cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Applied and Anticipatory Ethics: Research in Engineering and Information Computer Technology Ethics
Publisher: name: Online Ethics Center
Year: 2019
Subjects: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Big Data
Controversies
Ethics and Society
Human Enhancement

description: This project presents the work of the project lead, his co-author, and his students with the explicit goal of performing an exploratory analysis that involves applying ethical principles, codes of ethics, and at times legal distinctions to several case studies. The work presented here is meant to be studied, critiqued, and developed into further research.
The Water Lifting Devices and the Origin of Ancient Mechanics: Shādūf and Pulley
Creators: name: Nenci, Elio
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Dem shādūf zollt die Forschung im Allgemeinen wenig Aufmerksamkeit, und wenn, werden oft historischer Kontext und mechanische Grundlagen dieser Technik vernachlässigt. Dabei spielt gerade diese Wasser-Hebevorrichtung eine herausragende Rolle bei der Entstehung wichtiger Grundbegriffe der Mechanik: dem Gleichgewicht und dem Gesetz des Hebels. Dieser Beitrag versucht, die Geschichte der beiden mechanischen Konzepte in Bezug auf die Verwendung des shādūf und des Flaschenzugs nachzuvollziehen. Dabei ist es möglich, eine Reihe von Grundkenntnissen zu identifizieren, die sich sowohl in theoretischen Werken wiederfinden (ältestes Beispiel ist ein Text über die Pseudo-Aristotelischen Mechanischen Probleme, um 300 v. Chr.), als auch in stärker praxis-bezogenen Büchern.
title: Effect of a Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Eradicate Central Line Associated Blood-Stream Infections (CLABSI)
Creators: name: Walz, J. Matthias
name: Ellison III, Richard T.
name: Flaherty, Helen
name: McIlwaine, John
name: Mack, Deborah Ann
name: Whyte, Kathleen
name: Landry, Karen
name: Baker, Stephen P.
name: Heard, Stephen O.
name: CCOC Research Group
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2012

description: Introduction: CLABSI remains a significant problem in the intensive care unit.

Hypothesis: A multimodal approach for the insertion and care of CVC will prevent CLABSI.

Methods: A Critical Care Operations Committee was formed to transform care in 8 intensive care units (ICU) in an academic medical center in 9/2004. One goal was to reduce CLABSI. Using evidence based medicine, a clinical practice guideline was developed that incorporated the use of maximum barrier precautions, chlorhexidine skin preparation, avoidance of the femoral insertion site, dedicated catheter cart, a check list, the tracking of high risk CVC, anti-septic or antimicrobial impregnated catheters, a recommendation to use ultrasound guidance when inserting CVC in the internal jugular vein, daily determination of the need for the CVC and treatment of CLABSI as a critical event.CLABSI were adjudicated by the hospital epidemiologist and CVC days were tracked. Rates of CLABSI were followed from 9/2004 through 7/2011. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used for statistical evaluation. A p

Results: CLABSI rates (per 1000 catheter-days) declined dramatically from 2004 to 2011 (p

Conclusions: A multimodal approach to CVC insertion and care reduces CLABSI by over 90%. Our ultimate goal is the complete eradication of CRBSI in our institution.
Irrigation Communities in the Roman World Through Epigraphic Sources and Justinian’s Digest
Creators: name: Maganzani, Lauretta
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Dieser Aufsatz präsentiert Beispiele lokaler Bewässerungssysteme und Dorfgemeinschaften aus Römischer Zeit. Untersucht werden zu diesem Thema sowohl epigrafische und schriftliche als auch relevante juristische Quellen, die zu Justinian’s Digesten gehören. In allen untersuchten Fällen entwickelte sich aus dem gemeinschaftlichen Wasserverbrauch Formender Gerichtsbarkeit zwischen den Gemeinschaftsmitgliedern, in Bezug auf a) Wasserzuteilung, b) Wartung, etwa durch Kanal­arbeiten oder Instandhaltungsmaßnahmen und c) Schlichtung von Streitfragen zwischen Nutzerinnen und Nutzern. Die juristischen Quellen geben einen guten Einblick in den ,Rechtsstatus‘ dieser Gemeinschaften und beschreiben, wie interne Beziehungen zwischen ‚rivales‘ gehandhabt wurden.
Textural and Isotopic Characteristics of Tectonic Hydrothermal Breccias in Fractured Carbonates in Northeast Thailand, a Contrast with the Features of Meteoric Karst Breccias
Creators: name: Nguyen, Anh Tuan
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Tectonic hydrothermal breccias, Meteoric karst breccias.

