cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Skeletal muscle measures and physical function in older adults with cancer: sarcopenia or myopenia?
Creators: name: Shachar, Shlomit Strulov
name: Weinberg, Marc S.
name: Sanoff, Hanna K.
name: Pergolotti, Mackenzi
name: Williams, Grant R.
name: Deal, Allison M.
name: Muss, Hyman B.
name: Nyrop, Kirsten A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle loss, commonly known as sarcopenia, is highly prevalent in older adults and linked with adverse outcomes in cancer, yet the definition and role of sarcopenia remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to examine the association of Computerized Tomography (CT) assessed skeletal muscle measures with physical function in older adults with cancer.

RESULTS: CTs for 185 patients were available. Median age 73 (IQR 68-76) and 56.5% female. After controlling for sex and BMI, we found no evidence that SMI was associated with physical function impairments. Both SMD and SMG were associated physical function impairments and higher values were associated with decreased limitations in instrumental activities of daily living (RR 0.84 [CI 0.73-0.96] and 0.94 [CI 0.89-0.99], respectively), climbing stairs (RR 0.84 [CI 0.76-0.94] and 0.91 [CI 0.87-0.96]), walking 1 block (RR 0.77 [CI 0.67-0.90] and 0.91 [CI 0.85-0.97]), and prolonged Timed Up and Go (RR 0.83 [CI 0.75-0.92] and 0.92 [CI 0.88-0.96]).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the Carolina Senior Registry, we identified patients with CT imaging performed within 60 days +/- of baseline geriatric assessment (GA). Skeletal muscle area and density (SMD) were analyzed from L3 lumbar segments. Muscle area and height (m2) were used to calculate skeletal muscle index (SMI). Skeletal Muscle Gauge (SMG) was created by multiplying SMI x SMD.

CONCLUSIONS: Skeletal muscle mass as assessed from CT imaging was not associated with physical function impairments. Skeletal muscle radiodensity was more associated with physical function and may aid in identifying older adults at risk for functional impairments.
HH 666: Different kinematics from Hα and [Fe II] emission provide a missing link between jets and outflows
Creators: name: Reiter, Megan
name: Smith, Nathan
name: Kiminki, Megan M.
name: Bally, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HH 666 is an externally irradiated protostellar outflow in the Carina Nebula for which we present new near-IR [Fe II] spectra obtained with the FIRE spectrograph at Magellan Observatory. Earlier Hα and near-IR [Fe II] imaging revealed that the two emission lines trace substantially different morphologies in the inner ~40" of the outflow. Hα traces a broad cocoon that surrounds the collimated [Fe II] jet that extends throughout the parent dust pillar. New spectra show that this discrepancy extends to their kinematics. Near-IR [Fe II] emission traces steady, fast velocities of +/- 200 km/s from the eastern and western limbs of the jet. We compare this to a previously published Hα spectrum that reveals a Hubble-flow velocity structure near the jet-driving source. New, second-epoch HST/ACS Hα images reveal the lateral spreading of the Hα outflow lobe away from the jet axis. Hα proper motions also indicate a sudden increase in the mass-loss rate ~1000 yr ago, while steady [Fe II] emission throughout the inner jet suggests that the burst is ongoing. An accretion burst sustained for ~1000 yr is an order of magnitude longer than expected for FU Orionis outbursts, but represents only a small fraction of the total age of the HH 666 outflow. Altogether, available data suggests that [Fe II] traces the highly collimated protostellar jet while Hα traces the entrained and irradiated outflow. HH 666 appears to be a missing link between bare jets seen in H II regions and entrained molecular outflows seen from embedded protostars in more quiescent regions.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the VASI A3 station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Vasi
Hydrological
Pressure transducer
Ground Water level

