cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Patient Empowerment Improved Perioperative Quality of Care in Cancer Patients Aged ≥ 65 Years – A Randomized Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Schmidt, Maren
name: Eckardt, Rahel
name: Scholtz, Kathrin
name: Neuner, Bruno
name: Dossow- Hanfstingl, Vera Von
name: Sehouli, Jalid
name: Stief, Christian G.
name: Wernecke, Klaus-Dieter
name: Spies, Claudia D.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Purpose This randomized controlled, clinical prospective interventional trial was aimed at exploring the effect of patient empowerment on short- and long- term outcomes after major oncologic surgery in elderly cancer patients. Methods This trial was performed from February 2011 to January 2014 at two tertiary medical centers in Germany. The study included patients aged 65 years and older undergoing elective surgery for gastro-intestinal, genitourinary, and thoracic cancer. The patients were randomly assigned to the intervention group, i.e. patient empowerment through information booklet and diary keeping, or to the control group, which received standard care. Randomization was done by block randomization in blocks of four in order of enrollment. The primary outcome were 1,postoperative length of hospital stay (LOS) and 2. long-term global health-related quality of life (HRQoL) one year postoperatively. HRQoL was assessed using the EORTC QLQ C30 questionnaire. Secondary outcomes encompassed postoperative stress and complications. Further objectives were the identification of predictors of LOS, and HRQoL at 12 months. Results Overall 652 patients were included. The mean age was 72 ± 4.9 years, and the majority of patients were male (68.6%, n = 447). The ^median of postoperative length of stay was 9 days (IQR 7–14 day). There were no significant differences between the intervention and the control groups in postoperative LOS (p = 0.99) or global HRQoL after one year (women: p = 0.54, men: p = 0.94). While overall complications and major complications occurred in 74% and 24% of the cases, respectively, frequency and severity of complications did not differ significantly between the groups. Patients in the intervention group reported significantly less postoperative pain (p = 0.03) than the control group. Independent predictors for LOS were identified as severity of surgery, length of anesthesia, major postoperative complications, nutritional state, and pre-operative physical functional capacity measured by the Timed Up and Go-test by multiple robust regressions. Conclusion Patient empowerment through information booklet and diary keeping did not shorten the postoperative LOS in elderly onco-surgical patients, but improved quality of care regarding postoperative pain. Postoperative length of stay is influenced by pre-operative nutritional state, pre-operative functional impairment, severity of surgery, and length of anesthesia.
Des Bijoux indiscrets à La religieuse : les procédés satiriques dans deux romans de Denis Diderot.
Creators: name: Person, Alain.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Literature, Modern.

description: Diderot a attribue a quelques-unes de ses oeuvres le terme de "satire". Ces textes ont presque exclusivement retenu l'attention de la critique quand il s'est agi d'etudier ce phenomene: une part non negligeable de l'oeuvre satirique de Diderot s'est trouve, ainsi, trop rapidement ecartee. Nous nous proposons d'analyser les procedes satiriques de deux ouvrages de Diderot, Les Bijoux indiscrets et La Religieuse. Une lecture elargie de l'oeuvre a permis de degager ce que Diderot entendait par le terme de "satire", les formes qu'il y associait, et d'en faire un essai de definition. Dans un second temps, nous avons analyse le corpus proprement dit selon l'ordre chronologique des Bijoux indiscrets et de La Religieuse. La premiere oeuvre montre les capacites techniques et formelles de Diderot en la matiere; la seconde, de ton et de profondeur differents, mele habilement roman et satire au point de se demander si c'est celui-la qui motive la redaction de La Religieuse et non la satire.
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Spatially resolving the environmental quenching of star formation in GAMA galaxies
Creators: name: Schaefer, A. L.
name: Croom, S. M.
name: Allen, J. T.
name: Brough, S.
name: Medling, A. M.
name: Ho, I. -T.
name: Scott, N.
name: Richards, S. N.
name: Pracy, M. B.
name: Gunawardhana, M. L. P.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Alpaslan, M.
name: Bauer, A. E.
name: Bekki, K.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Bloom, J. V.
name: Bryant, J. J.
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Fogarty, L. M. R.
name: Foster, C.
name: Goldstein, G.
name: Green, A. W.