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 11-Jan
Astrophysical parameters and orbital solution of the peculiar X-ray transient IGR J00370+6122
Creators: name: González-Galán, A.
name: Negueruela, I.
name: Castro, N.
name: Simón-Díaz, S.
name: Lorenzo, J.
name: Vilardell, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BD+6073 is the optical counterpart of the X-ray source IGR J00370+6122, a probable accretion-powered X-ray pulsar. The X-ray light curve of this binary system shows clear periodicity at 15.7 d, which has been interpreted as repeated outbursts around the periastron of an eccentric orbit. We obtained high-resolution spectra of BD+6073 at different epochs. We used the FASTWind code to generate a stellar atmosphere model to fit the observed spectrum and obtain physical magnitudes. The synthetic spectrum was used as a template for cross-correlation with the observed spectra to measure radial velocities. The radial velocity curve provided an orbital solution for the system. We have also analysed the RXTE/ASM and Swift/BAT light curves to confirm the stability of the periodicity. BD +6073 is a BN0.7 Ib low-luminosity supergiant located at an approximate distance of 3.1 kpc, in the CasOB4 association. We derive Teff=24000 K and log gc=3.0, and chemical abundances consistent with a moderately high level of evolution. The spectroscopic and evolutionary masses are consistent at the 1 sigma level with a mass of 15 solar masses. The recurrence time of the X-ray flares is the orbital period of the system. The NS is in a high eccentricity (e=0.56) orbit, and the X-ray emission is strongly peaked around orbital phase 0.2, though the observations are consistent with some level of X-ray activity happening at all orbital phases. The X-ray behaviour of IGR J00370+6122 is reminiscent of intermediate SFXTs, though its peak luminosity is rather low. The orbit is somewhat wider than those of classical persistent supergiant X-ray binaries, which, combined with the low luminosity of the mass donor, explains the low X-ray luminosity. IGR J00370+6122 will likely evolve towards a persistent supergiant system, highlighting the evolutionary connection between different classes of wind-accreting X-ray sources.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
Sharing Water in the Roman Countryside: Environmental Issues, Economic Interests, and Legal Solutions
Creators: name: Ronin, Marguerite
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Dieser Beitrag versucht Herangehensweisen und Hypothesen zur historische und geographische Einordnung der rechtswissenschaftlichen Texte der Digesten vorzuschlagen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Verteilung von Wasser in ländlichen Gebieten. Zunächst werden verschiedene Gebiete unter­sucht, um dann zu argumentieren, dass die rechtlichen Lösungen, die von der römischen Rechts­gelehrten vorgeschlagen wurden, sich ursprünglich auf die Konkurrenz um natürliche Ressourcen in der Umgebung von Rom bezogen und mit der Entwicklung der Stadt zwischen dem 3. und 2. Jh. v. Chr. in Verbindung standen.
Heteroderes flavonotatus
Creators: name: Kotru, Akash
name: Chandran, Nithya
name: Dubey, Anil Kumar
name: Prosvirov, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Heteroderes
Heteroderes flavonotatus

description: Heteroderes flavonotatus (Boheman, 1851)
Heteroderes flavonotatus Boheman, 1851: 407.
Heteroderes flavonotatus, Candèze, 1859: 362.
Heteroderes flavonotatus, Fleutiaux, 1919: 62.
Type depository. Unknown.
Type locality. Unknown.
Distribution. India: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan. Elsewhere: South Africa.
Literature. Boheman (1851: 407): original description; Candèze (1859: 362): synonymization; Fleutiaux (1919: 62): synonymization.
description: Published as part of Kotru, Akash, Chandran, Nithya, Dubey, Anil Kumar & Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2025, A catalogue of Indian Agrypninae Candèze, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5614 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217075
title: Duration of CPR: How Long is Too Long? A Positive Outcome After 90 Minutes of CPR
Creators: name: Cohen, Laura
name: Kaur, Shubjeet
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2012

description: INTRODUCTION: Survival and neurologic function following prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are often poor and currently there lacks a formal recommendation for the maximum duration of resuscitative efforts. However, there have been multiple case reports of positive neurological outcomes following prolonged CPR. This case presentation helps to support and encourage the continuation of CPR in the appropriate setting and with available resources including intra-arrest percutaneous intervention (PCI) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

CONCLUSION: Prolonged CPR can result in favorable patient outcomes if done promptly and effectively, utilizing all available resources including intra-arrest PCI and ECMO.
title: Horace Wells Memorials in the City of Hartford, Connecticut
Creators: name: Aponte-Feliciano, Antonio
name: Desai, Sukumar P.
name: Desai, Manisha S.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2012

description: Introduction: Hartford, capital city of Connecticut was where Horace Wells conducted most of his work on the only anesthetic gas still used in clinical practice since the 19th century – nitrous oxide. Wells was born and raised in Hartford, Vermont, studied dentistry in Boston and established his practice in Hartford, Connecticut. Various icons celebrating Wells’ unique contributions in discovering the analgesic properties of nitrous oxide are located throughout this city.

Materials and Methods: We consulted staff at Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) and at Hartford Medical Society to help identify sites and artifacts in Hartford that honor Horace Wells. Thereafter, we visited and studied each of these sites.

