cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Temperature regulation and adrenal function in the echidna
Creators: name: Augee, M. L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Initial state dependence of a quantum-resonance ratchet
Creators: name: Ni, Jiating
name: Lam, Wa Kun
name: Dadras, Siamak
name: Borunda, Mario F.
name: Wimberger, Sandro
name: Summy, Gil S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate quantum resonance ratchets created with Bose-Einstein condensates exposed to pulses of an off-resonant standing light wave. We show how some of the basic properties of the ratchets are controllable through the creation of different initial states of the system. In particular, our results prove that through an appropriate choice of initial state it is possible to reduce the extent to which the ratchet state changes with respect to time. We develop a simple theory to explain our results and indicate how ratchets might be used as part of a matter wave interferometer or quantum-random walk experiment.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures
Analysis and classification of spacetime metrics using computer algebra
Creators: name: Arianrhod, Ron
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Macroscopic and Microscopic Thermal Equilibrium
Creators: name: Goldstein, Sheldon
name: Huse, David A.
name: Lebowitz, Joel L.
name: Tumulka, Roderich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the nature of and approach to thermal equilibrium in isolated quantum systems. An individual isolated macroscopic quantum system in a pure or mixed state is regarded as being in thermal equilibrium if all macroscopic observables assume rather sharply the values obtained from thermodynamics. Of such a system (or state) we say that it is in macroscopic thermal equilibrium (MATE). A stronger requirement than MATE is that even microscopic observables (i.e., ones referring to a small subsystem) have a probability distribution in agreement with that obtained from the micro-canonical, or equivalently the canonical, ensemble for the whole system. Of such a system we say that it is in microscopic thermal equilibrium (MITE). The distinction between MITE and MATE is particularly relevant for systems with many-body localization (MBL) for which the energy eigenfuctions fail to be in MITE while necessarily most of them, but not all, are in MATE. However, if we consider superpositions of energy eigenfunctions (i.e., typical wave functions $ψ$) in an energy shell, then for generic macroscopic systems, including those with MBL, most $ψ$ are in both MATE and MITE. We explore here the properties of MATE and MITE and compare the two notions, thereby elaborating on ideas introduced in [Goldstein et al., Phys.Rev.Lett. 115: 100402 (2015)].
description: 36 pages LaTeX, 2 figures; v3 minor improvements
Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Gram Negative Fermentative and non Bacilli isolated from patients Referred to Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Tsige, Estifanos
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Gram negative bacilli are the most frequently isolated bacteria which recovered from various clinical samples. Conventionally, these microorganisms subdivided into two major groups' fermentative and non-fermentative gram-negative bacteria. The aim of this study is to determine antibiotic resistance patterns of fermentative and non-fermentative gram negative bacilli from various clinical samples in study area. Method: A laboratory based cross-sectional study conducted at Arsho Advanced Medical laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January to April 2017; Study participants were required Urine , CSF, wound, Nasal fluid ,Ear ,Blood, Body fluid, Semen were collected and cultured on Blood agar, MacConkey agar and chocolate agar and incubated according to standard conditions. Then Species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of gram negative bacteria were determined by automated Vitek 2 compact system using GN and AST GN72 card. Result: From the total of 824 various specimens, 284(34.5%) were culture positive , of which (90.8%, 258/284) of the isolates were fermentative and (9.2%), 26/284) were non fermentative Gram- negative bacteria from wide range of clinical specimens such as in urine 197(69.4%), in wound and abscess 34(11.9%), in Ear 20(7.0%), in CSF 11(3.87%), in Nasal 11(3.9%), in Blood 4 (1.4%), in Bodyfluid4 (1.4%) and in semen 3(1.1%) .The most common Gram- negative bacterial isolates being Escherichia coli 152(53.5%), followed by Klebsiella pneumonia 40(14.1%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 13(4.6%), Proteus mirabilis 13(4.6%), Acinetobacter baumannii 8(2.8%) were the most dominant isolate respectively. Among gram negative bacteria, K.pneumoniae (82.5%), E.coli (82.9%), P.aeruginosa (100%), and A. baumanii (100%) were multi drug resistance. Concussion: High antimicrobial resistance and multi drug resistance was demonstrated over the study period, which may be due to associated with the improper antibiotic consumption or lack of a proper guideline for empirical therapy. Keywords: Antibiogram, Enterobacteriaceae, fermentative and non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli, antimicrobial susceptibility test and antimicrobial resistant
On a radiative origin of the Standard Model from Trinification
Creators: name: Camargo-Molina, José Eliel
name: Morais, António P.
