cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comparison of capsule endoscopy and magnetic resonance (MR) enteroclysis in suspected small bowel disease
Creators: name: Gölder, Stefan K.
name: Schreyer, Andreas G.
name: Endlicher, Esther
name: Feuerbach, Stefan
name: Schölmerich, Jürgen
name: Kullmann, Frank
name: Seitz, Johannes
name: Rogler, Gerhard
name: Herfarth, Hans
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Capsule endoscopy; Enteroclysis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Crohns disease; Gastrointestinal bleeding
subject: 610 Medizin

description: BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Small bowel MR enteroclysis and wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) are new diagnostic tools for the investigation of the small bowel. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic yield of WCE with MR enteroclysis in the detection of small bowel pathologies. METHODS: A total of 36 patients were included in the study. Indications for imaging of the small bowel were proven or suspected small bowel Crohn's disease (CD; n=18), obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding (n=14) and tumour surveillance (n=4). RESULTS: In patients with Crohn's disease WCE detected significantly more inflammatory lesions in the first two segments of the small bowel compared with MR enteroclysis (12 patients vs. 1 patient, p=0.016). In 5 out of 14 (36%) patients with GI bleeding, angiodysplasia was detected as a possible bleeding source. Three of these patients had active bleeding sites detected by WCE. One patient had scattered inflammation of the mucosa. MR enteroclysis did not reveal any intestinal abnormalities in this patient group. MR enteroclysis provided extraintestinal pathologies in 10 out of 36 (28%) patients. CONCLUSION: In patients with Crohn's disease WCE revealed significantly more inflammatory lesions in the proximal and middle part of the small bowel in comparison to MR enteroclysis, whereas in patients with obscure GI bleeding WCE was superior to MR enteroclysis.
Constraints on a New Light Spin-One Particle from Rare b -> s Transitions
Creators: name: Oh, Sechul
name: Tandean, Jusak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The anomalously large like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry in semileptonic b-hadron decays recently measured by the D0 Collaboration may be hinting at the presence of CP-violating new physics in the mixing of B_s mesons. It has been suggested that the effect of a nonstandard spin-1 particle lighter than the b quark with flavor-changing couplings to b and s quarks can reproduce the D0 result within its one-sigma range. Here we explore the possibility that the new particle also couples to charged leptons l=e,mu and thus contributes to rare b -> s processes involving the leptons. We consider in particular constraints on its couplings from existing experimental data on the inclusive B -> X_s l^+ l^- and exclusive B -> K^{(*)} l^+ l^- decays, as well as the anomalous magnetic moments of the leptons. We find that there is parameter space of the particle that is allowed by the current data. Future measurements of these B transitions and rare decays of the B_s meson, such as B_s -> (phi,eta,eta') l^+ l^- and B_s -> l^+ l^-, at LHCb and next-generation B factories can probe its presence or couplings more stringently.
description: 19 pages, 5 figures
Operational State Complexity of Deterministic Unranked Tree Automata
Creators: name: Piao, Xiaoxue
name: Salomaa, Kai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider the state complexity of basic operations on tree languages recognized by deterministic unranked tree automata. For the operations of union and intersection the upper and lower bounds of both weakly and strongly deterministic tree automata are obtained. For tree concatenation we establish a tight upper bound that is of a different order than the known state complexity of concatenation of regular string languages. We show that (n+1) ( (m+1)2^n-2^(n-1) )-1 vertical states are sufficient, and necessary in the worst case, to recognize the concatenation of tree languages recognized by (strongly or weakly) deterministic automata with, respectively, m and n vertical states.
description: In Proceedings DCFS 2010, arXiv:1008.1270
OurMED M4.1 Literature-Based Identification of Multi-Sectoral Water Management Approaches. Version 1.0
Creators: name: Magnabosco, Rafael
name: A. Godoy, Vanessa
name: Gómez-Hernández, J. Jaime
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Multi-objective Optimisation
Multi-sectoral Water Management
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Decision Variables
Literature Review
Objective Functions
Constraints

description: OurMED aims to enhance water management strategies by integrating monitoring, modeling, and technology, focusing on natural and artificial water systems. Task 4.1 involves developing a robust multi-objective methodology for water management, considering site-specific characteristics and stakeholder needs.

