cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Profile of Secondary Glaucoma in A Semi Urban Tertiary Health Care Hospital In Nigeria
Creators: name: Ajite KO
name: Fadamiro C.O
name: Ajayi I.A
name: Omotoye O.J
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Diseases

description: Introduction: Glaucoma is the second-most-frequent cause of blindness in the world. Most primary glaucomas are managed by early diagnosis and treatment however secondary glaucomas differ from primary by the fact that, if the primary pathology is treated properly and the possibility of secondary glaucoma is kept in mind, glaucomatous damage can be easily prevented. This study is aimed at determining the prevalence and pattern of secondary glaucoma, the knowledge of which will help in reducing the glaucoma blindness. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of all consecutive newly diagnosed glaucoma patients attending the eye clinic of Ekiti state university teaching hospital,(Eksuth) Ado Ekiti, from January 2011 to December 2012 were selected for the study. Each patient had a complete ophthalmic evaluation, including relevant history, visual acuity testing, slit-lamp examination, applanation tonometry, gonioscopy with a 4mirror goniolens and standard automated perimetry. Data collected was collated and analyzed using SPSS version 16 (SPSS, Inc, Chicago, USA). Frequencies and means were generated to observe patterns of variable distribution among the patients. Result: A total of 5655 new patients attended the eye clinic during the study period, 1660(29.4%) were diagnosed with glaucoma out of which primary glaucoma were 1561(94.0%) while secondary were 99(6.0%). The spectrum of secondary glaucoma were post traumatic glaucoma 25(25.2%), lens related glaucoma 16(16.2%), steroid induced glaucoma 14(14.2%), neovascular glaucoma 12(12.1%), uveitic glaucoma 10(10.1%), pseudoexfoliation glaucoma 10(10.1%), pigmentary glaucoma 6(6.1%), aphakic glaucoma 6(6.1%). Conclusion: Post traumatic secondary glaucoma has the highest frequency of occurrence and as with others, requires prompt diagnosis and treatment which may help significantly in preventing resultant visual impairment and blindness.
Comparison of weak and strong moments for vectors with independent coordinates
Creators: name: Latała, Rafał
name: Strzelecka, Marta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60E15 (Primary), 46B09 (Secondary)

description: We show that for $p\ge 1$, the $p$-th moment of suprema of linear combinations of independent centered random variables are comparable with the sum of the first moment and the weak $p$-th moment provided that $2q$-th and $q$-th integral moments of these variables are comparable for all $ q \ge 2$. The latest condition turns out to be necessary in the i.i.d. case.
description: 15 pages
Rigorous analysis of TM modes in arbitrary shaped closed and slotted waveguides
Creators: name: Topal, Turker
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: In this thesis, we use Method of Regularization (MoR) to analyse TM modes of closed and slotted waveguides. Cross section of waveguides can be of arbitrary shape assuming that a smooth parametrization is defined. MoR provides us with tools for transforming the corresponding boundary value problems to a functional equation of the second kind. We start with the standard integral representation of the total or scattered field as appropriate in terms of surface quantities. Using Green’s function approach, we obtain a first kind Fredholm integral equation, and convert it into a second kind Fredholm integral equation. The resulting system of infinite linear algebraic equations can be solved effectively using the truncation method, which produces algebraic systems with uniformly bounded condition numbers, when system size tends to infinity. This allows us to predefine truncation number to achieve desired accuracy. Using the connection between cut-off frequencies and normal eigenmodes of a hollow waveguide and the corresponding resonance properties of two-dimensional resonator, we adopt MoR to waveguide problems. We investigate physical features of hollow waveguides of various shapes. Finally, we provide numerical results which show the impact of slot width and wall thickness as well as the qualitative features of the method.
Lipid Signaling in the Retina: A Druggable Target?
Creators: name: Benage MJ
name: Koulen P
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Diseases

description: Retina tissue has comparably high levels of lipids and a number of these lipids are highly relevant to inter- and intracellular signaling. Based on both clinical findings and evidence from animal models of retinal diseases, lipids have been implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR). Of particular interest are studies that show a direct involvement of diets modifying lipid intake and lipid metabolism with retina pathology. For AMD, a disease with age as a predisposing factor and a major cause of vision loss for patients older than 65, lipid pathology was detected early on as a characteristic of the disease, specifically abnormal amounts and types of lipids were found in macular deposits and implicated in structural changes leading to pathology. In particular, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, which are involved in lipid signaling and express high levels of lipid binding proteins, control the metabolic activity of the retina and are affected early in AMD disease development. Functional impairment of RPE cells is tightly linked to pathological changes in lipid signaling and is regarded as an early event in AMD disease pathogenesis. Genetic evidence from clinical studies points towards a direct involvement of key enzymes in lipid metabolism and lipid signaling in AMD development, but at the same time also opens up the possibility to identify novel drug targets as well as drugs specifically directed towards modifying aberrant lipid signaling or metabolism.
