cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
AMP!: A Cross-site Analysis of the Effects of a Theater-based Intervention on Adolescent Awareness, Attitudes, and Knowledge about HIV
Creators: name: Taboada, Arianna
name: Gere, David
name: Taggart, Tamara
name: Milburn, Norweeta G.
name: Stein, Judith A.
name: Lightfoot, Alexandra F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: AMP! (Arts-based, Multiple component, Peer-education) is an HIV intervention developed for high school adolescents. AMP! uses interactive theater-based scenarios developed by trained college undergraduates to deliver messages addressing HIV/STI prevention strategies, healthy relationships, and stigma reduction towards people living with HIV/AIDS. We used a pre-test/post-test, control group study design to simultaneously assess intervention effect on ninth grade students in an urban county in California (N = 159) and a suburban county in North Carolina (N = 317). In each location, the control group received standard health education curricula delivered by teachers; the intervention group received AMP! in addition to standard health education curricula. Structural equation modeling was used to determine intervention effects. The post-test sample was 46% male, 90% self-identified as heterosexual, 32% reported receiving free or reduced lunch, and 49% White. Structural models indicated that participation in AMP! predicted higher scores on HIV knowledge (p = .05), HIV awareness (p = .01), and HIV attitudes (p = .05) at the post-test. Latent means comparison analyses revealed post-test scores were significantly higher than pre-test scores on HIV knowledge (p = .001), HIV awareness (p = .001), and HIV attitudes (p = .001). Further analyses indicated that scores rose for both groups, but the post-test scores of intervention participants were significantly higher than controls (HIV knowledge (p = .01), HIV awareness (p = .01), and HIV attitudes (p = .05)). Thus, AMP!’s theater-based approach shows promise for addressing multiple adolescent risk factors and attitudes concerning HIV in school settings.
Precise measurement of the top quark mass in dilepton decays using optimized neutrino weighting
Creators: name: D0 Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the top quark mass in dilepton final states of top-antitop events in proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.7 fb^-1 at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The analysis features a comprehensive optimization of the neutrino weighting method to minimize the statistical uncertainties. We also improve the calibration of jet energies using the calibration determined in top-antitop to lepton+jets events, which reduces the otherwise limiting systematic uncertainty from the jet energy scale. The measured top quark mass is mt = 173.32 +/- 1.36(stat) +/- 0.85(syst) GeV.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, subm. to Phys. Lett. B
Knowledge Lability: Within-Person Changes in Parental Knowledge and Their Associations with Adolescent Problem Behavior
Creators: name: Lippold, Melissa A.
name: Fosco, Gregory M.
name: Ram, Nilam
name: Feinberg, Mark E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Higher levels of parental knowledge about youth activities has been associated with lower levels of youth risky behavior. Yet little is known about how parental knowledge fluctuates during early adolescence and how those fluctuations are associated with the development of problem behavior. We use the term lability to describe within-person fluctuations in knowledge over time with higher lability indicating greater fluctuations in knowledge from year-to-year. This longitudinal study of rural adolescents (N = 840) investigated if change in parental knowledge across four waves of data from Grades 6 to 8 is characterized by lability, and if greater lability is associated with higher youth substance use, delinquency, and internalizing problems in Grade 9. Our models indicated that only some of the variance in parental knowledge was accounted for by developmental trends. The remaining residual variance reflects within-person fluctuations around these trends, lability, plus measurement and occasion-specific error. Even controlling for level and developmental trends in knowledge, higher knowledge lability (i.e., more fluctuation) was associated with increased risk for later alcohol and tobacco use, and for girls, higher delinquency and internalizing problems. Our findings suggest that lability in parental knowledge has unique implications for adolescent outcomes. The discussion focuses on mechanisms that may link knowledge lability to substance use. Interventions may be most effective if they teach parents to consistently and predictably decrease knowledge across early adolescence.
Exploring the health literacy status of people with hearing impairment: a systematic review
Creators: name: Hankil Lee
name: Piao, Zhaoyan
name: Hanbin Lee
name: Yeongrok Mun
name: Euna Han
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Health literacy

description: In this study, we conducted a comprehensive literature review on the health literacy of people with hearing impairment to understand its level and status in persons with hearing loss, outline the challenges and appeals of individuals with hearing disabilities, and propose strategies to improve health information transmission.
