cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
First Search for Lorentz and CPT Violation in Double Beta Decay with EXO-200
Creators: name: 200 Collaboration
name: Albert, J. B.
name: Barbeau, P. S.
name: Beck, D.
name: Belov, V.
name: Breidenbach, M.
name: Brunner, T.
name: Burenkov, A.
name: Cao, G. F.
name: Chambers, C.
name: Cleveland, B.
name: Coon, M.
name: Craycraft, A.
name: Daniels, T.
name: Danilov, M.
name: Daugherty, S. J.
name: Davis, C. G.
name: Davis, J.
name: Delaquis, S.
name: Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, A.
name: DeVoe, R.
name: Díaz, J. S.
name: Didberidze, T.
name: Dilling, J.
name: Dolgolenko, A.
name: Dolinski, M. J.
name: Dunford, M.
name: Fairbank, W.
name: Farine, J.
name: Feyzbkhsh, S.
name: Feldmeier, W.
name: Fierlinger, P.
name: Fudenberg, D.
name: Gornea, R.
name: Graham, K.
name: Gratta, G.
name: Hall, C.
name: Homiller, S.
name: Hughes, M.
name: Jewell, M. J.
name: Jiang, X. S.
name: Johnson, A.
name: Johnson, T. N.
name: Johnston, S.
name: Karelin, A.
name: Kaufman, L. J.
name: Killick, R.
name: Koffas, T.
name: Kravitz, S.
name: Krücken, R.
name: Kuchenkov, A.
name: Kumar, K. S.
name: Leonard, D. S.
name: Lin, Y. H.
name: Ling, J.
name: MacLellan, R.
name: Marino, M. G.
name: Mong, B.
name: Moore, D.
name: Nelson, R.
name: Njoya, O.
name: Odian, A.
name: Ostrovskiy, I.
name: Piepke, A.
name: Pocar, A.
name: Prescott, C. Y.
name: Retiére, F.
name: Rowson, P. C.
name: Russell, J. J.
name: Schubert, A.
name: Sinclair, D.
name: Smith, E.
name: Stekhanov, V.
name: Tarka, M.
name: Tolba, T.
name: Tsang, R.
name: Twelker, K.
name: Vuilleumier, J. -L.
name: Vogel, P.
name: Waite, A.
name: Walton, J.
name: Walton, T.
name: Weber, M.
name: Wen, L. J.
name: Wichoski, U.
name: Wood, J.
name: Yang, L.
name: Yen, Y. -R.
name: Zeldovich, O. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for Lorentz- and CPT-violating signals in the double beta decay spectrum of $^{136}$Xe has been performed using an exposure of 100 kg$\cdot$yr with the EXO-200 detector. No significant evidence of the spectral modification due to isotropic Lorentz-violation was found, and a two-sided limit of $-2.65 \times 10^{-5 } \; \textrm{GeV} < \mathring{a}^{(3)}_{\text{of}} < 7.60 \times 10^{-6} \; \textrm{GeV}$ (90% C.L.) is placed on the relevant coefficient within the Standard-Model Extension (SME). This is the first experimental study of the effect of the SME-defined oscillation-free and momentum-independent neutrino coupling operator on the double beta decay process.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Jitter-correction for IR/UV-XUV pump-probe experiments at the FLASH free-electron laser
Creators: name: Savelyev, Evgeny
name: Boll, Rebecca
name: Bomme, Cédric
name: Schirmel, Nora
name: Redlin, Harald
name: Erk, Benjamin
name: Düsterer, Stefan
name: Müller, Erland
name: Höppner, Hauke
name: Toleikis, Sven
name: Müller, Jost
name: Kristin Czwalinna, Marie
name: Treusch, Rolf
name: Kierspel, Thomas
name: Mullins, Terence
name: Trippel, Sebastian
name: Wiese, Joss
name: Küpper, Jochen
name: Brauβe, Felix
name: Krecinic, Faruk
name: Rouzée, Arnaud
name: Rudawski, Piotr
name: Johnsson, Per
name: Amini, Kasra
name: Lauer, Alexandra
name: Burt, Michael
name: Brouard, Mark
name: Christensen, Lauge
name: Thøgersen, Jan
name: Stapelfeldt, Henrik
name: Berrah, Nora
name: Müller, Maria
name: Ulmer, Anatoli
name: Techert, Simone
name: Rudenko, Artem
name: Rolles, Daniel
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik

