cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Measuring and improving respiratory outcomes in cystic fibrosis lung disease: Opportunities and challenges to therapy
Creators: name: Quittner, Alexandra L.
name: Zemanick, Edith T.
name: Harris, J. Kirk
name: Accurso, Frank J.
name: Retsch-Bogart, George
name: Saiman, Lisa
name: Konstan, Michael W.
name: Conway, Steven
name: Marshall, Bruce
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-shortening disease with significant morbidity. Despite overall improvements in survival, patients with CF experience frequent pulmonary exacerbations and declining lung function, which often accelerates during adolescence. New treatments target steps in the pathogenesis of lung disease, such as the basic defect in CF (CF Transmembrane Conductance Regulator [CFTR]), pulmonary infections, inflammation, and mucociliary clearance. These treatments offer hope but also present challenges to patients, clinicians, and researchers. Comprehensive assessment of efficacy is critical to identify potentially beneficial treatments. Lung function and pulmonary exacerbation are the most commonly used outcome measures in CF clinical research. Other outcome measures under investigation include measures of CFTR function; biomarkers of infection, inflammation, lung injury and repair; and patient-reported outcomes. Molecular diagnostics may help elucidate the complex CF airway microbiome. As new treatments are developed for patients with CF, efforts should be made to balance treatment burden with quality of life. This review highlights emerging treatments, obstacles to optimizing outcomes, and key future directions for research.
Eosinophilic esophagitis in cystic fibrosis: A case series and review of the literature
Creators: name: Dellon, Evan S.
name: Goralski, Jennifer L.
name: Lercher, Daniel M.
name: Davis, Stephanie D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently experience gastrointestinal symptoms including nausea, emesis, malnutrition and indigestion; diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), distal intestinal obstructive syndrome, and cholelithiasis are commonly implicated. We have recently diagnosed eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in three patients with CF. EoE is a TH-2 driven, allergen-mediated disease which causes esophageal eosinophilia and presents with symptoms of nausea, feeding intolerance, regurgitation, and dysphagia. EoE is diagnosed when esophageal biopsies reveal greater than 15 eosinophils per high power field in the setting of the appropriate clinical scenario and after exclusion of other causes of esophageal eosinophilia. Although described with increasing frequently in the gastrointestinal literature, there have been no prior cases documenting the co-existence of EoE and CF. We speculate that this is related to lack of familiarity with EoE symptoms by CF providers. We present three patients with CF diagnosed with EoE and review the current literature regarding diagnosis and management, focusing on management issues in patients with CF.
Mean reticolocyte hemoglobin content index plays a key role to identify children who are carriers of β –thalassemia
Creators: name: Vicinanza, Paolo
name: Vicinanza, Mariella
name: Cosimato, Vincenzo
name: Terracciano, Daniela
name: Cancellario, Sergio
name: Massari, Angelo
name: Danise, Paolo
name: Selleri, Carmine
name: Serio, Bianca
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2017
Subjects: β-Thalassemia
Reticulocyte indices
Iron deficiency
DI-BTT

description: Reticulocyte (r) and red blood cell (RBC) indices provide reliable parameters for screening and monitoring iron deficiency anemia (IDA) patients and β-thalassemia trait (BTT) carriers. The aim of this study is to identify a simple method for use to distinguish β-thalassemia trait carriers from IDA and to evaluate the correlation between BTT genetic mutation and MCV values and new discrimination index for the detection of β-thalassemia trait (DI-BTT). We analyzed CHr, MCHCr, MCVr, RBC, mean cellular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean cellular volume (MCV) indices among a pediatric population of IDA patients (n=90), βthalassemia trait carriers (n=72) and normal controls (NC) (n=131). Furthermore, to distinguish IDA patients from β-thalassemia trait carriers we evaluated clinical utility of new DI for the detection BTTcarriers, using the following polynomial: (RBC × MCHC × 50/MCV)/CHr. We found that CHr, MCVr and DI-BTT mean values were significantly different between βthalassemia trait carriers and IDA patients. CHr, MCVr and DI-BTT plotting curves showed exclusive distribution in β-thalassemia trait carriers. Moreover, DI-BTT was very accurate in differentiating β-thalassemia trait carriers from IDA patients. All BTT patients showed a heterozygous mutation of the β-globin gene including CD39, IVS1.110, IVS1.6 and IVS2.745, IVS2.1 and IVS1.1. The highest MCV values were displayed by those carrying the IVS1.6 mutation. Conclusions: The simultaneous measurement and plotting of CHr and MCVr indices, as well as the DI-BTT allow to distinguish β-thalassemia carriers from IDA patients.