Bryophyte diversity and terrestrial plant ecology in the subantarctic: Heard Island, a case study
Creators: name: Bergstrom, Dana Michelle
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This study examines various aspects of terrestrial vegetation on subantarctic Heard Island. A major phytosociological study was conducted focussing on the bryophyte component of the flora. A revised annotated checklist for the Heard Island bryoflora, comprising 42 moss taxa and 12 liverwort taxa is presented. Heard Island's bryophyte and vascular plant floras are small compared with those of other subantarctic islands. General environmental conditions that affect plants on Heard Island are outlined and ecological amplitude of major taxa are described. Hypotheses concerning ecological strategies of major taxa are proposed. Many taxa on Heard Island such as Azorella selago and Dicranaweisia spp. exhibit wide ecological amplitude. Patterning of vegetation in a variety of feldmarks was examined and a model concerning bryophyte establishment and maintenance of bare areas is presented. This study has identified five major vegetation types on Heard Island, based on floristic diversity as well as the relationship between vegetation and environmental characteristics. The dominant vegetation type is open Azorella cushion vegetation. A highly significant feature is that bryophytes are major components of most vegetation on Heard Island and in many cases are the dominant component, such as in closed bryophyte vegetation on shallow stable ground. Taxa in the most abundant vegetation types (Azorella cushion and other vegetation; feldmark vegetation on shallow stable ground, feldmark vegetation on labile ground) are generally effective tolerators of stress or disturbance. More competitive taxa are absent, allowing tolerators, such as Azorella, Pringlea antiscorbutica and mosses such as Dicranoweisia spp. and Ditrichum immersum to be more significant elements of the vegetation on Heard Island than on other subantarctic islands such as Marion and Prince Edward Islands. Heard Island's position within the subantarctic is reviewed. It is the island within the Kerguelen Province on which the effects of the last glacial maximum are persisting longest. It is still emerging from extensive glaciation. With the current significant ice-retreat, new areas for colonization are being revealed. At present the island can be interpreted as an 'archipelago' with small islands of icefree land separated by glaciers, each requiring separate colonization events in order for vegetation to become established.
Systematic Relational Reasoning With Epistemic Graph Neural Networks
Creators: name: Khalid, Irtaza
name: Schockaert, Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Developing models that can learn to reason is a notoriously challenging problem. We focus on reasoning in relational domains, where the use of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) seems like a natural choice. However, previous work has shown that regular GNNs lack the ability to systematically generalize from training examples on test graphs requiring longer inference chains, which fundamentally limits their reasoning abilities. A common solution relies on neuro-symbolic methods that systematically reason by learning rules, but their scalability is often limited and they tend to make unrealistically strong assumptions, e.g.\ that the answer can always be inferred from a single relational path. We propose the Epistemic GNN (EpiGNN), a novel parameter-efficient and scalable GNN architecture with an epistemic inductive bias for systematic reasoning. Node embeddings in EpiGNNs are treated as epistemic states, and message passing is implemented accordingly. We show that EpiGNNs achieve state-of-the-art results on link prediction tasks that require systematic reasoning. Furthermore, for inductive knowledge graph completion, EpiGNNs rival the performance of state-of-the-art specialized approaches. Finally, we introduce two new benchmarks that go beyond standard relational reasoning by requiring the aggregation of information from multiple paths. Here, existing neuro-symbolic approaches fail, yet EpiGNNs learn to reason accurately. Code and datasets are available at https://github.com/erg0dic/gnn-sg.
description: 10+29 pages, 5+13 figures, 4+10 tables. Comments welcome!
