cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Uptake of Antiretroviral Prophylaxis among HIV Positive Pregnant Women in South Wollo Zone East Amhara Region
Creators: name: Hussien, Ali
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2011

description: Background – Mother to child transmission remains the most significant route of HIV infection among children. For the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV a package of services including HIV counseling and testing, provision of antiretroviral prophylaxis drugs for mothers and babies, safe delivery practices and infant feeding counseling is made available. The effectiveness of PMTCT program largely depends on utilization of prophylactic antiretroviral drugs by the women and their babies. Objective: This study was intended in general to assess the uptake of antiretroviral prophylaxis among HIV positive parturient women (and specifically to determine the magnitude of antiretroviral prophylactic uptake, to describe factors affecting the uptake and to describe the extent of partner involvement) in South Wollo Zone, East Amahra Region, Northeast Ethiopia .Methods: Institution-based cross sectional study was conducted among 356 HIV positive pregnant women at five selected health facilities in South Wollo Zone,East Amhara Region, North east Ethiopia between January 2010 and March 2011. All clients were interviewed until decided sample size obtained. Descriptive statistics was used to assess uptake of antiretroviral prophylaxis. Associated factors with uptake were assessed using odds ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals. Four in-depth interviews/among PMTCT services counselors and Woreda Health Office PMTCT coordinators/ were conducted to complement the quantitative survey. Result - Of 356 HIV-positive pregnant women interviewed, 151(42.4%) started antiretroviral prophylaxis, 101(28.4%) were initiated on combination ART and clinical care beyond PMTCT. Thirty two (8.9%) their gestational age was less than 28 weeks. 72(20.2%) did not start antiretroviral prophylaxis at their 28 weeks of gestational age. Conclusion- -Accessibility of comprehensive PMTCT services have paramount benefits in effective implementation of ARV prophylaxis uptake. Much of significant associations between variables did not show. It might be related to limitation of study design used. Stigma was not considered as a barrier for ARV prophylaxis in this particular study area. Key words – HIV-positive pregnant woman, PMTCT, ARV prophylaxis.
Polypharmacy and medication use by cancer history in a nationally representative group of adults in the USA, 2003–2014
Creators: name: Lund, J.L.
name: Hsu, C.D.
name: Nichols, H.B.
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2022

description: Purpose: This study examines polypharmacy and prescription drug use patterns in cancer survivors, a growing population at risk for cancer sequelae and side effects from treatment, which can arise months or even years following diagnosis. Survivors may experience greater medication burden than the general population, increasing concerns for polypharmacy and subsequent risks of drug interactions and non-adherence. Methods: Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 2003 to 2014, we examined the association between a cancer history and presence of polypharmacy (5+ medications). We estimated prevalence ratios and prevalence differences for polypharmacy comparing those with and without a cancer history using binomial regression models and propensity score (PS) weighting to account for baseline differences between groups. Results: We identified 32,238 adults aged 20 years or older; 1899 had cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin) at least 1 year before the survey. Overall, polypharmacy prevalence was 13% and 35% in those with and without a cancer history, respectively. After PS weighting, the polypharmacy prevalence was 1.26 times higher among those with versus without a cancer history (weighted prevalence ratio, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.18, 1.35). In sub-group analyses, the weighted prevalence ratio was largest for those 20–39 years old at survey (2.78; 95% CI, 1.71, 4.53), and the weighted prevalence difference was largest for those 40–64 years old at survey (9.35%; 95% CI, 5.70%, 13.01%). Conclusions/Implications for Cancer Survivors: Cancer survivors of all ages take more medications than those without cancer history and may benefit from discussions with providers about age-tailored medication use management.
Weakly non-linear interactions and instabilities in a baroclinic fluid
Creators: name: Mansbridge., J.V.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Two-loop hard thermal loops for any model
Creators: name: Ekstedt, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hard thermal loops describe how soft gauge fields are screened and damped in hot plasmas. As such they are used to calculate transport coefficients, Sphaleron rates, equations of state, and particle production. However, most calculations are done using one-loop self-energies. And two-loop contributions can be large. To that end this paper provides vector two-loop self-energies for generic models: Any scalar, fermion, or vector representation; and all possible renormalizable terms. Several examples are given to showcase the results. Two-loop results for higher-point functions are also given.
description: 25 pages, 2 figures
Some growth/environment relationships of Avicennia eucalyptifolia zipp ex miq. along an environmental gradient.
Creators: name: Dieters, M. J. J.
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1984
Subjects: Mangrove ecology
Mangrove plants

description: The importance of mangrove ecosystems and of mangrove research are detailed. Studies of shoot and leaf growth of a single species, Avicennia eucalyptifolia Zipp. ex Miq. are reported in relation to changes in leaf water potential, leaf water content, soil salinity, soil moisture content and climate. Investigations were conducted during the period April - August 1984 over a range of plant communities at different elevations above mean sea level which showed marked variation in size and structure. Growth in all plant communities declined markedly at the start of the dry season. Soil salinity increased and leaf water potential decreased significantly during the period. Leaf water content declined only slowly. Temperature, humidity, daylength and the frequency of tidal inundation also declined. The physiological implications of the monitored changes are discussed.
