cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Axion dark matter, solitons, and the cusp-core problem
Creators: name: Marsh, David J. E.
name: Pop, Ana-Roxana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Self-gravitating bosonic fields can support stable and localised field configurations. For real fields, these solutions oscillate in time and are known as oscillatons. The density profile is static, and is soliton. Such solitons should be ubiquitous in models of axion dark matter, with the soliton characteristic mass and size depending on some inverse power of the axion mass. Stable configurations of non-relativistic axions are studied numerically using the Schrödinger-Poisson system. This method, and the resulting soliton density profiles, are reviewed. Using a scaling symmetry and the uncertainty principle, the core size of the soliton can be related to the central density and axion mass, $m_a$, in a universal way. Solitons have a constant central density due to pressure-support, unlike the cuspy profile of cold dark matter (CDM). One consequence of this fact is that solitons composed of ultra-light axions (ULAs) may resolve the `cusp-core' problem of CDM. In DM halos, thermodynamics will lead to a CDM-like Navarro-Frenk-White profile at large radii, with a central soliton core at small radii. Using Monte-Carlo techniques to explore the possible density profiles of this form, a fit to stellar-kinematical data of dwarf spheroidal galaxies is performed. In order for ULAs to resolve the cusp-core problem (without recourse to baryon feedback or other astrophysical effects) the axion mass must satisfy $m_a<1.1\times 10^{-22}\text{ eV}$ at 95\% C.L. On the other hand, ULAs with $m_a\lesssim 1\times 10^{-22}\text{ eV}$ are in some tension with cosmological structure formation. An axion solution to the cusp-core problem thus makes novel predictions for future measurements of the epoch of reionisation. On the other hand, this can be seen as evidence that structure formation could soon impose a \emph{Catch 22} on axion/scalar field DM, similar to the case of warm DM.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures. v2: corrected omission in section 3.3. Discussions improved. References added. v3 Discussion added, sections reordered for brevity. Published in MNRAS
A policy option towards improving efficiencies in Victorian public oral healthcare
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tan Minh
name: Hall, Martin
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 3203
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background: International oral health policy directions led by the World Health Organisation call for the inclusion of oral health within universal health coverage. The aim of this study is to perform a budget impact analysis of a policy option for a more cost-efficient oral health workforce skill-mix (dentists and oral health therapists) to provide public oral healthcare in Victoria, Australia. Methods: Two hypothetical standard care pathways were developed. A dynamic population Markov model in TreeAge software, with a time horizon of 6 years. Two scenarios were modelled to determine: (1) base-case scenario: the threshold the dentist workforce could reduce per year, while achieving the same service delivery outputs, and (2) alternative scenario: the potential cost-savings for utilising an optimally cost-efficient oral health workforce skill-mix. Results: The threshold analysis showed a minimum reduction of 13% of the dentist workforce being replaced with oral health therapists can occur without having any impact on the same service delivery outputs. Under the alternative scenario, the potential cost-savings would be AUD$1,425,037 (standard deviation 58,954). Conclusions: Governments and policy-decision makers should consider strategies in training, attracting, and retaining oral health therapists to achieve an optimally cost-efficient oral health workforce skill-mix when delivering public oral healthcare.
Alcohol Excise Duties Burden in the Baltic Countries
Creators: name: Trasberg, Viktor
Publisher: name: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy
Year: 2020

description: The paper comparatively analyses the burden of alcohol excise duties for various levels of income earners in the Baltic countries. Understanding the specific allocation of excise duties across consumer groups is a prerequisite for the efficient design of alcohol policies and taxation strategies. Alcohol excise duties have an impact on alcohol prices, and therefore the social behaviour of individuals and consumption structure in general. Alcohol excise duties are considered to be regressive over incomes. This paper provides a comparative assessment of the relative distribution of the excise tax burden across consumers in the Baltic countries. A correlation analyses and Kakwani indexes are used to measure the regressive characteristics of alcohol excise duties. The statistical analyses are conducted on the basis of a consumer survey carried out in all three Baltic countries in 2015 and 2016.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2020)
Maternal Periodontal Disease is Associated with Oxidative Stress during Pregnancy
Creators: name: Moss, Kevin
name: Beck, James
name: Hickman, M.
