cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE IN MAN AND NEW WORLD PRIMATES (RECEPTOR, INSENSITIVITY, PROGESTERONE, ESTROGEN, MINERALOCORTICOID)
Creators: name: Brandon, David Dwight
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Target organ resistance to glucocorticoids occurs as a rare familial syndrome in man and in many New World primates. In man, the disorder is characterized by increased plasma and urinary free cortisol, resistance to adrenal suppression by dexamethasone and absence of stigmata of Cushing's syndrome. Hypertension and hypokalemic alkalosis may be present due to increased biosynthesis of sodium-retaining corticoids. New World primates have increased plasma and urinary free cortisol concentrations, and exhibit marked resistance to adrenal suppression by dexamethasone with no physiologic evidence of glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid excess. Characteristics of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) were studied in patients with the syndrome and in New World primates for alteration(s) that might explain their insensitivity to glucocorticoids. In several whole cell assays mononuclear leukocytes (MNL), cultured skin fibroblasts (SF), and Epstein-Barr virus transformed lymphocytes (TL) , the GR from a severely affected patient had low affinity for dexamethasone. Concentrations of GR were normal in MNL and SF. Induction of GR, which normally occurs during Epstein-Barr viral transformation, was diminished in B-lymphocytes from patients. Activation in vivo and nuclear content of GR were decreased in TL from the severely affected patient. Several properties of the GR (thermolability, mero-receptor formation and molecular mass) from TL of these patients, however, were normal. The GR of New World primates had low affinity for dexamethasone explaining the absence of pathophysiologic effects associated with glucocorticoid excess. The kidney aldosterone receptor, on the other hand, cross-reacted poorly with cortisol, explaining the lack of excess mineralocorticoid effect. Target tissues (MNL and SF) of the squirrel monkey had normal concentrations of GR when compared to Old World primates. Studies of TL from the marmoset, another New World primate, showed that GR induction, activation in vitro and nuclear content were all decreased. Since New World primates also have elevated concentrations of progesterone, estrogen, androgen and aldosterone without any pathophysiologic consequences, generalized steroid hormone resistance is implied. In these species, compensatory decreases in receptor concentrations for these steroids occur.
A COMPARISON OF COLLEGIATE RETENTION RATES AMONG BLACK STUDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND WHITE INSTITUTIONS
Creators: name: Cross, Jr., Clarence Lee
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This is a descriptive study based on secondary analysis of the data base collected as a part of the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972. The study examined data relating to 20,278 black and white high school graduates who participated in the NLS. Data were analyzed to answer questions relating to the problem: While current evidence is clear that black students are less likely to graduate from white institutions than "black" institutions, we do not know why. To what extent is dissatisfaction on the part of black students with the curriculum, teaching, social life, and cultural activities of white institutions related to their lower graduation rate from these institutions? How does the student's aptitude and socioeconomic background affect the strength of these relationships?; The researcher cross-tabulated the degree of black student satisfaction on selected variables with whether or not they graduated from the "white" college in four years. The areas of satisfaction were: (1) social life, (2) cultural activities, (3) teaching, and (4) curriculum. Also, college graduation was cross-tabulated with the socioeconomic and ability levels of black students on black and white campuses. Tests of independence were then carried out using the chi-square statistic. The data indicated that the satisfaction variables do not seem to be determining factors in the graduating success of black college students except in cases of extreme opinions--the very satisfied students graduated more often than the very dissatisfied. Both black and white students who failed to graduate were similar in their opinions. Most black students were of medium ability, and this group graduated from black colleges more often than from white colleges. Low ability students did not fare well at black or white institutions, but the high ability students were more likely to graduate from white schools. Black colleges were successful in graduating black low SES and high SES students. However, high SES students tended to be successful regardless of the institution attended.
Near-Complete Teleportation of a Superposed Coherent State
Creators: name: Cheong, Yong Wook
name: Kim, Hyunjae
name: Lee, Hai-Woong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The four Bell-type entangled coherent states, |α>|-α> \pm |-α> |α> and |α>|α> \pm |-α> |-α>, can be discriminated with a high probability using only linear optical means, as long as |α| is not too small. Based on this observation, we propose a simple scheme to almost completely teleport a superposed coherent state. The nonunitary transformation, that is required to complete the teleportation, can be achieved by embedding the receiver's field state in a larger Hilbert space consisting of the field and a single atom and performing a unitary transformation on this Hilbert space.
