cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Is the national health insurance scheme a pathway to sustained access to medicines in Nigeria?
Creators: name: Uguru, Nkolika
name: Ogu, Udochukwu
name: Uguru, Chibuzo
name: Ibe, Ogochukwu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Responsible Research And Innovation Applied To Human Rights And Higher Education.
Creators: name: Doral, Tamara Bueno
name: Hänninen, Liisa
name: Castillo, Noelia García
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The present proposal explains the development of the methodology of Real Social Project during term 2015-2016 in the frame of the research project Fostering a Transition towards Responsible Research and Innovation Systems (FoTRRIS) funded by the Horizon 2020 Program of the European Commission.

The method of Real Social Project, which has been continuously used by our research team at the Faculty of Communication (Complutense University of Madrid) since 2005, consists of research applied to human rights and of real communication projects for NGOs carried out by students that are overseen by lecturers. These initiatives that include RRI into higher education curricula have been recognized and funded by Complutense University of Madrid as projects of Innovation and Improvement of Teaching Quality.

To the usual activities of the Real Social Project, we have to add during term 2015-2016 the diffusion of human rights by means of documentary cinema, as well as the organization of the “IV Convention Africa Exists” by advertising students on December 15th.

By one hand, this latest edition of ‘Africa Exists’ allows all members of the University community to become aware of diverse topics related to this continent, such as childhood, refugees, information and mass media or entrepreneurship. All that thanks to some NGOs like AMREF-Flying Doctors, África Directo, Fundación Sur, Asociación Museke and TYAD.

By the other hand, the project of diffusion of human rights in Lima with documentary cinema, funded by Banco Santander, is a small-scale example of the application of responsible research and teaching innovation to the capital city of Peru. Peruvian students analyse the use of experimental documentary cinema as a tool of social questioning and transformation that fosters an egalitarian world. In the same way, the self-production of the films is encouraged because it provides more autonomy for social criticism and for the freedom in the defence of human rights.
Additional file 2 of Is the national health insurance scheme a pathway to sustained access to medicines in Nigeria?
Creators: name: Uguru, Nkolika
name: Ogu, Udochukwu
name: Uguru, Chibuzo
name: Ibe, Ogochukwu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Supplemental Material - Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study
Creators: name: Lyons, Abram J.
name: Hirchak, Katherine A.
name: Kordas, Gordon
name: Herron, Jalene L.
name: Jansen, Kelley
name: Alcover, Karl C.
name: Bergerson, Dustin
name: Avey, Jaedon P.
name: Shaw, Jennifer
name: Roll, John
name: Buchwald, Dedra
name: McDonell, Michael G.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental Material for Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study by Abram J. Lyons, MSW, Katherine A. Hirchak, PhD, Gordon Kordas, MS, Jalene L. Herron, MS, Kelley Jansen, MS, Karl C. Alcover, PhD, Dustin Bergerson, MSW, Jaedon P. Avey, Jennifer Shaw, PhD, John Roll, PhD, Dedra Buchwald, MD, Michael G. McDonell, PhD, and the HONOR Study Team in Child Maltreatment
Asteroseismology And Galactic Archaeology
Creators: name: , Andrea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: asteroseismology
Galactic archaeology
PHOST

description: The Milky Way is a complex system, with dynamical and chemical substructures, where several competing processes such as mergers, secular evolution, gas accretion and gas take place. To study how such a giant spiral galaxy was formed and evolved, we need to reconstruct the sequence of its main formation events with high temporal resolution. Asteroseismology provides the way forward, allowing to determine precise, potentially accurate ages for tens of thousands of stars in the Galaxy. In this contribution I will review the progress in the field, discussing opportunities and limitations related to the use of seismic data for stellar population studies. I will then highlight how ensemble asteroseismology enables tests of stellar structure and evolution, which are key to improve our ability to determine stellar ages and chemical yields, with wide impact e.g. on population synthesis, integrated colours and thus ages of galaxies.
Additional file 1 of Development and validation of a prognostic model for predicting post-discharge mortality risk in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
Creators: name: Zhang, Lingling
name: Liu, Zhican
name: Zhu, Yunlong
name: Wu, Mingxin
name: Huang, Haobo
name: Yang, Wenbin
name: Peng, Ke
name: Zeng, Jianping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Model building for human service industries with application to the Australian funeral industry: development of an accreditation model for the funeral industry in Victoria
Creators: name: King, Michael
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Elegant models are a true representation of the reality for which they are designed. The efficacy and value of the model is a product both of the design process and the data that inform model construction.