description: This package contains supporting information for the hydrological data collected at VASI's A3 station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Quasineutral limit for the quantum Navier-Stokes-Poisson equation
Creators: name: Li, Min
name: Pu, Xueke
name: Wang, Shu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we study the quasineutral limit and asymptotic behaviors for the quantum Navier-Stokes-Possion equation. We apply a formal expansion according to Debye length and derive the neutral incompressible Navier-Stokes equation. To establish this limit mathematically rigorously, we derive uniform (in Debye length) estimates for the remainders, for well-prepared initial data. It is demonstrated that the quantum effect do play important roles in the estimates and the norm introduced depends on the Planck constant $\hbar>0$.
Practical Position-Based Quantum Cryptography
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Kaushik
name: Leverrier, Anthony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a general family of quantum protocols for position verification and present a new class of attacks based on the Clifford hierarchy. These attacks outperform current strategies based on port-based teleportation for a large class of practical protocols. We then introduce the Interleaved Product protocol, a new scheme for position verification involving only the preparation and measurement of single-qubit states for which the best available attacks have a complexity exponential in the number of classical bits transmitted.
description: 12 pages, 1 figure
Tumor exome sequencing and copy number alterations reveal potential predictors of intrinsic resistance to multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Creators: name: Walko, Christine M.
name: Gillis, Nancy K.
name: Teer, Jamie K.
name: Yao, Jiqiang
name: McLeod, Howard L.
name: Rotroff, Daniel M.
name: Yoder, Sean J.
name: Carulli, Michael A.
name: Chen, Zhihua
name: Mesa, Tania E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have broad efficacy and similar FDA-approved indications, suggesting shared molecular drug targets across cancer types. Irrespective of tumor type, 20-30% of patients treated with multi-targeted TKIs demonstrate intrinsic resistance, with progressive disease as a best response. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to identify tumor (somatic) point mutations, insertion/deletions, and copy number alterations (CNA) associated with intrinsic resistance to multi-targeted TKIs. Using a candidate gene approach (n=243), tumor next-generation sequencing and CNA data was associated with resistant and non-resistant outcomes. Resistant individuals (n=11) more commonly harbored somatic point mutations in NTRK1, KDR, TGFBR2, and PTPN11 and CNA in CDK4, CDKN2B, and ERBB2 compared to non-resistant (n=26, p<0.01). Using a random forest classification model for variable reduction and a decision tree classification model, we were able to differentiate intrinsically resistant from non-resistant patients. CNA in CDK4 and CDKN2B were the most important analytical features, implicating the cyclin D pathway as a potentially important factor in resistance to multi-targeted TKIs. Replication of these results in a larger, independent patient cohort has potential to inform personalized prescribing of these widely utilized agents.
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the Cathedral Peak High Altitude AWS station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Cathedral Peak
Meteorological
Automatic Weather Station CS
Automatic Weather Station
Wind speed
Wind direction
Air temperature
radiation
ground temperature
snowfall
rainfall
soil moisture
Barometer

description: This package contains supporting information for the meteorological data collected at Cathedral Peak's High Altitude AWS station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Measurement of ISR-FSR interference in the processes e+ e- --> mu+ mu- gamma and e+ e- --> pi+ pi- gamma
Creators: name: BABAR Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge asymmetry in processes e+ e- --> mu+ mu- gamma and e+ e- --> pi+ pi- gamma is measured using 232 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. An observable is introduced and shown to be very robust against detector asymmetries while keeping a large sensitivity to the physical charge asymmetry that results from the interference between initial and final state radiation. The asymmetry is determined as afunction of the invariant mass of the final-state tracks from production threshold to a few GeV/c2. It is compared to the expectation from QED for e+ e- --> mu+ mu- gamma and from theoretical models for e+ e- --> pi+ pi- gamma. A clear interference pattern is observed in e+ e- --> pi+ pi- gamma, particularly in the vicinity of the f_2(1270) resonance. The inferred rate of lowest order FSR production is consistent with the QED expectation for e+ e- --> mu+ mu- gamma, and is negligibly small for e+ e- --> pi+ pi- gamma.
description: 32 pages,29 figures, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. D
Widdringtonia Cederbergensis trials at Sneeuberg Hut Plot 1 in the Cederberg State Forest, site 3219AC/2
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis
Widdringtonia wallichii
Sneeuberg Hut
Cederberg State Forest
Cederberg

description: This is a scanned copy of a document, including a map, of Widdringtonia Cedarbergensis trials at Sneeuberg Hut Plot 1 in the Cederberg State Forest, site 3219AC/2. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species.    Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape.   SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Water quality inequality: a non-targeted hotspot analysis for ambient water quality injustices
Creators: name: Neville, Justine A.
name: Guz, Jaclyn
name: Rosko, Helen M.
name: Owens, Mitchell C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Science Policy

