cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mechanopluripotency – Adherens Junction Mechanotransduction Supports mESC Pluripotency Gene Expression via β-catenin Nuclear Translocation in Response to Fluid Shear Stress
Creators: name: Harper, Lane Ward
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Stem Cells
subject: Biomedical Engineering
subject: FOS: Medical engineering
subject: Bioreactor
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Flow Chamber
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Engineering--Biomedical

description: Pluripotent stem cells are increasingly being investigated as a base platform from which effector cells can be differentiated and utilized in various contexts as whole-cell therapeutics. Current culture methodologies require 2D plate culture and this represents a bottleneck in the form of increased costs associated with consumable usage and difficulties with standardization in manipulation. These difficulties cascade into ballooning therapy costs and troubles with cGMP compliance required for all biopharmaceutical manufacturing. To this end, there has been interest in culturing pluripotent stem cells in bioreactors, shown in previous therapeutic biopharmaceutical platforms to achieve cost-effective scale and compliance. In our bioreactor work, we have observed an increase in core pluripotency gene expression in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) cultured as aggregates at specific impeller speeds in stirred tank bioreactors. We have termed this phenomenon “mechanopluripotency”. This project aimed to investigate the mechanism(s) responsible for our observation of induced pluripotency in the bioreactor. Using mutant cell lines containing a β-catenin reporter system, we show in both the bioreactor and a defined model system that in response to shear stress of ~6 dyne/cm2 β-catenin translocates to the nucleus where it is responsible for co-activation of the Wnt signaling pathway, known to affect pluripotency gene expression. Additionally, we show evidence that this response is mediated via altered molecular dynamics at the adherens junction, a key hub for cell-cell connections. By knocking out the cytoskeleton protein vinculin we show that β-catenin signaling is impaired in both the bioreactor and defined model system and a decrease in core pluripotency gene expression in the absence of exogenous maintenance factors. These results indicate that mechanopluripotency is mediated primarily through β-catenin and by impairing the adherens junction’s ability to adapt to mechanical force the response is attenuated.
Additional file 12 of Glycemic control and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated using glyburide, metformin, or insulin: a pairwise and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Dan-Qing
name: Xu, Guan-Xin
name: Teng, Xin-Yuan
name: Xu, Jing-Wei
name: Tang, Liang-Fang
name: Feng, Chun
name: Rao, Jin-Peng
name: Jin, Min
name: Wang, Li-Quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 12: Supplementary Fig. 10. Pairwise meta-analysis of birth weight.
Additional file 2 of Study protocol for two pilot randomised controlled trials aimed at increasing physical activity using electrically assisted bicycles to enhance prostate or breast cancer survival
Creators: name: Bourne, Jessica E.
name: Foster, Charlie
name: Forte, Chloe
name: Aning, Jonathan
name: Potter, Shelley
name: Hart, Emma C.
name: Armstrong, Miranda E. G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2. Content of the CRANK intervention.
Cicurina damaoensis Li 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Wang, Xiaoxiao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Hahniidae
Cicurina
Cicurina damaoensis

description: Cicurina damaoensis Li, sp. nov. (Figs 67–68, 97) Type material. Holotype. Female, China, Guizhou, Anshun City, Ziyun County, Houchang Town, Mazhai Village, Damao Cave, 25º29.020'N, 106º13.475'E, elev. 1410 m, 26 December 2010, H. Chen & Z. Zha leg., deposited in IZCAS. Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective. Diagnosis. This new species is similar to C. kailiensis Li, sp. nov. (Figs 73–77), but can be distinguished by the large and inverted “U”-shaped atrium (“M”-shaped in C. kailiensis Li, sp. nov.), the ovate spermathecae (spheriform in C. kailiensis Li, sp. nov.), and the extended part of copulatory duct obviously swollen (spherical in C. kailiensis Li, sp. nov.). Description. Female (holotype). Total length 2.00 (Figs 68C–D). Prosoma length 0.95, width 0.73. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellow, with flat cephalic area, cephalic region width 0.49. Fovea reduced, cervical groove indistinct. Eight eyes, AME black, others white, all eyes encircled with black. Eye diameters: AME 0.03, ALE 0.05, PLE 0.06, PME 0.04. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, AME-ALE 0.02, AME-AME 0.02, PLE-PME 0.04, PME-PME 0.07. Eye region length 0.12, width 0.27. Clypeus height 0.07. Chelicerae yellow-brown, 0.40 long, 0.24 wide, with distinct lateral condyles, 3 (3 large) promarginal and 7 retromarginal teeth. Labium yellow, 0.12 long, 0.19 wide. Gnathocoxae yellow, 0.28 long, 0.20 wide. Sternum light yellow, 0.62 long, 0.50 wide. Legs light yellow. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 2.76 (0.83, 0.35, 0.65, 0.55, 0.38); II 2.63 (0.75, 0.33, 0.60, 0.55, 0.40); III 2.29 (0.65, 0.28, 0.48, 0.53, 0.35); IV 3.11 (0.85, 0.35, 0.75, 0.73, 0.43). Opisthosoma 1.10 long, 0.80 wide. No calamistrum and no cribellum. Epigynum (Figs 67, 68A–B). Width 0.26. Epigynum with large atrium, inverted “U”-shaped. Bursae enlarged, slightly sclerotized, fused. Spermathecae ovate. Second pore large, at apex of copulatory ducts, laterally extended part of copulatory duct swollen. Fertilization duct long, medially attached at base of spermathecae. Male. Unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 97).
