cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantifying entanglement of a two-qubit system via measurable and invariant moments of its partially transposed density matrix
Creators: name: Bartkiewicz, Karol
name: Beran, Jiří
name: Lemr, Karel
name: Norek, Michał
name: Miranowicz, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a direct method to determine the negativity of an arbitrary two-qubit state in experiments. The method is derived by analyzing the relation between the purity, negativity, and a universal entanglement witness for two-qubit entanglement. We show how the negativity of a two-qubit state can be calculated from just three experimentally accessible moments of the partially transposed density matrix of a two-photon state. Moreover, we show that the negativity can be given as a function of only six invariants, which are linear combinations of nine invariants from the complete set of 21 fundamental and independent two-qubit invariants. We analyze the relation between these moments and the concurrence for some classes of two-qubit states (including the X states, as well as pure states affected by the amplitude-damping and phase-damping channels). We also discuss the possibility of using the universal entanglement witness as an entanglement measure for various classes of two-qubit states. Moreover, we analyze how noise affects the estimation of entanglement via this witness.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables
Racial Differences in the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Incident Open-Angle Glaucoma in a Randomized Trial
Creators: name: Haan, M.N.
name: Pasquale, L.R.
name: Jackson, R.D.
name: Mares, J.A.
name: Gower, E.W.
name: Maki, P.M.
name: Vajaranant, T.S.
name: Ritch, R.
name: Ray, R.M.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Inc.
Year: 2018

description: Purpose: We conducted a secondary analysis of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test if hormone therapy (HT) altered the risk of open-angle glaucoma (OAG), and if the risk reduction varied by race. Design: Secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial data. Methods: We linked Medicare claims data to 25 535 women in the Women's Health Initiative. Women without a uterus were randomized to receive either oral conjugated equine estrogens (CEE 0.625 mg/day) or placebo, and women with a uterus received oral CEE and medroxyprogesterone acetate (CEE 0.625 mg/day + MPA 2.5 mg/day) or placebo. We used Cox proportional hazards models to calculate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence interval. Results: After exclusion of women with prevalent glaucoma or without claims for eye care provider visits, the final analysis included 8102 women (mean age = 68.5 ± 4.8 years). The OAG incidence was 7.6% (mean follow-up = 11.5 ± 5.2 years; mean HT duration = 4.4 ± 2.3 years). Increased age (P trend =.01) and African-American race (HR = 2.69, 95% CI = 2.13–3.42; white as a reference) were significant risk factors for incident OAG. We found no overall benefit of HT in reducing incident OAG (HR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.79–1.29 in the CEE trial, and HR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.85–1.29 in the CEE + MPA trial). However, race modified the relationship between CEE use and OAG risk (P interaction =.01), and risk was reduced in African-American women treated with CEE (HR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.27–0.88), compared to placebo. Race did not modify the relation between CEE + MPA use and OAG risk (P interaction =.68). Conclusions: Analysis suggests that HT containing estrogen, but not a combination of estrogen and progesterone, reduces the risk of incident OAG among African-American women. Further investigation is needed.
title: Виды ганзейских городов Любека и Гамбурга XVII–XVIII веков. От созерцания чуда к зрелищу
Creators: name: Эсоно, Александр
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: Немецкие города активно изображались в гравюре раннего Нового времени благодаря развитию топографии, истории, публицистики и печатного дела. Среди городов обширного региона Священной римской империи германской нации особое место занимали крупные центры торговли и культуры – ганзейские города. Статья посвящена краткой характеристике эволюции образов Любека и Гамбурга в немецкой популярной печати XVII-XVIII вв. Обозначенный период отмечен широким распространением гравированных видов этих городов, а городская тема в гравюре и публицистике проходит своеобразный путь развития – от новости о внешнем виде города, его истории и актуальной повестки дня – до аттракциона в жанре «оптических видов».
Factors associated with emergency department visits by children with asthma: implications for health education.
Creators: name: Wasilewski, Y
name: Levin, B
name: Levison, M J
name: Clark, N M
name: Mellins, R B
name: Evans, D
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the relationship between psychosocial and behavioral factors and the frequency of emergency department visits for childhood asthma.

METHODS: Data obtained from a survey of parents of 445 children who were being treated for asthma in the emergency room of a large urban hospital were examined.

RESULTS: Factors associated with high emergency department use included the child's being of younger age, a greater number of days with symptoms of asthma, a higher number of asthma medicines prescribed, a prior hospitalization for asthma, a lower level of parental confidence in the efficacy of medicines, and a failure to use a criterion for deciding to seek emergency care.