This document represents a milestone in Task 4.1 of the OurMED project, involving a literature review report on multi-sectoral water management approaches. It plays a crucial role in assessing the progress of Task 4.1 towards developing the methodology to be presented in deliverable D4.1. 

The review consolidates key concepts and discussions on multi-objective and multi-sectoral water resources management, along with methods to address complex water management challenges commonly encountered in regions facing conflicts between water availability and demand, leading to significant water and ecosystem issues. 
description: This project is part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 2222.
title: Probiotika und Wundheilung
Creators: name: Schwerdtfeger, Michael
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Die bakterielle Besiedelung von Wunden geschieht unmittelbar nach der Verletzung und hat erhebliche Bedeutung für den Heilungsprozess. Die Beeinflussung biochemischer Prozesse durch pathogene Bakterien verzögert die Wundheilung. Neben dieser Wechselwirkung zwischen der lokalen Mikroflora und[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 9. Mitteldeutscher Wundkongress
Isovector axial-vector form factors of octet baryons in QCD
Creators: name: Erkol, Guray
name: Ozpineci, Altug
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the diagonal isovector axial-vector as well as induced pseudoscalar form factors of nucleon, $Σ$ and $Ξ$ baryons by employing the light-cone QCD sum rules to leading order in QCD and including distribution amplitudes up to twist 6. Extrapolating our sum-rules results to low-momentum transfers, we make a comparison with experimental and lattice-QCD results where we can achieve a nice qualitative and quantitative agreement.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
title: Schulung und Behandlung von Kunstherzpatienten – Prävention und Behandlung von Infektionen
Creators: name: Ott-Loffhagen, Hendrik
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Die Implantation von Kunstherzen (VAD – Ventricular assist devices) ist heute vor allem bei Patienten mit fortgeschrittener Herzinsuffizienz indiziert. Eigentlich dazu entwickelt um die Wartezeit bis zu einer Herztransplantation zu überbücken, werden diese Systeme heute immer frühzeitiger[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 9. Mitteldeutscher Wundkongress
The Cauchy Problem for the Wave Equation in the Schwarzschild Geometry
Creators: name: Kronthaler, Johann
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematik

