cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Clinical and biomechanical effectiveness of foot-ankle exercise programs and weight-bearing activity in people with diabetes and neuropathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: van Netten, JJ
name: Sacco, ICN
name: Lavery, L
name: Monteiro-Soares, M
name: Paton, J
name: Rasmussen, A
name: Raspovic, Anita
name: Bus, SA
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science

description: Background: Most interventions to prevent foot ulcers in people with diabetes do not seek to reverse the foot abnormalities that led to the ulcer. Foot-ankle exercise programs target these clinical and biomechanical factors, such as protective sensation and mechanical stress. Multiple RCTs exist investigating the effectiveness of such programs, but these have never been summarised in a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: We searched the available scientific literature in PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane databases and trial registries for original research studies on foot-ankle exercise programs for people with diabetes at risk of foot ulceration. Both controlled and non-controlled studies were eligible for selection. Two independent reviewers assessed the risk of bias of controlled studies and extracted data. Meta-analysis (using Mantel-Haenszel's statistical method and random effect models) was performed when >2 RCTs were available that met our criteria. Evidence statements, including the certainty of evidence, were formulated according to GRADE. Results: We included a total of 29 studies, of which 16 were RCTs. A foot-ankle exercise programme of 8–12 weeks duration for people at risk of foot ulceration results in: (a) no increase or decrease risk of foot ulceration or pre-ulcerative lesion (Risk Ratio (RR): 0.56 (95% CI: 0.20–1.57)); (b) no increase or decrease risk of adverse events (RR: 1.04 (95% CI: 0.65–1.67)); (c) not increase or decrease barefoot peak plantar pressure during walking (Mean Difference (MD): −6.28 kPa (95% CI: −69.90–57.34)); (d) no increase or decrease health-related quality of life (no meta-analysis possible). Likely results in increases in ankle joint and first metatarsalphalangeal joint range of motion (MD: 1.49° (95% CI: −0.28–3.26)) may result in improvements in neuropathy signs and symptoms (MD: −1.42 (95% CI: −2.95-0.12)), may result in a small increase in daily steps in some people (MD: 131 steps (95% CI: -492-754)), and may not increase or decrease foot and ankle muscle strength and function (no meta-analysis was possible). Conclusions: In people at risk of foot ulceration, a foot-ankle exercise programme of 8–12 weeks duration may not prevent or cause diabetes-related foot ulceration. However, such a programme likely improves the ankle joint and first metatarsalphalangeal joint range of motion and neuropathy signs and symptoms. Further research is needed to strengthen the evidence base, and should also focus on the effects of specific components of foot-ankle exercise programs.
RFID Based Electronic Voting Machine Using OTP and BIO-Metric Verification
Creators: name: N.Y.S.Karthik, S.Prem Kumar, S.Tanuja, N.V.S. Kala Praneetha, M.Jnanendra, B.Ravichandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The paper describes the implementation of an innovative Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) that integrates Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, One-Time Password (OTP) authentication, and biometric verification to enhance the security and transparency of electionsThe integration of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, One-Time Password (OTP) authentication, and biometric verification in our Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) marks a significant leap forward in ensuring the security and transparency of electoral processes. With this innovative system, each voter is uniquely identified through RFID tags, thereby eliminating the possibility of duplicate voting. This foundational layer of security sets the stage for a robust and reliable voting environment.

Upon reaching the EVM, voters undergo biometric verification, typically through fingerprint scanning or other biometric data. This step adds an extra layer of authentication, ensuring that only legitimate voters can proceed to cast their ballots. By combining biometric verification with RFID technology, we further bolster the integrity of the electoral process, mitigating the risk of impersonation or unauthorized access.

Following successful biometric verification, voters receive a unique OTP via SMS to their registered mobile phone numbers. This OTP serves as a temporary authentication code, providing an additional checkpoint to confirm the identity of the voter before they can proceed to cast their vote. The use of OTP authentication adds another dimension of security, effectively safeguarding against unauthorized access and fraudulent activities.

The culmination of these multi-layered security measures significantly reduces the likelihood of fraud and ensures that only authorized individuals participate in the voting process. By synergizing RFID technology, OTP authentication, and biometric verification, our system offers a reliable, secure, and transparent method for conducting elections. This holistic approach not only enhances the integrity of electoral outcomes but also fosters public trust and confidence in the democratic process. Ultimately, our innovative EVM represents a pivotal step towards advancing electoral security and transparency in the digital age.