This study describes the development of an accreditation model for the Funeral Industry in Victoria, Australia. The researcher is a professional with extensive experience and professional networks in the relevant field. In this investigation a case study approach is taken, using an insider view and an abductive strategy.
Drawing on the literature about organisational effectiveness, the real world of the funeral industry, experience of related human service industry and selected exemplars, a draft model is created. This model is reviewed and refined by professional peers through an iterative process that generates further meaningful data.
Data are analysed through a process of thematic analysis and interpreted using the perspectives of ‘mutual perceptions’, ‘symbolic meanings’ and ‘motives and rules’.
The study supports the development of a novated model and describes features of the context that may influence the model’s implementation.

Recommendations are made both for the industry and for further research.

The report highlights the utility of integrating management theory (i.e., organisational effectiveness) with ‘real-world’ experience in the design of an elegant accreditation model.
THE SURVIVORS’ MONUMENT: AN EMPOWERING AND HEALING LANDSCAPE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Creators: name: Robinson, Laura Katherine
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Landscape architecture
subject: Healing Garden
subject: Landscape Architecture
subject: Monument
subject: Restorative Environment
subject: Restorative Landscape
subject: Sexual Violence

description: This design investigation explores the duality of landscape architecture to be both a tool for healing survivors of sexual violence and a mechanism for spreading awareness to the general population at the University of Maryland. To design the site, a literature review of healing gardens and case studies were undertaken to uncover the parameters for successfully designing with the restorative properties of nature and healing garden techniques. To understand how to apply this research to redesign the site, Morrill Quad was inventoried and analyzed. The result is a space where awareness and restorative elements are merged to promote the healing of individuals and the community. By utilizing the restorative qualities of nature with healing garden design techniques, the space creates opportunities for stress reduction and mental restoration for all users. The concept of a monument is re-imagined from one object symbolizing an event or person to an entire space representing a movement and those that support it. This monument space serves as an educational piece, a place to embody survivors’ voices, and a restorative environment for survivors and students.
Additional file 2 of Development and validation of a prognostic model for predicting post-discharge mortality risk in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
Creators: name: Zhang, Lingling
name: Liu, Zhican
name: Zhu, Yunlong
name: Wu, Mingxin
name: Huang, Haobo
name: Yang, Wenbin
name: Peng, Ke
name: Zeng, Jianping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 2.
MICRO AIR VEHICLE SCALE GUST-WING INTERACTION IN A WIND TUNNEL
Creators: name: Smith, Zachary Francis
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Aerospace engineering
subject: Engineering
subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Aerospce
subject: Drone
subject: Dynamics
subject: Fluid
subject: Gust
subject: Wing

description: Studying isolated gust effects on simple airfoil models in a controlled environment is a necessity to further the development of MAV gust response and control laws. This work describes the creation of a vertical gust generator in a low speed, low turbulence wind tunnel through the use of an actuated fan placed below the tunnel and ducted through its floor. Gusts of up to 40% of the freestream velocity were created. Characterization of the gust generator is shown, and its interaction with a stationary wing at several angles of attack is evaluated. The actuated gust profile is also compared to that of a pitched wing in a gust-less environment with many visible similarities.
Photosynthetic and Growth Response of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) Mature Trees and Seedlings to Calcium, Magnesium, and Nitrogen Additions in the Catskill Mountains, NY, USA
Creators: name: Momen, Bahram
name: Behling, Shawna J.
name: Lawrence, Greg B.
name: Sullivan, Joseph H.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015

