cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Surviving After Hurricane Matthew: The Effect of Personal and Community Resources on the Impact of Natural Disasters on Psychological Trauma and Resiliency
Creators: name: Baker, Brianna
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This paper explores the effects of natural disasters in low socioeconomic communities on psychological trauma and functioning, specifically post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms. This research examines community-level factors in relation to individual-level factors that either aid or hinder psychological resilience following a natural disaster in a predominately African-American community. Although some research has been done on community resilience, little research exists examining personal resources (self-efficacy and optimism) in conjunction with community resources (economic stability, support systems) on mental health after a hurricane. In addition, communities with a low socioeconomic status and predominately minority composition are often disregarded in mental health and disaster research. The present research draws primarily from Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory which describes human’s use and gain of resources following stressful events. Additionally, the Resilience Activation Framework will be explored to inform the results of this study. Using in-depth interviews and surveys collected from the Surviving After Hurricane Matthew (SAHM) study performed in Edgecombe County, NC, this paper provides insight into the significance of personal and community resources on mechanisms underlying psychological resiliency. The results of this study indicate a positive relationship between personal and community resources and psychological resilience. Self-efficacy and optimism were shown to cultivate resiliency and facilitate effective post-disaster recovery. A relationship between these resources and mental health was also suggested. Increased resources were suggested to lessen the frequency and intensity of depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress.
Obtaining highly-excited eigenstates of many-body localized Hamiltonians by the density matrix renormalization group
Creators: name: Khemani, Vedika
name: Pollmann, Frank
name: Sondhi, S. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The eigenstates of many-body localized (MBL) Hamiltonians exhibit low entanglement. We adapt the highly successful density-matrix renormalization group method, which is usually used to find modestly entangled ground states of local Hamiltonians, to find individual highly excited eigenstates of many body localized Hamiltonians. The adaptation builds on the distinctive spatial structure of such eigenstates. We benchmark our method against the well studied random field Heisenberg model in one dimension. At moderate to large disorder, we find that the method successfully obtains excited eigenstates with high accuracy, thereby enabling a study of MBL systems at much larger system sizes than those accessible to exact-diagonalization methods.
description: Published version. Slightly expanded discussion; supplement added
Planning prompts and inspiration: Getting out the vote at the 2018 midterm elections in Philadelphia, PA
Creators: name: Bryan, Christopher
name: Larkin, Christopher
name: Sackett, Aaron
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: behavioral science
subject: elections
subject: get out the vote
subject: Philadelphia
subject: political science
subject: RCT

description: This is a four-armed randomized controlled trial, testing the effect of postcards sent to registered voters in Philadelphia, PA on turnout at the 2018 midterm elections. There is a control group that receives no postcard, and three treatment arms that receive postcards. The first treatment arm receives two identical versions of a postcard con- taining a community-oriented message (a few days apart), the second treatment arm receives two identical versions of a planning prompt postcard (a few days apart), and the third treatment arm receives the same postcard containing a community-oriented message as the first treatment and then a few days later the same planning prompt postcard as the second treatment.
Maximum depth sequencing reveals an ON/OFF replication slippage switch and apparent in vivo selection for bifdobacterial pilus expression
Creators: name: Penno, Christophe
name: Motherway, Mary O’Connell
name: Fu, Yuan
name: Sharma, Virag
name: Crispie, Fiona
name: Cotter, Paul D.
name: Houeix, Benoit
name: Joshi, Lokesh
name: Bottacini, Francesca
name: O’Dwyer, Aoife
name: Loughran, Gary
name: F.Atkins, John
name: Van Sinderen, Douwe
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The human gut microbiome, of which the genus Bifidobacterium is a prevalent and abundant member, is thought to sustain and enhance human health. Several surface-exposed structures, including so-called sortase-dependent pili, represent important bifidobacterial gut colonization factors. Here we show that expression of two sortase-dependent pilus clusters of the prototype Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 depends on replication slippage at an intragenic G-tract, equivalents of which are present in various members of the Bifidobacterium genus. The nature and extent of this slippage is modulated by the host environment. Involvement of such sortase-dependent pilus clusters in microbe-host interactions, including bacterial attachment to the gut epithelial cells, has been shown previously and is corroborated here for one case. Using a Maximum Depth Sequencing strategy aimed at excluding PCR and sequencing errors introduced by DNA polymerase reagents, specific G-tract sequences in B. breve UCC2003 reveal a range of G-tract lengths whose plasticity within the population is functionally utilized. Interestingly, replication slippage is shown to be modulated under in vivo conditions in a murine model. This in vivo modulation causes an enrichment of a G-tract length which appears to allow biosynthesis of these sortase-dependent pili. This work provides the first example of productive replication slippage influenced by in vivo conditions. It highlights the potential for microdiversity generation in “beneficial” gut commensals.
