cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Study of Four Historic Homestead Sites Tyndall Air Force Base, Bay County, Florida, Task Order TY-18-0005
Creators: name: Gerard-Little, Peregrine
name: Kennedy, Kendra
name: Chiodini, Thomas
name: Konnie Wescott
Publisher: name: Argonne National Laboratory
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Tyndall Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80909/tyndall-air-force-base
subject: Bay (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/8607/bay-county
subject: Florida (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2273/florida-state-territory
subject: 05422 Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3813/05422-historic
subject: Cattle Dip vat
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9426/cattle-dip-vat
subject: homestead
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9205/homestead
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: 8BY2271
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127982/8by2271
subject: 8BY1810
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127981/8by1810
subject: 8BY2300
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127984/8by2300
subject: 8BY2298
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127983/8by2298
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey

description: This report presents the results of a desktop study and evaluation of four archaeological sites at Tyndall Air Force Base, located in Bay County, Florida, conducted on behalf of the United States Air Force Civil Engineer Center. The evaluation will assist Tyndall Air Force Base in managing the historic properties under its jurisdiction as required by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The United States Air Force requested additional research be conducted on Sites 8BY1810, 8BY2271, 8BY2298, and 8BY2300. Argonne National Laboratory was tasked with conducting archival and documentary research and, where possible, evaluating sites for their eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This study of four sites was based on previous (Phase I) documentation, documentary and archival research, and examination of comparative resources. As a result of this study, Argonne recommends that Sites 8BY1810, 8BY2271, 8BY2298, and 8BY2300 are not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. No further consideration is warranted for these four sites per the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and no further work is recommended.
A comparison of several AI techniques for authorship attribution on Romanian texts
Creators: name: Avram, Sanda Maria
name: Oltean, Mihai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.0; I.2.6
subject: 03B65, 62H30, 68T01, 68T05, 68T07, 68T10, 68T20, 68T30, 68T50, 91F20

description: Determining the author of a text is a difficult task. Here we compare multiple AI techniques for classifying literary texts written by multiple authors by taking into account a limited number of speech parts (prepositions, adverbs, and conjunctions). We also introduce a new dataset composed of texts written in the Romanian language on which we have run the algorithms. The compared methods are Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Multi Expression Programming, Decision Trees with C5.0, and k-Nearest Neighbour. Numerical experiments show, first of all, that the problem is difficult, but some algorithms are able to generate decent errors on the test set.
description: We initially used the Accuracy evaluation tool to compute the macro-accuracy, obtaining a value of 88.84%. We, thereafter discovered that this value was erroneous and used other methods which gave us the value of 80.94% for the macro-accuracy. In this version of the paper we present the python module solution by using sklearn.metrics's classification_report and balanced_accuracy_score
Genetic diversity and population structure of 18 Tunisians Orobanche foetida populations using RADseq
Creators: name: Boukteb, Amal
name: Sakaguchi, Shota
name: Ichihashi, Yasunori
name: Kharrat, Mohamed
name: Nagano, Atsushi J.
name: Shirasu, Ken
name: Bouhadida, Mariem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Parasitic plant
Orobanche foetida
RADseq
Genetic diversity
Population Structure

description: Orobanche foetida Poiret is a holoparasitic plant that lacks chlorophyll and totally depends on its host for its growth. It parasitizes host plant roots and extracts nutrients and water via a haustorium. The fetid broomrape is distributed in the Mediterranean region as a wild plant parasite. However, since 1992, it has become a real threat to faba bean in Tunisia causing serious damages which may reach 90% yield losses. Analysis of the genetic diversity of this parasite is important to better understand its evolution and spread. In this work, we present the first study on genetic diversity and population structure using the robust technique Restriction-site-Associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) for Orobanche spp. We collected 244 samples of O. foetida from 18 faba bean fields in Tunisia. To overcome the difficulty of SNP discovery in the O. foetida genome as a non-model and tetraploid plant, we used three different informatics pipelines, namely UNEAK, pyRAD, and Stacks. This study showed that genetic differentiation occurred in the Tunisian O. foetida emphasizing the isolation by distance effect. However, no strong population clustering was detected in this work based on the three data sets and clustering methods used. The present study traces the current real situation of the distribution of O. foetida populations in Tunisia and could be a valuable reference for the upcoming research projects focusing on this parasitic plant.