Ανάπτυξη και χαρακτηρισμός υμενίων αντιμικροβιακών παραγόντων με την τεχνική χύτευσης
Creators: name: Σοφιανίδου, Μαρία Κυριακή Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Πολυμερή
Ριγανέλαιο
Πλαστικοποιητές
Υμένια
Μέθοδος χύτευσης
Αντιμικροβιακή δράση
Polymers
Oregano oil
Plasticizers
Films
Solvent casting method
Antimicrobial activity

description: Στην παρούσα εργασία αναπτύχθηκαν αντιμικροβιακά υμένια με τη μέθοδο της χύτευσης, βασισμένα στο βιοδιασπώμενο πολυμερές, οξική κυτταρίνη, με την προσθήκη αιθέριου ελαίου ρίγανης, με στόχο τη χρήση τους ως αντισηπτικά μέσα σε επιφάνειες μονάδων υγείας. Τα υμένια αξιολογήθηκαν ως προς την αντιμικροβιακή τους δράση έναντι των συνήθως παρατηρούμενων μικροοργανισμών σε είδη τροφίμων και νοσοκομειακούς πάγκους, παρουσιάζοντας ενθαρρυντικά αποτελέσματα. Πραγματοποιήθηκε χαρακτηρισμός μεγέθους των υμενίων, μέσω προσδιορισμού του βάρους και πάχους. Επιπρόσθετα, αξιολογήθηκαν οι φυσικές ιδιότητες των υμενίων, δηλαδή η περιεκτικότητα σε υγρασία και η διαλυτότητα σε νερό, καθώς και η γωνία επαφής των υμενίων με το νερό, προκειμένου να πραγματοποιηθεί η πρόβλεψη της συμπεριφοράς των υμενίων κατά την επαφή με το νερό. Η μελέτη των θερμικών ιδιοτήτων των παραγόμενων υμενίων διεξήχθη με την τεχνική της Διαφορικής Θερμιδομετρίας Σάρωσης. Πραγματοποιήθηκε ποιοτική ανάλυση των πρώτων υλών και προσδιορισμός των χημικών αλληλεπιδράσεων ανάμεσα στα συστατικά που απαρτίζουν το υμένιο, μέσω της τεχνικής Φασματοσκοπίας Υπερύθρου με Μετασχηματισμό Fourier. Τέλος, αξιολογήθηκαν οι ρεολογικές ιδιότητες των διαλυμάτων που σχηματίζουν τα υμένια, με στόχο την κατανόηση της συμπεριφοράς των υμενίων κάτω από ορισμένες συνθήκες ροής και πίεσης.
description: In this study, antimicrobial membranes were developed using the solvent casting method, based on the biodegradable polymer, cellulose acetate, with the addition of oregano essential oil, aiming for their use as antiseptic agents on healthcare surfaces. The membranes were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against commonly observed microorganisms in food and healthcare settings, showing encouraging results. Size characterization of the membranes was performed by determining their weight and thickness. Additionally, the physical properties of the membranes, such as moisture content and water solubility, as well as the water contact angle, were evaluated to predict their behavior after contact with water. The assessment of the thermal properties of the produced membranes was carried out using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Qualitative analysis of the raw materials and determination of the chemical interactions between the components constituting the membrane were performed using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Finally, the rheological properties of the film-forming solutions were evaluated to better understand the behavior of the membranes under certain flow and pressure conditions.
Signatures of the non-Maxwellian $κ$-distributions in optically thin line spectra \subtitle{I. Theory and synthetic Fe IX--XIII spectra}
Creators: name: Dudík, J.
name: Del Zanna, G.
name: Mason, H. E.
name: Dzifčáková, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the possibility of diagnosing the degree of departure from the Maxwellian distribution using single-ion spectra originating in astrophysical plasmas in collisional ionization equilibrium. New atomic data for excitation of Fe IX-XIII are integrated under the assumption of a kappa-distribution of electron energies. Diagnostic methods using lines of a single ion formed at any wavelength are explored. Such methods minimize uncertainties from the ionization and recombination rates, as well as the possible presence of non-equilibrium ionization. Approximations to the collision strengths are also investigated. The calculated intensities of most of the Fe IX-XIII EUV lines show consistent behaviour with kappa at constant temperature. Intensities of these lines decrease with kappa, with the vast majority of ratios of strong lines showing little or no sensitivity to kappa. Several of the line ratios, especially involving temperature-sensitive lines, show a sensitivity to kappa that is of the order of several tens of per cent, or, in the case of Fe IX, up to a factor of two. Forbidden lines in the near-ultraviolet, visible, or infrared parts of the spectrum are an exception, with smaller intensity changes or even a reverse behaviour with kappa. The most conspicuous example is the Fe X 6378A red line, whose intensity incerases with kappa. This line is a potentially strong indicator of departures from the Maxwellian distribution. We find it possible to perform density diagnostics independently of kappa, with many Fe XI-XIII line ratios showing strong density-sensitivity and negligible sensitivity to kappa and temperature. We also tested different averaging of the collision strengths. It is found that averaging over 0.01 interval in log(E/Ryd) is sufficient to produce accurate distribution-averaged collision strengths at temperatures of the ion formation in ionization equilibrium.
description: Astron. Astrophys., accepted
Meconium ileus in cystic fibrosis is not linked to central repetitive region length variation in MUC1, MUC2, and MUC5AC
Creators: name: Stonebraker, Jaclyn R.
name: O'Neal, Wanda K.
name: Pace, Rhonda G.
name: Knowles, Michael R.
name: Guo, XueLiang
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Mucins are excellent candidates for contributing to the presence of meconium ileus (MI) in cystic fibrosis (CF) due to their extensive genetic variation and known function in intestinal physiology. The length of variants in mucin central repetitive regions has not been explored as “risk” factors for MI in CF.