description: In pump-probe experiments employing a free-electron laser (FEL) in combination with a synchronized optical femtosecond laser, the arrival-time jitter between the FEL pulse and the optical laser pulse often severely limits the temporal resolution that can be achieved. Here, we present a pump-probe experiment on the UV-induced dissociation of 2,6-difluoroiodobenzene (C6H3F2I) molecules performed at the FLASH FEL that takes advantage of recent upgrades of the FLASH timing and synchronization system to obtain high-quality data that are not limited by the FEL arrival-time jitter. We discuss in detail the necessary data analysis steps and describe the origin of the time-dependent effects in the yields and kinetic energies of the fragment ions that we observe in the experiment.
Identifying Intervention Characteristics of Exercise-Based Achilles Tendinopathy (AT) Treatments using TIDieR: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Merry, Kohle
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Using the TIDieR checklist, synthesize how current exercise-based AT interventions are being designed, implemented, and reported
Unified Information Access in Product Creation with an Integrated Control Desk
Creators: name: Wrasse, Kevin
name: Diener, Holger
name: Hayka, Haygazun
name: Stark, Rainer
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik

description: Customers demand for individualized products leads to a large variety of different products in small series and single-unit production. A high flexibility pressure in product creation is one result of this trend. In order to counteract the pressure, the information steadily increasing by Industry 4.0 must be made available at the workplace. Additionally, a better exchange of information between product development, production planning and production is necessary. The improvement of individual systems, like CAD, PDM, ERP and MES, can only achieve this to a limited extent. Since they mostly use systems from different manufacturers, the necessary deeper integration of information is only feasible for SMEs to a limited extend. The presented control desk helps to ensure a more flexible product creation as well as information exchange. It captures information from different IT systems in the production process and presents them integrated, task-oriented and oriented to the user's mental model, e.g. information of the production combined with the 3D model of product parts, or information about product development on the 3D model of the production. The solution is a digital 3D model of the manufacturing environment, which is enriched by billboards for a quick information overview and web service windows to access detailed MES and PDM information. By this, the level of abstraction can be reduced and reacts to changed requirements in the short term, making informed decisions. The interaction with the control stands utilizes the touch skills of mobile and fixed systems such as smartphones, tablets and multitouch tables.
title: Do after-hours CT cases contribute to registrar teaching and learning? A tertiary teaching hospital experience
Creators: name: Shun, Liam
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: eHealth
subject: Workforce

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: After-hours radiology coverage has always been the subject of much literature, from both within and outside the discipline of Radiology. The initial challenge to radiologists from clinicians for the right to image interpretation [1,2] led to...
title: Progress of radiation oncology medical physics education and training in the Queensland public system
Creators: name: West, Mark
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: Management
subject: Education and training

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: This work gives an overview of Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist (ROMP) Education and Training across Queensland Health public departments; including a department and trainee (registrar) profile and an outline of successes and challenges...
Price anchoring in Online Markets: an Empirical Assessment
Creators: name: Bogliacino, Francesco
name: Cuntz, Alexander
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: auction
subject: anchoring
subject: counterfeit
subject: heuristics

description: There is a large literature in behavioral economics contradicting the empirical prediction of rational choice theory once applied to auctions. The issue is of particular relevance due to the large use of auctions in mechanism design. One of the heuristics that may induce biased behavior is anchoring, namely the possibility that uninformative information influences choices. In this article we assess the impact of the anchoring effect in bidding for online auctions. Our aim is to isolate the anchoring effect of fixed price listing from the strategic bidding effect. Our empirical strategy is to use market segmentation induced by the presence of counterfeit products. Our results confirm the importance of behavioral heuristics and associate biases in auction. In particular we find price effects on auctions from upper and lower bounds (ceiling and floor) of the fixed price distribution and across run time. The results are robust with regard to various formulations of the baseline regression.
title: Comparison of lung tumour size on MDCT chest scans in lung and soft tissue window versus gross surgical specimen; is the current practice of using lung window for measuring lung tumours appropriate?
Creators: name: Dassanayake, Yamal
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Cancer
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: CT
subject: Thorax
subject: Oncology
subject: Lung