name: Boggess, Kim
name: Offenbacher, Steven
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: We sought to determine if maternal periodontal disease is associated with oxidative stress as measured by serum 8-isoprostane. A secondary analysis was conducted using prospective data from the Oral Conditions and Pregnancy Study. Healthy women enrolled at <26 weeks’ gestational age underwent oral examination and serum sampling. Maternal periodontal disease status was categorized as healthy, mild, or moderate to severe by clinical criteria. Maternal serum was analyzed for 8-isoprostane using ultrasensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Elevated 8-isoprostane level was defined as ≥75th percentile. Maternal factors associated with elevated 8-isoprostane were determined using chi-square or t test. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess association between elevated 8-isoprostane and maternal factors. Seven hundred ninety-one women had complete data. Median (interquartile) 8-isoprostane serum level was 1806 (16 to 81,870) pg/dL. Using bivariate analysis, maternal age, race, marital status, utilization of public assistance, and mild or moderate to severe periodontal disease were associated with elevated serum 8-isoprostane. Using logistic regression, moderate to severe periodontal disease (adjusted odds ratio 2.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.7 to 5.0) remained significantly associated with an elevated serum 8-isoprostane level. Maternal periodontal disease is associated with oxidative stress during pregnancy. Further study is needed to determine the role of maternal oxidative stress in periodontal disease-associated adverse pregnancy outcomes.
El blog digital como estrategia en el mejoramiento de la producción escrita, en la secundaria del colegio San Francisco de Asís, municipio de Puerto Asís, Putumayo.
Creators: name: Mora Pantoja, Angela Patricia
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Multimedia Interactiva en la Educación
subject: Escritura - Enseñanza
subject: Producción escrita

description: Este proyecto tiene como objeto escribir y generar un blog en línea (Blogger), así todos los estudiantes obtienen acceso al material escrito y participar de las diferentes actividades, desde la recopilación de los productos como cuentos, poesía, fábulas y relato, donde se establecen diferentes actividades, además se emplean instrumentos de recolección de datos como las encuestas en línea, diarios de campo y fichas de análisis en la comprensión escrita.El proyecto se desarrolla en el municipio de Puerto Asís Putumayo, en el Colegio San Francisco de Asís, con los grados de sexto hasta el grado 11; incentivando la participación de cada uno de los estudiantes del grupo colaborativo y que ellos, logren, producir textos que puedan servir de referente para la motivación en la comprensión escrita, además de que se afiancen conocimientos compartidos con otras áreas. Por lo tanto, en este proyecto estimula a los estudiantes para que realicen escritos que les permitan, mejorar la comprensión escrita, fortaleciendo la semántica, la pragmática y la sintáctica
A tale of two conditions: when people living with HIV meet three doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines
Creators: name: Wu, Mengmeng
name: Zou, Shi
name: Tang, Weiming
name: Tan, Yuting
name: Ming, Fangzhao
name: Liang, Ke
name: Wu, Songjie
name: Guo, Wei
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2023

description: Background Currently, data on long-term immune responses to a homogenous booster dose of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine are still limited among people living with HIV (PLWH). Methods A prospective cohort study with a 13-month follow-up was conducted in China between March 2021 and August 2022 to evaluate the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 specific humoral and cellular immunity against three doses of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine from before the first dose until 6 months after the booster dose vaccination among PLWH in comparison to healthy controls (HC). Results 43 PLWH on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 23 HC were enrolled. Compared with HC, the neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) levels among PLWH were significantly lower on days 14, 30, 60, 90, and 120 after the booster dose vaccination. Among PLWH, the nAbs titers on days 14, 30, and 60 after the booster dose were significantly higher than the peak of the second dose. However, on day 180 after the booster dose, the nAbs titers were similar to the peak of the second dose vaccination. Compared with HC, the frequencies of IFN-γ-secreting and TNF-α-secreting CD4+ and CD8+ T cells among PLWH were lower on days 14 and 180 after the booster dose vaccination. Among PLWH, increased T cell immunity was induced by the booster dose of the vaccine and kept stable on day 180 after the booster dose vaccination. Conclusion Although a homogenous booster dose following two doses of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine among PLWH could elicit higher nAb titers, reduce antibody decay, and maintain T cell responses even 6 months after vaccination, the overall immunogenicity of the booster dose was found to be lower among PLWH than among healthy controls. Further strategies are needed to improve immunogenicity to the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine among PLWH.
Predicting the magnetic vectors within coronal mass ejections arriving at Earth: 1. Initial Architecture
Creators: name: Savani, N. P.
name: Vourlidas, A.
name: Szabo, A.
name: Mays, M. L.
name: Richardson, I. G.
name: Thompson, B. J.
name: Pulkkinen, A.
name: Evans, R.