Characterising the orbit and circumstellar environment of the high-mass binary MWC 166 A
Creators: name: Zarrilli, Sebastian A.
name: Kraus, Stefan
name: Kreplin, Alexander
name: Monnier, John D.
name: Gardner, Tyler
name: Mérand, Antoine
name: Morrell, Sam
name: Davies, Claire L.
name: Labdon, Aaron
name: Ennis, Jacob
name: Setterholm, Benjamin
name: Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste Le
name: Anugu, Narsireddy
name: Lanthermann, Cyprien
name: Schaefer, Gail
name: Brummelaar, Theo ten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: Stellar evolution models are highly dependent on accurate mass estimates, especially for high-mass stars in the early stages of evolution. The most direct method for obtaining model-independent masses is derivation from the orbit of close binaries. Aims: To derive the first astrometric+RV orbit solution for the single-lined spectroscopic binary MWC 166 A, based on CHARA and VLTI near-infrared interferometry over multiple epochs and ~100 archival radial velocity measurements, and to derive fundamental stellar parameters from this orbit. We also sought to model circumstellar activity in the system from K-band spectral lines. Methods: We geometrically modelled the dust continuum to derive astrometry at 13 epochs and constrain individual stellar parameters. We used the continuum models as a base to examine differential phases, visibilities and closure phases over the Br-$γ$ and He-I emission lines. Results: Our orbit solution suggests a period of $367.7\pm0.1$ d, twice as long as found with previous RV orbit fits, subsequently constraining the component masses to $M_1=12.2\pm2.2 M_\odot$ and $M_2=4.9\pm0.5 M_\odot$. The line-emitting gas was found to be localised around the primary and is spatially resolved on scales of ~11 stellar radii, with the spatial displacement between the line wings consistent with a rotating disc. Conclusions: The large radius and stable orientation of the line emission are inconsistent with magnetospheric or boundary-layer accretion, but indicate an ionised inner gas disk around MWC 166 Aa. We observe line variability that could be explained either with generic line variability in a Herbig star disc or V/R variations in a decretion disc. We also constrained the age of the system to ~$(7\pm2)\times10^5$ yr, consistent with the system being comprised of a main-sequence primary and a secondary still contracting towards the main sequence.
description: 24 pages, 19 figures, 7 tables, 1 appendix. Accepted in A&A
Cigarette Smoking Increases the Risk of Root Canal Treatment
Creators: name: Garcia, R.I.
name: Sosa, C. Abreu
name: Nunn, M.E.
name: Krall, E.A.
name: Garcia, C.
name: Caplan, D.J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Few studies have investigated smoking as a risk factor for root canal treatment. We studied the effect of smoking on the incidence of root canal treatment, controlling for recognized risk factors, in 811 dentate male participants in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study. Participants were not VA patients. Follow-up ranged from 2 to 28 years. Root canal treatment was verified on radiographs and evaluated with proportional hazards regression models. Compared with never-smokers, current cigarette smokers were 1.7 times as likely to have root canal treatment (p < 0.001), but cigar and/or pipe use was not significantly associated with root canal treatment. The risk among cigarette smokers increased with more years of exposure and decreased with length of abstinence. These findings suggest that there is a dose-response relationship between cigarette smoking and the risk of root canal treatment.
Monotonicity of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian on manifolds of nonpositive curvature
Creators: name: Carroll, Tom
name: Ratzkin, Jesse
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35P15

description: Let $(M,g)$ be a complete manifold of nonpositive scalar curvature, let $Ω\subset M$ be a suitable domain, and let $λ(Ω)$ be the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $Ω$. We prove several bounds for the rate of decrease of $λ(Ω)$ and $Ω$ increases, and a result comparing the rate of decrease of $λ$ before and after a conformal diffeomorphism. Along the way, we prove a reverse-Holder inequality for the first eigenfunction, which generalizes results of Chiti to the monifold setting and may be of independent interest
description: 18 pages
Lesions of Endodontic Origin and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
Creators: name: Garcia, R.I.
name: Offenbacher, S.
name: Cai, J.
name: Krall, E.A.
name: Caplan, D.J.
name: Kang, S.
name: Chasen, J.B.
name: Beck, J.D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: A paucity of epidemiologic research exists regarding systemic health consequences of endodontic disease. This study evaluated whether incident radiographically evident lesions of endodontic origin were related to development of coronary heart disease (CHD) among 708 male participants in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study. At baseline and every three years for up to 32 years, participants (who were not VA patients) received complete medical and dental examinations, including full-mouth radiographs. Cox regression models estimated the relationship between incident lesions of endodontic origin and time to CHD diagnosis. Among those ≤ 40 years old, incident lesions of endodontic origin were significantly associated with time to CHD diagnosis (p < 0.05), after adjustment for covariates of interest, with hazard ratios decreasing as age increased. Among those > 40 years old, no statistically significant association was observed. These findings are consistent with research that suggests relationships between chronic periodontal inflammation and the development of CHD, especially among younger men.
DigiEfekt: õpilase õpiärevus (learning related anxiety)
Creators: name: Baucal, Aleksandar
name: Pedaste, Margus
Publisher: name: Tartu Ülikooli haridusteaduste instituut
Year: 2023
Subjects: learning anxiety
õpiärevus
DigiEfekt
põhikool
küsiumustik
Eesti

description: README-fail (ing k) on leitav DigiEfekti kollektsiooni “Koondfaili” juurest.
