cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Simultaneous Equation Modeling for Crash Rate of Freeway Segments
Creators: name: Ramos, Anthony
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2014

description: In 2010, the total number of reported traffic crashes in the state of Nevada was 51,664 of which 235 (0.6%) resulted in one or more deaths (Nevada Department of Transportation, 2012). The state's "Zero Fatalities" traffic safety campaign aims to reduce the rate even further. Out of the total number of crashes, Clark County (includes Las Vegas) accounted for 78.89%. This study examines safety improvement by developing advanced crash prediction models. The system of crash prediction equations consider geometric conditions and traffic volume using simultaneous equation modeling (SEM). The models are based on geometric characteristics and traffic volume data collected from Las Vegas freeway systems related to crash data provided by Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). All data characterizes the year 2010, chosen for the least amount of observed roadway construction zones when compared to other years.
The system of crash rate prediction equations represents connected freeway segment types. The types, defined by entrance (EN) and exit (EX) ramp-pair combinations, are estimated simultaneously instead of developing separate linear regression models. By modeling EX-EN segments connected to EN-EX using SEM, the relationship of crash rate in the EN-EX effects crash rate in EX-EN. Most EN-EX segments are considered weaving sections (lengths shorter than 2,500 feet) contributing to congestion.
The increase of significant model parameters is apparent when comparing SEM to single equation multiple linear regression. The additional information obtained confirms the correlation between crash rate prediction residuals exists between connecting EX-EN and EN-EX segment types and supports the existence of unobserved variables. SEM method of "three-stage least squares" modeling allows for freeway segments containing different characteristics to be modeled together, i.e., presence of auxiliary lane in EN-EX can be modeled with EX-EN segments. Instrumental variables replace the missing auxiliary lane variable in EX-EN segments resulting in a system of regression equations for crash prediction. The models can be used for connecting paired segments of EX-EN and downstream EN-EX or a connecting three-segment semi-corridor of EN-EX, downstream EX-EN and downstream EN-EX.
Long May She Reign: A Rhetorical Analysis of Gender Expectations in Disney's Tangled and Disney/Pixar's Brave
Creators: name: Saladino, Caitlin Joanne
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2014

description: This project addresses messages about gender expectations in Disney princess narratives. The two films included are Tangled (2010) and Brave (2012), which feature the most recently inducted princesses to the marketed Disney Princess line (Rapunzel and Merida, respectively). Using genre as an organizing principle, I argue that Rapunzel and Merida are different from the past Disney princesses (Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, etc.) because their narratives reflect new ideas about gender expectations in modern society. The central tension appearing in both films is the opposition between the image of woman as traditional, domestic, and dependent and woman as progressive, industrious, and independent. The ways in which Rapunzel and Merida address this tension reflects changing roles of women in society more generally. In Tangled, Rapunzel experiences consciousness-raising in her quest for self-discovery, and the film's audience is also invited to experience consciousness-raising about gender expectations. In Brave, Merida's quest for self-efficacy (control of her own destiny) displays new ideas about gender expectations as well. In society there is an unrealistic expectation which influences young women to believe they can have a rewarding life as a home maker and achieve a fulfilling professional career, if only they are willing to work hard enough. In other words, society is in control of the destiny of women based on expectations. Merida suggests an alternative narrative to the expectations of her society by fighting for self-efficacy. Through Merida's narrative, Brave expresses new ideas about social expectations of women in reality. The messages about gender appear most explicitly in the princess's words and the song lyrics. These messages are considered moral messages because they suggest ways about how the world ought to be, and therefore may resonate with young children who view Rapunzel and Merida as role models. This thesis is a valuable addition to current communication studies literature because while princesses have been analyzed rhetorically in the past, a scholarly investigation of Disney's newest princesses reveals new insight about the princess genre as a whole.
Weighted Bergman spaces induced by rapidly incresing weights
Creators: name: Peláez, José Ángel
name: Rättyä, Jouni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 30H20, Secondary 47G10

description: This monograph is devoted to the study of the weighted Bergman space $A^p_\om$ of the unit disc $\D$ that is induced by a radial continuous weight $\om$ satisfying {equation}\label{absteq} \lim_{r\to 1^-}\frac{\int_r^1\om(s)\,ds}{\om(r)(1-r)}=\infty.\tag† {equation} Every such $A^p_\om$ lies between the Hardy space $H^p$ and every classical weighted Bergman space $A^p_\a$. Even if it is well known that $H^p$ is the limit of $A^p_\a$, as $\a\to-1$, in many respects, it is shown that $A^p_\om$ lies "closer" to $H^p$ than any $A^p_\a$, and that several finer function-theoretic properties of $A^p_\a$ do not carry over to $A^p_\om$. As to concrete objects to be studied, positive Borel measures $μ$ on $\D$ such that $A^p_\om\subset L^q(μ)$, $0
description: accepted
Understanding Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Among Natural Food Shoppers in Southern Nevada
Creators: name: Murua-Aceves, Christian
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2015