Results: In 1847, Wells wrote a pamphlet titled ‘History of the Discovery of the Application of Nitrous Oxide Gas, Ether and Other Vapors to Surgical Operations.’ (Fig. 1). In 1907, the Spanish Dental Society honored Wells by awarding the city of Hartford a silver coat of arms. (Fig. 2) After Wells’ tragic death in 1848, his friend and dental colleague, John Riggs, prepared a death mask. (Fig. 3). The original mask was used by T. H. Bartlett in 1874 to sculpt a bronze statue of Horace Wells that was erected in Bushnell Park1 (Fig. 4). Wells’ office was located on Main Street, Hartford, and a plaque has been inserted onto the modern structure that stands in its place currently (Fig. 5). Horace and Elizabeth Wells were buried initially at Hartford’s Old North Cemetery. However, in 1908, Charles T. Wells (Horace’s only son) disinterred his parents’ remains from Old North Cemetery and reinterred them at Cedar Hill Cemetery. He also commissioned sculptor Louis Potter to create a fitting memorial consisting of a large granite grave marker with a bronze plaque on the front surface, and two angel figures on either end depicting the glory of his father’s discovery.2 (Fig. 6) Charles’ efforts to recognize his father’s discovery also led him to order from Louis C. Tiffany, a stain glass window (Fig. 7) that adorns Center Congregational Church. The Chapel at Trinity College has a pew dedicated to Horace Wells (Fig. 8).3 American artist Charles Noel Flagg (1848-1916) painted a portrait of Horace Wells, and this is part of the collection at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Fig. 9).3,4

Conclusions: The city of Hartford, Connecticut celebrates Horace Wells’ achievements with many historical monuments, gifts, books and paraphernalia; thereby remembering his role in the discovery of the anesthetic effects of nitrous oxide. His work was recognized not only in the United States, but also in Europe.3
Swimming Pools and Water Management in the Eastern Mediterranean World of the 4th to 1st Century BC
Creators: name: Trümper, Monika
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: In der Forschung ist umstritten, ob die Griechen Schwimmen als Sport- und Freizeitaktivität konzi­pier­ten. Die archäologischen Befunde von Schwimmbecken im östlichen Mittelmeeraus dem 4.–1. Jh. v. Chr. belegen aber eindeutig, dass ein solches Konzept existierte. Dieser Beitrag zeigt, dass die erheblichen Anforderungen an das Wassermanagementvermutlich der wichtigste Grund waren, warum die Griechen nicht systematisch eigene Schwimmbecken als urbanen Standard für Sport und Vergnügen der breiten Bevölkerung bereitstellen konnten. Mit der Untersuchung von 13 Schwimm­becken wird dargelegt, dass ihr Wassermanagement besondere Bedingungen erforderte: die Nähe zu Flüssen und Quellen, wohlhabende Bauherren, Zugang zu technologischem Knowhow und eine kulturelle Wertschätzung des Schwimmens.
Depositional Environment and Reservoir Properties of Shallow Oil in Plamuk Area, Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand
Creators: name: Sangsuay, Arin
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: MMU, Stacked channel sand, oil distribution

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 16-Dec
title: Case Report on Morbidly Obese Patient with Cervical Spine Ankylosing Spondylitis Presenting with Acute Spinal Shock and Complex Airway Management
Creators: name: Berth, Ulrike
name: Shaikh, Shaheen
name: Cooper, Bronwyn
name: Heard, Stephen O.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2012

description: A 67 year old morbidly obese male presented to the ER with weakness in both lower extremities after a fall at home. The patient sustained a T12/ L1 unstable vertebral fractures and cord compression at the thoracolumbar junction with acute traumatic paraplegia.

The patient arrived in the PACU on a backboard and with a cervical collar in place directly from the ER. The review of the patient’s chart revealed that he had a history of hypertension, PE / DVT on coumadin, hypothyroidism, NIDDM, bipolar disorder and cervical spine ankylosing spondylitis of his neck. On physical exam the patient was sleepy, but arousable and unable to move his lower extremities, with loss of bladder and bowel control. There was one 20 G IV in place. The airway exam revealed Mallampati Class 4. The patient was hemodynamically unstable with BP ~80/~40 mm HG; HR ~70’s/min; SpO2 ~86-88%. Resuscitation commenced immediately. The patient was started on face mask @ 10 l/m O2. One liter of normal saline was administered with minimal effect. A phenylephrine infusion was started. The blood pressure improved to SBP of 120’s mm Hg. The O2 saturation increased to 95%. A methylprednisone drip (30mg/kg iv bolus) was started for treatment of his spinal cord injury.

For additional IV access, another 20G IV was placed. Two units of FFP were given to normalize the INR of 2.4. After multiple attempts, a right radial arterial catheter was successfully placed. A right internal jugular (RIJ) central venous catheter was inserted under ultrasound guidance.
Electro-optic switching of dielectrically negative nematic through nanosecond electric modification of order parameter (NEMOP)
Creators: name: Li, Bing-xiang
name: Borshch, Volodymyr
name: Shiyanovskii, Sergij V.
name: Liu, Shao-Bin
name: Lavrentovich, Oleg D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present experimental studies of nanosecond electric modification of the order parameter (NEMOP) in a variety of nematic materials with negative dielectric anisotropy. The study demonstrates that NEMOP enables a large amplitude of fast (nanoseconds) electro-optic response with the field-induced birefringence on the order of 0.01 and a figure of merit (FoM) on the order of $10^4$ $μ$m$^2/$s; the latter is orders of magnitude higher than the FoM of the Frederiks effect traditionally used in electro-optic nematic devices. The amplitude of the NEMOP response is generally stronger in nematics with larger dielectric anisotropy and with higher natural (field-free) birefringence.
description: 9 pages, 3 Figures, and 1 Table
title: Esophago-Pericardial Fistula Following Ablation of the Atrial Fibrillation Focus
Creators: name: Zayaruzny, Maksim
name: Badr, Rana
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2010