description: Water is an essential human resource tied to many social and environmental needs and values. Although water has been a focal point of many environmental justice studies, ambient water quality (i.e. water quality before the tap) has been overlooked. This oversight has resulted in only a partial understanding of how water quality may correlate with communities facing environmental justice issues. We analysed data from the US Environmental Protection Agency STOrage and Retrieval (STORET) database and the 2010 US Census to identify poor ambient water quality within non-white and low-income communities across the Southeastern USA using hotspot analysis, ordinary least squares, and geographically weighted regressions. Our analyses indicate that non-white and low-income communities are significantly impacted by copper, lead, and mercury contamination. Race correlates more strongly with poor ambient water quality than do community income levels. The results suggest our approach and analyses are effective for identifying potential environmental justice issues across large spatial scales using a top-down rather than a bottom-up approach.
Extremes of the jet-accretion power relation of blazars, as explored by NuSTAR
Creators: name: Sbarrato, T.
name: Ghisellini, G.
name: Tagliaferri, G.
name: Perri, M.
name: Madejski, G. M.
name: Stern, D.
name: Boggs, S. E.
name: Christensen, F. E.
name: Craig, W. W.
name: Hailey, C. J.
name: Harrison, F. A.
name: Zhang, W. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hard X-ray observations are crucial to study the non-thermal jet emission from high-redshift, powerful blazars. We observed two bright z>2 flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) in hard X-rays to explore the details of their relativistic jets and their possible variability. S5 0014+81 (at z=3.366) and B0222+185 (at z=2.690) have been observed twice by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) simultaneously with Swift/XRT, showing different variability behaviours. We found that NuSTAR is instrumental to explore the variability of powerful high-redshift blazars, even when no gamma-ray emission is detected. The two sources have proven to have respectively the most luminous accretion disk and the most powerful jet among known blazars. Thanks to these properties, they are located at the extreme end of the jet-accretion disk relation previously found for gamma-ray detected blazars, to which they are consistent.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, published on the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Multi-disformal invariance of nonlinear primordial perturbations
Creators: name: Watanabe, Yuki
name: Naruko, Atsushi
name: Sasaki, Misao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study disformal transformations of the metric in the cosmological context. We first consider the disformal transformation generated by a scalar field $ϕ$ and show that the curvature and tensor perturbations on the uniform $ϕ$ slicing, on which the scalar field is homogeneous, are non-linearly invariant under the disformal transformation. Then we discuss the transformation properties of the evolution equations for the curvature and tensor perturbations at full non-linear order in the context of spatial gradient expansion as well as at linear order. In particular, we show that the transformation can be described in two typically different ways: one that clearly shows the physical invariance and the other that shows an apparent change of the causal structure. Finally we consider a new type of disformal transformation in which a multi-component scalar field comes into play, which we call a "multi-disformal transformation". We show that the curvature and tensor perturbations are invariant at linear order, and also at non-linear order provided that the system has reached the adiabatic limit.
description: 8 pages
Quantitative high-throughput phenotypic screening of pediatric cancer cell lines identifies multiple opportunities for drug repurposing
Creators: name: Martinez, Natalia J.
name: Sun, Hongmao
name: Cunningham, Elizabeth
name: Farag, Sherif
name: Janzen, William P.
name: Zhang, Ya-Qin
name: Blatt, Julie
name: Shen, Min
name: Asawa, Rosita
name: Muratov, Eugene N.
name: Jadhav, Ajit
name: Simeonov, Anton
name: Tropsha, Alexander
name: Capuzzi, Stephen J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Drug repurposing approaches have the potential advantage of facilitating rapid and cost-effective development of new therapies. Particularly, the repurposing of drugs with known safety profiles in children could bypass or streamline toxicity studies. We employed a phenotypic screening paradigm on a panel of well-characterized cell lines derived from pediatric solid tumors against a collection of ∼3,800 compounds spanning approved drugs and investigational agents. Specifically, we employed titration-based screening where compounds were tested at multiple concentrations for their effect on cell viability. Molecular and cellular target enrichment analysis indicated that numerous agents across different therapeutic categories and modes of action had an antiproliferative effect, notably antiparasitic/protozoal drugs with non-classic antineoplastic activity. Focusing on active compounds with dosing and safety information in children according to the Children's Pharmacy Collaborative database, we identified compounds with therapeutic potential through further validation using 3D tumor spheroid models. Moreover, we show that antiparasitic agents induce cell death via apoptosis induction. This study demonstrates that our screening platform enables the identification of chemical agents with cytotoxic activity in pediatric cancer cell lines of which many have known safety/toxicity profiles in children. These agents constitute attractive candidates for efficacy studies in pre-clinical models of pediatric solid tumors.
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the St. Lucia - EASTERN SHORE WETLAND PLG station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
St. Lucia
Hydrological
Pressure transducer
Ground Water level