Early Assessment of Tumor Response to Radiation Therapy Using Ultrasound Molecular Imaging In Vivo
Creators: name: Patel, Ruby
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Introduction: Earlier evaluation of treatment response to radiation therapy (RT) could lead to better prognoses for cancer patients. Tumors exhibit vascular remodeling while they are growing, which indicates an increase in the expression of angiogeneic proteins such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We hypothesize that molecular imaging using contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is able to detect longitudinal changes in tumor microvasculature after radiation therapy before changes in tumor volume or vascular density actually manifest.Methods: Fibrosarcoma tumors were implanted in Female Fischer 344 rats (n=10). When the tumors reached approximately 1 cm in diameter, they were either treated with 20 Gy broad beam radiation (n=8) or left untreated (control, n=2). All animals were imaged prior to, and serially twice a week after, treatment. Imaging consisted of VEGFR-2 molecular imaging with contrast enhanced ultrasound. The molecular targeting for each timepoint was quantified. Results: Molecular targeting assessment showed no significant increase in VEGFR-2 expression before tumor regrowth. Moreover, molecular targeting, peak perfusion, and area under the time-intensity curve (TIC) decreased throughout the duration of the study. Discussion/Conclusion:  The ability of molecular imaging to detect changes in tumor microvasculature was not verified in this study. However, it is not possible to conclude a true negative finding among the results due to several confounding variables and study limitations, such as unpredictable tumor response, microbubble inconsistences, and varying perfusion rates. The results from this study indicate that it needs to be modified and repeated.  Therefore, although VEGFR-2 has the potential to be a biomarker for tumor response to radiation therapy, it is not possible to definitively determine its utility as a means of tumor microvasculature assessment from this study alone.
Kepler rapidly rotating giant stars
Creators: name: Costa, A. D.
name: Martins, B. L. Canto
name: Bravo, J. P.
name: Paz-Chinchón, F.
name: Chagas, M. L. das
name: Leão, I. C.
name: de Oliveira, G. Pereira
name: da Silva, R. Rodrigues
name: Roque, S.
name: de Oliveira, L. L. A.
name: da Silva, D. Freire
name: De Medeiros, J. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rapidly rotating giant stars are relatively rare and may represent important stages of stellar evolution, resulting from stellar coalescence of close binary systems or accretion of sub-stellar companions by their hosting stars. In the present letter we report 17 giant stars observed in the scope of the Kepler space mission exhibiting rapid rotation behavior. For the first time the abnormal rotational behavior for this puzzling family of stars is revealed by direct measurements of rotation, namely from photometric rotation period, exhibiting very short rotation period with values ranging from 13 to 55 days. This finding points for remarkable surface rotation rates, up to 18 times the Sun rotation. These giants are combined with 6 other recently listed in the literature for mid-IR diagnostic based on WISE information, from which a trend for an infrared excess is revealed for at least a half of the stars, but at a level far lower than the dust excess emission shown by planet-bearing main-sequence stars.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures and 1 table, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters
Iminophosphorane-catalyzed Reductive Coupling Reactions and Characterization of Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Creators: name: Martinez Alvarado, Jesus Isay
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: A three-component reductive coupling reaction between dimethyl phosphite, benzylidene
pyruvates, and aldehydes has been achieved via a chiral organocatalytic iminophosphorane.
These mild catalytic conditions provide a new strategy for the diastereoselective and
enantioselective construction of vicinal polyfunctionalized stereocenters in high yield.
