cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Forest Canopies: Form and Functional Relationships
Creators: name: Jack, Steven B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1990

description: Forest canopy structure is strongly influenced by stand density due to changing competitive interactions among the individual trees and in turn directly influences stemwood volume production. The structure and dynamics of forest canopies, particularly in relation to the production of stemwood, were examined in unmanaged, even-aged stands of two dissimilar tree species, Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm. and Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. The analysis of structure-production relationships was guided by a conceptual model which generated hypotheses and led to examination of assumptions incorporated in the model.
Mean crown dimensions were related to stand density through a negative exponential function for both species, but because of differing shade-tolerances, mean crown size of lodgepole pine was affected more by increasing density than was mean crown size of subalpine fir. More importantly, examination of the model assumptions indicated that adequate characterization of canopy structure should account for the influence of both crown shyness and stand height.
Stand density also influenced the amount and distribution of leaf area in these forest stands. The more plastic mean leaf area of lodgepole pine led to a constant leaf area index over a range of density and, thus, was consistent with conventional wisdom which assumes closed canopied forest stands support stable leaf area indices across a wide range of densities. The less plastic mean leaf area of subalpine fir, however, led to positive correlation between leaf area index and density.
Changes in mean crown dimensions and mean leaf area influenced the production of stemwood volume such that large mean crown sizes were less efficient than small mean crown sizes. The decrease in efficiency was attributed to accumulation of large branch biomass in large crowns to support foliage far from the stem. Increased support costs were indicated by the increasing proportion of crown volume which was nonfoliated as mean crown size increased. The assumption that accumulated branch biomass was responsible for the observed declines in efficiency for forest trees was reinforced by a comparison of structure-production relationships for lodgepole pine and the annual Helianthus annuus L.
A lisp interactive programming environment
Creators: name: Hall, Wayne F.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: An implementation of a Lisp Library is described. This Library provides a simple and uniform scheme for programmer access to a number of Lisp support programs. A scheme by which programs are automatically loaded from this Library is presented, as well as methods of querying the system and unloading selected programs. A facility for aiding in the debugging of Lisp programs is also described.
title: Incorporating Vegetative Diversity Measures in Forest-Level Planning: A Case Study on the Utah State University School Forest
Creators: name: Holland, David N.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1994

description: Three indices of forest stand structural and compositional diversity were incorporated into a linear programming, timber-harvest scheduling model to examine the tradeoffs between managing stands for timber production and biodiversity objectives. While harvest-level objectives were fairly compatible with the maintenance of biodiversity, present net worth maximization resulted in substantial reductions in all three measures of biodiversity.
Destabilization of the Zhang-Rice singlet at optimal doping
Creators: name: Sunko, D. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The construction of the Zhang-Rice singlet is revisited in the light of recent understanding of high-temperature superconductors at optimal doping. A minimal local model is derived which contains the physical regime found relevant for ARPES experiments, characterized by significant direct oxygen-oxygen hopping. For the values of orbital parameters indicated by experiment, the Zhang-Rice singlet is strongly mixed with a pure oxygen singlet of the same symmetry. The destabilization of the Zhang-Rice ground state is due to the oxygen singlet having twice as large a coherence factor with respect to oxygen-oxygen hopping. An analogous quantum phase transition is identified in the t-t'-J model. The orbital-antisymmetric copper-oxygen singlet is confirmed to be irrelevant, as found originally. The usual symmetry analysis is extended to include dynamical symmetries.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, to appear in JETP
Monte Carlo study of the phase transition in the Critical behavior of the Ising model with shear
Creators: name: Saracco, G. P.
name: Gonnella, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The critical behavior of the Ising model with non-conserved dynamics and an external shear profile is analyzed by studying its dynamical evolution in the short time regime. Starting from high temperature disordered configurations (FDC), the critical temperature $T_c$ is determined when the order parameter, defined as the absolute value of the transversal spin profile, exhibits a power-law behavior with an exponent that is a combination of some of the critical exponents of the transition. For each value of the shear field magnitude, labeled as $\dotγ$, $T_c$ has been estimated and two stages have been found: 1) a growing stage at low values of $\dotγ$, where $T_c\sim\dotγ^ψ$ and $ψ=0.52(3)$; 2) a saturation regime at large $\dotγ$. The same values of $T_c(\dotγ)$ were found studying the dynamical evolution from the ground state configuration (GSC) with all spins pointing in the same direction. By combining the exponents of the corresponding power laws obtained from each initial configuration the set of critical exponents was calculated. These values, at large external field magnitude, define a new critical behavior different from that of the Ising model and of other driven lattice gases.