Creating broad host range phiX174 bacteriophage for Microviridae capsidlipopolysaccharide interaction investigation
Creators: name: Trofimova, Ellina
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Phage therapy that utilises natural and genetically engineered phages for medical treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections requires further experimental data on bacteriophages with an extended host range to produce more potent therapeutics and decrease their approval time. In this work, susceptibility to phiX174 was investigated for fourteen E. coli strains by bioinformatic analysis and microbiological methods. We confirm prior work showing K-12, B, Crooks, and Nissle 1917 strains of E. coli are not susceptible to phiX174 but reveal that an E. coli W strain is infectible. In addition, we demonstrate that R1 LPS outer core type structure is a predominant receptor for phiX174, however, not sufficient for the productive infection, and that phiX174 may be able to attach to O6-antigen and group 2 capsule suggesting it could infect potentially pathogenic E. coli strains. Finally, we extend the host range of phiX174 to E. coli Crooks through mutagenesis and show that it does not require any mutations within capsid genes but instead is enabled by variations in A/A*/D/E genes and J-F intergenic region, indicating that, at least within the Microviridae, the portion of the phage lifecycle that occurs within host cells may be as crucial for a host-range determination as capsid composition.
Explicating the Conditions Under Which Multilevel Multiple Imputation Mitigates Bias Resulting from Random Coefficient-Dependent Missing Longitudinal Data
Creators: name: Sterba, Sonya K.
name: Jackson, Kristina M.
name: Gottfredson, Nisha C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Random coefficient dependent (RCD) missingness is a non-ignorable mechanism through which missing data can arise in longitudinal designs. RCD, for which we cannot test, is a problematic form of missingness that occurs if subject-specific random effects correlate with propensity for missingness or dropout. Particularly when covariate missingness is a problem, investigators typically handle missing longitudinal data by using single-level multiple imputation procedures implemented with long-format data, which ignores within-person dependency entirely, or implemented with wide-format (i.e., multivariate) data, which ignores some aspects of within-person dependency. When either of these standard approaches to handling missing longitudinal data is used, RCD missingness leads to parameter bias and incorrect inference. We explain why multilevel multiple imputation (MMI) should alleviate bias induced by a RCD missing data mechanism under conditions that contribute to stronger determinacy of random coefficients. We evaluate our hypothesis with a simulation study. Three design factors are considered: intraclass correlation (ICC; ranging from .25 to .75), number of waves (ranging from 4 to 8), and percent of missing data (ranging from 20% to 50%). We find that MMI greatly outperforms the single-level wide-format (multivariate) method for imputation under a RCD mechanism. For the MMI analyses, bias was most alleviated when the ICC is high, there were more waves of data, and when there was less missing data. Practical recommendations for handling longitudinal missing data are suggested.
Dynamics and interaction of vortex lines in an elongated Bose-Einstein condensate
Creators: name: Serafini, Simone
name: Barbiero, Matteo
name: Debortoli, Michele
name: Donadello, Simone
name: Larcher, Fabrizio
name: Dalfovo, Franco
name: Lamporesi, Giacomo
name: Ferrari, Gabriele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the real-time dynamics of vortex lines in a large elongated Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of sodium atoms using a stroboscopic technique. Vortices are spontaneously produced via the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a quench across the BEC transition and then they slowly precess keeping their orientation perpendicular to the long axis of the trap as expected for solitonic vortices in a highly anisotropic condensate. Good agreement with theoretical predictions is found for the precession period as a function of the orbit amplitude and the number of condensed atoms. In configurations with two or more vortex lines, we see signatures of vortex-vortex interaction in the shape and visibility of the orbits. In addition, when more than two vortices are present, their decay is faster than the thermal decay observed for one or two vortices. The possible role of vortex reconnection processes is discussed.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. 532: Marburger Weltgerichtsspiel
Creators: name: Anonym
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. 532: Marburger Weltgerichtsspiel. - 6 Doppelblätter ; Beschreibstoff: Papier; 23,8 x 17,2 cm. - Erschienen: [Mitteldeutschland, Hessen], [15. Jahrhundert, drittes Viertel]. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. 532 Bemerkungen: Fragment. Frühere Signatur: Mscr. 532. Ausführliche Beschreibung: Heyne, Sirka: Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg; Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2002; S. 276-277. - (Hassiaca) Digitalisiert 2023
Association of self-reported physical activity with obstructive sleep apnea: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
Creators: name: Arredondo, Elva M.
name: Daviglus, Martha L.
name: Reid, Kathryn J.
name: Murillo, Rosenda
name: Gotman, Nathan M.
name: Penedo, Frank J.
name: Marquez, David X.
name: Gellman, Marc D.
name: Zee, Phyllis C.