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: It is generally accepted that lung window is more accurate than soft tissue window for measuring pulmonary lesions. The latter tends to understimate the true lesion size, assessed on surgical specimens. We wanted to assess the accuracy of this...
A kinetic theory for age-structured stochastic birth-death processes
Creators: name: Greenman, Chris D.
name: Chou, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Classical age-structured mass-action models such as the McKendrick-von Foerster equation have been extensively studied but they are structurally unable to describe stochastic fluctuations or population-size-dependent birth and death rates. Stochastic theories that treat semi-Markov age-dependent processes using e.g., the Bellman-Harris equation, do not resolve a population's age-structure and are unable to quantify population-size dependencies. Conversely, current theories that include size-dependent population dynamics (e.g., mathematical models that include carrying capacity such as the Logistic equation) cannot be easily extended to take into account age-dependent birth and death rates. In this paper, we present a systematic derivation of a new fully stochastic kinetic theory for interacting age-structured populations. By defining multiparticle probability density functions, we derive a hierarchy of kinetic equations for the stochastic evolution of an ageing population undergoing birth and death. We show that the fully stochastic age-dependent birth-death process precludes factorization of the corresponding probability densities, which then must be solved by using a BBGKY-like hierarchy. However, explicit solutions are derived in two simple limits and compared with their corresponding mean-field results. Our results generalize both deterministic models and existing master equation approaches by providing an intuitive and efficient way to simultaneously model age- and population-dependent stochastic dynamics applicable to the study of demography, stem cell dynamics, and disease evolution.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures. Abridged version with supporting appendix submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
title: IMRT vs. VMAT: Assessing the dosimetric equivalence of two treatment delivery techniques via independent DICOM RT data analysis
Creators: name: Young, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Pelvis
subject: Computer applications
subject: CT
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
subject: VMAT and Tomotherapy
subject: Radiotherapy techniques

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: This poster demonstrates how DICOM data from a treatment plan can be used to compare different techniques to inform the clinical implementation of a new treatment technique. The aim is to assess dosimetric equivalence of volumetric modulated arc...
A randomized approach to speed up the analysis of large-scale read-count data in the application of CNV detection
Creators: name: Wang, WeiBo
name: Szatkiewicz, Jin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract Background The application of high-throughput sequencing in a broad range of quantitative genomic assays (e.g., DNA-seq, ChIP-seq) has created a high demand for the analysis of large-scale read-count data. Typically, the genome is divided into tiling windows and windowed read-count data is generated for the entire genome from which genomic signals are detected (e.g. copy number changes in DNA-seq, enrichment peaks in ChIP-seq). For accurate analysis of read-count data, many state-of-the-art statistical methods use generalized linear models (GLM) coupled with the negative-binomial (NB) distribution by leveraging its ability for simultaneous bias correction and signal detection. However, although statistically powerful, the GLM+NB method has a quadratic computational complexity and therefore suffers from slow running time when applied to large-scale windowed read-count data. In this study, we aimed to speed up substantially the GLM+NB method by using a randomized algorithm and we demonstrate here the utility of our approach in the application of detecting copy number variants (CNVs) using a real example. Results We propose an efficient estimator, the randomized GLM+NB coefficients estimator (RGE), for speeding up the GLM+NB method. RGE samples the read-count data and solves the estimation problem on a smaller scale. We first theoretically validated the consistency and the variance properties of RGE. We then applied RGE to GENSENG, a GLM+NB based method for detecting CNVs. We named the resulting method as “R-GENSENG". Based on extensive evaluation using both simulated and empirical data, we concluded that R-GENSENG is ten times faster than the original GENSENG while maintaining GENSENG’s accuracy in CNV detection. Conclusions Our results suggest that RGE strategy developed here could be applied to other GLM+NB based read-count analyses, i.e. ChIP-seq data analysis, to substantially improve their computational efficiency while preserving the analytic power.
Influence of Poroelasticity on the 3D Seismic Response of Complex Geological Media
Creators: name: Wuttke, Frank
name: Dineva, Petia
name: Fontara, Ioanna-Kleoniki
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik
subject: 3D seismic wave propagation
subject: saturated soil
subject: surface relief
subject: elastic inclusion
subject: Boundary Integral Equation Method
subject: BIEM

description: Elastic wave propagation in 3D poroelastic geological media with localized heterogeneities, such as an elastic inclusion and a canyon is investigated to visualize the modification of local site responses under consideration of water saturated geomaterial. The extended computational environment herein developed is a direct Boundary Integral Equation Method (BIEM), based on the frequency-dependent fundamental solution of the governing equation in poro-visco elastodynamics. Bardet’s model is introduced in the analysis as the computationally efficient viscoelastic isomorphism to Biot’s equations of dynamic poroelasticity, thus replacing the two-phase material by a complex valued single-phase one. The potential of Bardet’s analogue is illustrated for low frequency vibrations and all simulation results demonstrate the dependency of wave field developed along the free surface on the properties of the soil material.
Electron and hole g factors in InAs/InAlGaAs self-assembled quantum dots emitting at telecom wavelengths
Creators: name: Belykh, V. V.
name: Greilich, A.
name: Yakovlev, D. R.
name: Yacob, M.
name: Reithmaier, J. P.
name: Benyoucef, M.
name: Bayer, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the range of quantum dot (QD) emission energies where electron and hole $g$ factors have been measured to the practically important telecom range. The spin dynamics in InAs/In$_{0.53}$Al$_{0.24}$Ga$_{0.23}$As self-assembled QDs with emission wavelengths at about 1.6 $μ$m grown on InP substrate is investigated by pump-probe Faraday rotation spectroscopy in a magnetic field. Pronounced oscillations on two different frequencies, corresponding to the QD electron and hole spin precessions about the field are observed from which the corresponding $g$ factors are determined. The electron $g$ factor of about $-1.9$ has the largest negative value so far measured for III-V QDs by optical methods. This value, as well as the $g$ factors reported for other III-V QDs, differ from those expected for bulk semiconductors at the same emission energies, and this difference increases significantly for decreasing energies.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
title: Role of computed tomography imaging in esophageal stent implantation
Creators: name: Sidorova, Julia
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Management
subject: CT
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Stents
subject: Dilation
subject: Cancer
subject: Image verification