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Konstantopoulos, I. S.
name: Lawrence, J. S.
name: López-Sánchez, A. R.
name: Lorente, N. P. F.
name: Owers, M. S.
name: Sharp, R.
name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Taylor, Edward
name: van de Sande, J.
name: Walcher, C. J.
name: Wong, O. I.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We use data from the Sydney-AAO Multi-Object Integral Field Spectrograph Galaxy Survey and the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey to investigate the spatially resolved signatures of the environmental quenching of star formation in galaxies. Using dust-corrected measurements of the distribution of Ha emission, we measure the radial profiles of star formation in a sample of 201 star-forming galaxies covering three orders of magnitude in stellar mass (M*; 108.1-1010.95M⊙) and in fifth nearest neighbour local environment density (∑5; 10-1.3-102.1 Mpc-2). We show that star formation rate gradients in galaxies are steeper in dense (log10(∑5/Mpc2) > 0.5) environments by 0.58 ± 0.29 dex re-1 in galaxies with stellar masses in the range 1010 < M*/M⊙ < 1011 and that this steepening is accompanied by a reduction in the integrated star formation rate. However, for any given stellar mass or environment density, the star formation morphology of galaxies shows large scatter. We also measure the degree to which the star formation is centrally concentrated using the unitless scale-radius ratio (r50,Hα/r50,cont), which compares the extent of ongoing star formation to previous star formation. With this metric, we find that the fraction of galaxies with centrally concentrated star formation increases with environment density, from ~5 ± 4 per cent in low-density environments (log10(∑5/Mpc2) < 0.0) to 30 ± 15 per cent in the highest density environments (log10(∑5/Mpc2) > 1.0). These lines of evidence strongly suggest that with increasing local environment density, the star formation in galaxies is suppressed, and that this starts in their outskirts such that quenching occurs in an outside-in fashion in dense environments and is not instantaneous.
Supplementary document for Single-shot carrier-envelope-phase measurement in ambient air - 4296012.pdf
Creators: name: Kubullek, Maximilian
name: Wang, Zilong
name: von der Brelje, Klaas
name: Zimin, Dmitry
name: Rosenberger, Philipp
name: Schoetz, Johannes
name: Neuhaus, Marcel
name: Sederberg, Shawn
name: Staudte, André
name: Karpowicz, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information to the main manuscript.
title: ENDOMETRIOSIS, QUÉ DEBE SABER EL RADIóLOGO
Creators: name: Alvarez Moreno, Elena
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Blood
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Localisation
subject: Surgery
subject: MR
subject: Pelvis
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar los tipos de endometriosis,
superficial y profunda infiltrativa Determinar un protocolo adecuado de RM,
estableciendo la utilidad de las secuencias clásicas y de las de enteroRM o uroRM,
del empleo de gadolinio,
y de la aplicación de gel...
Supplementary document for Single-shot carrier-envelope-phase measurement in ambient air - 4296012.pdf
Creators: name: Kubullek, Maximilian
name: Wang, Zilong
name: von der Brelje, Klaas
name: Zimin, Dmitry
name: Rosenberger, Philipp
name: Schoetz, Johannes
name: Neuhaus, Marcel
name: Sederberg, Shawn
name: Staudte, André
name: Karpowicz, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information to the main manuscript.
Compression Characteristics of New Periodic Honeycomb Structures
Creators: name: Wang, Yuyang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: With the development of industrial technology, the exploration of lightweight structures with excellent performance has been the main research direction. As a typical lightweight structure, honeycomb structures have been widely used in structural and functional applications because of their outstanding characteristics such as good strength, superior compression performance and excellent energy absorption capacity. In this study, it is the process of honeycomb structure optimization. The compression performance of four different types of optimized honeycomb structures is systematically investigated. The results provide methodological guidance and technical support for the design of new structures with specific functions and excellent performance.
High pregnancy incidence and low contraceptive use among a prospective cohort of female entertainment and sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Creators: name: Duff, Putu
name: Evans, Jennifer L
name: Stein, Ellen S
name: Page, Kimberly
name: Maher, Lisa
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: While HIV and unintended pregnancies are both occupational risks faced by female sex workers, the epidemiology of pregnancy and its drivers in this population remains understudied. This includes Cambodia, where the drivers of pregnancy among female entertainment and sex workers (FESW) remain unknown. The current study aimed to examine factors associated with incident pregnancy, as well as describe contraceptive use among FESW in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Methods: This analysis drew from the Young Women’s Health Study (YWHS)-2, a 12-month observational cohort of 220 FESW aged 15–29 years, conducted between August 2009 and August 2010. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were conducted at baseline and quarterly thereafter, alongside HIV and pregnancy testing. Bivariate and multivariable extended Cox regression analysis was used to examine correlates of incident pregnancy. Results: At baseline, 6.8% of participants were pregnant, and only 10.8% reported using hormonal contraceptives, with 11.3% reporting an abortion in the past 3 months. Pregnancy incidence was high, at 22/100 person-years (95% CI: 16.3–30.1). In multivariable analysis, younger age (19–24 years versus 25–29 years) (Adjusted Hazards Ratio (AHR): 2.28; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.22–4.27), lower income (400,000–600,000 Riel (≤150$USD) versus > 600,000 Riel (> 150$USD)) (AHR 2.63; 95% CI 1.02–6.77) positively predicted pregnancy, while higher self-reported condom self-efficacy were associated with reduced pregnancy incidence (AHR 0.89; 95% CI 0.81–0.98). Conclusions: Results document high incidence of pregnancy and unmet reproductive health needs among FESWs in Cambodia. Findings point to an urgent need for multi-level interventions, including venue-based HIV/STI and violence prevention interventions, in the context of legal and policy reform. High pregnancy incidence in this population may also undermine recruitment and retention into HIV prevention intervention trials. The exploration of innovative and comprehensive sex worker-tailored sexual and reproductive health service models, also as part of HIV prevention intervention trials, is warranted.
title: Rotura de aneurisma de aorta abdominal: espectro de los hallazgos en TC.
