cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The changing face of product placement: A case study of the James Bond film series
Creators: name: L Nitins, Tanya
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cinema studies
Marketing not elsewhere classified

description: Product placement has become a phenomenon in today's film industry, with many films now dependent on the additional revenue generated by these commercial investments. While primarily a financial arrangement, it is also important that the practice of product placement be examined and understood in relation to its cultural contexts, an area of research so far largely ignored by academic study. In this thesis, I demonstrate that this commercial practice is intrinsically connected to the surrounding cultural environment films are produced in. More specifically, I believe that fluctuations in the number and types of products featured in such "Hollywood" films as the James Bond series, are a direct result of various cultural and historical influences. Through the conduction of a comprehensive content analysis of the official James Bond film series, I was able to track the impact specific cultural events, such as the Cold War, the Space Race, the rise of consumerism, the incorporation of technology into day-to-day life and the growth of global brands and transnational media, have had on the practice of product placement. Not only was I able to catalogue the number of individual products and product placements that occurred in each film, I was also able to identify a significant shift from the more ambiguous "clutter" or standard "signage" placements, to a greater emphasis on "verbal/hand" placements that increase audience exposure to the brand by directly weaving it into the plot's progression. In fact, many of these commercial practices have become so embedded in film narratives that they have become yet another method for filmmakers to produce cultural meaning. Yet, a concern arises when too much emphasis is placed on these commercial inclusions with a number of recent films being strongly criticised for over-commercialism. Advertisers and filmmakers alike run the very real risk of alienating audiences through overt product placement practices, and further research needs to be conducted in order to determine where this "line" between acceptable and unacceptable levels of product placement exists.
Additional file 1 of Application of dual-stream 3D convolutional neural network based on 18F-FDG PET/CT in distinguishing benign and invasive adenocarcinoma in ground-glass lung nodules
Creators: name: Shao, Xiaonan
name: Niu, Rong
name: Shao, Xiaoliang
name: Gao, Jianxiong
name: Shi, Yunmei
name: Jiang, Zhenxing
name: Wang, Yuetao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Information Systems

description: Additional file 1. Report on image processing. Propensity score parameter list. Tumor segmentation. Training of the deep learning model
Narkootikumide tarvitamisest ja selle tagajärgedest Euroopa Liidus
Creators: name: Velmre, Priit
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005

description: Euroopa Narkootikumide  ja Narkomaania  Seirekeskus  (EMCDDA)  asutati  1993. aastal Lissabonis ning selle ülesanne on varustada Euroopa Liitu ja selle liikmesriike usaldusväärse ja võrreldava teabega narkootikumide ja narkomaania  kohta. Kuna  liikmesriigid ei erine mitte ainult nende eesseisvate narkoprobleemide poolest, vaid erinev on ka neile  reageerimine, on keskuse  töö ülesanne Euroopa narkootikumiteabe võrdlemine erinevate  Euroopa  riikide  vahel,  et  selle  alusel aidata  poliitika  kujundajatel,  teadlastel  ja  selle ala spetsialistidel probleemi olemust mõista ja olukorrale adekvaatselt reageerida.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (12): 879–881
description: Eesti Arst, Detsember 2005
Адміністративно-правові методи та форми діяльності прокурора в Україні
Creators: name: Шапошник, А. С.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: прокурор, прокуратура, методи, правові методи, адміністративно-правові методи, методи діяльності прокурора

description: У статті автор зазначає, що не остання роль у діяльності прокурора належить використанню існуючого спектра адміністративно-правових методів, покликаних створювати максимально сприятливі передумови для ефективної реалізації відповідних повноважень прокурора з виконання покладених на нього функцій. Однак, автором наголошено, що на сьогодні в Україні відсутні законодавчо закріплені положення, які б визначали специфіку застосування методів при здійсненні прокурором своєї діяльності. Ще однією проблемою є відсутність теоретичних дослідження зазначеної проблематики, що ускладнює процес формування наукових уявлень про такі методи та їх види. Ті поодинокі дослідження методів та форм реалізації функцій прокуратури, були здійснені до законодавчих змін 2012, 2014 і 2016 років (а саме: прийняття нового КПУ України, Нового Закону України «Про прокуратуру» та конституційних змін 2016 року «Щодо правосуддя») і потребують актуалізації.
Автор вказує, що скасування загального прокурорського нагляду після конституційних змін 2016 року відіграло ключову роль у визначенні обсягу повноважень і функцій прокурора, що прямо вплинуло і на методи діяльності прокурора. Це дозволило Україні виконати свої зобов'язання перед європейською спільнотою, які були взяті на себе відповідно до міжнародно-правових актів, але поставило нові виклики перед державою щодо організації діяльності оновленої прокуратури, впровадження досягнень реформи органів прокуратури, а також оновлених методів діяльності прокурора щодо реалізації повноважень прокурора з виконання покладених на нього функцій.
У статті автор обґрунтовує, що методи діяльності прокурора знаходять своє відображення у відповідних нормативних актах, які приймає прокурор. Тому, адміністративно-правові методи діяльності прокурора автором досліджено через правові норми, які закріплюють статику функціонування прокуратури (повноваження і функції прокурора) і зовнішній вираз (форми), що знаходять застосовувані методи – нормативні акти, які приймає прокурор у своїй діяльності. На прикладі кримінального провадження повною мірою можна автор характеризує ці форми і методи.
Маючи досвід практичної діяльності прокурора та провівши ґрунтовний теоретичний аналіз, автор класифікував досліджувані методи діяльності прокурора на чотири основні групи: 1) ті, які застосовуються прокурором на етапі досудового розслідування; 2) ті, які застосовуються під час здійснення прокурором міжнародного співробітництва; 3) ті, які застосовуються ним у судовому проваджені; 4) ті, які застосовуються прокурором на етапі виконання судових рішень. Також автор здійснив детальну характеристику кожної із вказаних груп методів діяльності прокурора та зовнішнього виразу (форм) досліджуваних методів.
Meditsiinidoktor Elias Lönnrot
Creators: name: Toomsalu, Maie
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005
Subjects: vaesus, profülaktika, hügieen, rahvaharidus, rahvaluule