Continuous 40 GW/cm$^2$ laser intensity in a near-concentric optical cavity
Creators: name: Schwartz, Osip
name: Axelrod, Jeremy J.
name: Haslinger, Philipp
name: Ophus, Colin
name: Glaeser, Robert M.
name: Müller, Holger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Manipulating free-space electron wave functions with laser fields can bring about new electron-optical elements for transmission electron microscopy. In particular, a Zernike phase plate would enable high-contrast imaging of soft matter, leading to new opportunities in structural biology and materials science. A Zernike plate can be implemented using a tight, intense CW laser focus that shifts the phase of the electron wave by the ponderomotive potential. Here, we use a near-concentric cavity to focus 7.5 kW of circulating laser power at 1064 nm into a 7 $μ$m waist, setting a record for CW laser intensity and establishing a pathway to ponderomotive phase contrast TEM.
Ψυχιατρική Εκτίμηση Δράστη Σεξουαλικής Κακοποίησης Ανηλίκου
Creators: name: Οικονόμου, Αχιλλεύς Χρήστου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Παραφιλίες-Παιδοφιλία
Φαλλομετρία
Κλίμακες Αξιολόγησης
Paraphilias-Pedophilia
Phallometry
Assessment Scales

description: Η ψυχιατρική εκτίμηση δραστών που αφορούν σε σεξουαλικά εγκλήματα με παιδιά αποτελεί ιδιαίτερα δύσκολη διαδικασία. Στην συντριπτική πλειονότητα των περιπτώσεων πραγματοποιείται σε καταστήματα κράτησης, μετά από διάταξη ανακριτή και ζητείται από πραγματογνώμονα ψυχίατρο να γνωματεύσει σχετικά με την ψυχογενετήσια κατάσταση του εξεταζόμενου κρατούμενου. Οι σεξουαλικοί παραπτωματίες ανηλίκων από την πλευρά της ψυχιατρικής πάσχουν από διαταραχή παιδοφιλίας. Για την αξιολόγησή τους, δηλαδή για τη διάγνωση της παιδοφιλικής διαταραχής και την πιθανή υποτροπή τους έχουν προταθεί διάφορα διαγνωστικά εργαλεία. Εξαιρετικά σημαντική είναι η ψυχιατρική κλινική συνέντευξη, ενώ χρησιμοποιούνται μέθοδοι όπως η φαλλομετρία (πληθυσμιογραφία πέους), ο χρόνος έκθεσης στο αντικείμενο διέγερσης και αρκετές κλίμακες αξιολόγησης. Το σύνολο των βιβλιογραφικών αναφορών καταλήγει στο ότι τα παραπάνω εργαλεία μπορούν έως τώρα να μας παράσχουν ενδείξεις και δεν είναι ασφαλή για την αξιολόγηση των δραστών. Στην παρούσα εργασία αναπτύσσονται συνοπτικά διάφορες διαστάσεις της βίας με επικέντρωση στη σεξουαλική βία, καταγράφονται οι παραφιλίες και αναλύονται διεξοδικά η παιδοφιλική διαταραχή και τα χρησιμοποιούμενα εργαλεία εκτίμησης των δραστών σεξουαλικών εγκλημάτων σε βάρος ανηλίκων, όπως η ψυχιατρική κλινική συνέντευξη, η φαλλομετρία και οι κλίμακες αξιολόγησης
description: Assessing child sexual offenders is a very demanding and difficult procedure. In the vast majority of the cases, the assessment takes place in detention centers, after judicial order having been issued by the investigating magistrate and an expert psychiatrist’s opinion is sought regarding the psychogenetic condition of the examined detainee. From a psychiatric view, sexual child criminals suffer from a pedophilic disorder. In order to asses them, that is in order to diagnose the pedophilic disorder and their likely relapse, various diagnostic tools have been suggested. A very significant tool is the psychiatric clinical interview, along with other methods such as phallometry or penile plythysmography, viewing time and various assessment scales. Bibliographical reports suggest that the afore mentioned tools can provide us with indications and are not safe tools for the assessment of sex offenders. In the present study various dimensions of violent behavior are described focusing on sexual violence and paraphilias. The pedophilic disorder is widely analyzed as well as the assessment tools such as psychiatric clinical interview, phallometry and assessment scales
Assessment of magnitude of latrine utilization and associated factor in rural setting of hetosa woreda, Arsi, Oromia, Ethiopia: a comparative study