description: Funding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.
description: Decline of sugar maple in North American forests has been attributed to changes in soil calcium (Ca) and nitrogen (N) by acidic precipitation. Although N is an essential and usually a limiting factor in forests, atmospheric N deposition may cause N-saturation leading to loss of soil Ca. Such changes can affect carbon gain and growth of sugar maple trees and seedlings. We applied a 2^2 factorial arrangement of N and dolomitic limestone containing Ca and Magnesium (Mg) to 12 forest plots in the Catskill Mountain region of NY, USA. To quantify the short-term effects, we measured photosynthetic-light responses of sugar maple mature trees and seedlings two or three times during two summers. We estimated maximum net photosynthesis (An-max) and its related light intensity (PAR at An-max), apparent quantum efficiency (Aqe), and light compensation point (LCP). To quantify the long-term effects, we measured basal area of living mature trees before and 4 and 8 years after treatment applications. Soil and foliar chemistry variables were also measured. Dolomitic limestone increased Ca, Mg, and pH in the soil Oe horizon. Mg was increased in the B horizon when comparing the plots receiving N with those receiving CaMg. In mature trees, foliar Ca and Mg concentrations were higher in the CaMg and N+CaMg plots than in the reference or N plots; foliar Ca concentration was higher in the N+CaMg plots compared with the CaMg plots, foliar Mg was higher in the CaMg plots than the N+CaMg plots; An-max was maximized due to N+CaMg treatment; Aqe decreased by N addition; and PAR at An-max increased by N or CaMg treatments alone, but the increase was maximized by their combination. No treatment effect was detected on basal areas of living mature trees four or eight years after treatment applications. In seedlings, An-max was increased by N+CaMg addition. The reference plots had an open herbaceous layer, but the plots receiving N had a dense monoculture of common woodfern in the forest floor, which can impede seedling survival.
Exact models for selection problems: from clinical trials to network design
Creators: name: Jafariasbagh, Nahid
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Discrete optimization is becoming an increasingly important tool for solving problems in the real world. The matching problem and the network design problem are two well studied selection problems in this area. They can be considered as modelling relations between nodes of a bi-graph or a graph, respectively.

Using acute stroke trials as a context, the assignment algorithm is utilized to investigate a complex relationship between the overall degree of individual matching, the size of samples, and the quality of matching on variables. It is concluded that the post-hoc individual matching in parallel group randomized clinical trials cannot be recommended as a technique for treatment effect estimation.

Based on the concept of the transshipment problem we proposed a mixed integer programming model to solve the asymmetric traveling salesman problems. The formulation is extendable to other transportation scheduling problems which are related to the traveling salesman problem (TSP) such as the Multiple TSP (m-TSP) and the Selective TSP (STSP). In addition to avoiding any cycles and being easy to implement, the model has a reasonable order of space complexity. It can be built on either a directed graph or an undirected graph.

The reserve network design problem is a variation of the STSP which maximizes some utilities subject to various constraints. These constraints include a budget limitation and spatial attributes such as connectivity and compactness. The proposed model achieves the contiguity and to some extent compactness attributes. It does this without incurring the problem of sub-tours and requiring any regular shape assumptions. Furthermore, where full connectivity is not required, the model enables the trade-off between the number of contiguous areas and utility to be determined easily.

The combinatorial structure of the reserve network design problem places it in the category of NP-hard problems which have exponential time complexity. We explored approaches to reduce the computational effort and introduced an approach with improved efficiency. Using this approach, the experimental results show the solution time significantly reduced on average.
Drowsiness Detection Using Federated Learning: Lessons Learnt from Dealing with Non-IID Data
Creators: name: ENTRUST Horizon Europe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

International 4.0 License.

PETRA ’24, June 26–28, 2024, Crete, Greece

˝ 2024 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).

ACM ISBN 979-8-4007-1760-4/24/06

https://doi.org/10.1145/3652037.3652074

 

ABSTRACT

The privacy of personal data is paramount in the realm of assisted living and digital healthcare. Federated Learning (FL), with its decentralised model training approach, has emerged as a compelling solution to reconcile the need for personalised models with the requirement to protect sensitive personal information. By allowing model training to occur locally on user devices without centralising raw data, FL is intended to strike a balance between personalisation and privacy. While the potential benefits of FL in assisted living and digital healthcare are substantial, practical implementation poses significant challenges. One of them is the non-Independently and Identically Distributed (non-IID) nature of personal data. Unlike centralised datasets, non-IID data exhibits inherent variability across different individuals, as well as their surrounding contexts. Unfortunately, many research approaches in this domain often overlook the nuances of non-IID data, potentially leading to models that lack robust generalisation across diverse healthcare scenarios. To highlight the importance of this challenge, in this paper, we report on our hands-on experience of building a FL system for drowsiness detection using non-IID data.We compare this federated setup with a traditional, centralised approach to model training by identifying and discussing the associated challenges from multiple perspectives, as well as possible solutions and recommendations for further research.

 

AUTHORS

Rustem Dautov

rustem.dautov@sintef.no

SINTEF Digital

Oslo, Norway

 

Erik Johannes Husom

erik.johannes.husom@sintef.no

SINTEF Digital

Oslo, Norway
The architecture of home: an enquiry through painting of home in suburban Australia
Creators: name: Hill, Grant
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This exegesis documents a research project that uses art practice to examine relationships between notions of home and the built form of the residential suburb in Australia.

The project argues that three of home’s essential qualities, those of security, privacy and identity are evident in the built form of the suburb. It has examined the ways in which built form in the suburb is constructed and designed to accommodate and enhance these notions of home.