Creators: name: Pérez Vega-Leal, Carmen
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Aneurysms
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CT
subject: Vascular

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
OBJETIVO: La creciente incidencia del aneurisma de aorta abdominal fundamentalmente por el envejecimiento de la población y su mortalidad del 85-90% en caso de rotura,
justifican su diagnóstico precoz y un tratamiento reparador electivo. Conocer...
GRAVITY for MATISSE -- Improving the MATISSE performance with the GRAVITY fringe tracker
Creators: name: Woillez, J.
name: Petrov, R.
name: Abuter, R.
name: Allouche, F.
name: Berio, P.
name: Dembet, R.
name: Eisenhauer, F.
name: Frahm, R.
name: Gonté, F.
name: Haubois, X.
name: Houllé, M.
name: Jaffe, W.
name: Lacour, S.
name: Lagarde, S.
name: Leftley, J.
name: Lopez, B.
name: Matter, A.
name: Meilland, A.
name: Millour, F.
name: Nowak, M.
name: Paladini, C.
name: Rivinius, T.
name: Salabert, D.
name: Schuhler, N.
name: Varga, J.
name: Zins, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: MATISSE, the mid-infrared spectro-imaging instrument of VLTI, was designed to deliver its advertised performance when paired with an external second generation fringe tracker. Science observation started in 2019, demonstrating imaging capabilities and faint science target observations. Now, The GRAVITY fringe tracker stabilizes the MATISSE fringes which allows using all spectroscopic modes and improves sensitivity and data accuracy. Aims: We present how the MATISSE and GRAVITY instruments were adapted to make the GRAVITY fringe tracker work with MATISSE, under the umbrella of the aptly-named GRA4MAT project, led by ESO in collaboration with the two instrument consortia. Methods: We detail the software modifications needed to implement an acquisition and observing sequence specific to GRA4MAT, including simultaneous fringe tracking and chopping and a narrow off-axis capability inspired by the galactic center and exoplanet capability of GRAVITY. We explain the modified data collection and reduction processes. We show how we leveraged the recent fringe tracker upgrade to implement features specific to its use with MATISSE, e.g. fringe jumps mitigation with an improved group delay control and simultaneous fringe tracking and chopping with a new state machine. Results: We successfully demonstrate significant improvements to the MATISSE instrument. Observations can now be performed at higher spectral resolutions of up to $R\sim3300$ and across the full LM bands at once. Long detector integration times, made possible with stabilized fringes, have improved the LM-bands sensitivity by a factor of 10. Low flux biases in coherently-reduced N-band data have been eliminated. The L-band transfer function is now higher and more stable. We finally illustrate the scientific potential of GRA4MAT with a preview of the first exoplanet observation made by MATISSE on $β$ Pictoris b.
description: Revised after language editing
title: Neurofibromatosis tipo 1: Hallazgos y seguimiento por RM en la edad pediátrica.
Creators: name: Solis Muniz, Ines
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: MR
subject: Paediatric

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Ilustrar y describir las lesiones características de la neurofibromatosis tipo I valorables mediante RM,
incluyendo tanto la patología del sistema nervioso central comoperiférico. Proponer unmanejoradiológico para el seguimiento de niños con...
Buenoa incompta Truxal 1953
Creators: name: Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos
name: Barbosa, Julianna Freires
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
name: Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Notonectidae
Buenoa
Buenoa incompta

description: Buenoa incompta Truxal, 1953
(Fig. 38A–B)
Buenoa incompta Truxal, 1953: 1466 (original description)
Distribution. Bolivia (Truxal 1953). Brazil: Amazonas (Truxal 1953; Nieser 1970b; Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a), Goiás (Truxal 1957), Pará (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a; present study). Suriname (Nieser 1968).
Distribution in Pará. Curuá, Itaituba (present study), Santarém (Barbosa & Nessimian 2013a).
Comment. Truxal (1953) recorded this species from the state of Paraíba based on specimens collected by A.M. Olalla in “vic. João Pessoa, River Juruá”. This locality is in western Amazonas state, not in Paraíba (Patterson 1992).