Creators: name: Arado, Damtew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Proper disposal of human excreta remains a challenge of under developed country like Ethiopia. Poor utilization of latrine or open defecation is a serious health risk practice, which increase risk of communicable disease transmission. In Ethiopia, since country introduced the heath extension program, later community led total sanitation, and hygiene that focused to end open defecation, so that number of households accessed latrine facility were showed good progress. However, Level of latrine utilization and associated factors were not well known, which was the same as the study area. Therefore, this study employed to find evidences to show the current situation of latrine utilization and factor affecting in the study area. Objective: To Assess Magnitude of Latrine Utilization and Associated Factors In Open Defecation Free and Non-Open Defecation Free of Rural Communities of Hetosa Woreda, Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Methods:- Methods:- A community based cross-sectional study was conducted on 1170 (522 from ODF and 648 from NODF) households. Participants selected through multistage random sampling technique. Pre-tested interviewer administered structured questionnaire and observational checklist were used to collect data. The collected data were coded and entered using Epi-Info 3.7.3 and analysis was done using SPSS version 21. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions used to identify the associated factors for proper utilization of latrine facilities. Result:- Overall latrine utilization was 947 (81%) which was differed by ODF status of kebeles. Household latrine utilization in ODF kebeles was 459 (88%) and 488(75%) at NODF kebeles. Household found in ODF kebeles [AOR: 2.33, 95%CI(3.19-12.59)], Privately owning latrine [AOR: 2.4, 95%CI (1.06-5.44)], presence of latrine wall for privacy [AOR: 3.48, 95%CI (1.96-6.16)], easily cleanable latrine floor [AOR: 2.64, 95%CI (1.53-4.56)], presence of literate mothers/wife [AOR: 2.23, 95%CI (1.33-3.75)], presence of higher level studied student [AOR: 2.22, 95%CI, (1.26-3.91)], privately owning latrine [AOR:2.4, 95%CL (1.06-5.44)] factors showed statistically significant associated with satisfactory latrine utilization. Conclusion and recommendation: Latrine utilization in ODF Kebeles was significantly greater than that in NODF communities. Latrine utilization in households was affected by mother/wife education, presence of latrine wall for privacy, household found near to health facility and climate ecology condition. Post-triggering follow-up and checking CLTSH process at local level, increasing frequency of health extension worker in households visit and school community to increase student involvement on hygiene and sanitation program are recommended.
D2.5 Biomass supply chain assessment report
Creators: name: Kozlo, Amanda
name: Tambuyser, Bart
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: biomass feedstock
fast pyrolysis
FPBO
miscanthus

description: The supply chain assessment is based on selection of 5 focus countries within the course of SmartCHP deliverables. The countries selected are: Sweden, the Netherlands, Croatia, Romania and Greece. The feedstock selected for each country respectively: Softwood residues, export of oil scenario (not explored in this deliverable), Miscanthus, Corn stover and olive kernel wood. The report analyses the availability, price, logistics, suitability and sustainability of individual feedstock based on its VPL (virtual plant location) model that is being used to achieve tangible and close to reality scenarios.
Diagnostische Fähigkeiten von Grundschullehrkräften im Bereich Arithmetik erfassen und analysieren
Creators: name: Weinsheimer, Julia
name: Rathgeb-Schnierer, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 510

description: Diagnostische Fähigkeiten von Lehrkräften gelten als Grundvoraussetzung für die Gestaltung guten Unterrichts und somit für den Lernerfolg von Schülerinnen und Schülern. Im Rahmen des vorgestellten Forschungsvorhabens wird ein Instrument zur Erfassung diagnostischer Fähigkeiten von Mathematik-Lehrkräften des Primarbereichs entwickelt und evaluiert. Mehrere theoretische Modelle bilden hierfür die Basis (vgl. Weinsheimer, Rathgeb-Schnierer, 2013). Um verschiedene Diagnosebereiche alltagsnah widerzuspiegeln, finden neben Beurteilungen von Schülerdokumenten und Mathematikaufgaben auch Videovignetten Eingang in das Instrument. Das anschließende mehrstufige Analysevorgehen soll eine Betrachtung verschiedener Facetten diagnostischer Fähigkeiten ermöglichen.
