cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Image Animation Using Deep Learning
Creators: name: Siarohin, Aliaksandr
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Trento
Year: 2021

description: Recently media content generation, particularly image and video, using deep learning gained a lot of attention in the research community. One of the main reasons for that is the surge of the interactions in the social networks, that draw a lot of people without specialized backgrounds into the media industry. This raises the interest in the tolls for simplifying the production of the media content, such as images and videos. Another potential avenue for deep learning methods is a simplification of the content generation for the traditional media, especially creation of movies, visual effects for which require significant human efforts. One of the most promising directions, in deep learning based content production, is image animation, e.g. generation of videos based on the known appearance and the movement. While the GANs and other generative models have shown great progress in the generation of the random images and videos, photorealistic quality in image animation is still not achieved. In this work we made a step into this direction by stating the task of the image animation and proposing several new methods for solving it. In the image animation we are given a single source image and a driving video and are asked to produce a video where an object from the source image moves like an object from the driving video. Prior to adapting deep learning techniques for image animation we investigate an ability of these to work on simpler, but related task, e.g. pose-guided generation. In this task we are given source image and target pose and asked to generate a person from the source image in the target pose. We identify the main flaw of the current image2image architectures and propose a new architecture, based on deformable skip connection, to address this. We used these insides to create methods for image animation. To this end we propose an architecture called Monkey-Net that is based on the keypoints learned in the unsupervised way. However only the keypoints are not able to represent all the possible variations in the pose movement, to this end we propose to extend the keypoints representation with local affine transformation around these keypoints in the First Order Model. Finally we propose a new better way of estimation of the affine transformations using Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
Local Community, Mobility and Belonging
Creators: name: Jørgensen, Anja
name: Fallov, Mia A.
name: Knudsen, Lisbeth B.
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: The purpose of this article is to pose some theoretical questions to the relations between local community, mobility and belonging. In continuation the methodological implications of the theoretical debate are discussed. The article also outlines different perspectives on local neighbourhoods, recent developments in the understandings of mobility and local communities, and presents different theoretical views on local belonging. These questions highlight the necessity to discuss and investigate two overall narratives in social theory about the connection between space and social relations. Namely, 1) that social relations in the late modern society has been lifted from a local geographical context and restructured in a global context, because individuals’ attachment to geographical place has been eroded. 2) We want to question the traditional assumptions connected to socio-­‐economic segregation labelling the marginalised groups as contained in local neighbourhoods, while ascribing freedom and reflexivity exclusively to the middle and upper classes. The study of local communities in urban environments has a long tradition in the science of sociology and it is concluded that revitalizing and methodologically updating the classic Chicago school of sociology can create a productive approach to the study of local community, mobility and belonging.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 119 No 46 (2011)
Treatment outcomes in multidrug resistant tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus Co-infected patients on anti-retroviral therapy at Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital Johannesburg, South Africa
Creators: name: Nyasulu, Peter S.
name: Ncayiyana, Jabulani
name: Umanah, Teye
name: Padanilam, Xavier
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundMultidrug resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat to global tuberculosis control which is worsened by human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. There is however paucity of data on the effects of antiretroviral treatment (ART) before or after starting MDR-TB treatment. This study determined predictors of mortality and treatment failure among HIV co-infected MDR-TB patients on ART.MethodsA retrospective medical record review of 1200 HIV co-infected MDR-TB patients admitted at Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital, Johannesburg from 2007 to 2010 was performed. Chi-square test was used to determine treatment outcomes in HIV co-infectedMDR-TB patients on ART. Multivariable logistic regression and Poisson models were used to determine predictors of mortality and treatment failure respectively.ResultsMortality was higher (21.8% vs. 15.4%) among patients who started ART before initiating MDR-TB treatment compared with patients initiated on ART after commencing MDR-TB treatment (p = 0.013). Factors significantly associated with mortality included: the use of ART before starting MDR-TB treatment (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.02–2.73), severely-underweight (OR 3.71, 95% CI 1.89–7.29) and underweight (OR 2.35, 95% CI 1.30–4.26), cavities on chest x-rays at baseline (OR 1.76, 95% CI 1.08–2.94), presence of other opportunistic infections (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.10–2.94) and presence of other co-morbidities (OR 2.26, 95% CI 1.20–4.21). Factors predicting failure were severe anaemia (IRR (OR 4.72, 95% CI 1.47–15), other co-morbidities (OR 2.39, 95% CI 1.05–5.43) and modified individualised regimen at baseline (OR 2.15, 95% CI 0.98–4.71).ConclusionsHigh mortality among patients already on ART before initiating MDR-TB treatment is a worrisome development. Management of adverse-events, opportunistic infections and co-morbidities in these patients is important if the protective benefits of being on ART are to be maximized. There is the need to intensify intervention programmes targeted at early identification of MDR-TB, treatment initiation, drug monitoring and increasing adherence among HIV co-infected MDR-TB patients.