description: In the past 20 years catheter radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation (RAAF) has become a mainstay in the treatment of refractory atrial fibrillation. While generally safe, serious complications following RAAF have been reported. Recent retrospective review of 45,000 cases of catheter ablation reported post-procedure mortality of 0.1 percent. Complication rates of 2%-4% have been previously reported. Percutaneous catheter ablation of electrical triggers near the pulmonary vein ostia is associated with 28% incidence of esophageal erythema and 18% incidence of esophageal ulceration. Patients with atrio-esophageal fistulas and esophageal perforations due to thermal injury can present with non-specific signs and symptoms between 1 and 3 weeks after the procedure and present unusual challenges to the anesthesia provider. Atrio-esophageal fistulas and esophageal perforation have been reported to be lethal complications following RAAF. We present a case of successful treatment of late-presenting esophageal perforation after RAAF.
Implementation of interaction between soft tissues and foreign bodies using modified voxel model
Creators: name: Nikolaev, Sergei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Interactive bodies collision detection and elimination is one of the most popular task nowadays. Collisions can be detected in different ways. Collision search using space voxelization is one of the most fast. This paper describes improved voxel model that covers only area of collision interest and quickly eliminates collisions. This new method can be useful in real time collision processing of different rigid and soft bodies grids.
description: 5 pages, 9 figures
Diagenetic Effects on Reservoir Properties in a Carbonate Debris Deposit: Case Study in the Berai Limestone, "M" Field, Makassar Strait, Indonesia
Creators: name: Chrisna Asmiati Tanos
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Carbonate diagenesis, Carbonate debris, Stable isotope

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 17-24
HYDROSYRA Project
Creators: name: Bouffier, Sophie
name: Dumas, Vincent
name: Lenhardt, Philippe
name: Jean-Louis Paillet
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Seit 2012 führt das Camille-Jullian-Zentrum eine interdisziplinäre Studie zum Galermi Aquädukt, seiner Architektur und hydraulischen Technik auf ungefähr 30 km Länge durch. Dieser Aquädukt, gebaut zwischen dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. und dem römischen Reich, lieferte zunächst Trinkwasser zum griechischen bzw. römischen Syrakus. Vom 16. bis 17. Jahrhundert sind partielle Umwandlungen getätigt worden, die die Funktion des Kanals änderten durch die Inbetriebnahme von Getreide­mühlen. Im 19. Jahrhundert dann enteignete der neue italienische Staat stufenweise Anrainer, die das Aquädukt-Wasser illegal angezapft hatten. Das Wasser kam somit vollständig dem syrakusischen Gebiet zu und die entstandenen Konzessionen behielten bis heute ihre Gültigkeit. Der Aufsatz wird diese Geschichte und neueste Forschungen präsentieren, die sich in den letzten zwei Jahren, besonders mit der Aufnahme unterirdischer Wassergalerien und der Erstellung einer Chronologie beschäftigt haben.
Heteroderes triangularis
Creators: name: Kotru, Akash
name: Chandran, Nithya
name: Dubey, Anil Kumar
name: Prosvirov, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Heteroderes
Heteroderes triangularis

description: Heteroderes triangularis (Eschscholtz, 1822)
Elater triangularis Eschscholtz, 1822: 73.
Heteroderes triangularis Candèze, 1859: 361.
Heteroderes triangularis Candèze, 1875: 71.
Heteroderes triangularis Fleutiaux, 1918: 210.
Heteroderes triangularis Fleutiaux, 1929: 26.
Type depository. Unknown.
Type locality. “De la Chine et des Iles Philippines ”.
Distribution. India: Gujarat and Rajasthan (Uniyal and Vats, 1988). Elsewhere: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, Philippines.
Literature. Eschscholtz (1822: 73): original description; Candèze (1859: 36): synonymization; Candèze (1875: 71): synonymization; Fleutiaux (1918: 210): synonymization; Fleutiaux (1929: 26): synonymization.
description: Published as part of Kotru, Akash, Chandran, Nithya, Dubey, Anil Kumar & Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2025, A catalogue of Indian Agrypninae Candèze, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5614 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217075
title: "Diastrophic Dwarf with a Difficult Airway and Malignant Hyperthermia for Urgent Cesarean Section"
Creators: name: Lucas, Tanya
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2012