name: Nieves-Chinchilla, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The process by which the Sun affects the terrestrial environment on short timescales is predominately driven by the amount of magnetic reconnection between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. Reconnection occurs most efficiently when the solar wind magnetic field has a southward component. The most severe impacts are during the arrival of a coronal mass ejection (CME) when the magnetosphere is both compressed and magnetically connected to the heliospheric environment. Unfortunately, forecasting magnetic vectors within coronal mass ejections remains elusive. Here we report how, by combining a statistically robust helicity rule for a CME's solar origin with a simplified flux rope topology the magnetic vectors within the Earth-directed segment of a CME can be predicted. In order to test the validity of this proof-of-concept architecture for estimating the magnetic vectors within CMEs, a total of eight CME events (between 2010 and 2014) have been investigated. With a focus on the large false alarm of January 2014, this work highlights the importance of including the early evolutionary effects of a CME for forecasting purposes. The angular rotation in the predicted magnetic field closely follows the broad rotational structure seen within the in situ data. This time-varying field estimate is implemented into a process to quantitatively predict a time-varying Kp index that is described in detail in paper II. Future statistical work, quantifying the uncertainties in this process, may improve the more heuristic approach used by early forecasting systems.
description: This paper has been published in Space Weather. Part two is currently under review
Professor Üksvärava koolkond juhtimisteaduses: teke, toimimine ja mõjud majandusele
Creators: name: Terk, Erik
Publisher: name: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy
Year: 2020

description: This article analyses one quite unique case of international knowledge transfer, which occurred in this time Soviet Estonia from 1960s onwards – the importing of modern US based organisational and management theories to Estonia and adapting and using new approaches and methods in the conditions of planned economy. This process was related to the activity of “founding father” of the Estonian school of thought in management and management development, professor Raoul Üksvärav (1928–2016). The author tries to describe this phenomenon and to explain how this transfer achieved certain results in Estonia. The analysis is partially based on the organisational emulation concept by the US researcher R. Vidmer. The question about impact of this knowledge transfer on the later transition of Estonia to market economy is also addressed in the paper
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2020)
Additional file 2: of Identification of Escherichia coli from broiler chickens in Jordan, their antimicrobial resistance, gene characterization and the associated risk factors
Creators: name: Rekaz Ibrahim
name: Cryer, Tillie
name: Lafi, Shawkat
name: Ehab-Abu Basha
name: Good, Liam
name: Tarazi, Yaser
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Spearman correlation test. (PDF 115 kb)
Aasta 2020 – ohtlik reaalsus ja majanduspoliitilised ootused Eestis ning mujal maailmas (COVID-19 taustal)
Creators: name: Raudjärv, Matti
Publisher: name: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy
Year: 2020

description: The article covers the spread of the corona virus (COVID-19) and developments above all in Estonia but also in other countries (the European Union and other countries of the world). The objective of the article is to provide an overview of the spread of COVID-19 in Estonia and in other parts of the world, also to discuss the potential economic impact of this pandemic and further activities of economic policy for economic recovery and achievement of socio-economic security. The following research tasks were set for the achievement of this objective: to study the situation and development of COVID-19 morbidity in Estonia; to study the developments also in other countries on the background of the developments in Estonia; to assess/analyse and point out the potential damage/losses (the general picture); proceeding from the factors mentioned above, to present the most important socio-economic activities for the recovery of the national economy and ensuring socio-economic security.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2020)
Wave Transport in One-Dimensional Disordered Systems with Finite-Size Scatterers
Creators: name: Diaz, Marlos
name: Mello, Pier A.
name: Yepez, Miztli
name: Tomsovic, Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the problem of wave transport in a one-dimensional disordered system, where the scatterers of the chain are $n$ barriers and wells with statistically independent intensities and with a spatial extension $ł_c$ which may contain an arbitrary number $δ/2π$ of wavelengths, where $δ= k l_c$. We analyze the average Landauer resistance and transmission coefficient of the chain as a function of $n$ and the phase parameter $δ$. For weak scatterers, we find: i) a regime, to be called I, associated with an exponential behavior of the resistance with $n$, ii) a regime, to be called II, for $δ$ in the vicinity of $π$, where the system is almost transparent and less localized, and iii) right in the middle of regime II, for $δ$ very close to $π$, the formation of a band gap, which becomes ever more conspicuous as $n$ increases. In regime II, both the average Landauer resistance and the transmission coefficient show an oscillatory behavior with $n$ and $δ$. These characteristics of the system are found analytically, some of them exactly and some others approximately. The agreement between theory and simulations is excellent, which suggests a strong motivation for the experimental study of these systems. We also present a qualitative discussion of the results.