Belief Revision Conditionals: Models of Suppositional Reasoning
Creators: name: Arlo-Costa, Horacio
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Horacio Arlo-Costa. Belief Revision Conditionals: Models of Suppositional Reasoning.
CDM models with a steplike initial power spectrum
Creators: name: Gramann, Mirt
name: H"utsi, Gert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the properties of clusters of galaxies in the $Λ$CDM models with a steplike initial power spectrum. We examine the mass function, the peculiar velocities and the power spectrum of clusters in models with different values of the density parameter $Ω_0$, the normalized Hubble constant h and the spectral parameter p, which describes the shape of the initial power spectrum. The results are compared with observations. We also investigate the rms bulk velocity in the models, where the properties of clusters are consistent with the observed data. We find that the power spectrum of clusters is in good agreement with the observed power spectrum of the Abell-ACO clusters, if the spectral parameter p is in the range p=0.6-0.8. The power spectrum and the rms peculiar velocity of clusters are consistent with observations only if $Ω_0<0.4$. The $Ω_0=0.3$ models are consistent with the observed properties of clusters, if h=0.50-0.63. For h=0.65, we find that $Ω_0=0.20 -0.27$.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Fundamental Strings in Open String Theory at the Tachyonic Vacuum
Creators: name: Sen, Ashoke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the world-volume theory on a D-p-brane at the tachyonic vacuum has solitonic string solutions whose dynamics is governed by the Nambu-Goto action of a string moving in (25+1) dimensional space-time. This provides strong evidence for the conjecture that at this vacuum the full (25+1) dimensional Poincare invariance is restored. We also use this result to argue that the open string field theory at the tachyonic vacuum must contain closed string excitations.
description: LaTeX file, 16 pages, references and clarification added
Beneficial effects of adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction on testicular injury caused by busulfan
Creators: name: Hekimoglu, E. Rumeysa
name: Esrefoglu, Mukaddes
name: Cimen, Fatma Bedia Karakaya
name: Elibol, Birsen
name: Dedeakayogullari, Huri
name: Pasin, Özge
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: The use of stem cells can attenuate testicular injury and promote sperm production. The adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) has become an attractive cell source for cell-based therapies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of SVF on busulfan-induced testicular damage in rats. Twenty-four male rats were randomly divided into control, busulfan, SVF, and busulfan + SVF groups. Testicular damage was induced by intraperitoneal administration of busulfan (35 mg/kg). SVF obtained from human adipose tissue using Lipocube SVF™ was injected into rats 5 weeks after busulfan administration. At the end of the 8th week, rats were sacrificed, and histopathological, biochemical, and western blotting analyses were performed. No harmful effects of SVF on healthy testis tissue and sperm parameters were detected. SVF improved busulfan-induced oxidative stress in both testis tissue and serum. SVF injection to damaged testicular tissue resulted in increases in the healthy spermatozoon numbers and decreases in the abnormal tail numbers. Additionally, SVF increased bax/Bcl, DAZL, and TGF-β1 levels whereas decreased ATG5 and NF-kB levels. According to the results we obtained in this study, we suggest that SVF is beneficial in restoring damaged tissue by primarily being a multipotent cell source, by inhibiting oxidative stress and converting necrotic cell death to apoptotic cell death. In the future, clinical applications should bring higher benefits. Since SVF is the patient’s own tissue, being harmless, it will offer an advantageous supportive treatment option for patients already weakened by cancer and anticancer therapy.