description: Published as part of Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Xiaoxiao, 2017, New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China, pp. 125-228 in Zoological Systematics 42 (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201711, http://zenodo.org/record/5366040
The Influence of Temporal and Spatial Variability in Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) Whole Organism Characteristics on Monitoring Strategies
Creators: name: Marshall, Stephanie Nicole
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) approach in Canada utilizes whole organism characteristics such as body size, growth rates, organ sizes, and fecundity to establish fish performance. There have been a variety of studies that have shown that the optimal timing for measuring fish characteristics varies with reproductive strategy and seasonal timing. As trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) become more widely used, information on annual variability, as well as local and regional variability will be critical for designing sensitive monitoring programs. We sampled trout-perch over an annual cycle from July 2021 to May 2023 during ice-free months and measured size, age, condition, relative organ size, and sex steroid hormone productivity. Monthly sampling was characterized by the annual reproductive cycle to determine the optimal timing of sampling, and the stability of indicators. Trout-perch were determined to be multiple spawners, with the maximum GSIs for female fish (13.7%) in late May, which is the estimated time of their first spawning of the year. Although a literature review had suggested that the optimal time to sample multiple spawning fish species for evaluating reproductive effects should be 4-6 weeks prior to spawning, this study demonstrated no significant difference in trout-perch EEM endpoints between late September and April. Early fall gonadal development is unusual in multiple spawning species, but suggests that the fall sampling program utilized by the Oil Sands Monitoring program is sufficient for evaluating trout-perch condition. Normal ranges were calculated for condition, relative liver size and relative gonad size for Jumpingpound Creek. These ranges correlated well with 2021 observed ranges for the Peace River, but did not correlate well with historical Peace River data, or with Athabasca River data. Site-specific ranges fit Peace River data better, but still did a poor job for most Athabasca River sites. Higher variability in Athabasca River values was attributed to more variability between years in flow and temperature; Peace River flow and temperature levels are stabilized by a large upstream dam. The site-specific normal ranges calculated are considered interim until 8-10 sets of data would be available for evaluating variability.
Supporting Students as Scholars: Using the Library Context to Investigate How Graduate Students Learn About Publishing
Creators: name: Hurrell, Christie
name: Beatty, Susan
name: Lee, Jennifer
name: McClurg, Caitlin
name: Murphy, James
Publisher: name: Libraries & Cultural Resources
Year: 2023
Subjects: scholarship of teaching and learning
graduate students
academic publishing

description: Graduate students are increasingly encouraged to publish during their studies. But how do they learn this process? In this study, a team of librarians used focus groups to uncover the process for learning and teaching the “threshold concept” of academic publishing (Townsend et al, 2011). The focus groups, conducted with graduate students and faculty advisors, resulted in a rich qualitative dataset on the context of teaching and learning of academic publishing. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes emerging from transcripts. Findings from this research indicate that students rely heavily on disciplinary mentors for knowledge and support, and appreciate experiential learning opportunities to scaffold their skills. Noted learning gaps included feeling ready and confident to embark on the publishing process, and realizing that mentors may not communicate tacit knowledge about publishing. Additionally, students emphasized the importance of integrating the mental health and wellness impacts of this topic into instruction. In response, the research team has developed an openly-licensed multimedia instructional guide that covers key topics of interest highlighted by both student and faculty participants. The guide responds to students’ expressed preference for information available to them at the point of need, and has been systematically evaluated by learners. The team will share how the guide is being used in collaborative teaching efforts at our institution. This study contributes new knowledge on how students learn, and faculty teach, skills relating to academic publishing. It also illuminates the unique teaching context of librarians, who typically have limited time to interact with graduate students in the classroom, and whose teaching must complement that of disciplinary faculty. Our collaborative approach to learning and teaching about this topic allows us to harness expertise from across our institution to support the learning needs of graduate students.
title: From knowledge to action : contributions from the social sciences to the One Health approach and its evaluation
title: Des connaissances à l’action : apport des sciences sociales à l’approche ‘une seule santé’ et son évaluation
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Rock, Melanie J.