name: Cai, Jianwen
name: Ramos, Alberto R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: We examined associations of mild and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA; apnea-hypopnea index ≥5 and ≥15, respectively) with recommended amounts of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) or vigorous physical activity (VPA) and by type of activity (i.e., recreational, transportation, and work activity). The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), a multicenter population-based study, enrolled individuals from 2008 to 2011 from four U.S. metropolitan areas (Bronx, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; San Diego, California). Participants in this study included 14,206 self-identified Hispanic/Latino ages 18 to 74 years from theHCHS/SOL. Survey logistic regression analysis was used to compute odds ratios [OR] and 95% confidence intervals [CI], adjusting for sociodemographics, smoking status, and body mass index (BMI). Relative to being inactive, performing some MVPA (>0 to <150 minutes/week) or meeting the recommended MVPA (≥150 minutes/week) were associated with lower odds of mild OSA (ORs and 95% CIs 0.70 [0.61-0.82] and 0.76 [0.63-0.91], respectively), as well as moderate to severe OSA (ORs and 95% CIs 0.76 [0.62-0.93] and 0.76 [0.59-0.98], respectively). Associations of VPA with OSA were not significant. Engaging in medium or high levels of transportation activity was associated with lower odds of mild OSA (OR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.74-0.96; OR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.43-0.95, respectively). Performing some recreational MVPA was associated with lower likelihood of mild and moderate to severe OSA (OR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.71-0.93; OR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.64-0.97, respectively). Health promotion and OSA prevention efforts should encourage individuals to engage in at least some MVPA.
title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. 116: Bertholdus Ratisbonensis
Creators: name: Berthold, von Regensburg
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. 116: Bertholdus Ratisbonensis. - 1 Doppelblatt ; Beschreibstoff: Pergament; 20,8 x 18,2 (17,5 x 13,5) cm. - Erschienen: [Süddeutschland], [14. Jahrhundert]. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. 116 Bemerkungen: Fragment. Ehemals Einbandmaterial abgelöst von XIXb C 399. Frühere Signatur: Mscr. 116. Ausführliche Beschreibung: Heyne, Sirka: Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg; Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2002; S. 259. - Digitalisiert 2023
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and psychological distress among Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
Creators: name: Fortmann, Addie L.
name: Gonzalez, Patricia
name: Talavera, Gregory A.
name: Gellman, Marc D.
name: Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela
name: Castañeda, Sheila F.
name: Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia
name: Gallo, Linda C.
name: Giachello, Aida L.
name: Buelna, Christina
name: Giacinto, Rebeca Espinoza
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Studies show that cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are correlated with psychological distress, yet research examining these relationships among Hispanic/Latinos is lacking. The population-based Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos enrolled a cohort of Hispanic/Latino adults (N = 16,415) ages 18–74 years at time of recruitment, from four US metropolitan areas, between March 2008 to June 2011. Psychological distress (i.e., 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, 10 item Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale, and a combined depression/anxiety score), socio-demographics (i.e., age, education, income, insurance, sex, and Hispanic/Latino background), acculturation (i.e., country of birth and language preference), and traditional CVD risk factors (i.e., dyslipidemia, obesity, current cigarette smoking, diabetes, and hypertension) were assessed at baseline. Associations between CVD risk factors and psychological distress measures by sex were examined using multiple linear regression models, accounting for complex survey design and sampling weights, and controlling for socio-demographic and acculturation covariates. In adjusted analyses, all three psychological distress measures were significantly related to smoking. For females, greater psychological distress was significantly related to obesity and current smoking. For males, diabetes and current smoking was associated with psychological distress. For males and females, dyslipidemia and hypertension were not associated with psychological distress after adjusting for other factors. Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with CVD risk factors for Hispanic/Latino men and women. However, these results were not consistent across Hispanic/Latino groups. As promoted by the integrative care model, psychosocial concerns should be considered in research on CVD risk and chronic disease prevention.
Educational attainment and the clustering of health-related behavior among U.S. young adults
Creators: name: Hummer, Robert A.
name: Skalamera, Julie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: We documented health-related behavior clustering among US young adults and assessed the extent to which educational attainment was associated with the identified clusters. Using data from Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we performed latent class analysis on 8 health-related behaviors (n = 14,338), documenting clustering of behavior separately by gender. Subsequently, we used multinomial logistic regression and estimated associations between educational attainment and the health-related behavior clusters. Twenty-eight percent of young women grouped into the most favorable health behavior cluster, while 22 percent grouped into a very high-risk cluster. A larger percentage of young men (40 percent) grouped into the highest risk cluster. Individuals with educational attainment at the college and advanced degree levels exhibited much lower risk of being in the unhealthy behavioral clusters than individuals with lower educational attainment, net of a range of confounders. Substantial fractions of US young adults, particularly those with less than college degrees, exhibit unhealthy behavior profiles. Efforts to improve health among young adults should focus particular attention on the clustering of poor health-related behavior, especially among individuals who have less than a college degree.
Multilevel factors associated with long-term adherence to screening mammography in older women in the U.S.