name: Pasechnik, Roman
name: Wessén, Jonas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we present a trinification-based grand unified theory incorporating a global $\mathrm{SU}(3)$ family symmetry that after a spontaneous breaking leads to a left-right symmetric model. Already at the classical level, this model can accommodate the matter content and the quark Cabbibo mixing in the Standard Model (SM) with only one Yukawa coupling at the unification scale. Considering the minimal low-energy scenario with the least amount of light states, we show that the resulting effective theory enables dynamical breaking of its gauge group down to that of the SM by means of radiative corrections accounted for by the renormalisation group evolution at one loop. This result paves the way for a consistent explanation of the SM breaking scale and fermion mass hierarchies.
description: 39 pages, 6 figures. Added a discussion (Sect. 7.2) on 1-loop contributions to the masses of light scalars. Published version
Promoting high-level translational research in Europe: the services offered by EATRIS / A_IATRIS
Creators: name: De Nuccio Chiara,
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Translational research, Research Infrastructure

description: Overview of the activities of the European Research Infrastructure for translational medicine (EATRIS) and of the Italian node (A_IATRIS) as added value in supporting and promoting biomedical research at a national and European level and advice for researchers.
Angular Position of Nodes in the Superconducting Gap of Quasi-2D Heavy-Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn5
Creators: name: Izawa, K.
name: Matsuda, Yuji
name: Settai, R.
name: Shishido, H.
name: Yamaguchi, H.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Prevalence of Group B Streptococci Colonization and Susceptibility Pattern Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics Of Health Institutions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Assefa, Solomon
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background: Group B Streptococci (GBS) is the leading cause of septicemia, meningitis and pneumonia in neonates. Maternal colonization with GBS is the principal risk factor for early- onset of invasive GBS disease in infants. GBS is now recognized to be an important cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world; however, it has been little studied in Ethiopia. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of GBS colonization, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and identify risk factors related to GBS among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics of Health Institutions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional prospective study was conducted from May-August, 2014. Consented participants' information was collected using structured questionnaire. A total of 281 vaginal swabs were collected by consecutive sampling technique and inoculated into Todd Hewitt Broth and later sub cultured on 5% blood agar for isolation of GBS. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed according to the criteria of the clinical and laboratory standard institute (CLSI) guidelines 2013 by disk diffusion method. Data was entered and analysed using SPSS version 20.0 software. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were used. A 95 % CI and P- value of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Result: The overall prevalence of GBS colonization among pregnant women was 14.6% (41/281). GBS colonization was significantly associated with health institutions and inversely related with history of contraceptive use (P<0.05). All GBS isolated were susceptible to chloramphenicol. Resistance to tetracycline, cefotaxime, clindamycin, penicillin, vancomycin, ampicillin and erythromycin was 90.2%, 34.1%, 26.8%, 19.5%, 17%, 14.6% and 7.5% respectively. Conclusion and Recommendation: There was high isolation frequency of GBS colonization (14.6%) and resistance to the commonly used antibiotics which suggests the importance of the screening of GBS colonization in pregnant women at 35-37 weeks of gestation and testing their antimicrobial susceptibilities in order to provide antibiotic prophylaxis. Key words: Group B Streptococci, prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, risk factors
Applications of analogy in exploratory data analysis
Creators: name: Anderson, Peter S.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Singularities of slice regular functions over real alternative *-algebras
Creators: name: Ghiloni, Riccardo
name: Perotti, Alessandro
name: Stoppato, Caterina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 30G35. Secondary 17D05, 32A30, 30C15

description: The main goal of this work is classifying the singularities of slice regular functions over a real alternative *-algebra A. This function theory has been introduced in 2011 as a higher-dimensional generalization of the classical theory of holomorphic complex functions, of the theory of slice regular quaternionic functions launched by Gentili and Struppa in 2006 and of the theory of slice monogenic functions constructed by Colombo, Sabadini and Struppa since 2009. Along with this generalization step, the larger class of slice functions over A has been defined. We introduce here a new type of series expansion near each singularity of a slice regular function. This instrument, which is new even in the quaternionic case, leads to a complete classification of singularities. This classification also relies on some recent developments of the theory, concerning the algebraic structure and the zero sets of slice functions. Peculiar phenomena arise, which were not present in the complex or quaternionic case, and they are studied by means of new results on the topology of the zero sets of slice functions. The analogs of meromorphic functions, called (slice) semiregular functions, are introduced and studied.
description: 36 pages, to appear in Advances in Mathematics
Structural evolution of the Southern Arunta Inlier, Central Australia
Creators: name: Amri, Chairul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Placemaking through Mandela's Graphic Heritage: The UX Sprint of the Umsuka platform
Creators: name: Burger, Yolandi
name: Harland, Robert G.