CONCLUSIONS: Younger children with asthma and children with previous hospitalization for asthma are at high risk for using emergency care. Families who use the emergency department frequently need to be further educated in the inflammatory nature of the disease, in the efficacy of proper use of medicine, in the need for ongoing care, and in criteria to distinguish those symptoms that can be handled at home from those requiring emergency care.
Situated Immersion: The Living Room of the Future
Creators: name: Gradinar, Adrian
name: Lindley, Joseph
name: Coulton, Paul
name: Forrester, Ian
name: Stenton, Phil
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 80602 Computer-Human Interaction
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This paper presents the Living Room of the Future which explores new forms of immersive experience which utilise Object Based Media to provision media that is personalised, adaptable, dynamic, and responsive. It builds upon previous research on Perceptive Media, Internet of Things Storytelling, and Experiential Futures which, in contrast to approaches that simply conflate immersion with increased visual fidelity, proposes subtle and nuanced ways to immerse audiences in a situated context. The room-sized prototype demonstrates this approach to immersion and includes connected devices that provide contextual data to personalise the media as well as physical elements that enhance the immersive experience.
Supplemental Information from A gelatin hydrogel to study endometrial angiogenesis and trophoblast invasion
Creators: name: Zambuto, Samantha G.
name: Clancy, Kathryn B. H.
name: Harley, Brendan A. C.
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biological Engineering
subject: 90301 Biomaterials
subject: FOS: Medical engineering
subject: 90399 Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental Information
Site Selectivity on Chalcogen Atoms in Superconducting La(O,F)BiSSe
Creators: name: Tanaka, Masashi
name: Yamaki, Takuma
name: Matsushita, Yoshitaka
name: Fujioka, Masaya
name: Denholme, Saleem J.
name: Yamaguchi, Takahide
name: Takeya, Hiroyuki
name: Takano, Yoshihiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single crystals of La(O,F)BiSSe were successfully grown by a CsCl flux method. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis revealed that the crystal structure is isostructural with BiS$_2$- or BiSe$_2$-based compounds with space group $P4/nmm$ (lattice parameters $a$ = 4.1110(2) Å, $c$ = 13.6010(7) Å). However, the S atoms are selectively occupied at the apical site of the Bi-SSe pyramids in the superconducting layer. The single crystals show a superconducting transition at 4.2 K in the magnetic susceptibility and resistivity measurement. The superconducting anisotropic parameter is determined to be 34 from its upper critical magnetic field. The anisotropy is in the same range with that of other members of the La(O,F)BiCh$_2$ ($Ch$ = S, Se) family under ambient pressure.
description: 17 pages + 2 pages for supplement, 6 figures
Lack of Longitudinal Association Between Thiazolidinediones and Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Eye Disease: The ACCORD Eye Study
Creators: name: Greven, C.M.
name: ACCORD Study Group
name: Goff, D.C., Jr.
name: Lovato, J.F.
name: Chew, E.Y.
name: Danis, R.P.
name: Davis, M.D.
name: Ambrosius, W.T.
name: Gower, E.W.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Inc.
Year: 2018

description: Purpose: To report the longitudinal association between use of thiazolidinediones (TZDs), visual acuity (VA) change, and diabetic eye disease incidence and progression. Design: Cohort study ancillary to a randomized clinical trial. Methods: We analyzed baseline and 4-year follow-up data of 2856 ACCORD trial participants with no history of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Based on stereoscopic fundus photographs, we evaluated diabetic macular edema (DME) progression and DR progression. We also evaluated 10- and 15-letter change on the ETDRS visual acuity chart. Main outcome measures were incidence or progression of DME or DR and change in visual acuity. Results: TZD use was not associated with DME incidence in either the analysis of any use (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] [95% CI]: 1.22 [0.72–2.05]) or duration of use (aOR: 1.02 [0.99–1.04]). Diabetic retinopathy (DR) incidence/progression was more common in patients with no or mild DR at baseline who were ever treated with TZDs (aOR: 1.68 [1.11–2.55]), but this association disappeared when adjusting for the time on TZD (aOR: 1.02 [1.00–1.04]). DR progression among those with moderate or worse DR at baseline was no different between TZD users and non-users. TZD usage had no effect on the ultimate visual acuity outcome. Conclusion: In this longitudinal study of patients with type 2 diabetes, we found no association between TZD use and visual acuity outcomes or DME progression, and no consistent evidence of increased DR progression in patients ever treated with TZDs vs those never treated with TZDs.
Time of admission to the PICU and mortality
Creators: name: Coleman, M.A.
name: Morris, P.E.
name: Spaeder, M.C.
name: Gower, E.W.
name: Nakagawa, T.A.
name: McCrory, M.C.
name: Simpson, S.L.
Publisher: name: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Year: 2017