description: Soome eepose “Kalevala” koostaja Elias Lönnrot sündis 9. aprillil 1802. a Paikari kihelkonna rätsepa pojana. Raskustega võideldes õnnestus tal jõuda gümnaasiumi lõputunnistuseni. Kõrghariduse omandamist alustas ta 1822. a Turu Akadeemias, doktorikraadini jõudis 1832. a Helsingis. Töötades provintsiarstina Kajaanis, pööras  ta suurt  tähelepanu vaktsineerimisele. Oma arstlikus  tegevuses oli  ta oli eelkõige hügieenik  ja profülaktik, temas oli vähe usku tolleaegsetesse ravimitesse.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (12): 888–894
description: Eesti Arst, Detsember 2005
Pseudo-Riemannian metrics on closed surfaces whose geodesic flows admit nontrivial integrals quadratic in momenta, and proof of the projective Obata conjecture for two-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian metrics
Creators: name: Matveev, Vladimir S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe all pseudo-Riemannian metrics on closed surfaces whose geodesic flows admit nontrivial integrals quadratic in momenta. As an application, we solve the Beltrami problem on closed surfaces, prove the nonexistence of quadratically-superintegrable metrics of nonconstant curvature on closed surfaces, and prove the two-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian version of the projective Obata conjecture.
description: 33 pages, 7 pictures. This paper replaces arXiv:0911.3521v1 and arXiv:1002.0133
Eesti Arstide Liidu tegevus aastal 2005
Creators: name: Kork, Andres
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005

description: Eesti Arstide Liit taasasutati 1988. a – 17 a tagasi. Möödunud aastatele tagasi vaadates võib väita, et EAL on aktsepteeritud riigivõimu organisatsioonide ja arstide poolt Eesti arste esindava ainsa ja täievolilise organisatsioonina. Organisatsiooni kuulub selle aasta 25. novembri seisuga 2725 arsti, aasta jooksul on liitunud 67 kolleegi.


Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (12): 884–886
description: Eesti Arst, Detsember 2005
MPEC 2025-G12 : 2018 LV5
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

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.
10 aastat Tartu Ülikooli Soome Arstiüliõpilaste Seltsi asutamisest
Creators: name: Sinisalu, Väino
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2005

description: Tartu Ülikooli arstiteaduskonnas õpib 2005/2006. õppeaastal 120 üliõpilast Soomest. Enamik neist on koondunud Tartu Ülikooli Soome Arstiüliõpilaste Seltsi  (TASLO – Tarton Suomalaiset  Lääketieteen Opiskelijat). Praegu on seltsil 98 liiget. 3. detsembril tähistas TASLO oma 10. sünnipäeva. Pidulikust üritusest võtsid osa ka Soome Arstide Liidu (SAL) president  Pekka Anttila,  liidu peasekretär Heikki Pälve  ning  liidu  eelmine  peasekretär Markku Äärimaa.