Creators: name: Lee, Christoph I.
name: Braithwaite, Dejana
name: Onega, Tracy
name: O'Meara, Ellen S.
name: Henderson, Louise M.
name: Tosteson, Anna N.A.
name: Wernli, Karen J.
name: Sprague, Brian L.
name: Hubbard, Rebecca A.
name: Hill, Deirdre
name: Alford-Teaster, Jennifer
name: Haas, Jennifer S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: In the U.S., guidelines recommend that women continue mammography screening until at least age 74, but recent evidence suggests declining screening rates in older women. We estimated adherence to screening mammography and multilevel factors associated with adherence in a longitudinal cohort of older women. Women aged 66–75 years receiving screening mammography within the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium were linked to Medicare claims (2005–2010). Claims data identified baseline adherence, defined as receiving subsequent mammography within approximately 2 years, and length of time adherent to guidelines. Characteristics associated with adherence were investigated using logistic and Cox proportional hazards regression models. Analyses were stratified by age to investigate variation in relationships between patient factors and adherence. Among 49,775 women, 89% were adherent at baseline. Among women 66–70 years, those with less than a high school education were more likely to be non-adherent at baseline (odds ratio [OR] 1.96; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.65–2.33) and remain adherent for less time (hazard ratio [HR] 1.41; 95% CI 1.11–1.80) compared to women with a college degree. Women with ≥1 versus no Charlson co-morbidities were more likely to be non-adherent at baseline (OR 1.46; 95% CI 1.31–1.62) and remain adherent for less time (HR 1.44; 95% CI 1.24–1.66). Women aged 71–75 had lower adherence overall, but factors associated with non-adherence were similar. In summary, adherence to guidelines is high among Medicare-enrolled women in the U.S. receiving screening mammography. Efforts are needed to ensure that vulnerable populations attain these same high levels of adherence.
Reheating-era leptogenesis
Creators: name: Hamada, Yuta
name: Kawana, Kiyoharu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a novel leptogenesis scenario at the reheating era. Our setup is minimal in the sense that, in addition to the standard model Lagrangian, we only consider an inflaton and higher dimensional operators. The lepton number asymmetry is produced not by the decay of a heavy particle, but by the scattering between the standard model particles. After the decay of an inflaton, the model is described within the standard model with higher dimensional operators. The Sakharov's three conditions are satisfied by the following way. The violation of the lepton number is realized by the dimension-5 operator. The complex phase comes from the dimension-6 four lepton operator. The universe is out of equilibrium before the reheating is completed. It is found that the successful baryogenesis is realized for the wide range of parameters, the inflaton mass and reheating temperature, depending on the cutoff scale. Since we only rely on the effective Lagrangian, our scenario can be applicable to all mechanisms to generate neutrino Majorana masses.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures; published version(v2)
Park characteristics, use, and physical activity: A review of studies using SOPARC (System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities)
Creators: name: Holliday, Katelyn M.
name: Cohen, Deborah A.
name: Evenson, Kelly R.
name: McKenzie, Thomas L.
name: Jones, Sydney A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) can obtain information on park users and their physical activity using momentary time sampling. We conducted a literature review of studies using the SOPARC tool to describe the observational methods of each study, and to extract public park use overall and by demographics and physical activity levels. We searched PubMed, Embase, and SPORTDiscus for full-length observational studies published in English in peer-reviewed journals through 2014. Twenty-four studies from 34 articles were included. The number of parks observed per study ranged from 3 to 50. Most studies observed parks during one season. The number of days parks were observed ranged from 1 to 16, with 16 studies observing 5 or more days. All studies included at least one weekday and all but two included at least one weekend day. Parks were observed from 1 to 14 times/day, with most studies observing at least 4 times/day. All studies included both morning and afternoon observations, with one exception. There was a wide range of park users (mean 1.0 to 152.6 people/park/observation period), with typically more males than females visiting parks and older adults less than other age groups. Park user physical activity levels varied greatly across studies, with youths generally more active than adults and younger children more active than adolescents. SOPARC was adapted to numerous settings and these review results can be used to improve future studies using the tool, demonstrate ways to compare park data, and inform park promotions and programming.
XPS and DFT study of Sn incorporation into ZnO and TiO2 host matrices by pulsed ion implantation
Creators: name: Zatsepin, D. A.
name: Boukhvalov, D. W.
name: Kurmaev, E. Z.
name: Zhidkov, I. S.
name: Kim, S. S.
name: Cui, L.
name: Gavrilov, N. V.
name: Cholakh, S. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bulk and thin films ZnO and TiO2 samples were doped with Sn by pulsed ion implantation and studied by means of X-ray photoelectron core-level and valence band spectroscopy as well as density functional theory calculations for comprehensive study of the incorporation of Sn. XPS spectral analysis showed that isovalent Sn cation substitution occurs in both zinc oxide (Sn2+ -> Zn2+) and titanium dioxide (Sn4+ -> Ti4+) for bulk and film morphologies. For TiO2 films, the implantation also led to occupation of interstitials by doped ions, which induced the clustering of substituted and embedded Sn atoms; this did not occur in ZnO:Sn film samples. Density functional theory (DFT) formation energies were calculated of various incorporation processes, explaining the prevalence of substitutional defects in both matrices. Possible mechanisms and reasons for the observed trends in Sn incorporation into the ZnO and TiO2 matrices are discussed.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures, accepted to phys. stat. solidi (b)
Physical activity outcomes in afterschool programs: A group randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Chandler, Jessica
name: Beets, Michael W.
