cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from water and wastewater by carbonaceous materials: A review
Creators: name: Zhang, Ming
name: Shen, Jialing
name: Zhong, Yuchi
name: Ding, Tao
name: Dissanayake, Pavani Dulanja
name: Yang, Yi
name: Tsang, Yiu Fai
name: Ok, Yong Sik
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are a group of emerging contaminants frequently detected in water and wastewater. Conventional water treatment processes are not specifically designed for PPCP removal. Thus, advanced materials and technologies are required to eliminate PPCPs to ensure water safety. This review provides an overview of carbonaceous materials (CMs) applied as sorbents for PPCP removal. The sorption of PPCPs by CMs occurs through adhesion, in which, the surface and pores of CMs provide space for PPCP loading and interactions between functional groups on CMs and the chemical structures of PPCPs provide the binding force. Competition between solutes and PPCPs for the sorption sites alter sorption capability of CMs toward PPCPs. Besides, ambient conditions including temperature and pH, significantly influence the sorption behaviors of PPCPs by CMs. The progresses in CM production and the regeneration of spent CMs enables to reduce the treatment cost. This review provides insights into the microcosmic interactions between PPCPs and CMs for the successful implementation of CMs in water and wastewater treatment.
Pioneers in AIDS care : reflections on the epidemic's early years
Creators: name: Bayer, Ronald
name: Oppenheimer, Gerald M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Public health

description: In 1995, Constance Wofsy, who had been a leader in San Francisco's response to AIDS in the 1980s, recalled the way she and other physicians had been drawn to the nascent epidemic. “How gripped we were,” she said, “How separate we were from everyone who wasn't part of the thing. There were the involved and uninvolved, and they just didn't understand one another.” In July, a tape recording of these recollections, made a year before Wofsy's death, was heard by 17 doctors who had come together in New York to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first reported AIDS cases. The participants were among 76 first-generation AIDS doctors whom we had interviewed in the 1990s for an oral history documenting the U.S. epidemic.1 At the day-long July meeting, they looked back on their work, shared memories of the darkest years, recalled the exhilaration of the first prospects for effective AIDS treatment, and ruminated about who would step in to care for future patients.
Path Integration in Conical Space
Creators: name: Inomata, Akira
name: Junker, Georg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum mechanics in conical space is studied by the path integral method. It is shown that the curvature effect gives rise to an effective potential in the radial path integral. It is further shown that the radial path integral in conical space can be reduced to a form identical with that in flat space when the discrete angular momentum of each partial wave is replaced by a specific non-integral angular momentum. The effective potential is found proportional to the squared mean curvature of the conical surface embedded in Euclidean space. The path integral calculation is compatible with the Schrödinger equation modified with the Gaussian and the mean curvature.
title: Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz
title: An entry in the LCA Online Dictionary of Leibniz’s Correspondents and Acquaintances
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Tba)
Publisher: name: LCA Project
Year: 2018

description: Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz as a personal relation of Leibniz’s: The resource presents biographical information on a correspondent of Leibniz's
title: Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel
title: An entry in the LCA Online Dictionary of Leibniz’s Correspondents and Acquaintances
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Tba)
Publisher: name: LCA Project
Year: 2018