Material examined. Brazil, Pará, Município de Curuá, Barragem Maria Raimunda, 01°46’19” S / 55°09’01” W, 28/IX/2022, S.E. Santos col. (4 ♂, 3 ♀). Município de Itaituba, Poça Campo Belo, 04°16’24” S / 56°02’28” W, 26/VII/2022, S.E. Santos col. (1 ♂).
description: Published as part of Santos, Suzane Evaristo Dos, Barbosa, Julianna Freires, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Couceiro, Sheyla Regina Marques, 2025, Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state, pp. 275-304 in Zootaxa 5627 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15325988
Erasing the Milky Way: new cleaning technique applied to GBT intensity mapping data
Creators: name: Wolz, L.
name: Blake, Chris
name: Abdalla, F. B.
name: Anderson, C. J.
name: Chang, T. -C.
name: Li, Y. -C.
name: Masui, K. W.
name: Switzer, E.
name: Pen, U. -L.
name: Voytek, T. C.
name: Yadav, J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the first application of a new foreground removal pipeline to the current leading HI intensity mapping data set, obtained by the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). We study the 15- and 1-h-field data of the GBT observations previously presented in Mausui et al. and Switzer et al., covering about 41 deg2 at 0.6 < z < 1.0, for which cross-correlations may be measured with the galaxy distribution of the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. In the presented pipeline, we subtract the Galactic foreground continuum and the point-source contamination using an independent component analysis technique (FASTICA), and develop a Fourier-based optimal estimator to compute the temperature power spectrum of the intensity maps and cross-correlation with the galaxy survey data. We show that FASTICA is a reliable tool to subtract diffuse and point-source emission through the non-Gaussian nature of their probability distributions. The temperature power spectra of the intensity maps are dominated by instrumental noise on small scales which FASTICA, as a conservative subtraction technique of non-Gaussian signals, cannot mitigate. However, we determine similar GBT-WiggleZ cross-correlation measurements to those obtained by the singular value decomposition (SVD) method, and confirm that foreground subtraction with FASTICA is robust against 21 cm signal loss, as seen by the converged amplitude of these cross-correlation measurements. We conclude that SVD and FASTICA are complementary methods to investigate the foregrounds and noise systematics present in intensity mapping data sets.
title: ¿Es seguro usar la aguja gruesa para realizar biopsias pancreáticas guiadas mediante tomografía computarizada?
Creators: name: Rudski Ricondo, Luciana
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Pancreas
subject: CT
subject: Biopsy
subject: Safety

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
description: Objetivos:
Evaluar la precisión diagnóstica y seguridad de las biopsias pancreáticas realizadas con aguja gruesa de 16-18 G y guiadas mediante tomografía computarizada...
Supplementary document for Multi-functional volumetric meta-optics for color and polarization image sensors - 4296347.pdf
Creators: name: Faraon, Andrei
name: Camayd-Muñoz, Philip
name: Ballew, Conner
name: Roberts, Gregory
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: Primary supplemental material for main manuscript
Finite-size spectrum of the staggered six-vertex model with antidiagonal boundary conditions
Creators: name: Frahm, Holger
name: Gehrmann, Sascha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The finite-size spectrum of the critical staggered six-vertex model with antidiagonal boundary conditions is studied. Similar to the case of periodic boundary conditions, we identify three different phases. In two of those, the underlying conformal field theory can be identified to be related to the twisted $U(1)$ Kac-Moody algebra. In contrast, the finite size scaling in the third regime, whose critical behaviour with the (quasi-)periodic BCs is related to the 2d black hole CFTs possessing a non-compact degree of freedom, is more subtle. Here with antidiagonal BCs imposed, the corrections to the scaling of the ground state grow logarithmically with the system size, while the energy gaps appear to close logarithmically. Moreover, we obtain an explicit formula for the Q-operator which is useful for numerical implementation.
description: 21 pages
Supplementary document for Multi-functional volumetric meta-optics for color and polarization image sensors - 4296347.pdf
Creators: name: Faraon, Andrei
name: Camayd-Muñoz, Philip
name: Ballew, Conner
name: Roberts, Gregory
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: Primary supplemental material for main manuscript
title: Adenosis esclerosante: revisión del tema.
Creators: name: Navarro Vilar, Lidia
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Breast

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar los hallazgos en mamografía,
ecografía mamaria y axilar y resonancia magnética de pacientes con diagnóstico histopatológico de adenosis esclerosante obtenido mediante biopsia mamaria con aguja gruesa 14G (BAG) del 2008 al 2011,
así...
Oxygen Saturation and RR Intervals Feature Selection for Sleep Apnea Detection
Creators: name: Ravelo-García, Antonio G.
name: Kraemer, Jan F.
name: Navarro-Mesa, Juan L.