description: 25 pages
Additional file 1 of Keep on truckin’: how effective are health behaviour interventions on truck drivers’ health? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Virgara, Rosa
name: Singh, Ben
name: O’Connor, Edward
name: Szeto, Kimberley
name: Merkx, Zydan
name: Rees, Christian
name: Gilson, Nicholas
name: Maher, Carol
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1.
title: The Importance of Cover for Juvenile Rainbow Trout in Lentic Systems: Field Observations and an Experimental Study on Predation
Creators: name: Tabor, Roger Allen
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1990

description: Juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss stocked into mid-elevation reservoirs in Utah are vulnerable to predation from piscivorous fish and birds. I determined how effectively juvenile trout used cover to avoid these predators by (1) direct observations (snorkel transects) of habitat selection in two reservoirs and (2) measurements of survival and growth rates in a pond experiment where adult brown trout Salmo trutta were predators. Observations of juvenile trout were conducted within five weeks of stocking in 1988 and 1989. During the day, juvenile trout were abundant in complex inshore habitats and avoided simple habitats such as sand and gravel. Measurements of gut fullness indicated that juvenile trout fed during the day but not during the night. Large Daphnia comprised more than 95% of the diet of juvenile trout. Because large Daphnia were often higher offshore than inshore in both reservoirs, selection of inshore cover is believed to be primarily a response to reduce predation risk. At night, trout in both reservoirs selected more exposed areas and rested on the bottom. In the pond experiment, the presence of brown trout significantly increased mortality of juvenile trout, decreased their growth rates, and caused them to avoid offshore areas. The presence of cover significantly decreased predation rates but did not affect growth of the juvenile trout.
Additional file 4 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. Size distribution and concentration of EVs quantified by nFCM. nFCM measurement of EVs from the seven breast cancer patients. The graphs shows the particle size (diameter) distribution and concentration per ml of lymphatic drainage fluid. Gating range: 25–125 nm. ≥99% of the particles analyzed were within the gating range.
title: Behavioral Characteristics Affect Habitat Selection of Domestic Ruminants
Creators: name: Scott, Cody B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1995

description: I evaluated some of the factors affecting livestock distribution by conducting experimental (Chapters II and III) and observational (Chapter IV) studies. In Chapter II, I described the effect of locations of familiar foods and social interactions on choice of feeding location by lambs. Lambs were exposed to a pasture as subgroups of strangers and companions with different dietary habits (i.e., three lambs that preferred milo with three lambs that preferred wheat). Milo was placed on one end and wheat on the other, about 100 m apart. Strangers typically fed in different locations, reflecting dietary preferences. Conversely, companions fed in both single subgroups and in separate subgroups because both social interactions and dietary preferences affected choice of feeding location.
The objective of Chapter III was to evaluate the effect of experience with a pasture on choice of feeding location. Lambs with different levels of familiarity with the pasture were exposed as subgroups with different dietary habits. Lambs familiar with the pasture typically fed in separate locations, reflecting dietary preferences. Lambs naive to the pasture always fed in one subgroup and consumed both foods because social interactions overrode dietary preferences.
Results in Chapter IV describe cattle observations on a 1,030-ha grazing allotment. Cattle home ranges were similar in location (i.e., site fidelity) between 1990 and 1991, even though home ranges increased in size and (or) shifted in location in response to water availability. Moreover, forage availability did not account for changes in home range size or location. Site fidelity probably developed because of experiences early in life while foraging with mother and (or) peers.
Managers may be able to improve distribution by manipulating foraging experiences. Placing familiar foods/supplements in underutilized areas, controlling the amount of experience livestock have with different habitat types, and culling animals that spend a disproportionate amount of time in riparian zones may improve · distribution. Herding could also improve distribution. Herding integrates social interactions and experience with foods by controlling the exposure of social groups to particular foods and habitats. Nevertheless, livestock may still spend considerable time in riparian zones unless other watering points are available.
A program development facility
Creators: name: DuMont, Mark Aurele Louis
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The implementation of a unified facility for program development and maintenance is described. The prototype (named "Eighty-One") provides for the entry, editing and compilation of program text within a unified system in which source text is immediately transformed into an intermediate tree structured representation for storage. The implications of the unification of these facilities under this representation are discussed from the viewpoints of user convenience and system efficiency. Technical problems posed by the implementation are also discussed. Finally, some comments are made upon the nature of the user interface to systems of this type.