description: Objectives: To evaluate for any association between time of admission to the PICU and mortality. Design: Retrospective cohort study of admissions to PICUs in the Virtual Pediatric Systems (VPS, LLC, Los Angeles, CA) database from 2009 to 2014. Setting: One hundred and twenty-nine PICUs in the United States. Patients: Patients less than 18 years old admitted to participating PICUs; excluding those post cardiac bypass. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: A total of 391,779 admissions were included with an observed PICU mortality of 2.31%. Overall mortality was highest for patients admitted from 07:00 to 07:59 (3.32%) and lowest for patients admitted from 14:00 to 14:59 (1.99%). The highest mortality on weekdays occurred for admissions from 08:00 to 08:59 (3.30%) and on weekends for admissions from 09:00 to 09:59 (4.66%). In multivariable regression, admission during the morning 06:00-09:59 and midday 10:00-13:59 were independently associated with PICU death when compared with the afternoon time period 14:00-17:59 (morning odds ratio, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.04-1.26; p = 0.006 and midday odds ratio, 1.09; 95% CI; 1.01-1.18; p = 0.03). When separated into weekday versus weekend admissions, only morning admissions were associated with increased odds of death on weekdays (odds ratio, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.01-1.27; p = 0.03), whereas weekend admissions during the morning (odds ratio, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.14-1.55; p = 0.004), midday (odds ratio, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.11-1.45; p = 0.0006), and afternoon (odds ratio, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.03-1.32; p = 0.01) were associated with increased risk of death when compared with weekday afternoons. Conclusions: Admission to the PICU during the morning period from 06:00 to 09:59 on weekdays and admission throughout the day on weekends (06:00-17:59) were independently associated with PICU death as compared to admission during weekday afternoons. Potential contributing factors deserving further study include handoffs of care, rounds, delays related to resource availability, or unrecognized patient deterioration prior to transfer.
A multi-center diabetes eye screening study in community settings: Study design and methodology
Creators: name: Murchison, A.P.
name: Friedman, D.S.
name: Saaddine, J.
name: Gower, E.W.
name: Lee, D.J.
name: Haller, J.A.
name: McGwin, G.
name: Lam, B.L.
name: Owsley, C.
Publisher: name: Taylor and Francis Ltd
Year: 2016

description: Purpose: Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults aged 20-74 years within the United States. The Innovative Network for Sight Research group (INSIGHT) designed the Diabetic Eye Screening Study (DESS) to examine the feasibility and short-term effectiveness of non-mydriatic diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening for adults with diabetes in community-based settings.Methods: Study enrollment began in December 2011 at four sites: an internal medicine clinic at a county hospital in Birmingham, Alabama; a Federally-qualified community healthcare center in Miami-Dade County, Florida; a university-affiliated outpatient pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a medical home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. People 18 years or older with previously diagnosed diabetes were offered free DR screening using non-mydriatic retinal photography that was preceded by a brief questionnaire addressing demographic information and previous eye care use. Visual acuity was also measured for each eye. Images were evaluated at a telemedicine reading center by trained evaluators using the National Health System DR grading classification. Participants and their physicians were sent screening report results and telephoned for a follow-up survey 3 months post-screening to determine whether participants had sought follow-up comprehensive eye care and their experiences with the screening process.Results: Target enrollment at each site was a minimum of 500 persons. Three of the four sites met this enrollment goal.Conclusion: The INSIGHT/DESS is intended to establish the feasibility and short-term effectiveness of DR screening using non-mydriatic retinal photography in persons with diabetes who seek services in community-based clinic and pharmacy settings.
HIV test-seeking before and after the restriction of anonymous testing in North Carolina.
Creators: name: Lee, L W
name: Hertz-Picciotto, I
name: Hoyo, C
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the impact on HIV test-seeking of North Carolina's restriction of anonymous testing to 18 of its 100 counties as of September 1, 1991.

METHODS: Trends from 4 months prerestriction to the 16-month restriction period in counties retaining vs counties eliminating anonymous testing were compared.

RESULTS: HIV testing increased throughout the state, but more rapidly where anonymous testing was retained than elsewhere: 64% vs 44%. These differences held for all sociodemographic subgroups and were most pronounced among adolescents and African Americans and other non-Whites.

CONCLUSIONS: The data are consistent with a detrimental effect of elimination of anonymous testing, although confounding from differences in AIDS awareness or in repeat tests is possible.
State tobacco lobbyists and organizations in the United States: crossed lines.
Creators: name: Bearman, N S
name: Goldstein, A O
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: OBJECTIVES: This research took a quantitative look at state-level tobacco lobbying in the United States.