Implementation and evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based education program for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Zheng, Yaguang
name: Bai, Jinbing
name: Shi, Nianke
name: Zhao, Yue
name: Wang, Rongmei
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundThe present study was designed to implement an interprofessional simulation-based education program for nursing students and evaluate the influence of this program on nursing students’ attitudes toward interprofessional education and knowledge about operating room nursing.MethodsNursing students were randomly assigned to either the interprofessional simulation-based education or traditional course group. A before-and-after study of nursing students’ attitudes toward the program was conducted using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale. Responses to an open-ended question were categorized using thematic content analysis. Nursing students’ knowledge about operating room nursing was measured.ResultsNursing students from the interprofessional simulation-based education group showed statistically different responses to four of the nineteen questions in the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale, reflecting a more positive attitude toward interprofessional learning. This was also supported by thematic content analysis of the open-ended responses. Furthermore, nursing students in the simulation-based education group had a significant improvement in knowledge about operating room nursing.ConclusionsThe integrated course with interprofessional education and simulation provided a positive impact on undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions toward interprofessional learning and knowledge about operating room nursing. Our study demonstrated that this course may be a valuable elective option for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education.
High scale mixing relations as a natural explanation for large neutrino mixing
Creators: name: Abbas, Gauhar
name: Abyaneh, Mehran Zahiri
name: Biswas, Aritra
name: Gupta, Saurabh
name: Patra, Monalisa
name: Rajasekaran, G.
name: Srivastava, Rahul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The origin of small mixing among the quarks and a large mixing among the neutrinos has been an open question in particle physics. In order to answer this question, we postulate general relations among the quarks and the leptonic mixing angles at a high scale, which could be the scale of Grand Unified Theories. The central idea of these relations is that the quark and the leptonic mixing angles can be unified at some high scale either due to some quark-lepton symmetry or some other underlying mechanism and as a consequence, the mixing angles of the leptonic sector are proportional to that of the quark sector. We investigate the phenomenology of the possible relations where the leptonic mixing angles are proportional to the quark mixing angles at the unification scale by taking into account the latest experimental constraints from the neutrino sector. These relations are able to explain the pattern of leptonic mixing at the low scale and thereby hint that these relations could be possible signatures of a quark-lepton symmetry or some other underlying quark-lepton mixing unification mechanism at some high scale linked to Grand Unified Theories.
description: 44 pages, several comments and three sub-sections are added for further clarification
IL-10 and TNFα are associated with decreased survival in low-risk pediatric acute myeloid leukemia; a children’s oncology group report
Creators: name: Stevens, Alexandra M.
name: Horton, Terzah M.
name: Glasser, Chana L.
name: Gerbing, Robert B.
name: Aplenc, Richard
name: Alonzo, Todd A.
name: Redell, Michele S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a devastating disease with a high risk of relapse. Current risk classification designates patients as high or low risk (LR) based on molecular features and therapy response. However, 30% of LR patients still suffer relapse, indicating a need for improvement in risk stratification. Cytokine levels, such as IL-6 and IL-10, have been shown to be prognostic in adult AML but have not been well studied in children. Previously, we reported elevated IL-6 levels in pediatric AML bone marrow to be associated with inferior prognosis. Here, we expanded our investigation to assess cytokine levels in diagnostic peripheral blood plasma (PBP) of pediatric AML patients and determined correlation with outcome. Diagnostic PBP was obtained from 80 patients with LR AML enrolled on the Children’s Oncology Group AAML1031 study and normal PBP from 11 controls. Cytokine levels were measured and correlation with clinical outcome was assessed. IL-6, TNFα, MIP-3a, and IL-1β were significantly higher in AML patients versus controls when corrected by the Bonferroni method. Furthermore, elevated TNFα and IL-10 were significantly associated with inferior outcomes. Our data demonstrate that in diagnostic PBP of LR pediatric AML patients, certain cytokine levels are elevated as compared to healthy controls and that elevated TNFα and IL-10 are associated with inferior outcomes, supporting the idea that an abnormal inflammatory state may predict poor outcomes. Studies are needed to determine the mechanisms by which these cytokines impact survival, and to further evaluate their use as prognostic biomarkers in pediatric AML.