Additional file 5 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5. Detection of EV surface proteins using multiplex bead-based flow cytometry assay. Data is shown as background corrected (isotype control and blank samples) median fluorescence intensity (MFI) of all 37 markers for the 7 patients. The dashed line at MFI 20 indicates threshold for positive signal.
Additional file 6 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. Western blot for EpCAM. EpCAM was evaluated by western blot, confirming the absence of EpCAM in patient EV samples. BT-474 cells and EVs were used as positive control (2 μg BT-474 cell protein, 10 μg BT-474 EV and patient EV protein was loaded in each lane).
CEDM constraints on modified sfermion universality and spontaneous CP violation
Creators: name: Ishiduki, M.
name: Kim, S. -G.
name: Maekawa, N.
name: Sakurai, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the supersymmetric CP problem that arises when the sfermion soft mass universality is modified. We place the 3rd generation SU(5) ten-plet sfermion masses in the weak scale in view of the naturalness. The other sfermion masses are assumed to be universal and a TeV scale in order to weaken the flavor changing neutral current processes and electric dipole moment (EDM) constraints. However this modification generically induces too large up quark chromo-EDM (CEDM) via the weak scale stop loop. In order to suppress this CEDM, we propose certain type of flavor structure where the parameters of the up-(s)quark sector are real whereas those of the down-(s)quark and the charged (s)lepton sectors are complex at the GUT scale. It is shown that, in this set up, up quark CEDM can be suppressed within the range where the current and future experiments have their sensitivity. We briefly illustrate the simple realization of these particular forms of the modified sfermion universality with real up-(s)quark sector by spontaneous CP violation in E$_6$ SUSY GUT with SU(2) flavor symmetry.
description: Hg EDM bound updated, content modified, figure added, typos corrected, references added
title: Gregarious Behavior in Large Mammals: Modeling, Methodology, and Application
Creators: name: Morton, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: Gregarious behavior of ungulates was considered in four ways. The first concern was W. D. Hamilton's hypothesis that a simple movement rule could reduce predation risk and encourage grouping behavior. Simulations showed little effect of this nearest-neighbor rule on predation risk. Similar, more complicated rules reduced predation risk by up to two thirds.
The second focus was on the accuracy of ground observers in diagramming individual animal locations in small herds of elk. A remotely controlled airplane was used to photograph the herds from above. A substantial distance discrepancy was found between "true" and "observed" animal locations. This discrepancy increased with group size and was different between observers but not between herds. Observers were better at predicting relative animal locations than absolute animal locations.
The third consideration was interanimal spacing in bison herds photographed from an airplane during a three-month period. At later dates photographed herds were located, and cover-sampling methods were adapted to estimate bison visibility in each area. These data were used in linear regression models which explained over two-thirds of the variance in nearest-neighbor distance. Important indicator variables were the number of animals in the herd, a cover measurement, the north and east location of herds, the time photographed, and the fraction of the animals standing.
The fourth focus was the development of simulations of simple movement rules used to mimic grouping behavior. Individuals moved according to two simple first nearest-neighbor rules: if within a minimum distance, move directly away, and if outside a maximum distance, move directly toward. Four other rules were used to determine individual states. Two different measurements were made for each simulation run: the overall mean nearest-neighbor distance and the overall mean subgroup size. Results showed that the means and variances of near-neighbor distances decreased as the number of individuals in the simulation increased. Different near-neighbor rules had little effect on mean nearest neighbor distance. All rules produced results similar to each other and different from bison data. A random model was more similar to the bison data.
Attenuation of transcriptional bursting in mRNA transport
Creators: name: Xiong, Li-ping
name: Ma, Yu-qiang
name: Tang, Lei-Han
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to the stochastic nature of biochemical processes, the copy number of any given type of molecule inside a living cell often exhibits large temporal fluctuations. Here, we develop analytic methods to investigate how the noise arising from a bursting input is reshaped by a transport reaction which is either linear or of the Michaelis-Menten type. A slow transport rate smoothes out fluctuations at the output end and minimizes the impact of bursting on the downstream cellular activities. In the context of gene expression in eukaryotic cells, our results indicate that transcriptional bursting can be substantially attenuated by the transport of mRNA from nucleus to cytoplasm. Saturation of the transport mediators or nuclear pores contributes further to the noise reduction. We suggest that the mRNA transport should be taken into account in the interpretation of relevant experimental data on transcriptional bursting.