Home is more than a physical structure or location; it is a synthesis of these things together with human centred feelings and memories related to belonging and nurture, as well as to other subjective qualities such as security, privacy and identity. In Australia the majority of the population have sought home in a suburban environment. The suburbs are a focus of debates concerning housing affordability, environmental sustainability, design aesthetics and infrastructure. These are complex problems which are not explored in this exegesis; however, by exploring home in the suburban environment and its relation to built form the project seeks to provide a better understanding of home. An enhanced conceptualisation of home will provide new information and a broader context with which to consider such debates.

The project focusses upon the suburbs of Coburg and Craigieburn, both in Melbourne. These were chosen because as an established middle suburb and a new outer suburb respectively they are broadly representative of many middle and outer Australian suburbs. The project has researched the links between these qualities of home and the built form of Coburg and Craigieburn through a series of paintings. These artworks employ earth pigment as a paint medium to evoke the notion of place, an idea closely related to home. Also, they use the structural elements of the paintings themselves- the stretcher bars, timber support and linen surface, as visible entities in the finished works. These materials are used as a metaphor for the constructed landscape and spatiality of the chosen suburbs. This exegesis also describes and documents the process and progress of the paintings creation. It explores how the series of paintings were made as a part of investigative research into the ways in which suburban built form defines and delineates the suburbs and how it is structured and used in order to create a home.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence in the adult population of Germany
Creators: name: Lachmann, Raskit
name: Loenenbach, Anna
name: Waterboer, Tim
name: Brenner, Nicole
name: Pawlita, Michael
name: Michel, Angelika
name: Thamm, Michael
name: Poethko-Müller, Christina
name: Wichmann, Ole
name: Wiese-Posselt, Miriam
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains asymptomatic in most immunocompetent hosts, but is the leading cause of congenital viral infection worldwide and can be life-threatening in immunocompromised individuals. We aimed to assess CMV seroprevalence in a nationally representative sample of adults in Germany and to identify sociodemographic factors associated with CMV seropositivity. Methods: Blood samples from 6552 participants (18–79 years) of the “German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998”, a population-based sample of the adult population in Germany, were tested for the presence of CMV antibodies using an Ig-multiplex assay. Weighted seroprevalence was calculated and weighted binomial regression was used to identify factors associated with CMV seropositivity. Results: Overall CMV seroprevalence was 56.7% (95%CI: 54.8–58.7%), with a higher seroprevalence in women (62.3%) than in men (51.0%). Seroprevalence increased with age: from 31.8% to 63.7% in men and from 44.1% to 77.6% in women when comparing the 18–29 with the 70–79 year age-group, respectively. CMV seroprevalence in women of childbearing age (18–45 years) was 51.7%. Factors significantly associated with CMV seropositivity were age, country of birth, smoking status, education, living in northern Germany and number of household members. In addition, having attended child care was associated with seropositivity in men, and number of siblings and living in East Germany in women. Conclusion: Our results indicate that half the women of childbearing age were susceptible for primary CMV infection during pregnancy. CMV screening during pregnancy and informing seronegative women about CMV risk reduction measures could prevent congenital CMV infections with its serious consequences.
Supplemental Material - Post-discharge experiences of patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: A qualitative study
Creators: name: Wang, FengZhen
name: Zhang, YuHao
name: Wu, ShuJing
name: Xie, HongYing
name: Lin, DongMei
name: Wen, XianMing
name: Duan, ZhiSheng
name: Lu, YuFeng
name: Liu, ZiYou
name: Hu, Shuo
name: Liu, Jian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cardiology
Surgery

description: Supplemental Material for Post-discharge experiences of patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: A qualitative study by FengZhen Wang, YuHao Zhang, ShuJing Wu, HongYing Xie, DongMei Lin, XianMin Wen, ZhiSheng Duan, YuFeng Lu, ZiYou Liu, Shuo Hu and Jian Liu in Perfusion
Between furniture and infrastructure: expanding disciplinarity
Creators: name: Holbrook, Tom
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The challenges presented to society by rapid urbanisation and climate change directly call for the broad synthetic spatial knowledge that lies in the province of architecture and urban design. Curiously, in the face of such challenges, the discipline of architecture seems to have entered a period of self-imposed myopia. In recent years, architecture has lost ground in many of those areas that once lay within the disciplinary realm. The societal value ascribed to the spatial imagination is diminishing, and with it the value of operating as a generalist. The familiar rise of international multidisciplinary firms illustrate a shift towards regarding planning and urban design as a problem-solving activity. The multidisciplinary model privileges the instrumental knowledge of engineering, and the managerial routines of traditional planning and project management. The model depends not on synthesising different sorts of knowledge from within the discipline, but rather the consensually mute operation of diverse specialists contributing to the demands of a particular project without overarching synthetic authorship.