description: 12 Figures. Submitted to Physical Review B
Development of Competences of Customs Officers: Preliminary Insights
Creators: name: Güldenkoh, Maret
name: Saar, Indrek
name: Koitla, Helle
name: Kaselo, Marika
Publisher: name: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy
Year: 2020

description: Estonia is a member of the European Union and is one of the border states of the EU; therefore, Estonia plays an important role in the implementation and further development of the Union's customs policy decisions. In order for all of this to work, the customs officer must be qualified and professionally competent. The competence requirements are developed internally within the institutions and can be used as a basis for the development of professional qualification requirements and, subsequently, professional standards. The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary insigt into the current situation of ensuring and developing the competence of customs officials in Estonia and in the European Union and to identify its further development needs, including the need for drafting and implementing a professional standard. For this purpose, the existence of professional standards for customs officials in the European Union countries, relevant scientific literature and legislation, and the views of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (TCB) on the importance of a qualified workforce were analyzed. The analysis revealed that no professional standard for customs officers has been drawn up in any of the EU countries, however, in seven countries, in the interest of the private sector, professional standards have been drawn up for the benefit of those involved in customs operations. The TCB has not yet considered it necessary to discuss the applicability of the professional standards but considers it important in the operation of customs policy to have a qualified workforce. Educational institutions in the EU Member States of the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU) declare that they teach customs officers in curricula that meet the competency requirements of the World Customs Organization customs officers.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2020)
Placenta Previa in the Second Trimester: Sonographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Its Resolution
Creators: name: Kessler, David
name: Eichelberger, Kacey
name: Wolfe, Honor
name: Herring, Amy
name: Haeri, Sina
name: Swartz, Anthony
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: To identify characteristics that predict resolution of placenta previa and to develop a clinical model for likelihood of resolution.
Monads need not be endofunctors
Creators: name: Altenkirch, Thosten
name: Chapman, James
name: Uustalu, Tarmo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce a generalization of monads, called relative monads, allowing for underlying functors between different categories. Examples include finite-dimensional vector spaces, untyped and typed lambda-calculus syntax and indexed containers. We show that the Kleisli and Eilenberg-Moore constructions carry over to relative monads and are related to relative adjunctions. Under reasonable assumptions, relative monads are monoids in the functor category concerned and extend to monads, giving rise to a coreflection between relative monads and monads. Arrows are also an instance of relative monads.
Additional file 1: of Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions â   a randomized controlled evaluation study
Creators: name: Wolfensberger, Aline
name: Anagnostopoulos, Alexia
name: Clack, Lauren
name: Marie-Theres Meier
name: Kuster, Stefan
name: Sax, Hugo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Study questionnaire time point 1 (immediately after intervention). (DOCX 24 kb)
Age-Based Genomic Screening during Childhood: Ethical and Practical Considerations in Public Health Genomics Implementation
Creators: name: Milko, Laura V.
name: Berg, Jonathan S.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023

description: Genomic sequencing offers an unprecedented opportunity to detect inherited variants that are implicated in rare Mendelian disorders, yet there are many challenges to overcome before this technology can routinely be applied in the healthy population. The age-based genomic screening (ABGS) approach is a novel alternative to genome-scale sequencing at birth that aims to provide highly actionable genetic information to parents over the course of their child’s routine health care. ABGS utilizes an established metric to identify conditions with high clinical actionability and incorporates information about the age of onset and age of intervention to determine the optimal time to screen for any given condition. Ongoing partnerships with parents and providers are instrumental to the co-creation of educational resources and strategies to address potential implementation barriers. Implementation science frameworks and informative empirical data are used to evaluate strategies to establish this unique clinical application of targeted genomic sequencing. Ultimately, a pilot project conducted in primary care pediatrics clinics will assess patient and implementation outcomes, parent and provider perspectives, and the feasibility of ABGS. A validated, stakeholder-informed, and practical ABGS program will include hundreds of conditions that are actionable during infancy and childhood, setting the stage for a longitudinal implementation that can assess clinical and health economic outcomes.
Der Beratungsschein aus kirchlicher Hand?
Creators: name: Reiter, Johannes
name: Spaemann, Robert
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (1992): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 21, Heft 2
SURESOFT Workshop: Introduction to Test Driven Development
Creators: name: Linxweiler, Jan
name: Peters, Sören
name: Marcus, Sven
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: TDD, Scientific Software Engineering, Test Driven Development, Suresoft, RSE

description: Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development methodology in which unit tests are written for a new piece of code before the code itself is written. The goal of TDD is to identify and fix defects early in the development process, improving the overall quality of the code. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of test-driven development (TDD) and how to apply it in your own projects. You will learn about the different steps of the TDD process and how to write effective unit tests. You will also learn how to use TDD to improve the design and structure of your code. By the end of the workshop, you should be able to use TDD to write clean, correct, and well-designed code. You should also have a good understanding of the benefits of TDD and how it can help you improve the quality of your code.