Introducing big data topics: a multicourse experience report from Norway
Creators: name: Due, Beathe
name: Kristiansen, Monica
name: Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo
name: Dang-Ha, The-Hien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the last few years, we have witnessed an explosion of interest in Big Data in both academic and industry arenas. Big Data is about the capture, storage, analysis and visualization of huge volumes of data in both structured and unstructured forms generated from a myriad of applications and devices in a wide set of scenarios. Focusing on the need of academia to develop professional posing the competencies that industry demands, the paper presents the approach adopted by the Faculty of Computer Sciences at Østfold University College, Norway to deploy Big Data related contents throughout its studies in the computing field. This paper describes initiatives in bachelor and master programs along with continuous education courses with regards to Big Data topics. New master courses were implemented in the 2014-2015 academic year, while bachelor and continuous education courses will be deployed the year after. Initial results in terms of course assessments and students' acceptation unveil promising perspectives for the initiative.
description: 5 pages
Parent-child interaction in children with autism spectrum disorders and anxiety
Creators: name: Kelly, Anna
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: An emerging body of research reflects high rates of co-occurring anxiety symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however our understanding of the nature of anxiety in this population is in its infancy. Despite this, it is clear anxiety can have a significant impact on functioning and quality of life for children with ASD. The aim of this study was to examine potential causal and maintaining factors of anxiety in children with ASD,specifically in relation to parent-child interactions, and parent and child cognitive factors. The study was based on an experimental design with a sample of parent-child dyads comprising children with anxiety disorders (n = 20), children with ASD and anxiety (n = 19), and non-clinical children (n = 18). The thesis is comprised of three separate papers utilising this sample. Paper 1: Parent-child interaction in children with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety disorders; Paper 2: Parental fear of negative child evaluation and its association with parental overinvolvement in children with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety disorders; Paper3: Ambiguous threat interpretation in children with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety disorders. The results indicated parents of children with ASD and anxiety were significantly more involved than parents of children with anxiety alone; and parental fear of negative child evaluation (FNCE) was associated with higher levels of anxiety and involvement, with parents of children with ASD reporting significantly higher levels of FNCE. With respect to child threat interpretation, anxious children reported significantly higher levels of perceived threat in social situations as compared to children with both ASD and anxiety. The findings provide preliminary support for the role of overinvolvement in the development and/or maintenance of anxiety in children with ASD that emphasises a relationship between parent-child interaction and anxiety. However an important distinction, and area of further research, is the interaction between core ASD symptoms and anxiety. Furthermore, the findings suggest possible differences in threat interpretation bias between typically developing children with anxiety and children with both ASD and anxiety, with a possible lack of interpretation bias in social situations for children with ASD and anxiety.
IN the Spotlight: The International year of Light
Creators: name: V. Lakshminarayanan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Diseases

description: In December of 2013, the 68th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 2015 to the International Year of Light and Light Based Technologies (IYL). This was the outcome of several years of effort and dedicated work by a number of optics related professional societies. The UN resolution stated “applications of light science and technology are vital for existing and future advances in medicine, energy, information and communications, astronomy, architecture, entertainment and culture”. IYL was inaugurated on January 19-20, 2015 at a grand opening ceremony at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO (United Nations Educations, Science and Cultural Organization) with Nobelists, prominent scientists, policy makers, politicians, etc. and webcast live on UN-TV
Robust multi‐step predictor for electricity markets with real‐time pricing
Creators: name: Kahawala, Sachin Mibashara
name: De Silva, Daswin
name: Sierla, S
name: Alahakoon, Damminda
name: Nawaratne, Rashmika
name: Osipov, Evgeny
name: Jennings, A
name: Vyatkin, V
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 33
subject: Built environment and design
classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Real‐time electricity pricing mechanisms are emerging as a key component of the smart grid. However, prior work has not fully addressed the challenges of multi‐step prediction (Predicting multiple time steps into the future) that is accurate, robust and real‐time. This paper proposes a novel Artificial Intelligence‐based approach, Robust Intelligent Price Prediction in Real‐time (RIPPR), that overcomes these challenges. RIPPR utilizes Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) to transform the spot price data stream into sub‐series that are optimized for robustness using the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. These sub‐series are inputted to a Random Vector Functional Link neural network algorithm for real‐time multi‐step prediction. A mirror extension removal of VMD, including continuous and discrete spaces in the PSO, is a further novel contribution that improves the effectiveness of RIPPR. The superiority of the proposed RIPPR is demonstrated using three empirical studies of multi‐step price prediction of the Australian electricity market.