description: This package contains supporting information for the hydrological data collected at St. Lucia - EASTERN SHORE's WETLAND PLG station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Deterioration of streamflow monitoring in Omo-Gibe basin in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
name: Asfaw, Wegayehu
name: Rientjes, Tom
name: Worako, Adimasu Woldesenbet
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology

description: Poor availability and accuracy of streamflow data constrain research and operational hydrology. We evaluated the status of 40 streamflow stations and the quality of their data in the Omo-Gibe basin, Ethiopia. The method included a three-week field inspection of the stations. Inspection of stations followed common WMO guidelines for appropriate gauging sites. Feedback of observers was collected, and the streamflow data was analysed. Most of the stations were installed on rivers at headwater catchments. Only 17% of the stations were fully operational; the remaining stations require major maintenance. Common problems with the time series data include short observation periods, large numbers of missing records, and inhomogeneity. Nearly all observers expressed dissatisfaction due to lack of supervision, uncertain salary payments and lack of recognition of their contribution. The findings of this study indicate the need to investigate the institutional barriers that affect the homogeneity, completeness, and timeliness of the stream data.
Combined predictive and descriptive tests for extreme rainfall probability distribution selection
Creators: name: Ballarin, André S.
name: Calixto, Kalyl G.
name: Anache, Jamil A. A.
name: Wendland, Edson
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The popular approach to select a suitable distribution to characterize extreme rainfall events relies on the assessment of its descriptive performance. This study examines an alternative approach to this task that evaluates, in addition to the descriptive performance of the models, their performance in estimating out-of-sample events (predictive performance). With a numerical experiment and a study case in São Paulo state, Brazil, we evaluated the adequacy of seven probability distributions widely used in hydrological analysis to characterize extreme events in the region and compared the selection process of both popular and altenative frameworks. The results indicate that (1) the popular approach is not capable of selecting distributions with good predictive performance and (2) combining different predictive and descriptive tests can improve the reliability of extreme event prediction. The proposed framework allowed the assessment of model suitability from a regional perspective, identifying the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution as the most adequate to characterize extreme rainfall events in the region.
Quantum effect of one-dimensional photonic crystal
Creators: name: Wu, Xiang-Yao
name: Ma, Ji
name: Liu, Xiao-Jing
name: Liang, Yu
name: Ba, Nuo
name: Chen, Wan-Jin
name: Yuan, Hong-Chun
name: Li, Heng-Mei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we have studied the quantum transmission characteristics of one-dimensional photonic crystal with and without defect layer by the quantum theory approach, and compared the calculation results of classical with quantum theory. We have found some new quantum effects in the one-dimensional photonic crystal. When the incident angle $θ=0$, there is no quantum effect. When the incident angle $θ\neq0$, we find there are obvious quantum effect with the incident angle increase. At the incident angle $θ\neq0$, there are also quantum effect with the change of thickness and refractive indexes of medium $B$ or $A$. We think the new quantum effect of photonic crystal shall help us to design optical devices.
Efficacy and safety of talimogene laherparepvec versus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in  patients with stage IIIB/C and IVM1a melanoma: subanalysis of the Phase III OPTiM trial
Creators: name: Collichio, Frances
name: Kaufman, Howard L.
name: Downey, Gerald
name: Chen, Lisa
name: Szabo, Zsolt
name: Andtbacka, Robert H. I.
name: Harrington, Kevin J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Talimogene laherparepvec is the first oncolytic immunotherapy to receive approval in Europe, the USA and Australia. In the randomized, open-label Phase III OPTiM trial ({"type":"clinical-trial","attrs":{"text":"NCT00769704","term_id":"NCT00769704"}}NCT00769704), talimogene laherparepvec significantly improved durable response rate (DRR) versus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in 436 patients with unresectable stage IIIB–IVM1c melanoma. The median overall survival (OS) was longer versus GM-CSF in patients with earlier-stage melanoma (IIIB–IVM1a). Here, we report a detailed subgroup analysis of the OPTiM study in patients with IIIB–IVM1a disease.
Tailoring the electronic transitions of NdNiO_3 films through (111)_pc oriented interfaces
Creators: name: Catalano, S.
name: Gibert, M.
name: Bisogni, V.
name: He, F.
name: Sutarto, R.
name: Viret, M.
name: Zubko, P.
name: Scherwitzl, R.
name: Sawatzky, G. A.
name: Schmitt, T.
name: Triscone, J. -M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bulk NdNiO_3 and thin films grown along the pseudocubic (001)_pc axis display a 1st order metal to insulator transition (MIT) together with a Néel transition at T=200K. Here, we show that for NdNiO3 films deposited on (111)_pc NdGaO_3 the MIT occurs at T=335K and the Néel transition at T=230 K. By comparing transport and magnetic properties of layers grown on substrates with different symmetries and lattice parameters, we demonstrate a particularly large tuning when the epitaxy is realized on (111)_pc surfaces. We attribute this effect to the specific lattice matching conditions imposed along this direction when using orthorhombic substrates.
Publicatie
Creators: name: Burda, Pandi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140302 Econometric and Statistical Methods
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140206 Experimental Economics
subject: 140208 Health Economics
subject: Economics
subject: 140214 Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods
subject: 140215 Public Economics- Taxation and Revenue
subject: 140209 Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation
subject: 140213 Public Economics- Public Choice
subject: 140303 Economic Models and Forecasting