Computer simulations of atmospheric convection using finite elements
Creators: name: Mann., Kenneth James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Mapping the Galactic Magnetic Field Orientation and Strength in Three Dimensions
Creators: name: Hu, Yue
name: Lazarian, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mapping of the Galactic Magnetic Field (GMF) in three dimensions is essential to comprehend various astrophysical processes that occur within the Milky Way. This study endeavors to map the GMF by utilizing the latest MM2 technique, the Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT), the Column Density Variance Approach, and the GALFA-H I survey of Neutral Hydrogen (H I) emission. The MM2 and VGT methods rely on an advanced understanding of magnetohydrodynamics turbulence to determine the magnetic field strength and orientation respectively. The H I emission data, combined with the Galactic rotational curve, gives us the distribution of H I gas throughout the Milky Way. By combining these two techniques, we map the GMF orientation and strength, as well as the Alfvén Mach number $M_{\rm A}$ in 3D for a low galactic latitude ($b<30^{\rm o}$) region close to the Perseus Arm. The analysis of column density variance gives the sonic Mach number $M_{\rm s}$ distribution, The results of this study reveal the sub-Alfvénic and subsonic (or trans-sonic) nature of the H I gas. The variation of mean $M_{\rm A}$ along the line-of-sight approximately ranges from 0.6 to 0.9, while that of mean $M_{\rm s}$ is from 0.2 to 1.5. The mean magnetic field strength varies from ~0.5 $μ$G to ~2.5 $μ$G exhibiting a decreasing trend towards the Galaxy's outskirt. This work provides a new avenue for mapping the GMF, especially the magnetic field strength, in 3D. We discuss potential synergetic applications with other approaches.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
A Table of Derivatives on Arbitrary Time Scales
Creators: name: Torres, Delfim F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 26E70, 33B10

description: This paper presents a collection of useful formulas of dynamic derivatives on time scales, systematically collected for reference purposes. As an application, we define trigonometric and hyperbolic functions on time scales in such a way the most essential qualitative properties of the corresponding continuous functions are generalized in a proper way.
description: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form is with 'Global and Stochastic Analysis' (GSA), ISSN 2248-9444, available at [http://www.mukpublications.com/gsa.php]. First Submitted 26-July-2016; Revised 15-Nov-2016; Accepted 22-Nov-2016
Comparing Trial and Real-world Adjuvant Oxaliplatin Delivery in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer Using a Longitudinal Cumulative Dose
Creators: name: Webster-Clark, M.
name: Westreich, D.
name: Robert, N.
name: Keil, A.P.
name: Sanoff, H.
name: Stürmer, T.
name: Lund, J.L.
name: Boyd, M.
name: Frytak, J.R.
Publisher: name: American Medical Association
Year: 2022

description: Importance: Delivery of adjuvant chemotherapy can differ substantially between trial and real-world populations. Adherence metrics like relative dose intensity (RDI) cannot capture the timing of modifications and mask differences in the total amount of chemotherapy received. Objective: To compare oxaliplatin delivery between MOSAIC trial participants and patients treated in the US Oncology Network with stage III colon cancer using a longitudinal cumulative dose (LCD). Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study used secondary data from the MOSAIC trial, an international randomized clinical trial (concluded in 2004), and electronic health records from US Oncology (2009-2018), a network of community oncology practices in the US. It included participants in MOSAIC with stage III colon cancer who were randomized to receive treatment with oxaliplatin and fluorouracil/leucovorin (n = 663) and US Oncology patients with stage III colon cancer who were treated with a modified FOLFOX-6 regimen (n = 2523). Exposures: Oxaliplatin and fluorouracil/leucovorin. Outcomes and Measures: We evaluated RDI and LCD over time and at the end of treatment in the MOSAIC and US Oncology populations. We used bootstrapping to estimate 95% confidence bands for LCD differences between the populations. Results: The 663 MOSAIC participants (296 women [44.7%]) and 2523 US Oncology patients (1245 women [49.4%]) were generally similar with respect to demographic characteristics. Median RDI was lower in US Oncology (80% in MOSAIC vs 70% in US Oncology). The LCD also suggested differences in the total amount of oxaliplatin received between populations; the final median LCD in US Oncology was 10.2% lower than in MOSAIC, equivalent to receiving 1.2 fewer treatment cycles less of oxaliplatin. This difference only began 133 days into treatment and persisted after accounting for covariates, likely in terms of more frequent oxaliplatin treatment discontinuation in US Oncology patients than their MOSAIC counterparts. Conclusions and Relevance: The study results suggest that real-world patients in community practice in the US treated with modified FOLFOX 6 received less oxaliplatin than their historical counterparts in the MOSAIC trial, with differences manifesting late in the treatment course. The LCD allowed us to identify the amount and extent of these differences, the timing of which was unclear when using RDI alone. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00275210.
Assessment of the Magnitude and Factors Associated with an Unintended Pregnancyamong Currently Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Melis, Muradu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2011

description: Background: Unintended pregnancy is a pregnancy that is either mistimed or unwanted at the time of conception. Unintended pregnancy is an important public health issue in both developing and developed countries because of its negative association with the social and health outcomes for both mothers and children. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors to unintended pregnancy among currently pregnant women attending antenatal care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods : A facility based cross sectional study design was used to assess the prevalence and the factors to unintended pregnancy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study was carried out in ten health centers selected from ten sub cities of Addis Ababa. The health centers from each sub cities and the study subjects from each health center were selected using a convenient sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered by interviewers. Logistic regression was used to assess the effect of independent variables on unintended pregnancy. Results: All of the 375 surveyed currently pregnant women responded to the interview. From all respondents more than one-third 145 (38.7%) reported that their current pregnancy was unintended. From all unintended pregnancies (141(97.2%) and 4(2.8%) of them were mistimed and unwanted respectively. Some factors in this study were significantly associated with unintended pregnancy like: age at first marriage, desired number of children, and number of pregnancies (p-value <0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that (38.7%) prevalence of unintended pregnancy in the study population. In addition to that, there were several aspects of socio-demographic characteristics like: marital status, educational status and husband or partner communication about family planning found to be associated with unintended pregnancy. Hence, interventions need to be designed to prevent unintended pregnancy by focusing on the identified factors so that the maternal mortality and morbidity as well as the need for abortion are decreased and the overall well-being of the family is maintained and enhanced.