description: Today, 85% of corn, 93% of soybeans, and 88% of cotton in the U.S. are genetically modified (GM). Using laboratory methods, genes from one species, such as a plant, can be transferred to an unrelated species, such as an animal. Genetically modified crops may lead to higher yields, have improved food quality, texture, and nutritional value, and have an increased shelf life.
Despite these promising benefits, the potential health risks relating to the consumption of GM food remain inadequately assessed. Genetically modified food is not subjected to rigorous safety testing, such as epidemiologic studies, to identify potential health risks. Two principal public health concerns include the development of novel allergens in GM food and increased pesticide exposure from consuming such food. Other concerns relate to environmental and social impacts of GM food. Nine participants were recruited for this study. Three main themes emerged, which emphasized vegetarian and vegan diets, increasing consumption of whole foods and reducing processed foods, and having the right to know whether food contains GM ingredients. The results of this study have revealed that natural food shoppers' perceptions of GM food play an important role in food purchasing behaviors.
Cryptotis magna
Creators: name: Hutterer, Rainer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Insectivora
Soricidae
Cryptotis
Cryptotis magna

description: Cryptotis magna (Merriam, 1895). N. Am. Fauna, 10:28. TYPE LOCALITY: "Totontepec, Oaxaca " (altitude 6800 ft), Mexico. DISTRIBUTION: NC Oaxaca (Mexico). COMMENTS: Reviewed by Robertson and Rickart (1975, Mammalian Species, 61). A relict species, according to Choate (1970).
description: Published as part of Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, pp. 69-130 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 108, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353085
description: {"references": ["Robertson, P. B., and E. A. Rickart. 1975. Cryptotis magna. Mammalian Species, 61: 1 - 2.", "Choate, J. R. 1970. Systematics and zoogeography of Middle American shrews of the genus Cryptotis. University of Kansas, Publications of the Museum of Natural History, 19: 195 - 317."]}
Alban Defleur und Evelyne Cregut-Bonnoure, Le gisement paleolithique moyen de la grotte des Cedres
Creators: name: Jöris, Olaf
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Alban Defleur und Evelyne Cregut-Bonnoure, Le gisement paleolithique moyen de la grotte des Cedres (Le Plan-d’Aups, Var). Mit Beiträgen von O. Ajaja, J.-F. Bez, G. Camps, L. Casta, E. Desclaux, Chr. Falgueres, Y. Giraud, G. Onoratini, C. Radulescu, B. Vandermeersch und Ph. Vilette. Documents d’Archeologie Frangaise, Band 49. Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris 1995. 182 Seiten, 134 Textabbildungen, 116 Tabellen.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 196.1996(1997): Bonner Jahrbücher
Radionuclide transport in the Yenisei River
Creators: name: Vakulovsky, S. M.
name: Tertyshnik, E. G.
name: Kabanov, A. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Data characterizing the pollution of the Yenisei River (water and bottom sediment) by radionuclide resulting from the use of the river water for cooling industrial reactors in the Mining-Chemical Complex are presented. Studies have been made of the contamination of the river during the period when reactors with direct flow cooling were used and after these were shut down. Distinctive features of the migration of radionuclide in the Yenisei are noted, in particular, their distribution between the solid and liquid phases. The amounts of 137Cs, 65Zn, 60Co, 54Mn, and 152Eu in the channel are determined from the effluent discharge site to Dudinka port. The rate of continuous self removal of 137Cs is estimated to be 0.19 1/year, corresponding to a half purification time of 3.6 years for a 600 km long segment of the river bed.
description: 13 pages, including 7 tables, 3 figures
Hans-Helmut Weg ner (Hrsg.), Berichte zur Archäologie an Mittelrhein und Mosel, Band 3
Creators: name: Boelicke, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Hans-Helmut Weg ner (Hrsg.), Berichte zur Archäologie an Mittelrhein und Mosel, Band 3. Trierer Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete, Beiheft 14. Selbstverlag des Rheinischen Landesmuseums Trier, Trier 1992. 560 Seiten, 210 Abbildungen, 79 Tafeln, 2 Kartenbeilagen.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 196.1996(1997): Bonner Jahrbücher
Additional file 1 of Virtual reality-based therapy improves balance and reduces fear of falling in patients with multiple sclerosis. a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Cortés-Pérez, Irene
name: Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina
name: Montoro-Cárdenas, Desirée
name: Lomas-Vega, Rafael
name: Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban
name: Nieto-Escamez, Francisco Antonio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Tables: Table S1. Description of each Test Reported by Included Studies. Table S2. Subgroup Analysis According Disability Status (EDSS) of PwMS in Studies Included. Table S3. Subgroup Analysis According Total Number of Sessions. Table S4. Subgroup Analysis Number of Sessions per Week. Table S5. Subgroup Analysis According Duration of each Session in Minutes.