Robust multi‐step predictor for electricity markets with real‐time pricing
Creators: name: Kahawala, Sachin Mibashara
name: De Silva, Daswin
name: Sierla, S
name: Alahakoon, Lakpriya
name: Nawaratne, Balasuriya Kankanamalage
name: Osipov, E
name: Jennings, A
name: Vyatkin, V
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Real‐time electricity pricing mechanisms are emerging as a key component of the smart grid. However, prior work has not fully addressed the challenges of multi‐step prediction (Predicting multiple time steps into the future) that is accurate, robust and real‐time. This paper proposes a novel Artificial Intelligence‐based approach, Robust Intelligent Price Prediction in Real‐time (RIPPR), that overcomes these challenges. RIPPR utilizes Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) to transform the spot price data stream into sub‐series that are optimized for robustness using the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. These sub‐series are inputted to a Random Vector Functional Link neural network algorithm for real‐time multi‐step prediction. A mirror extension removal of VMD, including continuous and discrete spaces in the PSO, is a further novel contribution that improves the effectiveness of RIPPR. The superiority of the proposed RIPPR is demonstrated using three empirical studies of multi‐step price prediction of the Australian electricity market.
A Mechanism for Spontaneous Closure of a Traumatic Macular Hole with Commotio Retinae in a Pediatric Patient
Creators: name: Mehta I
name: WJ, Foster
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Diseases

description: Macular holes can arise from different etiologies and can lead to vision loss. Though various treatments have been proposed, the management of traumatic macular holes is not widely standardized. We report on a case of a traumatic macular hole in a pediatric patient that spontaneously closed through a distinct mechanism, that we characterized by ocular coherence tomography. Over 6 months, the patient’s visual acuity improved from 20/400 to 20/40 as the macular hole closed.
Coordination game in bidirectional flow
Creators: name: Yanagisawa, Daichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We have introduced evolutionary game dynamics to a one-dimensional cellular-automaton to investigate evolution and maintenance of cooperative avoiding behavior of self-driven particles in bidirectional flow. In our model, there are two kinds of particles, which are right-going particles and left-going particles. They often face opponent particles, so that they swerve to the right or left stochastically in order to avoid conflicts. The particles reinforce their preferences of the swerving direction after their successful avoidance. The preference is also weakened by memory-loss effect. Result of our simulation indicates that cooperative avoiding behavior is achieved, i.e., swerving directions of the particles are unified, when the density of particles is close to 1/2 and the memory-loss rate is small. Furthermore, when the right-going particles occupy the majority of the system, we observe that their flow increases when the number of left-going particles, which prevent the smooth movement of right-going particles, becomes large. It is also investigated that the critical memory-loss rate of the cooperative avoiding behavior strongly depends on the size of the system. Small system can prolong the cooperative avoiding behavior in wider range of memory-loss rate than large system.
Investigation of fluid flow behavior in the human upper airway during inhalation
Creators: name: Raco, Joel J.
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Despite the array of studies on respiratory flow modeling, very few experimental works have been conducted to validate the results of the models. The objective of this research sets the groundwork for a comprehensive study on upper airway mechanics. Briefly, this thesis documents the work which has been undertaken during this 8-month research program and is summarised as such. A method to reconstruct models of human organs using 3D Slicer,an open source software. A novel method to develop an airway phantom with highly complex geometry. Design and development of a flow circuit capable of simulating a range of flow conditions. Design and development of an organ grip to simulate moving wall boundary conditions. Design and development of a particle image velocimetry (PIV) tank and other accessories. Finally, the development of a computational model to determine and match the experimental flow field obtained using PIV. This research presents analogous results of the flow field determined from the PIV experiment and computational model in specific locations of the upper airway. Further studies to determine the effect of physiologically realistic complex airway deformation and flow using the developed tools are necessary to help improve our current knowledge in respiratory mechanics and flow.
"I used to call him a non-decision-maker-I never do that anymore": parental reflections about training to support decision-making of their adult offspring with intellectual disabilities
Creators: name: Bigby, Christine
name: Douglas, Jacinta
name: Smith, Elizabeth
name: Carney, Terry
name: Then, Shih-Ning
name: Wiesel, Ilan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: ABSTRACTPurpose: A rights perspective proposes supported decision-making as an alternative to substitute decision-making. However, evidence about supported decision-making practice is limited. Our aim was to build evidence about building the capacity of decision supporters.Methods: Eighteen parents of people with intellectual disabilities were trained in decision support usingthe La Trobe Support for Decision-making Practice Framework. Data from repeated semi-structured interviews and mentoring sessions were used to capture parental reflections on the value of training.Results: The training acted as a catalyst for parent self-reflection and the Framework prompted them to adopt a more deliberative approach to supporting decision-making. Some parents perceived increased confidence of their adult offspring in expressing preferences resulting from their own changed approach.Conclusions: This study demonstrates the efficacy of this Framework and evidence-based training in building the capacity of parental decision supporters to be consistent with the rights paradigm.