name: Brazendale, Keith
name: Pate, Russell R.
name: Hutto, Brent
name: Freedman, Darcy
name: Beighle, Aaron
name: Huberty, Jennifer
name: Moore, Justin B.
name: Weaver, R. Glenn
name: Ward, Dianne S.
name: Bottai, Matteo
name: Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Afterschool programs (ASPs) across the US are working towards achieving the standard of all children accumulating 30minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during program time. This study describes the two-year impact of an intervention designed to assist ASPs meeting the 30min/d MVPA standard.
Momentum-dependent sign-inversion of orbital polarization in superconducting FeSe
Creators: name: Suzuki, Y.
name: Shimojima, T.
name: Sonobe, T.
name: Nakamura, A.
name: Sakano, M.
name: Tsuji, H.
name: Omachi, J.
name: Yoshioka, K.
name: Kuwata-Gonokami, M.
name: Watashige, T.
name: Kobayashi, R.
name: Kasahara, S.
name: Shibauchi, T.
name: Matsuda, Y.
name: Yamakawa, Y.
name: Kontani, H.
name: Ishizaka, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the electronic reconstruction across the tetragonal-orthorhombic structural transition in FeSe by employing polarization-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) on detwinned single crystals. Across the structural transition, the electronic structures around the G and M points are modified from four-fold to two-fold symmetry due to the lifting of degeneracy in dxz/dyz orbitals. The dxz band shifts upward at the G point while it moves downward at the M point, suggesting that the electronic structure of orthorhombic FeSe is characterized by a momentum-dependent sign-changing orbital polarization. The elongated directions of the elliptical Fermi surfaces (FSs) at the G and M points are rotated by 90 degrees with respect to each other, which may be related to the absence of the antiferromagnetic order in FeSe.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
A Distinctness account of the distribution of relativizers in English and Romance
Creators: name: Rugna, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Year: 2022

description: This paper attempts to develop a unifying analysis of the distribution of relativizers in English and Romance by building on Richards’ (2010) “Distinctness Condition”. The distribution is argued to be best analyzed under the Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT) as a constraint holding at the Sensory-Motor (SM) interface against the multiple realizations of occurrences of the same feature. However, Richards’s account faces some empirical difficulties, which I attempt to resolve by adopting a different set of assumptions than Richards’. I assume that the locality domain relevant for the computation of Distinctness, EXT, includes the whole phase (Bošković 2016), rather than only its complement, as in standard Phase Theory (e.g., Chomsky 2001). Moreover, building on Richards (2010), I argue that Distinctness in Romance (and in English, to some extent) is sensitive to φ-features alongside categorial labels. I further extend the analysis to cover the distribution of “complementizers” under their treatment as DPs (e.g., Manzini and Savoia 2003; Kayne 2014). The observed intra- and cross-linguistic distribution of relativizers is thus captured at SM, upholding SMT.
description: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, Vol. 2022 (8)
Optionality of 的 De in Chinese Possessive Structures: A Quantitative Study
Creators: name: Samo, Giuseppe
name: Si, Fuzhen
Publisher: name: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Year: 2022

description: In this paper, we explore quantitative tools to investigate the optionality with respect to the presence of the possessive marker 돨 de in alienable and inalienable constructions in Chinese. We explore three models to account for this optionality. The main model predicts syntactic nature to optionality, in which the syntactic structure plays a role in the licensing/or lack of licensing of the possessive marker, such as overtly realizing pragmatically defined contexts (e.g., the nature of the possessor) or discourse properties. We compare this model to two control groups. The first control group states that the behavior of the marker 돨 de is highly dependent to the lexical properties of the possessum, while the second control group accounts for optionality as random, possibly given by chance. Corpus counts support that the syntactic model better captures the data. Finally, we discuss our results considering a cartographic approach.
description: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, Vol. 2022 (8)
I pronomi clitici in italiano come lingua non materna: acquisizione e didattica
Creators: name: Pona, Alan
Publisher: name: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Year: 2022

description: The article focuses on clitic pronouns in Italian and their acquisition in Italian as a non-mother tongue and offers a hypothesis of a syllabus for their presentation in Italian as a non-mother tongue programs that integrates the results of linguistic research, acquisitional linguistics and glottodidactics.