description: Demand Estimation Models Logit Models Nested Logit Discrete Choice Models Stata
Deterioration of Streamflow Monitoring in Omo-Gibe basin in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
name: Asfaw, Wegayehu
name: Rientjes, Tom
name: Worako, Adimasu Woldesenbet
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology

description: Poor availability and accuracy of streamflow data constrains research and operational hydrology. We evaluated the status of forty streamflow stations and data quality in the Omo-Gibe basin, Ethiopia. The method included a 3-week field inspection of the stations. Inspection of stations followed common WMO guidelines for appropriate gauging sites. Feedback of observers was collected, and the streamflow data was analyzed. Most of the stations were installed on rivers at headwater catchments. Only 17% of the stations were fully operational whereas the remaining stations require major maintenance. Common problems of the time series data include short observation period, large number of missing records, and inhomogeneity. Nearly all observers expressed dissatisfaction due to lack of supervision, uncertain salary payments and lack of recognition of their contribution. The findings of this study indicate the need to investigate the institutional barriers that affected the homogeneity, completeness, and timeliness of the stream data.
Radiation From Particles Moving in Small-Scale Magnetic Fields Created in Solid-Density Laser-Plasma Laboratory Experiments
Creators: name: Keenan, Brett D.
name: Medvedev, Mikhail V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Plasmas created by high-intensity lasers are often subject to the formation of kinetic-streaming instabilities, such as the Weibel instability, which lead to the spontaneous generation of high-amplitude, tangled magnetic fields. These fields typically exist on small spatial scales, i.e. "sub-Larmor scales". Radiation from charged particles moving through small-scale electromagnetic (EM) turbulence has spectral characteristics distinct from both synchrotron and cyclotron radiation, and it carries valuable information on the statistical properties of the EM field structure and evolution. Consequently, this radiation from laser-produced plasmas may offer insight into the underlying electromagnetic turbulence. Here we investigate the prospects for, and demonstrate the feasibility of, such direct radiative diagnostics for mildly relativistic, solid-density laser plasmas produced in lab experiments.
description: 18 pages, 2 figures, (This version corrects numerous issues.)
Non-secretory multiple myeloma: from biology to clinical management
Creators: name: Dupuis, Megan Murray
name: Tuchman, Sascha A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematologic malignancy in the US. It is typically characterized by production of large amounts of defective immunoglobulin (Ig). Diagnosing MM and monitoring treatment response, including eventual relapse, are largely based on sequential measurements of Ig. However, a small subset of MM called non-secretory multiple myeloma (NSMM) produces no detectable Ig. This subset of true NSMM has become even smaller over time, as the advent of the serum free light chain assay has resulted in the majority of NSMM patients being recategorized as light-chain MM – that is, MM cells that produce only the light-chain component of Ig. True forms of NSMM, meaning MM that secretes no monoclonal proteins whatsoever, constitute a distinct entity that is reviewed; definition of NSMM using current detection methods, discuss the biology underpinning NSMM development, and share recommendations for how NSMM should be managed clinically with respect to detection, treatment, and monitoring.
Sclerococcum simplex Hawksworth 1979
Creators: name: Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini
name: Ertz, Damien
name: Hyde, Kevin D.
name: Karunarathna, Samantha C.
name: To-Anun, Chaiwat
name: Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Eurotiomycetes
Chaetothyriales
Herpotrichiellaceae
Sclerococcum
Sclerococcum simplex