description: The patient is a diastrophic dysplasic dwarf presenting emergently for primary cesarean section for breech presentation. DD (Diastrophic dysplasia) is a disorder of cartilage leading to short stature and scoliosis. The patient had difficult intubations reported in seven previous anesthetics and an episode consistent with malignant hyperthermia. The severe curvature of her spine precluded use of regional anesthesia. She was sedated with midazolam and propofol while maintaining spontaneous ventilation. Multiple fiberopitc intubation attempts failed and a #4 LMA was placed. With the patient breathing spontaneously anesthesia was maintained with propofol and nitrous oxide. She delivered a healthy male and suffered no complications.
title: MassTERi: Promoting Translational Research and Entrepreneurship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
Creators: name: Moore, Melissa J.
name: Schiffer, Celia A.
name: Khvorova, Anastasia
name: Ballesteros, Anita
name: Fuhrmann, Cynthia
name: King, Jean A.
name: Koziel, Margaret
name: McCullough, Thomas
name: Plano, Linda
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: MassTERi is a faculty-led initiative to foster entrepreneurship among UMass Medical School students, postdocs and faculty, and facilitate translation of UMMS discoveries into drugs, products, technologies and companies. The mission of MassTERi is to; foster a culture of entrepreneurship at UMass Medical School and facilitate dynamic partnerships with industry; bridge the gap between UMMS discoveries and their development into drugs, products, technologies and companies; educate and nurture the next generation of translational scientists and entrepreneurs; benefit the public good through development and commercialization of new therapies and creation of high-value life science jobs. We will present information about MassTERi and our programs.
Electroweak precision measurements in supersymmetric models with a U(1)R lepton number
Creators: name: Beauchesne, Hugues
name: Gregoire, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As experimental constraints on the parameter space of the MSSM and close variations thereof become stronger, the motivation to explore supersymmetric models that challenge some of the standard assumptions of the MSSM also become stronger. For example, models where the gauginos are Dirac instead of Majorana have recently received more attention. Beside allowing for a supersoft SUSY breaking mechanism where the gauginos only provide finite threshold corrections to scalar masses, the cross section for the production of a squark pairs is reduced. In addition, Dirac gauginos can be used to build models that possess a U(1)R symmetry. This symmetry can then be identified with a lepton number, leading to models that are quite different from conventional scenarios. The sneutrinos in these models can acquire a vev and give mass to the leptons and the down-type squark. The phenomenology is novel, combining signatures that are typical of R-parity violating scenarios with signatures arising from leptoquarks. Correspondingly the constraints from electroweak precision data are also different. In these models, one of the leptons mixes with gauginos and superpotential Yukawa couplings can contribute to EWPM at tree level. In addition, lepton universality is broken. In this paper we adapt the operators analysis of Han and Skiba [1] to include the relevant violation of lepton universality, and do a global fit of the model to electroweak precision data, including all relevant tree-level and loop-level effects. We obtain bounds on the vev of the sneutrino and on the superpotential couplings of the model.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures, references added
title: Transitioning to Single Use Gender Neutral Restrooms: Elevating Our Facilities
Creators: name: Rossetti, Victoria
name: Piorun, Mary
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2019

description: Background : The Lamar Soutter Library serves the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Existing facilities in the library include 6 single use restrooms spread out over 3 floors, with 2 on each floor (1 for men, 1 for women). The library averages 500 visitors a day, and our 1st floor area is the most highly trafficked. Admission trends indicate that class sizes are increasing, and the number of women students is trending up; we decided to look at ways to increase the number of facilities that could be used by anyone regardless of gender by making some of the restrooms gender neutral. Description : Library management were early and necessary champions of this project, taking the idea to school administration and getting approval for changes and expenditures. We also consulted the Diversity and Inclusion Office and the LGBTQ Resource group lent support and offered opinions on signage choice and goals for implementation. The MLA LGBTQIA SIG also offered information on how their libraries managed this transition, providing examples of signage that conveyed the message that the restroom was for anyone without also enforcing the gender binary. The building manager led discussions on what was possible with the existing space and building codes, and worked with us to preserve handicap access. Conclusion : While our renovation is not complete at this time, when it is we will assess user satisfaction with the space in general, as well as whether there is an increase in how many users we average daily. Another measure of success would be whether other areas of the school follow suit and offer gender neutral restrooms. We would also be interested in converting the remaining 4 restrooms in the library. We hope to create an environment that is flexible and welcoming, and accommodates all of our users.
The Karnak Clepsydra and its Successors: Egypt’s Contribution to the Invention of Time Measurement
Creators: name: Schomberg, Anette
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Die Erfindung der Wasseruhr in Ägypten scheint auf den ersten Blick so gut dokumentiert zu sein wie kaum eine andere Entwicklung der antiken Technikgeschichte. Betrachtet man jedoch diese Uhren näher, so zeigt sich, dass ihre Form und ihre Funktionsweise längst nichtausreichend beschrieben sind. Inzwischen macht die Aufnahme dreidimensionaler Datenneuartige Analysen der erhaltenen Stücke möglich, die heute auf der ganzen Welt verstreut sind. Im Hinblick auf den meist fragmentarischen Erhaltungszustand der Uhren sind 3DScansunerlässlich, um Entwicklungen und Funktionen der einzelnen Instrumente genauer zu untersuchen und so zu erforschen, welches Wissen um 1500 BC über das dynamische Verhalten von Flüssigkeiten herrschte.
Irrigation in 3rd Millennium Southern Mesopotamia: Cuneiform Evidence from the Early Dynastic IIIb City-State of Lagash (2475–2315 BC)
Creators: name: Schrakamp, Ingo
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Südmesopotamiens basierten auf Bewässerungsfeldbau. Erste keilschriftliche Nachweise für vollentwickelte Bewässerungssysteme stammen aus dem sumerischen Stadtsaat Lagas (ca. 2475–2315 v. Chr.). Herrscherinschriften und Urkunden aus Tempelarchiven dokumentierten ein vierstufiges Bewässerungssystem, das Wasser aus den Flüssen über primäre Kanäle mit Regulatoren und sekundäre Kanäle mit Verteilern auf die Felder leitete und wahrscheinlich nach der Einigung des Staates durch Urnanse und Eanatum etabliert wurde. Die Anlage von primären Kanälen und Regulatoren oblag dem Herrscher, der auf die Arbeitskräfte der Tempel des Staates Zugriff. Die Tempel hatten für die Instandhaltung der an ihren Feldern gelegenen Verteilern, Deichen usw. Sorge zu tragen.
Fault Control on Hydrocarbon Distribution in North Carnarvon Basin, NW Shelf Australia
Creators: name: Jedsada Nantawuttisak
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: North Carnarvon basin, hydrocarbon distribution, rifting, reactivated fault.