description: Õpiärevuse andmekogum on osa DigiEfekti (DIGIVARA5) andmekollektsioonist. Andmekogum koosneb tabelist (DigiEfekt_student_learning_anxiety), kus on esitatud 3., 6., ja 9. klassi õpilaste andmekogumise andmed, sh koondtunnused. Koodiraamat on lisatud andmefailidesse teisele lehele ("Codebook"). Lisatud on uuringu instrumenti ja tulemusi kirjeldav põhiuuringu raport. Õpiärevuse kirjeldamisel eristatakse kolme ärevuse faktorit: tundide (4 väidet), õppimise (3 väidet) ja testimisega (4 väidet) seonduvat. Ärevust hinnati eraldi loodusainetes, matemaatikas ja suhtlemisel. ).Edasistes analüüsides kasutatakse vaimse võimekuse alltestide tulemusi kontrollmuutujatena.
description: [ENG] The learning-related anxiety data set is part of the aggregated data set of the Digiefekt project (DIGIVARA5). The learning-related anxiety data set comprises a table (“lanxiety_data”) presenting the data on third-, sixth- and ninth-grade students, incl. construct-specific variables; the codebook ("Codebook") is found on the second sheet of the data table. Also, there are the main study report (“lanxiety_raport_est”), which describes the instrument and results of the study, and the learning-related anxiety instruments used in the study (the distribution of statements across dimensions is elaborated on in the report and in the codebook found in the data file). When describing learning-related anxiety, three anxiety factors are distinguished between: class-related (4 statements), learning-related (3 statements) and testing-related (4 statements) factors. Anxiety was measured separately in Science classes, Maths, and the Estonian language class. In further analyses, the results of the learning-related anxiety instrument were used as control variables.
description: Raporti soovituslik viide eestikeelses allikas: Pedaste, M. & Baucal, A. (2022). DigiEfekti põhiuuringu tulemuste raport – õpilase õpiärevus. Tartu Ülikool. https://datadoi.ee/handle/33/550
description: Raporti soovituslik viide ingliskeelses allikas: Pedaste, M. & Baucal, A. (2022). DigiEfekti põhiuuringu tulemuste raport – õpilase õpiärevus [Report of the DigiEfekt project – learning-related anxiety]. University of Tartu. https://datadoi.ee/handle/33/550
Effect of Facial Sensory Re-training on Sensory Thresholds
Creators: name: Zuniga, J.
name: Essick, G.K.
name: Phillips, C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Nearly 100% of patients experience trauma to the trigeminal nerve during orthognathic surgery, impairing sensation and sensory function on the face. In a recent randomized clinical trial, people who performed sensory re-training exercises reported less difficulty related to residual numbness and decreased lip sensitivity than those who performed standard opening exercises only. We hypothesized that re-training reduces the impaired performance on neurosensory tests of tactile function that is commonly observed post-surgically. We analyzed thresholds for contact detection, two-point discrimination, and two-point perception, obtained during the clinical trial before and at 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery, to assess tactile detection and discriminative sensitivities, and subjective interpretation of tactile stimulation, respectively. Post-surgery, the retrained persons exhibited less impairment, on average, than non-retrained persons only in two-point perception (P < 0.025), suggesting that retrained persons experienced or interpreted the tactile stimuli differently than did non-retrained persons.
Effects of Chemical Cross-linkers on Caries-affected Dentin Bonding
Creators: name: Bedran-Russo, A.K.
name: Macedo, G.V.
name: Yamauchi, M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: The achievement of a strong and stable bond between composite resin and dentin remains a challenge in restorative dentistry. Over the past two decades, dental materials have been substantially improved, with better handling and bonding characteristics. However, little attention has been paid to the contribution of collagen structure/stability to bond strength. We hypothesized that the induction of cross-linking in dentin collagen improves dentin collagen stability and bond strength. This study investigated the effects of glutaraldehyde- and grape seed extract-induced cross-linking on the dentin bond strengths of sound and caries-affected dentin, and on the stability of dentin collagen. Our results demonstrated that the application of chemical cross-linking agents to etched dentin prior to bonding procedures significantly enhanced the dentin bond strengths of caries-affected and sound dentin. Glutaraldehyde and grape seed extract significantly increased dentin collagen stability in sound and caries-affected dentin, likely via distinct mechanisms.
Motion induced excitation and electromagnetic radiation from an atom facing a thin mirror
Creators: name: Fosco, César D.
name: Lombardo, Fernando C.
name: Mazzitelli, Francisco D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the probability of (de-)excitation and photon emission from a neutral, moving, non-relativistic atom, coupled to the quantum electromagnetic field and in the presence of a thin, perfectly conducting plane ("mirror"). These results extend, to a more realistic model, the ones we had presented for a scalar model, where the would-be electron was described by a scalar variable, coupled to an (also scalar) vacuum field. The latter was subjected to either Dirichlet or Neumann conditions on a plane. In our evaluation of the spontaneous emission rate produced when the accelerated atom is initially in an excited state, we pay attention to its comparison with the somewhat opposite situation, namely, an atom at rest facing a moving mirror.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures. Version accepted to be published in Phys. Rev. D
2D spectroscopies from condensed phase dynamics: Accessing third-order response properties from equilibrium multi-time correlation functions
Creators: name: Jung, Kenneth A.
name: Markland, Thomas E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The third-order response lies at the heart of simulating and interpreting nonlinear spectroscopies ranging from two dimensional infrared (2D-IR) to 2D electronic (2D-ES), and 2D sum frequency generation (2D-SFG). The extra time and frequency dimensions in these spectroscopies provides access to rich information on the electronic and vibrational states present, the coupling between them, and the resulting rates at which they exchange energy that are obscured in linear spectroscopy, particularly for condensed phase systems that usually contain many overlapping features. While the exact quantum expression for the third-order response is well established it is incompatible with the methods that are practical for calculating the atomistic dynamics of large condensed phase systems. These methods, which include both classical mechanics and quantum dynamics methods that retain quantum statistical properties while obeying the symmetries of classical dynamics, such as LSC-IVR, Centroid Molecular Dynamics (CMD) and Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics (RPMD) naturally provide short-time approximations to the multi-time symmetrized Kubo transformed correlation function. Here, we show how the third-order response can be formulated in terms of equilibrium symmetrized Kubo transformed correlation functions. We demonstrate the utility and accuracy of our approach by showing how it can be used to obtain the third-order response of a series of model systems using both classical dynamics and RPMD. In particular, we show that this approach captures features such as anharmonically induced vertical splittings and peak shifts while providing a physically transparent framework for understanding multidimensional spectroscopies.