Furthermore, the closed system thinking of specialists maps very easily to the emergent tasks of late capitalist environments: the establishment of privatised and invisible infrastructures and controlled, risk-managed versions of the city, with many claims made upon it. If the model of multidisciplinary consultancy is a consequence of increasing corporate power, the weakening of the social contract matches the fragility of the concept of a vital civil society, the health of which would be indicated by participatory infrastructures and negotiative, agonic public space. From these observations the thesis argues for a generalist spatial design practice, supported by evidence of a particular and distinctive way of working. Holbrook's work from the last two decades provide illustration of how the architectural imagination can engage positively with highly complex situations, and establish a bridge between the scales of strategy, planning and infrastructure and the concrete experience of the resulting environment. Case studies are drawn primarily from the work of Holbrook's practice 5th Studio, working in East Anglia, England - one of the densest concentrations of overlaid infrastructure, historic and natural conservation anywhere. 5th Studio has always regarded its approach as prospective and propositional and the research has validated and formalised its spatially entrepreneurial mode of inventing projects. The thesis concludes with an interview with the critic Ellis Woodman and a transcribed discussion with Shelley MacNamara of Grafton Architects.
Differential equation population models in a slowly varying environment
Creators: name: Idlango, Majda
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Many investigations have analysed population dynamics using differential equation models in which the governing parameters are assumed to be constant. However, in reality, this assumption of constancy is not always true, since the dynamics of such models can be influenced by regular environmental changes, through such parameters varying with time. Moreover, this time variation can occur on one time scale or on a number of different time scales. In general, for such cases, an exact solution of population evolution problems involving the model cannot be obtained and numerical solution methods must be used. However, when the variation of the model parameters is slow relative to other quantities, analytic multi-scaling techniques can be applied to obtain approximate solutions which can successfully represent the variation of the population over time. This technique is widely applied in the fields of physics and engineering and has begun to become more established as a technique in recent times in population dynamics.

This thesis considers single species differential equations population models in which the model parameters are functions of time that vary slowly compared to the intrinsic time variation of the population itself and applies multi-timing methods to obtain closed-form (explicit or implicit ) approximate expressions representing the evolving populations represented by these models. These expressions are then applied to analyse the ongoing population behaviour . They are compared with solutions obtained by numerical solution methods in particular cases and are shown to give very satisfactory approximations over a range of (variable) parameters.

Several models of interest are considered. For a harvested logistic model, the multi-timimg approximations are used to show how, for some starting populations and under suitable harvesting, the population survives to a slowly varying limiting state, while for others, it is driven to extinction. For a model displaying an Allee effect, the approximations yield similar results. Finally, for a logistic model subject to a saturating harvesting, clear criteria for survival and extinction are established.

In many situations, the survival/extinction potential of a population changes, through a change in the (slowly varying) model parameters, termed a transition. Such transitions are analysed through the approximations developed, to give a clear picture of the ultimate fate of a population as it moves through a transition state.
sj-docx-7-tia-10.1177_23312165221130584 - Supplemental material for Hearing aid Experiences of Adult Hearing aid Owners During and After Fitting: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
Creators: name: Oosthuizen, Ilze
name: Manchaiah, Vinaya
name: Launer, Stefan
name: Swanepoel, De Wet
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110315 Otorhinolaryngology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-7-tia-10.1177_23312165221130584 for Hearing aid Experiences of Adult Hearing aid Owners During and After Fitting: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies by Ilze Oosthuizen, Vinaya Manchaiah, Stefan Launer and De Wet Swanepoel in Trends in Hearing
sj-docx-1-tam-10.1177_17588359221131532 – Supplemental material for Prostate cancer-associated urinary proteomes differ before and after prostatectomy
Creators: name: Feng, Yan
name: Liu, Shengzhi
name: Zha, Rongrong
name: Sun, Xun
name: Li, Kexin
name: Wu, Di
name: Aryal, Uma K.
name: Koch, Michael
name: Li, Bai-Yan
name: Yokota, Hiroki
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
Aged Health Care
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-tam-10.1177_17588359221131532 for Prostate cancer-associated urinary proteomes differ before and after prostatectomy by Yan Feng, Shengzhi Liu, Rongrong Zha, Xun Sun, Kexin Li, Di Wu, Uma K. Aryal, Michael Koch, Bai-Yan Li and Hiroki Yokota in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
CEO remuneration: Australian evidence of the influence of reputation, performance and governance
Creators: name: Niap, Damian
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this research is threefold. Firstly, to establish that CEO professional reputation is a determinant of CEO remuneration. Secondly, to determine whether company financial performance, in particular cash flow, has any influence on CEO remuneration. Or, is there an alternative measure of company performance that is productivity, which influences CEO remuneration? Thirdly, to obtain further empirical evidence on whether there is a crisis in the current Anglo-American corporate governance structure by researching the influence, if any, that the remuneration committee and substantial shareholders have on CEO remuneration.