Open Practices in Visualization Research
Creators: name: Haroz, Steve
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Open access
subject: Open practices
subject: Visualization

description: Two fundamental tenants of scientific research are that it can be scrutinized and built-upon. Both require that the collected data and supporting materials be shared, so others can examine, reuse, and extend them. Assessing the accessibility of these components and the paper itself can serve as a proxy for the reliability, replicability, and applicability of a field’s research. In this paper, I describe the current state of openness in visualization research and provide suggestions for authors, reviewers, and editors to improve open practices in the field. A free copy of this paper, the collected data, and the source code are available at https://osf.io/qf9na/
The Padé interpolation method applied to $q$-Painlevé equations II (differential grid version)
Creators: name: Nagao, Hidehito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 33D15, 34M55, 39A13, 41A21

description: Recently we studied Padé interpolation problems of $q$-grid, related to $q$-Painlevé equations of type $E_7^{(1)}$, $E_6^{(1)}$, $D_5^{(1)}$, $A_4^{(1)}$ and $(A_2+A_1)^{(1)}$. By solving those problems, we could derive evolution equations, scalar Lax pairs and determinant formulae of special solutions for the corresponding $q$-Painlevé equations. It is natural that the $q$-Painlevé equations were derived by the interpolation method of $q$-grid, but it may be interesting in terms of differential grid that the Padé interpolation method of differential grid (i.e. Padé approximation method) has been applied to the $q$-Painlevé equation of type $D_5^{(1)}$ by Y. Ikawa. In this paper we continue the above study and apply the Padé approximation method to the $q$-Painlevé equations of type $E_6^{(1)}$, $D_5^{(1)}$, $A_4^{(1)}$ and $(A_2+A_1)^{(1)}$. Moreover determinant formulae of the special solutions for $q$-Painlevé equation of type $E_6^{(1)}$ are given in terms of the terminating $q$-Appell Lauricella function.
description: 19 pages
Design and In Vitro Studies of Nitric Oxide Releasing Glucose Sensor Membranes
Creators: name: Schofield, Jonathon Blake
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Implantable glucose sensors that continuously monitor blood/tissue glucose concentrations would
help alleviate the challenges associated with blood glucose management for diabetics. Release of nitric
oxide (NO), a potent biological gas, into the tissue surrounding an implantable device is a viable way to
lower tissue inflammation, encourage local wound healing, and ultimately improve in vivo glucose sensor
performance. However, simultaneously achieving optimal analytical performance of the sensor and NO-release
properties is challenging because the application of a NO-releasing membrane diminishes sensor
sensitivity.
Harmonising and standardising military airworthiness in Europe: a review of key aspects and achievements
Creators: name: Pittini, M
name: KOUROUSIS, KYRIAKOS
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: The distinct operational characteristics of military aircraft, relative to civil aircraft, have impeded the standardisation of airworthiness management practice across Europe. Standardisation has been further deterred by the intertwined certification and qualification activities specific to military aircraft. The management of airworthiness in European military aviation has undergone significant changes over the past 15 years, with the progress made attributed to the harmonisation efforts driven by the European Defence Agency (EDA). The creation of a Military Airworthiness Authorities Forum and the development of the European Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMAR) have been instrumental in creating a more homogenous regulatory landscape. The examples of five main players of the European aerospace sector, namely France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, are examined from the point of view of adoption and implementation of an EMARs-based system. Their regulatory structures have revealed similarities and primary differences. The EMAR’s framework has enabled a gradual build-up of technical knowhow within the European countries who embraced this, civil-based, framework. All five countries have adopted EMARs, though through a variety of regulatory constructs. Their regulatory structures exhibit diverse practices, especially in how initial and continuing airworthiness is managed. Some countries have also elected to have more than one authority overseeing/been responsible for airworthiness. Closer collaboration between national Military Aviation Authorities (MAAs) can be achieved through standardisation at regulatory structure level. The establishment of a joint MAAs may be the next logical step in the harmonisation process, in line with EDA objective’ for a EU-wide authority with greater powers.
Negative Compressibility in Graphene-terminated Black Phosphorus Heterostructures
Creators: name: Wu, Yingying
name: Chen, Xiaolong
name: Wu, Zefei
name: Xu, Shuigang
name: Han, Tianyi
name: Lin, Jiangxiazi
name: Cai, Yuan
name: He, Yuheng
name: Cheng, Chun
name: Wang, Ning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Negative compressibility generated by many-body effects in 2D electronic systems can enhance gate capacitance. We observe capacitance enhancement in a newly emerged 2D layered material, atomically thin black phosphorus (BP). The encapsulation of BP by hexagonal boron nitride sheets with few-layer graphene as a terminal ensures ultraclean heterostructure interfaces, allowing us to observe negative compressibility at low hole carrier concentrations. We explained the negative compressibility based on the Coulomb correlation among in-plane charges and their image charges in a gate electrode in the framework of Debye screening.
Corporate Social Responsibility: The importance of employee stakeholders
Creators: name: Shepard, Abigail
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This study focused on the internal effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on employees. This impact was studied by interviewing 10 CSR and communications professionals across nine industries. There were two major questions this thesis sought to answer: how companies account for an employee’s relationship to CSR efforts and the level of internal and external stakeholders’ effects on CSR. There were many findings, but major themes suggest that companies are focusing on internal audiences more than ever before and are starting to use CSR as a strategy to align their initiatives with broader business objectives. Finally, the thesis concludes with five recommendations for CSR employees to maximize their returns from CSR initiatives.