Infrared Emission from Supernova Remnants: Formation and Destruction of Dust
Creators: name: Williams, Brian J.
name: Temim, Tea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the observations of dust emission in supernova rem- nants (SNRs) and supernovae (SNe). Theoretical calculations suggest that SNe, particularly core-collapse, should make significant quantities of dust, perhaps as much as a solar mass. Observations of extragalactic SNe have yet to find anywhere near this amount, but this may be the result of observa- tional limitations. SN 1987A, in the process of transitioning from a SN to an SNR, does show signs of a significant amount of dust forming in its ejecta, but whether this dust will survive the passage of the reverse shock to be injected into the ISM is unknown. IR observations of SNRs have not turned up significant quantities of dust, and the dust that is observed is generally swept-up by the forward shock, rather than created in the ejecta. Because the shock waves also destroy dust in the ISM, we explore the question of whether SNe might be net destroyers, rather than net creators of dust in the universe.
description: Published in the Springer Handbook of Supernovae
Safety evaluation of Gamisoyo-san: genotoxicity, acute toxicity, and influence on drug-metabolizing enzymes
Creators: name: Jin, Seong Eun
name: Lee, Mee-Young
name: Ha, Hyekyung
name: Shin, Hyeun-Kyoo
name: Seo, Chang-Seob
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Gamisoyo-san is an herbal formula widely used to treat psychological issues, menopausal symptoms, and dysmenorrhea. However, there is insufficient information on its safety profile. This study aimed to confirm the genotoxic and acute toxic potential of Gamisoyo-san. We performed a battery of tests, which included a bacterial reverse mutation test (Ames test) using five bacterial strains, an in vitro chromosomal aberration test using Chinese hamster lung (CHL) cells, an in vivo micronucleus test in mice, and human Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) assays. In the acute toxicity study, male and female rats were orally administered Gamisoyo-san 1000, 2000, or 5000 mg/kg and observed for 14 days. The activities of human CYP450s and UGTs were evaluated using recombinant baculosomes. Gamisoyo-san showed no signs of genotoxicity in the five bacterial strains, CHL cells, or mouse bone marrow cells. The acute toxicity test showed that the median lethal dose (LD50) of Gamisoyo-san was greater than 5000 mg/kg in rats. Gamisoyo-san inhibited the activities of CYP1A2, CYP2C19, and UGT1A1. In conclusion, Gamisoyo-san may not exert severe toxicological events or genotoxic effects at doses up to 5000 mg/kg in rats.
Belief Revision Conditionals: Basic Iterated Systems
Creators: name: Arlo-Costa, Horacio
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: It is now well known that, on pain of triviality, the probability of a conditional cannot be identified with the corresponding conditional probability [25]. This surprising impossibility result has a qualitative counterpart. In fact, Peter Gärdenfors showed in [13] that believing ‘If A then B’ cannot be equated with the act of believing B on the supposition that A — as long as supposing obeys minimal Bayesian constraints. Recent work has shown that in spite of these negative results, the question ‘how to accept a conditional?’ has a clear answer. Even if conditionals are not truth-carriers, they do have precise acceptability conditions. Nevertheless most epistemic models of conditionals do not provide acceptance conditions for iterated conditionals. One of the main goals of this essay is to provide a comprehensive account of the notion of epistemic conditionality covering all forms of iteration. First we propose an account of the basic idea of epistemic conditionality, by studying the conditionals validated by epistemic models where iteration is permitted but not constrained by special axioms. Our modeling does not presuppose that epistemic states should be represented by belief sets (we only assume that to each epistemic state corresponds an associated belief state). A full encoding of the basic epistemic conditionals (encompassing all forms of iteration) is presented and a representation result is proved. In the second part of the essay we argue that the notion of change involved in the evaluation of conditionals is suppositional, and that such notion should be distinguished from the notion of updating (modelled by AGM and other methods). We conclude by considering how some of the recent modellings of iterated change fare as methods for iterated supposing.
Bayesian Estimation and Testing of Structural Equation Models
Creators: name: Scheines, Richard
name: Hoijtink, Herbert
name: Boomsma, Anne
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Richard Scheines, Herbert Hoijtink and Anne Boomsma. Bayesian Estimation and Testing of Structural Equation Models.