Eesti Arst 2005; 84 (12): 882–884
description: Eesti Arst, Detsember 2005
Moyal phase-space analysis of nonlinear optical Kerr media
Creators: name: Osborn, T. A.
name: Marzlin, Karl-Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonlinear optical media of Kerr type are described by a particular version of an anharmonic quantum harmonic oscillator. The dynamics of this system can be described using the Moyal equations of motion, which correspond to a quantum phase space representation of the Heisenberg equations of motion. For the Kerr system we derive exact solutions of the Moyal equations for a complete set of observables formed from the photon creation and annihilation operators. These Moyal solutions incorporate the asymptotics of the classical limit in a simple explicit form. An unusual feature of these solutions is that they exhibit periodic singularities in the time variable. These singularities are removed by the phase space averaging required to construct the expectation value for an arbitrary initial state. Nevertheless, for strongly number-squeezed initial states the effects of the singularity remain observable.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
Metastatic involvement of the skull in neuroblastoma : a case report
Creators: name: Ammor, Hicham
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Adrenals
subject: Head and neck
subject: Thoracic wall
subject: Thorax
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Metastases
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 2 years
description: Clinical History: A 2-year-old girl presented with a history of gradually increasing scalp swelling over the right temporal region for 3 to 4 weeks.There was no history of trauma, convulsions, vomiting, limb weakness, abnormal bleeding or bladder / bowel disturbances... Final Diagnosis: skull metastasis of neuroblastoma
Neutrino-Flavoured Sneutrino Dark Matter
Creators: name: March-Russell, John
name: McCabe, Christopher
name: McCullough, Matthew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A simple theory of supersymmetric dark matter (DM) naturally linked to neutrino flavour physics is studied. The DM sector comprises a spectrum of mixed lhd-rhd sneutrino states where both the sneutrino flavour structure and mass splittings are determined by the associated neutrino masses and mixings. Prospects for indirect detection from solar capture are good due to a large sneutrino-nucleon cross-section afforded by the inelastic splitting (solar capture limits exclude an explanation of DAMA/LIBRA). We find parameter regions where all heavier states will have decayed, leaving only one flavour mixture of sneutrino as the candidate DM. Such regions have a unique `smoking gun' signature--sneutrino annihilation in the Sun produces a pair of neutrino mass eigenstates free from vacuum oscillations, with the potential for detection at neutrino telescopes through the observation of a hard spectrum of nu_mu and nu_tau (for a normal neutrino hierarchy). Next generation direct detection experiments can explore much of the parameter space through both elastic and inelastic scattering. We show in detail that the observed neutrino masses and mixings can arise as a consequence of supersymmetry breaking effects in the sneutrino DM sector, consistent with all experimental constraints.
description: 25 pages, 11 figures
Additional file 4 of A 3-year retrospective analysis of canine intestinal parasites: fecal testing positivity by age, U.S. geographical region and reason for veterinary visit
Creators: name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Hegarty, Evan
name: McCrann, Donald J.
name: Coyne, Michael
name: Kincaid, Dave
name: Szlosek, Donald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4: Table S3.Proportion of dogs with a positive test result for an intestinal parasite by the centrifugation method or coproantigen immunoassay.
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of infrared-luminous galaxies at z~0.5-3
Creators: name: Hernan-Caballero, A.
name: Perez-Fournon, I.
name: Hatziminaoglou, E.
name: Afonso-Luis, A.
name: Rowan-Robinson, M.
name: Rigopoulou, D.
name: Farrah, D.
name: Lonsdale, C. J.
name: Babbedge, T.
name: Clements, D.
name: Serjeant, S.
name: Pozzi, F.
name: Vaccari, M.
name: Montenegro-Montes, F. M.
name: Valtchanov, I.
name: Gonzalez-Solares, E.
name: Oliver, S.
name: Shupe, D.
name: Gruppioni, C.
name: Vila-Vilaro, B.
name: Lari, C.
name: La Franca, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results on low-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of 70 infrared-luminous galaxies obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) onboard Spitzer. We selected sources from the European Large Area Infrared Survey (ELAIS) with S15 > 0.8 mJy and photometric or spectroscopic z > 1. About half of the sample are QSOs in the optical, while the remaining sources are galaxies, comprising both obscured AGN and starbursts. We classify the spectra using well-known infrared diagnostics, as well as a new one that we propose, into three types of source: those dominated by an unobscured AGN (QSOs), obscured AGN, and starburst-dominated sources. Starbursts concentrate at z ~ 0.6-1.0 favored by the shift of the 7.7-micron PAH band into the selection 15 micron band, while AGN spread over the 0.5 < z < 3.1 range. Star formation rates (SFR) are estimated for individual sources from the luminosity of the PAH features. An estimate of the average PAH luminosity in QSOs and obscured AGN is obtained from the composite spectrum of all sources with reliable redshifts. The estimated mean SFR in the QSOs is 50-100 Mo yr^-1, but the implied FIR luminosity is 3-10 times lower than that obtained from stacking analysis of the FIR photometry, suggesting destruction of the PAH carriers by energetic photons from the AGN. The SFR estimated in obscured AGN is 2-3 times higher than in QSOs of similar MIR luminosity. This discrepancy might not be due to luminosity effects or selection bias alone, but could instead indicate a connection between obscuration and star formation. However, the observed correlation between silicate absorption and the slope of the near- to mid-infrared spectrum is compatible with the obscuration of the AGN emission in these sources being produced in a dust torus.
description: 32 pages, 24 figures, 15 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Additional file 5 of A 3-year retrospective analysis of canine intestinal parasites: fecal testing positivity by age, U.S. geographical region and reason for veterinary visit
Creators: name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Hegarty, Evan
name: McCrann, Donald J.
name: Coyne, Michael
name: Kincaid, Dave
name: Szlosek, Donald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: Table S4. Combined co-infection rate by either the centrifugation method or coproantigen immunoassay.
Biased Percolation on Scale-free Networks
Creators: name: Hooyberghs, Hans
name: Van Schaeybroeck, Bert
name: Moreira, André A.
name: Andrade,, José S.
name: Herrmann, Hans J.
name: Indekeu, Joseph O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Biased (degree-dependent) percolation was recently shown to provide new strategies for turning robust networks fragile and vice versa. Here we present more detailed results for biased edge percolation on scale-free networks. We assume a network in which the probability for an edge between nodes $i$ and $j$ to be retained is proportional to $(k_ik_j)^{-α}$ with $k_i$ and $k_j$ the degrees of the nodes. We discuss two methods of network reconstruction, sequential and simultaneous, and investigate their properties by analytical and numerical means. The system is examined away from the percolation transition, where the size of the giant cluster is obtained, and close to the transition, where nonuniversal critical exponents are extracted using the generating functions method. The theory is found to agree quite well with simulations. By introducing an extension of the Fortuin-Kasteleyn construction, we find that biased percolation is well described by the $q\to 1$ limit of the $q$-state Potts model with inhomogeneous couplings.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures
Lateral Casimir force between sinusoidally corrugated surfaces: Asymmetric profiles, deviations from the proximity force approximation and comparison with exact theory
Creators: name: Chiu, H. -C.
name: Klimchitskaya, G. L.
name: Marachevsky, V. N.
name: Mostepanenko, V. M.
name: Mohideen, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lateral Casimir force, which arises between aligned sinusoidally corrugated surfaces of a sphere and a plate, was measured for the case of a small corrugation period beyond the applicability region of the proximity force approximation. The increased amplitudes of the corrugations on both the sphere and the plate allowed observation of an asymmetry of the lateral Casimir force, i.e., deviation of its profile from a perfect sine function. The dependences of the lateral force on the phase shift between the corrugations on both test bodies were measured at different separations in two sets of measurements with different amplitudes of corrugations on the sphere. The maximum magnitude of the lateral force as a function of separation was also measured in two successive experiments. All measurement data were compared with the theoretical approach using the proximity force approximation and with the exact theory based on Rayleigh expansions with no fitting parameters. In both cases real material properties of the test bodies and nonzero temperature were taken into account. The data were found to be in a good agreement with the exact theory but deviate significantly from the predictions of the proximity force approximation approach. This provides the quantitative confirmation for the observation of diffraction-type effects that are disregarded within the PFA approach. Possible applications of the phenomenon of the lateral Casimir force in nanotechnology for the operation of micromachines are discussed.
description: 56 pages, 13 figures; to appear in Phys. Rev. B
The mass-flow error in the Numerical Renormalization Group method and the critical behavior of the sub-ohmic spin-boson model
Creators: name: Vojta, Matthias
name: Bulla, Ralf
name: Guettge, Fabian
name: Anders, Frithjof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a particular source of error in the Numerical Renormalization Group (NRG) method for quantum impurity problems, which is related to a renormalization of impurity parameters due to the bath propagator. At any step of the NRG calculation, this renormalization is only partially taken into account, leading to systematic variation of the impurity parameters along the flow. This effect can cause qualitatively incorrect results when studying quantum critical phenomena, as it leads to an implicit variation of the phase transition's control parameter as function of the temperature and thus to an unphysical temperature dependence of the order-parameter mass. We demonstrate the mass-flow effect for bosonic impurity models with a power law bath spectrum, J(w) ~ w^s, namely the dissipative harmonic oscillator and the spin-boson model. We propose an extension of the NRG to correct the mass-flow error. Using this, we find unambiguous signatures of a Gaussian critical fixed point in the spin-boson model for s<1/2, consistent with mean-field behavior as expected from quantum-to-classical mapping.
description: 13 pages, 11 figs
Additional file 2 of The complete chloroplast genome of Diplodiscus trichospermus and phylogenetic position of Brownlowioideae within Malvaceae
Creators: name: Wu, Mingsong
name: He, Liu
name: Ma, Guangyao
name: Zhang, Kai
name: Yang, Haijian
name: Yang, Xinquan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. The species in Malvaceae covered in dataset. The yellow background indicates the plastome of Diplodiscus trichospermus newly sequenced in this study. Species marked in red font are designated as outer groups.
Additional file 7 of A 3-year retrospective analysis of canine intestinal parasites: fecal testing positivity by age, U.S. geographical region and reason for veterinary visit
Creators: name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Hegarty, Evan
name: McCrann, Donald J.
name: Coyne, Michael
name: Kincaid, Dave
name: Szlosek, Donald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7: Figure S2.Proportion of dogs with a positive test result for any intestinal parasite by either the centrifugation method or coproantigen immunoassay by age category.
The American nightmare: a study of F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Baldwin
Creators: name: Elliott, Lorris Thirwald
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The rapid settlement of North America in the seventeenth century was motivated by the dream of success— a dream which the numerous possibilities of that virgin land inspired. The new land of America suggested the possible achievement of a heaven upon earth: the realization of the Utopian myth of timeless perfection. Throughout the subsequent growth of the Republic, this American dream, because of its tremendous strength and of its powerful influence as myth, completely captivated the imagination of the Americans. Consequently, a unique pattern of thought evolved in America; one that has given form and significance to the political, cultural, social, and religious life of the nation; one, in fact, that has moulded the entire history of the United States of America. In this thesis, The American Nightmare, I have attempted to illustrate the effect of the American dream on American literature, particularly on the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald and of James Baldwin. To do this successfully, however, I found it necessary to define the American dream: to trace its origins and subsequent development. Moreover, I have suggested that the American dream, once a vital force because it was relevant to the facts of life in America (or apparently so), has, in the twentieth century, become a nightmare, dedicated to illusion and hypocrisy. Indeed, the literature of the chosen writers reflects not only their preoccupation with the American dream and its influence, but also their desire to reveal and to analyse the apparent failure of this dream and the disillusionment, the despiritualisation, and the inhumanity which the quest for success has engendered in America. The society depicted in the novels I have selected for discussion is a bewildered one--an "incoherent" one. The authors themselves, despite their insight into the problems of American life, are indeed victims of the Medusa-like American dream. The thesis is divided into four sections. Section One, "The American Dream," discussing the settlement of America in the seventeenth century, examines the origins of the dream. Moreover, it traces the development and increasing secularization of the dream in the eighteenth century, witnesses the westward expansion of American settlement and its effect upon the nineteenth century vision of America's future, and, finally, reveals the failure of the dream and the subsequent fear, disillusion and bewilderment in twentieth century America. In short, this section shows how the American dream, once a vital force in American life, has now become a "nightmare"—a mirage which frequently lures many to self-destruction. Sections Two and Three treat specific works of Fitzgerald (This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby) and of Baldwin (Giovanni's Room and Another Country) respectively in the light of the American dream. The thesis concludes with a brief survey of the lives of the two writers, and an evaluation of the effect of the American dream upon their careers.
Additional file 6 of A 3-year retrospective analysis of canine intestinal parasites: fecal testing positivity by age, U.S. geographical region and reason for veterinary visit
Creators: name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Hegarty, Evan
name: McCrann, Donald J.
name: Coyne, Michael
name: Kincaid, Dave
name: Szlosek, Donald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6: Table S5.Number of positive test results by parasite and method.
Understanding the role of Calcium Calmodulin Kinase II in the modulation of oxidative stress in the articular cartilage and osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Dutta, Angshumi
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2025
Subjects: Cartilage biology
CaMKII
Reactive oxygen species
Mitochondria
Osteoarthritis
Oxidative Stress