METHODS: Publicly available lobbying data were collected from all states during 1994. Data were compiled on tobacco industry lobbyists, their tobacco employers, health lobbyists, and factors associated with such lobbying.

RESULTS: In 1994, 450 tobacco industry lobbyists lobbied at a state level. Most lobbying was on behalf of four organizations: Philip Morris (34%), the Tobacco Institute (21%), RJ Reynolds (17%), and the Smokeless Tobacco Council (15%). Approximately one half of all tobacco lobbyists also lobbied for a health-related organization (e.g., state medical association, hospital, physician association).

CONCLUSIONS: All US states have tobacco lobbyists. Many health organizations knowingly or unknowingly employ lobbyists who also lobby for the tobacco industry.
The nutritional status of the elderly in Russia, 1992 through 1994.
Creators: name: Zohoori, N
name: Baturin, A
name: Popkin, B M
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to ascertain how economic reform has affected nutritional well-being of the elderly in the Russian Federation.

METHODS: A sample of more than 2932 Russians 60 years of age and older was selected from a nationally representative survey of Russian households. A 24-hour dietary recall and data on weight, height, and socioeconomic status were collected during 1992 and 1993 and from a separate nationally representative sample of 1955 persons in the same age group in 1994.

RESULTS: Russia's elderly did not experience major declines in economic or nutritional well-being during the first 2 years of the reform period. Dietary composition shifted slightly toward reduced fat consumption. A small proportion of individuals showed signs of underweight. Of those who were underweight in 1992, none had lost more than 3 kg of weight by 1993. Among those 70 years of age and older, none who were underweight had lost any appreciable weight, although half lost small amounts.

CONCLUSIONS: Many more underweight elderly people increased than reduced their weight. Mean weight increased among all body mass index groups over the year reported here. However, economic conditions in December 1994 raise concerns.
Violence and substance use among North Carolina pregnant women.
Creators: name: Cilenti, D
name: Kupper, L L
name: Martin, S L
name: English, K T
name: Clark, K A
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1996

description: OBJECTIVES: Prenatal patients were studied to examine the proportion of women who had been violence victims, women's patterns of substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal drugs) before and during pregnancy, and relationships between violence and substance use.

METHODS: More than 2000 prenatal patients in North Carolina were screened for violence and substance use. Relationships between violence and patterns of substance use before and during pregnancy were examined, as well as women's continuation of substance use during pregnancy as a function of violence and sociodemographic factors.

RESULTS: Twenty-six percent of the women had been violence victims during their lives. Before pregnancy, 62% of the women had used one or more substances; during pregnancy, 31% had used one or more substances. Both before and during pregnancy, violence victims were significantly more likely to use multiple substances than nonvictims. Continuation of substance use during pregnancy was significantly more likely among violence victims than nonvictims.

CONCLUSIONS: Care providers should screen women for violence as well as for substance use and should ensure that women are provided with appropriate interventions.
Symmetry-protected Topological Phases at Finite Temperature
Creators: name: Viyuela, O.
name: Rivas, A.
name: Martin-Delgado, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have applied the recently developed theory of topological Uhlmann numbers to a representative model of a topological insulator in two dimensions, the Qi-Wu-Zhang model. We have found a stable symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phase under external thermal fluctuations in two-dimensions. A complete phase diagram for this model is computed as a function of temperature and coupling constants in the original Hamiltonian. It shows the appearance of large stable phases of matter with topological properties compatible with thermal fluctuations or external noise and the existence of critical lines separating abruptly trivial phases from topological phases. These novel critical temperatures represent thermal topological phase transitions. The initial part of the paper comprises a self-contained explanation of the Uhlmann geometric phase needed to understand the topological properties that it may acquire when applied to topological insulators and superconductors.
description: Contribution to the focus issue on "Artificial Graphene". Edited by Maciej Lewenstein, Vittorio Pellegrini, Marco Polini and Mordechai (Moti) Segev
Effects of the selective estrogen receptor modulators for the treatment of male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Cannarella, Rossella
name: Condorelli, Rosita A.
name: Mongioì, Laura M.
name: Barbagallo, Federica
name: Calogero, Aldo E.
name: Vignera, Sandro La
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Background: Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) represent a poorly investigated class of drugs for the treatment of male infertility. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of SERMs on conventional sperm parameters, serum gonadotropin and testosterone levels, and pregnancy rate in patients with idiopathic infertility. Methods: The authors performed a comprehensive systematic review with meta-analysis of all available controlled and not-controlled studies of the literature reporting sperm conventional parameters, gonadotropin and testosterone levels, and/or the pregnancy rate following SERM administration in normogonadotropic patients with idiopathic oligozoospermia. Results: From the 418 papers retrieved, 16 controlled and not-controlled trials were lastly included. SERM administration increased significantly sperm concentration, total sperm count, and serum luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and total testosterone levels compared with baseline values. In contrast, SERMs did not have any significant effect on sperm concentration and progressive and total motility, but improved total sperm count, sperm morphology, and increased the pregnancy rate compared to the control group, which included studies done with placebo or other treatments. Conclusions: The results of this meta-analysis suggest that SERMs may be effective in the treatment of infertile patients with idiopathic infertility. However, the paucity of data does not allow to draw a definitive conclusion.
Zur "Instruktion über die kirchliche Berufung des Theologen"
Creators: name: Benedikt XVI., Papst
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 19 Nr. 6 (1990): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 19, Heft 6
Employment, job strain, and preterm delivery among women in North Carolina.
Creators: name: Savitz, D A
name: Strogatz, D S
name: Brett, K M
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: OBJECTIVES: A population-based case-control study was conducted in central North Carolina to assess the relationship between occupational stress and preterm delivery.