Phase Shift Analysis of the p14C Scattering at the Energy of the 2S1/2 Resonance
Creators: name: Dubovichenko, S. B.
name: Dzhazairov-Kakhramanov, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phase shift analysis for determination of the 2S1/2 resonance at 1.5 MeV was carried out on the basis of the known experimental measurements of the excitation functions of the p14C elastic scattering at four angles from 90 to 165 grad. and more than 100 energy values in the range from 600-800 to 2200-2400 keV. The obtained shape of the resonance 2S1/2 phase shift coincides with the characteristics of the corresponding level of 15N in whole, and the suggested potential acceptably describe this scattering phase shift.
description: 8 fig., 29 ref., 7 p. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1405.6295, arXiv:1402.5236
Incoherent tunneling and topological superconductivity in twisted cuprate bilayers
Creators: name: Haenel, Rafael
name: Tummuru, Tarun
name: Franz, Marcel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Twisting two monolayers of a high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductor can engender a chiral topological state with spontaneously broken time reversal symmetry $\mathcal{T}$. A crucial ingredient required for the emergence of a gapped topological phase is electron tunneling between the CuO$_2$ planes, whose explicit form (in an ideal clean sample) is dictated by the symmetry of the atomic orbitals. However, a large body of work on the interlayer transport in cuprates indicates importance of disorder-mediated incoherent tunneling which evades the symmetry constraints present in an idealized crystal. The latter arises even in the cleanest single-crystal samples through oxygen vacancies in layers separating the CuO$_2$ planes, introduced to achieve the hole doping necessary for superconductivity. Here we assess the influence of incoherent tunneling on the phase diagram of a twisted bilayer. We show that the model continues to support a fully gapped topological phase with broken $\mathcal{T}$, even in the limit of disorder-mediated interlayer coupling. Compared to the model with a constant, momentum conserving interlayer coupling, the extent of the topological phase around the 45$^\circ$ twist decreases with increasing incoherence, but remains robustly present for parameters likely relevant to Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+δ}$.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures
खानदेशातील आदिवासी भिल्लांनी पेशव्यांविरोधी केलेल्या बंडाचे ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण.
Creators: name: प्रा.डॉ. डी. एल. पावरा
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: सातपुडा,आदिवासी, भिल्लपट्टी, सनद, राऊत असामी , गढ,गारधी भिल्ल, राऊत भिल्ल, प्यादे जागल्या,कमावसदार ,गाव इनाम, इनामी जमिनी,लाकेलाचखोटा, उपद्रव शिरच्छेद

description: गोषवारा-( Abstract) खानदेशामध्ये आदिवासी भिल्लांची अनेक ठिकाणी वस्ती होती. सातपुड्याच्या डोंगर दर्या खोऱ्यात यांचे अधिक वास्तव्य आढळते. या भिल्ल जमातीत त्यांच्या उपजमातींचेही सातपुड्यात वास्तव्य आढळते. मोगल काळापर्यंत येथील आदिवासी भिलांनी राजकीय सत्तेविरोधात बंड केलेली दिसून येत नाही. शिवाजी महाराजांच्या काळात कोळी, कातकरी, भंडारी,नाईक भिल्ल ,रामोशी इत्यादी आदिवासी जमातींच्या लोकांना किल्ल्यांच्या संरक्षणाच्या कामावर आपल्या पदरी ठेवलेले होते. आरमार या महत्त्वाच्या लष्करी विभागाची जबाबदारी आदिवासी जमातींच्या लोकांवर सोपवलेली होती. त्यामुळे शिवकाळात या जमातींनी राजसत्तेविरोधात बंड केलेले आढळून येत नाही. मात्र पेशवे काळात खानदेशातील आदिवासी भिल्लांनी मोठ्या प्रमाणावर बंडे केलेली आढळतात. भिल्ल लोक पठारी भागातील जनतेला मोठ्या प्रमाणावर त्रास देत असत त्यांची जनतेला व पेशव्यांना फार मोठी डोकेदुखी होऊन बसली होती.त्यावर मात करण्यासाठी पेशव्यांनी प्रयत्न केलेला दिसून येतो. अठराव्या शतकात मोगल आणि मराठा संघर्षाच्या काळात आदिवासी भिल्लांनी आक्रमक पवित्रा घेऊन आपले स्वातंत्र्य घोषित केले होते .परिणामी ब्रिटिश व पेशव्यांनी बंडखोरी करणाऱ्या आदिवासींना जबर शिक्षा देण्यास प्रारंभ केला. अनेकांना खटले न भरता ठार करण्यात आले. मोठ्या प्रमाणात फटके मारण्याच्या व फाशीच्या शिक्षा देण्यात आल्या. अनेकांचे शीरचेद करण्यात आले. महिला व मुलांची निर्दयपणे हत्या करण्यात आल्या. पेशवे व आदिवासी भिल्ल यांच्यात सन 1740 च्या सुमारास संघर्षाला सुरुवात झाली.मराठी सत्तेचा पाडाव होईपर्यंत (1818 )खानदेशातील आदिवासी भिल्लांनी पेशवाई राजवटीविरोधी बंडे पुकारलेली होती. प्रस्तुत शोधनिबंधात पेशवेशाही विरोधी खानदेशातील आदिवासी भिल्लांनी कोणकोणत्या परगण्यात बंड पुकारले होते? व या बंडास कोणती कारणे कारणीभूत होते ?याचा शोध घेण्याचा संशोधनकर्त्याचा उद्देश आहे .प्रस्तुत शोधनिबंधाकरिता ऐतिहासिक संशोधन पद्धतीचा वापर करण्यात आला. त्याचबरोबर मूळ व दुय्यम साधनांचा उपयोग करण्यात आला आहे.