description: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease with limited treatment options, characterized by oxidative stress and disrupted cartilage homeostasis (Ansari et al., 2020). This thesis investigates the role of Calcium Calmodulin Kinase II (CaMKII) in adult human articular chondrocytes (AHACs) under oxidative stress, focusing on its regulatory functions in redox balance, mitochondrial dynamics, and responses to nutraceutical interventions. An experimental model to induce oxidative stress was established using 200 µM H₂O₂, providing a consistent framework to study reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated processes while maintaining cell viability. In contrast to other cell types where CaMKII is activated by oxidation, AHACs demonstrated phosphorylation-dependent activation under oxidative stress, highlighting cell-type-specific regulatory mechanisms. Inhibition of CaMKII resulted in increased ROS levels, while overexpression of CaMKII promoted nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor-2 (Nrf2)-driven antioxidant responses and supported mitochondrial health through enhanced spare respiratory capacity, ATP production, and mitophagy. These findings underscore its role as a key modulator of redox and mitochondrial homeostasis. The nutraceuticals curcumin and resveratrol were evaluated for their antioxidant effects in the context of CaMKII inhibition. While both reduced ROS, their cytoprotective efficacy was limited and strongly influenced by CaMKII activity. Curcumin exhibited dependency on functional CaMKII, whereas resveratrol showed partial CaMKII-independent effects, particularly in reducing mitochondrial ROS. 3 Overall, this work positions CaMKII as a critical regulator of chondrocyte function under oxidative stress, protecting against oxidative damage and supporting cartilage homeostasis. While nutraceuticals offer potential as adjunct therapies, their limited efficacy without functional CaMKII underscores its therapeutic importance. Future research could explore the specific redox pathways modulated by CaMKII, such as Nrf2 signalling and examine its interactions with nutraceutical mediated signalling pathways.
A Light Supersymmetric Axion in an Anomalous Abelian Extension of the Standard Model
Creators: name: Coriano', Claudio
name: Guzzi, Marco
name: Mariano, Antonio
name: Morelli, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (USSM-A) with an anomalous U(1) and Stueckelberg axions for anomaly cancellation, generalizing similar non-supersymmetric constructions. The model, built by a bottom-up approach, is expected to capture the low-energy supersymmetric description of axionic symmetries in theories with gauged anomalous abelian interactions, previously explored in the non-supersymmetric case for scenarios with intersecting branes. The choice of a USSM-like superpotential, with one extra singlet superfield and an extra abelian symmetry, allows a physical axion-like particle in the spectrum. We describe some general features of this construction and in particular the modification of the dark-matter sector which involves both the axion and several neutralinos with an axino component. The axion is expected to be very light in the absence of phases in the superpotential but could acquire a mass which can also be in the few GeV range or larger. In particular, the gauging of the anomalous symmetry allows independent mass/coupling interaction to the gauge fields of this particle, a feature which is absent in traditional (invisible) axion models. We comment on the general implications of our study for the signature of moduli from string theory due to the presence of these anomalous symmetries.
description: 46 pages, 28 figures. Revised version, accepted for a publication on Phys.Rev.D
Grid diagrams and Khovanov homology
Creators: name: Droz, Jean-Marie
name: Wagner, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M27