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Optimal management of esophageal cancer base on effective multidisciplinary care which combine chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Common patients with esophageal cancer have significant dysphagia due to lumen esophageal stenosis which demands...
DNA replication and the GINS complex: localization on extended chromatin fibers
Creators: name: Kaufman, David
name: Chastain, Paul D
name: Cordeiro-Stone, Marila
name: Cohen, Stephanie M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2009

description: Abstract Background The GINS complex is thought to be essential for the processes of initiation and elongation of DNA replication. This complex contains four subunits, one of which (Psf1) is proposed to bind to both chromatin and DNA replication-associated proteins. To date there have been no microscopic analyses to evaluate the chromatin distribution of this complex. Here, we show the organization of GINS complexes on extended chromatin fibers in relation to sites of DNA replication and replication-associated proteins. Results Using immunofluorescence microscopy we were able to visualize ORC1, ORC2, PCNA, and GINS complex proteins Psf1 and Psf2 bound to extended chromatin fibers. We were also able to detect these proteins concurrently with the visualization of tracks of recently replicated DNA where EdU, a thymidine analog, was incorporated. This allowed us to assess the chromatin association of proteins of interest in relation to the process of DNA replication. ORC and GINS proteins were found on chromatin fibers before replication could be detected. These proteins were also associated with newly replicated DNA in bead-like structures. Additionally, GINS proteins co-localized with PCNA at sites of active replication. Conclusion In agreement with its proposed role in the initiation of DNA replication, GINS proteins associated with chromatin near sites of ORC binding that were devoid of EdU (absence of DNA replication). The association of GINS proteins with PCNA was consistent with a role in the process of elongation. Additionally, the large size of our chromatin fibers (up to approximately 7 Mb) allowed for a more expansive analysis of the distance between active replicons than previously reported.
Facile synthesis of micro-mesoporous activated carbon in ambient air via one and two - stage activation of palm kernel shell waste for methylene blue adsorption
Creators: name: Yeboah, Martin Luther
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The primary objective of this study was to discover the effects of one – and two-stage activation process on the synthesis and methylene blue (MB) adsorption performance of palm kernel shell-derived activated carbon using KOH as activator in ambient air. The two-stage process can produce a higher yield of porous carbon materials (PKSAC) in contrast to the one-stage process (RPKSAC). Significant differences in morphology, textural properties, organic structure and crystallinity of prepared activated carbons were observed. BET findings show that PKSAC had a higher specific surface area (1298 m2/g) and pore volume (0.58 cm3/g) with numerous micropores compared to RPKSAC (surface area: 1160 m2/g and Pore volume: 0.48 cm3/g), this may be attributed to reaction nature between activator and precursor as temperature increases, which determines the pore-forming path way. Moreover, PKSAC (MB adsorption capacity = 417 mg/g) absorbs 62 mg/g more than RPKSAC (MB adsorption capacity = 355 mg/g) due to its excellent surface textural property and oxygen-containing functional groups on the surface. Furthermore, Langmuir model fits the adsorption behaviour of PKSAC/MB adsorption system. The dye adsorption mechanism was dominated with physical, electrostatic, π–π and hydrogen bonding interactions. Thermodynamic parameters indicated that, the MB adsorption on the prepared activated carbon was spontaneous and endothermic. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that two-stage activation process enhances the adsorption ability of activated carbon, proving palm kernel shells as viable for activated carbon production.
HEGPOL: Randomized, placebo controlled, multicenter, double-blind clinical trial to investigate hepatoprotective effects of glycine in the postoperative phase of liver transplantation [ISRCTN69350312]
Creators: name: Bunzendahl, Hartwig
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2005