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 36-39
Analysis of Seismic Facies, Lithology and Reservoir Potential of the Early to Middle Miocene Pagasa Formation in the Southwest Palawan Basin, Philippines
Creators: name: Acosta, Jeffrey Guevarra
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: AVO Modeling, Pagasa Formation, Acoustic Impedance

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 40-45
PIRE: Developing Low-Carbon Cities in the US, China, and India Through Integration Across Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, and Public Health
Publisher: name: Online Ethics Center
Year: 2017
Subjects: Climate Change
Collaboration
Controversies
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description: A page describing the Partnership for International Research and Education funded by the National Science Foundation that brings together international researchers and students to conduct transformative research to contribute to the development of low-carbon, sustainable cities.
Nonnegative/Binary Matrix Factorization for Image Classification using Quantum Annealing
Creators: name: Asaoka, Hinako
name: Kudo, Kazue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Classical computing has borne witness to the development of machine learning. The integration of quantum technology into this mix will lead to unimaginable benefits and be regarded as a giant leap forward in mankind's ability to compute. Demonstrating the benefits of this integration now becomes essential. With the advance of quantum computing, several machine-learning techniques have been proposed that use quantum annealing. In this study, we implement a matrix factorization method using quantum annealing for image classification and compare the performance with traditional machine-learning methods. Nonnegative/binary matrix factorization (NBMF) was originally introduced as a generative model, and we propose a multiclass classification model as an application. We extract the features of handwritten digit images using NBMF and apply them to solve the classification problem. Our findings show that when the amount of data, features, and epochs is small, the accuracy of models trained by NBMF is superior to classical machine-learning methods, such as neural networks. Moreover, we found that training models using a quantum annealing solver significantly reduces computation time. Under certain conditions, there is a benefit to using quantum annealing technology with machine learning.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
Neutrosophic soft sets with applications in decision making
Creators: name: Karaaslan, Faruk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We firstly present definitions and properties in study of Maji \cite{maji-2013} on neutrosophic soft sets. We then give a few notes on his study. Next, based on Çağman \cite{cagman-2014}, we redefine the notion of neutrosophic soft set and neutrosophic soft set operations to make more functional. By using these new definitions we construct a decision making method and a group decision making method which selects a set of optimum elements from the alternatives. We finally present examples which shows that the methods can be successfully applied to many problems that contain uncertainties.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1305.2724 by other authors
The Stratigraphic Trap in the Benchamas Field Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand
Creators: name: Jurairat Buangam
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Benchamas field, Unfaulted area, Stratigraphic trap and Pinch-out

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 46-52
Pore Pressure Prediction and Distribution in Arthit Field, North Malay Basin, Gulf of Thailand
Creators: name: Nutthaphon Ketklao
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Overpressure, Under-compaction, Sonic log, Resistivity log

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 53-57
Fluid History of Hydrothermal Textures in an Exposed Quarry in Chumphae District, Khon Kaen Province, Northeast Thailand
Creators: name: Phuong, Phung Thi Lan
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Permian limestone, fractured carbonate reservoirs, calcite veins, breccia zone vs non breccia zones, isotope stable.