description: 18 pages, 3 figures
Impact on primary school classrooms temperature and ventilation from using a roof-mounted solar air heater: a winter case study in New Zealand
Creators: name: Wang, Yu
name: Boulic, Mikael
name: Phipps, Robyn
name: Plagmann, Manfred
name: Cunningham, Chris
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2023

description: Classrooms that rely on natural ventilation are often under ventilated in winter. However, conventional mechanical ventilation is prohibitively expensive for schools. This study investigates the impact on temperature and ventilation in New Zealand (NZ) primary classrooms in winter, with the intervention of operating a roof-mounted solar air heater (SAH). This study was carried out in NZ school Term 3 (from end July to end September) in 2013 and 2014. Two adjacent classrooms (Room 1 and Room 2) from one school participated. These two classrooms had very similar construction characteristics and population characteristics. In 2013, baseline monitoring was conducted. In 2014, Room 1 was the control, Room 2 was the treatment. Ambient air is heated by the SAH, and this heated air was delivered to the treatment classroom. Heater use hours, temperature levels and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in both classrooms were measured. The ventilation rate was estimated using traces gas decay techniques. In 2013, the temperature levels in Room 1 (21.8 ºC ± 1.4 ºC) were statistically significantly lower (P < 0.01) than in Room 2 (23.9 ºC ± 1.5 ºC), with the temperature difference of 2.1 ºC. In 2014, the temperature difference between Room 2 (treatment) and Room 1 (control) increased to 2.7 ºC. However, the ratio of total daily heater use (Room2/Room1) reduced from 2.3 (227 hours difference) in 2013 to 1.9 (191 hours difference) in 2014. In 2013, CO2 levels in Room 1 were statistically significantly lower (P < 0.01) than in Room 2. In 2014, CO2 concentrations had no differences between these two classrooms. Between both classrooms, mean (±sd) ventilation rate was from 1.7 (± 1.5) to 2.6 (± 2.4) h-1, or from 3.0 (± 2.4) to 4.2 (± 3.9) l/s/person. This study indicates that operating a SAH played a positive role in increasing room temperature and ventilation rate, while reducing the consumption of purchased energy.
title: Livestock as Seed Disseminators for Reseeding Degraded Rangelands: The Role of Dung in Gap Formation and Plant Establishment
Creators: name: Auman, Brian S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: Livestock (cattle and sheep) were examined as seed disseminators for reseeding degraded Intermountain rangelands. "Hycrest" crested wheatgrass [Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult. X A. cristatum (L.) Gaert.] seed was fed to yearling Holstein steers and Suffolk ewes. Dw1g was collected from each animal type and deposited on plots of high and low densities of an annual [cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.)] and perennial [squirreltail (Sitanion hystrix Nutt.)] grass species. The experiment evaluated the ability of the dung to suppress the resident vegetation, and the recruitment and establishment of Hycrest seedlings emerging from the dung.
Sheep dung had little suppressive effect on resident vegetation and did not provide Hycrest with a favorable microsite for germination and establishment. Cattle dung provided favorable conditions for germination of Hycrest on all plots, but seedlings were unable to compete with either high or low densities of cheatgrass. Hycrest seedlings emerging from cattle dung were more successful in establishing on squirreltail plots, and most successful in establishing on the control plots (bare ground). Cheatgrass plants located near cattle and sheep dung benefited from an input of nutrients and a gapformation (with cattle dung), which translated into greater plant height, weight, and fecundity. The squirreltail plants did not show any noticable advantages gained from adjacent dung deposition. Even though cheatgrass was suppressed by cattle dung on the surface, its roots proliferated in the soil profile immediately under the cattle dungpat to levels equal to that found in other areas within the plots.
Additional file 7 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Uncropped western blot images. Uncropped images of all western blots included in the manuscript are shown in the figure. For patient 3, 5 and 6, proteins extracted from individual SEC fractions (F1–7 or 8) were separated on the gel and blotted for GRP94, albumin, CD63, Flotillin-1 and ApoA1. Proteins extracted from patient 1–7 was analyzed for albumin, CD63, Flotillin-1, ApoA1 and CD146. In each lane, 10 μg of proteins (9 for patient 2) was loaded for pooled EV fraction 2–4 and 20 μg for individual fractions except for F1 in patient 4 and 6 where the maximum volume was loaded (2.5 and 3.4 μg respectively) due to low protein concentration in those samples. The positive control (CTR+) used was proteins extracted from MSC cell lysate (Grp94 and Flotillin-1), EVs from MSCs (CD63), human melanoma metastatic tissue (albumin and ApoA1). For CD146, the unstained gel is shown which was used for total protein normalization step.