description: We explain how to compute the Jones polynomial of a link from one of its grid diagrams and we observe a connection between Bigelow's homological definition of the Jones polynomial and Kauffman's definition of the Jones polynomial. Consequently, we prove that the Maslov grading on the Seidel-Smith symplectic link invariant coincides with the difference between the homological grading on Khovanov homology and the Jones grading on Khovanov homology. We give some evidence for the truth of the Seidel-Smith conjecture.
Uncertainties on alpha_S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections
Creators: name: Martin, A. D.
name: Stirling, W. J.
name: Thorne, R. S.
name: Watt, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the uncertainty on the strong coupling alpha_S due to the experimental errors on the data fitted in global analysis of hard-scattering data, within the standard framework of leading-twist fixed-order collinear factorisation in the MSbar scheme, finding that alpha_S(M_Z^2) = 0.1202^{+0.0012}_{-0.0015} at next-to-leading order (NLO) and alpha_S(M_Z^2) = 0.1171^{+0.0014}_{-0.0014} at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO). We do not address in detail the issue of the additional theory uncertainty on alpha_S(M_Z^2), but an estimate is +/-0.003 at NLO and at most +/-0.002 at NNLO. We investigate the interplay between uncertainties on alpha_S and uncertainties on parton distribution functions (PDFs). We show, for the first time, how both these sources of uncertainty can be accounted for simultaneously in calculations of cross sections, and we provide eigenvector PDF sets with different fixed alpha_S values to allow further studies by the general user. We illustrate the application of these PDF sets by calculating cross sections for W, Z, Higgs boson and inclusive jet production at the Tevatron and LHC.
description: 45 pages, 17 figures. Grids can be found at http://projects.hepforge.org/mstwpdf/ and in LHAPDF V5.7.1. v2: version to appear in EPJC
On absolute continuity of the spectrum of a periodic magnetic Schrödinger operator
Creators: name: Danilov, L. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35P05