name: Hernández-Pérez, Eduardo
name: Navarro-Esteva, Javier
name: Juliá-Serdá, Gabriel
name: Penzel, Thomas
name: Wessel, Niels
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: sleep apnea
subject: RR intervals
subject: oxygen saturation
subject: feature selection
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: A diagnostic system for sleep apnea based on oxygen saturation and RR intervals obtained from the EKG (electrocardiogram) is proposed with the goal to detect and quantify minute long segments of sleep with breathing pauses. We measured the discriminative capacity of combinations of features obtained from RR series and oximetry to evaluate improvements of the performance compared to oximetry-based features alone. Time and frequency domain variables derived from oxygen saturation (SpO2) as well as linear and non-linear variables describing the RR series have been explored in recordings from 70 patients with suspected sleep apnea. We applied forward feature selection in order to select a minimal set of variables that are able to locate patterns indicating respiratory pauses. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was used to classify the presence of apnea during specific segments. The system will finally provide a global score indicating the presence of clinically significant apnea integrating the segment based apnea detection. LDA results in an accuracy of 87%; sensitivity of 76% and specificity of 91% (AUC = 0.90) with a global classification of 97% when only oxygen saturation is used. In case of additionally including features from the RR series; the system performance improves to an accuracy of 87%; sensitivity of 73% and specificity of 92% (AUC = 0.92), with a global classification rate of 100%.
Regarding the extension of metaplectic geometrical optics to modelling evanescent waves in ray-tracing codes
Creators: name: Lopez, N. A.
name: Højlund, R.
name: Senstius, M. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Metaplectic geometrical optics (MGO) is a recently developed ray-tracing framework to accurately compute the wavefield behavior near a caustic (turning point or focal point), where traditional ray-tracing breaks down. However, MGO has thus far been restricted to having real-valued wavevectors. This is disadvantageous because often upon crossing a caustic from the `illuminated' region to the `shadow' region, two real-valued rays coalesce into one complex-valued ray corresponding to the transition from propagating to evanescent behavior. One can distinguish caustics as having either `illuminated shadows' or `proper shadows' -- the former corresponds to when the shadow still contains real-valued rays (albeit in a fewer quantity than in the illuminated region), while the latter corresponds to when the shadow contains no real-valued rays. Here, by means of examples, we show how MGO can be used to model both types of shadows. First, for illuminated shadows we show that MGO can actually be used `as is', provided a corrected quadrature-angle bias is used compared to that proposed in the original references. This is then implemented and demonstrated in a recently developed MGO ray-tracing code. Second, we show that for proper shadows, the MGO formalism can still be used if the symplectic rotation matrix that removes caustics along rays is allowed to be complex-valued. In both cases, strong agreement is seen between the MGO and the exact solution, demonstrating the potential of MGO for improving the predictive capability of ray-tracing codes and laying the foundations for modeling more complicated evanescent phenomena such as tunnelling with MGO.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures, 2 appendices. Minor changes to figures and text. Added journal reference
Decreased demand for olfactory periglomerular cells impacts on neural precursor cell viability in the rostral migratory stream
Creators: name: Langenfurth, Anika
name: Gu, Song
name: Bautze, Verena
name: Zhang, Caiyi
name: Neumann, Julia E.
name: Schüller, Ulrich
name: Stock, Kristin
name: Wolf, Susanne
name: Maier, Anna-Maria
name: Mastrella, Giorgia
name: Pak, Andrew
name: Cheng, Hongwei
name: Kälin, Roland E.
name: Holmbeck, Kenn
name: Strotmann, Joerg
name: Kettenmann, Helmut
name: Glass, Rainer
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The subventricular zone (SVZ) provides a constant supply of new neurons to the olfactory bulb (OB). Different studies have investigated the role of olfactory sensory input to neural precursor cell (NPC) turnover in the SVZ but it was not addressed if a reduced demand specifically for periglomerular neurons impacts on NPC-traits in the rostral migratory stream (RMS). We here report that membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) deficient mice have reduced complexity of the nasal turbinates, decreased sensory innervation of the OB, reduced numbers of olfactory glomeruli and reduced OB-size without alterations in SVZ neurogenesis. Large parts of the RMS were fully preserved in MT1-MMP-deficient mice, but we detected an increase in cell death-levels and a decrease in SVZ-derived neuroblasts in the distal RMS, as compared to controls. BrdU-tracking experiments showed that homing of NPCs specifically to the glomerular layer was reduced in MT1-MMP-deficient mice in contrast to controls while numbers of tracked cells remained equal in other OB-layers throughout all experimental groups. Altogether, our data show the demand for olfactory interneurons in the glomerular layer modulates cell turnover in the RMS, but has no impact on subventricular neurogenesis.