Physical Activity Promotion in School Age Youth in Orange County, North Carolina
Creators: name: Meadows, Lauren
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: North Carolina is no exception to the national trend with 37.9% of children ages 5-11 either overweight or obese in 2002 and 42.9% in 2009 (Sachdeva & Cilenti, 2011). Orange County, NC, however, has seemingly managed to reduce its overall obesity rate in this age range from 42.4% in 2002 to 28.2% in 2009 (Sachdeva & Cilenti, 2011). Despite this favorable trend, further examination reveals that there still remains room for improvement and unmet needs in Orange County. In 2010, Orange County had approximately 16,040 residents between the ages of 5-14 years old, 10,423 of which were non-Hispanic white, 2,044 were non-Hispanic black, 2,025 were Hispanic, and 1,548 were other non-Hispanic minorities, which has since grown by 1.3% and continues to do so (NC State Data Center, 2010). As of 2010, there were approximately 2,015 families with related children under 18 years old living in poverty in Orange County, with 14.5% of non-Hispanic white people living in poverty as compared to 23.6% of non-Hispanic blacks (NC State Data Center, 2010). Furthermore, in 2010 approximately 43% of Orange County residents lived in what would be considered rural areas of the county (Sachdeva & Cilenti, 2011). While specific data delineating obesity rates by ethnicity, socioeconomic status or geographic location for this age range in Orange County does not currently exist, there is data about Orange County residents of all ages that supports similar disparities in obesity rates as the national trend. Amongst all Orange county residents in 2010, 16.5% of non-Hispanic white residents would be considered obese and 29.7% overweight, while in non-white residents, 22.5% would be considered obese and 52.7% overweight (NC State Data Center, 2010). Using what is known of Orange County’s demographics and overall obesity rates in conjunction with the well-established national trends regarding disparities in childhood obesity rates, it is likely that similar disparities exist in Orange County’s children.
Spring Batch for sequencing DNA A computational model for DNA damage repair and could explain how CRISPR Cas9 works
Creators: name: Wadï Mami
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: DNA
Sequencing DNA
CRISPR Cas9

description: An idea is haunting me since 2012 since I saw the Spring batch sequence diagram. My idea is DNA sequencing with Spring batch which is an open source Java framework this could be a computational model for DNA damage repair and could explain how CRISPR Cas9 works.
description: https://github.com/didipostman/CrisprCas9
Level lines of the Gaussian Free Field with general boundary data
Creators: name: Powell, Ellen
name: Wu, Hao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the level lines of a Gaussian free field in a planar domain with general boundary data $F$. We show that the level lines exist as continuous curves under the assumption that $F$ is regulated (i.e., admits left and right limits at every point), and satisfies certain inequalities. Moreover, these level lines are a.s. determined by the field. This allows us to define and study a generalization of the SLE$_4(\underlineρ)$ process, now with a continuum of force points. A crucial ingredient is a monotonicity property in terms of the boundary data which strengthens a result of Miller and Sheffield and is also of independent interest.
Universal Nonsense: The need for a linguistically fair nonword repetition task
Creators: name: Rao, Leela
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Nonword, or nonsense word, repetition tasks are an established way of measuring working
memory in both children and adults. However, the most common working memory tasks are
based on sounds and linguistic rules from the English language, while the number of bilingual
speakers in the United States is on the rise. Past research has shown that the wordlikeness, or the
similarity of a nonword to a real word in a participant’s native language, has a strong impact on
the participant’s performance on a nonword repetition task. Thus, the present study aimed to
create a linguistically more equivalent nonword repetition task for a more diverse range of
research participants. A list of 40 nonwords was created by employing linguistic rules and
sounds from twelve of the most frequently spoken languages in the US. Undergraduate
participants with various language backgrounds were recruited to complete the new task. Results
showed that participants with differing language backgrounds performed the same on the new
nonword repetition task, but the number of languages participants were exposed to was
positively correlated with repetition accuracy. Future directions for further pilot testing are
proposed.