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 58-65
Propagation failure of excitation waves on trees and random networks
Creators: name: Kouvaris, Nikos E.
name: Isele, Thomas M.
name: Mikhailov, Alexander S.
name: Schoell, Eckehard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Excitation waves are studied on trees and random networks of coupled active elements. Undamped propagation of such waves is observed in those networks. It represents an excursion from the resting state and a relaxation back to it for each node. However, the degrees of the nodes influence drastically the dynamics. Excitation propagates more slowly through nodes with larger degrees and beyond some critical degree waves lose their stability and disappear. For regular trees with a fixed branching ratio, the critical degree is determined with an approximate analytical theory which also holds locally for the early stage of excitation spreading in random networks.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, submitted to epl
The Qanat in Spain: Archaeology and Environment
Creators: name: Gerrard, Christopher
name: Gutièrrez, Alejandra
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Dieser Artikel definiert die Elemente der qanat-Technologie in Spanien und beschreibt einige neuere Projekte, die unser Verständnis dort vorangebracht haben. Es wird eine kurze Bibliographie vorgelegt, die einige der Verwirrungen um die Klassifikation, Nomenklatur, Zahlen und Verteilung der qanat offenlegt. Einige Beispiele aus der jüngsten Feldforschung verdeutlichen die Komplexität der Anlagen und zeigen, wie unterschiedliche Elemente der hydraulischen Technologie kombiniert werden. Hydraulische Merkmale bei Citruénigo (Navarra), Bureta, Bulbuente und Daroca (alle Aragón), Madrid, Toledo (Kastilien-LaMancha) werden beschrieben. Schließlich werden jüngste Forschungen zur Datierung der qanats diskutiert und ein kürzlich abgeschlossenes Projekt vorgestellt, in dem Bauphasen und Phasen der Instandhaltung mittels Optisch Stimulierter Luminiszenz (OSL) datiert wurden. Diese Technik scheint ein erhebliches Potenzial für die Zukunft zu bieten.
Comparison of Depositional Environments and Reservoir Characterization of "O-sands" in Pailin and "Thick stacked sands" in Benchamas Fields, Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand
Creators: name: Pimlada Veerapongwattana
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: back-filled channels, single-storey sands, thick stacked sands

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 66-69
title: Laptops: No Dragon Wires with Wireless Technology
Creators: name: Sibley, Deborah
name: Piorun, Mary E.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2000

description: Purpose: This paper describes the implementation of wireless technology for access to the University’s campus-wide backbone.

Setting/Resources: The Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts - Worcester is an academic health sciences library located in a thirty-year-old building. With funds from the President’s Office the Library was able to implement a wireless network to support laptop computing in the Library.

Brief Description: Phase I of this project is completed. Activities included selection and purchase of hardware, installation of network, development of policies and procedures, and training. The Circulation Department manages loaning, storage and maintenance, and the Reference Department provides training and support. Staff monitors usage and identifies policies and procedures that require change.

Results/Outcomes: Laptops are available for checkout to students within the Library. The wireless network has increased the total number of devices from 59 to 84 without impacting the building’s structure.

Evaluation Methods: Usage statistics and anecdotes provide library staff with positive feedback.