A SARS-CoV-2 and influenza double hit vaccine based on RBD-conjugated inactivated influenza A virus
Creators: name: Dinh, Phuong-Uyen C.
name: Zhu, Dashuai
name: Cheng, Ke
name: Shi, Weiwei
name: Li, Zhenhua
name: Wang, Zhenzhen
name: Hu, Shiqi
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The circulating flu viruses merging with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic raises a more severe threat that promotes the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 associated with higher mortality rates. Here, we conjugated recombinant receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein onto inactivated influenza A virus (Flu) to develop a SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine with two-hit protection. This double-hit vaccine (Flu-RBD) not only induced protective immunities against SARS-CoV-2 but also remained functional as a flu vaccine. The Flu core improved the retention and distribution of Flu-RBD vaccine in the draining lymph nodes, with enhanced immunogenicity. In a hamster model of live SARS-CoV-2 infection, two doses of Flu-RBD efficiently protected animals against viral infection. Furthermore, Flu-RBD VLP elicited a strong neutralization activity against both SARS-CoV-2 Delta pseudovirus and wild-type influenza A H1N1 inactivated virus in mice. Overall, the Flu-RBD VLP vaccine is a promising candidate for combating COVID-19, influenza A, and coinfection.
A Minimal description of morphological hierarchy in two-dimensional aggregates
Creators: name: Das, Tamoghna
name: Lookman, T.
name: Bandi, M. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A dimensionless parameter $Λ$ is proposed to describe a hierarchy of morphologies in two-dimensional (2D) aggregates formed due to varying competition between short-range attraction and long-range repul- sion. Structural transitions from finite non-compact to compact to percolated structures are observed in the configurations simulated by molecular dynamics at a constant temperature and density. Configurational randomness across the transition, measured by the two-body excess entropy $S_2$, exhibits data collapse with the average potential energy $\bar{\mathcal{E}}$ of the systems. Independent master curves are presented among $S_2$, the reduced second virial coefficient $B_2^*$ and $Λ$, justifying this minimal description. This work lays out a coherent basis for the study of 2D aggregate morphologies relevant to diverse nano- and bio-processes.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures (Final revised and accepted version) in Soft Matter 2015
"Ich dachte, das ist wie einen Zahn ziehen lassen"
Creators: name: Grafenhorst, Gabriele M.
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (1992): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 21, Heft 2
Ist das Wesen im Mutterleib wirklich ein Kind?
Creators: name: Schwarz, Stephen D.
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (1992): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 21, Heft 2
Additional file 3: of Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions â   a randomized controlled evaluation study
Creators: name: Wolfensberger, Aline
name: Anagnostopoulos, Alexia
name: Clack, Lauren
name: Marie-Theres Meier
name: Kuster, Stefan
name: Sax, Hugo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Standardmassnahmen Ă bersicht. (DOCX 137 kb)
Constraining the growth of perturbations with lensing of supernovae
Creators: name: Amendola, Luca
name: Castro, Tiago
name: Marra, Valerio
name: Quartin, Miguel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A recently proposed technique allows one to constrain both the background and perturbation cosmological parameters through the distribution function of supernova Ia apparent magnitudes. Here we extend this technique to alternative cosmological scenarios, in which the growth of structure does not follow the $Λ$CDM prescription. We apply the method first to the supernova data provided by the JLA catalog combined with all the current independent redshift distortion data and with low-redshift cluster data from Chandra and show that although the supernovae alone are not very constraining, they help in reducing the confidence regions. Then we apply our method to future data from LSST and from a survey that approximates the Euclid satellite mission. In this case we show that the combined data are nicely complementary and can constrain the normalization $σ_8$ and the growth rate index $γ$ to within $0.6\%$ and $7\%$, respectively. In particular, the LSST supernova catalog is forecast to give the constraint $γ(σ_8/0.83)^{6.7} = 0.55 \pm 0.1$. We also report on constraints relative to a step-wise parametrization of the growth rate of structures. These results show that supernova lensing serves as a good cross-check on the measurement of perturbation parameters from more standard techniques.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, matches version accepted for publication in MNRAS. Added appendix with fits of lensing moments as function of (z, \sigma_8, \gamma). The updated turboGL 3.0 code can be downloaded at http://www.turbogl.org
Das Eintreten für das Lebensrecht des ungeborenen Kindes als christlicher und humaner Auftrag
Creators: name: Lehmann, Karl
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (1992): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 21, Heft 2
Area-specific covid-19 effects on health services utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo using routine health information system data
Creators: name: Worges M.
name: Lusamba Dikassa P.S.
name: Ahsan K.Z.
name: Angeles G.
name: Wisniewski J.M.
name: Weiss W.
name: Hotchkiss D.R.