Influence of Genetic Background on Fluoride Metabolism in                Mice
Creators: name: Yan, D.
name: Carvalho, J.G.
name: Everett, E.T.
name: Leite, A.L.
name: Whitford, G.M.
name: Buzalaf, M.A.R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: A/J and 129P3/J mouse strains have different susceptibilities to dental fluorosis, due to their genetic backgrounds. This study tested whether these differences are due to variations in water intake and/or F metabolism. A/J (susceptible to dental fluorosis) and 129P3/J mice (resistant) received drinking water containing 0, 10, or 50 ppm F. Weekly F intake, excretion and retention, and terminal plasma and femur F levels were determined. Dental fluorosis was evaluated clinically and by quantitative fluorescence (QF). Data were tested by two-way ANOVA. Although F intakes by the strains were similar, excretion by A/J mice was significantly higher due to greater urinary F excretion, which resulted in lower plasma and femur F levels. Compared with 129P3/J mice given 50 ppm F, significantly higher QF scores were recorded for A/J mice. In conclusion, these strains differ with respect to several features of F metabolism, and amelogenesis in the 129P3/J strain seems to be unaffected by high F exposure.
title: Prawo międzynarodowe a prawo administracyjne
Creators: name: Kowalczyk, Barbara
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Opracowanie dotyczy stosunku prawa międzynarodowego publicznego do prawa krajowego oraz zasad stosowania umów międzynarodowych przez krajowe organy administracji publicznej. Oprócz omówienia miejsca umów międzynarodowych w katalogu źródeł prawa administracyjnego, artykuł przedstawia także pojęcie międzynarodowego prawa administracyjnego.
D4.4 – Agroecology Training Guidelines
Creators: name: Bingol, Olcay
name: Rastorgueva, Natalia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This report links principles and process of training activities with a focus on agroecological transition and in the context of the work done by the European Coordination Via Campesina1 (ECVC). Due to representing small and medium scale farmers' organisations ECVC has a strong focus on peasant agroecology and plays an important role in disseminating knowledge concerning agroecological transition.
Electrically driven spin resonance in a bent disordered carbon nanotube
Creators: name: Li, Ying
name: Benjamin, Simon C.
name: Briggs, G. Andrew D.
name: Laird, Edward A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resonant manipulation of carbon nanotube valley-spin qubits by an electric field is investigated theoretically. We develop a new analysis of electrically driven spin resonance exploiting fixed physical characteristics of the nanotube: a bend and inhomogeneous disorder. The spectrum is simulated for an electron valley-spin qubit coupled to a hole valley-spin qubit and an impurity electron spin, and features that coincide with a recent measurement are identified. We show that the same mechanism allows resonant control of the full four-dimensional spin-valley space.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
New CMOS Compatible Platforms for Integrated Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing
Creators: name: Moss, D. J.
name: Morandotti, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonlinear photonic chips have succeeded in generating and processing signals all-optically with performance far superior to that possible electronically - particularly with respect to speed. Although silicon-on-insulator has been the leading platform for nonlinear optics, its high two-photon absorption at telecommunications wavelengths poses a fundamental limitation. This paper reviews some of the recent achievements in CMOS-compatible platforms for nonlinear optics, focusing on amorphous silicon and Hydex glass, highlighting their potential future impact as well as the challenges to achieving practical solutions for many key applications. These material systems have opened up many new capabilities such as on-chip optical frequency comb generation and ultrafast optical pulse generation and measurement.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures 80 references. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1404.5610
The Amelogenin C-Terminus Is Required for Enamel Development
Creators: name: Simmons, D.
name: Kulkarni, A.B.
name: Pugach, M.K.
name: Gibson, C.W.
name: Li, Y.
name: Yuan, Z.A.
name: Suggs, C.
name: Wright, J.T.
name: Aragon, M.A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: The abundant amelogenin proteins are responsible for generating proper enamel thickness and structure, and most amelogenins include a conserved hydrophilic C-terminus. To evaluate the importance of the C-terminus, we generated transgenic mice that express an amelogenin lacking the C-terminal 13 amino acids (CTRNC). MicroCT analysis of TgCTRNC29 teeth (low transgene number) indicated that molar enamel density was similar to that of wild-type mice, but TgCTRNC18 molar enamel (high transgene number) was deficient, indicating that extra transgene copies were associated with a more severe phenotype. When amelogenin-null (KO) and TgCTRNC transgenic mice were mated, density and volume of molar enamel from TgCTRNCKO offspring were not different from those of KO mice, indicating that neither TgCTRNC18 nor TgCTRNC29 rescued enamel’s physical characteristics. Because transgenic full-length amelogenin partially rescues both density and volume of KO molar enamel, it was concluded that the amelogenin C-terminus is essential for proper enamel density, volume, and organization.