description: The Cauchy problem is considered for the scalar wave equation in the Schwarzschild geometry. We derive an integral spectral representation for the solution and prove pointwise decay in time.
Additional file 2 of Effectiveness of mobile apps to improve urinary incontinence: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Creators: name: Widdison, Renee
name: Rashidi, Amineh
name: Whitehead, Lisa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cell Biology
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Characteristics of Included Studies - Randomized Controlled Trial Form.
Analysis of three-nucleon forces effects in the $A=3$ system
Creators: name: Kievsky, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using modern nucleon-nucleon interactions in the description of the $A=3,4$ nuclear systems the $χ^2$ per datum results to be much bigger than one. In particular it is not possible to reproduce the three- and four-nucleon binding energies and the $n-d$ scattering length simultaneously. This is one manifestation of the necessity of including a three-nucleon force in the nuclear Hamiltonian. In this paper we perform an analysis of some, widely used, three-nucleon force models. We analyze their capability to describe the aforementioned quantities and, to improve their description, we propose modifications in the parametrization of the models. The effects of these new parametrization are studied in some polarization observables at low energies.
description: 10 pages, to be published in Few-Body Systems. Presented at the workshop on "Relativistic Description of Two- and Three-body Systems in Nuclear Physics" ECT* Trento, 19 - 23 October 2009
Trägt Nikotin zur Krebsentstehung im oberen Aerodigestivtrakt bei?
Creators: name: Kleinsasser, N. H.
name: Sassen, A. W.
name: Semmler, M. P.
name: Staudenmaier, R.
name: Harréus, U. A.
name: Richter, E.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nikotin; Genotoxizität; Tabakrauch; Comet-Assay; Humane Zielzellen; Lymphozyten
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Hintergrund Für die krebsauslösende Wirkung des Rauchens werden bisher andere Schadstoffe als Nikotin verantwortlich gemacht. Den Hinweisen, dass Nikotin selbst zur Tumorigenese beiträgt, geht diese Studie nach durch Untersuchung, ob dieser Suchtstoff auch eine direkte genotoxische Wirkung auf die Zielzellen der Krebsentstehung im oberen Aerodigestivtrakt beim Menschen hat. Patienten und Methoden Humane Gewebeproben aus Tonsilla palatina, Concha nasalis inferior und Larynx sowie periphere Lymphozyten wurden mit Nikotin in aufsteigenden Konzentrationen inkubiert. Die DNA-Schädigung wurde mit der alkalischen Einzelzell-Mikrogelelektrophorese ermittelt, zytotoxische Effekte mit dem Trypanblau-Ausschlusstest quantifiziert. Ergebnisse Nikotin erzeugt in allen Zelltypen einen dosisabhängigen Anstieg der DNA-Schädigung, der in den Proben aus Gaumenmandeln ab 1 mM, bei den Epithelien der unteren Nasenmuscheln und des Kehlkopfes sowie in Lymphozyten ab 0,25 mM einen relevanten Unterschied zur Negativkontrolle ergab. In diesem Konzentrationsbereich war die Vitalität der Zellen nicht eingeschränkt. Fazit Neben der Suchtinduktion trägt Nikotin potenziell direkt zur Tumorinitiation durch Tabakrauchinhaltsstoffe bei.
title: Chirurgische Lymphtherapie aus plastisch-rekonstruktiver Sicht
Creators: name: Frerichs, Onno
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Chronische, sekundäre Lymphödeme waren traditionell ein konservativ zu behandelndes Krankheitsbild. Die Erkrankung geht mit einer erheblichen Einschränkung der Lebensqualität und mit zum Teil erheblichen Spätschäden einher. Erst in fortgeschrittenen Spätstadien wurden,[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 9. Mitteldeutscher Wundkongress
title: Lymphologische Komplikationen in der Gefäßchirurgie
Creators: name: Tautenhahn, Jörg
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Unkomplizierte Einheilungsprozesse gefäßchirurgischer Rekonstruktionen setzen nicht kontaminierte Gewebestrukturen voraus. Neben den Arterien und Venen stellen die Lymphgefäße einen weiteren wichtigen Transportweg dar.     Als lymphpflichtige Lasten gelten:      die Fettlast, wobei[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 9. Mitteldeutscher Wundkongress
On the parametric finite element approximation of evolving hypersurfaces in R³
Creators: name: Barrett, John W.
name: Garcke, Harald
name: Nürnberg, Robert
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematik

description: We present a variational formulation of motion by minus the Laplacian of curvature and mean curvature flow, as well as related second and fourth order flows of a closed hypersurface in R³. On introducing a parametric finite element approximation, we prove stability bounds and compare our scheme with existing approaches. The presented scheme has very good properties with respect to the distribution of mesh points and, if applicable, volume conservation.
Transformations Between Different Types of Unranked Bottom-Up Tree Automata
Creators: name: Piao, Xiaoxue
name: Salomaa, Kai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider the representational state complexity of unranked tree automata. The bottom-up computation of an unranked tree automaton may be either deterministic or nondeterministic, and further variants arise depending on whether the horizontal string languages defining the transitions are represented by a DFA or an NFA. Also, we consider for unranked tree automata the alternative syntactic definition of determinism introduced by Cristau et al. (FCT'05, Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. 3623, pp. 68-79). We establish upper and lower bounds for the state complexity of conversions between different types of unranked tree automata.
description: In Proceedings DCFS 2010, arXiv:1008.1270
Simulations of Weighted Tree Automata
Creators: name: Ésik, Zoltán
name: Maletti, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 68Q45, 68Q70