name: Silverstein H.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2023

description: Background: Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has shocked health systems worldwide. This analysis investigated the effects of the pandemic on basic health services utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and examined the variability of COVID effects in the capital city Kinshasa, in other urban areas, and in rural areas. Methods: We estimated time trends models using national health information system data to replicate pre-COVID-19 (i.e., January 2017–February 2020) trajectories of health service utilization, and then used those models to estimate what the levels would have been in the absence of COVID-19 during the pandemic period, starting in March 2020 through March 2021. We classified the difference between the observed and predicted levels as the effect of COVID-19 on health services. We estimated 95% confidence intervals and p-values to examine if the effect of the pandemic, nationally and within specific geographies, was statistically significant. Results: Our results indicate that COVID-19 negatively impacted health services and subsequent recovery varied by service type and by geographical area. COVID-19 had a lasting impact on overall service utilization as well as on malaria and pneumonia-related visits among young children in the DRC. We also found that the effects of COVID-19 were even more immediate and stronger in the capital city of Kinshasa compared with the national effect. Both nationally and in Kinshasa, most affected services had slow and incomplete recovery to expected levels. Therefore, our analysis indicates that COVID-19 continued to affect health services in the DRC throughout the first year of the pandemic. Conclusions: The methodology used in this article allows for examining the variability in magnitude, timing, and duration of the COVID effects within geographical areas of the DRC and nationally. This analytical procedure based on national health information system data could be applied to surveil health service disruptions and better inform rapid responses from health service managers and policymakers.
Asymptotically free lattice gauge theory in five dimensions
Creators: name: Kanazawa, Takuya
name: Yamamoto, Arata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A lattice formulation of Lifshitz-type gauge theories is presented. While the Lorentz-invariant Yang-Mills theory is not renormalizable in five dimensions, non-Abelian Lifshitz-type gauge theories are renormalizable and asymptotically free. We construct a lattice gauge action and numerically examine the continuum limit and the bulk phase structure.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures. v2: Introduction expanded, figures updated. Version to appear in PRD
Mentoring eines Kindes mit Fluchthintergrund bei der Integration in die Regelklasse
Creators: name: Burtscher, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Masterarbeit
Fluchthintergrund
Kind
Kanton St. Gallen
Mentoring
Eingliederungsklasse

description: Im Kanton St. Gallen werden Kinder mit Fluchthintergrund oder immigrierte Kinder in Eingliederungsklassen unterrichtet, bis sie in die Regelklasse eingegliedert werden. Dieser Übergang kann für betroffene Kinder und deren Umfeld herausfordernd sein. Bei dieser Integration wurde ein geflüchtetes Mädchen durch ein Mentoring unterstützt. Das angewendete Mentoring verknüpfte schulbasiertes Mentoring mit Treffen in der Freizeit. Die Auswertung der gesammelten Daten ergab, dass trotz Mentoring die soziale Integration für die Mentee anspruchsvoll war. Es kann festgehalten werden, dass die Mentee im Unterricht teilhaben konnte, sich jedoch in diesem halben Jahr der Begleitung keine Freundschaften etablierten. Dennoch veränderte sich das emotionale Wohlbefinden des Kindes nicht negativ. Es kann angenommen werden, dass dabei unter anderem auch das Mentoring unterstützend wirkte. Die Mentee, die Mentorin sowie auch die Lehrpersonen nahmen das Mentoring als positiv wahr und eine Weiterverfolgung des Ansatzes wird empfohlen.
Biological expressions of early life trauma in the immune system of older adults
Creators: name: Stebbins, Rebecca
name: Aiello, Allison E.
name: Duchowny, Kate A.
name: Dowd, Jennifer B.
name: Noppert, Grace A.
name: Clarke, Philippa
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Background Poor immune function is associated with increased risk for a number of age-related diseases, however, little is known about the impact of early life trauma on immune function in late-life. Methods Using nationally representative data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 5,823), we examined the association between experiencing parental/caregiver death or separation before age 16 and four indicators of immune function in late-life: C-reactive Protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor (sTNFR), and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) response to cytomegalovirus (CMV). We also examined racial/ethnic differences. Findings Individuals that identified as racial/ethnic minorities were more likely to experience parental/caregiver loss and parental separation in early life compared to Non-Hispanic Whites, and had poorer immune function in late-life. We found consistent associations between experiencing parental/caregiver loss and separation and poor immune function measured by CMV IgG levels and IL-6 across all racial/ethnic subgroups. For example, among Non-Hispanic Blacks, those that experienced parental/caregiver death before age 16 had a 26% increase in CMV IgG antibodies in late-life (β = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.17, 1.34) compared to a 3% increase in CMV antibodies among Non-Hispanic Whites (β = 1.03; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.07) controlling for age, gender, and parental education. Interpretation Our results suggest a durable association between experiencing early life trauma and immune health in late-life, and that structural forces may shape the ways in which these relationships unfold over the life course.