Analysis of the XRCCI gene as a modifier of the cerebral response in ischemic stroke
Creators: name: Sen, Souvik
name: Grewal, Raji P.
name: Lin, Hsiu Fen
name: Dutra, Ana V.C.
name: Juo, Suh Hang H.
name: Mohrenweiser, Harvey
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Background: Although there have been studies of the genetic risk factors in the development of stroke, there have been few investigations of role of genes in the cerebral response to ischemia. The brain responds to ischemia in a series of reactions that ultimately influence the volume of a stroke that, in general, correlates with disability. We hypothesize that polymorphisms in genes encoding proteins involved in these reactions could act as modifiers of this response and impact stroke volume. One of the pathways participating in the cerebral ischemic response involves reactive oxygen species which can cause oxidative damage to nucleic acids. DNA repair mechanisms are in place to protect against such damage and imply a role for DNA repair genes in the response of the brain to ischemia and are potential candidate genes for further investigation. Methods: We studied two common polymorphisms in the DNA repair gene, XRCC1, C26304T and G28152A, in 134 well characterized patients with non lacunar ischemic strokes. We also performed a case control association study with 113 control patients to assess whether these variants represent risk factors in the development of ischemic stroke. Results: Independent of etiology, the T allele of the C26304T polymorphism is significantly associated with larger stroke volumes (T-test analysis, p < 0.044; multivariate regression analysis, beta = 0.23, p < 0.008). In the case control association study, we found that neither of these polymorphisms represented a risk factor for the development of stroke. Conclusion: Our study suggests a major gene effect of the T allele of the C26304T polymorphism modulating the cerebral response to ischemia in non lacunar ischemic stroke.
MPEC 2023-T220 : 2023 TX8
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TX8

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Critical Points of Contact
Creators: name: Jensen, Ole B.
name: Morelli, Nicola
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: In contemporary urban societies multiple networks and systems interact, overlap, exist in parallel, converge, conflict etc. creating unforeseen complexity and less transparency. By exploring how layered networks of physical movement, service information, goods delivery, commercial communication etc. are connected (and disconnected) we get a much better understanding of how to design and intervene regardless if we are thinking about public spaces in the city or new systems of service design. The many networks orchestrating and facilitating contemporary everyday life are dependent on the strategic sites where the networks meet and establish contact. Thus we argue for the usefulness of the notion of Critical Points of Contact (CPC) to deepen our understanding of the actual life within networks. En route to this notion we draw upon theories within as diverse realms such as interaction design, service design, geography, and mobility studies. After the introduction section we develop the notion of CPC based upon a broad set of disciplines and theories. We illustrate the usefulness of the notion within the field of mobility in the network city and within the field of service design. The article ends with concluding remarks and perspectives for further theoretical as well as empirical work in prolongation of this beginning research effort.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 119 No 46 (2011)
Differentiated decline in Danish outskirt areas
Creators: name: Laursen, Lea Holst
name: Andersson, Lasse
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: In the last 20 years, Danish rural areas have suffered from depopulation and economic decline, and this development seems to be accelerating. This means a negligence of buildings and infrastructure and hence a decay in architectonic and spatial qualities. A general schism observed in the discussion about Danish rural development seems to be that the main focus is kept on a national and regional level. The consequence is a lack of nuances in the overall debate and a missing ability to create positive developments, locally. Through studies of the village of Klokkerholm, this article investigates how potentials of a landscape urbanism based development (Waldheim 2006; Corner 1999) and the commitment from the local community in participative projects (Jones, Petrescu & Till 2005) can create differentiated development in an area of decline: A strategy using landscape and citizen driven ‘dynamos’ as triggers for a development, which aims to improve everyday life by creating new landscape, based spaces.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 119 No 46 (2011)
Værdien af arealer til tekniske anlæg – hvornår er de billigst?