Combination of searches for Higgs boson decays into a photon and a massless dark photon using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A combination of searches for Higgs boson decaying into a visible photon and a massless dark photon ($H\toγγ_{\text{d}}$) is presented using 139 fb$^{-1}$ of proton--proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The observed (expected) 95\% confidence level upper limit on the Standard Model Higgs boson decay branching ratio is determined to be $\mathcal{B}(H\toγγ_{\text{d}}) < $ 1.3% (1.5)%. The search is also sensitive to higher-mass Higgs bosons decaying into the same final state. The observed (expected) 95% CL limit on the cross section times branching ratio ranges from 16 fb (26 fb) for $m_H = 400$ GeV to 1.0 fb (1.5 fb) for $m_H = 3$ TeV. Results are also interpreted in the context of a minimal simplified model.
description: 35 pages in total, author list starting page 18, 4 figures, 1 tables, published on JHEP. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2023-01
Benchmarking time to initiation of end-of-life homecare nursing: a population-based cancer cohort study in regions across Canada
Creators: name: Seow, Hsien
name: Qureshi, Danial
name: Barbera, Lisa
name: McGrail, Kimberlyn M.
name: Lawson, Beverley
name: Burge, Fred
name: Sutradhar, Rinku
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of early initiation of end-of-life care, particularly homecare nursing services. However, there is little research on variations in the timing of when end-of-life homecare nursing is initiated and no established benchmarks. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with a cancer-confirmed cause of death between 2004 and 2009, from three Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario). We linked multiple administrative health databases within each province to examine homecare use in the last 6 months of life. Our primary outcome was mean time (in days) to first end-of-life homecare nursing visit, starting from 6 months before death, by region. We developed an empiric benchmark for this outcome using a funnel plot, controlling for region size. Results: Of the 28 regions, large variations in the outcome were observed, with the longest mean time (97 days) being two-fold longer than the shortest (55 days). On average, British Columbia and Nova Scotia had the first and second shortest mean times, respectively. The province of Ontario consistently had longer mean times. The empiric benchmark mean based on best-performing regions was 57 mean days. Conclusions: Significant variation exists for the time to initiation of end-of-life homecare nursing across regions. Understanding regional variation and developing an empiric benchmark for homecare nursing can support health system planners to set achievable targets for earlier initiation of end-of-life care.
Supplementary document for Large-scale optical phased array using a low power multi-pass silicon photonic platform - 4310889.pdf
Creators: name: Miller, Steven
name: Chang, You-Chia
name: Phare, Christopher
name: Shin, Min Chul
name: Zadka, Moshe
name: Roberts, Samantha
name: Stern, Brian
name: Ji, Xingchen
name: Mohanty, Aseema
name: Gordillo, Oscar Jimenez
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Device design, simulation, measurements and fabrication
title: KUR-Projekt: Zur Entstehung von F. W. Murnaus TABU: Edition der Outtakes
title: Abschlussbericht
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Herbst-Meßlinger, Karin
Publisher: name: Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen
Year: 2012
Subjects: Conservation

description: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnaus letzter Spielfilm TABU (USA 1931) ist aufgrund seiner einzigartigen Überlieferungslage ein besonders aufschlussreiches Fallbeispiel für die Sicherung audiovisuellen Kulturguts. Neben den unterschiedlichen Fassungen des Films existiert ein Bestand von rund 17.500 Metern Filmmaterial: alternative bzw. nicht verwendete Einstellungen des Films, sogenannte Outtakes.

Das KUR-Programm zur Konservierung und Restaurierung von mobilem Kulturgut – eine Initiative der Kulturstiftung des Bundes und der Kulturstiftung der Länder – ermöglichte der Deutschen Kinemathek, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung und dem Österreichischen Filmmuseum diese langfristig vom Zerfall bedrohten Nitrofilm-Materialien durch Umkopierung zu sichern und in digitaler Form zu publizieren. Zusätzlich wurden für diese Online-Edition das Drehbuch zu TABU sowie die ebenfalls erhaltenen Tagesberichte von den Dreharbeiten erschlossen.

Die Arbeitsergebnisse bieten neue Einblicke in den Entstehungsprozess des Films. Dabei eröffnet die kombinierte Darstellung von Bewegtbild, Text- und Bildquellen den Internetnutzern einen individuell gestaltbaren Zugang zu den Materialien und zeigt damit neue Wege der Sicherung, Präsentation und Nutzbarmachung audiovisuellen Kulturguts auf.
Ferroelectricity-tuned band topology and superconductivity in two-dimensional materials and related heterostructures
Creators: name: Chen, Jianyong
name: Cui, Ping
name: Zhang, Zhenyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferroelectricity, band topology, and superconductivity are respectively local, global, and macroscopic properties of quantum materials, and understanding their mutual couplings offers unique opportunities for exploring rich physics and enhanced functionalities. In this mini-review, we attempt to highlight some of the latest advances in this vibrant area, focusing in particular on ferroelectricity-tuned superconductivity and band topology in two-dimensional (2D) materials and related heterostructures. We will first present results from predictive studies of the delicate couplings between ferroelectricity and topology or superconductivity based on first-principles calculations and phenomenological modeling, with ferroelectricity-enabled topological superconductivity as an appealing objective. Next, we will cover the latest advances on experimental studies of ferroelectricity-tuned superconductivity based on different 2D materials or van der Waals heterostructures. Finally, as perspectives, we will outline schemes that may allow to materialize new types of 2D systems that simultaneously harbor ferroelectricity and superconductivity, or that may lead to enhanced ferroelectric superconductivity, ferroelectric topological superconductivity, and new types of superconducting devices such as superconducting diodes.