Counterflow quantum turbulence of He II in a square channel: Numerical analysis with nonuniform flows of the normal fluid
Creators: name: Yui, Satoshi
name: Tsubota, Makoto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a numerical analysis of counterflow quantum turbulence of superfluid 4He with nonuni- form flows by using the vortex filament model. In recent visualization experiments nonuniform laminar flows of the normal fluid, namely, Hagen-Poiseuille flow and tail-flattened flow, have been observed. Tail-flattened flow is a novel laminar flow in which the outer part of the Hagen-Poiseuille flow becomes flat. In our simulation, the velocity field of the normal fluid is prescribed to be two nonuniform profiles. This work addresses a square channel to obtain important physics not revealed in the preceding numerical works. In the studies of the two profiles we analyze the statistics of the physical quantities. Under Hagen-Poiseuille flow, inhomogeneous quantum turbulence appears as a statistically steady state. The vortex tangle shows a characteristic space-time oscillation. Under tail-flattened flow, the nature of the quantum turbulence depends strongly on that flatness. Vortex line density increases significantly as the profile becomes flatter, being saturated above a certain flatness. The inhomogeneity is significantly reduced in comparison to the case of Hagen-Poiseuille flow. Investigating the behavior of quantized vortices reveals that tail-flattened flow is an intermedi- ate state between Hagen-Poiseuille flow and uniform flow. In both profiles we obtain a characteristic inhomogeneity in the physical quantities, which suggests that a boundary layer of superfluid appears near a solid boundary. The vortex tangle produces a velocity field opposite to the applied superfluid flow, and, consequently, the superfluid flow becomes smaller than the applied one.
description: 13 pages, 18 figures
Der Wunsch Kataloniens nach Unabhängigkeit – Historische Ursachen und zu erwartende Konsequenzen einer Trennung von Spanien
Creators: name: Eibner, Wolfgang
name: Eibner, Chantal
Publisher: name: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy
Year: 2020

description: Spätestens mit dem Brexit wird der Blick der Ökonomen verstärkt auf die verschiedensten Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen insbesondere auch innerhalb von EU-Staaten gelenkt. Im Beitrag wird am Beispiel der aktuell am nachdrücklichsten ihre Autonomie fordernden Region in Europa – was unzweifelhaft Katalonien ist – untersucht, zu welchen grundlegenden ökonomischen Konsequenzen für Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und für die generelle Zukunftsfähigkeit sowohl des jeweiligen Austrittsgebietes wie auch der verbleibenden Restnation ein solcher Austritt führen würde. Die Untersuchung beschränkt sich auf rein ökonomische Sachanalysen. Es werden drei Fragestellungen analysiert und beantwortet: 1. Welches sind die historischen und aktuellen Ursachen der starken katalanischen Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen? 2. Wie sieht die Wirtschaftsstruktur Kataloniens im Vergleich zu der des Gesamtstaats Spanien aus: Ist es aus ökonomischen Gründen, z. B. infolge extrem heterogener Wirtschaftsstrukturen, so, dass „Spanien von Katalonien lebt“ und dass insofern aus katalanischer Sicht eine Loslösung von Spanien sinnvoll erscheinen könnte? Um diese Frage zu beantworten, erfolgt eine prägnante Betrachtung zentraler ökonomischer Grunddaten Kataloniens im Vergleich zu denen Spaniens. Von Interesse sind hierbei neben relevanten Fakten der Wirtschaftsstruktur insbesondere das Problem einer zwischen beiden Akteuren aufzuteilenden Staatsverschuldung und die Außenhandelspositionen Kataloniens und Spaniens. 3. Was wären schließlich die ökonomischen Konsequenzen, wenn Katalonien tatsächlich unabhängig von Spanien werden würde – für Katalonien selbst und auch für Spanien? Der Beitrag schließt, indem die Ergebnisse der Analysen überführt werden in hieraus konkret zu erwartende ökonomische Konsequenzen für Katalonien und Spanien einschließlich konkreter Handlungsempfehlung zur Entschärfung dieses Konfliktes.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2020)
Additional file 4: of Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions â   a randomized controlled evaluation study
Creators: name: Wolfensberger, Aline
name: Anagnostopoulos, Alexia
name: Clack, Lauren
name: Marie-Theres Meier
name: Kuster, Stefan
name: Sax, Hugo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Participants satisfaction with their assigned teaching method at time point 2. (DOCX 18 kb)
Caloric reductions needed to achieve obesity goals in Mexico for 2030 and 2040: A modeling study
Creators: name: Basto-Abreu, Ana
name: Reyes-Sánchez, Francisco
name: Carnalla-Cortés, Martha
name: Rivera, Juan A.