Repeated dose toxicity studies of Trichostatin A in Swiss albino mice through oral and intravenous route of administration with special emphasis on genotoxicity
Creators: name: Haritwal, Teena
name: Prakash, Anu
name: Sharma, Neha
name: Jamnal, Neetika
name: Kumar, Manoj
name: Agrawala, Paban K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Intravenous and oral 14 d repeated dose toxicity studies of Trichostatin A (TSA) were carried out in Swiss albino mice using low, intermediate, and high doses. Intravenous doses were 10, 25, and 50 μg/kg b.w while the oral doses were 20, 50, and 100 μg/kg b.w. Respective control groups of mice were administered phosphate buffered saline (vehicle only) for 14 consecutive days. All external morphological, hematological, biochemical, urine, histopathological, food intake in addition to body weight and vital organ weight were recorded. During the study no mortality in any animal was observed in either treatment routes. There were no significant changes in morphology, food intake, hematology, biochemical, urine analysis, organ weight. Animals treated high dose of TSA intravenously (50 μg/kg b.w) and orally (100 μg/kg b.w) had enlarged, congested, and discolored kidneys which were statistically significant. Histopathological studies had shown statistically significant degenerated glomerulus in high dose of intravenous and orally treated animals and degenerated tubule were found in orally treated animals. Genotoxicity was evaluated using micronucleus frequency at 14 and 21 d after treatment and chromosomal aberration at 21 d after treatment. Micronucleaus assay and chromosomal assay however did not show any significant changes at any doses and administration routes. Therefore, this study concludes that dose ∼25 µg/kg and ∼50 µg/kg b.w may be considered as No Observed Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) for intravenous and oral administration of TSA respectively.
Bayesian estimation and testing of structural equation models
Creators: name: Scheines, Richard
name: Hoijtink, Herbert
name: Boomsma, Anne
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Abstract: "The Gibbs sampler can be used to obtain samples of arbitrary size from the posterior distribution over the parameters of a structural equation model given covariance data and a prior distribution over the parameters. Point estimates, standard deviations and interval estimates for the parameters can be computed from these samples. If the prior distribution over the parameters is uninformative, the posterior is proportional to the likelihood, and asymptotically the inferences based on the Gibbs sample are the same as those based on the maximum likelihood solution, e.g., output from LISREL or EQS. In small samples, however, the likelihood surface is not multivariate normal and in some cases not even unimodal. Nevertheless, the Gibbs sampler draws a sample from the true posterior distribution over the parameters regardless of the sample size and the shape of the likelihood surface. With an informative prior distribution over the parameters, it can be used to estimate underidentified models, as we illustrate on a simple errors-in-variables model."
Shell-model test of the rotational-model relation between static quadrupole moments Q(2^+_1), B(E2)'s, and orbital M1 transitions
Creators: name: Robinson, S. J. Q.
name: Zamick, L.
name: Escuderos, A.
name: Fearick, R. W.
name: von Neumann-Cosel, P.
name: Richter, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we examine critically the relation between orbital magnetic dipole (scissors mode) strength and quadrupole deformation properties. Assuming a simple K=0 ground state band in an even-even nucleus, the quantities Q(2^+_1) (i.e., the static quadrupole moment) and B(E2)_{0_1 \to 2_1} both are described by a single parameter--the intrinsic quadrupole moment Q_0. In the shell model, we can operationally define Q_0(Static) and Q_0(BE2) and see if they are the same. Following a brief excursion to the sd shell, we perform calculations in the fp shell. The nuclei we consider ({44,46,48}Ti and {48,50}Cr) are far from being perfect rotors, but we find that the calculated ratio Q_0(Static)/Q_0(BE2) is in many cases surprisingly close to one. We also discuss the collectivity of orbital magnetic dipole transitions. We find that the large orbital B(M1) strength in {44}Ti relative to {46}Ti and {48}Ti cannot be explained by simple deformation arguments.
description: 12 pages, RevTeX4. Sections II (Quadrupole properties in the sd-shell) and V (Random interaction studies) added. Minor changes throughout the text and 48Cr added to present Table IV, as well as results for the lowest 100 states
Effect of Sr substitution on the stability of CuO chains in oxygen and nitrogen annealed YBa2-xSrxCu3O(x = 0.0, 0.50, 1.0) superconducting system
Creators: name: Ansari, M. A.
name: Awana, V. P. S.
name: Gupta, Anurag
name: Saxena, R. B.