description: 4 pages,3 figures, Two columns, LaTex2e
Lensless hyperspectral imaging by Fourier transform spectroscopy for broadband visible light: phase retrieval technique
Creators: name: Shevkunov, Igor
name: Katkovnik, Vladimir
name: Egiazarian, Karen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A novel phase retrieval algorithm for broadband hyperspectral phase imaging from noisy intensity observations is proposed. It utilizes advantages of the Fourier Transform spectroscopy in the self-referencing optical setup and provides, additionally beyond spectral intensity distribution, reconstruction of the investigated object's phase. The noise amplification Fellgett's disadvantage is relaxed by the application of sparse wavefront noise filtering embedded in the proposed algorithm. The algorithm reliability is proved by simulation tests and results of physical experiments on transparent objects which demonstrate precise phase imaging and object depth (profile) reconstructions.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures
A experiência de 10 anos do programa ePORTUGUÊSe da OMS
Creators: name: Ungerer, Regina
Publisher: name: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Year: 2021

description: Introdução: A rede ePORTUGUÊSe da OMS foi criada em 2005 para apoiar a colaboração e a troca de informações em saúde entre os países de língua portuguesa (PALOP), com potencial para fortalecer os sistemas nacionais de saúde, capacitar os recursos humanos e contribuir para atingir os Objetivos do Desenvolvimento do Milénio. Objetivo: Avaliar a implementação da rede no contexto da cooperação Sul-Sul em saúde, no período de 2005 a 2015. Método: Análise qualitativa da documentação técnica, científica e administrativa sobre a rede ePORTUGUÊSe nos repositórios públicos nas diversas instituições. Revisão bibliográfica e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Resultados: A rede ePORTUGUÊSe ofereceu oportunidades de cooperação entre instituições e profissionais de saúde nos diversos países e ajudou a melhorar o acesso e a troca da informação. Exemplo de cooperação Sul-Sul em saúde entre os países de língua portuguesa teve pouco comprometimento dos responsáveis e escassez de recursos financeiros para a realização de atividades, afetando negativamente o programa. Considerações finais: O programa foi relevante para diminuir o isolamento profissional, aumentar o acesso e partilha da informação em saúde em português, mesmo que em graus diferentes nos diversos países. A baixa disseminação dificultou o desenvolvimento de estratégias e apropriação da rede ePORTUGUÊSe pelos países envolvidos.
description: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, v. 20 (2021): Saúde digital e desenvolvimento internacional: avanços e desafios
Simulated coherent electron shuttling in silicon quantum dots
Creators: name: Buonacorsi, Brandon
name: Shaw, Benjamin
name: Baugh, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shuttling of single electrons in gate-defined silicon quantum dots is numerically simulated. A minimal gate geometry without explicit tunnel barrier gates is introduced, and used to define a chain of accumulation mode quantum dots, each controlled by a single gate voltage. One-dimensional potentials are derived from a three-dimensional electrostatic model, and used to construct an effective Hamiltonian for efficient simulation. Control pulse sequences are designed by maintaining a fixed adiabaticity, so that different shuttling conditions can be systematically compared. We first use these tools to optimize the device geometry for maximum transport velocity, considering only orbital states and neglecting valley and spin degrees of freedom. Taking realistic geometrical constraints into account, charge shuttling speeds up to $\sim$300 m/s preserve adiabaticity. Coherent spin transport is simulated by including spin-orbit and valley terms in an effective Hamiltonian, shuttling one member of a singlet pair and tracking the entanglement fidelity. With realistic device and material parameters, shuttle speeds in the range 10-100 m/s with high spin entanglement fidelities are obtained when the tunneling energy exceeds the Zeeman energy. High fidelity also requires the inter-dot valley phase difference to be below a threshold determined by the ratio of tunneling and Zeeman energies, so that spin-valley-orbit mixing is weak. In this regime, we find that the primary source of infidelity is a coherent spin rotation that is correctable, in principle. The results pertain to proposals for large-scale spin qubit processors in isotopically purified silicon that rely on coherent shuttling of spins to rapidly distribute quantum information between computational nodes.
description: 31 pages, 15 figures including Appendix
Saúde digital e desenvolvimento internacional
Creators: name: Hartz, Zulmira M. A.
name: Fortunato, Paula
name: Havik, Philip J.