Publisher: name: Université de Montréal
Year: 2019
Subjects: One Health
social sciences
urban planning
public engagement
community participation
health promotion

description: Rock MJ. 2019. Des connaissances à l’action : apport des sciences sociales à l’approche ‘une seule santé’ et son évaluation | From knowledge to action : contributions from the social sciences to the One Health approach and its evaluation (keynote). 7th Annual Colloquium in Veterinary Public Health, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, August 22. http://grezosp.com/colloque-en-sante-publique-veterinaire/colloque-en-sante-publique-veterinaire7e-edition-du-colloque-en-sante-publique-veterinaire/
Cicurina majiangensis Li 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Wang, Xiaoxiao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Hahniidae
Cicurina
Cicurina majiangensis

description: Cicurina majiangensis Li, sp. nov. (Figs 78–80, 97) Type material. Holotype. Male, China, Guizhou, Kaili City, Majiang County, Xinshan Town, Gubin Village, cave without name, 26º30.047'N, 107º31.151'E, elev. 1065 m, 29 November 2011, H. Chen & Z. Zha leg., deposited in IZCAS. Etymology. The specific name refers the type locality; adjective. Diagnosis. This new species is similar to C. wusanani Li, sp. nov. (Figs 83–84, 86), but can be distinguished by details of the TA. Description. Male (holotype). Total length 2.10. Prosoma length 1.10, width 0.92. Cephalic region width 0.50. Prosoma pyriform, cephalic part flat, covered with several setae. Thoracic part yellow, fovea reduced, prosoma margin indistinct. Eight eyes, AME black, others white, all eyes encircled with black. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.08, PLE 0.08, PME 0.06. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, AME-ALE 0.01, AME-AME 0.02, PLE-PME 0.03, PME-PME 0.05. Eye region length 0.15, width 0.30. Clypeus height 0.10. Chelicerae length 0.46, width 0.21, yellow-brown. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles, 3 (1 large, 2 small) promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth. Chelicerae, labium and gnathocoxae yellow; sternum white. Labium length 0.13, width 0.18. Gnathocoxae length, width 0.23. Sternum length 0.65, width 0.60. Legs yellow. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.45 (1.00, 0.35, 0.85, 0.75, 0.50); II 3.20 (0.95, 0.35, 0.75, 0.65, 0.50); III 2.73 (0.78, 0.30, 0.55, 0.65, 0.45); IV 3.63 (1.00, 0.35, 0.85, 0.88, 0.55). Opisthosoma length 0.98, width 0.85. Opisthosoma pale, without distinct pattern. No cribellum. Pedipalpus (Figs 78–80). Cymbium length 0.63. Apex of cymbium wide. Embolus originating at approximately 6- o’clock position. Sperm duct in tegulum shaped like a short hair pin or paper clip. Apex of subtegulum with a deep notch. TA prolaterally recurving towards base of a long and slim TA. TA with a small and rough lateral apophysis. RTA apical end pointed, simple, with a single fold and 2 setae. Spur ear-shaped. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 97).
description: Published as part of Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Xiaoxiao, 2017, New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China, pp. 125-228 in Zoological Systematics 42 (2) on pages 208-210, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201711, http://zenodo.org/record/5366040
A rapid scoping review on academic integrity and algorithmic writing technologies
Creators: name: Moya, Beatriz Antonieta
name: Eaton, Sarah Elaine
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2023

description: English: New Artificial Intelligence (AI) advances challenge traditional practices in higher education institutions. To contribute to sustaining cultures of academic integrity, we developed a rapid scoping review on academic integrity and AI. This review follows the guidance of the updated Joanna Briggs Institute manual and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews Meta-Analysis for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). We investigated five databases, and the selection criteria include that they have been written in English and the involvement of different educational actors in initiatives around AI in the context of academic integrity from 2007 to November 2022. The 14 Selected studies present perspectives on the ethical implications of AI, the use of AI for cheating, its legitimate use, as well as a view from equity, diversity, and inclusion. Spanish: Los avances de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) desafían las prácticas tradicionales en instituciones de educación superior. Para contribuir a la tarea de sustentar culturas de integridad académica, desarrollamos una revisión de alcance rápida sobre la integridad académica y la IA. Esta revisión sigue las indicaciones del manual actualizado del Instituto Joanna Briggs y del Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews Meta-Analysis para revisiones de alcance (PRISMA-ScR). Investigamos cinco bases de datos y los criterios de selección incluyen el que hayan sido escritas en inglés y el involucramiento de distintos actores educativos en iniciativas en torno a la IA en el contexto de la integridad académica desde el año 2007 hasta noviembre de 2022. Los 14 estudios seleccionados presentan perspectivas sobre las implicancias éticas de la IA, el uso de la IA para la trampa, su uso legítimo, como también una mirada desde la equidad, la diversidad y la inclusión.