description: Abstract Background Kupffer cell-dependent ischemia / reperfusion (I/R) injury after liver transplantation is still of high clinical relevance, as it is strongly associated with primary dysfunction and primary nonfunction of the graft. Glycine, a non-toxic, non-essential amino acid has been conclusively shown in various experiments to prevent both activation of Kupffer cells and reperfusion injury. Based on both experimental and preliminary clinical data this study protocol was designed to further evaluate the early effect of glycine after liver transplantation. Methods / design A prospective double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled multicenter study with two parallel groups in a total of 130 liver transplant recipients was designed to assess the effect of multiple intravenous doses of glycine after transplantation. Primary endpoints in hierarchical order are: peak levels of both aspartat-amino-transaminase (AST) and alanine-amino-transaminase (ALT) as surrogates for the progression of liver related injury, as well as both graft and patient survival up to 2 years after transplantation. Furthermore, the effect of glycine on cyclosporine A-induced nephrotoxicity is evaluated. Discussion The ongoing clinical trial represents an advanced element of the research chain, along which a scientific hypothesis has to go by, in order to reach the highest level of evidence; a randomized, prospective, controlled double-blinded clinical trial. If the data of this ongoing research project confirm prior findings, glycine would improve the general outcome after liver transplantation.
Infrared divergences and harmonic anomalies in the two-loop superstring effective action
Creators: name: Pioline, Boris
name: Russo, Rodolfo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the pertubative contributions to the $D^4 R^4$ and $D^6 R^4$ couplings in the low-energy effective action of type II string theory compactified on a torus $T^d$, with particular emphasis on two-loop corrections. In general, it is necessary to introduce an infrared cut-off $Λ$ to separate local interactions from non-local effects due to the exchange of massless states. We identify the degenerations of the genus-two Riemann surface which are responsible for power-like dependence on $Λ$, and give an explicit prescription for extracting the $Λ$-independent effective couplings. These renormalized couplings are then shown to be eigenmodes of the Laplace operator with respect to the torus moduli, up to computable anomalous source terms arising in the presence of logarithmic divergences, in precise agreement with predictions from U-duality. Our results for the two-loop $D^6 R^4$ contribution also probe essential properties of the Kawazumi-Zhang invariant
description: 23 pages
title: Oral cavity dose drives dysphagia in definitive (Chemo) IMRT for head and neck cancer
Creators: name: Anderson, Nigel
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Management
subject: Cone beam CT
subject: Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
subject: Swallowing disorders

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Patients with cancers of the head and neck undergoing definitive intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) invariably experience some degree of dysphagia. Enteral feeding tubes (FT) are often employed in the setting of severe dysphagia, to maintain...
Predicting the capability of diatomite magnano composite boosted with polymer extracted from brown seaweeds for the adsorption of cyanide from water solutions using the response surface methodology: modelling and optimisation
Creators: name: Rasoulzadeh, Hassan
name: Sheikhmohammadi, Amir
name: Abtahi, Mehrnoosh
name: Alipour, Mohammadreza
name: Roshan, Bahram
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: The rate of cyanide reduction in the aqueous solutions by adsorption onto the diatomite magnano composite boosted with alginate polymer beads (DMBA) was evaluated. The R software using RSM was used as an experimental technique to design a statistical equation. Based on statistical results obtained, second order model due to insignificant lack of fit (0.12) and the higher value of correlation coefficient (0.92) was selected as a suitable model to design of the adsorption process. Based on the stationary points, the maximum adsorption of cyanide (98.11%) was achieved under selected conditions (initial cyanide concentration, 4.88 mg L−1; contact time, 91.06 min and DMBA dosage, 2.05 g L−1). The Sips nonlinear model indicated the best compatibility with the experimental data. It was found to be a successful model for predicting the heterogeneity of surfaces. The maximum adsorption capacity of cyanide onto DMBA was determined 208.55 mg g−1. The pseudo-first-order model was found to agree well with the adsorption experimental data obtained for cyanide. The thermodynamic data revealed the spontaneous sorption and endothermic for the adsorption of cyanide onto DMBA.
Logic meets probability and learning: a tutorial
Creators: name: Belle, Vaishak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is a tutorial given at the Logic for AI Spring School at Lake Como: https://lais.lakecomoschool.org

 