description: Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel as a personal relation of Leibniz’s: The resource presents biographical information on a correspondent of Leibniz's
Crystal chemistry and synthesis of selected borosilicate minerals.
Creators: name: Scott, Graeme
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: Borosilicates are oxygen-bearing boron minerals in which SiO₄ tetrahedra form an important structural component. They represent widespread constituents of rocks originating in the Earth’s crust and commonly provide insight into the rock-forming processes. Important borosilicates include tourmaline, axinite, werdingite, boralsilite, dumortierite, holtite, howlite, and grandidierite. Tourmaline is the most widespread borosilicate mineral and it can be used to study a wide variety of geological processes based on its high compositional variability. Dumortierite [(Al,☐)Al₆(BO₃)Si₃O₁₃(O,OH)₂] is second only to tourmaline as the most abundant borosilicate mineral, but remains relatively understudied in comparison. Isostructural holtite [(Al,Ta,Nb,☐)Al₆(BO₃)(Si,Sb,As)₃O₁₂(O,OH,☐)₃] is poorly constrained chemically. The ability to incorporate elements such as As, Sb, Bi, Nb and Ta make dumortierite and holtite unusual for silicate minerals. Synthesis experiments designed to better determine the relationship between holtite and dumortierite by synthesizing dumortierite and gradually replacing Si with As and Sb were carried out at the GeoForschungZentrum (GFZ) in Potsdam, Germany. Synthesis conditions were designed based on the previous work by Werding and Schreyer (1990). Experiments ranged from 3-5 kbar at 550-650 °C and 15-20 kbar at 600-700 °C. The less common borosilicate boralsilite [Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃O₃₇] was the dominant phase produced in the attempts at synthesizing dumortierite. The results showed an increased stability range for boralsilite than had been previously studied and gave insight to simpler methods of synthesis. A detailed case study of the mineralogy of the Uvil’dy Lake pegmatite revealed a potentially unique locality for dumortierite and tourmaline evolution. The tourmaline shows a high Mn/(Fe + Mg) ratio within primary phases and increased Li, Fe and Mn-enrichment in later phases. Apart from being unusually yellow, the dumortierite from Uvil’dy was also anomalously high in Bi (~0.03 apfu). Eight additional samples of dumortierite from different global localities were analysed and were compared to approximately 1100 dumortierite and holtite compositions assembled from both published and unpublished data from worldwide localities. Including the analysed Uvil’dy samples, this extensive dataset gives a detailed look at the chemical relationship between dumortierite and holtite and allows them to be better constrained in terms of their chemical constituents.
Global distribution of novel rhinovirus genotype
Creators: name: Briese, Thomas
name: Renwick, Neil
name: Venter, Marietjie
name: Jarman, Richard G.
name: Ghosh, Dhrubaa
name: Köndgen, Sophie
name: Shrestha, Sanjaya K.
name: Hoegh, A. Mette
name: Casas, Inmaculada
name: Adjogoua, Edgard Valerie
name: Akoua-Koffi, Chantal
name: Myint, Khin Saw
name: Williams, David T.
name: Chidlow, Glenys
name: Van Den Berg, Ria
name: Calvo, Cristina
name: Koch, Orienka
name: Palacios, Gustavo F.
name: Kapoor, Vishal
name: Villari, Joseph
name: Dominguez, Samuel R.
name: Holmes, Kathryn V.
name: Harnett, Gerry
name: Smith, David
name: Mackenzie, John S.
name: Ellerbrok, Heinz
name: Schweiger, Brunhilde
name: Schønning, Kristian
name: Chadha, Mandeep S.
name: Leendertz, Fabian H.
name: Mishra, A. C.
name: Gibbons, Robert V.
name: Holmes, Edward C.
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Epidemiology
Virology

description: Global surveillance for a novel rhinovirus genotype indicated its association with community outbreaks and pediatric respiratory disease in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Molecular dating indicates that these viruses have been circulating for at least 250 years.
Holographic optical bottle beams
Creators: name: Alpmann, Christina
name: Esseling, Michael
name: Rose, Patrick
name: Denz, Cornelia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a convolution approach for the generation of optical bottle beams that combines established techniques of holographic optical trapping with hollow intensity distributions in order to manipulate absorbing particles. The versatility of our method is demonstrated by the simultaneous stable trapping of multiple particles at defined positions. Furthermore, the presented phase shaping technique allows for the dynamic manipulation of absorbing particles along arbitrary paths.
description: http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/100/111101
HeFDI Code School - Code Competencies for sustainable research software
Creators: name: Windeck, Jürgen
name: Brand, Ortrun
name: Riedl, Lydia
name: Bender, Tim
name: Pietsch, André M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: HeFDI Code School
Coding Competencies
NFDI

description: HeFDI Code School - Code Competencies for sustainable research software

The HeFDI Code School has been tested since 2023 to meet the high demand for competence development in programming scientific software. The Code School supports researchers, especially young scientists, in the development of high-quality research software - a central building block for reproducible science.

The program has so far been carried out with changing partners such as SURESOFT /TU Braunschweig, NFDI4ING, NFDI4EARTH and the Hessian Competence Center for High Performance Computing (HKHLR). Cooperation with proven experts on the one hand and with NFDI consortia on the other is particularly important to ensure the effective dissemination of the offering and, at the same time, to utilize existing skills and resources as efficiently as possible.

Demand remains high: the online courses in particular reach well over 100 participants per course in a very short space of time. The high demand for the basic track, which has only been offered once so far, shows that it would be desirable to set up a graduated program that systematically guides those interested from basic skills through an intermediate level to “Advanced” and “Expert” with the best support. The unbroken high demand underlines the fact that such a format is also needed throughout Germany. However, many questions remain unanswered, such as the need for a finely tuned overall program in terms of content, long-term cooperation with consortia and/or other initiatives, as well as certificates or other proof of performance and the verification of skills development.