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Built environment and design
Language, communication and culture
Other history, heritage and archaeology
Design
Interaction and experience design
Communication and media studies
Cultural studies

description: A short video production of the UX Sprint of the Umsuka platform as part of the "Placemaking through Mandela's Graphic Heritage" project, which was funded by the UKRI/Newton Fund Consolidation grant (AH/S003398/1).
Dynamics of large-scale quantities in Rayleigh-Bénard convection
Creators: name: Pandey, Ambrish
name: Kumar, Abhishek
name: Chatterjee, Anando G.
name: Verma, Mahendra K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we estimate the relative strengths of various terms of the Rayleigh-Bénard equations. Based on these estimates and scaling analysis, we derive a general formula for the large-scale velocity, $U$, or the Péclet number that is applicable for arbitrary Rayleigh number $\mathrm{Ra}$ and Prandtl number $\mathrm{Pr}$. Our formula fits reasonably well with the earlier simulation and experimental results. Our analysis also shows that the wall-bounded convection has enhanced viscous force compared to free turbulence. We also demonstrate how correlations deviate the Nusselt number scaling from the theoretical prediction of $\mathrm{Ra}^{1/2}$ to the experimentally observed scaling of nearly $\mathrm{Ra}^{0.3}$.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Geospatial Analysis of Universal Energy Access in Liberia Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Scenario Generator using the OnSSET Tool
Creators: name: Sherif, Omar V. Al
name: Korkovelos, Alexandros
name: Sahlberg, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Liberia, GEP, OnSSET

description: This presentation constitutes the outcome of a three-weeks capacity building activity on GEP-OnSSET as part of the 2023 ICTP workshop. The authors collected input data, set parameters, calibrated the model, and run electrification investment scenarios for Liberia in order to explore pathways leading to the achievement of electrification targets. The results of this analysis are not conclusive, but rather the output of experimentation with the model and thus only indicative. You may contact the authors for more information and/or questions about the methodology, limitations, and follow-up activities of this study.
description: {"references": ["https://onsset.readthedocs.io/en/latest/OnSSET_model.html"]}
Entanglement Entropy of Periodic Sublattices
Creators: name: He, Temple
name: Magan, Javier M.
name: Vandoren, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the entanglement entropy (EE) of Gaussian systems on a lattice with periodic boundary conditions, both in the vacuum and at nonzero temperatures. By restricting the reduced subsystem to periodic sublattices, we can compute the entanglement spectrum and EE exactly. We illustrate this for a free (1+1)-dimensional massive scalar field at a fixed temperature. Consistent with previous literature, we demonstrate that for a sufficiently large periodic sublattice the EE grows extensively, even in the vacuum. Furthermore, the analytic expression for the EE allows us probe its behavior both in the massless limit and in the continuum limit at any temperature.
description: 24 pages, 7 figures; v2: 12 pages (two columns), minor typos corrected, formatted to appear in Physical Review B
Subaqueous volcanism, sedimentation and the geological setting of Zn-Cu-Pb massive sulphide deposits, Benambra, S.E. Australia
Creators: name: Allen, Rodney L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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A Statistical Study of CME Properties and of the Correlation Between Flares and CMEs over Solar Cycles 23 and 24
Creators: name: Compagnino, A.
name: Romano, P.