title: Marten Use of Subnivean Access Points in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Creators: name: Sherburne, Stuart Scott
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: Subnivean prey appeared to be the primary reason for subnivean access point use by martens. A logistic regression was used to create a predictive model for differential access point use. Prey biomass in grams and percent ground cover of coarse woody debris (CWD) were used as variables in the model. Goodness of fit of the multivariate model was 0.216; biomass was significant al p = 0.0003, CWD was significant at p = 0.0718. Mean values for prey biomass at used and unused access points were 174.2 g and 81 g, respectively, while mean values of CWD were 24.7% and 18.5%, respectively. Both CWD and prey can be used to predict access point use by martens. CWD provides access to the subnivean zone. Martens appear lo key in on access points with higher levels of prey.
Red squirrel middens were found at 33% of used and 16% of unused access points (p = 0.015, n = 90). There was no significant difference in prey biomass or CWD based upon the presence or absence of a squirrel midden. Prey biomass was significantly related to access point use (p = 0.0022) and the relationship was strengthened when squirrels were included in the biomass estimates (p = 0.0001). It is likely that red squirrel middens were used as access points by martens because of the opportunity to prey on red squirrels as a prey item.
Seed boluses were used to estimate the relative prey abundance at subnivean access points. Use of seed boluses in winter was correlated with prey abundance values obtained by snap trapping after the snow melt (J2 = 0.0134, ¢2 = 0.435).
A program for direct entry of raw telemetry data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) data base was developed. With this method telemetry data can be interpreted directly al a number of scales to determine habitat patterns using area rather than point data.
Additional file 6 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. Western blot for EpCAM. EpCAM was evaluated by western blot, confirming the absence of EpCAM in patient EV samples. BT-474 cells and EVs were used as positive control (2 μg BT-474 cell protein, 10 μg BT-474 EV and patient EV protein was loaded in each lane).
title: The Response of Coyotes to Novel and Familiar Visual and Olfactory Stimuli
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiting
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1990

description: The purpose of this study was to explore the response v of coyotes (Canis latrans) to certain olfactory and visual stimuli. It was assumed that the findings would be of value in refining techniques used in sampling and controlling coyotes. The specific objectives were to determine (1) if coyotes were more likely to approach and remain in the vicinity of a familiar than unfamiliar scent, (2) if the response to olfactory and visual stimuli differed, (3) if positively reinforcing an approach to the stimuli differentially altered the response to visual and olfactory stimuli, and (4) if the response differed with sex and social rank. The results failed to reject each of the null hypotheses implicit in the four objectives. Two factors that may have contributed to these findings were that subjects were too accustomed to "novelty" and there was a lack of behavioral control during the tests. On the basis of the results of this study, it is suggested that coyotes are so sensitive to their surroundings and so accommodating in their behavior that behavioral test results may simply reflect their responses to specific captive and test conditions.
Estimating Quality of Transmission in a Live Production Network using Machine Learning
Creators: name: Müller, Jasper
name: Fehenberger, Tobias
name: Patri, Sai Kireet
name: Kaeval, Kaida
name: Griesser, Helmut
name: Tikas, Marko
name: Elbers, Jörg-Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We demonstrate QoT estimation in a live network utilizing neural networks trained on synthetic data spanning a large parameter space. The ML-model predicts the measured lightpath performance with <0.5dB SNR error over a wide configuration range.
description: The work has been partially funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research in the project OptiCON (contract #16KIS0989K)
title: Is Rainbow Trout Condition Influenced By Invertebrate-Drift Density?
Creators: name: Filbert, Randall B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1991

description: Users of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology CTFIM) commonly assume that there is a positive linear relationship between available habitat (WUA) and stream fish biomass. However, several studies have shown a lack cf correlation between WUA and biomass. Such poor relationships may occur if other factors limit fish abundance. Food availability is a potentially important factor limiting abundance of stream fishes and can affect blomass by influencing fish condition (individual weight). I collected rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to different levels of invertebrate-drift density to determine if condition was greater where food was more abundant. I also examined whether size-selective predation and gut fullness varied with drift density.
Size-selective predation was not related to drift density. However, condition and gut fullness were both significantly correlated with drift density. Furthermore, changes in drift density appeared to have a stronger influence on small-trout condition than large-trout condition. The results of this study and others support the contention that the reliability of the IFIM might be improved if food availability were incorporated into models.