name: Kishan, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Samples of YBa2-xSrxCu3O7-d (x = 0.0, 0.50, 1.0) series were synthesized by solid-state reaction and first annealed in flowing O2 gas. All samples crystallized in orthorhombic structure, where orthorhombic distortion was found to decrease with an increase in x. Four probe resistivity measurements showed that superconducting transition temperature (Tc) decreases monotonically with x at a rate of dTc/dx = 1.3 K/at%. The sample with x=0 had a Tc = 91 K. The samples were further annealed in flowing N2 gas at 450 0C. The Tc of all samples decreased by nitrogen annealing. Interestingly, the decrease in Tc(x) became nearly three times larger at a rate of dTc/dx = 3.7 K/at%. The sample with x=0 had a Tc = 42 K. We discuss possible reasons and implications of the Tc(x) suppression vis stability of CuO chains. Key words: Y-123, Sr substitution, Superconducting transition
description: 4 pages including Figs, NCMA-2004, Dept. of Physics, Kurukshetra University, India
Bayesian Epistemology and Epistemic Conditionals: On the Status of the Export-Import Laws
Creators: name: Arlo-Costa, Horacio
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: The notion of probability occupies a central role in contemporary epistemology and cognitive science. Nevertheless, the classical notion of probability is hard to reconcile with the central notions postulated by the epistemological tradition.
Barriers to Effective Deliberation in Clinical Research Oversight.
Creators: name: Wenner, Danielle
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Ethical oversight of clinical research is one of the primary means of ensuring that human subjects are protected from the natural bias of researchers and research institutions in favor of experimentation. At a minimum, effective oversight should ensure that risks are minimized and reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits, protect vulnerable subjects from potential coercion or undue influence, ensure full and informed consent, and promote the equitable distribution of the risks and benefits of research. Because these assessments often involve value judgments for which there are no agreed-upon objective standards, we rely on deliberative procedures thought to have the greatest likelihood of producing the right or best outcomes. Concerns about the potential for improperly functioning IRBs to waste scarce human and institutional resources and impede biomedical progress have motivated a surge in empirical research assessing their procedures and outcomes. Yet within this literature, there has been minimal attention paid to the social scientific evidence regarding how individuals and deliberating groups make decisions, nor how those data might inform IRB practice. This essay seeks to fill that gap, locating recent empirical data on IRB composition and process within the context of data regarding what I call "deliberative pathologies," or instances when deliberation fails to live up to one or more aspect of the deliberative ideal because of systematic biases in the ways participants interact. The paper goes on to make evidence-based recommendations to reduce the vulnerability of IRB deliberations to the kinds of pathologies discussed and indicate directions for future research.
Generalizations of certain representations of real numbers
Creators: name: Serbenyuk, Symon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In the present article, real number representations, that are generalizations of classical positive and alternating representations of numbers, are introduced and investigated. The main metric relation, properties of cylinder sets are proved. The theorem on the representation of real numbers from a certain interval is formulated.
description: 8 pages
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Beaune (XVe siècle), Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0372
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2015
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Beaune (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0372, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d’Izeure (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0372, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
Bayesian Inference under Cluster Sampling with Probability Proportional to Size
Creators: name: Makela, Susanna
name: Si, Yajuan
name: Gelman, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cluster sampling is common in survey practice, and the corresponding inference has been predominantly design-based. We develop a Bayesian framework for cluster sampling and account for the design effect in the outcome modeling. We consider a two-stage cluster sampling design where the clusters are first selected with probability proportional to cluster size, and then units are randomly sampled inside selected clusters. Challenges arise when the sizes of nonsampled cluster are unknown. We propose nonparametric and parametric Bayesian approaches for predicting the unknown cluster sizes, with this inference performed simultaneously with the model for survey outcome. Simulation studies show that the integrated Bayesian approach outperforms classical methods with efficiency gains. We use Stan for computing and apply the proposal to the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study as an illustration of complex survey inference in health surveys.