E-varieties and E-pseudovarieties of regular semigroups [manuscript ]
Creators: name: Mangold., Monica Heath
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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title: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome: Oro-dental manifestations and management
Creators: name: Daume, Linda
name: Renz, Cornelius
name: Trento, Guilherme
name: Kleinheinz, Johannes
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: Introduction: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) is a rare congenital systemic disease characterized by a classic typical triad: cutaneous haemangioma, arterio-venous fistulas or varicosities (or both) and unilateral hypertrophy of hard and soft tissue with different localizations. First described by the French physicians Marcel Klippel and Paul Trenaunay, in 1900, KTWS has a clinically incidence of 2–5/100000. The complete triad (port-wine stains, varicose veins, and soft tissue and/or bony hypertrophy) occurs in almost 2/3 of the patients. Moreover, these features may be present at birth or develops during growing becoming more evident with age. Typical orofacial manifestations include facial asymmetry, jaw enlargement and malocclusion. Case presentation: A previously diagnosed 55-year-old male patient was referred to the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery presenting with extended mandibular ramus exostosis on the left side and concomitant malocclusion. Surgical removal of the hypertrophic bone was performed due to progressive mouth opening restriction, limited oral hygiene ability and increased mandible deviation. Bleeding complications and wound healing disorders were not observed. Consistent mouth opening training resulted in an improvement in mouth opening. Clinical discussion and conclusion: It is suggested to consider KTWS as one of the differential diagnoses if vascular syndromes in the head and neck region occur. Special attention must be given to dental treatment due to eventual excessive haemorrhage that might occur after oral surgical procedures.
Neural Autoregressive Collaborative Filtering for Implicit Feedback
Creators: name: Zheng, Yin
name: Liu, Cailiang
name: Tang, Bangsheng
name: Zhou, Hanning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper proposes implicit CF-NADE, a neural autoregressive model for collaborative filtering tasks using implicit feedback ( e.g. click, watch, browse behaviors). We first convert a users implicit feedback into a like vector and a confidence vector, and then model the probability of the like vector, weighted by the confidence vector. The training objective of implicit CF-NADE is to maximize a weighted negative log-likelihood. We test the performance of implicit CF-NADE on a dataset collected from a popular digital TV streaming service. More specifically, in the experiments, we describe how to convert watch counts into implicit relative rating, and feed into implicit CF-NADE. Then we compare the performance of implicit CF-NADE model with the popular implicit matrix factorization approach. Experimental results show that implicit CF-NADE significantly outperforms the baseline.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted by DLRS2016 http://dlrs-workshop.org/
Prospecting for chemical tags among open clusters
Creators: name: Lambert, David L.
name: Reddy, Arumalla B. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determinations of the chemical composition of red giants in a large sample of open clusters show that the abundances of the heavy elements La, Ce, Nd and Sm but not so obviously Y and Eu vary from one cluster to another across a sample all having about the solar metallicity. For La, Ce, Nd and Sm the amplitudes of the variations at solar metallicity scale approximately with the main s-process contribution to solar system material. Consideration of published abundances of field stars suggest that such a spread in heavy element abundances is present for the thin and thick disk stars of different metallicity. This new result provides an opportunity to chemically tag stars by their heavy elements and to reconstruct dissolved open clusters from the field star population.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, Accepted for publication in ApJ
First-Principles Calculation of the Optical Rotatory Power of Periodic Systems: Modern Theory with Modern Functionals
Creators: name: Desmarais, Jacques K.
name: Kirtman, Bernard
name: Rérat, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An analysis of orbital magnetization in band insulators is provided. It is shown that a previously proposed electronic orbital angular-momentum operator generalizes the ``modern theory of orbital magnetization'' to include non-local Hamiltonians. Expressions for magnetic transition dipole moments needed for the calculation of optical rotation (OR) and other properties are developed. A variety of issues that arise in this context are critically analyzed. These issues include periodicity of the operators, previously proposed band dispersion terms as well as, if and where needed, evaluation of reciprocal space derivatives of orbital coefficients. Our treatment is used to determine the optical rotatory power of band insulators employing a formulation that accounts for electric dipole - electric quadrupole (DQ), as well as electric dipole-magnetic dipole, contributions. An implementation in the public \textsc{Crystal} program is validated against a model finite system and applied to the $α$-quartz mineral through linear-response time-dependent density functional theory with a hybrid functional. The latter calculations confirmed the importance of DQ terms. Agreement against experiment was only possible with i) use of a high quality basis set, ii) inclusion of a fraction of non-local Fock exchange, and iii) account of orbital-relaxation terms in the calculation of response functions.