"I used to call him a non-decision-maker-I never do that anymore": parental reflections about training to support decision-making of their adult offspring with intellectual disabilities
Creators: name: Bigby, Christine
name: Douglas, Jacinta
name: Smith, Elizabeth
name: Carney, Terry
name: Then, Shih-Ning
name: Wiesel, Ilan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 440999
subject: Social work not elsewhere classified

description: ABSTRACTPurpose: A rights perspective proposes supported decision-making as an alternative to substitute decision-making. However, evidence about supported decision-making practice is limited. Our aim was to build evidence about building the capacity of decision supporters.Methods: Eighteen parents of people with intellectual disabilities were trained in decision support usingthe La Trobe Support for Decision-making Practice Framework. Data from repeated semi-structured interviews and mentoring sessions were used to capture parental reflections on the value of training.Results: The training acted as a catalyst for parent self-reflection and the Framework prompted them to adopt a more deliberative approach to supporting decision-making. Some parents perceived increased confidence of their adult offspring in expressing preferences resulting from their own changed approach.Conclusions: This study demonstrates the efficacy of this Framework and evidence-based training in building the capacity of parental decision supporters to be consistent with the rights paradigm.
title: ADCO, Grènetier de Cîteaux : comptes (1499-1503) (11 H 1173), f. 00429
Creators: name: de la Côte-d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2019
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: comptes

description: Grènetier de Cîteaux : comptes (1499-1503), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1173). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Grènetier de Cîteaux : comptes (1499-1503), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1173), f. 00429, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
Characterising asymmetric lenses using internal categories
Creators: name: Clarke, Bryce
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Asymmetric lenses were originally defined in Computer Science as a solution to the view update problem, and are mathematically well understood as a generalisation of split opfibrations. In this thesis, we utilise internal category theory to unify three kinds of asymmetric lens — set-based, c-lenses, and d-lenses — through the construction of an internal category of view updates produced using the well-known lens laws. We show that this category forms the head of a span of internal functors, which induces a commutative triangle with the Get of a lens. The composition of these commuting triangles is used to characterise the three categories Lens, Clens, and Dlens.
Epidemiology of Eales Disease in the Central Western India
Creators: name: Shah MA
name: Shah SM
name: PJ, Kalyani
name: Shah AH
name: Shah PD
name: Pandya JS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Diseases

description: Objective: To investigate the clinical features and propose a new staging system based on the clinicopathological correlation and formulate new guidelines for management of Eales’ disease in healthy young males. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Vitreo Retinal Department of a tertiary eye care center in Western Central India. Participants: Seventy-four eyes diagnosed with Eales’ disease. Materials and methods: From 2004 to 2010, patients clinically diagnosed with Eales’ disease were enrolled in this study using specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. We examined the patients’ anterior and posterior segments thoroughly. We performed the necessary ocular and systemic investigations. We divided the investigations into three stages: inflammatory, ischemic and complications and the patients were treated accordingly. We treated the patients using medical management, photocoagulation or pars plana vitrectomy. The patients were monitored according to standard schedules and formats. All information was documented using a pre-tested online format and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 17. A p-value < 0.05 was considered to indicate significance. Outcome measures: Visual acuity. Results: The cohort comprised 74 cases with a mean age of 30 ± 8.73 years. The visual acuity of the presenting cohort was < 3/60 in 64.9% of eyes. The final visual outcome was > 6/12 in 40 eyes (54.1%), 6/60 to 6/18 in 14 eyes (18.9%) and < 1/60 in the remaining 9 eyes at a mean follow-up of 592 days. The visual parameters differed significantly pre-and post-treatment. We evaluated the visual outcome following surgical management. Conclusion: We studied epidemiological facts about anterior and posterior segment findings.