METHODS: Four hundred twenty-one women delivering infants before 37 weeks' gestation and 612 women delivering infants at term were interviewed a median of 6 months after delivery. Exposure information was collected for all jobs held for at least 1 month during pregnancy.

RESULTS: Work in a "high strain" job (i.e., high demand and low control) was not associated with increased risk of preterm delivery compared with work in "low strain" jobs (all other combinations of job demand and control). Narrowing the exposure window to the third trimester did not modify the results. However, women who worked at a high-strain job full-time (odds ratio [OR] = 1.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.9, 2.0) or for 30 or more weeks (OR = 1.4, CI = 1.0, 2.2) had a modestly increased risk. Several analyses suggested that Black women were at greater risk from job strain than White women.

CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that chronic exposure during pregnancy to work characterized by high demand and low control may be modestly associated with preterm delivery.
Theory of phonon-modified quantum dot photoluminescence intensity in structured photonic reservoirs
Creators: name: Roy-Choudhury, Kaushik
name: Hughes, Stephen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spontaneous emission rate of a quantum dot coupled to a structured photonic reservoir is determined by the frequency dependence of its local density of photon states. Through phonon-dressing, a breakdown of Fermi's golden rule can occur for certain photonic structures whose photon decay time become comparable to the longitudinal acoustic phonon decay times. We present a polaron master equation model to calculate the photoluminescence intensity from a coherently excited quantum dot coupled to a structured photonic reservoir. We consider examples of a semiconductor microcavity and a coupled cavity waveguide and show clear photoluminescence intensity spectral features that contain unique signatures of the interplay between phonon and photon bath coupling.
Is incarceration during pregnancy associated with infant birthweight?
Creators: name: Martin, S L
name: Kim, H
name: Meyer, R E
name: Kupper, L L
name: Hays, M
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether incarceration during pregnancy is associated with infant birthweight.

METHODS: Multivariable analyses compared infant birthweight outcomes among three groups of women: 168 women incarcerated during pregnancy, 630 women incarcerated at a time other than during pregnancy, and 3910 women never incarcerated.

RESULTS: After confounders were controlled for, infant birthweights among women incarcerated during pregnancy were not significantly different from women never incarcerated; however, infant birthweights were significantly worse among women incarcerated at a time other than during pregnancy than among never-incarcerated women and women incarcerated during pregnancy.

CONCLUSIONS: Certain aspects of the prison environment (shelter, food, etc.) may be health-promoting for high-risk pregnant women.
Quantitative Analysis of the Italian National Scientific Qualification
Creators: name: Marzolla, Moreno
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62P99