This is the first part of the tutorial and covers the foundations of propositional logic and probability mainly through the lens of weighted model counting. It then covers results on continuous data with inductive logic programming, tractable probabilistic models, and other avenues for learning. Finally, it covers using logic for programming machine learning models and recent extensions to weighted model counting such as algebraic model counting.
Triplet-Quadruplet Dark Matter
Creators: name: Tait, Tim M. P.
name: Yu, Zhao-Huan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore a dark matter model extending the standard model particle content by one fermionic $SU(2)_L$ triplet and two fermionic $SU(2)_L$ quadruplets, leading to a minimal realistic UV-complete model of electroweakly interacting dark matter which interacts with the Higgs doublet at tree level via two kinds of Yukawa couplings. After electroweak symmetry-breaking, the physical spectrum of the dark sector consists of three Majorana fermions, three singly charged fermions, and one doubly charged fermion, with the lightest neutral fermion $χ_1^0$ serving as a dark matter candidate. A typical spectrum exhibits a large degree of degeneracy in mass between the neutral and charged fermions, and we examine the one-loop corrections to the mass differences to ensure that the lightest particle is neutral. We identify regions of parameter space for which the dark matter abundance is saturated for a standard cosmology, including coannihilation channels, and find that this is typically achieved for $m_{χ_1^0}\sim 2.4~\mathrm{TeV}$. Constraints from precision electroweak measurements, searches for dark matter scattering with nuclei, and dark matter annihilation are important, but leave open a viable range for a thermal relic.
description: 27 pages, 6 figures. v2: minor revisions to match published version
Effective adsorption of Fuchsine dye on FeZnOAC: kinetic, isotherm, double-layer modelling and reusability study
Creators: name: Fegade, Umesh
name: Inamuddin
name: Altalhi, Tariq
name: Ahamed, Mohd Imran
name: Kanchi, Suvardhan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The FeZnO (iron zinc bimetallic oxide) was synthesised using the ultrasound-assisted method and further converted into FeZnOAC (iron zinc bimetallic oxide-doped activated carbon) by treating it with activated carbon. As developed FeZnOAC is effectively used for the adsorption of Fuchsine dye from an aqueous dye solution. A 200 mg of FeZnOAC was sufficient for the rapid removal of Fuchsine (>97.64%) dye. The kinetic adsorption data is well fitted with a pseudo-second-order model. The Langmuir isothermal model shows a high regression coefficient (R2) than the Freundlich with a Qmax of 333.33 mg g−1. The dye adsorption at varying temperatures (i.e. 298–318 K) was based on a multi-layered statistical physics model. The n value (n < 0.5) obtained from the model indicates that the Fuchsine dye adsorbed on the surface of FeZnOAC is parallel adsorption. It shows that the dye molecules’ adsorptive orientations are dependent on the temperature and nature of the system. The FeZnOAC is proven to be a potential adsorbent for the removal of Fuchsine due to the availability of more adsorption sites. Interestingly, FeZnOAC is used for regeneration studies up to five cycles with a maximum adsorption capacity of 97.4%. The as-synthesised FeZnOAC has been successfully applied to remove Fuchsine dye from industrial wastewater, resulting in an alternative candidate for commercialisation.
title: The 'A Career in Radiation Oncology' project: Process, resources and outcomes
Creators: name: Grand, Mel
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Professional issues
subject: Experimental
subject: Education
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Education and training
subject: Workforce

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: The ‘A Career in Radiation Oncology’ (ACIRO) Project aimed to promote radiation oncology (RO) as a career option, focusing on all three specialties of RO including radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and radiation oncology medical...
Speech is Silver, Nonverbal Behavior is Gold: How Implicit Partner Evaluations Affect Dyadic Interactions in Close Relationships
Creators: name: Faure, Ruddy
name: Hofmann, Wilhelm
name: Righetti, Francesca
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Automatic Processes
subject: Close Relationships
subject: Coding System
subject: Dual processes
subject: Dyadic Interactions
subject: Implicit Measures
subject: Implicit Partner Evaluations
subject: Interpersonal Processes
subject: Nonverbal Behavior
subject: Social Cognition

description: This is a research project on implicit partner evaluations and nonverbal behavior in dyadic interactions
Mucin granule-associated proteins in human bronchial epithelial cells: the airway goblet cell "granulome"
Creators: name: Raiford, Kimberly L
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2011

description: Abstract Background Excess mucus in the airways leads to obstruction in diseases such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, and cystic fibrosis. Mucins, the highly glycosolated protein components of mucus, are stored in membrane-bound granules housed in the cytoplasm of airway epithelial "goblet" cells until they are secreted into the airway lumen via an exocytotic process. Precise mechanism(s) of mucin secretion, including the specific proteins involved in the process, have yet to be elucidated. Previously, we have shown that the Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) protein regulates mucin secretion by orchestrating translocation of mucin granules from the cytosol to the plasma membrane, where the granules dock, fuse and release their contents into the airway lumen. Associated with MARCKS in this process are chaperone (Heat Shock Protein 70 [HSP70], Cysteine string protein [CSP]) and cytoskeletal (actin, myosin) proteins. However, additional granule-associated proteins that may be involved in secretion have not yet been elucidated. Methods Here, we isolated mucin granules and granule membranes from primary cultures of well differentiated human bronchial epithelial cells utilizing a novel technique of immuno-isolation, based on the presence of the calcium activated chloride channel hCLCA1 (the human ortholog of murine Gob-5) on the granule membranes, and verified via Western blotting and co-immunoprecipitation that MARCKS, HSP70, CSP and hCLCA1 were present on the granule membranes and associated with each other. We then subjected the isolated granules/membranes to liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to identify other granule associated proteins. Results A number of additional cytoskeletal (e.g. Myosin Vc) and regulatory proteins (e.g. Protein phosphatase 4) associated with the granules and could play a role in secretion were discovered. This is the first description of the airway goblet cell "granulome."
title: Paediatric foreign body aspiration matrix
Creators: name: Buxton, Anthony
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Paediatric
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Education
subject: Foreign bodies
subject: Atelectasis