name: Zuccarello, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated some properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), such as speed, acceleration, polar angle, angular width, and mass, using data acquired by the Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) from 31 July 1997 to 31 March 2014, i.e. during the Solar Cycles 23 and 24. We used two CME catalogs: one provided by the Coordinated Data Analysis Workshops (CDAW) Data Center and one obtained by the Computer Aided CME Tracking software (CACTus) detection algorithm. For each dataset, we found that the number of CMEs observed during the peak of Cycle 24 was higher than or comparable to the number during Cycle 23, although the photospheric activity during Cycle 24 was weaker than during Cycle 23. Using the CMEs detected by CACTus, we noted that the number of events [N] is of the same order of magnitude during the peaks of the two cycles, but the peak of the CME distribution during Cycle 24 is more extended in time (N >1500 during 2012 and 2013). We ascribe the discrepancy between the CDAW and CACTus results to the observer bias for CME definition in the CDAW catalog. We also used a dataset containing 19,811 flares of C-, M-, and X-class observed by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) during the same period. Using both datasets, we studied the relationship between the mass ejected by the CMEs and the flux emitted during the corresponding flares: we found 11,441 flares that were temporally correlated with CMEs for CDAW and 9120 for CACTus. Moreover, we found a log-linear relationship between the flux of the flares integrated from the start to end in the 0.1 - 0.8 nm range and the CME mass.We also found some differences in the mean CMEs velocity and acceleration between the events associated with flares and those that were not.
description: published in Solar Physics
KATANA - a charge-sensitive triggering system for the S$π$RIT experiment
Creators: name: Lasko, P.
name: Adamczyk, M.
name: Brzychczyk, J.
name: Hirnyk, P.
name: Łukasik, J.
name: Pawłowski, P.
name: Pelczar, K.
name: Snoch, A.
name: Sochocka, A.
name: Sosin, Z.
name: Barney, J.
name: Cerizza, G.
name: Estee, J.
name: Isobe, T.
name: Jhang, G.
name: Kaneko, M.
name: Kurata-Nishimura, M.
name: Lynch, W. G.
name: Murakami, T.
name: Santamaria, C.
name: Tsang, M. B.
name: Zhang, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: KATANA - the Krakow Array for Triggering with Amplitude discrimiNAtion - has been built and used as a trigger and veto detector for the S$π$RIT TPC at RIKEN. Its construction allows operating in magnetic field and providing fast response for ionizing particles, giving the approximate forward multiplicity and charge information. Depending on this information, trigger and veto signals are generated. The article presents performance of the detector and details of its construction. A simple phenomenological parametrization of the number of emitted scintillation photons in plastic scintillator is proposed. The effect of the light output deterioration in the plastic scintillator due to the in-beam irradiation is discussed.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures
A field guide to flow chemistry for synthetic organic chemists
Creators: name: Capaldo, L.
name: Wen, Zhenghui
name: Noël, T. (Timothy)
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chemistry

description: Flow chemistry has unlocked a world of possibilities for the synthetic community, but the idea that it is a mysterious “black box” needs to go. In this review, we show that several of the benefits of microreactor technology can be exploited to push the boundaries in organic synthesis and to unleash unique reactivity and selectivity. By “lifting the veil” on some of the governing principles behind the observed trends, we hope that this review will serve as a useful field guide for those interested in diving into flow chemistry.
Rethinking climate change and vulnerability in Sri Lanka
Creators: name: Yamane, Akiko
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Prevalence of pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among patients with ear infection at Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Creators: name: Desse, Melesse
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Background: Otitis media is a major health problem and occurs with a high incidence and prevalence in both developed and developing countries. The burden and population demographics of otitis media differ greatly between developed and developing regions. Sub Saharan Africa account for most deaths from complications arising from otitis media. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the bacterial isolates and their drug susceptibility patterns from patients who had ear infection at Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted at Arsho medical laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January to April 2019. By using an aseptic technique ear discharge samples were collected by a sterile swab and inoculated on Blood Agar, Chocolate Agar and Mac Conkey's media. Isolated bacterial species were identified and drug susceptibility testing was performed by using the Vitek 2 system (bio-Mérieux). Data were entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 20 software and P-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of 422 samples processed, bacterial pathogens were isolated from 19.5% (82) samples. From the total bacterial isolated 78% were gram negative bacteria and the predominant isolate was Pseudomonas species and Proteus spps 21.9 % each followed by Klebsiella spps 20.3%. Among gram negative bacteria isolates 46.9 % had multiple antibiotic resistant patterns. Pseudomonas aeruginosa 92.4% and proteus vulgaris had 80 % were resistant against the commonly used antibiotics Ampicillin & Amoxicillin. Conclusion: Majority of the bacterial isolates were multidrug resistant, hence, efforts to isolate microorganisms and determine the susceptibility pattern should be strengthened to improve the treatment outcome of otitis media instead of the usual trend of empirical treatment.