Creators: name: Christensen, Finn Kjær
name: Korgaard, Martin
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: I byudviklingsområder er der både arealer, der bebygges, og arealer der har til formål at servicere de bebyggede arealer, for eksempel vejarealer, fællesarealer og arealer til tekniske foranstaltninger mv. En del af disse erhverver forsyningsvirksomhederne til etablering af forsyningsanlæg. Denne artikel vil belyse, hvordan den fysiske planlægning af et område og erhvervelsestidspunktet påvirker værdien af arealer til disse tekniske anlæg.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 122 No 47 (2014)
Incidence and Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia – a Population-Based Analysis of the Austrian Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) Study Group
Creators: name: Gidl, Anna
name: Füreder, Anna
name: Benesch, Martin
name: Dworzak, Michael
name: Engstler, Gernot
name: Jones, Neil
name: Kropshofer, Gabriele
name: Pötschger, Ulrike
name: Poyer, Fiona
name: Tamesberger, Melanie
name: Witt, Volker
name: Mann, Georg
name: Attarbaschi, Andishe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a well-known complication of the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We analyzed 1026 ALL patients 1–18-years-old, who were enrolled into the AIEOP-BFM ALL 2000 or 2009 studies in Austria, with regard to the incidence and risk factors of VTE. The 2.5-year cumulative incidence (CI) of VTE ≥ grade 2 was 4%±1% (n = 36/1026). Twenty VTE (56%) were found in the central nervous system (19 cerebral venous sinus and 1 cortical vein thrombosis), and 16 (44%) at other sites (7 deep vein thromboses (DVT) of the lower extremity, 4 DVT of the upper extremity, 4 central venous line-thromboses, 1 pulmonary embolism). Most VTE occurred during induction and early consolidation therapy (81%) and were associated with L-asparaginase within 4 and corticosteroids withing 1 week(s) preceding the event (89 and 86%, respectively). In multivariable analysis, two independent risk factors were found. Patients 10–18-years-old had an increased (hazard-ratio: 2.156, p = 0.0389), whereas treatments in trial AIEOP-BFM ALL 2009 had a lower risk for VTE (hazard-ratio: 0.349, p = 0.0270). In conclusion, the 2.5-year CI of VTE among our pediatric patient cohort was <5% and adolescent age was the main patient-related risk factor. This older age group might benefit from primary prophylactic measures.
Sagens resultat – regelgrundlaget for proces i skelforretningssager
Creators: name: Skovsgaard, Tanja Lindgaard
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: I artiklen redegøres for procesreglerne, der danner baggrund for sagens resultat ved skelforretninger, uanset om sagens resultat er parternes tiltrædelse, landinspektørens afgørelse, retsforlig, dom eller sagens ugyldighed som følge af matrikelmyndighedens nægtelse af notering af sagen. Det slås fast, at sagens lovlige resultat alene kan være landinspektørens skøn af den rette ejendomsgrænse. Med et konfliktforebyggendeperspektiv problematiseres det, at reglerne for erklæringen, hvormed parternes tiltræder skellet er utilstrækkelige.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 122 No 47 (2014)
An X-ray variable absorber within the Broad Line Region in Fairall 51
Creators: name: Svoboda, Jiri
name: Beuchert, Tobias
name: Guainazzi, Matteo
name: Longinotti, Anna Lia
name: Piconcelli, Enrico
name: Wilms, Joern
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fairall 51 is a polar-scattered Seyfert 1 galaxy, a type of active galaxies believed to represent a bridge between unobscured type-1 and obscured type-2 objects. Fairall 51 has shown complex and variable X-ray absorption but only little is known about its origin. In our research, we observed Fairall 51 with the X-ray satellite Suzaku in order to constrain a characteristic time-scale of its variability. We performed timing and spectral analysis of four observations separated by 1.5, 2 and 5.5 day intervals. We found that the 0.5-50 keV broadband X-ray spectra are dominated by a primary power-law emission (with the photon index ~ 2). This emission is affected by at least three absorbers with different ionisations (log(xi) ~ 1-4). The spectrum is further shaped by a reprocessed emission, possibly coming from two regions -- the accretion disc and a more distant scattering region. The accretion disc emission is smeared by the relativistic effects, from which we measured the spin of the black hole as a ~ 0.8 (+-0.2). We found that most of the spectral variability can be attributed to the least ionised absorber whose column density changed by a factor of two between the first (highest-flux) and the last (lowest-flux) observation. A week-long scale of the variability indicates that the absorber is located at the distance ~ 0.05 pc from the centre, i.e., in the Broad Line Region.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, accepted to A&A
Stage 1 of the meaningful use incentive program for electronic health records: a study of readiness for change in ambulatory practice settings in one integrated delivery system
Creators: name: Weiner, Bryan J.
name: Reiter, Kristin L.
name: Thornhill, Jonathan
name: Mose, Jason
name: Malone, Robb
name: McIntyre, Molly
name: Weaver, Mark A.