Ultra-light Dark Matter Search with Astrophysical Neutrino Flavour
Creators: name: Argüelles, Carlos A.
name: Farrag, Kareem
name: Katori, Teppei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ultra-light dark matter is a new class of dark matter candidates. Unlike traditional dark matter particle candidates, the ultra-light dark matter behaves like a classical field, which saturates the entire Milky Way galaxy with a coherent oscillation. If such dark matter exists and couples with neutrinos, properties of astrophysical neutrinos propagating in the Milky Way would be modified and detectable by neutrino telescopes such as IceCube. Meantime, IceCube looked for quantum-gravity-motivated effects from the astrophysical neutrino flavour information. IceCube did not find evidence of new physics, and they set limits on neutrino - Lorentz violating field couplings. Here, we investigate if these results can be applied to limit the ultra-light dark matter couplings with neutrinos. It is found that the strong limits of neutrino-dark matter couplings in low dark matter mass regions can be obtained in this approach.
description: Presented at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023), 7 pages, Published in PoS ICRC2023 (2023) 1415
Effects of perceptions of procedural justice and hopelessness on mental health outcomes in justice-involved youth.
Creators: name: Stutts, Morgan
name: Cohen, Joseph
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: hopelessness
subject: procedural justice

description: Depression and suicide are increasing concerns from a public mental health perspective, with adolescent suicide following a similar pattern. For justice-involved youth, who are at increased risk for mental health concerns, understanding unique risk factors can help with both screening procedures and mental health interventions for adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system. Perceptions of procedural justice has been identified as an influential risk factors for individuals involved in the legal system. However, it has been understudied with mental health concerns as the main outcome, especially in an adolescent population. We are planning to examine how perceptions of procedural justice and hopelessness predict depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation over time in a sample of justice-involved youth.
Tritangent planes to space sextics: the algebraic and tropical stories
Creators: name: Harris, Corey
name: Len, Yoav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We discuss the classical problem of counting planes tangent to general canonical sextic curves at three points. We determine the number of real tritangents when such a curve is real. We then revisit a curve constructed by Emch with the greatest known number of real tritangents, and conversely construct a curve with very few real tritangents. Using recent results on the relation between algebraic and tropical theta characteristics, we show that the tropicalization of a canonical sextic curve has 15 tritangent planes.
title: Transcription du manuscrit de Semur-en-Auxois, Bibliothèque Municipale, ms. 1, p. 127
Creators: name: Aubert, Eduardo Henrik
name: Brochard, Pierre
name: Aubert, Eduardo Henrik
name: Brochard, Pierre
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Laboratoire de médiévistique occidentale de Paris
subject: Semur-en-Auxois
subject: LaMOP

description: Transcription du manuscrit de Semur-en-Auxois, Bibliothèque Municipale, ms. 1, p. 127

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description: Source: https://www.nakala.fr/10.34847/nkl.4dfbauzz
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description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
description: Transcription du manuscrit Semur-en-Auxois, Bibliothèque Municipale, ms. 1
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Transformative learning and teaching in economics: the why of learning and teaching economics using threshold concepts : the how of learning and teaching economics using learning taxonomies
Creators: name: Karunaratne, Prashan Shayanka Mendis
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: When economics is a core course for all students in a business faculty, the result is a diverse cohort. Students need to be conveyed the 'why' and the 'how' of learning economics to ensure that the course is relevant, interesting and engaging. Students needs to be equipped with transformative concepts that they can integrate into their own discipline and beyond university. This study investigates these motivations in a core microeconomics course of a large business faculty in an Australian university. To emphasise the 'why' of learning, this study frames a teaching methodology based on research into threshold concepts - emphasising the transformative and integrative ideas of economics. To incorporate the 'how' of learning, this study develops a systematic pedagogy based on learning taxonomies - navigating students from base-level learning to evaluative and critical thinking in economics. This is the first study that engages all the threshold concepts of economics in a single curriculum, to engage students with the 'why' of learning. This is also the first study that engages the threshold concepts of economics throughout the curriculum - in every learning and teaching activity, as well as in every assessment task. Without altering the content, this study also develops a transformed ordering of topics to create a unique teaching sequence based on the threshold concepts of economics. To assist students with the 'how' of learning economics, this study utilises assessments for learning rather than assessments solely of learning. This study develops an original R.E.A.L. framework - a four-step scaffolding to engage and equip learners with evaluative and critical thinking in economics. The R.E.A.L. framework is useful for teachers as well, assisting teachers to guide their students to higher level thinking in economics. Student surveys noted a significant improvement in the student learning experience. The course grades noted a significant improvement in student learning outcomes.