description: The Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) was introduced in 2010 as part of a major reform of the national university system. Under the new regulation, the scientific qualification for a specific role (associate or full professor) and field of study is required to apply to a permanent professor position. The ASN is peculiar since it makes use of bibliometric indicators with associated thresholds as one of the parameters used to assess applicants. Overall, more than 59000 applications were submitted, and the results have been made publicly available for a short period of time, including the values of the quantitative indicators for each applicant. The availability of this wealth of information provides an opportunity to draw a fairly detailed picture of a nation-wide evaluation exercise, and to study the impact of the bibliometric indicators on the qualification results. In this paper we provide a first account of the Italian ASN from a quantitative point of view. We show that significant differences exist among scientific disciplines, in particular with respect to the fraction of qualified applicants, that can not be easily explained. Furthermore, we describe some issues related to the definition and use of the bibliometric indicators and thresholds. Our analysis aims at drawing attention to potential problems that should be addressed by decision-makers in future ASN rounds.
description: ISSN 1751-1577
title: Ганзейская и балтийская проблематика в студенческих мероприятиях Новгородского государственного университета им. Ярослава Мудрого в 2021—2022 уч. году
Creators: name: Якунина, Валентина
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: В данном обзоре представлены студенческие исторические мероприятия, проводимые в НовГУ им. Ярослава Мудрого в 2021/2022 уч. году – международная научная конференция молодых ученых «Ганзейский союз: от зарождения к возрождению» (23–24 сентября 2021 г.) и круглый стол «Новгород и Балтийский регион: вопросы истории и проблемы изучения» в рамках Всероссийской (с международным участием) конференции студентов и молодых ученых «Историческое вече: проблемы истории и археологии».
Multiple tidal disruption flares in the active galaxy IC 3599
Creators: name: Campana, S.
name: Mainetti, D.
name: Colpi, M.
name: Lodato, G.
name: D'Avanzo, P.
name: Evans, P. A.
name: Moretti, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Tidal disruption events occur when a star passes too close to a massive black hole and it is totally ripped apart by tidal forces. It may also happen that the star is not close enough to the black hole to be totally disrupted and a less dramatic event might happen. If the stellar orbit is bound and highly eccentric, just like some stars in the centre of our own Galaxy, repeated flares should occur. When the star approaches the black hole tidal radius at periastron, matter might be stripped resulting in lower intensity outbursts recurring once every orbital period. We report on Swift observations of a recent bright flare from the galaxy IC 3599 hosting a middle-weight black hole, where a possible tidal disruption event was observed in the early 1990s. By light curve modelling and spectral fitting we can consistently account for the events as the non-disruptive tidal stripping of a star into a highly eccentric orbit. The recurrence time is 9.5 yr. IC 3599 is also known to host a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus. Tidal stripping from this star over several orbital passages might be able to spoon-feed also this activity.
description: Accepted for publication to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Race and mammography use in two North Carolina counties.
Creators: name: O'Malley, M S
name: Earp, J A
name: Harris, R P
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: OBJECTIVES: This study investigated racial differences in mammography use and their association with physicians' recommendations and other factors.

METHODS: The study used 1988 survey data for 948 women 50 years of age and older from the New Hanover Breast Cancer Screening Program. Racial differences in terms of physician recommendation, personal characteristics, health characteristics, and attitudes toward breast cancer and mammography were examined. Factors at least minimally associated with race and use were included in multivariate logistic regression analyses to examine the effect of race while controlling for other factors.

RESULTS: In comparison with White women. Black women were half as likely to report ever having had a mammogram (27% vs 52%) and having a mammogram in the past year (17% vs 36%). Black women also significantly less often reported physician recommendation (25% vs 52%). Although Black and White women differed significantly in other characteristics, multivariate logistic regression analyses indicated that physician recommendation accounted for 60% to 75% of the initial racial differences in mammography use.

CONCLUSIONS: Understanding physicians' recommendations for breast cancer screening is a critical first step to increasing mammography use in disadvantaged populations.
Quantum Otto engine with a spin $1/2$ coupled to an arbitrary spin
Creators: name: Altintas, Ferdi
name: Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a quantum heat engine with a working substance of two particles, one with a spin $1/2$ and the other with an arbitrary spin (spin $s$), coupled by Heisenberg exchange interaction, and subject to an external magnetic field. The engine operates in a quantum Otto cycle. Work harvested in the cycle and its efficiency are calculated using quantum thermodynamical definitions. It is found that the engine has higher efficiencies at higher spins and can harvest work at higher exchange interaction strengths. The role of exchange coupling and spin $s$ on the work output and the thermal efficiency is studied in detail. In addition, the engine operation is analyzed from the perspective of local work and efficiency. The local work definition is generalized for the global changes and the conditions when the global work can be equal or more than the sum of the local works are determined.
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Diabetes eye screening in urban settings serving minority populations: Detection of diabetic retinopathy and other ocular findings using telemedicine
Creators: name: Saaddine, J.
name: Lee, D.J.
name: Haller, J.A.
name: Friedman, D.S.
name: McGwin, G., Jr.
name: Gower, E.W.
name: Innovative Network for Sight (INSIGHT) Research Group
name: Lam, B.L.
name: Owsley, C.
name: Hark, L.A.
Publisher: name: American Medical Association
Year: 2015