Population ecology of the white-fronted chat (ephthianura albifrons Jardine & Selby) near Melbourne, Australia
Creators: name: Major., Richard Ernest
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Higher dimensional integrable deformations of the modified KdV equation
Creators: name: Hao, Xiazhi
name: Lou, S. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The derivation of nonlinear integrable evolution partial differential equations in higher dimensions has always been the holy grail in the field of integrability. The well-known modified KdV equation is a prototypical example of integrable evolution equations in one spatial dimension. Do there exist integrable analogs of modified KdV equation in higher spatial dimensions? In what follows, we present a positive answer to this question. In particular, rewriting the (1+1)-dimensional integrable modified KdV equation in conservation forms and adding deformation mappings during the process allow one to construct higher dimensional integrable equations. Further, we illustrate this idea with examples from the modified KdV hierarchy, also present the Lax pairs of these higher dimensional integrable evolution equations.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Defaulting from Dots and its Determinants in Three Districts of Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Tekle, Betru
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2000

description: A case-control study, on defau lting From DOTS was performed in three districts of Arsi Zone, Oramia Regional State, among patients registered during the period of July I, 1997 to December 31 , 1999 to determine the rate of defaulting and to identify factors associated with it. A health record review of 1367 new tuberculosis patients put on DOTS during a period of 30 months (July 1997 to December 1999) was carried out in order to determine the rate of defaulting. All the study subjects were registered and put on DOTS after June 30, 1997 and completed treatment or declared cured before January 1,2000. The cases and contro ls were traced actively and interviewed by trained interviewers using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The two groups were compared by social, demographic and health services variables. The overall defaulter rate and specific rate by month of defaulting, health institutions, distri cts and distance from health institutions were calculated. All defaulters and the non-defaulters were selected by paired matching of sex and age using the lottery method. Two controls were matched individually to each case. One hundred fifty five cases and one hW1dred sixty controls were included in the study. The overall defaulting rate froID DOTS was calculated to be 11.3%. The rate of defaulting in case of sputum smear positive pulmonat·y tuberculosis was found to be 11 .6%. The rate of defau lting was higher in Etheya clinic and Hitosa District. Highest (80%) rate of VII defaulting occurred during the continuation phase. Medication side effect was found to be significantly associated with defaulting from DOTS (OR= 4.20 with 95% CI 1.51 to 11.66). Adequate knowledge and family SUppOlt were found to be important poss ible protective factors for defaulting (OR=0.04 with 95% CI 0.02 to 0.10 and OR=0.19 with 95% CI 0.08 to 0.46 respectively). Distance from hea lth units and drug intolerance were the major reasons mentioned for defaulting. However, there is no significant difference between cases and controls regarding distance, employment status, attitude to treatment center, level of education and average monthly income. The rate is slightly higher than tlle critical level of 10% set by WHO. The major factors contributing to high rate of defaulting were lack of family SUppOlt, inadequate knowledge about duration of treatment and presence of medication side effects. Health programme that are intended to enhance family support and knnwledge about duration of DOTS treatment and Drug tolerance should be strengthened. Vlll
The Nuclear Window to the Extragalactic Universe
Creators: name: Erdmann, Martin
name: Müller, Gero
name: Urban, Martin
name: Wirtz, Marcus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate two recent parameterizations of the galactic magnetic field with respect to their impact on cosmic nuclei traversing the field. We present a comprehensive study of the size of angular deflections, dispersion in the arrival probability distributions, multiplicity in the images of arrival on Earth, variance in field transparency, and influence of the turbulent field components. To remain restricted to ballistic deflections, a cosmic nucleus with energy E and charge Z should have a rigidity above E/Z=6 EV. In view of the differences resulting from the two field parameterizations as a measure of current knowledge in the galactic field, this rigidity threshold may have to be increased. For a point source search with E/Z>60 EV, field uncertainties increase the required signal events for discovery moderately for sources in the northern and southern regions, but substantially for sources near the galactic disk.