Robert Etienne/Yasmine Makaroun/Frangois Mayet, Un grand complexe industriel ä Tröia (Portugal)
Creators: name: Curtis, Robert I.
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Robert Etienne/Yasmine Makaroun/Frangois Mayet, Un grand complexe industriel ä Tröia (Portugal). Editions E. de Boccard, Paris 1994. 189 Seiten, 57 Abbildungen, 30 Tafeln.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 196.1996(1997): Bonner Jahrbücher
Relevance of electron spin dissipative processes to dynamic nuclear polarization via thermal mixing
Creators: name: Serra, Sonia Colombo
name: Filibian, Marta
name: Carretta, Pietro
name: Rosso, Alberto
name: Tedoldi, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The available theoretical approaches aiming at describing Dynamic Nuclear spin Polarization (DNP) in solutions containing molecules of biomedical interest and paramagnetic centers are not able to model the behaviour observed upon varying the concentration of trityl radicals or the polarization enhancement caused by moderate addition of gadolinium complexes. In this manuscript, we first show experimentally that the nuclear steady state polarization reached in solutions of pyruvic acid with 15 mM trityl radicals is substantially independent from the average internuclear distance. This evidences a leading role of electron (over nuclear) spin relaxation processes in determining the ultimate performances of DNP. Accordingly, we have devised a variant of the Thermal Mixing model for inhomogenously broadened electron resonance lines which includes a relaxation term describing the exchange of magnetic anisotropy energy of the electron spin system with the lattice. Thanks to this additional term, the dependence of the nuclear polarization on the electron concentration can be properly accounted for. Moreover, the model predicts a strong increase of the final polarization on shortening the electron spin-lattice relaxation time, providing a possible explanation for the effect of gadolinium doping.
description: 13 pages, 12 figures
Yann Le Bohec, Les Unites auxiliaires de l’armee romaine en Afrique Proconsulaire et Numidie sous le Haut Empire
Creators: name: Trousset, Pol
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Yann Le Bohec, Les Unites auxiliaires de l’armee romaine en Afrique Proconsulaire et Numidie sous le Haut Empire. Collection Etudes d’Antiquites Africaines. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1989. 220 Seiten.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 196.1996(1997): Bonner Jahrbücher
Additional file 2 of Virtual reality-based therapy improves balance and reduces fear of falling in patients with multiple sclerosis. a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Cortés-Pérez, Irene
name: Osuna-Pérez, María Catalina
name: Montoro-Cárdenas, Desirée
name: Lomas-Vega, Rafael
name: Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban
name: Nieto-Escamez, Francisco Antonio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Supplementary Figures: Figure S1. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Functional Balance. Figure S2. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Dynamic Balance. Figure S3. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Sway Area with Eyes Closed. Figure S4. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Centre of Pressure Excursion with Eyes Open. Figure S5. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Confidence of Balance. Figure S6. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Fear of Falling. Figure S7. Funnel Plot of the Effect of VRBT on Gait Speed.
title: On the Influence of the Microstructure upon the Fatigue and Corrosion Fatigue Behavior of UNS N07718
Creators: name: Engler, Christopher Tom
name: Sarmiento Klapper, Helmuth
name: Oechsner, Matthias
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2021

description: Due to the challenging operational conditions occurring during drilling, e.g., in the oil and gas industry, the corrosion fatigue (CF) behavior of materials used in drillstring components needs to be well understood. The combination of cyclic mechanic loads and a corrosive environment can affect significantly the integrity of a material, which has to be taken into account when selecting and qualifying materials for drilling equipment. Nickel alloys such as the precipitation-hardenable alloy 718 (UNS N07718) are widely used in many industrial applications including subterranean drilling. In the present study, the fatigue and CF behavior of alloy 718 in three different metallurgical conditions was investigated. The CF behavior of the different conditions was determined using customized rotating bending machines enabling testing in a simulated drilling environment at 125 °C. Results have shown that the fatigue and CF strength of alloy 718 is affected by its microstructural particularities, for instance, the amount of strengthening phases and δ-phase.
title: Surface Slip during Large Owens Valley Earthquakes
Creators: name: Haddon, Elizabeth K.
Publisher: name: Western Washington University
Year: 2015