Cultural Identity Crisis in the Novel Love's Not Time's Fool by Vikas Sharma
Creators: name: Zenodo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Culture, Society, Identity, Sexuality, T.S. Eliot, Emotions, Feelings, Desires, Sin

description: Abstract:Identity has been a buzzing word in the field of cultural values. Everyone talks aboutMorality and Scholastic in real life. We don't follow what we preach. We all are awareof our social and cultural responsibilities. We tend to grab the opportunities and showhow pure we are in the context of others. The world is full of materialistic things anddesires. We have become some sort of inanimate things like robots we work with,and we have lost our emotions. As we see in The Waste Land by T.S Eliot, evencousin Marie became the victim of hunger and lost her identity. The characters ofRicha Pandit and Abhilash have shown the hidden voices of society in the form ofinstincts. How does a married woman lure a young protagonist into losing his moraland cultural identity? The characters resemble it as a daily activity or a job to be inbed with someone. This reminds us of the clerk in The Wasteland. After the meal, herlover performs the activity with her because she is bored. People earn money, andthey use it to fulfill their hidden desires of themselves. These desires they cannotelucidate in front of people, but they always try to break the society's laws. Thisbecomes the talk of the town. This Novel talks about How educated women use malesfor quid pro quo. A man of words who had certain dreams to come true became apuppet in the hands of society in the form of a successful woman. An evil society canforce you to follow some illicit relationship. Sexuality is a biological and emotionalprocess, but in the real world, it has become emotionless. This shows howemotionless we became and how our limbs are automatic. The Adam and Eve mythsmight be transformed because now all are sinners. This paper explores unspokendesires and their cultural impacts on traditional backgrounds. It also tries to curb theillicit emotions that can be a gateway to our downfall in our eyes.
Backwards Forwards Induction
Creators: name: Antonelli, Gian Aldo
name: Bicchieri, Cristina
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Gian Aldo Antonelli and Cristina Bicchieri. Backwards Forwards Induction.
The 15273 Å diffuse interstellar band in the dark cloud Barnard 68
Creators: name: Elyajouri, M.
name: Cox, N. L. J.
name: Lallement, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High obscuration of background stars behind dark clouds precludes the detection of optical diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) and hence our knowledge of DIB carriers in these environments. Taking advantage of the reduced obscuration of star-light in the near-infrared (NIR) we used one of the strongest NIR DIBs at 15273 AA to probe the presence and properties of its carrier throughout the nearby interstellar dark cloud Barnard 68. Equivalent widths (EW) have been measured for different ranges of visual extinction AV, using VLT-KMOS H-band (1.46-1.85 micron) moderate-resolution (R = 4000) spectra of 43 stars situated behind the cloud. To do so we fitted the data using synthetic stellar spectra from the APOGEE project and TAPAS synthetic telluric transmissions appropriate for the observing site and time period. The results show an increase of DIB EW with increasing AV. However, the rate of increase is much flatter than expected from the EW-AV quasi-proportionality established for this DIB in the Galactic diffuse interstellar medium. Based on a simplified inversion assuming sphericity, it is found that the volume density of the DIB carrier is 2.7 and 7.9 times lower than this expected average value in the external and central regions of the cloud which have n(H)= 0.4 and 3.5 x 105 cm3, respectively. Further measurements with multiplex NIR spectrographs should allow detailed modeling of such an edge effect of this DIB and other bands and help to clarify its actual origin.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Aluminium oxide nanoparticles inhibit EPS production, adhesion and biofilm formation by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Creators: name: Muzammil, Saima
name: Khurshid, Mohsin
name: Nawaz, Iqra
name: Siddique, Muhammad Hussnain
name: Zubair, Muhammad
name: Nisar, Muhammad Atif
name: Imran, Muhammad
name: Hayat, Sumreen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Acinetobacter baumannii is a biofilm forming multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogen responsible for respiratory tract infections. In this study, aluminium oxide nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPs) were synthesized and characterized by TEM and EDX and shown to be spherical shaped nanoparticles with a diameter < 10 nm. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) for the Al2O3 NPs ranged between 125 and 1,000 µg ml−1. Exposure to NPs caused cellular membrane disruption, indicated by an increase in cellular leakage of the contents. Biofilm inhibition was 11.64 to 70.2%, whereas attachment of bacteria to polystyrene surfaces was reduced to 48.8 to 51.9% in the presence of NPs. Nanoparticles also reduced extracellular polymeric substance production and the biomass of established biofilms. The data revealed the non-toxic nature of Al2O3 NPs up to a concentrations of 120 µg ml−1 in HeLa cell lines. These results demonstrate an effective and safer use of Al2O3 NPs against the MDR A. baumannii by targeting biofilm formation, adhesion and EPS production.