description: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, Vol. 2022 (8)
New Vector-Like Fermions and Flavor Physics
Creators: name: Ishiwata, Koji
name: Ligeti, Zoltan
name: Wise, Mark B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study renormalizable extensions of the standard model that contain vector-like fermions in a (single) complex representation of the standard model gauge group. There are 11 models where the vector-like fermions Yukawa couple to the standard model fermions via the Higgs field. These models do not introduce additional fine- tunings. They can lead to, and are constrained by, a number of different flavor- changing processes involving leptons and quarks, as well as direct searches. An interesting feature of the models with strongly interacting vector-like fermions is that constraints from neutral meson mixings (apart from CP violation in neutral kaon mixing) are not sensitive to higher scales than other flavor-changing neutral-current processes. We identify order 1/(4 pi M)^2 (where M is the vector-like fermion mass) one-loop contributions to the coefficients of the four-quark operators for meson mixing, that are not suppressed by standard model quark masses and/or mixing angles.
description: 25 pages, 3 figures, several issues are added, accepted in JHEP
On Intensifiers and Categorial Shift: The Case of Temperature Terms in Italian
Creators: name: Franco, Ludovico
Publisher: name: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Year: 2022

description: In this squib, we consider the issue of categorization applied to temperature terms, specifically targeting the use of nominal elements as intensifiers in a series of morphosyntactic contexts in Italian. We show that a set of (light) nouns can be used as evaluative classifiers, and that – at the same time – they can trigger a nominal value for the (adjectival) items they modify. We demonstrate that we have two options to operate a quantification over a predicative adjectival root: degree modification via quantification/gradation or intensification via evaluative “light nouns” or adjectival items providing a category (individuating) shift. We provide a model based on the theoretical insights of Savoia et al. (2017) for the lexical items introduced in the discussion.
description: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, Vol. 2022 (8)
Parole violente, discriminazione di genere e inclusività nel linguaggio
Creators: name: Baldi, Benedetta
Publisher: name: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Year: 2022

description: This article deals with the issue of sexist language, investigated both from the point of view of a theory of the use of language and from that of a semiotic analysis of linguistic interaction, as an expression of ideological models. In other words, we will apply an interpretative approach to the set of facts that constitute violent language in gender discrimination. This perspective requires a more general reflection on the relationship between language and society, between the subject (speaker) and truth, a typical theme that recalls structuralist and hermeneutical approaches to the link between experiential reality and its linguistic representation. The crucial point is the production of meanings through words and their ability to manipulate people’s social relationships, values and behaviour. Performativity is the mechanism that makes words able to interpret and operate in the world. Sexist language, in this sense, can fix and historicize the prejudices underlying a discriminatory organization of society. Complementary to the main theme is the question of inclusiveness, i.e. the use of a non-differentialist language: its nature and its proximity to the ideology of ‘politically correct’ is discussed.
description: Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, Vol. 2022 (8)
Reasons for current E -cigarette use among U.S. adults
Creators: name: Shafer, Paul
name: Caraballo, Ralph
name: Bunnell, Rebecca
name: King, Brian A.
name: Bradfield, Brian
name: Patel, Deesha
name: Cox, Shanna
name: Davis, Kevin C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: E-cigarette use has increased rapidly among U.S. adults. However, reasons for use among adults are unclear. We assessed reasons for e-cigarette use among a national sample of U.S. adults. Data were collected via online surveys among U.S. adults aged 18 or older from April through June 2014. Descriptive and multivariate regression analyses were conducted to assess reasons for e-cigarette use among 2448 current e-cigarette users, by sociodemographic characteristics and product type. Assessed reasons included cessation/health, consideration of others, convenience, cost, curiosity, flavoring, and simulation of conventional cigarettes. Among current e-cigarette users, 93% were also current cigarette smokers. The most common reasons for e-cigarette use were cessation/health (84.5%), consideration of others (71.5%), and convenience (56.7%). The prevalence of citing convenience (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 1.49) and curiosity (aPR = 1.54) as reasons for e-cigarette use were greater among current cigarette smokers than nonsmokers (P < 0.05). The prevalence of citing flavoring as a reason for use was greater among adults aged 18 to 24 (aPR = 2.02) than 55 or older (P < 0.05). Tank use was associated with greater prevalence of citing every assessed reason except convenience and curiosity. Cessation- and health-related factors are primary reasons cited for e-cigarette use among adults, and flavorings are more commonly cited by younger adults. Efforts are warranted to provide consumers with accurate information on the health effects of e-cigarettes and to ensure that flavoring and other unregulated features do not promote nicotine addiction, particularly among young adults.
Hypolepis scandens M. Kessler & A. R. Sm., Brittonia
Creators: name: Schwartsburd, Pedro B.
name: Navarrete, Hugo
name: Smith, Alan R.
name: Kessler, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dennstaedtiaceae
Hypolepis
Hypolepis scandens

description: Hypolepis scandens M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Brittonia 59(2): 193, fig. 3c. 2007.
 Range:— Endemic to Bolivia (CO, LP).
 Ecology:— Uncommon; terrestrial, scandent in disturbed humid forests; 1700–2500 m.