On the one hand, the poster aims to present the experiences and the program to date. On the other hand, it is intended to get into conversation with other interested parties in order to explore future collaborative perspectives and synergy opportunities.
Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007
Creators: name: Homaira, Nusrat
name: Rahman, Mahmudur
name: Hossain, M. Jahangir
name: Epstein, Jonathan H.
name: Sultana, Rebecca
name: Khan, M. S. U.
name: Podder, Goutam
name: Nahar, Kamrun
name: Ahmed, Be-Nazir
name: Gurley, Emily S.
name: Daszak, Peter
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
name: Rollin, Pierre E.
name: Comer, James A.
name: Ksiazek, Thomas G.
name: Luby, Stephen P.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: In February 2007 an outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) encephalitis in Thakurgaon District of northwest Bangladesh affected seven people, three of whom died. All subsequent cases developed illness 7-14 days after close physical contact with the index case while he was ill. Cases were more likely than controls to have been in the same room (100% vs. 9.5%, OR undefined, P<0.001) and to have touched him (83% vs. 0%, OR undefined, P<0.001). Although the source of infection for the index case was not identified, 50% of Pteropus bats sampled from near the outbreak area 1 month after the outbreak had antibodies to NiV confirming the presence of the virus in the area. The outbreak was spread by person-to-person transmission. Risk of NiV infection in family caregivers highlights the need for infection control practices to limit transmission of potentially infectious body secretions.
Newly discovered Ebola virus associated with hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Uganda
Creators: name: Towner, Jonathan S.
name: Sealy, Tara K.
name: Khristova, Marina L.
name: Albariñ, César G.
name: Conlan, Sean
name: Reeder, Serena A.
name: Quan, Phuong-Lan
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
name: Downing, Robert
name: Tappero, Jordan W.
name: Okware, Samuel
name: Lutwama, Julius
name: Bakamutumaho, Barnabas
name: Kayiwa, John
name: Comer, James A.
name: Rollin, Pierre E.
name: Ksiazek, Thomas G.
name: Nichol, Stuart T.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Epidemiology
Virology
Ebola virus disease

description: In this report we describe a newly discovered ebolavirus species which caused a large hemorrhagic fever outbreak in western Uganda. The virus is genetically distinct, differing by more than 30% at the genome level from all other known ebolavirus species. The unique nature of this virus created challenges for traditional filovirus molecular based diagnostic assays and genome sequencing approaches. Instead, we quickly determined over 70% of the virus genome using a recently developed random-primed pyrosequencing approach that allowed the rapid development of a molecular detection assay that was deployed in the disease outbreak response. This draft sequence allowed easy completion of the whole genome sequence using a traditional primer walking approach and prompt confirmation that this virus represented a new ebolavirus species. Current efforts to design effective diagnostics, antivirals and vaccines will need to take into account the distinct nature of this important new member of the filovirus family.
Vector and Tensor Contributions to the Luminosity Distance
Creators: name: Di Dio, Enea
name: Durrer, Ruth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the vector and tensor contributions to the luminosity distance fluctuations in first order perturbation theory and we expand them in spherical harmonics. This work presents the formalism with a first application to a stochastic background of primordial gravitational waves.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures
ATLAS measurements of the properties of jets for boosted particle searches
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurements are presented of the properties of high transverse momentum jets, produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35 pb^-1 and were collected with the ATLAS detector in 2010. Jet mass, width, eccentricity, planar flow and angularity are measured for jets reconstructed using the anti-kt algorithm with distance parameters R = 0.6 and 1.0, with transverse momentum pT > 300 GeV and pseudorapidity |eta| < 2. The measurements are compared to the expectations of Monte Carlo generators that match leading-logarithmic parton showers to leading-order, or next-to-leading-order, matrix elements. The generators describe the general features of the jets, although discrepancies are observed in some distributions.
description: 16 pages plus authorlist (29 pages total), 10 figures, 8 tables, submitted to Physical Review D All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/STDM-2011-38
title: Johann Sigismund Elsholz
title: An entry in the LCA Online Dictionary of Leibniz’s Correspondents and Acquaintances
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Tba)
Publisher: name: LCA Project
Year: 2018

description: Johann Sigismund Elsholz as a personal relation of Leibniz’s: The resource presents biographical information on a correspondent of Leibniz's
Implication of a retrovirus-like glycoprotein peptide in the immunopathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg viruses
Creators: name: Yaddanapudi, Kavitha
name: Palacios, Gustavo F.
name: Towner, Jonathan S.
name: Chen, Ivy
name: Sariol, Carlos A.
name: Nichol, Stuart T.
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Epidemiology
Virology
Ebola virus disease
Marburg virus

description: Ebola and Marburg viruses can cause hemorrhagic fever (HF) outbreaks with high mortality in primates. Whereas Marburg (MARV), Ebola Zaire (ZEBOV), and Ebola Sudan (SEBOV) viruses are pathogenic in humans, apes, and monkeys, Ebola Reston (REBOV) is pathogenic only in monkeys. Early immunosuppression may contribute to pathogenesis by facilitating viral replication. Lymphocyte depletion, intravascular apoptosis, and cytokine dysregulation are prominent in fatal cases. Here we functionally characterize a 17 amino acid domain in filoviral glycoproteins that resembles an immunosuppressive motif in retroviral envelope proteins. Activated human or rhesus peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were exposed to inactivated ZEBOV or a panel of 17mer peptides representing all sequenced strains of filoviruses, then analyzed for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell activation, apoptosis, and cytokine expression. Exposure of human and rhesus PBMC to ZEBOV, SEBOV, or MARV peptides or inactivated ZEBOV resulted in decreased expression of activation markers on CD4 and CD8 cells; CD4 and CD8 cell apoptosis as early as 12 h postexposure; inhibition of CD4 and CD8 cell cycle progression; decreased interleukin (IL)-2, IFN-gamma, and IL12-p40 expression; and increased IL-10 expression. In contrast, only rhesus T cells were sensitive to REBOV peptides. These findings are consistent with the observation that REBOV is not pathogenic in humans and have implications for understanding the pathogenesis of filoviral HF.
Neoserica liangi Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens 2014
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Pham, Phu Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melolonthidae
Neoserica
Neoserica liangi