description: Invited Review for Adv.Funct.Mater.,comments are welcome
Measuring the 2D baryon acoustic oscillation signal of galaxies in WiggleZ: cosmological constraints
Creators: name: Hinton, Samuel R.
name: Kazin, Eyal
name: Davis, Tamara M.
name: Blake, Chris
name: Brough, Sarah
name: Colless, Matthew
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Drinkwater, Michael J.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Jurek, Russell J.
name: Parkinson, David
name: Pimbblet, Kevin A.
name: Poole, Gregory B.
name: Pracy, Michael
name: Woods, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We present results from the 2D anisotropic baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signal present in the final data set from the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. We analyse the WiggleZ data in two ways: first using the full shape of the 2D correlation function and secondly focusing only on the position of the BAO peak in the reconstructed data set. When fitting for the full shape of the 2D correlation function we use a multipole expansion to compare with theory. When we use the reconstructed data we marginalize over the shape and just measure the position of the BAO peak, analysing the data in wedges separating the signal along the line of sight from that parallel to the line of sight. We verify our method with mock data and find the results to be free of bias or systematic offsets. We also redo the pre-reconstruction angle-averaged (1D) WiggleZ BAO analysis with an improved covariance and present an updated result. The final results are presented in the form of Ωc h2, H(z), and DA(z) for three redshift bins with effective redshifts z=0.44, 0.60, and 0.73.Within these bins and methodologies, we recover constraints between 5 and 22 per cent error. Our cosmological constraints are consistent with flat ΛCDM cosmology and agree with results from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey.
Supplementary document for Large-scale optical phased array using a low power multi-pass silicon photonic platform - 4310889.pdf
Creators: name: Miller, Steven
name: Chang, You-Chia
name: Phare, Christopher
name: Shin, Min Chul
name: Zadka, Moshe
name: Roberts, Samantha
name: Stern, Brian
name: Ji, Xingchen
name: Mohanty, Aseema
name: Gordillo, Oscar Jimenez
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Device design, simulation, measurements and fabrication
Scalar Dark Energy Models and Scalar-Tensor Gravity: Theoretical Explanations for the Accelerated Expansion of Present Universe
Creators: name: Ji, Peixiang
name: Shao, Lijing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reason for the present accelerated expansion of the Universe stands as one of the most profound questions in the realm of science, with deep connections to both cosmology and fundamental physics. From a cosmological point of view, physical models aimed at elucidating the observed expansion can be categorized into two major classes: dark energy and modified gravity. We review various major approaches that employ a single scalar field to account for the accelerating phase of our present Universe. Dynamical system analysis is employed in several important models to seek for cosmological solutions that exhibit an accelerating phase as an attractor. For scalar field models of dark energy, we consistently focus on addressing challenges related to the fine-tuning and coincidence problems in cosmology, as well as exploring potential solutions to them. For scalar-tensor theories and their generalizations, we emphasize the importance of constraints on theoretical parameters to ensure overall consistency with experimental tests. Models or theories that could potentially explain the Hubble tension are also emphasized throughout this review.
description: 58 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables; submitted to Communications in Theoretical Physics as a review article
A systematic investigation of indoor environmental conditions, worker well-being, and performance in work-from-home settings
Creators: name: Manu, Sanyogita
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: The shift toward work-from-home (WFH) arrangements has raised important questions about the role of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in shaping worker well-being and productivity. While IEQ research has traditionally focused on controlled office settings, WFH environments introduce a complex interplay of physical workspace characteristics, environmental conditions, personal attributes, and household dynamics. Unlike standardized offices, WFH conditions vary widely across residences, creating unique challenges in assessing their impact. This study adopts a novel interdisciplinary approach, integrating objective measurements of multiple IEQ parameters—including temperature, humidity, air quality, and noise—with subjective assessments of well-being, work performance, contextual conditions and personal attributes. Data were collected from 95 WFH settings in the Pacific Northwest over a two-month summer period, combining continuous environmental monitoring with survey responses. Mean concentrations of tVOC, PM₂.₅, and CO₂ were 262 ± 322 ppb, 5 ± 21 µg/m³, and 712 ± 339 ppm, respectively. Indoor air temperature ranged between 14.7–32.3°C, with a mean value of 22.8 ± 2.3 °C, relative humidity averaged 52.5 ± 7.6%, and sound pressure level averaged 53.7 ± 4.6 dBA. Measured IEQ showed weak associations with well-being and work performance outcomes, suggesting that environmental conditions alone do not fully determine WFH efficacy. In contrast, subjective perceptions of IEQ showed stronger associations with workspace satisfaction and self-reported outcomes. Perceptions of workspace design—such as ergonomics and aesthetics—and of IEQ problems, including noise and interruptions, showed strong associations with well-being and performance, alongside non-IEQ factors such as personality traits and household characteristics. Notably, neuroticism was strongly associated with poorer outcomes, emphasizing the role of psychological factors. This study extends IEQ research by incorporating psychosocial and contextual dimensions, moving beyond environmental metrics. It highlights the limitations of traditional approaches that overlook broader factors shaping worker experience. By demonstrating the interdependencies among IEQ, personal attributes, and context, the study challenges simplistic assumptions about WFH environments. These insights underscore the need for holistic approaches that bridge environmental science, psychology, and workplace research. The study also provides a publicly accessible dataset combining objective and subjective measures of WFH environments to support future interdisciplinary research.