Some energy inequalities involving fractional GJMS operators
Creators: name: Case, Jeffrey S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Under a spectral assumption on the Laplacian of a Poincaré--Einstein manifold, we establish an energy inequality relating the energy of a fractional GJMS operator of order $2γ\in(0,2)$ or $2γ\in(2,4)$ and the energy of the weighted conformal Laplacian or weighted Paneitz operator, respectively. This spectral assumption is necessary and sufficient for such an inequality to hold. We prove the energy inequalities by introducing conformally covariant boundary operators associated to the weighted conformal Laplacian and weighted Paneitz operator which generalize the Robin operator. As an application, we establish a new sharp weighted Sobolev trace inequality on the upper hemisphere.
description: 26 pages; clarified some definitions (e.g. Definition 2.2 and Definition 3.1)
Bactericidal Efficacy of Nitric Oxide-Releasing Silica Nanoparticles against Nosocomial Pathogens
Creators: name: Sergesketter, Amanda
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The effect of nitric oxide (NO)-release kinetics on the antibacterial activity of NO-releasing silica nanoparticles against the nosocomial pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus is demonstrated. Silica nanoparticles were synthesized and modified to release NO via secondary amine modification with N-diazeniumdiolate NO donors. Planktonic Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus were exposed to a series of NO-releasing silica particles with similar 2 h NO totals but different release kinetics (half-lives). Enhanced antibacterial efficacy was observed against Pseudomonas aeruginosa at pH 7.4 for nanoparticles with faster NO-release kinetics. At pH 7.4, minimal bactericidal efficacy was observed against Staphylococcus aureus, even for silica nanoparticles storing greater NO payloads. However, antibacterial activity was enhanced by exposing Staphylococcus aureus to NO-releasing silica particles at a lower pH (6.4). This was attributed to faster NO-release kinetics at lower pH due to more rapid proton-initiated decomposition of N-diazeniumdiolate NO donors. Collectively, these results demonstrate the enhanced NO-mediated bactericidal efficacy of rapid NO-release kinetics against nosocomial pathogens, providing further insight into the design of NO-releasing materials as novel therapeutics to combat hospital-acquired infections.
Elastic Response of Mesoporous Silicon to Capillary Pressures in the Pores
Creators: name: Gor, Gennady Y.
name: Bertinetti, Luca
name: Bernstein, Noam
name: Fratzl, Peter
name: Huber, Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study water adsorption-induced deformation of a monolithic, mesoporous silicon membrane traversed by independent channels of $\sim$8 nm diameter. We focus on the elastic constant associated with the Laplace pressure-induced deformation of the membrane upon capillary condensation, i.e. the pore-load modulus. We perform finite-element method (FEM) simulations of the adsorption-induced deformation of hexagonal and square lattices of cylindrical pores representing the membrane. We find that the pore-load modulus weakly depends on the geometrical arrangement of pores, and can be expressed as a function of porosity. We propose an analytical model which relates the pore-load modulus to the porosity and to the elastic properties of bulk silicon (Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio), and provides an excellent agreement with FEM results. We find good agreement between our experimental data and the predictions of the analytical model, with the Young's modulus of the pore walls slightly lower than the bulk value. This model is applicable to a large class of materials with morphologies similar to mesoporous silicon. Moreover, our findings suggest that liquid condensation experiments allow one to elegantly access the elastic constants of a mesoporous medium.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
title: DiSSCo Prepare Deliverable D6.1 Harmonization and migration plan for the integration of CMSs into the coherent DiSSCo Research Infrastructure
title: Concepts for the integration of collection management systems into the DiSSCo Research Infrastructure
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Glöckler, Falko
name: Reis, Julia
name: von Mering, Sabine
name: Petersen, Mareike
name: Weiland, Claus
name: Dillen, Mathias
name: Leeflang, Sam
name: Haston, Elspeth
name: Addink, Wouter
name: Fichtmueller, David
Publisher: name: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Year: 2022

description: DiSSCo Prepare Deliverable D6.1 describes the concepts for the integration of collection management systems (CMS) into the DiSSCo Research Infrastructure (RI), including recommendations for APIs guidelines. By identifying the challenges of this integration, the basic requirements for the harmonization of CMSs and subsequent interoperability with DiSSCo’s central Digital Specimen services can be identified and addressed. One of the main challenges is the synchronization of specimen data in the DiSSCo RI with data in local CMSs of collection-holding institutions, as these represent a high diversity of data models, software frameworks and API capabilities. Furthermore, different workflows and use cases from multiple disciplines need to be accommodated, while the technological diversity of CMSs necessitates content-wise abstraction in a sustainable implementation. With the help of results from an Event Storming workshop with a mixed group of curators, collection managers, CMS users and vendors, the most important event types in CMSs have been identified, aggregated and classified to allow for a harmonized, formal description of events so they can be used for standardized communication between the CMS and the DiSSCo RI. The DiSSCo RI will provide an abstraction layer through FAIR Digital Objects (FDO; see Islam et al. 2020) for the heterogeneous data. The harmonization of events and the abstraction layer together provide a solid foundation for data aggregation and interoperability. The Digital Objects are serialized as JSON and DiSSCo promotes the use of open standards and open software. Therefore, we suggest API guidelines derived from the existing specifications of JSON:API, OpenAPI and CloudEvents.