Additional file 1 of mTOR/miR-142-3p/PRAS40 signaling cascade is critical for tuberous sclerosis complex-associated renal cystogenesis
Creators: name: Zhao, Shuyun
name: Hao, Shuai
name: Zhou, Jiasheng
name: Chen, Xinran
name: Zhang, Tianhua
name: Qi, Zhaolai
name: Zhang, Ting
name: Jalal, Sajid
name: Zhai, Chuanxin
name: Yin, Lu
name: Bo, Yufei
name: Teng, Hongming
name: Wang, Yue
name: Gao, Dongyan
name: Zhang, Hongbing
name: Huang, Lin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1.
Additional file 7 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Uncropped western blot images. Uncropped images of all western blots included in the manuscript are shown in the figure. For patient 3, 5 and 6, proteins extracted from individual SEC fractions (F1–7 or 8) were separated on the gel and blotted for GRP94, albumin, CD63, Flotillin-1 and ApoA1. Proteins extracted from patient 1–7 was analyzed for albumin, CD63, Flotillin-1, ApoA1 and CD146. In each lane, 10 μg of proteins (9 for patient 2) was loaded for pooled EV fraction 2–4 and 20 μg for individual fractions except for F1 in patient 4 and 6 where the maximum volume was loaded (2.5 and 3.4 μg respectively) due to low protein concentration in those samples. The positive control (CTR+) used was proteins extracted from MSC cell lysate (Grp94 and Flotillin-1), EVs from MSCs (CD63), human melanoma metastatic tissue (albumin and ApoA1). For CD146, the unstained gel is shown which was used for total protein normalization step.
On the mistake in the implementation of the minimal model of the dual parameterization and resulting inability to describe the high-energy DVCS data
Creators: name: Guzey, V.
name: Teckentrup, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We correct the mistaken claim made in \cite{Guzey:2005ec,Guzey:2006xi} that the minimal model of the dual parameterization of nucleon generalized parton distributions (GPDs) gives a good, essentially model-independent description of high-energy data on deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS). In the implementation of the dual parameterization in \cite{Guzey:2005ec,Guzey:2006xi}, the numerical prefactor of two in front of the DVCS amplitude was missing. We show that the corrected minimal model of the dual parameterization significantly overestimates the HERA data (H1 and ZEUS) on the DVCS cross section.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure
Contact Force Mediated Rapid Deposition of Colloidal Microspheres Flowing Over Microstructured Barriers
Creators: name: Prakash, P.
name: Abdulla, A. Z.
name: Varma, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deposition of particles while flowing past constrictions is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in diverse systems. Some common examples are jamming of salt crystals near the orifice of saltshakers, clogging of filter systems, gridlock in vehicular traffic etc. Our work investigates the deposition events of colloidal microspheres flowing over microstructured barriers in microfluidic devices. The interplay of DLVO, contact and hydrodynamic forces in facilitating rapid deposition of microspheres is discussed. Noticeably, a decrease in the electrostatic repulsion among microspheres leads to linear chain formations, whereas an increase in roughness results in rapid deposition.
title: Factors Associated with the Highway Mortality of Mule Deer at Jordanelle Reservoir, Utah
Creators: name: Romin, Laura A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1994

description: Highway mortality of deer (Odocoileus sp.) is a nationwide concern. In 1991, 538,000 deer-vehicle collisions occurred nationwide. Property damage to vehicles, human injuries and fatalities, and potential impacts to local deer populations occur from deer-vehicle collisions. Techniques have been evaluated to reduce highway mortality of deer; however, an effective, cost-efficient solution does not exist for widespread use. If mitigative technologies are to be successful, we need to understand deer behavior and movement patterns associated with highway relationships. Most research about highway deer kills has focused on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in mixed hardwood habitat types. The following study pertains to mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in a mountain brush and sagebrush-grass zone.
The study area was located at the site of the newly constructed Jordanelle Reservoir near Park City, Utah. Area roads were relocated due to inundation of existing highways. Preconstruction road-kill was docwnented to be 0.29 kills/km. Annual road-kill levels of 278 (5.9 kills/km) and 119 (2.5 kills/km) deer occurred along the new roads from October 1991 to October 1993. Even though there was a 64.2% reduction in observed deer density, second year mortality was still 9 times the pre-project kill.