description:
The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake ranks among the largest historical earthquakes in California. Relatively sparse field data and a complex rupture trace inhibited attempts to define the slip distribution and reconcile the total moment release. We present a new, comprehensive surface-slip record based on lidar and field investigation, documenting 183 measurements of laterally and vertically displaced landforms for 1872 and earlier Owens Valley fault earthquakes. Our lidar analysis uses a newly developed analytical tool to measure fault slip based on cross-correlation of sub-linear topographic features. This MATLAB-based GUI, OffsetXcor, produces a uniquely-shaped probability density function (PDF) of fault slip for each measurement. Stacking PDFs along strike to form cumulative offset probability distribution plots (COPDs) highlights common offset values corresponding to single- and multiple-event displacements. Dextral offsets for 1872 vary systematically from ~1.0 – 6.0 m and average 3.3 ± 1.2 m (2). The corresponding vertical shift is between ~0.1 to 2.4 m and predominantly east-side down, with a mean of 0.8 ± 0.5 m (2). The horizontal-to-vertical ratio averaged at specific sites is ~6:1, similar to previously reported values. We attribute progressively higher-offset lateral COPD peaks at 7.4 ± 1.3 m, 12.4 ± 1.2 m, and 16.6 ± 1.4 m (2) to three earlier surface ruptures. COPD peaks are relatively complex and bimodal, reflecting heterogeneous slip along geometric segments and subordinate strands. Evaluating cumulative displacements in context with previously dated landforms in Owens Valley suggests relatively constant, modest rates of fault slip, averaging between ~0.6-1.6 mm/yr (1) over the Mid-to-Late Quaternary.
Additional file 24 of Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on T1N0M0 breast cancer patients: a propensity score matching study based on SEER database and external cohort
Creators: name: Shen, Kaiwen
name: Yao, Longdi
name: Zhu, Jingyuan
name: Gu, Ximing
name: Wang, Jie
name: Qian, Wei
name: Zheng, Zhijian
name: Fu, Deyuan
name: Wu, Song
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 24: Table S21. Multivariable Cox regression analysesof overall survival for tumor grades in HoR-/HER2- T1c breast cancer patients.
Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen, Kaisertum und Bildungswesen im spätantiken Konstantinopel
Creators: name: Klein, Richard
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen, Kaisertum und Bildungswesen im spätantiken Konstantinopel. Historia Einzelschriften, Heft 94. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1995. 89 Seiten.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 196.1996(1997): Bonner Jahrbücher
Ultrasound as a probe of dislocation density in aluminum
Creators: name: Mujica, Nicolás
name: Cerda, María Teresa
name: Espinoza, Rodrigo
name: Lisoni, Judit
name: Lund, Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dislocations are at the heart of the plastic behavior of crystalline materials yet it is notoriously difficult to perform quantitative, non-intrusive, measurements of their single or collective properties. Dislocation density is a critical variable that determines dislocation mobility, strength and ductility. On the one hand, individual dislocations can be probed in detail with transmission electron microscopy. On the other hand, their collective properties must be simulated numerically. Here we show that ultrasound technology can be used to measure dislocation density. This development rests on theory---a generalization of the Granato-Lücke theory for the interaction of elastic waves with dislocations---and Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) measurements. The chosen material is aluminum, to which different dislocation contents were induced through annealing and cold rolling processes. The dislocation densities obtained with RUS compare favorably with those inferred from X-ray diffraction, using the modified Williamson-Hall method.
Jean Chapelot und Eric Rieth, Navigation et milieu fluvial au XIC siede. L’epave d’Orlac (Charente-Maritime)
Creators: name: Höckmann, Olaf
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Jean Chapelot und Eric Rieth, Navigation et milieu fluvial au XIC siede. L’epave d’Orlac (Charente-Maritime). Unter Mitarbeit von R. Huissoud, G. Lambert, C. Lavier und A. Marguet. Docu- ments d’Archeologie Frangaise, Band 48. Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris 1995. 165 Seiten, 90 Abbildungen.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 196.1996(1997): Bonner Jahrbücher
Cryptotis meridensis Thomas 1898
Creators: name: Hutterer, Rainer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Insectivora
Soricidae
Cryptotis
Cryptotis meridensis