description: Neoserica liangi Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens, 2014 Additional material examined. 15 ♂♂ [Vietnam] “ Copia Nature Reserve, Thuan Chau, Son La, UV light trap, 14– 16.V.2017, leg. P. V. Pham ” (IEBR), 1 ♂ “ Copia Nature Reserve, Thuan Chau, Son La, UV light trap, 27.IV.2016, leg T. V. Hoang ” (IEBR), 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀ “LAOS-NE, Hua Phan prov., 20°13’09-19’’N, 103°59’54’’- 104°00’03’’E, 1480-1510m, Phou Pane Mt. 22.iv.-14.v.2008, Vit Kubáň leg.” (ZFMK, NMPC), 1 ♂ “LAOS-NE, Hua Phan prov., 20°12’N, 104°01’E, Phu Phan Mt. 1750m, 17.5.- 3.6.2007, Vit Kubáň leg.” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ LAOS (west): Oudomxao province, Beng, 20.20°N, 101.80°E, May 1.-14.2010 local collectors of Li Jingke” (ZFMK), 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang Prov., 19°37-8’N 103°20-1’E, Phonsavan (30 km NE); Phou Sane Mt., 1400-1700 m, 10.-30.v.2009, D. Hauck leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague Laos 2009 Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (NHMB), 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang Prov., 19°37-8’N 103°20-1’E, 30 km NE Phonsavan; Ban Na Lam -> Phou Sane Mt., 1300-1700 m, 10.-30.v.2009, M. Geiser leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague Laos 2009 Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (NHMB), 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang Prov., 19°37-8’N 103°20’E, Phonsavan (30 km NE); Phou Sane Mt., 1400-1500 m, 10.-30.v.2009, Z. Kraus leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague Laos 2009 Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (NHMB), 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang Prov., 20°12-13.5’N 103°59’- 104°01’E, Ban Saluei -> Phou Pane Mts. 1340-1870 m, 10.-16.vi.2009, M. Brancucci & local coll. leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague Laos 2009 Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (NHMB), 1 ♂ “ Laos north, 24.-30.V.1997 20 km NW Louang Namtha N21°09.2, E101°18.7’ alt. 900± 100m E. Jendek & O. Šauša ” (CP). Remark. The species was so far recorded only from China (Liu et al. 2014); now it is for the first time recorded from Laos and Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk & Pham, Phu Van, 2021, Additions to the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), pp. 357-378 in Zootaxa 5032 (3) on page 376, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5494695
description: {"references": ["Fabrizi, S. & Ahrens, D. (2014) A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplements, 61, 1 - 124."]}
Random packing of small blocks: pressure effects, orientational correlations and application to polymer-based composites
Creators: name: Sergi, Danilo
name: D'Angelo, Claudio
name: Scocchi, Giulio
name: Ortona, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Packing is a complex phenomenon of prominence in many natural and industrial processes (liquid crystals, granular materials, infiltration, melting, flow, sintering, segregation, sedimentation, compaction, etc.). A variety of computational methods is available in particular for spheroid particles. Our aim is to apply the principle of the random sequential addition algorithm but with small blocks of varying size and orientation. Here the main purpose is to reproduce the observed arrangement of graphitic assemblies in polymeric matrices. Random packing is improved by applying an external pressure implemented with a drifted diffusive motion of the fillers. Attention is also paid to the emergence of structural and orientational order. Interestingly, mixtures of fillers of irregular shapes can be dealt with efficiently using the proposed algorithm.
description: Revised and corrected version
Cluster analysis of the origins of the new influenza A(H1N1) virus
Creators: name: Solovyov, Alexander V.
name: Palacios, Gustavo F.
name: Briese, Thomas
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
name: Rabadan, Raul
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Epidemiology
Virology

description: In March and April 2009, a new strain of influenza A(H1N1) virus has been isolated in Mexico and the United States. Since the initial reports more than 10,000 cases have been reported to the World Health Organization, all around the world. Several hundred isolates have already been sequenced and deposited in public databases. We have studied the genetics of the new strain and identified its closest relatives through a cluster analysis approach. We show that the new virus combines genetic information related to different swine influenza viruses. Segments PB2, PB1, PA, HA, NP and NS are related to swine H1N2 and H3N2 influenza viruses isolated in North America. Segments NA and M are related to swine influenza viruses isolated in Eurasia.
Realizing Planning's Emancipatory Promise: Learning from Regime Theory to Strengthen Communicative Action
Creators: name: Irazabal Zurita, Clara E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: City planning