The methodology adopted in this research is a panel data analysis of companies in the ASX Top 200 over a three-year period from 2007 to 2009 covering the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Data are obtained from secondary sources, in particular companies’ annual reports.

There are a number of findings from this research. CEO professional reputation has a significantly positive effect on CEO fixed remuneration. In addition, there is a significant relationship between operating cash flow as a measure of company financial performance and CEO remuneration. Also, company productivity as an alternative measure of company performance has been shown to have a significant relationship with CEO remuneration. However, corporate governance factors of remuneration committee independence and diligence, as well as the monitoring effect of substantial shareholders, in general do not have any significant relationship with CEO remuneration.

This research makes several contributions to the existing literature. It introduces a determinant of CEO remuneration which has not been researched in the past that is CEO professional reputation. In addition, it illustrates how a reputation index is constructed. Furthermore, this study identifies cash flow as a company financial performance measure which affects CEO remuneration particularly during a period of financial crisis. Last but not least, empirical evidence shows that company productivity as an alternative measure of company performance, has an influence on CEO remuneration.
Supplemental Material - The Consequences of Social Media Use Across the Transition Into Adolescence: Body Image and Physical Activity
Creators: name: Leggett-James, Mary Page
name: Laursen, Brett
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160301 Family and Household Studies
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material forThe Consequences of Social Media Use Across the Transition Into Adolescence: Body Image and Physical Activity by Mary Page Leggett-James and Brett Laursen in The Journal of Early Adolescence
Monte Carlo studies in weakly interacting quantum systems
Creators: name: Springall, Ryan
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This thesis is composed of two parts. In part one we report results of two quantum Monte Carlo methods - variational Monte Carlo and diffusion Monte Carlo - on the potential energy curve of the helium dimer, the prototypical van der Waals system. In contrast to previous quantum Monte Carlo calculations on this system, we have
employed trial wave functions of the Slater-Jastrow form and used the fixed node approximation for the fermion nodal surface. We find both methods to be in excellent agreement with the best theoretical results at short range. In addition, the diffusion Monte Carlo results give very good agreement across the whole potential energy
curve, while the Slater-Jastrow wave function fails to bind the dimer at all.

In part two we switch to investigations of many-body systems at finite temperature. We use the path integral representation of statistical mechanics to investigate the symmetry properties of the canonical ensemble partition function and find a representation in terms of irreducible representations of the symmetric group. We use this as a foundation to propose a novel technique for the stochastic sampling of the bosonic partition function for quantum gases. It is shown that in principle we are able to use two operators which enable us to construct a Markov chain through a graph of the irreducible representation of the symmetric group. As an illustration of this method, a test calculation of four particles in a harmonic trap is performed.
sj-docx-1-soc-10.1177_00380385221122444 – Supplemental material for Inequalities in Home Learning and Schools’ Remote Teaching Provision during the COVID-19 School Closure in the UK
Creators: name: Bayrakdar, Sait
name: Guveli, Ayse
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-soc-10.1177_00380385221122444 for Inequalities in Home Learning and Schools’ Remote Teaching Provision during the COVID-19 School Closure in the UK by Sait Bayrakdar and Ayse Guveli in Sociology
System Design And Analysis Of A Renewable Energy Source Powered Microgrid
Creators: name: Venegas Zambrana, Miguel Norman
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Energy
subject: Engineering
subject: Emissions
subject: Energy
subject: Islanded
subject: Microgrid
subject: Renewable
subject: Systems