$^4$He Crystal Quality and Rotational Response in a Transparent Torsional Oscillator
Creators: name: Fefferman, A. D.
name: Rojas, X.
name: Haziot, A.
name: Balibar, S.
name: West, J. T.
name: Chan, M. H. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied natural purity $^{4}$He single crystals and polycrystals between 10 and 600 mK using a torsional oscillator with a 2 cm$^{3}$ rigid cell made of sapphire with a smooth geometry. As the temperature was lowered, we observed sample dependent but reproducible resonant frequency shifts that could be attributed to a supersolid fraction of order 0.1%. However, these shifts were observed with single crystals, not with polycrystals. Our results indicate that, in our case, the rotational anomaly of solid helium is more likely due to a change in stiffness than to supersolidity. This interpretation would presumably require gliding of dislocations in more directions than previously thought.
Additional file 2 of Novel, heterozygous, de novo pathogenic variant (c.4963delA: p.Thr1656Glnfs*42) of the NF1 gene in a Chinese family with neurofibromatosis type 1
Creators: name: Yang, Lisha
name: Fu, Jiewen
name: Cheng, Jingliang
name: Zhou, Baixu
name: Chen, Maomei
name: Anuchapreeda, Songyot
name: Fu, Junjiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 2
Planar Pixel Sensors for the ATLAS Upgrade: Beam Tests results
Creators: name: Weingarten, J.
name: Altenheiner, S.
name: Beimforde, M.
name: Benoit, M.
name: Bomben, M.
name: Calderini, G.
name: Gallrapp, C.
name: George, M.
name: Gibson, S.
name: Grinstein, S.
name: Janoska, Z.
name: Jentzsch, J.
name: Jinnouchi, O.
name: Kishida, T.
name: La Rosa, A.
name: Libov, V.
name: Macchiolo, A.
name: Marchiori, G.
name: Münstermann, D.
name: Nagai, R.
name: Piacquadio, G.
name: Ristic, B.
name: Rubinskiy, I.
name: Rummler, A.
name: Takubo, Y.
name: Troska, G.
name: Tsiskaridtze, S.
name: Tsurin, I.
name: Unno, Y.
name: Weigell, P.
name: Wittig, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Results of beam tests with planar silicon pixel sensors aimed towards the ATLAS Insertable B-Layer and High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) upgrades are presented. Measurements include spatial resolution, charge collection performance and charge sharing between neighbouring cells as a function of track incidence angle for different bulk materials. Measurements of n-in-n pixel sensors are presented as a function of fluence for different irradiations. Furthermore p-type silicon sensors from several vendors with slightly differing layouts were tested. All tested sensors were connected by bump-bonding to the ATLAS Pixel read-out chip. We show that both n-type and p-type tested planar sensors are able to collect significant charge even after integrated fluences expected at HL-LHC.
description: 28 pages, 27 figures, published on Journal of Instrumentation (JINST)
Open Course Materials Matching Service (OCoMMS): Reducing Barriers and Building Sustainability for OER Adoption
Creators: name: Adams, Sarah
name: Sillito, Savannah
Publisher: name: Libraries & Cultural Resources
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Educational Resources
OER
Library Services
OER adoption
OER curation
Course materials
Staffing model

description: By the end of this session, attendees should be able to… 1. Describe key barriers around faculty OER adoption in higher education. 2. Reflect on the potential of the Open Course Material Matching Service (OCoMMS) for supporting the reduction of OER adoption barriers at their own institution. 3. Consider staffing models for sustainable OER finding services within institutions. During this lightning talk, attendees will be engaged through the discussion and visualization of the Open Course Material Matching Service (OCoMMS) and its staffing model at Libraries and Cultural Resources, along with open dialogue and questions during the question-and-answer section of the talk. Attendees will also have access to the resources supporting the Open Course Materials Matching Service that they may utilize and adapt for their own services at their institutions.