Domain Walls in the Large N Limit
Creators: name: Artstein, Y.
name: Kaplunovsky, V.
name: Sonnenschein, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study BPS saturated domain walls in supersymmetric SU(N) Yang-Mills theories in the large N limit. We focus on the Seiberg-Witten regime of ${\cal N}=2$ theory perturbed by a small mass ($m
description: 19 apges, 4 figures
On the Entanglement Entropy of Maxwell Theory: A Condensed Matter Perspective
Creators: name: Pretko, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the seeming simplicity of the theory, calculating (and even defining) entanglement entropy for the Maxwell theory of a $U(1)$ gauge field in (3+1) dimensions has been the subject of controversy. It is generally accepted that the ground state entanglement entropy for a region of linear size $L$ behaves as an area law with a subleading logarithm, $S = αL^2 -γ\log L$. While the logarithmic coefficient $γ$ is believed to be universal, there has been disagreement about its precise value. After carefully accounting for subtle boundary corrections, multiple analyses in the high energy literature have converged on an answer related to the conformal trace anomaly, which is only sensitive to the local curvature of the partition. In contrast, a condensed matter treatment of the problem yielded a topological contribution which is not captured by the conformal field theory calculation. In this perspective piece, we review aspects of the various calculations and discuss the resolution of the discrepancy, emphasizing the important role played by charged states (the "extended Hilbert space") in defining entanglement for a gauge theory. While the trace anomaly result is sufficient for a strictly pure gauge field, coupling the gauge field to dynamical charges of mass $m$ gives a topological contribution to $γ$ which survives even in the $m\rightarrow\infty$ limit. For many situations, the topological contribution from dynamical charges is physically meaningful and should be taken into account. We also comment on other common issues of entanglement in gauge theories, such as entanglement distillation, algebraic definitions of entanglement, and gauge-fixing procedures.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures
Invisible enemies: evaluating human health threats of mosquito repellents through animal studies
Creators: name: Sudhakaran, Gokul
name: N., Dhaareeshwar V.
name: Bharti, S. Ankit Kumar
name: Kumar, Ashok
name: Kannan, Jagan
name: Arockiaraj, Jesu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Mosquito-borne diseases continue to pose significant threats to human populations, especially in developing and underdeveloped regions, where access to effective preventive measures remains limited. Mosquito repellents represent a cornerstone in the arsenal against these diseases, providing a barrier against mosquito bites. Mosquito repellents come in various formulations, including topical ointments and commercial vaporizers, with varying compositions. Common constituents include deodorized kerosene (DOK) as a solvent, pyrethroids, amides, essential oils for fragrance, and synergists. Despite their widespread use, the toxicological profiles of these repellents remain inadequately understood, raising questions about their safety in prolonged or excessive exposure scenarios. However, while their efficacy in preventing mosquito-borne illnesses is well-established, concerns persist regarding their potential toxicity to humans and the environment. This review critically examines the existing literature on the toxicity of mosquito repellents, focusing on their adverse effects on human health and environmental sustainability. Through an extensive analysis of available research, this review aims to shed light on the potential health risks associated with mosquito repellents, such as dermatological irritation, respiratory complications, and allergic reactions in humans.
MPEC 2024-N83 : 2019 QD8
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
title: ADCO, Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome V, Cart. 189 (11 H 74), 316 folios, f. 0187r
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome V, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 189 (11 H 74), 316 folios, f. 0187r, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome V, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 189 (11 H 74), 316 folios, f. 0187r, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
Backwards forward induction
Creators: name: Antonelli, Gian Aldo.
name: Bicchieri, Cristina
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Abstract: "In this paper we isolate a particular refinement of the notion of Nash equilibrium that is characterized by two properties: (i) it provides a unified framework for both backwards and forward induction; and (ii) it is mechanically computable. We provide an effective procedure that allows us, given the extensive-form representation of a game, to compute a set of 'reasonable paths' through the tree. The set of reasonable paths corresponds to the set of strategies that survive iterated elimination of (weakly) dominated strategies in the strategic form. We prove that whenever our procedure identifies a unique path, that path corresponds to a Nash equilibrium. Moreover, our procedure rules out all Nash equilibria that contain (weakly) dominated strategies.Further, our notion of 'reasonable' path leads to the backwards induction solution in the case of games of perfect information, and to forward induction in the case of games of imperfect information. We model the players' reasoning process by giving a theory (with which each player is supposed to be endowed), from which statements characterizing the players' behavior are deducible. Such a theory is not yet complete, in that it cannot handle true (irrational) deviations. We point at directions for future work by showing how such a theory can be made complete provided we re-interpret some of its axioms as defeasible inference rules."