Streamlined, PCR-based testing for pfhrp2- and pfhrp3-negative Plasmodium falciparum
Creators: name: Meshnick, Steven R.
name: Juliano, Jonathan
name: Anderson, Olivia G
name: Parr, Jonathan B
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that detect histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) are used throughout Africa for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, recent reports indicate that parasites lacking the pfhrp2 and/or histidine-rich protein 3 (pfhrp3) genes, which produce antigens detected by these RDTs, are common in select regions of South America, Asia, and Africa. Proving the absence of a gene is challenging, and multiple PCR assays targeting these genes have been described. A detailed characterization and comparison of published assays is needed to facilitate robust and streamlined testing approaches. Results Among six pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 PCR assays tested, the lower limit of detection ranged from 0.01 pg/µL to 0.1 ng/µL of P. falciparum 3D7 strain DNA, or approximately 0.4–4000 parasite genomes/µL. By lowering the elongation temperature to 60 °C, a tenfold improvement in the limit of detection and/or darker bands for all exon 1 targets and for the first-round reaction of a single exon 2 target was achieved. Additionally, assays targeting exon 1 of either gene yielded spurious amplification of the paralogous gene. Using these data, an optimized testing algorithm for the detection of pfhrp2- and pfhrp3-negative P. falciparum is proposed. Conclusions Surveillance of pfhrp2- and pfhrp3-negative P. falciparum requires careful laboratory workflows. PCR-based testing methods coupled with microscopy and/or antigen testing serve as useful tools to support policy development. Standardized approaches to the detection of pfhrp2- and pfhrp3-negative P. falciparum should inform efforts to define the impact of these parasites.
Guidebook to Selected Air Force Historic Facilities
Creators: name: Weitze, Karen J.
Publisher: name: Versar, Inc.
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: AFHRA
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167967/afhra
subject: Air Force Historical Research Agency
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167966/air-force-historical-research-agency
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Over a 10-year period, during 2008-2017, approximately half of the Air Force Bases (AFBs) existing in the U.S. in 2017 participated in efforts to identify, review and transfer sets of as-built and record drawings to a special collection at the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell AFB. Augmenting the contributions of these 31 installations were those of four existing Air Force Stations (AFSs) and one existing Air Force Plant (AFP).
Four internal inconsistencies in TK 1992: CPT a case study in ambiguous scope
Creators: name: Robinson, Maria
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Theory and Philosophy
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Quantitative Psychology
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Cumulative Prospect Theory
subject: Decision-making
subject: Median Responses
subject: Theoretical Parsimony
subject: Theoretical Scope

description: Scholars heavily rely on theoretical scope as a tool to challenge existing theory. We advocate that scientific discovery could be accelerated if far more effort were invested into also overtly specifying and painstakingly delineating the intended purview of any proposed new theory at the time of its inception. As a case study, we consider Tversky and Kahneman (1992). They motivated their Nobel Prize winning Cumulative Prospect Theory with evidence that, in each of two studies, roughly half of the participants violated independence, a property required by Expected Utility Theory. Yet, even at the time of inception, new theories may reveal signs of their own limited scope. For example, we show that Tversky and Kahneman’s findings in their own (1992) test of loss aversion provide evidence that at least half of their participants violated their theory, in turn, in that study. We highlight a combination of conflicting findings, in the original paper, that make it ambiguous to evaluate both Cumulative Prospect Theory’s scope and its parsimony, on the authors’ own evidence. The Tversky and Kahneman (1992) article is illustrative of a social and behavioral research culture in which theoretical scope plays an extremely asymmetric role: To call existing theory into question and motivate surrogate proposals.
title: Use of basic concepts of muscular anatomy of the thigh as a guide for performing Ultrasound.
Creators: name: Bondia Gracia, José
Publisher: name: European Society of Muscoskeletal Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Extremities
subject: Anatomy
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Education
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure Details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Use of basic muscular anatomy concepts of the thigh to inform about exploration by...