name: Barientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh
name: Meza, Rafael
name: Popkin, Barry
name: Swinburn, Boyd
name: Torres-Álvarez, Rossana
name: Reyes-García, Alan
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Background In Mexico, obesity prevalence among adults increased from 23% in 2000 to 36% in 2018, approximately. Mexico has not defined short- or long-term obesity goals, obscuring the level of effort required to achieve a relevant impact. We aimed to explore potential obesity goals for 2030 and 2040 in Mexico and to estimate the required caloric reductions to achieve them. Methods and findings We obtained anthropometric and demographic information on the Mexican adult population (age ≥20 years) from the Health and Nutrition Surveys conducted in 2000, 2006, 2012, 2016, and 2018 (n = 137,907). Each survey wave is cross-sectional, multistage, and representative of the Mexican population at the national, regional, and urban/rural levels. Obesity prevalence was projected for 2030 and 2040 by combining population projections of energy intake by socioeconomic status (SES) with a weight-change microsimulation model taking into account individual-level information on sex, age, physical activity, and initial body weight and height. If current trends continue, Mexico’s obesity prevalence is expected to increase from 36% (95% CI 35% to 37%) in 2018 to 45% (uncertainty interval [UI] 41% to 48%) in 2030 and to 48% (UI 41% to 55%) in 2040. Based on expert opinion, we identified 3 obesity goals scenarios: (1) plausible (38% in 2030 and 36% in 2040); (2) intermediate (33% in 2030 and 29% in 2040); and (3) ideal based on the average prevalence of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (OECD; 19%). We estimated the caloric reductions needed to achieve the goal scenarios using the microsimulation model. Obesity was projected to increase more rapidly in the low SES (around 34% in 2018 to 48% (UI 41% to 55%) in 2040), than in the middle (around 38% to 52% (UI 45% to 56%)), or high SES group (around 36% to 45% (UI 36% to 54%)). Caloric reductions of 40 (UI 13 to 60), 75 (UI 49 to 95), and 190 (UI 163 to 215) kcal/person/day would be needed to reach the plausible, intermediate, and the ideal (OECD) average scenarios for 2030, respectively. To reach the 2040 goals, caloric reductions of 74 (UI 28 to 114), 124 (UI 78 to 169), and 209 (UI 163 to 254) kcal/person/day would be required, respectively. Study limitations include assuming a constant and sedentary physical activity level, not considering cohort-specific differences that could occur in the future, and assuming the same caloric trends under no intervention and the obesity goal scenarios. Conclusions To reach the 3 obesity goals in 2040, caloric reductions between 74 and 209 kcal/day/person would be needed in Mexico. A package of new and stronger interventions should be added to existing efforts such as food taxes and warning labels on non-nutritious food.
Horticultural Traditions of South China Gardens as a Way to Preserve the Local Flora
Creators: name: Elena Golosova, Anna Kotova
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Traditional Chinese gardens
Local flora species
Traditional Chinese parks, Resource banks
Floricultural landscape design
Bamboo garden
Botanical garden design
Origin of plants in the gardens
Sustainable landscape architecture
Botany lake garden
Yangtze River Delta
Jiangnan gardens.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 14, 11A14F: 1-11
Additional file 5: of Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions â   a randomized controlled evaluation study
Creators: name: Wolfensberger, Aline
name: Anagnostopoulos, Alexia
name: Clack, Lauren
name: Marie-Theres Meier
name: Kuster, Stefan
name: Sax, Hugo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Participants satisfaction with their assigned teaching method at time point 3. (DOCX 18 kb)
Squeezed Optomechanics with Phase-matched Amplification and Dissipation
Creators: name: Lü, Xin-You
name: Wu, Ying
name: Johansson, J. R.
name: Jing, Hui
name: Zhang, Jing
name: Nori, Franco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the nonlinear interaction between a squeezed cavity mode and a mechanical mode in an optomechanical system (OMS) that allows us to selectively obtain either a radiation-pressure coupling or a parametric-amplification process. The squeezing of the cavity mode can enhance the interaction strength into the single-photon strong-coupling regime, even when the OMS is originally in the weak-coupling regime. Moreover, the noise of the squeezed mode can be suppressed completely by introducing a broadband-squeezed vacuum that is phase-matched with the parametric amplification that squeezes the cavity mode. This proposal offers an alternative approach to control OMS using a squeezed cavity mode, which should allow single-photon quantum processes to be implemented with currently available optomechanical technology. Potential applications range from engineering single-photon sources to nonclassical phonon states.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, Published in PRL