Disrupting an Epistemology of White Ignorance through writing a Racial Autobiography
Creators: name: De Saxe, Jennifer
name: Ker, Alex
Publisher: name: Critical Education
Year: 2023

description: White students who enter university having few experiences engaging with race and white supremacy are likely limited in their ability to perceive and understand structural white ignorance and racial bias towards Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). As a result, these students and their professors tend to gloss over the insidious ways that hegemonic whiteness is upheld within the university setting. Such failure to critically examine structural whiteness misses opportunities to confront an epistemology of white ignorance, the Racial Contract, and their connection to sustained racial domination. Throughout this article, we argue that students can work towards identifying and disrupting white ignorance and hegemonic whiteness within the university setting by critically reflecting upon their own experiences of race and racism through writing a racial autobiography. We use this assignment to illustrate what it might mean for students to ‘become’ co-conspirators within and beyond the university classroom.
description: Critical Education, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023)
Quantization of the Horava theory at the kinetic-conformal point
Creators: name: Bellorin, Jorge
name: Restuccia, Alvaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Horava theory depends on several coupling constants. The kinetic term of its Lagrangian depends on one dimensionless coupling constant lambda. For the particular value lambda = 1/3 the kinetic term becomes conformal invariant, although the full Lagrangian does not have this symmetry. For any value of lambda the nonprojectable version of the theory has second-class constraints which play a central role in the process of quantization. Here we study the complete nonprojectable theory, including the Blas-Pujolas-Sibiryakov interacting terms, at the kinetic-conformal point lambda = 1/3. The generic counting of degrees of freedom indicates that this theory propagates the same physical degrees of freedom of General Relativity. We analyze this point rigorously taking into account all the z=1,2,3 terms that contribute to the action describing quadratic perturbations around the Minkowski spacetime. We show that the constraints of the theory and equations determining the Lagrange multipliers are strongly elliptic partial differential equations, an essential condition for a constrained phase-space structure in field theory. We show how their solutions lead to the two independent tensorial physical modes propagated by the theory. We also obtain the reduced Hamiltonian. These arguments strengthen the consistency of the theory. We find the restrictions on the space of coupling constants to ensure the positiveness of the reduced Hamiltonian. We obtain the propagator of the physical modes, showing that there are not ghosts and that the propagator effectively acquires the z=3 scaling for all physical degrees of freedom at the high energy regime. By evaluating the superficial degree of divergence, taking into account the second-class constraints, we show that the theory is power-counting renormalizable. ...
description: 36 pages, 1 figure. Version 2: changes in presentation, some explanations have been expanded
Signing Up for Multiple Truths
Creators: name: Khan, Momina
name: Pushor, Debbie
Publisher: name: Critical Education
Year: 2023

description: By using autobiographical narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) and poetry (Leggo, 1998), we share the story of a Muslim Canadian female graduate student, as experienced by the student and her graduate supervisor. We unpack an email expressing concern, written by an Indigenous male student about the work of the Muslim female student to her supervisor, during their Master’s coursework. We work through layers of mis/understandings and a shared desire to stand together in a relationship connecting our unique beings. Our intent is to emphasize the importance of magnifying our human existence and universal dignity beyond binaries by making more space for one another, by listening harder and longer, by learning with open and vulnerable hearts, and by considering what work each of us can do, individually and collectively, to decrease the foreignness, first among ourselves and then among racialized, Indigenous, and white settler Canadians.