A further critique of the analytic strategy of adjusting for covariates to identify biologic mediation
Creators: name: Kaufman, Jay S.
name: MacLehose, Richard F.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2004

description: Abstract Background Epidemiologic research is often devoted to etiologic investigation, and so techniques that may facilitate mechanistic inferences are attractive. Some of these techniques rely on rigid and/or unrealistic assumptions, making the biologic inferences tenuous. The methodology investigated here is effect decomposition: the contrast between effect measures estimated with and without adjustment for one or more variables hypothesized to lie on the pathway through which the exposure exerts its effect. This contrast is typically used to distinguish the exposure's indirect effect, through the specified intermediate variables, from its direct effect, transmitted via pathways that do not involve the specified intermediates. Methods We apply a causal framework based on latent potential response types to describe the limitations inherent in effect decomposition analysis. For simplicity, we assume three measured binary variables with monotonic effects and randomized exposure, and use difference contrasts as measures of causal effect. Previous authors showed that confounding between intermediate and the outcome threatens the validity of the decomposition strategy, even if exposure is randomized. We define exchangeability conditions for absence of confounding of causal effects of exposure and intermediate, and generate two example populations in which the no-confounding conditions are satisfied. In one population we impose an additional prohibition against unit-level interaction (synergism). We evaluate the performance of the decomposition strategy against true values of the causal effects, as defined by the proportions of latent potential response types in the two populations. Results We demonstrate that even when there is no confounding, partition of the total effect into direct and indirect effects is not reliably valid. Decomposition is valid only with the additional restriction that the population contain no units in which exposure and intermediate interact to cause the outcome. This restriction implies homogeneity of causal effects across strata of the intermediate. Conclusions Reliable effect decomposition requires not only absence of confounding, but also absence of unit-level interaction and use of linear contrasts as measures of causal effect. Epidemiologists should be wary of etiologic inference based on adjusting for intermediates, especially when using ratio effect measures or when absence of interacting potential response types cannot be confidently asserted.
2006 DoD Cultural Resources Workshop Proceedings
Creators: name: Dalsimer, Alison
Publisher: name: HydroGeoLogic, Inc.
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Military Heritage
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165613/military-heritage
subject: Workshop
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/148163/workshop
subject: Cultural Resources
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/101507/cultural-resources
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: These proceedings encompass outcomes from the DoD Cultural Resources Workshop: Prioritizing Cultural Resource Needs in Support of a Sound Investment Strategy, and reflect the views and opinions of workshop participants, and not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. HGL supported this workshop and produced the resulting proceedings document through funding awarded by the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (Omaha COE contract W9128F-04-D-0025, TO 0003), and by the DoD Legacy Resource Management Program (Huntsville COE contract W912DY-06-2-0009, project 06-294).
Investigating Loop Quantum Gravity with EHT Observational Effects of Rotating Black holes
Creators: name: Islam, Shafqat Ul
name: Kumar, Jitendra
name: Walia, Rahul Kumar
name: Ghosh, Sushant G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A mathematically consistent rotating black hole model in loop quantum gravity (LQG) is yet lacking. The scarcity of rotating black hole solutions in LQG substantially hampers the development of testing LQG from observations, e.g., from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations. The EHT observation revealed event horizon-scale images of the supermassive black holes Sgr A* and M87*. The EHT results are consistent with the shadow of a Kerr black hole of general relativity. We present LQG-motivated rotating black hole (LMRBH) spacetimes, which are regular everywhere and asymptotically encompass the Kerr black hole as a particular case. The LMRBH metric describes a multi-horizon black hole in the sense that it can admit up to three horizons, such that an extremal LMRBH, unlike the Kerr black hole, refers to a black hole with angular momentum $a>M$. The metric, depending on the parameters, describes (1) black holes with only one horizon (BH-I), (2) black holes with an event horizon and a Cauchy horizons (BH-II), (3) black holes with three horizons (BH-III) or (4) no-horizon (NH) spacetime, which, we show, is almost ruled out by the EHT observations. We constrain the LQG parameter with the aid of the EHT shadow observational results of M87* and Sgr A*,respectively, for an inclination angle of $17^0$ and $50^0$. In particular, the VLTI bound for the Sgr A*, $δ\in (-0.17,0.01)$, constrains the parameters ($a,l$) such that for $0< l\leq 0.347851M\; (l\leq 2\times 10^6$ km), the allowed range of $a$ is $(0,1.0307M)$. Together with the EHT bounds of Sgr A$^*$ and M87$^*$ observables, our analysis concludes that a substantial part of BH-I and BH-II parameter space agrees with the EHT results of M87* and Sgr A*. While the EHT M87* results totally rule out the BH-III, but not that by Sgr A*.