Publisher: name: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Year: 2021

description: .
description: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, v. 20 (2021): Saúde digital e desenvolvimento internacional: avanços e desafios
A COMPARISON OF COLLEGIATE RETENTION RATES AMONG BLACK STUDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND WHITE INSTITUTIONS
Creators: name: Cross, Jr., Clarence Lee
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: This is a descriptive study based on secondary analysis of the data base collected as a part of the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972. The study examined data relating to 20,278 black and white high school graduates who participated in the NLS. Data were analyzed to answer questions relating to the problem: While current evidence is clear that black students are less likely to graduate from white institutions than "black" institutions, we do not know why. To what extent is dissatisfaction on the part of black students with the curriculum, teaching, social life, and cultural activities of white institutions related to their lower graduation rate from these institutions? How does the student's aptitude and socioeconomic background affect the strength of these relationships?; The researcher cross-tabulated the degree of black student satisfaction on selected variables with whether or not they graduated from the "white" college in four years. The areas of satisfaction were: (1) social life, (2) cultural activities, (3) teaching, and (4) curriculum. Also, college graduation was cross-tabulated with the socioeconomic and ability levels of black students on black and white campuses. Tests of independence were then carried out using the chi-square statistic. The data indicated that the satisfaction variables do not seem to be determining factors in the graduating success of black college students except in cases of extreme opinions--the very satisfied students graduated more often than the very dissatisfied. Both black and white students who failed to graduate were similar in their opinions. Most black students were of medium ability, and this group graduated from black colleges more often than from white colleges. Low ability students did not fare well at black or white institutions, but the high ability students were more likely to graduate from white schools. Black colleges were successful in graduating black low SES and high SES students. However, high SES students tended to be successful regardless of the institution attended.
title: SYSTEMS METHODS AND THEIR APPLICABILITY TO ACCIDENT COSTING
Creators: name: Willemstyn, Claire Julie
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1986

description: This thesis concerns the subject and problem of accident costing, and an examination of the value and applicability of a holistic, systems approach to such issues. The initial impetus for the study arose through discussions between members of the Open University Systems Group and the Electricity Council Safety Branch. In considering particular classes of accidents that occur in the Electricity Supply Industry, it was realised that the Industry had no idea of the scale of monetary costs involved, and no mechanism for evaluating them. Thus the need to devise a costing framework was identified. To meet the Industry’s need the problem was treated as a straight forward costing exercise. Following a study of the literature on valuing life and costing accidents (detailed in Section 1), and a period of field research at two Electricity Supply Industry Area Board districts, a costing framework, or model, was developed of areas of potential post factum costs for the Industry as a result of an accident (Section II). From the model, costs to the Industry both direct and indirect, were calculated, thereby illustrating areas of actual and potential high cost. Using the Industry’s analysis of accidents in terms of ’causation’, the class of accidents of major concern is that to which ‘Electricity' is stated as being causal. Although these accidents only form between four to seven percent of the total annually, their significance lies in the high proportion resulting in serious injuries and high costs. The method adopted provided the Electricity Supply industry with a costing model, but was restricted by this desired result. Such a relatively narrow reductionist approach tends to rely on limiting assumptions and to ignore wider issues. In Section III of the thesis, therefore the problem is reexamined using two different systems methodologies in preliminary stages. Firstly, the Checkland methodology, a 'soft' systems methodology and secondly the de Neufville and Stafford methodology, a ‘harder' methodology. These methods lead to different conclusions and wider implications for implementation strategies. However, both the Hard and Soft Systems methodology used tended to broaden the understanding of some aspects of the problem whilst constraining others. Thus, the author of the thesis, together with two other members of the Systems Group developed the Hard Systems method in an attempt to bridge an apparent methodological gap. This method and other conclusions are to be found in the final (fourth) section.
A SIMPLE MACROECONOMETRIC MODEL OF INFLATION: THE CASE OF IRAN
Creators: name: Ehdaie, Jaber
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Since 1971, oil-based less developed countries have experienced sharp increases in their oil export earnings due to successive rises in crude oil price, and, at the same time, rapid increases in the general price level. There have been, however, various ways in which oil exports have interacted with the general price level in those economies. An explicit analysis of such interactions is required in order to make a proper assessment of policies to combat inflation in these countries. This study attempts, first, to develop a model of inflation in order to highlight the primary role of oil export earnings in generating the inflationary process in an economy that is primarily dependent on oil export revenues; and second, to question the effectiveness of conventional stabilization policies aiming at controlling this inflationary process. The specific case to be studied is the Iranian economy during the 1959-1977 period. The model to be developed in this study incorporates the relevant structural characteristics of the Iranian economy: (1) growing oil export revenues raises domestic fiscal deficit; (2) public domestic expenditures respond to inflation faster than tax revenues do, which brings about a further increase in domestic budget deficit; (3) financing this deficit by oil export earnings results in monetary expansion; (4) existing time lag between foreign exchange receipts from oil exports and payments for imports brings about accumulation of exchange reserve, and thus, further rise in money supply; and finally, (5) monetary expansion causes inflation. The results obtained from the econometric estimation of the model and its simulation for alternative policy options were as follows: (a) higher oil export earnings level and its accelerated growth rate had been the major cause of inflation and main factor of its accelerated rate respectively, about 89 percent of the annual inflation rate could be attributed to growing oil export revenues; (b) the inflationary process had been self-perpetuating and a dampening one; (c) restricted monetary policies aimed at controlling the inflation pressures had not been effective; and finally, (d) only a policy of steady-state growth of oil exports could attain the twin objective of a reasonable long-run economic growth and a moderate inflation rate.