description: IMPORTANCE The use of a nonmydriatic camera for retinal imaging combined with the remote evaluation of images at a telemedicine reading center has been advanced as a strategy for diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening, particularly among patients with diabetes mellitus from ethnic/racial minority populations with low utilization of eye care. OBJECTIVE To examine the rate and types of DR identified through a telemedicine screening program using a nonmydriatic camera, as well as the rate of other ocular findings. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A cross-sectional study (Innovative Network for Sight [INSIGHT]) was conducted at 4 urban clinic or pharmacy settings in the United States serving predominantly ethnic/racial minority and uninsured persons with diabetes. Participants included persons aged 18 years or older who had type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus and presented to the community-based settings. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The percentage of DR detection, including type of DR, and the percentage of detection of other ocular findings. RESULTS A total of 1894 persons participated in the INSIGHT screening program across sites, with 21.7%having DR in at least 1 eye. The most common type of DR was background DR, which was present in 94.1%of all participants with DR. Almost half (44.2%) of the sample screened had ocular findings other than DR; 30.7%of the other ocular findings were cataract. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In a DR telemedicine screening program in urban clinic or pharmacy settings in the United States serving predominantly ethnic/racial minority populations, DR was identified on screening in approximately 1 in 5 persons with diabetes. The vast majority of DR was background, indicating high public health potential for intervention in the earliest phases of DR when treatment can prevent vision loss. Other ocular conditions were detected at a high rate, a collateral benefit of DR screening programs that may be underappreciated.
Aktuelle Probleme des Verhältnisses von Kirche und Staat
Creators: name: Kriele, Martin
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 19 Nr. 6 (1990): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 19, Heft 6
F.F. Bosworth and R.A. Torrey on The Lord's Supper: Two Opposing Views
Creators: name: Barnes, Roscoe
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 210304 Biography
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: 220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History)
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 220402 Comparative Religious Studies
subject: History
subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 220405 Religion and Society
subject: Religious Studies

description: This blog post presents an overview of the teachings of
F.F. Bosworth and R.A. Torrey on The Lord’s Supper. Bosworth believed the bread
serves to remind the church of bodily healing in the atonement and the wine is
a reminder of Christ’s blood that was shed for the forgiveness of sin. Torrey,
who believed in divine healing in the atonement, strongly disagreed with
Bosworth’s view. Torrey’s view is shared in his book, Divine Healing: Does God
Perform Miracles Today? (Fleming H. Revell, 1924).

Copyright © by Roscoe Barnes III

#FFBosworth #BosworthMatters
A Monte Carlo framework for noncontinuous interactions between particles and classical fields
Creators: name: Wesp, Christian
name: van Hees, Hendrik
name: Meistrenko, Alex
name: Greiner, Carsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Particles and fields are standard components in numerical simulations like transport simulations in nuclear physics and have very well understood dynamics. Still, a common problem is the interaction between particles and fields due to their different formal description. Particle interactions are discrete, point-like events while fields have purely continuous equations of motion. A workaround is the use of effective theories like the Langevin equation with the drawback of energy conservation violation. We present a new method, which allows to model non-continuous interactions between particles and scalar fields, allowing us to simulate scattering-like interactions which exchange energy and momentum quanta between fields and particles obeying full energy and momentum conservation and control over interaction strengths and times. In this paper we apply this method to different model systems, starting with a simple scalar harmonic oscillator which is damped by losing discrete energy quanta. The second and third system is a scalar oscillator and a one dimensional field which are both damped by discrete energy loss and which are coupled to a stochastic force, leading to equilibrium states which correspond to statistical Langevin-like systems. The last example is a scalar field in 3D which is coupled to a microcanonical ensemble of particles by incorporating particle production and annihilation processes. Obeying the detailed-balance principle, the system equilibrates to thermal and chemical equilibrium with dynamical fluctuations on the fields, generated dynamically by the discrete interactions.
description: 28 pages, 11 figures
Sociodemographic factors and the variation in syphilis rates among US counties, 1984 through 1993: an ecological analysis.
Creators: name: Thomas, J C
name: Nakashima, A K
name: Peterman, T A
name: St Louis, M E
name: Kilmarx, P H
name: Zaidi, A A
name: Flock, M L
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: 0bjectives, Syphilis in the United States is focally distributed. with high incidence rates in the South and in metropolitan areas nationwide. In this study an ecological analysis, using the county as the unit of analysis, was performed to genetate hypotheses about community-level determinants of syphilis rates. Methods. Bivariate rank conelations and multivariate, backward stepwise elimination linear regressions were performed. Mean annual incidence of primary- and secondary-stage syphilis in a county was the dependent variable, and county sociodemographic characteristics (from census data) were the independent variables. Results. In the multivariate regression model, sociedemographic characteristics accounted for 71% of the variation in syphilis rates among countieS. With other factors accounted for, the most highly correlated characteristics were percentage non-Hispanic Black populations, county location in the South, percentage of the population that was urban, percentage Hispanic population, and percentage of births to women younger than 20 years. Conclusions. Most of the variation in syphitis rates among counties is accounted for by sociodemographic characteristics. Identification and remediation of modifiable health determinants for which these factors are markers are. needed to improve the health status of these populations.
title: Рецензия на монографию: Goehrke C. Unter dem Schirm der göttlichen Weisheit: Geschichte und Lebenswelten des Stadtstaates Groß-Nowgorod (Zürich: Chronos Verlag, 2020. 550 s)
Creators: name: Бессуднова, Марина
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: Статья содержит рецензию на недавно опубликованную монографию Карстена Гёрке, в недавнем прошлом профессора университета Цюриха, которая посвящена истории и культуре Великого Новгорода и в настоящее время представляет собой наиболее полное произведение по этой теме в зарубежной историографии. Автор характеризует Новгород как «город-государство», объединившее весь русский Север, которое обладало специфической политической организацией, объединявшей демократические, олигархические и теократические элементы. До своего вхождения в состав Московского государства Новгород представлял альтернативный ему вариант общественного развития в пределах Руси, этапы которого в монографии К. Гёрке подробно представлены. Как один из важнейших торговых партнеров Ганзы Новгород обладал солидной экономической базой и играл роль связующего звена между Русью и Западной Европой.
title: The Role of Technological Infrastructure in Nomadic Practices of a Social Activist Community
Creators: name: Carvalho, Aparecido Fabiano Pinatti de
name: Saeed, Saqib
name: Reuter, Christian
name: Wulf, Volker
Publisher: name: IISI
Year: 2022