description: 16 Pages, 10 Figures, 2 Tables, Text matched with published version in 'The Astrophysical Journal'
title: How Can We Improve the Diagnostic Yield of Radiologically Guided Biopsies For Vertebral Osteomyelitis?
Creators: name: Parmar, Vinay
Publisher: name: European Society of Muscoskeletal Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Infection
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Percutaneous
subject: CT
subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Outcomes

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure Details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Poor selection for biopsy results in negative biopsy results Specimens should be sent for microbiology as well as histology. Aspiration of 2ml increases diagnostic yield, however 2ml aspirate is rarely obtained. Antibiotics should be discontinued...
Creation and dynamics of spin fluctuations in a noisy magnetic field
Creators: name: Delpy, J.
name: Liu, S.
name: Neveu, P.
name: Roussy, C.
name: Jolicoeur, Th.
name: Bretenaker, F.
name: Goldfarb, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically and numerically investigate the spin fluctuations induced in a thermal atomic ensemble by an external fluctuating uniaxial magnetic field, in the context of a standard spin noise spectroscopy (SNS) experiment. We show that additional spin noise is excited, which dramatically depends on the magnetic noise variance and bandwidth, as well as on the power of the probe light and its polarization direction. We develop an analytical perturbative model proving that this spin noise first emerges from the residual optical pumping in the medium, which is then converted into spin fluctuations by the magnetic noise and eventually detected using SNS. The system studied is a spin-1 system, which thus shows both Faraday rotation and ellipticity noises induced by the random magnetic fluctuations. The analytical model gives results in perfect agreement with the numerical simulations, with potential applications in future experimental characterization of stray field properties and their influence on spin dynamics.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, submitted to New Journal of Physics
Bright Discrete Solitons in Spatially Modulated DNLS Systems
Creators: name: Kevrekidis, P. G.
name: Horne, R. L.
name: Whitaker, N.
name: Hoq, Q. E.
name: Kip, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present work, we revisit the highly active research area of inhomogeneously nonlinear defocusing media and consider the existence, spectral stability and nonlinear dynamics of bright solitary waves in them. We use the anti-continuum limit of vanishing coupling as the starting point of our analysis, enabling in this way a systematic characterization of the branches of solutions. Our stability findings and bifurcation characteristics reveal the enhanced robustness and wider existence intervals of solutions with a broader support, culminating in the "extended" solution in which all sites are excited. Our eigenvalue predictions are corroborated by numerical linear stability analysis. Finally, the dynamics also reveal a tendency of the solution profiles to broaden, in line with the above findings. These results pave the way for further explorations of such states in discrete systems, including in higher dimensional settings.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, to appear in J. Phys. A
The Moderation Effect of Social Support on the Relations Between Sexual Identity Ambiguity Distress and Internalizing Symptoms for Emerging Adults
Creators: name: Sillas, Andre
name: Snyder, Hannah
name: Wright, Ellen
name: Wicks, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The current study investigates the following research questions. First, is sexual identity ambiguity distress in emerging adults associated with higher internalizing symptoms? Second, does perceived social support reduce the association between sexual identity ambiguity distress and internalizing symptoms? Third, if so, does stress buffering differ by family vs. peer support? This research addresses several key gaps in prior literature. First, previous studies have assessed ambiguity of sexual identity (not distress about this ambiguity) and assumed it as a negative factor in identity formation. However, this potentially confounds sexual identity ambiguity distress with sexual identity fluidity (i.e., the capacity for situation-dependent flexibility in sexual responsiveness). Although fluidity also involves ambiguity, it does not necessarily have negative impacts in overall sexual identity formation in emerging adulthood as this flexibility is a part of an emerging adult’s sexual identity rather than a result of sexual identity ambiguity distress. Therefore, the current study asks directly if reported sexual identity ambiguity is distressing. Second, previous research has focused on the differences between emerging adults that are strictly heterosexual vs. LGBTQIA+ identified. Emerging adults experiencing sexual identity ambiguity distress do not fall clearly into a marginalized community or sexual identity category (heterosexual or sexual minority). However, this under-studied population of emerging adults may be impacted by stressors, social support interactions and mental health outcomes in similar ways to those in sexual minority emerging adults. The current study builds on the findings of prior studies investigating the close association of depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and identity distress, as a foundation for investigating potentially similar associations between internalizing symptoms and sexual identity ambiguity distress.