description: Open Education Global Conference 2023 (Edmonton, Alberta) session description. Are you looking for a new approach to supporting educators in finding OER to adopt into their courses? In this lightning talk (15 minutes), learn about an Open Course Materials Matching Service (OCoMMS) model a Canadian research institution has introduced to help reduce hurdles faculty and instructors face when adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses. We will first highlight some of the barriers educators experience when starting their journey in finding OER to adopt, followed by outlining the Open Course Materials Matching Service provided by Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) staff at the University of Calgary. We will discuss what OCoMMS is, the service’s workflow, and the staffing model used within this service. Library staff supporting this service utilize a course’s outline or syllabus as a guide in conducting a targeted search for finding relevant OER which is provided to educators through a curated list they then evaluate for potential adoption. In order to support these services at LCR, we utilize the strengths and experience of our support staff as the strategies and practices for providing reference services are also similarly applied within the Open Course Materials Matching Service. We will highlight the benefits of having our support staff assist with searches within the Open Course Materials Matching Service managed by the Open Education Librarian and our current service workflows. At the University of Calgary, this staffing model is a crucial piece in supporting the sustainability and growth of our OER services as interest in OER adoption continues to increase at our institution.
Additional file 1 of Knowledge and perceptions of primary healthcare providers towards integration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services at departmental levels at selected health facilities Lira district, Uganda
Creators: name: Puleh, Sean Steven
name: Ikwara, Emmanuel Asher
name: Namutebi, Syliviah
name: Nakero, Lakeri
name: Mwesiga, Godfrey
name: Isabirye, Rogers
name: Acen, Joy
name: Anyolitho, Maxson Kenneth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Proof of two conjectures of Z.-W. Sun on congruences for Franel numbers
Creators: name: Guo, Victor J. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11A07, 11B65, 05A10, 05A19

description: For all nonnegative integers n, the Franel numbers are defined as $$ f_n=\sum_{k=0}^n {n\choose k}^3.$$ We confirm two conjectures of Z.-W. Sun on congruences for Franel numbers: \sum_{k=0}^{n-1}(3k+2)(-1)^k f_k &\equiv 0 \pmod{2n^2}, \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(3k+2)(-1)^k f_k &\equiv 2p^2 (2^p-1)^2 \pmod{p^5}, where n is a positive integer and p>3 is a prime.
description: 8 pages, minor changes, to appear in Integral Transforms Spec. Funct
The molecular gas in Luminous Infrared Galaxies II: extreme physical conditions, and their effects on the X_{co} factor
Creators: name: Papadopoulos, Padelis P.
name: van der Werf, Paul
name: Xilouris, E
name: Isaak, Kate G.
name: Gao, Yu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we conclude the analysis of our CO line survey of Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs: L_{IR}>=10^{11}L_{sol}) in the local Universe (Paper\,I), by focusing on the influence of their average ISM properties on the total molecular gas mass estimates via the so-called X_{co}=M(H_2)/L_{co,1-0} factor. One-phase radiative transfer models of the global CO Spectral Line Energy Distributions (SLEDs) yield an X_{co} distribution with: \sim(0.6+/-0.2) M_{sol}(K km s^{-1} pc^2)^{-1} over a significant range of average gas densities, temperatures and dynamical states. The latter emerges as the most important parameter in determining X_{co}, with unbound states yielding low values and self-gravitating states the highest ones. Nevertheless in many (U)LIRGs where available higher-J CO lines (J=3--2, 4--3, and/or J=6--5) or HCN line data from the literature allow a separate assessment of the gas mass at high densities (>=10^{4} cm^{-3}) rather than a simple one-phase analysis we find that {\it near-Galactic X_{co} (3-6)\, M_sol\,(K\,km^{-1}\,pc^2)^{-1} values become possible.} We further show that in the highly turbulent molecular gas in ULIRGs a high-density component will be common and can be massive enough for its high X_{co} to dominate the average value for the entire galaxy. ......... ...this may have thus resulted to systematic underestimates of molecular gas mass in ULIRGs.