description: We consider the Schrödinger operator in ${\mathbb R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, with the electric potential $V$ and the magnetic potential $A$ being periodic functions (with a common period lattice) and prove absolute continuity of the spectrum of the operator in question under some conditions which, in particular, are satisfied if $V\in L^{n/2}_{\mathrm {loc}}({\mathbb R}^n)$ and $A\in H^q_{\mathrm {loc}}({\mathbb R}^n;{\mathbb R}^n)$, $q>(n-1)/2$.
description: 25 pages
Horizon in Random Matrix Theory, Hawking Radiation and Flow of Cold Atoms
Creators: name: Franchini, Fabio
name: Kravtsov, Vladimir E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a Gaussian scalar field theory in a curved 2D metric with an event horizon as the low-energy effective theory for a weakly confined, invariant Random Matrix ensemble (RME). The presence of an event horizon naturally generates a bath of Hawking radiation, which introduces a finite temperature in the model in a non-trivial way. A similar mapping with a gravitational analogue model has been constructed for a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) pushed to flow at a velocity higher than its speed of sound, with Hawking radiation as sound waves propagating over the cold atoms. Our work suggests a three-fold connection between a moving BEC system, black-hole physics and unconventional RMEs with possible experimental applications.
description: 4 pages, no figures. PRL accepted version
Tervise edendamine ja kvaliteedi tagamine Eesti haiglates
Creators: name: Merisalu, Eda
name: Alop, Jana
name: Põlluste, Kaja
name: Suurorg, Lagle
name: Härm, Tiiu
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2006
Subjects: haigla, tervise edendamine, kvaliteedi tagamine

description: 1990. aastate keskpaigas algatati Maailma Terviseorganisatsiooni eestvedamisel tervist edendavate haiglate (TEH) liikumine, mille eesmärgiks oli lisaks diagnostikale ja ravile julgus  tada haiglaid tegelema rohkem ka haiguste ennetamise ning tervise edendamisega. Tervist edendav haigla peaks kaasa aitama nii oma patsientide kui ka töötajate tervise edendamisele ning seeläbi tagama ka kvaliteetsema tervishoiuteenuse osutamise. Eestis algas TEH-liikumine 1999. aastal, 2005. aasta lõpuks on võrgustikuga ühinenud 22 haiglat. Käesolevas töös on analüüsitud ning võrreldud TEH-võrgustikuga ühinenud ja võrgustikku mittekuuluvate Eesti haiglate tegevust tervise edendamise ja tervishoiuteenuste kvaliteedi tagamise valdkonnas.


