments through a two-step process: "1. The user notices something (Prominence), and 2. The user makes a judgment about it (Interpretation)" (Fogg, et al., 2003). With this theory as a basis for support, Heidi Everett (2012) developed a credibility test for small businesses to assess the credibility of their website through a focus group.
Global Village Gifts (GVG) is a not-for-profit fair trade store in Logan, UT. Using Everett's study (2012), I utilized a focus group to get feedback on the credibility of GVG's website. Using feedback from the focus group, I redesigned the website with changes to the color, text, and visual elements of the website. Through my research, I learned that a focus group allows a designer to focus on what users wanted to see, rather than using personal judgment to make all decisions regarding design and organization.
Senior Thesis
Creators: name: Vincent, Trevor Dane
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Senior recital for Trevor Vincent, playing the alto saxophone. Accompanied by Mike Benson (saxophone), Sierra Summers (piano), Alfredo Balcacer (guitar), Kelin Gibbons (guitar), Emily Pack (piano/keyboard), Thomas Pratt (bass), and Nick Miner (drums).
Irrigation Organizations: Drought Planning and Response
Creators: name: Wallander, Steven
name: Hrozencik, Aaron
name: Aillery, Marcel
name: Wallander, Steven
name: Hrozencik, Aaron
name: Aillery, Marcel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Irrigation district
subject: groundwater district
subject: ditch company
subject: drought planning
subject: drought resilience
subject: irrigation water

description: Using data from USDA’s 2019 Survey of Irrigation Organizations (SIO), this report provides an over-view of drought planning and response by irrigation districts, ditch companies, groundwater districts, and other similar irrigation organizations. While drought planning is common among State and local governments, only one-fifth of irrigation organizations have a formal drought plan. The majority of those plans include strategies for curtailing water deliveries or groundwater pumping in the event of drought. Irrigation organizations depend upon a wide range of meteorological and hydrologic data sources to plan for and respond to drought. These data allow organizations to choose which short- (e.g., land fallowing, leasing supplemental water supplies) and long-run (e.g., managed aquifer recharge) water management strategies best enhance their resiliency to drought. Conservation investments (e.g., flow rate metering and canal lining or piping) are another tool to improve long-run drought resilience. The most common reason that irrigation organizations cite for making these investments is “water supply variability and production risk,” which illustrates the important role that these organizations play in determining the resilience of the irrigated agricultural sector to drought and water scarcity.
On the Alberti-Uhlmann Condition for Unital Channels
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Sagnik
name: Chruściński, Dariusz
name: Sarbicki, Gniewomir
name: Ende, Frederik vom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the problem of existence of completely positive trace preserving (CPTP) maps between two sets of density matrices. We refine the result of Alberti and Uhlmann and derive a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a unital channel between two pairs of qubit states which ultimately boils down to three simple inequalities.
description: comments welcome
Supplementary Table S1: Tolerability assessment form
Creators: name: Tchakounte Youngui, Boris
name: Tchounga, Boris Kevin
name: Atwine, Daniel
name: Vasiliu, Anca
name: Cuer, Benjamin
name: Simo, Leonie
name: Okello, Richard
name: Tchendjou, Patrice
name: Kuate, Albert Kuate
name: Turyahabwe, Stavia
name: Cohn, Jennifer
name: M. Graham, Stephen
name: Casenghi, Martina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420601
subject: Community child health

description: Safety of 3-month rifampicin-isoniazid tuberculosis preventive therapy in child household contacts in a community-based intervention in Cameroon and Uganda
Medical Professionalism: An Expiremental Look at Physicians' Facebook Profiles
Creators: name: Clyde, Joseph Wright
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2012

description: Use of social networking services (SNS) is on the rise. While many users sign in for personal purposes, it is not uncommon for professionals to connect over SNSs with clients, students, and patients. The present study was concerned with examining a particular group of professionals, medical doctors, and how their profiles on an SNS site related to potential patient's impressions of professionalism. Participants recruited from Utah State University (USU; n = 253) and through Survey Monkey (n = 39) were randomized to view one of six vignette Facebook profiles. Profiles were populated with solely professional material or personal material that was strictly healthy or included unhealthy behavior. Across each of these three conditions there was a male and female physician resulting in six experimental profiles. The First Impressions of Medical Professionalism (FIMP) scale was developed to measure medical professionalism where a working relationship has not been established (Cronbach's α = 0.95). There was a large and statistically significant main effect for profile type, F(2,288) = 56.380, p < .001, ηp2 = .286. Post hoc tests indicated that personal profiles that contained healthy behavior were rated as most professional followed by profiles with strictly professional content. Personal unhealthy profiles were rated as least professional. Additionally, female profiles consistently received higher professionalism ratings across all three profile types [F(1, 288) = 4.770, p = .030, ηp2= .017]. A medical doctor's SNS profile may augment a patient's perception of that physician's medical professionalism as long as the profile content upholds the decorum of the medical field.