description: 77 pages, 6 figures, one Table, accepted for publication at The Astrophysical Journal
Referential sets, referential tonics, and the analysis of contemporary jazz
Creators: name: Cook, Scott Alexander
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: While jazz has become more integrated into academia, the repertoire that is commonly examined is out of date. Today's leading jazz scholars tend to focus on a handful of musicians who made their mark in the '50s and '60s. But jazz writing has continued to evolve in the last fifty years, particularly in regards to harmony. Though many rooted chords—including MM7, mm7, and Mm7—can be heard in succession, the relationships between adjacent chords are obscure, and rarely manifest the standard II–V–I progression found in classic jazz. Often, successive chords belong to different diatonic sets. Some composers have eliminated chord symbols from their lead sheets altogether, leaving harmonic interpretation and relationships even more open-ended. Since the inception of modal jazz in the late '50s, priority has been given to groups of notes and the ways that they can interact, as opposed to specific chords, keys, and function. This presents a challenge not only for harmonic analysis but also for improvising on these changes in performance. Nevertheless, pitch-class organization can often be heard to promote a hierarchical ranking amongst the chords, resulting in strong points of reference. This dissertation develops and applies a theory of referential sets, for analyzing and improvising over representative examples of chromatic chord successions found in some contemporary jazz. By treating pitch-classes outside the collection as alterations, this theory provides a way to hear successions of seemingly unrelated chords as derived from such collections, which are in turn supported by global referential tonics. This is analogous to traditional, hierarchical ways of hearing secondary dominants and other chromaticism, but with different restrictions on the types of alterations allowed. It therefore describes more variegated progressions, and also allows referential sets to be different and larger than diatonic sets, while still providing the traditional benefits of harmonic analysis, such as the identification of continuities, recurring patterns of root successions, cadences, and other formal processes and relations that remain paramount in much of today's jazz writing.
Additional file 13 of Glycemic control and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated using glyburide, metformin, or insulin: a pairwise and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Dan-Qing
name: Xu, Guan-Xin
name: Teng, Xin-Yuan
name: Xu, Jing-Wei
name: Tang, Liang-Fang
name: Feng, Chun
name: Rao, Jin-Peng
name: Jin, Min
name: Wang, Li-Quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 13: Supplementary Fig. 11. Pairwise meta-analysis of maternal weight gain.
Reflections on Teaching & Learning with a Guiding Mapuche Elder
Creators: name: Rozanski, Chelsea
name: Huenchullan, Sara Rodriguez
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2023

description: Partnerships between academics and community collaborators are often framed within the spatial confines of research itself; not extending into post-secondary classrooms and curricula. When Doctoral Candidate Chelsea Rozanski received her first UCalgary Sessional Instructor position for Ethnographic Overview of Latin America (ANTH321) in Fall 2022, she instantly called her key research counterpart, Mapuche Elder Sara Rodriguez Huenchullan, to share the news. As a female academic of European descent, it was essential that Rozanski’s voice would not be the only one in the room. In addition to facilitating a guest speaker series and day panel of UCalgary graduate students from Latin America, Rozanski invited Huenchullan to co-facilitate 5 compensated Knowledge-Sharing Sessions. In this Department of Anthropology and Archaeology AnArky Talk, Chelsea and Sara discuss their process of co-designing a curriculum and working alongside one another in an undergraduate classroom. While shedding light on their pedagogical framework, challenges, and outcomes, they demonstrate how collaborative research partnerships can continue into learning spaces. Former students also share their reflections participating in an Anthropology course guided by an Elder from the region of focus.
Additional file 1 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Norwegian national HCV treatment guidelines during the study period.
Fine-Tuning Implications of Direct Dark Matter Searches in the MSSM
Creators: name: Perelstein, Maxim
name: Shakya, Bibhushan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study theoretical implications of direct dark matter searches in the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). We assume that no accidental cancellations occur in the spin-independent elastic neutralino-quark scattering cross section, but do not impose any relations among the weak-scale MSSM parameters. We show that direct detection cross section below 10^-44 cm^2 requires the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) neutralino to be close to either a pure gaugino or pure Higgsino limit, with smaller cross sections correlated with smaller admixture of the subdominant components. The current XENON100 bound rules out essentially all models in which the lightest neutralino has the Higgsino fraction between 0.2 and 0.8. Furthermore, smaller direct detection cross sections correlate with stronger fine-tuning in the electroweak symmetry breaking sector. In the gaugino LSP scenario, the current XENON100 bound already implies some fine-tuning: for example, at least 10% tuning is required if the LSP mass is above 70 GeV. In both gaugino and Higgsino LSP scenarios, the direct dark matter searches currently being conducted and designed should lead to a discovery if no accidental cancellations or fine-tuning at a level below 1% is present.
description: v4: A clarification and references added. No change to physics contents of the paper
Additional file 2 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2. The US-English and the Norwegian versions of the FSS-9. Legends: FSS-9; Nine-items Fatigue Severity Scale. All items in the FSS-9 are ranged as a Likert scale from 1 to 7, where 1 indicates “strongly disagree” and 7 indicates “strongly agree”.