Eesti Arst 2006; 85 (1): 2–8
description: Eesti Arst, Jaanuar 2006
Additional file 8 of A 3-year retrospective analysis of canine intestinal parasites: fecal testing positivity by age, U.S. geographical region and reason for veterinary visit
Creators: name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Hegarty, Evan
name: McCrann, Donald J.
name: Coyne, Michael
name: Kincaid, Dave
name: Szlosek, Donald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8: Figure S3. Proportion of dogs with positive test results for intestinal parasites by the centrifugation method and coproantigen immunoassay by age category.
Involving Latino Parents in Education: Advocating for Children with Special Needs
Creators: name: Leary, Carolyn
name: Parker, Colin
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Examines the challenges of Latino children\u2019s access to quality special education in the context of the broader racial educational achievement gap in South Bend and the country as a whole. Based on participant observation and literature review. Concludes that the solution lies in encouraging and supporting parental involvement in their children\u2019s schools and promoting outreach to and advocacy for the Latino community.
Force between a magnetic tip and an inhomogeneous superconductor at zero field
Creators: name: Carneiro, Gilson
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The force exerted by a semi-infinite inhomogeneous superconductor with a planar interface to vacuum on a magnetic tip is studied theoretically in the absence of external magnetic fields. It is shown that the force has a contribution from inhomogeneities due to material defects with unique characteristics. Defects are taken into account in the London limit by allowing the mass parameter to vary spatially. The contribution from defects to the force is calculated analytically to first order in the deviation of the mass parameter from its constant value for the homogeneous superconductor, assuming that the tip is a point dipole perpendicular to the interface, and that it does not spontaneously create vortex matter. Random point defects and linear localized defects are considered phenomenologically. For each defect type the force dependence on the dipole position coordinates is obtained, and the force magnitudes are estimated numerically. The predictions for the dependence of the linear defect force on the dipole lateral position are found to agree qualitatively with experiment.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Physica C - Proceedings VORTEX VI Conference
Suitsetamise mõju kroonilise parodontiidiga patsientide mittekirurgilise ja süsteemse antibiootilise ravikombinatsiooni efektiivsusele
Creators: name: Pähkla, Ene-Renate
name: Lõivukene, Krista
name: Saag, Mare
name: Naaber, Paul
name: Koppel, Taive
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2006

description: Uuringus hinnati mittekirurgilise ja süsteemse antibiootilise ravikombinatsiooni pikaajalist efekti ning võrreldi suitsetajate ja mittesuitsetajate ravi edukust raske generaliseerunud krooni lise parodontiidi haigetel. Raske generaliseerunud parodontiidi korral osutus efektiivseks mikro bio loogilisel analüüsil põhinev süsteemne antibiootikumravi. Mittesuitsetajate kliinilised para meetrid (v.a supuratsiooniindeks) kombineeritud ravi järel paranesid. Suitsetajate parameetrid ei olnud vaatamata ravi üldisele edukusele
ühegi näitaja osas oluliselt muutunud, lisaks jätkus suitse tajatel kinnituskudede häving ja igemete veritsemine. Suitsetamine halvendas oluliselt parodontiidi ravitulemusi, mistõttu hambaarstid peaksid patsiente nõustama ja aitama suitseta misest loobuda.

Eesti Arst 2006; 85 (1): 20–25
description: Eesti Arst, Jaanuar 2006
Additional file 1 of A systematic literature review of frequency of vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell disease
Creators: name: Zaidi, Ahmar U.
name: Glaros, Alexander K.
name: Lee, Soyon
name: Wang, Taiji
name: Bhojwani, Rhea
name: Morris, Eric
name: Donohue, Breanne
name: Paulose, Jincy
name: Iorga, Şerban R.
name: Nellesen, Dave
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Complete search strategies. This file contains detailed search strategies for MEDLINE database and listing of included congress abstract databases.
Müomeetriameetodil määratud skeletilihaste biomehaaniliste parameetrite seos arteriaalse hüpertooniaga
Creators: name: Vain, Arvi
name: Kahn, Hubert
name: Toomla, Thea
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2006
Subjects: hüpertoonia, skeletilihas, müomeetria

description: Uurimuse eesmärgiks oli selgitada originaalse mitteinvasiivse müomeetri (autor bioloogiadoktor Arvid Vain) võimalusi objektiveerida kutsetööst põhjustatud lihaste füüsilist ülekoormust ning sel viisil täiustada lihaspingete, müofastsiaalsete valude ja teiste, peamiselt subjektiivsetel valuaistingutel põhinevate lihaspatoloogiate diagnoosimist. Selle töö suuremahulise materjali läbi töötamisel selgus, et lisaks üldtuntud positiivsele korrelatsioonile vanuse, kehamassi indeksi ja arteriaalse hüpertoonia vahel on täheldatav teatud seos ka müomeetri abil määratud skeletilihaste parameetrite ja arteriaalse hüpertoonia vahel.