description: Critical Education, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023)
Development of a "sustainability business model"
Creators: name: Stubbs, Wendy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with Atopy and Allergic disorders in Ziway, Central Ethiopia
Creators: name: Tesfay, Mheret
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Some epidemiological and experimental data point to the protective effect of Helicobacter pylori infection against the development of many extra-gastric diseases, including gastroesophageal reflux disease and its associated outcomes, childhood asthma and allergy. There is scarcity of data concerning this in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the association of Helicobacter pylori infection with atopy and allergic disorders in Ziway, Central Ethiopia Methods and materials: Health facilities and school based cross sectional study was conducted from October 2016 to January 2017, Ziway, Ethiopia. A total of 461 children were enrolled in the study. Participant"s socio-demographic and clinical information was collected using International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. Skin prick test was done; blood and stool samples were collected from each participant. Automated WBC and manual eosinophil count were performed from EDTA blood while total serum IgE, H. Pylori stool antigen test and serum antibody test were determined using ELISA technique. Descriptive statistics were used to express the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants. Binary logistic regression was computed to assess association between variables using SPSS version 20 for windows. P < 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. Results: The overall prevalence of past and current H.pylori infection was 70.3% and 5.2%, respectively. The overall prevalence of any sensitization was 2.4%. Our result also did not show the protective effect of the bacteria. There was no association between past H.pylori infection and atopic sensitization and allergic conditions (OR 1.58, 95% CI 0.44, 5.70 (P=0.48) and OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.56, 1.62 (P=0.86), respectively) and the current infection of H. pylori was not associated with allergic conditions with OR 1.81, 95% CI 0.53, 6.22 (P=0.35). In this study the IgE levels were elevated in current H.pylori infected atopic participants. Conclusion: In this study we didn"t find any significant association between past and current H.pylori infection with atopy or allergic conditions. Further studies with high quality longitudinal cohort are needed to map every possible correlates of the infection. Keywords: Helicobacter pylori, Atopy, Allergy, IgE
Inferring hidden states in Langevin dynamics on large networks: Average case performance
Creators: name: Bravi, Barbara
name: Opper, Manfred
name: Sollich, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present average performance results for dynamical inference problems in large networks, where a set of nodes is hidden while the time trajectories of the others are observed. Examples of this scenario can occur in signal transduction and gene regulation networks. We focus on the linear stochastic dynamics of continuous variables interacting via random Gaussian couplings of generic symmetry. We analyze the inference error, given by the variance of the posterior distribution over hidden paths, in the thermodynamic limit and as a function of the system parameters and the ratio α between the number of hidden and observed nodes. By applying Kalman filter recursions we find that the posterior dynamics is governed by an "effective" drift that incorporates the effect of the observations. We present two approaches for characterizing the posterior variance that allow us to tackle, respectively, equilibrium and nonequilibrium dynamics. The first appeals to Random Matrix Theory and reveals average spectral properties of the inference error and typical posterior relaxation times, the second is based on dynamical functionals and yields the inference error as the solution of an algebraic equation.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures
title: Digitalization: Definition and Measurement
Creators: name: Faucher , Guyllaume
name: Houle, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2023

description: This paper provides an overview of digitalization and its economic implications. We assess the scope of digitalization in Canada as well as the challenges related to its measurement.
description: Cette étude présente une vue d’ensemble de la numérisation et de ses conséquences économiques. Nous évaluons sa portée au Canada et les défis associés à la mesure de son incidence.
Prevalence and Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Bacteria Associated with Urinary Tract Infection Among Hiv Positive Patients Attending Alert Center, Addis Abeba Ethiopia
Creators: name: Getu, Yemisrach
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common types of bacterial infections in humans occurring both in the community and the health care settings. UTI rank high amongst the most common causes that compel an individual to seek medical attention. HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest public health crisis faced by the global community without a complete cure. UTI represents a considerable health problem amongst HIV infected patients. Objective; to determine the prevalence and drug susceptibility pattern of bacteria associated with UTI among HIV positive patients. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in ALERT Center Addis Ababa Ethiopia from September to January 2015 among 165 adult HIV patients. Midstream urine (MSU) was collected from the study participants with sterile wide mouthed urine cups. Urine samples were inoculated in to Blood agar, MacConkey and Cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient and biochemical tests were performed to identify isolates. Drug susceptibility pattern of isolates was determined using the disc diffusion techniques. Data were analyzed using SPSS version-20 software package. Chi – square (X2) test was used to compare categorical data and to compare associations between proportions. Differences were considered significant when the p-values were < 0.05 at 95% confidences limit. Result: Among the total 165 study participants 114 were females and the remaining 51 were males and the mean of age was 37.9. The overall prevalence of UTI was 15.7. High bacterial isolates were found in asymptomatic study participants than symptomatic HIV positive patients. Among Gram negative isolates Escherichia coli were the leading cause of UTI followed by Gram positive isolates Staphylococci aureus. Most bacterial isolates were resistant to Amp, TE, P and SXT and Gentamicin were susceptible for all isolates. Conclusion: the prevalence of UTI was high, and both Gram-negative and Gram positive organisms were causes of UTIs. In this study the chance of acquiring UTI was higher among females than males. UTI prevalence was also high among study participants those have previous history of catheterization and UTI. E. coli were the most predominant organisms followed by Staphylococci aureus and most of the bacterial isolates were sensitive to Gentamicin, Ceftriaxone, Ciprofloxacin, Norfloxacine, Oxacilin and Nitrofurantion. Multi-drug resistance bacteria were common Key words: Asymptomatic UTI, Symptomatic UTI, urinary tract infection, HIV/AIDS, Ethiopia
The ‘dilemma of authority’ in the 21st Century: A critical discourse analysis of a student attendance and engagement data monitoring policy at a UK university.