description: Cryptotis meridensis Thomas, 1898. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 1:457. TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, " Merida, alt. 2165 m." DISTRIBUTION: Cordillera de Merida, and mountains near Caracas, Venezuela, see Tello (1979). COMMENTS: This species was commonly included in thomasi (Handley, 1976; Eisenberg, 1989) but is much larger and has a more robust dentition. Choate (pers. comm., 1983) and Hutterer (1986d) therefore considered meridensis a valid species.
description: Published as part of Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, pp. 69-130 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 108-109, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353085
description: {"references": ["Tello, J. 1979. Mamiferos de Venezuela. Caracas, 192 pp.", "Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.", "Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The northern Neotropics, vol. 1, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 449 pp.", "Hutterer, R. 1986 d. Sudamerikanische Spitzmause: Cryptotis meridensis und C. thomasi als verschiedene Arten. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 51, Sonderheft: 33 - 34."]}
title: A evolução da banda das três ordens militares (1789-1826)
Creators: name: Bragança, José Vicente Pinheiro de Melo de
Publisher: name: Universidade Lusíada Editora
Year: 2011

description: Lusíada. História. - ISSN 0873-1330. - S. 2, n. 8 (2011). - p. 259-284.
A Case Study on Enterprise Content Management using Agile Methodology
Creators: name: Raj, Rohit
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2016

description: Every organization has the need to create, classify, manage and archive information so that it is accessible when they need it. The amount of data or information needed for an organization to build their business and for them to be more positive in today's business world is increasing exponentially, which also includes unstructured data or unstructured content. It is not appropriate only to "manage" content, but whether the correct version of the data or document or record can be accessed. Enterprise Content Management is an efficient collection and planning of information that is to be used by a very particular type of audience for pure business objectives. It is neither a single type of technology nor a process, it is a combination of strategies, methods and tools used to preserve, store and deliver information supporting key enterprise processes through its entire lifecycle. This research is classified into a case study research because it takes a particular focus on a certain area, i.e., the ECM implementation in XYZ organization where I completed my summer internship this year. Besides research, this study also helped me understand the in-depth implementation of ECM in an enterprise which directly depicts the working environment and methodologies in XYZ.
A threshold secure data sharing scheme for federated clouds
Creators: name: Venkataramana, K.
name: Padmavathamma, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cloud computing allows users to view computing in a new direction, as it uses the existing technologies to provide better IT services at low-cost. To offer high QOS to customers according SLA, cloud services broker or cloud service provider uses individual cloud providers that work collaboratively to form a federation of clouds. It is required in applications like Real-time online interactive applications, weather research and forecasting etc., in which the data and applications are complex and distributed. In these applications secret data should be shared, so secure data sharing mechanism is required in Federated clouds to reduce the risk of data intrusion, the loss of service availability and to ensure data integrity. So In this paper we have proposed zero knowledge data sharing scheme where Trusted Cloud Authority (TCA) will control federated clouds for data sharing where the secret to be exchanged for computation is encrypted and retrieved by individual cloud at the end. Our scheme is based on the difficulty of solving the Discrete Logarithm problem (DLOG) in a finite abelian group of large prime order which is NP-Hard. So our proposed scheme provides data integrity in transit, data availability when one of host providers are not available during the computation.
description: 8 pages, 3 Figures, International Journal of Research in Computer Science 2012. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1003.3920 by other authors
Process Development for the Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices and Circuits Using Spin-On Dopant
Creators: name: Ryan, Richard R.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2016