A study design of road-kill data collection and repetitive spotlight censuses was used to compare levels and composition of deer road-kills to that of the living population. Deer-vehicle collision levels tracked large population fluctuations. Deer behavior predisposed deer to mortality. Numbers of road-killed deer peaked in the fall of both years, coincident with breeding and hunting periods. Road-kill peaks also occurred in July and April of each year, respectively.
Traffic characteristics, road alignment, and vegetative and topographic features were described relative to mule deer kill locations (recorded to the .10 mile). Traffic volume and percent vegetative cover were higher along US40 than either state route; road-kills were correspondingly higher along US40. Roads adjacent to agricultural areas along all routes sustained the fewest highway mortalities of deer. Deer approached roads along drainages; large drainages intersected highways in 79% of designated kill areas. Right-of-way vegetation and slope influenced kill locations.
title: Les codes nationaux du bâtiment et de prévention des incendies et les documents connexes
Creators: name: Dickens, H. B.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1979
Subjects: subject: building codes
subject: code du bâtiment
subject: fire safety
subject: sécurité incendie
subject: codes and guides
subject: codes et guides

description: The National Building Code and the National Fire Code are prepared by specialist committees representing technical expertise from across Canada. The purpose and application of the two codes are explained and their principal requirements are discussed.
description: Le Code national du bâtiment et le Code national de prévention des incendies sont préparés par des comités de spécialistes, représentant les experts du Canada. L'article expose l'objet et l'application des deux codes et de leurs principales exigences.
title: The National Building and National Fire Codes of Canada and their associated documents
Creators: name: Dickens, H. B.
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: building codes
subject: code du bâtiment
subject: fire safety
subject: sécurité incendie
subject: codes and guides
subject: codes et guides

description: The National Building Code and the National Fire Code are prepared by specialist committees representing technical expertise from across Canada. The purpose and application of the two codes are explained and their principal requirements are discussed.
description: Le Code national du bâtiment et le Code national de prévention des incendies sont préparés par des comités de spécialistes, représentant les experts du Canada. L'article expose l'objet et l'application des deux codes et de leurs principales exigences.
Additional file 3 of γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptor β1 subunit gene polymorphisms are associated with the sedative and amnesic effects of midazolam
Creators: name: Kosaki, Yoshihiko
name: Nishizawa, Daisuke
name: Hasegawa, Junko
name: Yoshida, Kaori
name: Ikeda, Kazutaka
name: Ichinohe, Tatsuya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 3
title: Fire safety of furnishings
Creators: name: Sumi, K.
Publisher: name: National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: fire safety
subject: sécurité incendie
subject: furnishings
subject: ameublement
subject: upholstered furniture
subject: mobilier capitonné
subject: synthetic materials
subject: matériau synthétique
subject: flammability tests
subject: essais d'inflammabilité

description: The role of furnishings in fire safety is discussed, as well as ignitability tests of these furnishings.
description: Ce Digeste traite du rôle des meubles et accessoires en matière de sécurité incendie et des essais d'inflammabilité réalisés dans ce domaine.
Diurnal Thermal Tides in a Non-synchronized Hot Jupiter
Creators: name: Gu, Pin-Gao
name: Ogilvie, Gordon I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a linear analysis to investigate the dynamical response of a non-synchronized hot Jupiter to stellar irradiation. In this work, we consider the diurnal Fourier harmonic of the stellar irradiation acting at the top of a radiative layer of a hot Jupiter with no clouds and winds. In the absence of the Coriolis force, the diurnal thermal forcing can excite internal waves propagating into the planet's interior when the thermal forcing period is longer than the sound crossing time of the planet's surface. When the Coriolis effect is taken into consideration, the latitude-dependent stellar heating can excite weak internal waves (g modes) and/or strong baroclinic Rossby waves (buoyant r modes) depending on the asynchrony of the planet. When the planet spins faster than its orbital motion (i.e. retrograde thermal forcing), these waves carry negative angular momentum and are damped by radiative loss as they propagate downwards from the upper layer of the radiative zone. As a result, angular momentum is transferred from the lower layer of the radiative zone to the upper layer and generates a vertical shear. We estimate the resulting internal torques for different rotation periods based on the parameters of HD 209458b.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS
Effects of magnetic doping and temperature dependence on phonon dynamics in CaFe\_{1-x}Co\_{x}AsF compounds (x = 0, 0.06, 0.12)
Creators: name: Mittal, R.
name: Zbiri, M.
name: Rols, S.
name: Su, Y.
name: Xiao, Y.