Creators: name: Roberts, Ruth
Publisher: name: Critical Education
Year: 2023

description: Drawing on Fairclough’s Dialectical-Relational Approach the paper offers a critical discourse analysis of documents relating to the introduction of predictive learning analytics at a UK university. It is concerned with the semiotic realisation of strategies of pathologisation and responsibilisation in Higher Education responses to widening participation. Authority discourses in institutional texts indicate an ambivalent attitude to students that fluctuates between different discourses, two of which are identified as the ‘Here to help’ and ‘Over to you’ discourses. The paper posits a new discursive positioning for students as ‘assets’ rather than learners, partners or clients. At the micro level, the ‘Concerned tutor’ discourse indicates a diminished authority position for academics which parallels the responsibilization of personal tutors in ensuring student success and engagement. The discursive ambivalence suggests that institutions need to maintain ethical vigilance when introducing learning analytics policies in order to maintain stated institutional values of partnership and justice.
description: Critical Education, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023)
Genericity of mode-locking for quasiperiodically forced circle maps
Creators: name: Wang, Jing
name: Zhou, Qi
name: Jäger, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that a generic quasiperiodically forced circle homeomorphism is mode-locked: the rotation number in the fibres is rationally related to the rotation number in the base and it is stable under small perturbations of the system. As a consequence, this implies that for a generic parameter family of quasiperiodically forced circle homeomorphisms satisfying a twist condition, the graph of the rotation number as a function of the parameter is a devil's staircase.
description: 17 pages,2 figures
Development of new techniques in electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopy
Creators: name: Song, Ruitian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Many-body Lattice Wavefunctions From Conformal Blocks
Creators: name: Montes, Sebastian
name: Rodríguez-Laguna, Javier
name: Tu, Hong-Hao
name: Sierra, Germán
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a general framework to construct many-body lattice wavefunctions starting from the conformal blocks (CBs) of rational conformal field theories (RCFTs). We discuss the different ways of encoding the physical degrees of freedom of the lattice system using both the internal symmetries of the theory and the fusion channels of the CBs. We illustrate this construction both by revisiting the known Haldane-Shastry model and by providing a novel implementation for the Ising RCFT. In the latter case, we find a connection to the Ising transverse field (ITF) spin chain via the Kramers-Wannier duality and the Temperley-Lieb-Jones algebra. We also find evidence that the ground state of the finite-size critical ITF Hamiltonian corresponds exactly to the wavefunction obtained from CBs of spin fields.
Assessment of Transfusion Transmissible Infections Among Blood Donors (A six years study) and Strategy on Direct Laboratory Testing Cost of Blood Screening at National Blood Transfusion Service of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Edosa, Jijiga
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis are the most serious infections transmitted during blood transfusion. In such a resource limited setting, cheaper and feasible alternative strategies for blood donations testing are specifically required. However, updated data on the transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs), and cost effective strategies of blood screening are lacking. Objective: To determine the prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donorsfrom July 2008 to July 2013and propose cost effective strategy of blood screening at National Blood Bank of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methodology:A retrospective analysis of blood donors' record covering the period from July 2008 to July 2013 was conducted. The data was collected from the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) of Addis Ababa and includes category of all donors and result for TTI markers. In addition, direct laboratory costs of parallel versus sequential strategy of blood screening were compared. To compare the strategies we used the current price of the laboratory costs. Data was first exported to Excel spread sheet from the institution's data base and then finally exported to SPSS version 16 software (SPSS INC, Chicago, IL, USA) for analysis.Data analysis was performed using scores and odds ratio using same software to look for an association between dependent and independent variables. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant. Result: A total of 173,207 consecutive blood donors were screened between 2008 and 2013.The overall seroprevalence rate ofHBV, HIV, HCV and syphilis of blood donors was 5.0%, 1.6%, 1.4% and 0.1%respectively. The HIV-HBV confection was higher among blood donors 135(41.79%) followed by HBV-HCV co-infection which accounts about 103(31.89%). Significantly increased seroprevalence of TTI's was observed in the age groups of 17-25 and 26- 35 years. In this study, the difference in cost between the current in use strategy (Parallel) versus our proposed newly designed sequential testing algorithm was 746,773.90 ETB. Conclusion: A significant percentage of the blood donors harbor TTIs. Higher prevalence of TTIs was observed among youths and replacement donors. The direct laboratory cost analysis using current in use strategy (parallel) was higher than the newly designed sequential testing algorithm. Thus, the new strategy can be implemented to make screening of TTIs cost effective in the face of the current effort of large mobilization of voluntary blood donors in the country
Black Hole Formation in AdS Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity
Creators: name: Deppe, Nils
name: Kolly, Allison
name: Frey, Andrew R.