Cosmic Ray propagation in sub-Alfvenic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Creators: name: Cohet, Romain
name: Marcowith, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work has the main objective to provide a detailed investigation of cosmic ray propagation in magnetohydrodynamic turbulent fields generated by forcing the fluid velocity field at large scales. It provides a derivation of the particle mean free path dependences in terms of the turbulence level described by the Alfvénic Mach number and in terms of the particle rigidity. We use an upgrade version of the magnetohydrodynamic code {\tt RAMSES} which includes a forcing module and a kinetic module and solve the Lorentz equation for each particle. The simulations are performed using a 3 dimension periodical box in the test-particle and magnetostatic limits. The forcing module is implemented using an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. An ensemble average over a large number of particle trajectories is applied to reconstruct the particle mean free paths. We derive the cosmic ray mean free paths in terms of the Alfvénic Mach numbers and particle reduced rigidities in different turbulence forcing geometries. The reduced particle rigidity is $ρ=r_L/L$ where $r_L$ is the particle Larmor radius and $L$ is the simulation box length related to the turbulence coherence or injection scale $L_{inj}$ by $L \sim 5 L_{inj}$. We have investigated with a special attention compressible and solenoidal forcing geometries. We find that compressible forcing solutions are compatible with the quasi-linear theory or more advanced non-linear theories which predict a rigidity dependence as $ρ^{1/2}$ or $ρ^{1/3}$. Solenoidal forcing solutions at least at low or moderate Alfvénic numbers are not compatible with the above theoretical expectations and require more refined arguments to be interpreted. It appears especially for Alfvénic Mach numbers close to one that the wandering of field lines controls perpendicular mean free path solutions whatever the forcing geometry.
description: 15 pages, 18 figures. Accepted for publication in section 2. Astrophysical processes of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Correspondence Regarding Medical Facility at Travis Air Force Base
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Solano County (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/856/solano-county-county
subject: Travis Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/47593/travis-air-force-base
subject: Fairfield
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7754/fairfield
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Homestead Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4942/homestead-period
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: CA-SOL-313
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18813/ca-sol-313
subject: CA-SOL-314
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18814/ca-sol-314
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/259/house
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Environment Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/13/environment-research
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Consultation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/4/consultation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: Correspondence regarding the construction of a medical facility at Travis AFB. Includes maps, aerial photos, and documentation for "No Adverse Effect" determination.
Reducing HEVC encoding complexity using two-stage motion estimation
Creators: name: Cebrián-Márquez, Gabriel
name: Chi, Chi Ching
name: Martínez, José Luis
name: Cuenca, Pedro
name: Sanz-Rodríguez, Sergio
name: Álvarez-Mesa, Mauricio
name: Juurlink, Ben
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: encoding
subject: motion estimation
subject: algorithm design and analysis
subject: complexity theory
subject: video coding
subject: computer architecture
subject: prediction algorithms
subject: HEVC
subject: H.265
subject: fast video encoding
subject: video compression

description: We propose a technique for optimizing the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoder by reducing the number of operations performed in the motion estimation stage. The technique is based on the fact that a significant number of motion estimation operations are performed repetitively for the same image samples, but for different block partition sizes. By decoupling the initial motion estimation and the block partitioning into different stages it is possible to remove a considerable number of redundant motion estimation operations. An implementation of the proposed technique on a SIMD optimized version of the HEVC reference encoder shows that, on average, a reduction of 79.02% SAD operations can be achieved, that results in an average reduction of 14.63% of the encoding complexity with negligible impact on the compression efficiency (BD-rate losses of less than 1%).