name: Schober, H.
name: Chaplot, S. L.
name: Johnson, M.
name: Chatterji, T.
name: Matsuishi, S.
name: Hosono, H.
name: Brueckel, Th.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report detailed measurements of composition as well as temperature dependence of the phonon density-of-states in a new series of FeAs compounds with composition CaFe1\_{1-x}Co\_{x}AsF (x = 0, 0.06, 0.12). The composition as well as temperature dependence of phonon spectra for CaFe\_{1-x}Co\_{x}AsF (x = 0, 0.06, 0.12) compounds have been measured using time of flight IN4C and IN6 spectrometers at ILL, France. The comparison of phonon spectra at 300 K in these compounds shows that acoustic phonon modes up to 12 meV harden in the doped compounds in comparison to the parent CaFeAsF. While intermediate energy phonon modes from 15 meV to 25 meV are also found to shift towards high energies only in the 12 % Co doped CaFeAsF compound. The experimental results for CaFe\_{1-x}Co\_{x}AsF (x = 0, 0.06, 0.12) are quite different from our previous phonon studies on parent and superconducting MFe2As2 (M=Ba, Ca, Sr) where low-energy acoustic phonon modes do not react with doping, while the phonon spectra in the intermediate range from 15 to 25 K are found to soften in these compounds. We argue that stronger spin phonon interaction play an important role for the emergence of superconductivity in these compounds. The lattice dynamics of CaFe\_{1-x}Co\_{x}AsF (x = 0, 0.06, 0.12) compounds is also investigated using the ab-initio as well as shell model phonon calculations. We show that the nature of the interaction between the Ca and the Fe-As layers in CaFeAsF compounds is quite different compared with our previous studies on CaFe2As2.
description: 19 pages, 5 figures
Observation of Giant Positive Magnetoresistance in a Cooper Pair Insulator
Creators: name: Nguyen, H. Q.
name: Hollen, S. M.
name: Stewart, M. D.
name: Shainline, J.
name: Yin, Aijun
name: Xu, J. M.
name: Valles, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultrathin amorphous Bi films, patterned with a nano-honeycomb array of holes, can exhibit an insulating phase with transport dominated by the incoherent motion of Cooper pairs of electrons between localized states. Here we show that the magnetoresistance of this Cooper pair insulator phase is positive and grows exponentially with decreasing temperature, for temperatures well below the pair formation temperature. It peaks at a field estimated to be sufficient to break the pairs and then decreases monotonically into a regime in which the film resistance assumes the temperature dependence appropriate for weakly localized single electron transport. We discuss how these results support proposals that the large MR peaks in other unpatterned, ultrathin film systems disclose a Cooper Pair Insulator phase and provide new insight into the Cooper pair localization.
title: Prévention des incendies et des explosions dans les salles d'opération des hôpitaux
Creators: name: Sereda, P. J.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1964
Subjects: subject: operating theaters
subject: bloc opératoire
subject: fire safety
subject: sécurité incendie
subject: explosions
subject: explosion accidentelle
subject: industrial accidents
subject: accident du travail
subject: conductive floorings
subject: revêtement de sol antistatique

description: The hazards of fire and explosion in operating rooms may too easily be treated as minor details. Architects, engineers and hospital administrators should be aware of the special nature of the equipment and facilities that can be provided. Full advantage of these facilities can be realized only if the operating room staff institute certain procedures and take certain precautions to avoid the sources of ignition of anaesthetic gases.
description: On ne donne pas toujours l'importance qu'il faudrait aux risques d'incendie et d'explosion dans les salles d'opération. Les architectes, ingéneiurs et administrateurs des hôpitaux devraient connâitre la nature spéciale des moyens dont on dispose pour réduire les risques d'incendie et d' explosion dans les salles d'opération. Pour que ces moyens soient vraiment efficaces il faut que le personnel des salles d'opération établisse des règlements et prenne certaines précautions dans le but d'empêcher les gaz anesthésiques de s'enflammer.
Jets on all scales
Creators: name: Levinson, Amir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A brief overview of jets and their central drivers is presented, with a focus on accreting black hole systems. In particular, scaling relations that elucidate some basic properties of the engines are derived, and the implications for the associated outflows are discussed. The kinematics and dynamics of relativistic jets in various systems and the dissipation of their bulk energy is considered, with an emphasis on consequences of recent observations. Also considered is the interaction of the jets with their environment. Comments on multi-messenger probes are made at the end.
description: 9 pages, HEPROII review talk