 Notes:— Hypolepis scandens is somewhat similar to Hypolepis parallelogramma in having spiny petioles and rachises and indument composed especially of trichomidia. It differs from H. parallelogramma by petioles and rachises with longer spines (0.3–3 vs. 0.2–0.6 mm long), inequilateral proximal pinnae (vs. equilateral), laminar tissue between the veins abaxially with trichomidia (vs. glabrous), and pseudo-indusia proximally greenish, distally hyaline (vs. stramineous).
 A somewhat similar species that may occur in Bolivia is Hypolepis stuebelii Hieron., from the Greater Antilles, Venezuela, and Colombia to Peru. It is characterized by spiny petioles and rachises, hirsute laminar axes, hirsute laminar tissue between the veins abaxially, and ciliate pseudo-indusia (Schwartsburd & Prado 2016). The hirsute laminar axes and laminar tissue between veins distinguishes this species from H. scandens, which has trichomidia in such parts.
 The name “ Hypolepis acuminata M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. ” on some paratypes is unpublished. A specimen from LP (Nor Yungas, Cantón Pacollo, Portugal et al. 350, LPB, UC) may possibly be a juvenile Hypolepis scandens, or a hybrid between that species and another unknown species. It is also similar to H. melanochlaena A.R.Sm., from Mexico and Venezuela (Mickel & Smith 2004), and to a specimen from Ecuador (Holm-Nielsen et al. 6249, K).
description: Published as part of Schwartsburd, Pedro B., Navarrete, Hugo, Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVI. Dennstaedtiaceae, pp. 251-268 in Phytotaxa 332 (3) on page 260, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13723580
title: Μελέτη και κατασκευή ηλεκτρονικών διατάξεων/συσκευών σε εφαρμογές σεισμικών και βαρυτικών φαινομένων
title: Study and manufacture of electronic devices/devices in seismic and gravity phenomena applications
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Κουμεντάκης, Θεοφάνης
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Σεισμοί
Πρόγνωση σεισμών

description: Η παρούσα πτυχιακή εργασία αφορά τους μεθόδους πρόγνωσης των σεισμών. Σκοπός της εργασίας αυτής είναι να παρουσιάσει μία σειρά τόσο από μεθόδους όσο και από τρόπους που έχουν χρησιμοποιηθεί ή χρησιμοποιούνται για να προβλέψουν τους επερχόμενους σεισμούς. Αρχικά, η εργασία διαχωρίζεται σε δέκα ενότητες. Η πρώτη ενότητα αφορά μια παλαιότερη έρευνα, διάφορους ισχυρισμούς σχετικά με τις χρονικές αλλαγές στην ταχύτητα αλλά και διάφορες οδηγίες για την εγκυρότητα της πρόγνωσης. Στη συνέχεια, η δεύτερη ενότητα σχετίζεται με το IASPEL, με τους υδρολογικούς και γεωχημικούς προαγγέλους. Επίσης, σε αυτή την ενότητα πραγματοποιείται μια αναφορά στο φαινόμενο του Κρόνου. Η τρίτη ενότητα αφορά μια νεότερη έρευνα στην οποία αναφέρεται το VLF και ο διαχωρισμός του ενεργού καναλιού. Επιπρόσθετα, στην επόμενη ενότητα αναφέρεται η μέθοδος BAN, καταγράφετε η κριτική, η μεθοδολογία, η επιλεκτικότητα αλλά και διάφορα αποτελέσματα που προέκυψαν μέσα από την εκπόνηση της παρούσας εργασίας. Στη συνέχεια, έχουν καταγραφεί διάφορες άλλες περιπτώσεις όπως είναι τα κύματα VLF, ο σεισμός ΤΟΚΑΙ όπως επίσης και ο σεισμός PARKFIELD. Ακόμη, έχουν αναφερθεί πληροφορίες σχετικά με τους ραδιοθορύβους, συγκεκριμένα με το κύκλωμα και την εγκυρότητα. Ωστόσο, στις επόμενες ενότητες αναφέρεται το Global Scaling και τα σήματα βαρύτητας. Τέλος, η δέκατη και τελευταία ενότητα της παρούσας εργασίας περιγράφει τον ανιχνευτή του Lawton
The Lebanon War of 1982. Text of a Podcast
Creators: name: Stockton, Ronald
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ariel Sharon, Menachem Begin, Bashir Gemayel, Yasser Arafat, Ronald Reagan, Hafez al-Asad, Saad Haddad, Anwar al-Sadat, Casper Weinberger, Oliver North, Alexander Haig. Phillip Habib, Malcolm Kerr, Ted Turner, Lebanese Forces, Southern Lebanese Army, Damour, Sabra and Shatilla, Maronites, Shia, Kahan Commission, Green Light, Operation Peace for Galilee, Marine Barracks, TWA Hijacking, CNN. Waltz with Bashir, the Insult.
subject: Social Sciences
subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: A discussion of the Lebanese War of 1982 with a focus on the goals of the key players, and of the major events, and of the long-term consequences.