description: Traditional approaches to semiconductor device fabrication are expensive and time consuming, making them out of reach for most universities and colleges. The objective of this thesis is to develop a process by which semiconductor devices and circuits can be implemented completely in-house using spin-on dopants (SODs), and low-cost transparency masks, to significantly reduce the lead time, complexity, and cost associated with device fabrication. This will allow hands on fabrication experience for students at universities and colleges without the traditional expensive device fabrication facilities. In addition, it will also allow students and professors to design, fabricate and test semiconductor devices and simple integrated circuits in house rapidly and inexpensively. The process developed in this project is based on the existing facilities and equipment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and can be transferred to most university and college environments. A pn junction diode and a simple integrated circuit consisting of pn junction diodes were used for the process development. The process was optimized by comparing the effects of process variations, contact location, and diffusion heating profiles on device characteristics. The process developed in this project is expected to provide hands-on fabrication experience for students without such access, as well as for the rapid prototyping of simple devices and integrated circuits for universities and colleges without expensive fabrication facilities.
Discussion of "Multiple Testing for Exploratory Research" by J. J. Goeman and A. Solari
Creators: name: Heller, Ruth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Goeman and Solari [Statist. Sci. 26 (2011) 584-597, arXiv:1208.2841] have addressed the interesting topic of multiple testing for exploratory research, and provided us with nice suggestions for exploratory analysis. They defined properties that an inferential procedure should have for exploratory analysis: the procedure should be mild, flexible and post hoc. Their inferential procedure gives a lower bound on the number of false hypotheses among the selected hypotheses, and moreover whenever possible identifies elementary hypotheses that are false. The need to estimate a lower bound on the number of false hypotheses arises in various applications, and the partial conjunction approach was developed for this purpose in Biometrics 64 (2008) 1215-1222 (see also Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A 367 (2009) 4255-4271 for more details). For example, in a combined analysis of several studies that examine the same problem, it is of interest to give a lower bound on the number of studies in which the finding was reproduced. I will first address the relation between the method of Goeman and Solari and the partial conjunction approach. Then I will discuss possible extensions and address the issue of exploration in more general settings, where the local test may not be defined in advance or where the candidate hypotheses may not be known to begin with.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-STS356A the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Identifying and Mapping Cell-type Specific Chromatin Programming of Gene Expression
Creators: name: Marstrand, Troels T.
name: Storey, John D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A problem of substantial interest is to systematically map variation in chromatin structure to gene expression regulation across conditions, environments, or differentiated cell types. We developed and applied a quantitative framework for determining the existence, strength, and type of relationship between high-resolution chromatin structure in terms of DNaseI hypersensitivity (DHS) and genome-wide gene expression levels in 20 diverse human cell lines. We show that ~25% of genes show cell-type specific expression explained by alterations in chromatin structure. We find that distal regions of chromatin structure (e.g., +/- 200kb) capture more genes with this relationship than local regions (e.g., +/- 2.5kb), yet the local regions show a more pronounced effect. By exploiting variation across cell-types, we were capable of pinpointing the most likely hypersensitive sites related to cell-type specific expression, which we show have a range of contextual usages. This quantitative framework is likely applicable to other settings aimed at relating continuous genomic measurements to gene expression variation.
description: First version completed December 2010. Last modified August 2011. We remain in the submission and publication process, so the content of this manuscript may change in the future. With the recent publication of 30 ENCODE papers, we would like to share our related work with the research community. The Supplementary Information may be found among the source files, specifically in arxiv_SI.pdf
Vale Emeritus Professor Byron A Kakulas AO, 1932 – 2023
Creators: name: Harper, Clive
name: Masters, Colin
Publisher: name: Free Neuropathology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Obituary
Neuropathology Australia
Inclusion body myositis
Muscular dystrophy

description: Free Neuropathology, Bd. 4 (2023)
Photometric study of open clusters Berkeley 96, Berkeley 97, King 12, NGC 7261, NGC 7296, and NGC 7788
Creators: name: Glushkova, Elena V.
name: Zabolotskikh, Marina V.
name: Koposov, Sergey E.
name: Spiridonova, Olga I.
name: Leonova, Svetlana I.
name: Vlasyuk, Valery V.
name: Rastorguev, Alexey S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The BVRcIc CCD photometry in the fields of six open clusters toward the Perseus spiral arm is presented. These data along with JHKs magnitudes taken from 2MASS catalog, have been used to determine cluster's ages, distances and color excesses. In addition, the gaps in mass function of Be 97, King 12 and NGC 7788 clusters have been revealed in mass intervals of 1.3-1.5, 1.4-1.6 and 1.5-1.7 solar masses, respectively.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
Larval-Ant Interactions in the Mojave Desert: Communication Brings Us Together
Creators: name: Mellor, Alicia
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2018

description: Butterflies are a diverse and essential group of pollinators whose abundance is predominantly determined by growth and survival of their larvae.  In the family Lycaenidae, many species participate in a larval-ant mutualism where ants feed on nutrient-rich nectar produced by larvae and, in turn, protect those larvae from predators. Emerging evidence indicates larval scent in the form of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), not nectar production, drives this interaction. This study takes two approaches to investigate CHCs as the driver behind the larval-ant mutualism in three butterfly species native to southern Nevada: Euphilotes bernardino martini (Martin's blue), Brephidium exilis (western pygmy blue), and Euphilotes ancilla (Rocky Mountain dotted blue). First, behavioral assays are conducted to investigate larval-ant interactions in early and late larval instars both with live larvae and beads coated in larval extract. Second, the general composition of hydrocarbons found on the larval cuticles of these mutualist species is identified along with those from four species of attendant ants (Forelius pruinosus, Camponotus spp, Crematogaster mormonum, and Linepithema humile) to determine how varying CHC composition may be implicated in initiating and maintaining this important mutualism. In addition, this study addresses the novel hypothesis that early instar larvae produce a simple CHC suite to avoid ant aggression and then, in late instars, switch to producing a complex CHC suite that encourages ant interaction. This study finds partial support for CHC overlap in mutualist larvae and ants but does not find support for a developmental shift in CHC production.
Lines generate the Picard groups of certain Fermat surfaces
Creators: name: Degtyarev, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14J25, 14J05, 14H30