Girls' perception of physical environmental factors and transportation: reliability and association with physical activity and active transport to school
Creators: name: Ring, Kimberly
name: Evenson, Kelly
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2006

description: Abstract Background Preliminary evidence suggests that the physical environment and transportation are associated with youth physical activity levels. Only a few studies have examined the association of physical environmental factors on walking and bicycling to school. Therefore, the purpose of this study was (1) to examine the test-retest reliability of a survey designed for youth to assess perceptions of physical environmental factors (e.g. safety, aesthetics, facilities near the home) and transportation, and (2) to describe the associations of these perceptions with both physical activity and active transport to school. Methods Test and retest surveys, administered a median of 12 days later, were conducted with 480 sixth- and eighth-grade girls in or near six U.S. communities. The instrument consisted of 24 questions on safety and aesthetics of the perceived environment and transportation and related facilities. Additionally, girls were asked if they were aware of 14 different recreational facilities offering structured and unstructured activities, and if so, whether they would visit these facilities and the ease with which they could access them. Test-retest reliability was determined using kappa coefficients, overall and separately by grade. Associations with physical activity and active transport to school were examined using mixed model logistic regression (n = 610), adjusting for grade, race/ethnicity, and site. Results Item-specific reliabilities for questions assessing perceived safety and aesthetics of the neighborhood ranged from 0.31 to 0.52. Reliabilities of items assessing awareness of and interest in going to the 14 recreational facilities ranged from 0.47 to 0.64. Reliabilities of items assessing transportation ranged from 0.34 to 0.58. Some items on girls' perceptions of perceived safety, aesthetics of the environment, facilities, and transportation were important correlates of physical activity and, in some cases, active transport to school. Conclusion This study provides some psychometric support for the use of the questionnaire on physical environmental factors and transportation for studying physical activity and active transport to school among adolescent girls. Further work can continue to improve reliability of these self-report items and examine their association of these factors with objectively measured physical activity.
Navigating Out-of-Distribution Electricity Load Forecasting during COVID-19: Benchmarking energy load forecasting models without and with continual learning
Creators: name: Prabowo, Arian
name: Chen, Kaixuan
name: Xue, Hao
name: Sethuvenkatraman, Subbu
name: Salim, Flora D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In traditional deep learning algorithms, one of the key assumptions is that the data distribution remains constant during both training and deployment. However, this assumption becomes problematic when faced with Out-of-Distribution periods, such as the COVID-19 lockdowns, where the data distribution significantly deviates from what the model has seen during training. This paper employs a two-fold strategy: utilizing continual learning techniques to update models with new data and harnessing human mobility data collected from privacy-preserving pedestrian counters located outside buildings. In contrast to online learning, which suffers from 'catastrophic forgetting' as newly acquired knowledge often erases prior information, continual learning offers a holistic approach by preserving past insights while integrating new data. This research applies FSNet, a powerful continual learning algorithm, to real-world data from 13 building complexes in Melbourne, Australia, a city which had the second longest total lockdown duration globally during the pandemic. Results underscore the crucial role of continual learning in accurate energy forecasting, particularly during Out-of-Distribution periods. Secondary data such as mobility and temperature provided ancillary support to the primary forecasting model. More importantly, while traditional methods struggled to adapt during lockdowns, models featuring at least online learning demonstrated resilience, with lockdown periods posing fewer challenges once armed with adaptive learning techniques. This study contributes valuable methodologies and insights to the ongoing effort to improve energy load forecasting during future Out-of-Distribution periods.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables, BuildSys '23
TASO - Face-to-face Summer schools RCT - March 2022
Creators: name: The Centre For Transforming Access And Student Outcomes In Higher Education (TASO)
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Higher Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Inequality and Stratification
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This RCT tests whether summer schools are effective interventions to widen participation in HE. This is an extension of a previous project which, due to the covid-19 pandemic, measured the impact of online summer schools. This year the summer schools will be delivered face-to-face therefore the project has been renewed to include these.
An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Candidate in M51?