description: 15 pages, 30 figures, few additional sentences and references as in accepted publication
Structural and spin-glass properties of single crystal $J_{eff}$ = 1/2 pyrochlore antiferromagnet NaCdCo$_2$F$_7$ : correlating $T_f$ with magnetic-bond-disorder
Creators: name: Kancko, Andrej
name: Giester, Gerald
name: Colman, Ross H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weak bond disorder disrupts the expected spin-liquid ground-state of the ideal $S$ = 1/2 Heisenberg pyrochlore antiferromagnet. Here we introduce a single crystal study of the structural and magnetic properties of the bond-disordered pyrochlore NaCdCo$_2$F$_7$. The magnetic susceptibility appears isotropic, with a large negative Curie-Weiss temperature ($θ_{CW}$ = -108(1) K), however no magnetic order is observed on cooling until a spin-glass transition at $T_f$ = 4.0 K. AC-susceptibility measurements show a frequency-dependent shift of the associated cusp in $χ$ at $T_f$, that can be fitted well by the empirical Vogel-Fulcher law. The magnetic moment of $μ_{eff}$ = 5.4(1) $μ_{B}$/Co$^{2+}$ indicates a significant orbital contribution and heat capacity measurements show that down to 1.8 K, well below $T_f$, only $S_{mag}$ ~2/3 Rln(2) of the magnetic entropy is recovered, suggestive of residual continued dynamics. Structural and magnetism comparisons are made with the other known members of the Na$A$Co$_2$F$_7$ family ($A$ = Ca$^{2+}$, Sr$^{2+}$), confirming the expected relationship between spin-glass freezing temperature, and extent of magnetic bond disorder brought about by the size mismatch between A-site ions.
Assessment of Feasibility of Implementing Dots in Private Health Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Lemessa, Bahirua
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2006

description: Introduction: The MDG of reducing deaths from TB can be achieved, if TB control efforts approach as closely as possible the global goals for case detection of smear positive PTB (70%) and cure rate of 85% or above. Currently Ethiopia's case detection rate stands 36% since the year 2002, and unless the current efforts are intensified with innovative approaches, such as the involvement of private health care providers in the service delivery, the government with its limited resources can't reach the target set by MDG regarding TB control. Before directly embarking to the new approach, a baseline assessment of private health facilities capacity and willingness to collaborate in TB control programme is of paramount importance. Objective: to assess feasibility of implementing DOTS in private health facilities in Addis Ababa. More specifically to assess willingness of private health facility managers, to asses staffs' knowledge, current practices in diagnosis, treatment and referral of Tuberculosis, and to assess private health facilities' institutional capacity to provide comprehensive tuberculosis prevention and control services. Methodology: An institution based, cross sectional descriptive study was carried out from November 2005 to June 2006. Feasibility of implementing DOTS was assessed using a structured and pre tested interviewer administered questionnaire and observation checklist to collect the necessary information. A total of 96 health facilities, 96 respondents in charge of the health facilities and 162 health workers were participated in the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 10.1 statistical package. Frequency distribution and percentages were used to present findings. Stepwise aggregation of composite variables and their scores to reach to decision for feasibility were used. Feasibility status was rated as poor, fair, good, very good and excellent based on the attained composite score for the indicator variables. Result: The composite score calculated for willingness to implement DOTS is fair (52.1), general TB knowledge is very good (73.1). Structural capacity, availability of basic laboratory materials, general TB related practice and manpower as DOTS center were good with 67.3, 63.9, 61.0, and 60.7 scores respectively, resulting the over all feasibility status good (63.0). xi Conclusion: Implementation of DOTS in private health facilities is feasible, given appropriate DOTS training, technical assistance and supervision. Piloting of the project in limited areas and appropriate facilities is recommended.
Biomimetische Bildung von Dünnfilmen an Lipid-Monoschichten
Creators: name: Maas, Michael
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biomineralisation
subject: Dünnfilm
subject: Monoschicht
subject: Grenzfläche
subject: Kolloid
subject: Rheologie
subject: 540

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Untersuchung der biomimetischen Mineralisierung unter LANGMUIR-Filmen. Dafür wird das Kristallisationsverhalten von Calciumcarbonat als das am häufigsten in der Natur vorkommenden Biomineral betrachtet. Die Mineralisierung von Calciumcarbonat wird sowohl an der Luft/Wasser- als auch an der Öl/Wasser-Grenzfläche untersucht. Das Ziel der Erforschung der Grundlagen der Biomineralisation ist ein besseres Verständnis der Mechanismen, die zur Bildung von Knochen und anderen in der Natur vorkommenden anorganischen Strukturen führen. Aus diesem Verständnis ergeben sich vielfältige Anwendungen in der Medizin, der Medizintechnik bis hin zur Paläontologie (s. 1.2). Weiterhin wird die Mineralisierung von Eisenoxiden an der Luft/Wasser-Grenzfläche untersucht. Als Grundlage hierfür dienen die aus der Untersuchung der biomimetischen Mineralisierung von Calciumcarbonat gewonnenen Erkenntnisse. Die Betrachtung der Eisenoxide ist vor allem in Hinblick auf die zahlreichen technischen Anwendungen interessant. Die Prozesse der Biomineralisation spielen sich auf verschiedenen Größenskalen ab. Aus den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Molekülen, Grenzflächen und Nanopartikeln ergeben sich nanostrukturierte Objekte, welche insgesamt makroskopische Ausmaße annehmen können. Somit eröffnet die Erforschung der Biomineralisation Wege zur Herstellung neuer Materialien und Werkstoffe, vor allem in der Nanotechnologie. Die Methodik dieser Arbeit bedient sich der Methoden der Kolloid- und Grenzflächenchemie und betrachtet und beurteilt die durchgeführten Experimente aus dieser Perspektive. Hierdurch sollen die klassischen anorganischen oder materialwissenschaftlichen Herangehensweisen an diese Thematik ergänzt und erweitert werden.