description: Today there is a great need for alternative new energy sources at cheaper development prices than those required from a traditional power plants. The renewable generation technologies are and will become both cheaper and more beneficial for our environment than other traditional means of productions. As Renewable Energy Generation technologies advance, it is important that Power Systems Engineers investigate carefully the Smart Grid and specially the Islanded Microgrid. Microgrid System Design Solutions that seek zero Emissions are more important as pollutants from traditional plants contribute to the contamination of the environment. In this thesis we use a Systems Engineering approach to design and analyze a typical Islanded Microgrid in order to seek zero emission Microgrids at the lowest possible cost. This study designs the Microgrid as a Smart Grid; we use and follow the design by considering engineering Standards from NIST and IEEE. Then we develop initial Microgrid System design and architecture. The System then is Analyzed and simulated in HOMER. Finally, a Tradeoff analysis is performed to search design variations and their effect on system cost as well as on environmental emissions.
Additional file 1 of Peg-IFNα combined with hepatitis B vaccination contributes to HBsAg seroconversion and improved immune function
Creators: name: Liu, Yisi
name: Ren, Shan
name: Ma, Lina
name: Lin, Xiao
name: Lu, Junfeng
name: Cao, Zhenhuan
name: Zheng, Sujun
name: Hu, Zhongjie
name: Xu, Xiaoxue
name: Chen, Xinyue
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 1
Supplemental Material - Association Between Aromatase Inhibitors and Myocardial Infarction Morbidity in Women With Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Creators: name: Sun, Jing-Chao
name: Sun, Ze-Fan
name: He, Chao-Jie
name: Zhai, Chang-Lin
name: Qian, Gang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental Material for Association Between Aromatase Inhibitors and Myocardial Infarction Morbidity in Women With Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Jing-Chao Sun, Ze-Fan Sun, Chao-Jie He, Chang-Lin Zhai, and Gang Qian in Cancer Control
Synthesis and Characterization of Hemostatic Foams
Creators: name: Rudy, Michael
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Chemical engineering
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: Hemostatic Foam
subject: hydrophobic modification
subject: polymer

description: Hydrophobically modified (hm) derivatives of biopolymers like chitosan have the ability to coagulate blood cells and thus stop bleeding from severe injuries (i.e., achieve hemostasis). Our lab has been particularly interested in developing foams based on these polymers for use as hemostastic agents. Foams are attractive because an expanding foam at a wound site can counteract blood loss without the need for mechanical compression. The amphiphilic nature of hm-polymers also enables them to stabilize such foams. Previous work centered around a foam based on hm-chitosan (hmC) that was delivered out of a canister. To effectively combat internal hemorrhaging, we recognized the need to develop foams that could be more precisely placed at the wound site and also had greater mechanical integrity. Towards this end, this thesis describes a new class of polymeric foams that can be delivered out of a double-barreled syringe (DBS) by combining precursors in the two barrels that produce bubbles of CO2 gas in situ. Moreover, we show that by combining hmC in one barrel with a second biopolymer – hm-alginate (hmA) – in the other, we can generate foams with enhanced rheological properties compared to foams of hmC alone. This rheological enhancement is quantified in our work, and is due to electrostatic interactions between the cationic hmC and the anionic hmA chains. Preliminary studies in animal wound models also confirm that hmC-hmA foams can be precisely directed to a wound using the DBS and that these foams form effective barriers to blood loss due to their greater mechanical integrity.
GIS based approach to economic assessment of residential flood damage at property level
Creators: name: Kamruzzaman, Khan
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Flood is one of the major natural disasters in Australia. It breaks down transportation and communication systems, disrupts businesses and causes damage to properties, loss of stock, crops and also loss of human lives. Better understanding of the impacts resulting from floods and other natural hazards can help to reduce the damages or losses. Flood damage assessment procedures estimate the impact of flood in monetary terms to help decision makers develop new policies, programs and development plans. This study examines different techniques, procedures and underpinning philosophies that have been used in some major emergency management and insurance organizations in the world such as RAM, ANUFLOOD, and HAZUS and NHRC. From this examination the study finds that none of them are suitable for mitigation and emergency purposes in producing economic flood damage estimation at fine resolution with high accuracy. From this perspective the study develops a rigorous procedure for property level economic flood damage assessment. The assessment procedures are embedded within GIS (Geographic Information System) technology which can model and analyse the multidimensional phenomenon of flood and damage characteristics of residential buildings. The damage estimation procedures developed in this study include flood modelling, collection and organisation of building inventory data; adopting a set of stage-damage curves; and measuring damage at property level. The quality of damage estimates derived from the procedures is highly influenced by quality of input data. The study also includes the implementation of the damage assessment procedure on the study area (a segment of Kororoit Creek and its adjacent area). The study uses data from a number of sources including Melbourne Water, NEXIS, VICMAP, a quick survey and literature. The developed procedure will help many practitioners in flood loss assessment and natural hazard risk management to face the challenges they have in establishing damage estimates with high accuracy.
Additional file 2 of Peg-IFNα combined with hepatitis B vaccination contributes to HBsAg seroconversion and improved immune function
Creators: name: Liu, Yisi
name: Ren, Shan
name: Ma, Lina
name: Lin, Xiao
name: Lu, Junfeng
name: Cao, Zhenhuan
name: Zheng, Sujun
name: Hu, Zhongjie
name: Xu, Xiaoxue
name: Chen, Xinyue
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 2
Social Grooming in Bats: Are Vampire Bats Exceptional?
Creators: name: Carter, Gerald
name: Leffer, Lauren
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015