name: Shea, Christopher M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundMeaningful Use (MU) provides financial incentives for electronic health record (EHR) implementation. EHR implementation holds promise for improving healthcare delivery, but also requires substantial changes for providers and staff. Establishing readiness for these changes may be important for realizing potential EHR benefits. Our study assesses whether provider/staff perceptions about the appropriateness of MU and their departments’ ability to support MU-related changes are associated with their reported readiness for MU-related changes.MethodsWe surveyed providers and staff representing 47 ambulatory practices within an integrated delivery system. We assessed whether respondent’s role and practice-setting type (primary versus specialty care) were associated with reported readiness for MU (i.e., willingness to change practice behavior and ability to document actions for MU) and hypothesized predictors of readiness (i.e., perceived appropriateness of MU and department support for MU). We then assessed associations between reported readiness and the hypothesized predictors of readiness.ResultsIn total, 400 providers/staff responded (response rate approximately 25%). Individuals working in specialty settings were more likely to report that MU will divert attention from other patient-care priorities (12.6% vs. 4.4%, p = 0.019), as compared to those in primary-care settings. As compared to advanced-practice providers and nursing staff, physicians were less likely to have strong confidence in their department’s ability to solve MU implementation problems (28.4% vs. 47.1% vs. 42.6%, p = 0.023) and to report strong willingness to change their work practices for MU (57.9% vs. 83.3% vs. 82.0%, p < 0.001). Finally, provider/staff perceptions about whether MU aligns with departmental goals (OR = 3.99, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.13 to 7.48); MU will divert attention from other patient-care priorities (OR = 2.26, 95% CI = 1.26 to 4.06); their department will support MU-related change efforts (OR = 3.99, 95% CI = 2.13 to 7.48); and their department will be able to solve MU implementation problems (OR = 2.26, 95% CI = 1.26 to 4.06) were associated with their willingness to change practice behavior for MU.ConclusionsOrganizational leaders should gauge provider/staff perceptions about appropriateness and management support of MU-related change, as these perceptions might be related to subsequent implementation.
Memristive phase switching in two-dimensional crystals
Creators: name: Yoshida, Masaro
name: Suzuki, Ryuji
name: Zhang, Yijin
name: Nakano, Masaki
name: Iwasa, Yoshihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Scaling down materials to an atomic-layer level produces rich physical and chemical properties as exemplified in various two-dimensional (2D) crystals extending from graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides to black phosphorous. This is caused by the dramatic modification of electronic band structures. In such reduced dimensions, the electron correlation effects are also expected to be significantly changed from bulk systems. However, there are few attempts to realize novel phenomena in correlated 2D crystals. Here, we report memristive phase switching in nano-thick crystals of 1T-type tantalum disulfide (1T-TaS2), a first-order phase transition system. The ordering kinetics of the phase transition was revealed to become extremely slow as the thickness is reduced, resulting in an emergence of metastable states. Furthermore, we realized the unprecedented memristive switching to multi-step non-volatile states by applying in-plane electric field. The reduction of thickness is essential to achieve such non-volatile electrical switching behavior. The thinning-induced slow kinetics possibly makes the various metastable states robust and consequently realizes the non-volatile memory operation. The present result indicates that 2D crystal with correlated electrons is a novel nano-system to explore and functionalize multiple metastable states which are inaccessible in its bulk form.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures
Anabelian geometry and descent obstructions on moduli spaces
Creators: name: Patrikis, Stefan
name: Voloch, José Felipe
name: Zarhin, Yuri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the section conjecture of anabelian geometry and the sufficiency of the finite descent obstruction to the Hasse principle for the moduli spaces of principally polarized abelian varieties and of curves over number fields. For the former we show that the section conjecture fails and the finite descent obstruction holds for a general class of adelic points, assuming several well-known conjectures. This is done by relating the problem to a local-global principle for Galois representations. For the latter, we prove some partial results that indicate that the finite descent obstruction suffices. We also show how this sufficiency implies the same for all hyperbolic curves.
description: exposition improved
Transient abnormal myelopoiesis in Down syndrome: Experience of long term follow up from a single tertiary center in Thailand
Creators: name: Chotsampancharoen, Thirachit
name: Chavananon, Shevachut
name: Sripornsawan, Pornpun
name: Songthawee, Natsaruth
name: McNeil, Edward B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) is a unique disease occurring in Down syndrome (DS) infants from which most patients have spontaneous remission. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence and outcomes of TAM in a tertiary center in Thailand. We reviewed the records of 997 DS patients diagnosed between June 1993 and October 2019. From the 997 DS patients, 32 had been diagnosed with TAM. The incidence of TAM was 3.2% and an overall survival rate of 87.5%. A total of 2/28 who survived (7.1%) subsequently developed AML-DS at the ages of 2.1 and 4.5 years, respectively. The risk factors related with death included maternal multiparity, sepsis, skin bleeding, subcutaneous nodules, high WBC count, low hemoglobin, and elevated AST level. Abbreviations
Response and survival of breast cancer intrinsic subtypes following multi-agent neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Creators: name: Cheang, Maggie C.U.