Current Status and Future Directions on Corneal Genetics
Creators: name: LJ, Chen
name: AL, Young
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Diseases

description: The cornea, along with the sclera, serves as a protective shield for intraocular tissues. Moreover, the cornea accounts for two thirds of the eye’s refractive power. Corneal pathologies will disrupt the protective function and refractive status of the eye, leading to visual impairment and even subsequent intraocular complications such as endophthalmitis. In this editorial, we will highlight the current status of corneal research on gene mapping in the recent two decades and the possible future directions.
Medicines optimisation review
Creators: name: Crampton, Paul
name: Hepburn, David
name: Bodington, Richard
name: Morgan, Matthew
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Education
subject: deprescribing
subject: medical education
subject: medication review
subject: medicines optimisation
subject: undergraduate

description: A realist review of what works, for whom, in what contexts, for the teaching of medicines optimisation/review/deprescribing in undergraduate medical curricula.
Study of chiral vortical and magnetic effects in the anomalous transport model
Creators: name: Sun, Yifeng
name: Ko, Che Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our recent study of chiral magnetic effect in relativistic heavy ion collisions based on an anomalous transport model by including also the chiral vortical effect. We find that although vorticities in the chirally restored quark matter, which result from the large angular momentum in non-central collisions, can generate an axial charge dipole moment in the transverse plane of a heavy ion collision, it does not produce a difference in the eccentricities of negatively and positively charged particles. As a result, including the chiral vortical effect alone cannot lead to a splitting between the elliptic flows of negatively and positively charged particles. On the other hand, negatively and positively charged particles do develop a splitting in their elliptic flows if the effect due to a strong and long-lived magnetic field is also included. However, to have a positive slope in the dependence of the elliptic flow splitting on the charge asymmetry of the quark matter, as seen in experiments, requires the neglect of the effect of the Lorentz force. In this case, an elliptic flow splitting appears even at vanishing charge asymmetry.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
Non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and computational fluid dynamics for carotid atherosclerosis
Creators: name: Groschwitz, Jonas
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Atherosclerotic plaques of the carotid artery are considered to be one of the major risk factors for stroke. To efficiently and precisely characterise the major plaque components, a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence has therefore been promoted in this project. Besides plaque components, haemodynamics also plays a critical role in the progress and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Therefore, a new methodology that combines computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has been developed in this study to provide quantitative haemodynamic analysis for the diagnosis of carotid atherosclerosis and assessment of the outcomes of surgery. In the first part of this research, a newly-developed plaque sequence termed 'MATCH' is introduced. The MATCH sequence has the advantages of short acquisition time and ability to identify plaque components. The MATCH sequence has been utilised to characterise the major plaque components, which include intraplaque haemorrhage (IPH), a large lipid-rich necrotic core, loose matrix, and calcification. The performance of MATCH in differentiating plaque components was compared with that of conventional multi-contrast MRI and confirmed by histological evidence in this study. The results indicate that the MATCH was comparable if not superior to conventional protocol in identification and quantification of major carotid plaque components. In the second part, the relationship between haemodynamics and carotid plaques with IPH was investigated. We hypothesised that haemodynamics plays a pivotal role in the development of IPH. For this purpose, the maximum wall shear stress (mWSS) at the surface of plaques was compared for the groups with and without IPH under different severities of carotid artery stenosis. The results demonstrated that the higher mWSS was exhibited in carotids with IPH for cases with stenosis less than 70%, and the magnitude of mWSS was positively correlated with the volume of IPH. However, there was no significant relationship between mWSS and IPH when the stenosis exceeded 70%. Our results indicate that mWSS i a promising parameter to evaluate plaque vulnerability for carotids with stenosis of less than70%. In the last part of this thesis, CFD simulation was performed to analyse blood flow changes after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). The morphological characteristics and haemodynamic parameters were compared before and after CEA, as well as for healthy carotids as a control group. The major haemodynamic parameters were restored after surgery in short-term followup. This study indicates that CFD analysis can provide valuable information for the evaluation of physiological functions after CEA.