Presented at the Medical Library Association and the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ABSC), HLA 2000 May 5-11, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Section Title: Growth and Harmony, Part 1: Innovative Solutions to Networking Issues.
Cross-cultural electronic word-of-mouth: a systematic literature review
Creators: name: Kusawat, Poompak
name: Teerakapibal, Surat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Purpose: Global adoption of the internet and mobile usage results in a huge variation in the cultural backgrounds of consumers who generate and consume electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). Unsurprisingly, a research trend on cross-cultural eWOM has emerged. However, there has not been an attempt to synthesize this research topic. This paper aims to bridge this gap. Methodology: This research paper conducts a systematic literature review of the current research findings on cross-cultural eWOM. Journal articles published from 2006 to 2021 are included. This study then presents the key issues in the extant literature and suggests potential future research. Findings: The findings show that there has been an upward trend in the number of publications on cross-cultural eWOM since the early 2010s, with a relatively steeper increase toward 2020. The findings also synthesize cross-cultural eWOM research into four elements and suggest potential future research avenues. Value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, there is currently no exhaustive/integrated review of cross-cultural eWOM research. This research fills the need to summarize the current state of cross-cultural eWOM literature and identifies research questions to be addressed in the future.
description: 18 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures
Parton-hadron dynamics in heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Bratkovskaya, E. L.
name: Ozvenchuk, V.
name: Cassing, W.
name: Konchakovski, V. P.
name: Linnyk, O.
name: Marty, R.
name: Berrehrah, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of partons and hadrons in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions is analyzed within the novel Parton-Hadron-String Dynamics (PHSD) transport approach, which is based on a dynamical quasiparticle model for the partonic phase (DQPM) including a dynamical hadronization scheme. The PHSD approach is applied to nucleus-nucleus collisions from low SPS to LHC energies. The traces of partonic interactions are found in particular in the elliptic flow of hadrons and in their transverse mass spectra. We investigate also the equilibrium properties of strongly-interacting infinite parton-hadron matter characterized by transport coefficients such as shear and bulk viscosities and the electric conductivity in comparison to lattice QCD results.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings of the STARS2013 and SMFNS2013 conferences, 4-10 May 2013, Havana/Varadero, Cuba
The Roles of Culture in Online User Reviews: An Empirical Investigation
Creators: name: Kusawat, Poompak
name: Teerakapibal, Surat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) is a prominent source of information that significantly influences consumer purchase decisions. Recent literature has extensively explored the impact of eWOM on consumers-generated reviews and purchase decisions. However, few studies have analyzed the role of culture on eWOM. We use a novel dataset of Airbnb eWOM messages in order to empirically extend the findings by Banerjee and Chai (2019). We find that the sentiment of individualistic customers is worse than that of their collectivistic counterparts when both groups experience the same level of negative disconfirmations. Furthermore, guests from a relatively more distant culture rely less on heuristics. In particular, quality signals, such as the "superhost" status, are more influential to consumers from a less distant cultural background.
description: 35 pages, 4 tables, 2 figures
Bond-Order and the Role of Ligand States in Stripe-Modulated IrTe2
Creators: name: Takubo, K.
name: Comin, R.
name: Ootsuki, D.
name: Mizokawa, T.
name: Wadati, H.
name: Takahashi, Y.
name: Shibata, G.
name: Fujimori, A.
name: Sutarto, R.
name: He, F.
name: Pyon, S.
name: Kudo, K.
name: Nohara, M.
name: Levy, G.
name: Elfimov, I.
name: Sawatzky, G. A.
name: Damascelli, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The coupled electronic-structural modulations of the ligand states in IrTe$_2$ have been studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant elastic x-ray scattering (REXS). Distinctive pre-edge structures are observed at the Te-$M_{4,5}$ (3$d$ $\rightarrow$ 5$p$) absorption edge, indicating the presence of a Te 5$p$-Ir 5$d$ covalent state near the Fermi level. An enhancement of the REXS signal near the Te 3$d$ $\rightarrow$ 5$p$ resonance at the $Q\!=\!(1/5,0,-1/5)$ superlattice reflection is observed below the structural transition temperature $T_s\sim$ 280 K. The analysis of the energy-dependent REXS lineshape reveals the key role played by the spatial modulation of the covalent Te 5$p$-Ir 5$d$ bond-density in driving the stripe-like order in IrTe$_2$, and uncovers its coupling with the charge and/or orbital order at the Ir sites. The similarity between these findings and the charge-ordering phenomenology observed in the high-T$_c$ superconducting cuprates suggests that the iridates may harbor similar exotic phases.
description: 13 pages, 10 figures
Structural Style and Tectonic Evolution of the Nakhon Basin, Gulf of Thailand
Creators: name: Piyaphong Chenrai
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Nakhon Basin, 2D Seismic, Structural style, Tectonics

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 70-75
Irrigation Communities and Agricultural Water Management in Andalusia
Creators: name: Isselhorst, Sarah
name: Berking, Jonas
name: Schütt, Brigitta
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Es wurde ein freier Datensatz zu Bewässerungsgemeinschaften in Andalusien mit lokalen Klimazeit­reihen vergleichend analysiert und in einen historischen Kontext gesetzt. Die durchschnittlichen Niederschlagsmengen in Andalusien variieren zwischen 150 und1000 mm*yr-1. Aufgrund der hohen saisonalen und zwischenjährlichen Schwankungen von Niederschlagsmengen ermöglichen Bewässe­rungsstrategien intensive Landwirtschaft. Die in weiten Gebieten herrschende Wasserknappheit ist wahrscheinlich Grund für die Entwicklung und Fortführung von Bewässerungsstrategien. Diese Strukturen haben sich vermutlich während römischer und islamischer Zeit etabliert. Der Artikel gibt einen Überblick über das Wassermanagement in Andalusien und hebt die Vega von Vélez Blanco (SO Andalusien) als Fallbeispiel hervor.
Problem-based Learning in a Professional Ethics Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students
Publisher: name: Online Ethics Center
Year: 2016
Subjects: Case Study Method
Pedagogical Approaches

description: This activity is considered an NAE Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education and was included in a 2016 report with other exemplary activities. The activity describes a course taught for engineering students at Georgia Tech where students take part in problem-based learning approach, discuss a real-life case study from their own experience or historical case study, and think and discuss possible solutions to questions raise as part of this case.
Trapping Mechanisms along North Similan and Lanta Trends, Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand
Creators: name: Piyaporn Aukkanit
Publisher: name: Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Trapping Mechanisms, North Similan, Lanta, Surin, Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand

description: Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST), 4, 2, 76-81
Sponsorship Disclosure in Native Advertising: A Theoretical Framework
Creators: name: Kusawat, Poompak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Native advertising is one of the fastest growing areas of online promotion. After reviewing extant literature via EBSCOhost database, this study draws on Persuasion Knowledge Model and develops a theoretical framework which facilitates a clearer understanding of the relationship between sponsorship disclosure in native advertising and consumer outcome. The framework suggests that sponsorship disclosure has a negative effect on electronic word of mouth (eWOM), and further proposes the interplay between the main effect with brand prominence and the type of device. This is highly relevant to marketer as regulators have been pressuring for the disclosure of native advertising. As this is likely to have detrimental effect to the eWOM, marketer may employ the boundary conditions proposed by this framework to attenuate that negative effect.
description: 10 pages, 1 figures