description: Sclerococcum simplex Hawksworth (1979:249) Index Fungorum no. IF323243; Facesoffungi no. FoF 10100 (Fig. 2) Description of the Chinese specimen: Lichenicolous on Pertusaria sp. Colonies forming discrete patches mainly on the ascomata and rarely on thallus of the host. Asexual morph: Sporodochia 95–185 µm diam., 85–155 µm high (x̄ = 140 × 120 μm, n = 10), stromatic, dark brown, subglobose to irregular, immersed to erumpent, aggregated into dense sporodochia. Vegetative hyphae 1.5–5 μm thick, hyaline to brown, septate, slightly constricted at the septa, irregularly branched, immersed in the host thallus. Conidiophore merismatic, not branched, hyaline to pale brown. Conidiogenous cells 2.5–3 μm thick, monoblastic, terminal, integrated, hyaline or pale brown, not very distinct. Conidia 3–7 × 2–5 µm, (x̄ = 5 × 3.5 μm, n = 20), produced in short basipetal chains, separating easily, acrogenous, ellipsoid or angular, light brown to dark brown, thick wall, mainly non-septate, rarely 2-celled, cells separating easily, the resulting part-conidia often more or less triangular, the lower cell often smaller, all parts becoming slightly darker in K. Sexual morph: unknown. Specimens examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Shangri-La, (N 27 o 55’ 54.9”, E 099 o 34’ 39.0”, 4045m MSL), on corticolous host thallus of Pertusaria sp., 12 September 2018, V. Thiyagaraja (MFLU 21-0117).
description: Published as part of Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Ertz, Damien, Hyde, Kevin D., Karunarathna, Samantha C., To-Anun, Chaiwat & Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawan, 2022, Morphological and phylogenetic reassessment of Sclerococcum simplex from China, pp. 167-175 in Phytotaxa 559 (2) on page 170, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7021650
description: {"references": ["Hawksworth, D. L. (1979) The lichenicolous Hyphomycetes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany Series 6: 183 - 300."]}
Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique
Creators: name: Aly, Musa
name: Egger, Matthias
name: Joao, Candido
name: Chi, Benjamin H.
name: Wandeler, Gilles
name: Sinkala, Edford
name: Mulenga, Lloyd
name: Vinikoor, Michael J.
name: Hobbins, Michael
name: Hector, Jonas
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had confirmed HCV replication.
title: Knowledge cores in large formal contexts
Creators: name: Hanika, Tom
name: Hirth, Johannes
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: k-cores
subject: Bi-partite graphs
subject: formal concept analysis
subject: lattices
subject: implications
subject: knowledge base
subject: 004
subject: Wissensmanagement
subject: Wissensbasis
subject: Formale Begriffsanalyse
subject: Verband

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
Listado preliminar de la entomofauna del Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay, sitio RAMSAR, en la región Cusco, Perú
Creators: name: Bustamante Navarrete, Abdhiel Arnaldo
name: Elme-Tumpay, Araseli
name: Zuñiga Rivas, Dorali
name: Luis Curo Miranda, Jorge
name: Aparicio Soto, Maria
name: Yabar-Landa, Erick
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310913
subject: Invertebrate biology
classificationCode: 310999
subject: Zoology not elsewhere classified