description: Funding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.
description: Evidence for long-term cooperative relationships comes from several social birds and mammals.
Vampire bats demonstrate cooperative social bonds, and like primates, they maintain these bonds through social grooming. It is unclear, however, to what extent vampires are special among bats in this regard. We compared social grooming rates of common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus and four other group-living bats, Artibeus jamaicensis, Carollia perspicillata, Eidolon helvum and Rousettus aegyptiacus, under the same captive conditions of fixed association and no ectoparasites. We conducted 13 focal sampling sessions for each combination of sex and species, for a total of 1560 presence/absence observations per species. We observed evidence for social grooming in all species, but social grooming rates were on average 14 times higher in vampire bats than in other species. Self-grooming rates did not differ. Vampire bats spent 3.7% of their awake time social grooming (95% CI = 1.5–6.3%), whereas bats of the other species spent 0.1–0.5% of their awake time social grooming. Together with past data, this result supports the hypothesis that the elevated social grooming rate in the vampire bat is an adaptive trait, linked to their social bonding and unique regurgitated food sharing behavior.
sj-docx-1-gcq-10.1177_00169862221128299 – Supplemental material for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advanced Science and Mathematics Achievement During Elementary School
Creators: name: Morgan, Paul L.
name: Hu, Eric Hengyu
name: Farkas, George
name: Hillemeier, Marianne M.
name: Oh, Yoonkyung
name: Gloski, Cecelia A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-gcq-10.1177_00169862221128299 for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advanced Science and Mathematics Achievement During Elementary School by Paul L. Morgan, Eric Hengyu Hu, George Farkas, Marianne M. Hillemeier, Yoonkyung Oh and Cecelia A. Gloski in Gifted Child Quarterly
Is Rising Mortality in Germany Associated with the Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign? Analytical Protocol
Creators: name: Walach, Harald
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Clinical Epidemiology
subject: Diseases
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Virus Diseases
subject: ARIMA analysis
subject: Germany
subject: all-cause mortality
subject: covid-19 vaccination
subject: time-series analysis

description: This is a secondary analysis of an already existing time series of German all-cause mortality data since 2000. A time-series intervention model will be calculated.
Supplemental Material - Introducing the ‘3 Fs model of complexity’ for people with dementia accessing a NHS mental health in-patient dementia assessment ward: An interpretive description study
Creators: name: Jones, Lesley
name: Cullum, Nicky
name: Watson, Ruth
name: Keady, John
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 160512 Social Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material for Introducing the ‘3 Fs model of complexity’ for people with dementia accessing a NHS mental health in-patient dementia assessment ward: An interpretive description study by Lesley Jones, Nicky Cullum, Ruth Watson and John Keady in Dementia
Energy conservation and renewable energy sources in aquaculture
Creators: name: Bhavy A. Dalsaniya, Binal Rajeshbhai Khalasi, Prabhutva Chaturvedi, Mayurkumar U. Tandel, Durgesh Kumar Verma
Publisher: name: the fish world a monthly magazine
Year: 2024

description: Aquaculture, a rapidly growing industry crucial for global protein supply, faces increasing production costs due to fluctuating prices of feed, disease management, electricity, and fuel. This paper explores the integration of renewable energy sources—such as solar, wind, tidal, and wave energy—into aquaculture practices to enhance sustainability and reduce operational costs. Solar-powered aeration systems and fish feeders, wind-powered aerators and pumps, and tidal energy harnessed through innovative designs are discussed for their potential to provide eco-friendly and cost-effective alternatives to traditional energy sources. The advantages, challenges, and implementation strategies of these renewable technologies are examined, highlighting their role in promoting a more sustainable aquaculture industry. The conclusion emphasizes the necessity of adopting renewable energy solutions to meet the increasing energy demands and mitigate environmental impacts, thereby supporting the long-term viability of aquaculture practices.