Eigenvalues of the fractional Laplace operator in the unit ball
Creators: name: Dyda, Bartłomiej
name: Kuznetsov, Alexey
name: Kwaśnicki, Mateusz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We describe a highly efficient numerical scheme for finding two-sided bounds for the eigenvalues of the fractional Laplace operator (-Delta)^{alpha/2} in the unit ball D in R^d, with a Dirichlet condition in the complement of D. The standard Rayleigh-Ritz variational method is used for the upper bounds, while the lower bounds involve the less-known Aronszajn method of intermediate problems. Both require explicit expressions for the fractional Laplace operator applied to a linearly dense set of functions in L^2(D). We use appropriate Jacobi-type orthogonal polynomials, which were studied in a companion paper "Fractional Laplace operator and Meijer G-function". Our numerical scheme can be applied analytically when polynomials of degree two are involved. This is used to partially resolve the conjecture of T. Kulczycki, which claims that the second smallest eigenvalue corresponds to an antisymmetric function: we prove that this is the case when either d <= 2 and 0 < alpha <= 2, or d <= 9 and alpha = 1, and we provide strong numerical evidence for d <= 9 and general alpha in (0,2].
description: 23 pages, 4 tables, 3 figures
Robustness of the $0 -π$ transition against compositional and structural ageing in S/F/S heterostructures
Creators: name: Loria, R.
name: Meneghini, C.
name: Torokhtii, K.
name: Tortora, L.
name: Pompeo, N.
name: Cirillo, C.
name: Attanasio, C.
name: Silva, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the temperature induced $0 -π$ thermodynamic transition in Nb/PdNi/Nb Superconductor/Ferromagnetic/Superconductor (SFS) heterostructures by microwave measurements of the superfluid density. We have observed a shift in the transition temperature with the ageing of the heterostructures, suggesting that structural and/or chemical changes took place. Motivated by the electrodynamics findings, we have extensively studied the local structural properties of the samples by means of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) technique, and the compositional profile by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). We found that the samples have indeed changed their properties, in particular for what concerns the interfaces and the composition of the ferromagnetic alloy layer. The structural and compositional data are consistent with the shift of the $0-π$ transition toward the behaviour of heterostructures with different F layers. An important emerging indication to the physics of SFS is the weak relevance of the ideality of the interfaces: even in aged samples, with less-than-ideal interfaces, the temperature-induced $0-π$ transition is still detectable albeit at a different critical F thickness.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication on Phys. Rev. B, http://journals.aps.org/prb/
A Musical Approach to Marimba Education: Incorporating Global History and Folkloric Repertoire
Creators: name: Kilby, Matthew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: In order to identify and fill holes in the lost history of the marimba, my thesis will
examine the progression of the marimba from a folkloric instrument to an instrument played by a
soloist on the concert stage in the United States, and how that evolution has affected the
instrument’s communal reception. Specifically, my thesis will focus on development, first in
Africa, but then more extensively in Latin America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Chiapas,
Mexico). Lastly, I will discuss how music commissioned and performed by the Hurtado
Brothers, Clair Omar Musser, Leigh Howard Stevens, Keiko Abe, and other artists created a new
culture for marimba playing in the United States far removed from the marimba’s Central
American and African culture and what impact this new identity has on the marimba’s global
audience.
An example of degenerate hyperbolicity in a cellular automaton with 3 states
Creators: name: Fukś, Henryk
name: Midgley-Volpato, Joel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a behaviour analogous to degenerate hyperbolicity can occur in nearest-neighbour cellular automata (CA) with three states. We construct a 3-state rule by "lifting" elementary CA rule 140. Such "lifted" rule is equivalent to rule 140 when arguments are restricted to two symbols, otherwise it behaves as identity. We analyze the structure of multi-step preimages of 0, 1 and 2 under this rule by using minimal finite state machines (FSM), and exploit regularities found in these FSM. This allows to construct explicit expressions for densities of 0s and 1s after $n$ iterations of the rule starting from Bernoulli distribution. When the initial Bernoulli distribution is symmetric, the densities of all three symbols converge to their stationary values in linearly-exponential fashion, similarly as in finite-dimensional dynamical systems with hyperbolic fixed point with degenerate eigenvalues.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Dissipative Dynamics of Quantum Fluctuations
Creators: name: Benatti, F.