Diplomacia em saúde e saúde global
Creators: name: Santos, Thadeu Borges Souza
Publisher: name: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Year: 2021

description: .
description: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, v. 20 (2021): Saúde digital e desenvolvimento internacional: avanços e desafios
Quantum Mechanics, Random Matrices and BMN Gauge Theory
Creators: name: Kristjansen, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review how the identification of gauge theory operators representing string states in the pp-wave/BMN correspondence and their associated anomalous dimension reduces to the determination of the eigenvectors and the eigenvalues of a simple quantum mechanical Hamiltonian and analyze the properties of this Hamiltonian. Furthermore, we discuss the role of random matrices as a tool for performing explicit evaluation of correlation functions.
description: 16 pages, contribution to proceedings of Workshop on Random Geometry, Krakow, May, 2003
A SIMPLE MACROECONOMETRIC MODEL OF INFLATION: THE CASE OF IRAN
Creators: name: Ehdaie, Jaber
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Since 1971, oil-based less developed countries have experienced sharp increases in their oil export earnings due to successive rises in crude oil price, and, at the same time, rapid increases in the general price level. There have been, however, various ways in which oil exports have interacted with the general price level in those economies. An explicit analysis of such interactions is required in order to make a proper assessment of policies to combat inflation in these countries. This study attempts, first, to develop a model of inflation in order to highlight the primary role of oil export earnings in generating the inflationary process in an economy that is primarily dependent on oil export revenues; and second, to question the effectiveness of conventional stabilization policies aiming at controlling this inflationary process. The specific case to be studied is the Iranian economy during the 1959-1977 period. The model to be developed in this study incorporates the relevant structural characteristics of the Iranian economy: (1) growing oil export revenues raises domestic fiscal deficit; (2) public domestic expenditures respond to inflation faster than tax revenues do, which brings about a further increase in domestic budget deficit; (3) financing this deficit by oil export earnings results in monetary expansion; (4) existing time lag between foreign exchange receipts from oil exports and payments for imports brings about accumulation of exchange reserve, and thus, further rise in money supply; and finally, (5) monetary expansion causes inflation. The results obtained from the econometric estimation of the model and its simulation for alternative policy options were as follows: (a) higher oil export earnings level and its accelerated growth rate had been the major cause of inflation and main factor of its accelerated rate respectively, about 89 percent of the annual inflation rate could be attributed to growing oil export revenues; (b) the inflationary process had been self-perpetuating and a dampening one; (c) restricted monetary policies aimed at controlling the inflation pressures had not been effective; and finally, (d) only a policy of steady-state growth of oil exports could attain the twin objective of a reasonable long-run economic growth and a moderate inflation rate.
WDVV equation and Triple-product Relation
Creators: name: Shigechi, Keiichi
name: Wadati, Miki
name: Wang, Ning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the relation between the WDVV equations and the $τ$-function of the noncommutative KP (NCKP) hierarchy. WDVV-like equations (Hirota triple-product relation) in the noncommutative context appear as a consequence of the non-trivial equation for $τ$-function of the NC KP hierarchy, while the prepotential in the Seiberg-Witten (SW) theory has been identified to the $τ$-function of the Whitham hierarchy. We show that the spectral curve for the SW theory is the same as the Toda-chain hierarchy. We also show that Whitham hierarchy includes commutative Toda/KP hierarchy as a construction. Further, we comment on the origin of the Hirota triple-product relation in the context of the SW theory.