Agrostomyia Londt 1994
Creators: name: Londt, Jason G. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1994
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Agrostomyia

description: Agrostomyia gen n. Type species: Agrostomyia dimorpha sp. n. Description: Medium-sized, Scylaticus-like asilids with dark head and thorax, largely orange legs and sexually dimorphic abdominal coloration, and the following combination of characters: Head (Fig. 1): clearly wider than high in anterior view. Antenna (Fig. 2): scape ca. twice as long as pedicel, segment 3 ca. 1.5 times as long as scape and pedicel combined, style small, conical with terminal spine-like seta. Mystax occupies lower, slightly protuberant l of otherwise plane face; palpi well developed, 2-segmented. Thorax: postmetacoxal area membranous; anepimeral bristle absent; ca. 5 pairs scutellar macrosetae and smaller setae extending onto disc. Wing (Fig. 3): ca. 6-10 mm long, transparent, immaculate, uniform microtrichial cover, C extends around entire wing margin, cells m3 and cup open at wing margin. Legs: pulvilli and empodia well developed. Abdomen: 9 terminalia rotated through 90  0 ; d epandrium short, fused proximally for ca. J length; hypandrium elongate, ventrally directed with upturned distal part. Etymology: Gr. f. agrostis - grass + myia - fly (refers to grass inhabiting behaviour of species). A single species known.
description: Published as part of Londt, Jason G. H., 1994, Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 25. A key to the genera of the subfamily Stenopogoninae with new synonymy and descriptions of six new genera, pp. 71-96 in ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 35 on page 77, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8360701
Counting and Sequential Information Processing in Mechanical Metamaterials
Creators: name: Kwakernaak, Lennard J.
name: van Hecke, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Materials with an irreversible response to cyclic driving exhibit an evolving internal state which, in principle, encodes information on the driving history. Here we realize irreversible metamaterials that count mechanical driving cycles and store the result into easily interpretable internal states. We extend these designs to aperiodic metamaterials which are sensitive to the order of different driving magnitudes, and realize 'lock and key' metamaterials that only reach a specific state for a given target driving sequence. Our strategy is robust, scalable and extendable, and opens new routes towards smart sensing, soft robotics and mechanical information processing.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
On the linearization of nonlinear supersymmetry based on the commutator algebra
Creators: name: Tsuda, Motomu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a linearization procedure of nonlinear supersymmetry (NLSUSY) based on the closure of the commutator algebra for variations of functionals of Nambu-Goldstone fermions and their derivative terms under NLSUSY transformations in Volkov-Akulov NLSUSY theory. In the case of a set of bosonic and fermionic functionals, which leads to (massless) vector linear supermultiplets, we explicitly show that general linear SUSY transformations of basic components defined from those functionals are uniquely determined by examining the commutation relation in the NLSUSY theory.
description: 13 pages; references and discussions added
Propensity Score Weighting and Trimming Strategies for Reducing Variance and Bias of Treatment Effect Estimates: A Simulation Study
Creators: name: Wyss, R.
name: Webster-Clark, M.
name: Lund, J.L.
name: Glynn, R.J.
name: Rothman, K.J.
name: Lunt, M.
name: Stürmer, T.
name: Ellis, A.R.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2021

description: To extend previous simulations on the performance of propensity score (PS) weighting and trimming methods to settings without and with unmeasured confounding, Poisson outcomes, and various strengths of treatment prediction (PS c statistic), we simulated studies with a binary intended treatment T as a function of 4 measured covariates. We mimicked treatment withheld and last-resort treatment by adding 2 "unmeasured"dichotomous factors that directed treatment to change for some patients in both tails of the PS distribution. The number of outcomes Y was simulated as a Poisson function of T and confounders. We estimated the PS as a function of measured covariates and trimmed the tails of the PS distribution using 3 strategies ("Crump,""Stürmer,"and "Walker"). After trimming and reestimation, we used alternative PS weights to estimate the treatment effect (rate ratio): inverse probability of treatment weighting, standardized mortality ratio (SMR)-treated, SMR-untreated, the average treatment effect in the overlap population (ATO), matching, and entropy. With no unmeasured confounding, the ATO (123%) and "Crump"trimming (112%) improved relative efficiency compared with untrimmed inverse probability of treatment weighting. With unmeasured confounding, untrimmed estimates were biased irrespective of weighting method, and only Stürmer and Walker trimming consistently reduced bias. In settings where unmeasured confounding (e.g., frailty) may lead physicians to withhold treatment, Stürmer and Walker trimming should be considered before primary analysis.