description: We answer a question of T.Shioda and show that, for any positive integer $m$ prime to 6, the Picard group of the Fermat surface $Φ_m$ is generated by the classes of lines contained in $Φ_m$.
description: revised and substantially extended (for non-topologists) version; title changed
"Everyone Wants That Ring, and I Have It": A Content Analysis of Identity Expressions from Female Castmembers on the Reality Television Series Wags (Wives and Girlfriends of Sports Stars)
Creators: name: Millican, Kaitlyn
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2018

description: Identity formation has been conceptualized in communication studies, but holds reduced presence as applied to contemporary cases involving the reality documentary television genre. This study investigates identity formation by examining the reality television series WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends of Sports Stars). This study utilized social identity theory as a lens through which an examination of how female partners of professional sports stars manage identity via the social medium platform of Twitter, with consideration to whether the identity management reinforces or negates identities portrayed on WAGs. In order to examine if the identity management reinforces or negates identities portrayed on WAGs, one hundred and seventy-five Tweets from the Twitter accounts of three WAGs were analyzed and coded under three different categories. Results demonstrate that a nonsignificant difference exists between identity formation strategies used and the relational status of the WAGs; however, some within category distributional differences exist. Additional results, discussion and future directions follow.
Driven-dissipative dynamics of a strongly interacting Rydberg gas
Creators: name: Glaetzle, A. W.
name: Nath, R.
name: Zhao, B.
name: Pupillo, G.
name: Zoller, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the non-equilibrium many-body dynamics of a cold gas of ground state alkali atoms weakly admixed by Rydberg states with laser light. On a timescale shorter than the lifetime of the dressed states, effective dipole-dipole or van der Waals interactions between atoms can lead to the formation of strongly correlated phases, such as atomic crystals. Using a semiclassical approach, we study the long-time dynamics where decoherence and dissipative processes due to spontaneous emission and blackbody radiation dominate, leading to heating and melting of atomic crystals as well as particle losses. These effects can be substantially mitigated by performing active laser cooling in the presence of atomic dressing.
description: 20 pages, 15 figures
Prostate Cancer Survival among Hispanics: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Population-Based Cohort Study
Creators: name: Rivas, David
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2018

description: Hispanics are now the youngest, largest, and fastest growing minority group in the U.S. Prostate cancer (PC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among Hispanics. For the first time, we examined PC-specific survival among distinct Hispanic groups that include Mexicans, Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, as well as Central and South Americans. We compared these groups to the main reference population in the U.S., non-Hispanic Whites (NHW), after adjustment for prognostic factor risk categories (prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, Gleason score, and tumor stage), as well as sociodemographic covariates (e.g., health insurance, and marital status). Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data from 2004 to 2013 were used. Cox proportional hazards regression revealed that Hispanics, overall, show an increased risk of death in comparison to NHW HR = 1.17 (95% CI: 1.12-1.22), over time, but that difference disappears after adjustment for prognostic factors HR = 0.97 (95% CI: 0.93-1.02). This result is likely due to the known overdiagnosis of initial indolent PC cancers more common in the referent group (NHW). Moreover, among the subcategory of unknown stage (as opposed to known stage), Hispanics do relatively poorly which may account for some of the increased risk of death in relation to NHW. To further examine a more meaningful disparity, we restricted our analysis to those with localized stage and PSA larger than 9.9 ng/ml. Initially, for these intermediate risk stages that are more prone to disparities, due to differential treatment or access to quality healthcare, there were no differences between Hispanics and the referent group HR = 1.03 (95% CI: 0.96  1.09, p-value = 0.44); however, the HR appeared to improve after adjusting for prognostic factors (HR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.89  1.01, p-value = 0.09), which may indicate that Hispanics present marginally worse biological characteristics in comparison to NHW. Finally, after adjusting for all prognostic and social factors, Hispanics showed a theoretical survival advantage in comparison to NHW HR = 0.93 (95% CI: 0.87-0.99). Contrary to expected results, social factors that were included in this study did not appear to add a survival advantage for Hispanics. Among the different Hispanic groups, Puerto Rican men living in the U.S. (HR = 1.38, p-value
Current conservation in charge conjugation parity time reversal symmetry (CPT) violating gauge-invariant nonlocal Thirring model
Creators: name: Patra, Pinaki
name: Saha, Jyoti Prasad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge conjugation, parity transformation and time reversal symmetry (CPT) violation and Lorentz invariance can coexist in the framework of non-local field theory. In this article we have proposed a class of Charge conjugation, parity transformation and time reversal symmetry (CPT) violating Lorentz invariant nonlocal gauge-invariant models, which can be termed as non-local Thirring models. The conserved currents in this aspect are obtained.
description: Accepted in Indian journal of Physics
Cryptotis mexicana
Creators: name: Hutterer, Rainer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Insectivora
Soricidae
Cryptotis
Cryptotis mexicana