description: This article informs communicative action theory with insights from urban regime theory. The synthesis proposes a model of planning that is more comprehensive in its treatment of the linkages between planning and governance and helps advance the creation of network power, emancipatory knowledge, empowering subjectivities, and spaces of solidarity. The article then discusses the merits of these insights in the context of a categorization of planning into traditional, democratic, advocacy, and incremental approaches.
An improved upper bound for the bondage number of graphs on surfaces
Creators: name: Huang, Jia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C69

description: The bondage number $b(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the smallest number of edges whose removal from $G$ results in a graph with larger domination number. Recently Gagarin and Zverovich showed that, for a graph $G$ with maximum degree $Δ(G)$ and embeddable on an orientable surface of genus $h$ and a non-orientable surface of genus $k$, $b(G)\leq\min\{Δ(G)+h+2,Δ+k+1\}$. They also gave examples showing that adjustments of their proofs implicitly provide better results for larger values of $h$ and $k$. In this paper we establish an improved explicit upper bound for $b(G)$, using the Euler characteristic $χ$ instead of the genera $h$ and $k$, with the relations $χ=2-2h$ and $χ=2-k$. We show that $b(G)\leqΔ(G)+\lfloor r\rfloor$ for the case $χ\leq0$ (i.e. $h\geq1$ or $k\geq2$), where $r$ is the largest real root of the cubic equation $z^3+2z^2+(6χ-7)z+18χ-24=0$. Our proof is based on the technique developed by Carlson-Develin and Gagarin-Zverovich, and includes some elementary calculus as a new ingredient. We also find an asymptotically equivalent result $b(G)\leqΔ(G)+\lceil\sqrt{12-6χ\,}-1/2\rceil$ for $χ\leq0$, and a further improvement for graphs with large girth.
description: 8 pages, to appear in Discrete Mathematics
The relationships between West Nile and Kunjin viruses
Creators: name: Scherret, Jacqueline H.
name: Poidinger, Michael
name: Mackenzie, John S.
name: Broom, Annette K.
name: Deubel, Vincent
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
name: Briese, Thomas
name: Gould, Ernest A.
name: Hall, Roy A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2001
Subjects: Epidemiology
Virology
West Nile virus

description: Until recently, West Nile (WN) and Kunjin (KUN) viruses were classified as distinct types in the Flavivirus  genus. However, genetic and antigenic studies on isolates of these two viruses indicate that the relationship between them is more complex. To better define this relationship, we performed sequence analyses on 32 isolates of KUN virus and 28 isolates of WN virus from different geographic areas, including a WN isolate from the recent outbreak in New York. Sequence comparisons showed that the KUN virus isolates from Australia were tightly grouped but that the WN virus isolates exhibited substantial divergence and could be differentiated into four distinct groups. KUN virus isolates from Australia were antigenically homologous and distinct from the WN isolates and a Malaysian KUN virus. Our results suggest that KUN and WN viruses comprise a group of closely related viruses that can be differentiated into subgroups on the basis of genetic and antigenic analyses.
Waring decompositions of monomials
Creators: name: Buczyńska, Weronika
name: Buczyński, Jarosław
name: Teitler, Zach
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A21, 14N15

description: A Waring decomposition of a polynomial is an expression of the polynomial as a sum of powers of linear forms, where the number of summands is minimal possible. We prove that any Waring decomposition of a monomial is obtained from a complete intersection ideal, determine the dimension of the set of Waring decompositions, and give the conditions under which the Waring decomposition is unique up to scaling the variables.
description: v2: Improved exposition. v3: Final version; minor changes only. 13 pages
Neoserica pingbianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2019
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Pham, Phu Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melolonthidae
Neoserica
Neoserica pingbianensis