name: Muñoz, Montserrat
name: Fan, Cheng
name: Prat, Aleix
name: Martinello, Rossella
name: Adamo, Barbara
name: Vidal, Maria
name: Viladot, Margarita
name: Fernández, Aranzazu
name: Hoadley, Katherine A.
name: Paré, Laia
name: Pineda, Estela
name: Arance, Ana
name: Perou, Charles M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundPredicting treatment benefit and/or outcome before any therapeutic intervention has taken place would be clinically very useful. Herein, we evaluate the ability of the intrinsic subtypes and the risk of relapse score at diagnosis to predict survival and response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. In addition, we evaluated the ability of the Claudin-low and 7-TNBCtype classifications to predict response within triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).MethodsGene expression and clinical-pathological data were evaluated in a combined dataset of 957 breast cancer patients, including 350 with TNBC, treated with sequential anthracycline and anti-microtubule-based neoadjuvant regimens. Intrinsic subtype, risk of relapse score based on subtype and proliferation (ROR-P), the Claudin-low subtype and the 7-TNBCtype subtype classification were evaluated. Logistic regression models for pathological complete response (pCR) and Cox models for distant relapse-free survival (DRFS) were used.ResultsBasal-like, Luminal A, Luminal B, and HER2-enriched subtypes represented 32.7%, 30.6%, 18.2%, and 10.3% of cases, respectively. Intrinsic subtype was independently associated with pCR in all patients, in hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative disease, in HER2-positive disease, and in TNBC. The pCR rate of Basal-like disease was >35% across all clinical cohorts. Neither the Claudin-low nor the 7-TNBCtype subtype classifications predicted pCR within TNBCs after accounting for intrinsic subtype. Finally, intrinsic subtype and ROR-P provided independent prognostic information beyond clinicopathological variables and type of pathological response. A 5-year DRFS of 97.5% (92.8–100.0%) was observed in these neoadjuvant-treated and clinically node-negative patients predicted to be low risk by ROR-P (i.e. 57.4% of Luminal A tumors with clinically node-negative disease).ConclusionsIntrinsic subtyping at diagnosis provides prognostic and predictive information for patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Although we could not exclude a survival benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early breast cancer with clinically node-negative and ROR-low disease at diagnosis, the absolute benefit of cytotoxic therapy in this group might be rather small (if any).Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12916-015-0540-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Lorentz Symmetry Breaking in $\mathcal{N} =2$ Superspace
Creators: name: Faizal, Mir
name: Ganai, Prince A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we will study the deformation of a three dimensional theory with $\mathcal{N} =2$ supersymmetry. This theory will be deformed by the presence of a constant vector field. This deformation will break the Lorentz symmetry. So, we will analyse this theory using $\mathcal{N} =2$ aether superspace. The $\mathcal{N} =2$ aether superspace will be obtained from a deformation of the usual $\mathcal{N} =2$ superspace. This will be done by deforming the generators of the three dimensional $\mathcal{N} =2$ supersymmetry. After analysing this deformed superalgebra, we will derive an explicit expression for the superspace propagators in this deformed superspace. Finally, we will use these propagators for performing perturbative calculations.
description: 9 pages, 0 figures, Accepted for publication in EPL
Mining Semi-structured Data
Creators: name: Arfaoui, Olfa
name: Hidri, Minyar Sassi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The need for discovering knowledge from XML documents according to both structure and content features has become challenging, due to the increase in application contexts for which handling both structure and content information in XML data is essential. So, the challenge is to find an hierarchical structure which ensure a combination of data levels and their representative structures. In this work, we will be based on the Formal Concept Analysis-based views to index and query both content and structure. We evaluate given structure in a querying process which allows the searching of user query answers.