description: Aim Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aim: Foreign body aspiration accounts for 82% of hospital admissions in paediatrics aged from 0 to 14, so a large number of these patients are at risk of unfavourable outcomes [1]. A method is sought to assess the medial imaging, medical and/or surgical...
Approximate entropy detects the effect of a secondary cognitive task on postural control in healthy young adults: a methodological report
Creators: name: Mercer, Vicki S.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2007

description: Abstract Background Biomechanical measures of postural stability, while generally useful in neuroscience and physical rehabilitation research, may be limited in their ability to detect more subtle influences of attention on postural control. Approximate entropy (ApEn), a regularity statistic from nonlinear dynamics, recently has demonstrated relatively good measurement precision and shown promise for detecting subtle change in postural control after cerebral concussion. Our purpose was to further explore the responsiveness of ApEn by using it to evaluate the immediate, short-term effect of secondary cognitive task performance on postural control in healthy, young adults. Methods Thirty healthy, young adults performed a modified version of the Sensory Organization Test featuring single (posture only) and dual (posture plus cognitive) task trials. ApEn values, root mean square (RMS) displacement, and equilibrium scores (ES) were calculated from anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) center of pressure (COP) component time series. For each sensory condition, we compared the ability of the postural control parameters to detect an effect of cognitive task performance. Results COP AP time series generally became more random (higher ApEn value) during dual task performance, resulting in a main effect of cognitive task (p = 0.004). In contrast, there was no significant effect of cognitive task for ApEn values of COP ML time series, RMS displacement (AP or ML) or ES. Conclusion During dual task performance, ApEn revealed a change in the randomness of COP oscillations that occurred in a variety of sensory conditions, independent of changes in the amplitude of COP oscillations. The finding expands current support for the potential of ApEn to detect subtle changes in postural control. Implications for future studies of attention in neuroscience and physical rehabilitation are discussed.
Dynamics on supersingular K3 surfaces and automorphisms of Salem degree 22
Creators: name: Brandhorst, Simon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this note we exhibit explicit automorphisms of maximal Salem degree 22 on the supersingular K3 surface of Artin invariant one for all primes p congruent 3 mod 4 in a systematic way. Automorphisms of Salem degree 22 do not lift to any characteristic zero model.
title: Digital Marketing in Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from the Industrial Supplies Sector in Singapore
Creators: name: Chin, Kwee Yong
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2023

description: In this digital age, technology has affected many company businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs). From the perspective of resource-based theory (RBT), SMEs inherently possess limited resources reducing the companies’ competitiveness in the marketplace. In the Singapore business environment, it becomes tough particularly for the industrial supplies SMEs. These companies are heavily dependent on their relationship-based networks (RBN) for surviving their businesses. Despite the Singapore government’s initiatives to encourage the industrial supplies SMEs to digitalise their marketing efforts, the response has been lukewarm which can be detrimental to their business sustainability in a competitive market space.
This study burrows in-depth into understanding the role of digital marketing as a strategic tool for industrial supplies SMEs in Singapore. This would allow SME owners/managers to comprehend the role of digital marketing (DM) tools in forging a sustainable competitive advantage for these companies. The data for this study was collected by conducting 10 semi-structured interviews through purposive sampling. Six owners/managers of the industrial supplies SMEs in Singapore and four customers with digital marketing capabilities were selected for the interviews. This dyadic approach was applied to improve the validity of this study.
The study findings of this thesis would enrich the digital marketing literature. A novel approach was posited by combining the RBT and RBN as the underpinning theories to investigate the role of digital marketing in forging competitive advantages for industrial supplies SMEs in Singapore. This thesis recommends DM tools that are helpful to improve business performance despite having limited company resources. An action framework that guides SME owners/managers in adopting digital marketing innovation in their businesses was postulated to enable these practitioners to build more RBNs and increase customer retention.
Share of open access journal articles published by Berlin authors from 2016: data
Creators: name: Voigt, Michaela
name: Winterhalter, Christian
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften
subject: open access monitoring
subject: Berlin
subject: Gold Open Access
subject: Green Open Access
subject: Hybrid Open Access
subject: journal articles
subject: Publikationsanalyse
subject: Kennzahlen
subject: Zeitschriftenartikel