Trend of Income-related Inequality of Child Oral Health in Australia
Creators: name: Ha, D.H.
name: Liu, P.
name: Do, L.G.
name: Slade, G.D.
name: Spencer, A.J.
name: Roberts-Thomson, K.F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: It is important that we monitor socio-economic inequality in health. Inequality in child oral health has been expected to widen because of widening socio-economic inequality. This study aimed to evaluate trends in income-related inequality in caries experience of Australian children. Cross-sectional studies in 1992/93 and 2002/03 collected data on deciduous caries experience of 5- to 10-year-olds and permanent caries experience of 6- to 12-year-olds. Household composition and income was used to calculate quartiles of equivalized income. Slope Index of Inequality (SII), Concentration Index (CI), and regression-based rate ratios were used to quantify income-related inequality and to evaluate trends. Income-related inequality in caries experience was evident regardless of time and dentition. The three indicators of inequality indicate a significant increase in income-related inequality in child deciduous caries experience during the decade. The income inequality in permanent caries experience did not change significantly. Income inequalities increased in deciduous teeth, but not in permanent teeth, among Australian children.
The black hole and host galaxy growth in an isolated $z\sim 6$ QSO observed with ALMA
Creators: name: Tripodi, R.
name: Feruglio, C.
name: Fiore, F.
name: Bischetti, M.
name: D'Odorico, V.
name: Carniani, S.
name: Cristiani, S.
name: Gallerani, S.
name: Maiolino, R.
name: Marconi, A.
name: Pallottini, A.
name: Piconcelli, E.
name: Vallini, L.
name: Zana, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The outstanding mass growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the Reionisation Epoch and how it is related to the concurrent growth of their host galaxies, poses challenges to theoretical models aimed at explaining how these systems formed in short timescales (<1 Gyr). To trace the average evolutionary paths of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) and their host galaxies in the BH mass-host mass ($M_{\rm dyn}$) plane, we compare the star formation rate (SFR), derived from the accurate estimate of the dust temperature and the dust mass ($T_{\rm dust}, M_{\rm dust}$), with the BH accretion rate. To this aim, we analysed a deep, $900$ pc resolution ALMA observation of the sub-mm continuum, [CII] and H$_2$O of the $z\sim 6$ QSO J2310+1855, enabling a detailed study of dust properties and cold gas kinematics. We performed an accurate SED analysis obtaining a dust temperature of $T_{\rm dust} = 71$ K and a dust mass of $M_{\rm dust}= 4.4 \times 10^8\ \rm M_{\odot}$. The implied AGN-corrected SFR is $1240 \ \rm M_{\odot}yr^{-1}$, a factor of 2 smaller than previously reported for this QSO. We derived the best estimate of the dynamical mass $M_{\rm dyn} = 5.2\times 10^{10}\ \rm M_{\odot}$ within $r = 1.7$ kpc, based on a dynamical model of the system. We found that ${\rm SFR}/M_{\rm dyn}>\dot M_{\rm BH}/M_{\rm BH}$, suggesting that AGN feedback might be efficiently acting to slow down the SMBH accretion, while the stellar mass assembly is still vigorously taking place in the host galaxy. In addition, we were also able to detect high-velocity emission on the red and blue sides of the [CII] emission line, that traces a gaseous outflow, and for the first time, we mapped a spatially-resolved water vapour disk through the H$_2$O v=0 $3_{(2,2)}-3_{(1,3)}$ emission line detected at $ν_{\rm obs} = 274.074$ GHz, whose kinematic properties and size are broadly consistent with those of the [CII] disk.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables. Accepted in A&A
On Symmetries and Exact Solutions of a Class of Non-local Non-linear Schrodinger Equations with Self-induced PT-symmetric Potential
Creators: name: Sinha, Debdeep
name: Ghosh, Pijush K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A class of non-local non-linear Schrodinger equations(NLSE) is considered in an external potential with space-time modulated coefficient of the nonlinear interaction term as well as confining and/or loss-gain terms. This is a generalization of a recently introduced integrable non-local NLSE with self-induced potential that is PT symmetric in the corresponding stationary problem. Exact soliton solutions are obtained for the inhomogeneous and/or non-autonomous non-local NLSE by using similarity transformation and the method is illustrated with a few examples. It is found that only those transformations are allowed for which the transformed spatial coordinate is odd under the parity transformation of the original one. It is shown that the non-local NLSE without the external potential and a d+1 dimensional generalization of it, admits all the symmetries of the d+1 dimensional Schrodinger group. The conserved Noether charges associated with the time-translation, dilatation and special conformal transformation are shown to be real-valued in spite of being non-hermitian. Finally, dynamics of different moments are studied with an exact description of the time-evolution of the "pseudo-width" of the wave-packet for the special case when the system admits a O(2,1) conformal symmetry.