Land consolidation and land banking in Denmark - tradition, multi-purpose and perspectives
Creators: name: Hartvigsen, Morten
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: The Danish land consolidation tradition has its roots in the land reform launched in the 1780s. The first“modern” land consolidation law was adopted in 1924. The land consolidation procedure is today basically the same as the system which was introduced in 1955. Until 1990, land consolidation was used as an instrument for agricultural development (i.e. mainly through reduction of land fragmentation and increase in agricultural holding sizes). In 1990, the objective of implementing land consolidation was broadened. It was explicitly included in the preamble of the land consolidation law that the objective is both to contribute to agricultural development and to the implementation of nature and environmental projects as well as to provide land as compensation for agricultural holdings affected by such projects. Since 1990, the land consolidation and land banking instruments have proven to be absolutely essential in the process of reaching voluntary agreements with the landowners affected by nature projects. Public funding of the traditional land consolidation projects with agricultural development as main objective was discontinued in 2006. At the same time, the land consolidation projects implemented in recent years (after a public initiative often in connection with the implementation of a nature project) may only include land transactions which contribute to the implementation of the public initiated project. Thus, the multi-purpose potential which could be expected after the amendment of the land consolidation law in 1990 has so far not been realized. The volume of the Danish land consolidation program has in the last years been reduced more than half compared to the previous decades.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 122 No 47 (2014)
Ekspropriation til veje i lokalplaner
Creators: name: Faarup, Hans
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: Der indgår næsten altid vejanlæg, når der i lokalplaner udlægges arealer til boliger eller erhverv. Taksationspraksis viser stor usikkerhed om, hvordan værdifastsæt-telsen af disse vejarealer skal fastlægges. Det gælder arealafståelse til vejanlæg, eller afståelse af sammenhængende lokalplanarealer, når der eksproprieres til vir-keliggørelse af lokalplaner. Artiklen redegør for lovgrundlaget, når vejanlæggene etableres som private fællesveje. Der redegøres også for fordelsbestemmelserne ved ekspropriation til offentlige veje i lokalplaner. Den nyeste taksationspraksis omtales, både for så vidt angår afståelse af vejarealer alene, og for overtagelse af samlede lokalplanarealer.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 122 No 47 (2014)
The Gaia-ESO Survey: Insights on the inner-disc evolution from open clusters
Creators: name: Magrini, L.
name: Randich, S.
name: Donati, P.
name: Bragaglia, A.
name: Adibekyan, V.
name: Romano, D.
name: Smiljanic, R.
name: Blanco-Cuaresma, S.
name: Tautvaisiene, G.
name: Friel, E.
name: Overbeek, J.
name: Jacobson, H.
name: Cantat-Gaudin, T.
name: Vallenari, A.
name: Sordo, R.
name: Pancino, E.
name: Geisler, D.
name: Roman, I. San
name: Villanova, S.
name: Casey, A.
name: Hourihane, A.
name: Worley, C. C.
name: Francois, P.
name: Gilmore, G.
name: Bensby, T.
name: Flaccomio, E.
name: Korn, A. J.
name: Recio-Blanco, A.
name: Carraro, G.
name: Costado, M. T.
name: Franciosini, E.
name: Heiter, U.
name: Jofree, P.
name: Lardo, C.
name: de Laverny, P.
name: Monaco, L.
name: Morbidelli, L.
name: Sacco, G.
name: Sousa, S. G.
name: Zaggia, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. The inner disc, linking the thin disc with the bulge, has been somehow neglected in the past because of intrinsic difficulties in its study, due, e.g., to crowding and high extinction. Open clusters located in the inner disc are among the best tracers of its chemistry at different ages and distances. Aims. We analyse the chemical patterns of four open clusters located within 7 kpc of the Galactic Centre and of field stars to infer the properties of the inner disc with the Gaia-ESO survey idr2/3 data release. Methods. We derive the parameters of the newly observed cluster, Berkeley 81, finding an age of about 1 Gyr and a Galactocentric distance of 5.4 kpc. We construct the chemical patterns of clusters and we compare them with those of field stars in the Solar neighbourhood and in the inner-disc samples. Results. Comparing the three populations we observe that inner-disc clusters and field stars are both, on average, enhanced in [O/Fe], [Mg/Fe] and [Si/Fe]. Using the idr2/3 results of M67, we estimate the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) effect on the abundances of Mg and Si in giant stars. After empirically correcting for NLTE effects, we note that NGC 6705 and Be 81 still have a high [α/Fe]. Conclusions. The location of the four open clusters and of the field population reveals that the evolution of the metallicity [Fe/H] and of [alpha/Fe] can be explained within the framework of a simple chemical evolution model: both [Fe/H] and [α/Fe] of Trumpler 20 and of NGC 4815 are in agreement with expectations from a simple chemical evolution model. On the other hand, NGC 6705, and at a lower level Berkeley 81, have higher [α/Fe] than expected for their ages, location in the disc, and metallicity. These differences might originate from local enrichment processes as explained in the inhomogeneous evolution framework.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures, A&A accepted
Exercise and manual auricular acupuncture: a pilot assessor-blind randomised controlled trial. (The acupuncture and personalised exercise programme (APEP) Trial)
Creators: name: Park, J.
name: Hurley, D.