description: Latex,11 pages,no figures
title: Thermochemistry of cyclic and acyclic radicals and kinetics of their recombination reactions
Creators: name: Guiver, Steven Charles
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1987

description: The thermochemistry of a series of acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbon radicals has been studied using a radical buffer technique in solution. From these studies radical heats of formation and hydrocarbon carbon-hydrogen bond dissociation energies have been determined. These results are consistent with an increase in hydrocarbon bond dissociation energies over the previously accepted values with D(C2H5-H) = 419 kJmol-1, D(n-C3H7-H) = 418 kJmol1-, D(i-C3H7-H) = 404 kJmol-1, D(c-C5H9-H) = 402 kJmol-1, D(c-C6H11-H) = 420 kJmol-1 and D(c-C7H13-H) = 400 kJmol-1. The work suggests typical primary carbon-hydrogen bond dissociation energies of 420 kJmol-1 and typical secondary carbon-hydrogen bond dissociation energies of 400 kJmol-1, although an anomalous result is obtained for cyclohexane. The high value obtained for D(c-C6H11-H) is more typical of a primary than a secondary bond, a result which is considered in terms of ring strain and eclipsing interactions occurring upon formation of cycloalkyl radicals. Further gas phase studies of the radical buffer reaction allowed relative radical recombination rate constants to be determined for cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl radicals. From these studies the rate constant for cyclopentyl radical recombination was determined as 2.4 x 109 lmol-1s-1 and the rate constant for cyclohexyl radical recombination as 1.6 x 109 lmol-1s-1, both at 430K. These results are consistent with radical recombination in the gas phase being collision controlled and are considered in the context of previous suggestions that the cyclohexyl radical recombination rate constant is more than two orders of magnitude lower than that for cyclopentyl recombination.
The Collectivity of Heavy Mesons in Proton-Nucleus Collisions
Creators: name: Zhang, Cheng
name: Marquet, Cyrille
name: Qin, Guang-You
name: Shi, Yu
name: Wang, Lei
name: Wei, Shu-Yi
name: Xiao, Bo-Wen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a model based on the Color Glass Condensate framework and the dilute-dense factorization, we systematically study the azimuthal angular correlations between a heavy flavor meson and a light reference particle in proton-nucleus collisions. The obtained second harmonic coefficients (also known as the elliptic flows) for $J/ψ$ and $D^0$ agree with recent experimental data from the LHC. We also provide predictions for the elliptic flows of $Υ$ and $B$ meson, which can be measured in the near future at the LHC. This work can shed light on the physics origin of the collectivity phenomenon in the collisions of small systems.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures. This work is an extension of our earlier publication 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.172302 (arXiv:1901.10320); v2 with minor updates
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR OUTPUT, PRICES, AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INDIAN ECONOMY (INDIA)
Creators: name: Krishnamurthi, Bavani Rajagopalan
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study analyzes the impact of public expenditure policies on output, prices and balance of payments in India. The orthodox stabilization theory, the stucturalist critique, and the recent emphasis on structural adjustment with respect to developing countries have been discussed in this study. It has been pointed out that there has been a gap in the theoretical and empirical literature with regard to the treatment of public expenditure policies in the context of stabilization and structural adjustment programs. Empirical investigation of specific public expenditure policies, i.e., public expenditures for food subsidy, infrastructural investment, and crude petroleum production with reference to the Indian economy has therefore been undertaken in this study. A macroeconometric model for the Indian economy has been constructed for analyzing the effects of public expenditure for food subsidies, investment in public infrastructure, and crude oil productions. The methodology used is deterministic, dynamic simulation of the estimated model. The study has concluded that public food subsidy expenditures can play a role in the stabilization of prices. Increase in public food subsidy expenditures will reduce food and overall prices in the short run. Removal of food subsidies will add to the inflationary pressures in the economy by raising food and aggregate prices. The study confirms the catalytic role of public investment expenditures in agriculture and infrastructure in stimulating private investment in these two key sectors. Even though public investment expenditures for the development of infrastructure increases aggregate prices and balance of payments deficits in the short run, these investment expenditures increase private investment and aggregate output in the medium term. The initial increase in aggregate price level as a result of higher public investment expenditure, is dampened in the medium term. However, the negative effect on foreign exchange reserves persists even in the medium term. Increase in investment expenditure in the oil sector contributes to the higher level of prices and external deficits in the short run. In the medium term, investment in the oil sector reduces the balance of payments deficits.
title: Thomas Traherne's "Centuries of meditations": the quality of liberation.