description: 25 pages, no figure
title: Prawo zwyczajowe i zwyczaje administracyjne
Creators: name: Prus, Łukasz
Publisher: name: E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Year: 2020

description: Artykuł dotyczy klasycznej koncepcji prawa zwyczajowego i zwyczaju administracyjnego Profesora Tadeusza Bigi oraz jego implementacji w obowiązującym stanie prawnym. W ujęciu T. Bigi prawo zwyczajowe, w tym przede wszystkim praktyka administracyjna, ma charakter pierwotny i posiłkowy, przy czym nie może być sprzeczne z ustawą. A zatem nie jest źródłem prawa, mimo że służy jednolitości stosowania prawa. Warunkami powstania zwyczaju administracyjnego są stała praktyka, przekonanie o konieczności stosowania tej praktyki oraz zezwolenie ustawowe. Takiego odesłania ustawowego do praktyki administracyjnej nie było w polskim porządku prawnym od lat. Stan ten uległ zmianie w latach 2017–2018, kiedy na skutek nowelizacji prawa wprowadzono względne związanie organów praktyką administracyjną. W tych okolicznościach w artykule zbadano aktualność koncepcji T. Bigi oraz uwzględniono dziedzictwo sądów europejskich.
Il “Nuovo Patto sulla migrazione e l’asilo” e la protezione dei minori migranti
Creators: name: Di Gianni, Francesca
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2021
Subjects: New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Best interest of the child
Child
Unaccompanied children
Common European asylum system

description: This paper analyzes the “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” and the attached legislative proposals with a view to the protection of migrant children. In particular, after briefly recalling the meaning and scope of the “best interest of the child” principle, we examine the provisions of the reform package of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) which should promote greater protection of rights and the interests of minors, especially unaccompanied foreign minors, right from the identification stage, highlighting some relevant critical issues.
Heavy Fermion Superconductivity in the Quadrupole Ordered State of PrV2Al20
Creators: name: Tsujimoto, Masaki
name: Matsumoto, Yosuke
name: Tomita, Takahiro
name: Sakai, Akito
name: Nakatsuji, Satoru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: PrV$_2$Al$_{20}$ is a rare example of a heavy fermion system based on strong hybridization between conduction electrons and nonmagnetic quadrupolar moments of the cubic $Γ_3$ ground doublet. Here, we report that a high-quality single crystal of PrV$_2$Al$_{20}$ exhibits superconductivity at $T_{\rm c}=$ 50 mK in the antiferroquadrupole-ordered state under ambient pressure. The heavy fermion character of the superconductivity is evident from the specific heat jump of $ΔC/T \sim 0.3$ J/mol K$^2$ and the effective mass $m^*/m_0 \sim 140$ estimated from the temperature dependence of the upper critical field. Furthermore, the high-quality single crystals exhibit double transitions at $T_{\rm Q}$ = 0.75 K and $T^{*}$ = 0.65 K associated with quadrupole and octapole degrees of freedom of the $Γ_3$ doublet. In the ordered state, the specific heat $C/T$ shows a $T^3$ dependence, indicating the gapless mode associated with the quadrupole and/or octapole order. The strong sensitivity to impurity of the superconductivity suggests unconventional character due to significant quadrupolar fluctuations.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
ACCESS: Confirmation of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-96b and a Comparison of Light Curve Detrending Techniques
Creators: name: McGruder, Chima D.
name: López-Morales, Mercedes
name: Kirk, James
name: Espinoza, Néstor
name: Rackham, Benjamin V.
name: Alam, Munazza K.
name: Allen, Natalie
name: Nikolov, Nikolay
name: Weaver, Ian C.
name: Ceballos, Kevin Ortiz
name: Osip, David J.
name: Apai, Dániel
name: Jordán, Andrés
name: Fortney, Jonathan J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the strongest ${\rm Na~I}$ features was observed in WASP-96b. To confirm this novel detection, we provide a new 475-825nm transmission spectrum obtained with Magellan/IMACS, which indeed confirms the presence of a broad sodium absorption feature. We find the same result when reanalyzing the 400-825nm VLT/FORS2 data. We also utilize synthetic data to test the effectiveness of two common detrending techniques: (1) a Gaussian processes (GP) routine, and (2) common-mode correction followed by polynomial correction (CMC+Poly). We find that both methods poorly reproduce the absolute transit depths but maintain their true spectral shape. This emphasizes the importance of fitting for offsets when combining spectra from different sources or epochs. Additionally, we find that for our datasets both methods give consistent results, but CMC+Poly is more accurate and precise. We combine the Magellan/IMACS and VLT/FORS2 spectra with literature 800-1644nm HST/WFC3 spectra, yielding a global spectrum from 400-1644nm. We used the PLATON and Exoretrievals retrieval codes to interpret this spectrum, and find that both yield relatively deeper pressures where the atmosphere is optically thick at log-pressures between $1.3^{+1.0}_{-1.1}$ and 0.29$^{+1.86}_{-2.02}$ bars, respectively. Exoretrievals finds a solar to super-solar ${\rm Na~I}$ and ${\rm H_2O}$ log-mixing ratios of $-5.4^{+2.0}_{-1.9}$ and $-4.5^{+2.0}_{-2.0}$, respectively, while PLATON finds an overall metallicity of $log_{10}(Z/Z_{\odot}) = -0.49^{+1.0}_{-0.37}$dex. Therefore, our findings are in agreement with literature and support the inference that the terminator of WASP-96b has few aerosols obscuring prominent features in the optical to near-infrared (near-IR) spectrum.
description: ACCEPT by AJ July 5th 2022