Eesti Arst 2006; 85 (1): 14–19
description: Eesti Arst, Jaanuar 2006
Flexomagnetoelectric effect in bismuth ferrite
Creators: name: Zvezdin, A. K.
name: Pyatakov, A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There is a profound analogy between inhomogeneous magnetoelectric effect in multiferroics and flexoelectric effect in liquid crystals. This similarity gives rise to the flexomagnetoelectric polarization induced by spin modulation. The theoretical estimations of flexomagnetoelectric polarization agree with the value of jumps of polarization in magnetoelectric dependences (~20muC/m^2) observed at spin cycloid suppression at critical magnetic field 200kOe.
description: 6 pages,2 figures
Kõrvasüljenäärme kasvajad Eestis
Creators: name: Timpmann, Dagmar
name: Tuulik, Enn
Publisher: name: OÜ Celsius Healthcare
Year: 2006
Subjects: süljenäärmekasvajad, epidemioloogia, elulemus

description: Süljenäärmete kasvajad on suhteliselt vähe levinud, moodustades 2–3% pea- ja kaelapiirkonna kasvajatest. Süljenäärmekasvajaid iseloomustab asümptomaatiline kulg, mistõttu nad avastatakse hilises staadiumis. Nii hea- kui ka pahaloomuliste kasvajate puhul on näidustatud radikaalne kirurgiline ravi ning pikaajaline järelkontroll. Töös analüüsiti aastatel 1990–2000 Eestis diagnoositud kõrvasüljenäärme pahaloomulise kasvajaga haigete isikuandmeid, diagnoosimist, raviviiside kasutamist ja prognoosi. Ühe aasta elulemus oli kõige väiksem mittespetsiifilise epiteliaalse kartsinoomi ja mittediferentseerunud kartsinoomiga patsientidel. Ravitulemused olid märgatavalt halvemad haigetel, kes pöördusid haiguse hilisemas staadiumis.


Eesti Arst 2006; 85 (1): 9–13
description: Eesti Arst, Jaanuar 2006
Tri-bimaximal Neutrino Mixing from A(4) and θ_{13} \sim θ_C
Creators: name: Lin, Yin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is a common believe that, if the Tri-bimaximal mixing (TBM) pattern is explained by vacuum alignment in an A(4) model, only a very small reactor angle, say θ_{13} \sim λ^2_C being λ_C \equiv θ_C the Cabibbo angle, can be accommodated. This statement is based on the assumption that all the flavon fields acquire VEVs at a very similar scale and the departures from exact TBM arise at the same perturbation level. From the experimental point of view, however, a relatively large value θ_{13} \sim λ_C is not yet excluded by present data. In this paper, we propose a Seesaw A(4) model in which the previous assumption can naturally be evaded. The aim is to describe a θ_{13} \sim λ_C without conflicting with the TBM prediction for θ_{12} which is rather close to the observed value (at λ^2_C level). In our model the deviation of the atmospherical angle from maximal is subject to the sum-rule: \sin ^2 θ_{23} \approx 1/2 + \sqrt{2}/2 \sin δ\cos θ_{13} which is a next-to-leading order prediction of our model.
description: 16 pages, revised, typos corrected, references added
The Technique of Katherine Mansfield
Creators: name: Greenwood, Lillian Bethel
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this thesis is to isolate and examine the major technical devices of the short stories of Katherine Mansfield. Since the emphasis will be on Mansfield's technical skill, not on the development of that skill, my discussion will be limited to the stories of Mansfield's major writing period, to the completed stories of Bliss. The Garden Party, and The Dove's Nest. The introductory first chapter gives a summary of the critical attention Mansfield's work has received, attention largely commendatory but generally lacking in specific examination of the stories themselves, and of the few statements Mansfield herself made on her artistic principles. From this starting point the stories themselves are examined as evidence of Mansfield's technique. For the purpose of this paper, I limit my discussion to what I believe are the major aspects of Mansfield's art of story writing: her use of time, of point of view, of names, and of symbolism. In Chapters II - V these techniques are examined separately in relation to the stories. Chapter VI summarizes the conclusions reached in previous chapters: that Mansfield's skill is a unique blend of several largely traditional techniques. A brief discussion is given of the problem of Mansfield's unwritten work, work she hoped to do but was prevented from attempting by her early death. The report of a conversation with Mansfield a few weeks before her death is cited as evidence that Mansfield had come to recognize the emotional flaw in much of her earlier work. The conclusion reached is that, if indeed Mansfield had succeeded in widening her view of life, she would have been able to produce work of a very high literary standard since she had certainly attained a very high degree of technical skill.