Quantum Thermalization and the Expansion of Atomic Clouds
Creators: name: Rademaker, Louk
name: Zaanen, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ultimate consequence of quantum many-body physics is that even the air we breathe is governed by strictly unitary time evolution. The reason that we perceive it nonetheless as a completely classical high temperature gas is due to the incapacity of our measurement machines to keep track of the dense many-body entanglement of the gas molecules. The question thus arises whether there are instances where the quantum time evolution of a macroscopic system is qualitatively different from the equivalent classical system? Here we study this question through the expansion of noninteracting atomic clouds. While in many cases the full quantum dynamics is indeed indistinguishable from classical ballistic motion, we do find a notable exception. The subtle quantum correlations in a Bose gas approaching the condensation temperature appear to affect the expansion of the cloud, as if the system has turned into a diffusive collision-full classical system.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, and a 4-page supplementary information
Manager Characteristics and SMEs' Restructuring Decisions: In-Court vs. Out-of-Court Restructuring
Creators: name: Achbah, Rachid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Finance (q-fin.GN)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This study aims to empirically investigate the impact of managers' characteristics on their choice between in-court and out-of-court restructuring. Based on the theory of upper echelons, we tested the preferences of 342 managers of financially distressed French firms regarding restructuring decisions. The overall findings of this study provide empirical support for the upper echelons theory. Specifically, managers with a long tenure and those with a high level of education are less likely to restructure before the court and are more likely to restructure privately. The findings also indicate that managers' age and gender do not significantly affect their choice between in-court and out-of-court restructuring. This study contributes to the literature on bankruptcy and corporate restructuring by turning the focus from firm characteristics to manager characteristics to explain restructuring decisions.
Message Matching: A Review
Creators: name: Joyal-Desmarais, Keven
name: Snyder, Mark
name: Rothman, Alexander
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2018

description: Systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies on message matching effects. Covers literature on functional matching, message framing, and message tailoring effects. Outcomes of interest include attitudes, intentions, self-report behaviors, and objectively assessed behaviors.
The role of personality on spatial behaviour in merino sheep (Ovis aries)
Creators: name: Gilmour, Molly E.
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Animal personality research has yielded personality-dependent spatial behaviours in many species. However, much of this research is focused on dispersal and foraging patterns. This ignores many other aspects of animal spatial behaviour, such as movement patterns, that occur on a daily basis. Our research investigates travel distances and patterns of paddock exploration in merino sheep to determine if they are influenced by personality traits. We combined assays of two traits, boldness and exploration, quantified in captivity, with high resolution GPS data of freeranging sheep over three months. We found evidence for boldness and exploration tendency as personality traits, but did not find inter-individual repeatability in distance travelled per day or time taken to explore 3km2. Consequently, we found no personality-dependent space use in merino ewes. This expands our understanding of what influences space use in gregarious species, like sheep, and suggest a stronger role of external environment on movement rather than personality.
Cry for help: Perceptions of young adults on suicide from northern Pakistan
Creators: name: Ghazal, L
name: Arthur, D
name: Hussain, S
name: Khudadad, U
name: Malik, Gulzar
name: Ali, ZZ
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: OBJECTIVE: To examine the perceptions of suicide among a sample of adolescents from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral (GBC), a northern province of Pakistan. METHODS: A qualitative, descriptive, exploratory design was employed to study the phenomenon by examining secondary data from an asynchronous, online student discussion forum at a University in Karachi. All the participants, originally from GBC, were enrolled from June-December 2019 using a purposive sampling technique based on their experiences of losing a loved one (adolescent sibling or cousin or a friend) because of suicide. The narratives were content analyzed using Creswell framework resulting categories and an overarching theme. Study was approved by ethical committee of university. Pseudonyms were assigned to ensure anonymity and confidentiality of the participants. RESULTS: Out of 10 participants, 8 were females and 2 were males aged 18-20 years. Participants shared their perceptions/experiences about suicide among adolescents in GBC, probable root causes of suicide and recommendation/ suggestions in context of GBC. The analysis revealed an overarching theme “cry for help”, which was further divided into five categories including: (i) cultural norms; (ii) parents as a whistle for the rat race; (iii) psychological issues; (iv) seeking mental help-a challenge; and (v) how can I be helped? CONCLUSION: Study findings provided insights into factors leading to suicide among young adults in GBC region. The contributing factors highlight the need to develop infrastructure to increase accessibility to healthcare centers, and predominantly access to mental healthcare workers for undertaking risk assessment, and managing the cases promptly is needed.