name: Kunstatter, Gabor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: AdS spacetime has been shown numerically to be unstable against a large class of arbitrarily small perturbations. In arXiv:1410.1869, the authors presented a preliminary study of the effects on stability of changing the local dynamics by adding a Gauss-Bonnet term to the Einstein action. Here we provide further details as well as new results with improved numerical methods. In particular, we elucidate new structure in Choptuik scaling plots. We also provide evidence of chaotic behavior at the transition between immediate horizon formation and horizon formation after the matter pulse reflects from the AdS conformal boundary. Finally, we present data suggesting the formation of naked singularities in spacetimes with ADM mass below the algebraic bound for black hole formation.
description: 26pp; v2 added references & minor comments
Structural and mechanistic insights into the CAND1-mediated SCF substrate receptor exchange.
Creators: name: Shaaban, Mohammed
name: Clapperton, Julie A
name: Ding, Shan
name: Kunzelmann, Simone
name: Mäeots, Märt-Erik
name: Maslen, Sarah L
name: Skehel, J Mark
name: Enchev, Radoslav I
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biochemistry & Proteomics
Imaging
Genome Integrity & Repair
Microfabrication & Bioengineering
Structural Biology & Biophysics
Chemical Biology & High Throughput
Computational & Systems Biology

description: Modular SCF (SKP1-CUL1-Fbox) ubiquitin E3 ligases orchestrate multiple cellular pathways in eukaryotes. Their variable SKP1-Fbox substrate receptor (SR) modules enable regulated substrate recruitment and subsequent proteasomal degradation. CAND proteins are essential for the efficient and timely exchange of SRs. To gain structural understanding of the underlying molecular mechanism, we reconstituted a human CAND1-driven exchange reaction of substrate-bound SCF alongside its co-E3 ligase DCNL1 and visualized it by cryo-EM. We describe high-resolution structural intermediates, including a ternary CAND1-SCF complex, as well as conformational and compositional intermediates representing SR- or CAND1-dissociation. We describe in molecular detail how CAND1-induced conformational changes in CUL1/RBX1 provide an optimized DCNL1-binding site and reveal an unexpected dual role for DCNL1 in CAND1-SCF dynamics. Moreover, a partially dissociated CAND1-SCF conformation accommodates cullin neddylation, leading to CAND1 displacement. Our structural findings, together with functional biochemical assays, help formulate a detailed model for CAND-SCF regulation.
title: Betriebsräte, Überbeschäftigung und überhöhte Löhne
title: Eine Bewertung aus Sicht des Arbeitgebers
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Gralla, Rafael
name: Kraft, Kornelius
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Beschäftigung
subject: Betriebsrat
subject: Entlohnung
subject: 310
subject: 330
subject: 620

description: In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie zu den Determinanten eines zu hohen Personalbestands und überhöhten Lohnkosten vorgestellt. Hierzu werden Einschätzungen des Managements zum Vorliegen der genannten Probleme ausgewertet. Im Zentrum steht der Einfluss von Betriebsräten und wir finden in Betrieben mit Betriebsräten häufiger Überbeschäftigung als in Betrieben ohne diese Mitarbeitervertretung vor. Es kann aber kein Effekt bezüglich der Lohnhöhe festgestellt werden. Die in früheren Untersuchungen vorgefundenen höheren Löhne in Betrieben mit Betriebsräten werden vermutlich durch Produktivitätsvorteile wieder ausgeglichen.
description: Discussion Paper / SFB 823;42/2011