name: Carollo, F.
name: Floreanini, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One way to look for complex behaviours in many-body quantum systems is to let the number $N$ of degrees of freedom become large and focus upon collective observables. Mean-field quantities scaling as $1/N$ tend to commute, whence complexity at the quantum level can only be inherited from complexity at the classical level. Instead, fluctuations of microscopic observables scale as $1/\sqrt{N}$ and exhibit collective Bosonic features, typical of a mesoscopic regime half-way between the quantum one at the microscopic level and the classical one at the level of macroscopic averages. Here, we consider the mesoscopic behaviour emerging from an infinite quantum spin chain undergoing a microscopic dissipative, irreversible dynamics and from global states without long-range correlations and invariant under lattice translations and dynamics. We show that, from the fluctuations of one site spin observables whose linear span is mapped into itself by the dynamics, there emerge bosonic operators obeying a mesoscopic dissipative dynamics mapping Gaussian states into Gaussian states. Instead of just depleting quantum correlations because of decoherence effects, these maps can generate entanglement at the collective, mesoscopic level, a phenomenon with no classical analogue that embodies a peculiar complex behaviour at the interface between micro and macro regimes.
description: LaTex, 30 pages
Structure and genesis of mitochondrial and chloroplast, DNA replication , transcription and translation of organelle genome
Creators: name: Mukhtar, Khalid
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cell physiology

description: Presence of precise organelle DNA in mitochondria and chloroplasts became recognized over 3 years ago, proliferation of chloroplast DNA was first validated by the means of Chun et al, illustration of nuclear manipulation of the human mitochondrial genome chloroplast gene transcription managed transcription of cpDNA genes via the means of various factors from the nuclear basis, the number one elements affecting the transcription of cpDNA genes are NEP polymerase and non-intermediate subunits of PEP polymerase, where we explain the mechanism transporting barrel proteins from the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) through the TOM complex, and associated with chaperones TIM small cells within the IMS side and inserted into the OMM via sorting means and meeting equipment (SAM), we additionally annotate the chloroplast genome genes for some proteins required for the transcription and translation of encoded genes and, at the extreme, genes for photosynthesis, the locus of these repeats determines the site of unpaired reproduction the short (SSC) and extended unpaired reproductive site (LSC) in the chloroplast genome, leuco = white; plast = living) are colorless plastids that are identified in embryonic and germ cells.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice for Exacerbation Control and Symptom Management
Creators: name: Gragg, Kasey T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder
characterized by abdominal pain and discomfort, and can be experienced conjointly with
altered bowel function and abdominal distention. There are four subtypes of IBS
including IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D), IBS with constipation (IBS-C), mixed IBS (IBS-M),
and unsubtyped IBS (IBS-U). Each subtype implicates unique symptoms, and each
individual patient with IBS experiences symptoms differently, making effective treatment
for IBS a complex task. Whereas pharmacologic methods are traditional ways of current
treatment, alternative therapies are increasingly used among many patients, as
prescription drugs aren’t highly effective. This literature review presents evidence for
different types of conventional and alternative therapies and analyzes the effectiveness of
various trials conducted testing assorted treatments for patient with IBS. The literary
evidence suggests that there is not one therapy or treatment that is most effective in
treating IBS, but rather that all therapies need to be implemented in adjunction with
others to be most effective and improve the wide range of symptoms experienced by
patients. It is critical that providers understand this concept in order to provide the most
effective treatments for patients that will not only relieve symptoms, but improve quality
of life.
Prevalence of risk factors and factors associated with risk factors in Acute Coronary Syndrome patients admitted to secondary care hospitals in the Kalutara district
Creators: name: Ranasinghe, Dineshan
name: Dhanasinghe, Chiranthi Nadessha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: Prevelence of risk factors and associated factors who got admitted to kalutara district hospitals with a Acute coronary disease
Absolute absorption on the potassium D lines:theory and experiment
Creators: name: Hanley, Ryan K.
name: Gregory, Philip D.
name: Hughes, Ifan G.
name: Cornish, Simon L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed study of the absolute Doppler-broadened absorption of a probe beam scanned across the potassium D lines in a thermal vapour. Spectra using a weak probe were measured on the 4S $\rightarrow$ 4P transition and compared to the theoretical model of the electric susceptibility detailed by Zentile et al. (2015) in the code named ElecSus. Comparisons were also made on the 4S $\rightarrow$ 5P transition with an adapted version of ElecSus. This is the first experimental test of ElecSus on an atom with a ground state hyperfine splitting smaller than that of the Doppler width. An excellent agreement was found between ElecSus and experimental measurements at a variety of temperatures with rms errors of $\sim 10^{-3}$. We have also demonstrated the use of ElecSus as an atomic vapour thermometry tool, and present a possible new measurement technique of transition decay rates which we predict to have a precision $\sim$ 3 kHz.