Creators: name: Stevens, David John
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1986

description: The thesis commences with a study of selected meditations from the "Centuries", highlighting central ideas concerning liberation: the meaning of childhood innocence, the social implications of the liberation process, and the nature of Traherne's "Felicity ". Traherne's attitude towards the loss of innocence during adulthood and the possibilities of sinfulness arising from human freedom emerge as problems in interpretation crucial to a proper judgement of the quality of liberation. The second section examines the spiritual and cultural context of Traherne's achievement. The special position of his work as related to both traditional scholasticism and the new learning is evident; awareness of this leads to a clearer understanding of his originality and dialectical method - "Highest Reason". Next I look at the inspiration of Traherne's writing, uncovering in both form and content more evidence of his insistence on human freedom, both unconscious and conscious. I analyse the meaning of this freedom and its relationship to human desire - crucial to Traherne's thought. The following section, in which I discuss Traherne's views on sin, suffering and guilt, contains a brief survey of relevant critical literature. I go on to analyse Traherne's treatment of the unpleasant aspects of existence in the light of such criticism, finding that he has a profound understanding based upon his insistence on the central position of human consciousness: the subject of liberation. Comparison between Traherne's writings and those of two broadly contemporary thinkers - Henry Vaughan and Gerrard Winstanley - establishes further both Traherne's individuality and the extent of common ground. The robust and radical nature of his thought is further emphasised, although the socially radical element may well exist by implication rather than in explicit activity. The final section attempts to tie together the various strands of thought I have outlined, and finds, in the Psalms of David, Traherne's avowed spiritual model of joyous celebration.
Reiterando o sentido da epidemiologia social na compreensão das desigualdades e avanço da equidade em tempos da COVID-19
Creators: name: Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre
Publisher: name: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Year: 2021

description: No texto objetivamos refletir sobre a epidemiologia social considerando o contexto desigualdade social intensificado pela pandemia da Covid-19. Para atender esse objetivo, nos propusemos a desenvolver um texto reflexivo, em que resgatamos um pouco da história da epidemiologia social ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX, e ainda nos remetemos alguns teóricos dessa epidemiologia social, e as principais correntes teóricas, que fundamentaram a proposição. Um paralelo foi estabelecido com a epidemiologia tradicional ou clássica, está última centrada no indivíduo e na doença e seus fatores de risco. Também resgatamos os impactos diretos e indiretos trazidos com a Covid-19, notadamente para países e populações mais pobres. À guisa dessa discussão, entendemos como necessária a reafirmação da epidemiologia social, enquanto ciência, para se pensar em soluções para os efeitos da desigualdade. A solução da Covid-19 perpassa a questão da disponibilidade da vacina, insiste em pensar soluções e mecanismos para que sua distribuição seja de maneira justa e equitativa a todos os povos. Embora não haja solução pronta, mas a epidemiologia social pode ser utilizada como base de evidências para se pensar estratégias. Enquanto nem todos se beneficiarem com os avanços da tecnologia médica, a sociedade ainda continuará em risco.
description: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, v. 20 (2021): Saúde digital e desenvolvimento internacional: avanços e desafios
title: Transition from variable delay of reinforcement schedules to variable-time (VT) schedules of reinforcement. A systematic investigation.
Creators: name: Burgess, Ian Stanley
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1984

description: Six experiments are reported in which rats were trained under response- dependent reinforcement schedules prior to being transferred to variable-time (VT) schedules which were matched in terms of both the overall rate and temporal distribution of reinforcement to the prior response-dependent reinforcement schedule. The response-dependent reinforcement baseline schedules varied according to whether they permitted reinforcement delays or only allowed the designated response to be contiguous with the reinforcer. In addition, some of the baseline schedules required either 'other behaviour'-response or response- 'other behaviour' sequences for reinforcement. The results indicated that delay of reinforcement schedules generally were associated with stronger resistance to response-independent reinforcement relative to immediate reinforcement schedules. Further, immediate reinforcement . schedules which demanded 'other behaviour'-response sequences for reinforcement tended to produce stronger resistance to response-independent reinforcement than those which permitted more than one response class to occur, but only required the emission of the designated operant for reinforcement. Rate of responding, level of efficiency of responding and postreinforcement pause duration during the baseline were poor predictors of response persistence during VT schedules. Response rate during the VT schedules was inversely related to mean delay of reinforcement (experiments IV and VI), while response decrement was related to the proportion of interreinforcement intervals without a response (experiments I, II,III, iv, v and VI). Reinforced and overall interresponse time (IRT) distributions during the VT condition were significantly correlated; further, changes in response rate were r e f l e c t e d in changes in the IRT distributions. It was concluded that an analysis of response maintenance under VT schedules which is framed in terms of the discrimination of response-reinforcer correlations was not supported. It was proposed that a molecular theory in which IRT-reinforcer contiguities are emphasized probably holds more promise.