Creators: name: Earnshaw, H. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the current results of an investigation into M51 ULX-7, using archival data from XMM-Newton, Chandra and NuSTAR, and optical and radio data from HST and VLA. The source has a consistently hard power-law X-ray spectrum and high short-term variability. This is unusual variability behaviour for a ULX, as we would expect highly variable ULXs to have soft energy spectra. The power spectrum features a break at ~1e-3 Hz, from low frequency spectral index alpha=0.1 to high frequency spectral index alpha=0.8, analogous to the low frequency break found in power spectra of black holes accreting in the low/hard state. We do not observe a corresponding high frequency break, however taking the white noise level as a frequency lower limit of the break, we can calculate a black hole mass upper limit of 9.12e4 solar masses, assuming that the ULX is in the low/hard state. While there is no radio detection, we find a flux density upper limit of 87 micro-Jy/beam. Using the X-ray/radio fundamental plane, we calculate a black hole mass upper limit of 1.95e5 solar masses. Therefore, this ULX is consistent with being an IMBH accreting in the low/hard state.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, conference proceedings from the 2015 XMM-Newton Science Workshop, to be published in Astronomical Notes (Astronomische Nachrichten)
title: Bone tumors of foot and ankle: Spectrum of imaging findings
Creators: name: Orguc, Sebnem
Publisher: name: European Society of Muscoskeletal Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Bones
subject: Extremities
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure Details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: We will discuss Epidemiology and general features of foot and ankle bone tumors Imaging findings common benign bone tumors of foot and ankle Imaging findings malignant bone tumors of foot and...
Quantum phase transitions for an integrable quantum Rabi-like model with two interacting qubits
Creators: name: Grimaudo, Roberto
name: de Castro, Antonio S. M.
name: Messina, Antonino
name: Solano, Enrique
name: Valenti, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A two-interacting-qubit quantum Rabi-like model with vanishing transverse fields on the qubit-pair is studied. Independently of the coupling regime, this model can be exactly and unitarily reduced to two independent single-spin quantum Rabi models, where the spin-spin coupling plays the role of the transverse field. This transformation and the analytical treatment of the single-spin quantum Rabi model provide the key to prove the integrability of our model. The existence of different first-order quantum phase transitions, characterized by discontinuous two-spin magnetization, mean photon number and concurrence, is brought to light.
title: Talent Management in the Jamaican BPO Industry: A phenomenological study of relationship challenges and prospects
Creators: name: Blackwood, Janice Annmarie
Publisher: name: Edinburgh Napier University
Year: 2023

description: Talent Management (TM) is viewed as a key driver of competitive advantage. Yet a continued focus on tangible TM outcomes serves to ignore its unintended consequences, specifically on employee relationships. This study aims to explore how TM contributes to relationship challenges and prospects within the Jamaican Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry. Using a qualitative research design, this interpretive, phenomenological, cross-sectional study utilizes 24 semi-structured interviews to explore the perceptions and experiences of managers and employees inside and outside of talent programs. It also uses manual thematic analysis to explicate and summarize the findings under four themes. The study’s finding of bias in the selection process as the leading contributor of TM and relationship challenges gives key insights into its deleterious effects. It also serves to improve understanding of employees’ psychological, emotional, and behavioral responses to TM selection and non-selection. Other findings surrounding relationship dynamics, specifically reductions in loyalty and trust among non-talent pool members, serve as an important addition to the TM literature regarding the unintended negative consequences of TM. Drawing on the Psychological Contract (PC) Theory, the study can help organizational and human resources (HR) leaders be more attuned to the underlying relational issues affecting employees from TM outcomes. The study also improves understanding of how TM works in practice, bridging the gap between theory and practice as noted in the HR literature. Given that positive relationships are integral to organizational success, a 4 ‘Cs’ Model is developed to provide practical guidelines for managers in overcoming TM and relationship challenges.