description: A preliminary list of the entomofauna recorded in the Lucre - Huacarpay wetland RAMSAR site is presented on the basis of bibliographic information, and a review of material from the Entomological Collection of the San Antonio Abad National University of Cusco, Peru. 9 orders, 68 families, 124 genera and 92 species + 60 morphospecies were recorded, the most diverse groups being the orders Coleoptera (18 families, 18 species + 17 morphospecies), Diptera (14 families, 12 species + 13 morphospecies), Hymenoptera (10 families, 26 species + 9 morphospecies), and Lepidoptera (8 families, 28 species + 3 morphospecies).Una lista preliminar de la entomofauna registrada en el sitio RAMSAR humedal Lucre - Huacarpay, es presentada sobre la base de información bibliográfica y revisión de material de la Colección Entomológica de la Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Perú. Se registraron 9 órdenes, 68 familias, 124 géneros y 92 especies + 60 morfoespecies, siendo los grupos más diversos los órdenes Coleoptera (18 familias, 18 especies + 17 morfoespecies), Diptera (14 familias, 12 especies + 13 morfoespecies), Hymenoptera (10 familias, 26 especies + 9 morfoespecies) y Lepidoptera (8 familias, 28 especies + 3 morfoespecies).
A System for Precise End-to-End Delay Measurements in Video Communication
Creators: name: Bachhuber, Christoph
name: Steinbach, Eckehard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Low delay video transmission is becoming increasingly important. Delay critical, video enabled applications range from teleoperation scenarios such as controlling drones or telesurgery to autonomous control through computer vision algorithms applied on real-time video. To judge the quality of the video transmission in such a system, it is important to be able to precisely measure the end-to-end (E2E) delay of the transmitted video. We present a low-complexity system that automatically takes pairwise independent measurements of E2E delay. The precision can be far below the millisecond order, mainly limited by the sampling rate of the measurement system. In our implementation, we achieve a precision of 0.5 milliseconds with a sampling rate of 2kHz.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2016), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2016
Modelling the atmosphere of the carbon-rich Mira RU Vir
Creators: name: Rau, G.
name: Paladini, C.
name: Hron, J.
name: Aringer, B.
name: Groenewegen, M. A. T.
name: Nowotny, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. We study the atmosphere of the carbon-rich Mira RU Vir using the mid-infrared high spatial resolution interferometric observations from VLTI/MIDI. Aims. The aim of this work is to analyse the atmosphere of the carbon-rich Mira RU Vir, with state of the art models, in this way deepening the knowledge of the dynamic processes at work in carbon-rich Miras. Methods. We compare spectro-photometric and interferometric measurements of this carbon-rich Mira AGB star, with the predictions of different kinds of modelling approaches (hydrostatic model atmospheres plus MOD-More Of Dusty, self-consistent dynamic model atmospheres). A geometric model fitting tool is used for a first interpretation of the interferometric data. Results. The results show that a joint use of different kind of observations (photometry, spectroscopy, interferometry) is essential to shed light on the structure of the atmosphere of a carbon-rich Mira. The dynamic model atmospheres fit well the ISO spectrum in the wavelength range λ = [2.9, 25.0] μm. Nevertheless, a discrepancy is noticeable both in the SED (visible), and in the visibilities (shape and level). A possible explanation are intra-/inter-cycle variations in the dynamic model atmospheres as well as in the observations. The presence of a companion star and/or a disk or a decrease of mass loss within the last few hundred years cannot be excluded but are considered unlikely.
description: 15 pages. Accepted in A&A
Protea repens and Protea neriiflora regeneration after fire in Jonkershoek, Sosyskloof, site 3318DD
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Protea regeneration
Jonkershoek
Protea repens
Protea neriiflora
Sosyskloof
fire

description: This is a scanned copy of a document, including diagrams, noting the regeneration of Protea repens and Protea neriiflora after fire in Jonkershoek, Sosyskloof, site 3318DD. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
iPTF14yb: The First Discovery of a GRB Afterglow Independent of a High-Energy Trigger
Creators: name: Cenko, S. Bradley
name: Urban, Alex L.
name: Perley, Daniel A.
name: Horesh, Assaf
name: Corsi, Alessandra
name: Fox, Derek B.
name: Cao, Yi
name: Kasliwal, Mansi M.
name: Lien, Amy
name: Arcavi, Iair
name: Bloom, Joshua S.
name: Butler, Nat R.
name: Cucchiara, Antonino
name: de Diego, Jose A.
name: Filippenko, Alexei V.
name: Gal-Yam, Avishay
name: Gehrels, Neil
name: Georgiev, Leonid
name: Gonzalez, J. Jesus
name: Graham, John F.
name: Greiner, Jochen
name: Kann, D. Alexander
name: Klein, Christopher R.
name: Knust, Fabian
name: Kulkarni, S. R.
name: Kutyrev, Alexander
name: Laher, Russ
name: Lee, William H.
name: Nugent, Peter E.
name: Prochaska, J. Xavier
name: Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico
name: Richer, Michael G.
name: Rubin, Adam
name: Urata, Yuji
name: Varela, Karla
name: Watson, Alan M.
name: Wozniak, Przemek R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report here the discovery by the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) of iPTF14yb, a luminous ($M_{r}\approx-27.8$ mag), cosmological (redshift 1.9733), rapidly fading optical transient. We demonstrate, based on probabilistic arguments and a comparison with the broader population, that iPTF14yb is the optical afterglow of the long-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 140226A. This marks the first unambiguous discovery of a GRB afterglow prior to (and thus entirely independent of) an associated high-energy trigger. We estimate the rate of iPTF14yb-like sources (i.e., cosmologically distant relativistic explosions) based on iPTF observations, inferring an all-sky value of $\Re_{\mathrm{rel}}=610$ yr$^{-1}$ (68% confidence interval of 110-2000 yr$^{-1}$). Our derived rate is consistent (within the large uncertainty) with the all-sky rate of on-axis GRBs derived by the Swift satellite. Finally, we briefly discuss the implications of the nondetection to date of bona fide "orphan" afterglows (i.e., those lacking detectable high-energy emission) on GRB beaming and the degree of baryon loading in these relativistic jets.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJL
Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Access Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Coinfected People Who Inject Drugs in Guangzhou, China: Implications for HCV Treatment Expansion
Creators: name: He, Xi
name: Wu, Feng
name: Volberding, Paul
name: Cai, Weiping
name: Chu, Carissa E.
name: Geng, Elvin
name: Tucker, Joseph D.
name: Cheng, Yu
name: Zhou, Kali
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment access among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV-coinfected people who inject drugs is poor, despite a high burden of disease in this population. Understanding barriers and facilitators to HCV treatment uptake is critical to the implementation of new direct-acting antivirals.
Minimal inversion complete sets and maximal abelian ideals
Creators: name: Panyushev, Dmitri I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B20, 17B22, 20F55