Dire la malattia: due irruzioni poetiche nell’abisso
Creators: name: Liuzzo, Rossella
Publisher: name: Artifara
Year: 2022

description: Abstract: Sebbene il sodalizio fra letteratura e malattia sia di lunga durata, uno sguardo retrospettivo alle opere che trattano il tema rivelerebbe che i morbi, sia collettivi che individuali, sono stati utilizzati indefettibilmente come espedienti per rimandi allegorici o metaforici (Sontag, 1979) di istanze morali, sociali o metafisico-esistenziali. Le pagine a venire si prefiggono di avviare una riflessione su un modo altro di penetrare nella malattia, intesa come esperienza immanente e inalienabile di un corpo, di una carne e di una biografia. Attraverso lo scandaglio dei versi delle sillogi Diario de una enfermera (1996; 2014) di Isla Correyero e La hija (2015) di María García Zambrano, si cercherà di esplorare come, posizionandosi in un orizzonte di comune vulnerabilità, l’impegno estetico di queste voci sofferenti si risolve in un’etica dell’inclinazione (Cavarero, 2013) le cui vertebre sono il riconoscimento, l’ascolto e la cura. Parole chiave: malattia, poesia, ética dell’inclinazione, Isla Correyero, María García Zambrano
description: Artifara, No 21.2 (2021)
Indicadores de infecção relacionados à assistência à saúde – Estudo de uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva em Minas Gerais, Brasil
Creators: name: Torres, Isabella
name: Da Fonseca, Cristina Luiza Ramos
name: Soares, Cíntia
name: Barbosa, Allan Claudius Queiroz
Publisher: name: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Year: 2021

description: Este artigo tem como objetivo avaliar mudanças na equipa de enfermagem ocorridas numa unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) de um hospital público de ensino em Minas Gerais, Brasil, considerando os seus impactos nos indicadores da infeção relacionada com a assistência à saúde (IRAS) e da relacionada com os cateteres venosos centrais (CVCs). O estudo justifica-se pela importância de se estabelecer um modelo de dimensionamento da equipa de enfermagem, considerando o bem estar do paciente e os custos hospitalares. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo com uso de estatística descritiva. Os resultados mostraram o impacto de cada mudança nos indicadores, evidenciando que o dimensionamento de um enfermeiro para cada cinco leitos de UTI, no período diurno, bem como o ingresso de profissionais por concurso público foram relevantes para as IRAS, enquanto que o estabelecimento de uma dupla de cuidados para cada três leitos foi relevante para a redução do indicador de CVCs.
description: Anais do Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, v. 20 (2021): Saúde digital e desenvolvimento internacional: avanços e desafios
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR OUTPUT, PRICES, AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INDIAN ECONOMY (INDIA)
Creators: name: Krishnamurthi, Bavani Rajagopalan
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: This study analyzes the impact of public expenditure policies on output, prices and balance of payments in India. The orthodox stabilization theory, the stucturalist critique, and the recent emphasis on structural adjustment with respect to developing countries have been discussed in this study. It has been pointed out that there has been a gap in the theoretical and empirical literature with regard to the treatment of public expenditure policies in the context of stabilization and structural adjustment programs. Empirical investigation of specific public expenditure policies, i.e., public expenditures for food subsidy, infrastructural investment, and crude petroleum production with reference to the Indian economy has therefore been undertaken in this study. A macroeconometric model for the Indian economy has been constructed for analyzing the effects of public expenditure for food subsidies, investment in public infrastructure, and crude oil productions. The methodology used is deterministic, dynamic simulation of the estimated model. The study has concluded that public food subsidy expenditures can play a role in the stabilization of prices. Increase in public food subsidy expenditures will reduce food and overall prices in the short run. Removal of food subsidies will add to the inflationary pressures in the economy by raising food and aggregate prices. The study confirms the catalytic role of public investment expenditures in agriculture and infrastructure in stimulating private investment in these two key sectors. Even though public investment expenditures for the development of infrastructure increases aggregate prices and balance of payments deficits in the short run, these investment expenditures increase private investment and aggregate output in the medium term. The initial increase in aggregate price level as a result of higher public investment expenditure, is dampened in the medium term. However, the negative effect on foreign exchange reserves persists even in the medium term. Increase in investment expenditure in the oil sector contributes to the higher level of prices and external deficits in the short run. In the medium term, investment in the oil sector reduces the balance of payments deficits.