Development of Nanostructured Catalysts for Efficient Syngas Production from Dry Reforming of Methane
Creators: name: Zhou, Rufan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Carbon capture and conversion
subject: Dry reforming of methane
subject: Heterogeneous catalyst
subject: Catalytic reaction
subject: Engineering--Chemical

description: Converting greenhouse gases (CHGs) (carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4)) into valuable products is an essential way to eliminate the negative impacts of global warming. The catalytic dry reforming of methane (DRM) by CO2 offers a viable route for the efficient utilization of these two potent GHGs to produce syngas (CO and H2) as a valuable fuel and chemical feedstock. Nickel (Ni)-based catalysts have been widely used in DRM reactions because of their relatively high reactivity as transition metals and low production costs. However, these catalysts suffer from unideal reactivity at low operating temperatures, unideal thermal stability with Ni sintering and resulted in severe coke formation on the catalyst surface leading to rapid deactivation. Hence, the main objective of this study is to design and develop a stable and robust catalyst with improved DRM reactivity and low tendency for deactivation. In this doctoral study, the design of different catalysts with excellent activity and high stability for the DRM process will be studied. To achieve excellent catalytic activity and stability, different catalyst fabrication strategies with relatively facile synthesis approaches will be employed, such as the effect of active metal loadings, catalyst structures, distinguished support materials and the addition of promoters have been evaluated in this study. Meanwhile, several characterization techniques have been used to thoroughly understand the physicochemical and structural properties of the developed catalysts to develop a structure-property relationship. Moreover, the recent status of catalyst development is discussed and compared with that of the catalyst developed in our study. Process simulations based on the catalytic DRM process were also evaluated and analyzed in this study to further guide the development of the DRM process and help achieve its commercialization in the future.
Nuclear proliferation and the use of force : nuclear coercion and nuclear learning
Creators: name: Cohen, Michael David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: What is the effect of developing nuclear weapons on a state’s conflict propensity? Extant answers to this question do not model the effects of time and thus leave policy-makers addressing cases such as Iran and North Korea with two contradictory answers – that nuclear proliferation is stabilising and destabilising – that both have extensive empirical support. I argue that nuclear proliferation is dangerous when decision-makers learn that it is safe and safe when they learn it to be dangerous. I develop and test a psychological nuclear learning model that, consistent with recent quantitative research, explains why weak, revisionist/dissatisfied nuclear powers are highly conflict prone but the same experienced nuclear powers are not. In the model, three biases associated with the availability heuristic make weak revisionist new nuclear powers war prone. (1) Illusory correlations cause decision-makers to believe that the immense destructive potential of nuclear weapons causes them to offer similarly large coercive power; (2) self-serving attribution biases cause decision-makers to infer a causal relationship between nuclear compellence threats and subsequent compliance and (3) decision-maker’s nuclear threats, because they are more cognitively accessible than other contextual variables and the operation of these variables in historical cases, cause them to overestimate the probability of successful nuclear coercion. Such new nuclear powers inevitably practice nuclear coercion, which causes a nuclear crisis and fear of imminent nuclear war. I show that this fear moderates the high war propensity of new nuclear powers. It causes (1) pessimistic estimates of the probability of inadvertent nuclear escalation resulting from nuclear coercion, (2) moderation in future nuclear diplomacy and (3) pessimistic risk choices in logically unrelated foreign policies. Recently released Soviet archival data and elite interviews in South Asia, including with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, allow me to test the psychological nuclear learning model against realist, domestic politics and rational learning models.
Dynamical Quantum Hall Effect in the Parameter Space
Creators: name: Gritsev, V.
name: Polkovnikov, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Geometric phases in quantum mechanics play an extraordinary role in broadening our understanding of fundamental significance of geometry in nature. One of the best known examples is the Berry phase (M.V. Berry (1984), Proc. Royal. Soc. London A, 392:45) which naturally emerges in quantum adiabatic evolution. So far the applicability and measurements of the Berry phase were mostly limited to systems of weakly interacting quasi-particles, where interference experiments are feasible. Here we show how one can go beyond this limitation and observe the Berry curvature and hence the Berry phase in generic systems as a non-adiabatic response of physical observables to the rate of change of an external parameter. These results can be interpreted as a dynamical quantum Hall effect in a parameter space. The conventional quantum Hall effect is a particular example of the general relation if one views the electric field as a rate of change of the vector potential. We illustrate our findings by analyzing the response of interacting spin chains to a rotating magnetic field. We observe the quantization of this response, which term the rotational quantum Hall effect.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures added figure with anisotropic chain
Romantic Relationship Quality and Mental Health in Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Creators: name: Xie, Elisabeth Bailin
name: Rioux, Charlie
name: Madsen, Joshua
name: Lebel, Catherine
name: Giebrecht, Gerald
name: Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne
Publisher: name: Guilford Press
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Social capital is important for good mental health and the quality of close relationships is one key indicator of social capital. Examining the association between relationship quality and mental health may be particularly important during pregnancy as mental health concerns during this period pose significant risk to families. The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to increased mental health problems among pregnant individuals. The resulting lockdown protocols of the pandemic has also disrupted larger social networks and couples spent more time together in the context of ongoing chronic stress, highlighting the particular importance of romantic relationship quality. This study explored longitudinal associations between relationship satisfaction, depression, and anxiety among pregnant individuals during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Pregnant individuals (n = 1842) from the Pregnancy During the Pandemic Study were surveyed monthly (April-July 2020). Depression and anxiety symptoms, and relationship satisfaction were self-reported. Cross-lagged panel models were conducted to examine bidirectional associations between relationship satisfaction and mental health symptoms over time. Results: Relationship satisfaction was significantly correlated with depression and anxiety at all time points. Longitudinally, relationship satisfaction predicted later depression and anxiety symptoms, but depressive and anxiety symptoms did not predict later relationship satisfaction. Discussion: This study suggests that poor relationship satisfaction was linked to subsequent elevations in prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Relationship enhancement interventions during pregnancy may be a means of improving the mental health of pregnant individuals, and interrupting transgenerational transmission, during times of prolonged psychological distress.