In ricordo di Nino Panagia
Creators: Redazione Media Inaf
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2025

Astrofisico noto per i suoi studi nel campo delle supernove, delle stelle massicce, del mezzo interstellare e della formazione stellare, Nino Panagia è venuto a mancare la settimana scorsa. Lo ricordano oggi su Media Inaf Massimo Della Valle, Guido De Marchi, Monica Tosi, Carla Cacciari, Sergio Campana, Salvo Scuderi e Alvio Renzini
Comparison of the superconducting critical transition temperature of LaBaCaCu3O7-d and NdBaCaCu3O7-d
Creators: name: Awana, V. P. S.
name: Ansari, M. A.
name: Nigam, Rashmi
name: Gupta, Anurag
name: Saxena, R. B.
name: Kishan, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: LaBaCaCu3O7 (La:1113) and NdBaCaCu3O7 (Nd:1113) compounds are synthesized by solid state reaction route. Both compounds crystallize in tetragonal structure. Four probe resistivity measurements showed that superconducting transition temperature (Tc) is 73 K and 41 K respectively for La:1113 and Nd:1113 compounds. Considering the fact that for RE:123 (REBa2Cu3O7) compounds the Tc hardly depends upon the choice of RE (Rare earth, except Ce, Pr and Tb), the current nearly two fold increase in Tc of La:1113 when compared to Nd:1113, warrants serious discussion.
description: 4 pages including Figs, NCMA-2004, Dept. of Physics, Kurukshetra University, India
Liquid-gas Phase Transition in Strange Hadronic Matter with Weak Y-Y Interaction
Creators: name: Yang, Li
name: Yin, Shao Yu
name: Qian, Wei Liang
name: Su, Ru-keng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The liquid-gas phase transition in strange hadronic matter is reexamined by using the new parameters about the $Λ- Λ$ interaction deduced from recent observation of $^{6}_{ΛΛ}He$ double hypernucleus. The extended Furnstahl-Serot-Tang model with nucleons and hyperons is utilized. The binodal surface, the limit pressure, the entropy, the specific heat capacity and the Caloric curves are addressed. We find that the liquid-gas phase transition can occur more easily in strange hadronic matter with weak Y-Y interaction than that of the strong Y-Y interaction.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
title: ADCO, Boursier de Cîteaux : comptes (1489-1493) (11 H 1166), f. 00107
Creators: name: de la Côte-d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2019
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: comptes
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Boursier de Cîteaux : comptes (1489-1493), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1166). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Boursier de Cîteaux : comptes (1489-1493), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1166), f. 00107, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi \[Ressource en ligne\], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
Asteroide 2024 YR4, la storia si ripete
Creators: Albino Carbognani
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2025

Un asteroide di classe Tunguska, 2024 YR4, ha una probabilità di poco superiore all'un per cento di colpire la Terra il 22 dicembre 2032. Lo abbiamo ripreso anche dall’Osservatorio di Loiano. Nel 99 per cento dei casi non accadrà niente e il tutto si risolverà con un passaggio ravvicinato alla Terra, ma gli astronomi stanno cercando di eliminare anche quell'un per cento di probabilità. Facciamo il punto della situazione
Ragnatela cosmica, ecco le immagini in HD
Creators: Ufficio stampa Inaf
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2025

Grazie a uno studio guidato dall’Università di Milano-Bicocca, sono state ottenute le prime immagini del filamento cosmico –  risalente a quando l’universo aveva solo due miliardi di anni – che unisce due galassie in formazione. Alla ricerca ha preso parte anche Valentina D’Odorico dell’Inaf di Trieste. Il risultati sono stati pubblicati su Nature Astronomy
Trends and Correlates of Hardcore Smoking in India- Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 1 & 2
Creators: name: Mathews, Elezebeth
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: This project aimed to assess the trends and correlates of hardcore smoking using a nationally representative household survey, Global Adult Tobacco Survey 1 &2
MPEC 2024-N84 : 2022 DZ6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Automated Search for Gödel's Proofs
Creators: name: Sieg, Wilfried
name: Field, Clinton
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Wilfred Sieg and Clinton Field. Automated Search for Gödel's Proofs.