A Community-Directed Integrated Strongyloides Control Program in Queensland, Australia
Creators: name: Miller, Adrian
name: Young, Elizebeth L.
name: Tye, Valarie
name: Cody, Robert
name: Muscat, Melody
name: Saunders, Vicki
name: Smith, Michelle L.
name: Judd, Jenni A.
name: Speare, Rick
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: This paper describes two phases of a community-directed intervention to address strongyloidiasis in the remote Aboriginal community of Woorabinda in central Queensland, Australia. The first phase provides the narrative of a community-driven ‘treat-and-test’ mass drug administration (MDA) intervention that was co-designed by the Community Health Service and the community. The second phase is a description of the re-engagement of the community in order to disseminate the key factors for success in the previous MDA for Strongyloides stercoralis, as this information was not shared or captured in the first phase. During the first phase in 2004, there was a high prevalence of strongyloidiasis (12% faecal examination, 30% serology; n = 944 community members tested) that resulted in increased morbidity and at least one death in the community. Between 2004–2005, the community worked in partnership with the Community Health Service to implement a S. stercoralis control program, where all of the residents were treated with oral ivermectin, and repeat doses were given for those with positive S. stercoralis serology. The community also developed their own health promotion campaign using locally-made resources targeting relevant environmental health problems and concerns. Ninety-two percent of the community residents participated in the program, and the prevalence of strongyloidiasis at the time of the ‘treat-and-test’ intervention was 16.6% [95% confidence interval 14.2–19.3]. The cure rate after two doses of ivermectin was 79.8%, based on pre-serology and post-serology tests. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of local Aboriginal leadership and governance and a high level of community involvement in this successful mass drug administration program to address S. stercoralis. The commitment required of these leaders was demanding, and involved intense work over a period of several months. Apart from controlling strongyloidiasis, the community also takes pride in having developed and implemented this program. This appears to be the first community-directed S. stercoralis control program in Australia, and is an important part of the national story of controlling infectious diseases in Indigenous communities.
Les effets mutuels de la qualification juridique des swaps et des instruments financiers dérivés sur le plan national et international
Creators: name: Maher, Michel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Law.
subject: Economics, Finance.

description: Depuis les années 90, on a observé une accélération du changement dans le secteur financier en général et ceci a l'échelle planétaire. Particulièrement innovatrices dans le domaine des instruments financiers, les banques et les maisons de courtage en valeur mobilière ont peut-etre pavé la voie à des restructurations et réorganisations encore plus importantes dans l'ensemble des secteurs de l'économie. Nous pensons qu'à la base, des outils de gestion du risque permettront aux administrateurs de se concentrer davantage sur des objectifs stratégiques de leur entreprise que sur des problèmes d'ordre opérationnel. Nous connaissons en effet, grâce à ce mouvement, une augmentation en volume, en variété et en éfficacité des nouveaux instruments financiers (NIF) et des transactions sur des produits dérivés des titres financiers classiques. Cette thèse vise à développer un cadre d'analyse en ce qui concerne les placements dans les instruments financiers dérivatifs par le moyen de véhicules juridiques transparents. L'intérêt de la question repose sur une base théorique et pratique. Sur un plan théorique, on constate de plus en plus de difficultés à cerner la nature et la qualification des NIFs. En outre, les instruments financiers dérivatifs, les hybrides, les contrats de crédit croisé ou autres véhicules de placements modernes comportent des éléments d'une telle complexité juridique, financière et fiscale qu'une expertise particulière est parfois nécessaire afin d'en connaître les effets possibles. Bien que l'on sache que les NIFs peuvent servir dans diverses situations en matière de risque financier, il est difficile de cerner exactement les attributs pour lesquels leurs détenteurs en font l'acquisition et si ces raisons sont justifiées. Par exemple on cherchera à savoir si leur qualification officielle est juste et équitable et s'il est opportun de les representer aux états financiers pour les tiers et les lecteurs des rapports annuels. Ceci rappelle les controverses concernant la présentation aux états financiers de passifs éventuels reliés à ces instruments dans des faillites notoires, alors que très peu d'information probante permettait de détérminer avec précision les montants des garanties en cause. Ce n'est qu'après des préjudices importants que toutes ces faits seraient connus de façon claire tandis qu'ils auraient jusqu'alors été voilés sous le couvert de questions théoriques. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)