description: Let $\mathfrak g$ be a simple Lie algebra, $\mathfrak b$ a fixed Borel subalgebra, and $W$ the Weyl group of $\mathfrak g$. In this note, we study a relationship between the maximal abelian ideals of $\mathfrak b$ and the minimal inversion complete sets of $W$. The latter have been recently defined by Malvenuto et al. (J. Algebra, 424 (2015), 330-356.)
description: 17 pages
Assessing the minimal important change (MIC) of Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) for measuring eczema control
Creators: name: Baker, Arabella
name: Howells, Laura
name: Stuart, Beth
name: Mitchell, Eleanor J.
name: Thomas, Kim S
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Dermatology

description: This is the study protocol for calculating the minimal important change (MIC) of the Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) which is a new, patient reported outcome measure.
 Objectives: To assess the MIC of RECAP To compare the MIC of RECAP using both anchor based and distribution based methods
Maxwell's equal area law for Lovelock Thermodynamics
Creators: name: Xu, Hao
name: Xu, Zhen-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the construction of Maxwell's equal area law for the Guass-Bonnet AdS black holes in $d=5,6$ and third order Lovelock AdS black holes in $d=7,8$. The equal area law can be used to find the number and location of the points of intersection in the plots of Gibbs free energy, so that we can get the thermodynamically preferred solution which corresponds to the first order phase transition. We obtain the radius of the small and large black holes in the phase transition which share the same Gibbs free energy. The case with two critical points is explored in much more details. The latent heat is also studied.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures. V2: minor corrections and new references. V3: more discussion about the relationship between latent heat and temperature added. Accepted by IJMPD
Half-filled Landau level, topological insulator surfaces, and three dimensional quantum spin liquids
Creators: name: Wang, Chong
name: Senthil, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We synthesize and partly review recent developments relating the physics of the half-filled Landau level in two dimensions to correlated surface states of topological insulators in three dimensions. The latter are in turn related to the physics of certain three dimensional quantum spin liquid states. The resulting insights provide an interesting answer to the old question of how particle-hole symmetry is realized in composite fermion liquids. Specifically the metallic state at filling $ν= \frac{1}{2}$ - described originally in pioneering work by Halperin , Lee, and Read as a liquid of composite fermions - was proposed recently by Son to be described by a particle-hole symmetric effective field theory distinct from that in the prior literature. We show how the relation to topological insulator surface states leads to a physical understanding of the correctness of this proposal. We develop a simple picture of the particle-hole symmetric composite fermion through a modification of older pictures as electrically neutral "dipolar" particles. We revisit the phenomenology of composite fermi liquids (with or without particle-hole symmetry), and show that their heat/electrical transport dramatically violates the conventional Wiedemann-Franz law but satisfies a modified one. We also discuss the implications of these insights for finding physical realizations of correlated topological insulator surfaces.
description: 22 pages, 7 figures; (v2) Added some clarifications and corrected typos