description: Neoserica pingbianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019 Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “ Coll. I.R.Sc.N.B. Vietnam, Hoang Lien N.P. 22°21’00’’N, 103°46’20’’E 1- 5.vii.2013 light trap Leg. J. Constant & J. Bresseel, I.G.: 32.454” (ISNB), 1 ♂ [Vietnam] “ Copia Nature Reserve, Thuan Chau, Son La, UV light trap, 14.V.2017, leg. P. V. Pham ” (IEBR), 1 ♂ [Vietnam] “ Copia Nature Reserve, Thuan Chau, Son La, UV light trap, 14.V.2017, leg. P. V. Pham ” (IEBR), 3 ♂♂ “ Vietnam N (Sa Pa) Lao Cai Prov., 250 km from Hanoi bearing 31°, Sa Pa vill. env. Hoang Lien Son Nat. Res. 1.- 6.7.1998 1250 m leg. A. Napolov ” (CNA, ZFMK), 2 ♂♂ “ Vietnam N (Sa Pa) Lao Cai Prov., 250 km from Hanoi bearing 31°, Sa Pa vill. env. Hoang Lien Son Nat. Res. 16.- 20.6.1998 1250 m leg. A. Napolov ” (CNA, ZFMK), 1 ♀ “ Vietnam N (Sa Pa) Lao Cai Prov., 250 km from Hanoi bearing 31°, Sa Pa vill. env. Hoang Lien Son Nat. Res. 9.- 15.6.1998 1250 m leg. A. Napolov ” (CNA). Remark. The species was so far recorded only from China (Fabrizi et al. 2019); now it is for the first time recorded from Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk & Pham, Phu Van, 2021, Additions to the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), pp. 357-378 in Zootaxa 5032 (3) on page 377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5494695
description: {"references": ["Liu, W. G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M., Yang, X. K. & Ahrens, D. (2019) A taxonomic revision of Chinese Neoserica (sensu lato): final part (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplement, 64, 1 - 71."]}
Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance from the 3D Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Superfluid Nuclei
Creators: name: Stetcu, I.
name: Bulgac, A.
name: Magierski, P.
name: Roche, K. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A fully symmetry unrestricted Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory extended to include pairing correlations is used to calculate properties of the isovector giant dipole resonances of the deformed open-shell nuclei 172Yb (axially deformed), 188Os (triaxially deformed), and 238U (axially deformed), and to demonstrate good agreement with experimental data on nuclear photo-absorption cross-sections for two different Skyrme force parametrizations of the energy density functional: SkP and SLy4.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, published version
Borna disease
Creators: name: Hatalski, Carolyn G.
name: Lewis, Ann J.
name: Lipkin, W. Ian
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1997
Subjects: Epidemiology
Virology

description: Borna disease virus, a newly classified nonsegmented negative-strand RNA virus with international distribution, infects a broad range of warm-blooded animals from birds to primates. Infection causes movement and behavioral disturbances reminiscent of some neuropsychiatric syndromes. The virus has not been clearly linked to any human disease; however, an association between infection with the virus and selected neuropsychiatric disorders has been suggested. We reviewed recent advances in Borna disease virus research, focusing on evidence of infection in humans.
Interaction, Corrective Feedback, and the Development of Lexical Stress
Creators: name: Parlak, Özgür
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2019
Subjects: corrective feedback
lexical stress
second language acquisition (SLA)
interaction

description: Recasts are probably the most commonly studied type of correct feedback by
      second language acquisition (SLA) researchers and there is substantial
      evidence that they facilitate different types of L2 development (Li, 2010;
      Mackey & Goo, 2007; Sheen & Ellis, 2011). However, to
      date, their impact on learners’ phonological development has received
      relatively little attention. In order to fill this gap, the current study
      examined the effects of recasts on the development of lexical stress in L2
      English. Following a pretest-posttest design, 68 L1 Arabic speakers were
      randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The pre- and
      posttests comprised sentence-reading and decision-making tasks that
      contained three-syllable words with stress on the second syllable as the
      target vocabulary. All learners participated in an interactive role-play
      task, with learners in the intervention group receiving a recast following
      misplaced primary stress during the role-play task and learners in the
      control group not receiving any form of corrective feedback. Acoustic
      analyses of learners’ primary stress placement focused on syllable
      duration, pitch, and intensity because of their established role as the
      main correlates of stress in English (Beckman, 1986; Cutler, 2008;
      Lieberman, 1960). Results demonstrated that the intervention group’s
      realizations of second syllables at the posttest exhibited statistically
      longer duration and higher pitch than their pretest productions, whereas
      the control group did not show any gains. Furthermore, acoustic analyses
      of the target words produced by the intervention group showed that the
      gains were limited to the words that received a recast. In sum, the
      findings showed a positive effect for recasts on the development of
      primary stress using acoustic analytical tools. Thus, this thesis
      contributes to the growing body of SLA research by revealing that recasts
      can promote development of primary stress placement, hence L2 phonology, a
      relatively understudied area within the interactionist strand of SLA.
Mesoscopic Anderson Box: Connecting Weak to Strong Coupling
Creators: name: Liu, Dong E.
name: Burdin, Sébastien
name: Baranger, Harold U.
name: Ullmo, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Both the weakly coupled and strong coupling Anderson impurity problems are characterized by a Fermi-liquid theory with weakly interacting quasiparticles. In an Anderson box, mesoscopic fluctuations of the effective single particle properties will be large. We study how the statistical fluctuations at low temperature in these two problems are connected, using random matrix theory and the slave boson mean field approximation (SBMFA). First, for a resonant level model such as results from the SBMFA, we find the joint distribution of energy levels with and without the resonant level present. Second, if only energy levels within the Kondo resonance are considered, the distributions of perturbed levels collapse to universal forms for both orthogonal and unitary ensembles for all values of the coupling. These universal curves are described well by a simple Wigner-surmise type toy model. Third, we study the fluctuations of the mean field parameters in the SBMFA, finding that they are small. Finally, the change in the intensity of an eigenfunction at an arbitrary point is studied, such as is relevant in conductance measurements: we find that the introduction of the strongly-coupled impurity considerably changes the wave function but that a substantial correlation remains.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures
Neighbourhoods in the Lead: Grassroots Planning for Social Transformation in Post-Katrina New Orleans?
Creators: name: Irazabal Zurita, Clara E.
name: Neville, Jason
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2007
Subjects: City planning
City planning--Citizen participation
Hurricane Katrina (2005)