MOESM1 of Utilization of dental services and associated factors among preschool children in China
Creators: name: Gao, Xiaoli
name: Ding, Min
name: Xu, Mengru
name: Wu, Huijing
name: Zhang, Chunzi
name: Wang, Xing
name: Feng, Xiping
name: Tai, Baojun
name: Hu, Deyu
name: Lin, Huancai
name: Wang, Bo
name: Zheng, Shuguo
name: Liu, Xuenan
name: Rong, Wensheng
name: Wang, Weijian
name: Wang, Chunxiao
name: Si, Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Oral health assessment form for children.
Additional file 3 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 3. Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index. Legends: The figure displays the equation to calculate APRI score. AST upper limit of normal range was defined as 45 IU/Land 35 IU/L.
Comparative Analysis of Pressure Mapping Methods in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Four-Dimensional Blood Flow Hemodynamics Assessment and Development of a Novel Pressure Mapping Tool
Creators: name: Ihsan Ali, Safia
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
subject: Pressure Mapping
subject: Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
subject: Heart Hemodynamics
subject: 4D Flow MRI
subject: Radiology

description: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most prevalent cyanotic congenital heart defect (CHD) that alters normal blood flow through the heart and accounts for 10% of all CHD. Pulmonary stenosis and regurgitation are common in adults who have undergone TOF repair (rTOF) and can impact the load on the right ventricle, blood flow pressure, and pulmonary hemodynamics. Pressure mapping, obtained through 4D-flow magnetic resonance imaging (4D-flow MRI), has been applied to identify abnormal heart hemodynamics in CHD. Hence, the aim of this research was to compare pressure drop and relative pressures between patients with repaired TOF (rTOF) and healthy volunteers. An in vitro validation was performed, followed by an in vivo validation. We hypothesized that pressure drop is a more stable pressure mapping method than relative pressures to detect altered hemodynamics. A total of 36 subjects, 18 rTOF patients and 18 controls underwent cardiac MRI scans and 4D-flow MRI. Pressure drops and relative pressures in the MPA were higher in rTOF patients compared to the controls (p < 0.05). Following the in vitro validation, pressure drops proved to be a more stable pressure mapping method than relative pressures, as the flow loses its laminarity and becomes more turbulent. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that flow hemodynamics in rTOF can exhibit altered pressure maps. Pressure mapping can help provide further insight into rTOF patients’ hemodynamics to improve patient care and clinical decisions.
waveforms
Creators: name: Tuell, Sara Lydia
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Fine art
subject: Quantum
subject: Print
subject: Printmaking
subject: Intaglio
subject: Installation
subject: Sculpture
subject: Uncertainty
subject: Artscience
subject: Physics
subject: Research creation
subject: Fine Arts

description: My research explores the relationship between creativity and curiosity by investigating questions posed by quantum science about the nature of reality, particularly regarding the concepts of fundamental uncertainty, wave-particle duality, superposition, the measurement problem, entanglement and emergence. This support text will provide important context for the development of my research methodology as well as discussions on the creation and analysis of the two artworks in the exhibition at Contemporary Calgary: Looking Up at the Surface and Emergence. The artworks in my thesis exhibition, waveforms, are the physical and conceptual manifestations of life in a non-deterministic universe. They are conceptual and perceptual metaphors for fundamental uncertainty, our relationship to the quantum world and ourselves as emergent beings. The overarching conclusions of my work concern the limitations on our ability to know the “truth” about the universe, but also the understanding that each of us carry “truth” in our unique, subjective perspectives as we experience and create reality.