description: Cryptotis mexicana (Coues, 1877). Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 3:652. TYPE LOCALITY: "Xalapa, Mexico " [= Jalapa, ca. 1520 m, Veracruz). DISTRIBUTION: Humid upper tropical zone from Tamaulipas to Chiapas (Mexico); altitudinal range 520 to 3200 m. SYNONYMS: madrea, nelsoni, obscura, peregrina, phillipsii. COMMENTS: Notiosorex (Xenosorex) phillipsii is a synonym of Cryptotis mexicana; see Choate (1969). Reviewed by Choate (1973, Mammalian Species, 28), who recognized four subspecies, mexicana, nelsoni, obscura, and peregrina.
description: Published as part of Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, pp. 69-130 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 109, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353085
description: {"references": ["Choate, J. R. 1969. Taxonomic status of the shrew, Notiosorex (Xenosorex) phillipsii Schaldach, 1966 (Mammalia: Insectivora). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 469 - 476.", "Choate, J. R. 1973. Cryptotis mexicana. Mammalian Species, 28: 1 - 3."]}
Additional file 1 of Alternative stable states, nonlinear behavior, and predictability of microbiome dynamics
Creators: name: Fujita, Hiroaki
name: Ushio, Masayuki
name: Suzuki, Kenta
name: Abe, Masato S.
name: Yamamichi, Masato
name: Iwayama, Koji
name: Canarini, Alberto
name: Hayashi, Ibuki
name: Fukushima, Keitaro
name: Fukuda, Shinji
name: Kiers, E. Toby
name: Toju, Hirokazu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Experimental setting and microbiome data formats.
Quantum limit for measurement of a weak classical force coupled to a noisy quantum-mechanical oscillator
Creators: name: Latune, C. L.
name: Escher, B. M.
name: Filho, R. L. de Matos
name: Davidovich, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precise measurements of tiny forces and displacements play an important role in science and technology. The precision of recent experiments, while beginning to reach the limits imposed by quantum mechanics, is necessarily spoiled by the unavoidable influence of noise. Here we obtain a quantum limit for the uncertainty in the estimation of a resonant classical force acting on a noisy quantum-mechanical oscillator. We determine the best initial state of the oscillator and the best measurement procedure, thus getting a rigorous and useful benchmark for experiments aiming to detect extremely small forces.
description: Main article: 4.5 pages (including references), 2 figures; Supplemental Material: 5 pages
Predictors of Child and Adolescent Bias and Flexibility in the Attractiveness Domain
Creators: name: Verba, Stephanie
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2018

description: Children often associate positive attributes with high attractive peers and negative attributes with low attractive peers (bias), although some think both peers have positive attributes and neither has negative attributes (flexibility). Children also believe those they think positively of will think positively of them (positive bias reciprocation/positive flexibility reciprocation) and such beliefs in reciprocation predict bias and flexibility. Given the negative effects of bias (i.e., differential attributions based on one's attractiveness) and the positive effects of flexibility, this study investigated individual differences in children and adolescent's attractiveness biases and flexibility. Specifically, the author examined whether 9-11-year-olds and 14-16-year-olds' beliefs in reciprocation mediated the associations among self-esteem, perspective-taking ability, and bias and among self-esteem, perspective-taking ability, and flexibility in the attractiveness domain. Participants (N=104) completed measures of self-esteem and perspective-taking and a task in which they assigned positive and negative attributes and considered who would reciprocate positive evaluations to faces differing in attractiveness. Participants could choose one of the two faces (i.e., displaying bias), or both or neither of the faces (i.e., displaying flexibility). For both age groups, participants' beliefs in positive flexibility reciprocation mediated the association between self-esteem and flexibility and perspective-taking ability and flexibility, whereas these abilities were unrelated to their bias. Results suggest bias and flexibility activate two different cognitive mechanisms. Efforts to improve children and adolescent's self-esteem and perspective-taking ability might increase flexible thinking, but predictors of bias need to be further explored.