description: Since August 2005 when levee failures after hurricane Katrina destroyed 80% of the city of New Orleans, popular media and local residents alike have frequently used the term ‘citizens’ revolution’ to describe the autonomous grassroots planning process in the post-Katrina city (Nossiter, 2006). Although the phenomenon of grassroots participation has been generally regarded as unprecedented in the history of the city, and perhaps even the nation, there has been no investigation of the extent to which a ‘citizen's revolution’ is truly underway. This article places these neighbourhood planning processes in a historical and socio-political context and trajectory that illuminates their scope and significance, as well as the prospects of a possible shift to broader and more transformative political processes in New Orleans. The article offers insights about the potential for broader democratic transformation in post-Katrina New Orleans vis-à-vis this autonomous grassroots planning process, surveying some of these neighbourhood-based processes (to the extent possible, considering their ongoing nature).
title: Microphysical characterization of long-range transported biomass burning particles from North America at three EARLINET stations
Creators: name: Ortiz-Amezcua, Pablo
name: Guerrero-Rascado, Juan Luis
name: Granados-Muñoz, María José
name: Benavent-Oltra, José Antonio
name: Böckmann, Christine
name: Samaras, Stefanos
name: Stachlewska, Iwona S.
name: Janicka, Łucja
name: Baars, Holger
name: Bohlmann, Stephanie
name: Alados-Arboledas, Lucas
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 550 Geowissenschaften

description: Strong events of long-range transported biomass burning aerosol were detected during July 2013 at three EARLINET (European Aerosol Research Lidar Network) stations, namely Granada (Spain), Leipzig (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland). Satellite observations from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) and CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) instruments, as well as modeling tools such as HYSPLIT (Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory) and NAAPS (Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System), have been used to estimate the sources and transport paths of those North American forest fire smoke particles. A multiwavelength Raman lidar technique was applied to obtain vertically resolved particle optical properties, and further inversion of those properties with a regularization algorithm allowed for retrieving microphysical information on the studied particles. The results highlight the presence of smoke layers of 1-2 km thickness, located at about 5 km a.s.l. altitude over Granada and Leipzig and around 2.5 km a.s.l. at Warsaw. These layers were intense, as they accounted for more than 30% of the total AOD (aerosol optical depth) in all cases, and presented optical and microphysical features typical for different aging degrees: color ratio of lidar ratios (LR532/LR355) around 2, alpha-related angstrom exponents of less than 1, effective radii of 0.3 mu m and large values of single scattering albedos (SSA), nearly spectrally independent. The intensive microphysical properties were compared with columnar retrievals form co-located AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) stations. The intensity of the layers was also characterized in terms of particle volume concentration, and then an experimental relationship between this magnitude and the particle extinction coefficient was established.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 614
Les approches intégratives « musique-littératie » au cœur de la formation initiale pour soutenir l’enseignement de la littératie au préscolaire et au primaire
Creators: name: RICS, Revue
name: Lessard, Andrée
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Education