Relationships of nativity and length of residence in the U.S. with favorable cardiovascular health among Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
Creators: name: Wu, Donghong
name: Gonzalez, Franklyn
name: Tarraf, Wassim
name: Salgado, Hugo
name: Kershaw, Kiarri N.
name: Daviglus, Martha L.
name: Talavera, Gregory A.
name: Stamler, Jeremiah
name: Van Horn, Linda
name: Giacinto, Rebeca Espinoza
name: Isasi, Carmen R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Individuals with favorable levels of all readily measured major CVD risk factors (low CV risk) during middle age incur lower cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, lower all-cause mortality, and lower Medicare costs at older ages compared to adults with one or more unfavorable CVD risk factors. Studies on predictors of low CV risk in Hispanics/Latinos have focused solely on Mexican-Americans. The objective of this study was to use data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL; enrolled 2008 to 2011) to assess relationships of nativity and length of residence in the US, a commonly used proxy for acculturation, with low CV risk (not currently smoking; no diabetes; untreated total cholesterol <200mg/dL; untreated blood pressure <120/<80; body mass index <25 kg/m2; and no major ECG abnormalities) in 15,047 Central American, South American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican men and women, and Hispanic/Latino men and women identifying as other or >1 heritage. We also tested whether associations varied by Hispanic/Latino background. Women living in the US<10 years were 1.96 (95% confidence interval: 1.37, 2.80) times more likely to be low CV risk than US-born women after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, diet, physical activity, and self-reported experiences of ethnic discrimination. Findings varied in men by Hispanic/Latino background, but length of residence was largely unrelated to low CV risk. These findings highlight the role acculturative processes play in shaping cardiovascular health in Hispanics/Latinos.
Optimal temporal patterns for dynamical cellular signaling
Creators: name: Hasegawa, Yoshihiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Cells use temporal dynamical patterns to transmit information via signaling pathways. As optimality with respect to the environment plays a fundamental role in biological systems, organisms have evolved optimal ways to transmit information. Here, we use optimal control theory to obtain the dynamical signal patterns for the optimal transmission of information, in terms of efficiency (low energy) and reliability (low uncertainty). Adopting an activation-deactivation decoding network, we reproduce several dynamical patterns found in actual signals, such as steep, gradual, and overshooting dynamics. Notably, when minimizing the energy of the input signal, the optimal signals exhibit overshooting, which is a biphasic pattern with transient and steady phases; this pattern is prevalent in actual dynamical patterns. We also identify conditions in which these three patterns (steep, gradual, and overshooting) confer advantages. Our study shows that cellular signal transduction is governed by the principle of minimizing free energy dissipation and uncertainty; these constraints serve as selective pressures when designing dynamical signaling patterns.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures; 5 pages of supplemental material with 1 figure
Putting together the pieces : excerpts from Rolle, Gower, Chaucer, and Lydgate in fifteenth-century miscellanies
Creators: name: Adams, Abigail Marie
name: 0000-0003-1385-5174
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medieval manuscripts
Chaucer

description: Excerpts copied in miscellanies occupy a significant place in the literary culture of late-medieval England. This dissertation surveys manuscripts excerpting Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Rolle’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Lydgate’s Fall of Princes, and Gower’s Confessio amantis. These manuscripts display a fifteenth-century attitude to authorship that re-shapes modern assumptions about canon formation and the laureation of Chaucer, whose works were often attributed to Lydgate and re-framed to be read through the lens of his poetry. This fifteenth-century “culture of the excerpt” shaped both the composition and reception of canonical Middle English texts, many of which may have been read more often partially than as complete works, with a preference for morally or spiritually instructive excerpts.
High Resolution Rovibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of H$_2$CCCH$^+$
Creators: name: Silva, Weslley Guilherme Dias de Paiva
name: Gupta, Divita
name: Plaar, Eline
name: Doménech, José Luis
name: Schlemmer, Stephan
name: Asvany, Oskar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rovibrational spectrum of the molecular ion H$_2$CCCH$^+$ was investigated in a 4~K cryogenic ion trap instrument employing the leak-out spectroscopy method. Transitions within the fundamental $ν_1$ (C-H stretch) and the combination band $ν_3$+$ν_5$ (C-C stretches) were detected, the search aided by high level quantum chemical calculations. The analysis of the rovibrational measurements enabled us to predict the rotational structure of the ground state. Using a rotational-vibrational double-resonance scheme, 14 pure rotational transitions were measured. This, in turn, led to the radio astronomical detection of H$_2$CCCH$^+$ in the interstellar medium, as recently reported (Silva et al., Astron. Astrophys. 676, L1, 2023).
description: Accepted 12 Dec 2023, Published online: 29 Dec 2023. Molecular Physics (2023), Article: e2296613