Ethics of contributor roles ontologies and taxonomies - Scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Hosseini, Mohammad
name: Gordijn, Bert
name: Wafford, Q. Eileen
name: Holmes, Kristi
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ethics
subject: Contributor Role Ontologies and Taxonomies
subject: Collaborative Research
subject: Meta-Research
subject: Authorship
subject: Ethics

description: Background: This scoping review follows up on the results of an exploratory review of the literature (Hosseini, 2021) about ethics of Contributor Role Ontologies and Taxonomies (CROTs). Given the significance of CROTs in scholarly publications, the current iteration will address methodological limitations of the exploratory review and will also capture sources published more recently.Objectives: This review aims to 1) synthesize the published literature about ethical aspects of CROTs and 2) categorize discussed aspects under specific ethical themes.Methods: Upon reviewing each source, information related to ethical aspects of CROTs will be synthesized to answer research questions. Sources that discuss ethical aspects of CROTs in a significant way in English will be included. Four indices (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar) will be searched without restriction on publication dates. Data will be charted in terms of mentioned research area(s), discussed CROTs, discussed ethical aspects (and in case of availability, other note-worthy information such as used normative approach, mentioned stakeholders, and provided solutions/recommendations will also be captured for further analysis).Results: Review results will be published open access in the peer-reviewed journal of Accountability in Research. Subsequently, the review results will inform the development of a survey to explore the views of the research community about the ethical evolution of CROTs.
Unification of the wave and guidance equations for spin 1/2
Creators: name: Holland, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize our previous unification of the Schrodinger and guidance equations in a single inhomogeneous Schrodinger equation to a Riemannian manifold with an external vector potential. A special case yields the unified theory for a spin 1/2 rigid rotator. The theory is proved to be symmetrical under the Galileo group, the unified field that integrates the particle and guiding wave being a 2-spinor.
description: Minor clarifying improvements, results unchanged. Published in Quantum Stud.: Math. Found. 06 August 2020
PRESCHOOLERS' EXPECTANCY PREDICTIONS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS ON MOTOR TASKS (SELF-EFFICACY, SEX DIFFERENCES)
Creators: name: Lanman, Mary Hakes
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study investigated age and gender differences in preschool age children's expectancy predictions and post-task evaluations of self, same age and gender peers, and opposite sex peers on four motor tasks. Additional questions investigated the effect of making a prediction, and how post-task evaluations were reflected in performance. It was hypothesized that gender differences in expectancy and self-evaluation seen in older children begin between the ages of 4 and 5. The effect of making a prediction was not expected to influence preschoolers' performance. The study employed a 2 x 2 x 2 design using ages 4 to 4.5 and 5 to 5.5 boys and girls, and predictor versus non-predictor conditions. Subjects were 96 children from area preschools. In the predictor condition, subjects were asked to make pre-performance expectancy predictions of their own and same sex and opposite sex peers' performance. Non-predictor subjects performed tasks without having to make predictions. Dependent measures included level of prediction (in the predictor groups), time spent on tasks, number of attempts, number of successes, and level of post-task evaluation of self plus same and opposite sex peers. Results confirmed that there are gender and age based differences in performance expectancy on motor tasks. Four year olds had higher expectations than 5 year olds, and boys had higher expectations than girls. Boys felt girls would do less well than other boys, and girls felt boys would do better than other girls. The differences, however, were not reflected in performance behavior. Making a prediction and age factors, not gender, were related to persistence and success. Girls' performance and self-evaluation were diminished by making a prediction regardless of their actual performance, whereas boys' performance and post-task evaluations more accurately reflected their actual competencies. Conclusions from the study are that gender based differences in attitudes regarding personal competency begin prior to school age, and are present developmentally before being manifested in behavior. Additionally, the solicitation of expectancy statements was shown to be a powerful manipulation which heightened the evaluative components of performance and debilitated girls' more than boys' performance. The importance of further study of the gender differences in evaluative attitudes as well as the distinction between learning and performance goals for boys and girls was emphasized.
Casimir effect between dissimilar materials: a test for the proximity theorem
Creators: name: Noguea, Cecilia
name: Roman-Velazquez, Carlos E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate exactly the Casimir force between a spherical particle and a plane, both with arbitrary dielectric properties, in the non-retarded limit. Using a Spectral Representation formalism, we show that the Casimir force of a sphere made of a material A and a plane made of a material B, differ from the case when the sphere is made of B, and the plane is made of A. The differences in energy and force show the importance of the geometry, and make evident the necessity of realistic descriptions of the sphere-plane system beyond the Proximity Theorem approximation.
description: 8 pages with 4 figures