EVALUATION OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN WATER FOR PADDY FIELDS USAGE OF PHITSANULOK PROVINCE
Creators: name: Piyada Wachirawongsakorn
Publisher: name: Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Irrigation water
Groundwater
Contamination
Heavy metal
Paddy field

description: Life Sciences and Environment Journal, 24, 2, 309-326
Construction and Analysis of a Variovorax Genomic DNA Library for use in Identifying Genes Related to Auxin Degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Wilson, Ellie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions play an important role in the modulation of plant development and productivity. Certain bacterial strains from the plant microbiome have proven to induce root growth inhibition (RGI) through pathways related to auxin, a plant regulatory hormone. However, this RGI phenotype is not induced when the plant and these strains are co-cultured with Variovorax sp. CL14. We hypothesize Variovorax sp. CL14 is able to degrade the auxin, indole-3-acetic acid, to modulate this phenotype. Herein, we describe the construction of a genomic library of Variovorax sp. CL14 DNA in order to identify the genes responsible for auxin degradation in this plant-microbe-microbe interaction. Variovorax sp. CL14 genomic DNA was partially digested and the DNA fragments >10kb were inserted into a broad host range vector and transformed into E. coli 10β cells. Clones were screened for large inserts, and approximately 5000 clones were picked as the genomic library. Subsequently, the library was transformed into Burkholderia sp. CL11 and Acidovorax sp. Root219, two closely related genera to Variovorax, via triparental mating. Various screening approaches to elucidate the genes involved in auxin degradation are underway. Determining the genetic basis for this auxin degradation will enable broader understanding of how members of the genus Variovorax contribute to auxin homeostasis in the plant microbiome system.
EXTRACTION OF CMC FROM CORNCOB AND ITS APPLICATION AS COATING AGENT ON MANGO FRUIT
Creators: name: Sujitra Ruengdechawiwat
Publisher: name: Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Carboxymethyl cellulose
Corncob
Coating agent

description: Life Sciences and Environment Journal, 24, 2, 327-337
Physical realization of the generalized fully frustrated XY model in an array of SFS junctions
Creators: name: Korshunov, S. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a physical realization of the phase diagram proposed by Minnhagen et al. [Phys. Rev. B 78, 184432 (2008)] for so-called generalized fully frustrated XY model on square lattice can be achieved in arrays of SFS (superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor) junctions near the transition of the junctions to $π$-state. Moreover, the phase diagram with such a topology has to be reproduced twice, on both sides of the $0-π$ transition.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
Perinatal Loss in Emerging Adults: A Review of the Literature
Creators: name: Wood, Hannah Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this study was to discover the unique experience of perinatal loss in
emerging adults. With this compilation of research, the hope is to improve the therapeutic
practice of practitioners who come in contact with these patients. Emerging adults are age 18-25
and are in a life stage of transition and exploration, both emotionally and financially. Perinatal
loss is any type of pregnancy loss from conception to one month after delivery. Emerging adults
that have experienced a perinatal loss grieve in ways that are both similar and different than their
counterparts in different life stages. In order to provide patient-centered care to this unique
population, health care professionals must practice sensitive and thorough communication,
encourage tangible grief aids such as memento boxes, and socialize the loss through
interventions like support groups. My research has shown that there can be no standardization in
care, but it should be tailored to each patient based on his or her needs. Pregnancy loss care in
this life stage is further complicated by the differences between couples and their assigned
meaning to each pregnancy, especially since a large number of pregnancies are unplanned. This
study was a literature review and included three interviews of men and women that experienced
a perinatal loss. Possible implications of future work could be the implementation of a screening
tool to provide information about the couple in order to predict their needs and grief responses
should there be a perinatal loss.
Вопросы устойчивого развития общества,Выпуск 12 МКВСС 2023
Creators: name: ООО "Институт развития образования и консалтинга"
Publisher: name: ООО "Институт развития образования и консалтинга"
Year: 2023

description: Вопросы устойчивого развития общества,Выпуск 12 МКВСС 2023