description: Les approches intégratives « musique-littératie » constituent une avenue pertinente à exploiter au préscolaire-primaire pour répondre aux besoins diversifiés des élèves. Toutefois, la place minime qu’occupe la musique au cœur de la formation initiale pour l’enseignement de la littératie compromet leur déploiement. Dans ce contexte, deux recherches menées par une professeure-chercheuse auprès d’élèves et d’enseignantes du préscolaire-primaire ont servi de catalyseur pour formuler deux nouvelles intentions pédagogiques, soit : 1) sensibiliser à l’importance de la musique dans le développement des habiletés de littératie ; 2) outiller les étudiant(e)s pour intégrer la musique à l’enseignement de la littératie. Pour la première, les moyens mis en place seront expliqués. Pour la seconde, les solutions envisagées (ex. : accéder à une formation musicale de qualité) seront présentées en parallèle avec les défis qu’elles soulèvent. En conclusion, les retombées de ces réflexions seront présentées, comme la création d’un nouveau descriptif de cours.
Claims, histories, meanings : indigeneity and legal pluralism in India
Creators: name: Parmar, Pooja
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This dissertation offers critical insights into issues of access to justice by tracing the gains and losses in meaning across multiple accounts of a dispute that began with Adivasi protests against Hindustan Coca‐Cola Beverages Private Ltd. in a village in Kerala in South India. A sit‐in agitation started by Adivasi residents of the area in 2002, soon after the company set up a beverage bottling plant in the middle of small hamlets and began extracting large amounts of groundwater, is now in its tenth year. The juxtaposition of the various popular, legal and Adivasi accounts of this dispute enables a closer look at the ways in which meanings change as claims originating in contested, layered histories and in the narratives of displacement and exclusion are translated into the stronger languages of social movements and the formal legal system. Much of the particular and situated meanings, critical to the Adivasis’ experience of injustice and their opposition to the operation of the Coca‐Cola plant, have been eclipsed in the accounts of their many committed supporters, more often than not, in pursuit of justice for the Adivasis. In addition to drawing attention to the practices and processes of literal and conceptual translation, the stories presented here demonstrate that when Adivasi protests against Coca‐Cola are understood on their own terms, in the context of their lives in the place and the stories they tell, the meanings that emerge are quite different from the ones that the available popular and legal accounts convey about these protests. They also indicate that a recognition of this difference is important for a meaningful resolution of this dispute for those whose lives have been most affected by it.
title: Rapid synthesis of sub-10 nm hexagonal NaYF4-based upconverting nanoparticles using Therminol® 66
Creators: name: Hesse, Julia
name: Klier, Dennis Tobias
name: Sgarzi, Massimo
name: Nsubuga, Anne
name: Bauer, Christoph
name: Grenzer, Jörg
name: Hübner, René
name: Wislicenus, Marcus
name: Joshi, Tanmaya
name: Kumke, Michael Uwe
name: Stephan, Holger
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: We report a simple one-pot method for the rapid preparation of sub-10nm pure hexagonal (-phase) NaYF4-based upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs). Using Therminol((R))66 as a co-solvent, monodisperse UCNPs could be obtained in unusually short reaction times. By varying the reaction time and reaction temperature, it was possible to control precisely the particle size and crystalline phase of the UCNPs. The upconversion (UC) luminescence properties of the nanocrystals were tuned by varying the concentrations of the dopants (Nd3+ and Yb3+ sensitizer ions and Er3+ activator ions). The size and phase-purity of the as-synthesized core and core-shell nanocrystals were assessed by using complementary transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction, and small-angle X-ray scattering studies. In-depth photophysical evaluation of the UCNPs was pursued by using steady-state and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy. An enhancement in the UC intensity was observed if the nanocrystals, doped with optimized concentrations of lanthanide sensitizer/activator ions, were further coated with an inert/active shell. This was attributed to the suppression of surface-related luminescence quenching effects.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 613
Case-control study of the parkin gene in early-onset Parkinson disease
Creators: name: Clark, Lorraine N.
name: Afridi, Shehla
name: Karlins, Eric
name: Wang, Yuanjia
name: Mejia-Santana, Helen
name: Harris, Juliette
name: Louis, Elan D.
name: Cote, Lucien J.
name: Andrews, Howard F.
name: Fahn, Stanley
name: Waters, Cheryl H.
name: Ford, Blair
name: Frucht, Steven
name: Ottman, Ruth
name: Marder, Karen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background: Mutations in parkin are estimated to account for as much as 50% of familial Parkinson disease (PD) and 18% of sporadic PD. Single heterozygous mutations in parkin in both familial and sporadic cases may also increase susceptibility to PD. To our knowledge, all previous studies have been restricted to PD cases; this is the first study to systematically screen the parkin coding regions and exon deletions and duplications in controls. Objective: To determine the frequency and spectrum of parkin variants in early-onset PD cases (aged  50 years) and controls participating in a familial aggregation study. Patients and Methods: We sequenced the parkin gene in 101 cases and 105 controls. All cases and controls were also screened for exon deletions and duplications by semiquantitative multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Results: Thirteen (12.9% [95% confidence interval, 7%-21%]) of the 101 cases had a previously described parkin mutation: 1 was homozygous, 11 were heterozygous, and 1 was a compound heterozygote. The mutations Arg42Pro (exon 2) and Arg275Trp (exon 7) were recurrent. The previously reported synonymous substitution Leu261Leu (c.884A>G) was identified in 4 (3.9%) of 101 cases and 2 (2%) of 105 controls (P = .44). Excluding the synonymous substitution Leu261Leu (heterozygotes), 10 (9.9% [95% confidence interval, 4.6%-17.5%]) carried mutations. Conclusions: The frequency of mutations among cases that were not selected based on family history of PD is similar to what has previously been reported in sporadic PD. The similar frequency of Leu261Leu in cases and controls suggests it is a normal variant rather than a disease-associated mutation. We confirmed that heterozygous parkin mutations may increase susceptibility for early-onset PD.
title: Tectorial membrane injury in the acute trauma setting: examining disparities between the adult and paediatric populations
Creators: name: Soule, Erik
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology spine
subject: Paediatric
subject: Trauma
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Localisation
subject: Trauma

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The tectorial membrane (TM) serves as one of the major stabilizing ligaments of the craniocervical junction (CCJ) (1). The TM is a 1 mm thick, superiorly directed extension of the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) located ventral to the spinal...
MOESM2 of Impact of rare and low-frequency sequence variants on reliability of genomic prediction in dairy cattle
Creators: name: Zhang, Qianqian
name: Sahana, Goutam
name: Su, Guosheng
name: Guldbrandtsen, Bernt
name: Lund, Mogens
name: Calus, Mario
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Characteristics for each simulation scenario across 10 replicates.