description: The publication output from nine research institutions from Berlin (Germany) was analysed and the share of open access for journal articles published in 2016 was determined. Journal articles whose authors are affiliated with at least one of the nine institutions were analysed. The data described here were retrieved from multiple bibliographic databases. Due to license terms raw data from individual databases cannot be provided for download. Data was aggregated, normalised and analysed with a Python script which is available at https://github.com/tuub/oa-eval (code documentation in English). For a detailed description of the retrieval process and the analysis steps see the report (https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-6866). Search queries and the respective download settings for these databases are included in the data file. The data is accompanied by a detailed description of the terminology used.
Length of patient-physician relationship and patients' satisfaction and preventive service use in the rural south: a cross-sectional telephone study
Creators: name: Pathman, Donald
name: Ashkin, Evan
name: Donahue, Katrina
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2005

description: Abstract Background Physicians and patients highly value continuity in health care. Continuity can be measured in several ways but few studies have examined the specific association between the duration of the patient-doctor relationship and patient outcomes. This study (1) examines characteristics of rural adults who have had longer relationships with their physicians and (2) assesses if the length of relationship is associated with patients' satisfaction and likelihood of receiving recommended preventive services. Methods Cross-sectional telephone survey of health care access indicators of adults in selected non-metropolitan counties of eight U.S. predominantly southern states. Analyses were restricted to adults who see a particular physician for their care and weighted for demographics and county sampling probabilities. Results Of 3176 eligible respondents, 10.8% saw the same physician for the past 12 months, 11.8% for the previous 13–24 months, 20.7% for the past 25–60 months and 56.7% for more than 60 months. Compared to persons with one year or less continuity with the same physician, respondents with over five years continuity more often were Caucasian, insured, a high school graduate, and more often reported good to excellent health and an income above $25,000. Compared to those with more than five years of continuity, participants with either less than one year or one to two years of continuity with the same physician were more often not satisfied with their overall health care (OR 2.34; OR 1.78), participants with less than one year continuity were more often not satisfied with the concern shown them by their physician (O.R. 1.90) and having their health questions answered, and those with one to two years continuity were more often not satisfied with the quality of their care (OR 2.37). No significant associations were found between physician continuity and use rates of any of the queried preventive services. Conclusion Over half of this rural population has seen the same physician for more than five years. Longer continuity of care was associated with greater patient satisfaction and confidence in one's physician, but not with a greater likelihood of receiving recommended preventive services.
Adsorption of crystal violet dye using Platanus orientalis (Chinar tree) leaf powder and its biochar: equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics study
Creators: name: Khan, Fairooz Ahmad
name: Ahad, Abdul
name: Shah, Shahid Shafi
name: Farooqui, Mazahar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Effluent water from dyeing industries is a challenging issue. The purpose of this study was to investigate the adsorption properties of locally available Chinar tree (Platanus orientalis) lingo cellulosic materials as adsorbents for the removal of crystal violet dye from aqueous solution. The study shows that the Chinar leaf powder and Chinar leaf biochar can be used as a potential plant by-product adsorbent for the removal of crystal violet from aqueous solution. The adsorbents were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and carbon hydrogen and nitrogen analyzer (CHNS). In batch optimization studies, the maximum removal efficiency for the adsorbents was obtained at the optimum levels of contact time (30 min), adsorbent dose (2.5 g L−1), initial dye concentration 20 mgL−1 and pH 6.52. The equilibrium adsorption data were found to follow both Langmuir and Freundlich models and maximum monolayer capacity of Chinar leaf powder and its biochar were found to be 25.88 and 30.01 mg.g−1. Also the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm model constants RL(0.0425 and 0.00686 for Chinar leaf powder and Chinar leaf biochar, respectively) and n (1.3106 and 1.6103 for Chinar leaf powder and Chinar leaf biochar, respectively) suggesting favorable adsorption of crystal violet on the adsorbents. Kinetic analysis for both adsorbents revealed that adsorption experimental data was best fitted by pseudo-second-order model(R2 = 0.999). Gibb’s free energy is −2.14473 to −4.23219 for Chinar leaf powder and −7.18828 to −11.1027 for Chinar leaf biochar showing the process is spontaneous. The enthalpy changes of Chinar leaf powder and its biochar are negative (−20.6611) and positive (22.72549) indicating exothermic and endothermic processes, respectively. Uptake efficiency (>90%) recorded at an equilibrium time of 30 min shows that Chinar leaf powder and biochar were fast and effective adsorbents for the removal of crystal violet.