description: Infrastructure is undoubtedly a key resource for people engaged in technologically-mediated nomadicity. Tech-Nomads rely on technological infrastructure components, such as Wi-Fi availability, to mobilise their workplaces and effectively accomplish their productive activities. In this paper, we introduce findings from an investigation focusing on how technological infrastructures are re-instantiated according to emerging demands. We focus particularly on the European Social Forum (ESF) (an activists’ platform) and the problems faced by the members of this network in mobilising its infrastructure, stressing findings from the literature about the importance of making infrastructure visible for nomadic practices, which have not yet been sufficiently explored. We suggest that infrastructure (re-) design methods would be a relevant resource for Tech-Nomads engaged in activities such as the ones from ESF.
Characteristics of Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery in the United States Medicare Population
Creators: name: Arora, P.
name: Cassard, S.D.
name: Schein, O.D.
name: Gower, E.W.
name: Behrens, A.
name: Tielsch, J.M.
name: Keay, L.J.
name: Stare, D.E.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Inc.
Year: 2015

description: Purpose Endophthalmitis is a rare but sight-threatening infection after cataract surgery. Roughly one third of eyes remain blind after treatment. We report United States population-based data on microbiological investigations and treatment patterns plus risk factors for poor outcomes. Design Retrospective cohort study. Participants Medicare beneficiaries from 5 states in whom endophthalmitis developed within 6 weeks after cataract surgery in 2003 and 2004. Methods We identified endophthalmitis cases occurring after cataract surgery using Medicare billing claims. We contacted treating physicians and requested they complete a questionnaire on clinical and microbiological data and submit relevant medical records. Two independent observers reviewed materials to confirm that cases met a standardized definition. Main Outcome Measures Positive culture results, vitrectomy status, microbiology spectrum, and final visual acuity. Results In total, 615 cases met our case definition. Initial visual acuity was counting fingers or worse for 72%. Among 502 cases with known culture results, 291 (58%) had culture positive results. Twelve percent had positive results for streptococci. More than 99% of cases were treated with intravitreal vancomycin. Vitrectomy was performed in 279 cases (45%), including 201 cases with initial acuity better than light perception. Rates of vitrectomy varied across states, with California having the highest rate and Michigan having the lowest (56% and 19% of cases, respectively). Overall, 43% of individuals achieved visual acuity of 20/40 or better. Poor initial acuity (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.12 per 0.10 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution units), older age at diagnosis (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.03-1.45 per 5-year increase), and more virulent organisms were important predictors of poor final visual acuity. Cases with streptococci infection were 10 times more likely to have poor final acuity than coagulase-negative staphylococci cases (adjusted OR, 11.28; 95% CI, 3.63-35.03). Vitrectomy was not predictive of final visual acuity (adjusted OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 0.78-2.04). Conclusions Population-based data on the microbiology of acute postoperative endophthalmitis in the United States after cataract surgery are consistent with prior reports. Vitrectomy usage is higher than that recommended from the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study, with no evidence of increased benefit.
Die allgemeine Berufung zur Heiligkeit in der Kirche
Creators: name: Thils, Gustave
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 19 Nr. 6 (1990): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 19, Heft 6
Die Soziallehre des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils
Creators: name: Schasching, Johannes
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 19 Nr. 6 (1990): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 19, Heft 6