name: Gormley, G.
name: Baxter, G. D.
name: Glasgow, P.
name: McDonough, S. M.
name: Walsh, D. M.
name: Hunter, R.
name: Delitto, A.
name: Bradbury, I.
name: Liddle, S. D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: BackgroundEvidence supports the use of exercise for chronic low back pain (CLBP); however, adherence is often poor due to ongoing pain. Auricular acupuncture is a form of pain relief involving the stimulation of points on the outer ear corresponding with specific body parts. It may be a useful adjunct to exercise in managing CLBP; however, there is only limited evidence to support its use with this patient group.Methods/DesignThis study was designed to test the feasibility of an assessor-blind randomised controlled trial which assess the effects on clinical outcomes and exercise adherence of adding manual auricular acupuncture to a personalised and supervised exercise programme (PEP) for CLBP. No sample size calculation has been carried out as this study aims to identify CLBP referral rates within the catchment area of the study site. The researchers aim to recruit four cohorts of n = 20 participants to facilitate a power analysis for a future randomised controlled trial. A computer generated random allocation sequence will be prepared centrally and used to allocate participants by cohort to one of the following interventions: 1) six weeks of PEP plus manual auricular acupuncture; 2) six weeks of PEP alone. Both groups will also complete a further six weeks of self-paced exercise with telephone follow-up support. In addition to a baseline and exit questionnaire at the beginning and end of the study, the following outcomes will be collected at baseline, and after 7, 13 and 25 weeks: pain frequency and bothersomeness, back-specific function, objective assessment and recall of physical activity, use of analgesia, perceived self-efficacy, fear avoidance beliefs, and beliefs about the consequences of back pain. Since this is a feasibility study, significance tests will not be presented, and treatment effects will be represented by point estimates and confidence intervals. For each outcome variable, analysis of covariance will be performed on the data, conditioning on the baseline value.DiscussionThe results of this study investigating the adjuvant effects of auricular acupuncture to exercise in managing CLBP will be used to inform the design of a future multi-centre randomised controlled trial.Trial RegistrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN94142364.
A Matrix model from string field theory
Creators: name: Zeze, Syoji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that a Hermitian matrix model can be derived from level truncated open string field theory with Chan-Paton factors. The Hermitian matrix is coupled with a scalar and a $U(N)$ vector which are responsible for the D-brane at the tachyon vacuum. Effective potential for the scalar is evaluated both in finite and large $N$. Increase of potential height is observed in both examples. The large $N$ matrix integral is identified with a system of $N$ ZZ branes and a ghost FZZT brane.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, section 3 improved for publication
Grundejerforeninger og lokalplanen
Creators: name: Christensen, Finn Kjær
name: Sørensen, Michael Tophøj
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: Grundejerforeninger er sparsomt beskrevet i planlitteraturen, og dette, kombineret med at grundejerforeningsinstrumentet i lokalplansammenhænge i 2003 med planlovsændringen blev udvidet til også at omfatte byomdannelsesområder, har dannet baggrund den foreliggende artikel. Artiklen indeholder en sammenfattende analyse af grundejerforeningsinstrumentet på baggrund af den eksisterende planlitteratur, domme og afgørelser på området, samt en spørgeskemaundersøgelse.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 122 No 47 (2014)
XCone: N-jettiness as an Exclusive Cone Jet Algorithm
Creators: name: Stewart, Iain W.
name: Tackmann, Frank J.
name: Thaler, Jesse
name: Vermilion, Christopher K.
name: Wilkason, Thomas F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a new jet algorithm called XCone, for eXclusive Cone, which is based on minimizing the event shape N-jettiness. Because N-jettiness partitions every event into N jet regions and a beam region, XCone is an exclusive jet algorithm that always returns a fixed number of jets. We use a new "conical geometric" measure for which well-separated jets are bounded by circles of radius R in the rapidity-azimuth plane, while overlapping jet regions automatically form nearest-neighbor "clover jets". This avoids the split/merge criteria needed in inclusive cone algorithms. A key feature of XCone is that it smoothly transitions between the resolved regime where the N signal jets of interest are well separated and the boosted regime where they overlap. The returned value of N-jettiness also provides a quality criterion of how N-jet-like the event looks. We also discuss the N-jettiness factorization theorems that occur for various jet measures, which can be used to compute the associated exclusive N-jet cross sections. In a companion paper, the physics potential of XCone is demonstrated using the examples of dijet resonances, Higgs decays to bottom quarks, and all-hadronic top pairs.
description: 39 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables; v2: references added, small discussions added, figure 5 fixed, conclusions unchanged