The fine structure line deficit in S 140
Creators: name: Ossenkopf, Volker
name: Koumpia, Evgenia
name: Okada, Yoko
name: Mookerjea, Bhaswati
name: van der Tak, Floris F. S.
name: Simon, Robert
name: Pütz, Patrick
name: Güsten, Rolf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We try to understand the gas heating and cooling in the S 140 star forming region by spatially and spectrally resolving the distribution of the main cooling lines with GREAT/SOFIA. We mapped the fine structure lines of [OI] (63 μm) and [CII] (158 μm) and the rotational transitions of CO 13-12 and 16-15 with GREAT/SOFIA and analyzed the spatial and velocity structure to assign the emission to individual heating sources. We measure the optical depth of the [CII] line and perform radiative transfer computations for all observed transitions. By comparing the line intensities with the far-infrared continuum we can assess the total cooling budget and measure the gas heating efficiency. The main emission of fine structure lines in S 140 stems from a 8.3'' region close to the infrared source IRS 2 that is not prominent at any other wavelength. It can be explained by a photon-dominated region (PDR) structure around the embedded cluster if we assume that the [OI] line intensity is reduced by a factor seven due to self-absorption. The external cloud interface forms a second PDR at an inclination of 80-85 degrees illuminated by an UV field of 60 times the standard interstellar radiation field. The main radiation source in the cloud, IRS 1, is not prominent at all in the fine structure lines. We measure line-to-continuum cooling ratios below 10^(-4), i.e. values lower than in any other Galactic source, rather matching the far-IR line deficit seen in ULIRGs. In particular the low intensity of the [CII] line can only be modeled by an extreme excitation gradient in the gas around IRS 1. We found no explanation why IRS 1 shows no associated fine-structure line peak, while IRS 2 does. The inner part of S 140 mimics the far-IR line deficit in ULIRGs thereby providing a template that may lead to a future model.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Poverty determinants of acute respiratory infections among Mapuche indigenous peoples in Chile's Ninth Region of Araucania, using GIS and spatial statistics to identify health disparities
Creators: name: Rojas, Flavio
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2007

description: Background: This research concerns Araucanía, often called the Ninth Region, the poorest region
of Chile where inequalities are most extreme. Araucanía hasn't enjoyed the economic success Chile
achieved when the country returned to democracy in 1990. The Ninth Region also has the largest
ethnic Mapuche population, located in rural areas and attached to small agricultural properties.
Written and oral histories of diseases have been the most frequently used methods to explore the
links between an ancestral population's perception of health conditions and their deprived
environments. With census data and hospital records, it is now possible to incorporate statistical
data about the links between poverty and disease among ethnic communities and compare results
with non-Mapuche population.
Data sources: Hospital discharge records from Health Services North N = 24,126 patients, year
2003, and 7 hospitals), Health Services South (N = 81,780 patients and 25 hospitals); CAS-2/Family
records (N = 527,539 individuals, 439 neighborhoods, 32 Comunas).
Methods: Given the over-dispersion of data and the clustered nature of observations, we used
the global Moran's I and General G Gettis-Ord procedures to test spatial dependence. These tests
confirmed the clusters of disease and the need to use spatial regression within a General Linear
Mixed Model perspective.
Results: Health outcomes indicate significantly higher morbidity rates for the Mapuche compared
to non-Mapuche in both age groups < 5 and 15–44, respectively; for the groups 70–79 and 80 +
years of age, this trend is reversed. Mortality rates, however, are higher among Mapuches than non-
Mapuches for the entire Ninth Region and for all age groups. Mortality caused by respiratory
infections is higher among Mapuches than non-Mapuches in all age-groups. A major finding is the
link between poverty and respiratory infections.
Conclusion: Poverty is significantly associated with respiratory infections in the population of
Chile's Ninth Region. High deprivation areas are associated with poverty, and poverty is a predictor
of respiratory infections. Mapuches are at higher risk of deaths caused by respiratory infections in
all age groups. Exponential and spherical spatial correlation models were tested to estimate the
previous association and were compared with non-spatial Poisson, concluding that significant spatial
variability was present in the data.
Selfridge Air National Guard Base Housing Photos
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Macomb (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/20109/macomb-county
subject: Michigan (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1134/michigan-state-territory
subject: Harrison Township
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4201/harrison-township
subject: Selfridge Air National Guard Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167887/selfridge-air-national-guard-base
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: B&W and color photos, along with architectural plans of family housing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.