description: Simulations of weighted tree automata (wta) are considered. It is shown how such simulations can be decomposed into simpler functional and dual functional simulations also called forward and backward simulations. In addition, it is shown in several cases (fields, commutative rings, Noetherian semirings, semiring of natural numbers) that all equivalent wta M and N can be joined by a finite chain of simulations. More precisely, in all mentioned cases there exists a single wta that simulates both M and N. Those results immediately yield decidability of equivalence provided that the semiring is finitely (and effectively) presented.
description: 17 pages, 2 figures
Fermi-LAT Search for Pulsar Wind Nebulae around gamma-ray Pulsars
Creators: name: The Fermi LAT Collaboration
name: Consortium, Pulsar Timing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The high sensitivity of the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope) offers the first opportunity to study faint and extended GeV sources such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). After one year of observation the LAT detected and identified three pulsar wind nebulae: the Crab Nebula, Vela-X and the PWN inside MSH 15-52. In the meantime, the list of LAT detected pulsars increased steadily. These pulsars are characterized by high energy loss rates from ~3 \times 10^{33} erg s$^{-1}$ to 5 \times 10$^{38}$ erg s$^{-1}$ and are therefore likely to power a PWN. This paper summarizes the search for PWNe in the off-pulse windows of 54 LAT-detected pulsars using 16 months of survey observations. Ten sources show significant emission, seven of these likely being of magnetospheric origin. The detection of significant emission in the off-pulse interval offers new constraints on the gamma-ray emitting regions in pulsar magnetospheres. The three other sources with significant emission are the Crab Nebula, Vela-X and a new pulsar wind nebula candidate associated with the LAT pulsar PSR J1023-5746, coincident with the TeV source HESS J1023-575. We further explore the association between the H.E.S.S. and the Fermi source by modeling its spectral energy distribution. Flux upper limits derived for the 44 remaining sources are used to provide new constraints on famous PWNe that have been detected at keV and/or TeV energies.
description: Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal, 42 pages, 17 figures
title: Wer finanziert was in der Wundversorgung? – Ein Überblick der verschiedenen Finanzierungsmodelle
Creators: name: Gerber, Madeleine
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: An der erfolgreichen Behandlung einer chronischen Wunde sind häufig mehrere medizinische Berufsgruppen beteiligt. In der Regel wird zunächst Ihr Hausarzt die Wunde behandeln. Eventuell überweist er zu einem Facharzt oder in eine Klinik. Die Verbandswechsel werden möglicherweise durch[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 9. Mitteldeutscher Wundkongress
Increase of sympathetic outflow measured by neuropeptide Y and decrease of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis tone in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis: another example of uncoupling of response systems
Creators: name: Härle, P.
name: Straub, R. H.
name: Wiest, R.
name: Mayer, A.
name: Schölmerich, J.
name: Atzeni, F.
name: Carrabba, M.
name: Cutolo, M.
name: Sarzi-Puttini, P.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: adrenal hormones; neuropeptide Y; rheumatoid arthritis; sympathetic nervous system hormones; systemic lupus erythematosus
subject: 610 Medizin

description: OBJECTIVE: To study in parallel the outflow of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis tone in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: 32 patients with SLE, 62 with RA, and 65 healthy subjects (HS) were included. To measure the tone of the HPA axis, plasma ACTH and serum cortisol were determined. Serum neuropeptide Y (NPY) was used to evaluate the sympathetic outflow. RESULTS: Patients with SLE had increased NPY levels in comparison with HS, irrespective of prior prednisolone treatment (p<0.001). For patients with RA, only those with prednisolone treatment had increased NPY levels in comparison with HS (p = 0.016). Daily prednisolone dose correlated positively with serum NPY in RA (R(Rank) = 0.356, p = 0.039). In contrast, plasma ACTH levels were generally decreased significantly in comparison with HS in SLE with prednisolone, and in RA with/without prednisolone. Similarly, serum cortisol levels were also decreased in SLE with/without prednisolone, and in RA with prednisolone. The NPY/ACTH ratio was increased in SLE and RA, irrespective of prior prednisolone treatment. The NPY/cortisol ratio was increased in SLE with/without prednisolone, and in RA with prednisolone. Twelve weeks' anti-TNF antibody treatment with adalimumab did not decrease NPY levels in RA, irrespective of prednisolone treatment. CONCLUSIONS: An increased outflow of the SNS was shown and a decreased tone of the HPA axis in patients with SLE and RA. Low levels of cortisol in relation to SNS neurotransmitters may be proinflammatory because cooperative anti-inflammatory coupling of the two endogenous response axes is missing.
Literary Reasoning in Large Language Models
Creators: name: Koul, Radhika
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Large Language Models
subject: Reasoning
subject: Fiction

description: Humans are capable of recognizing similarities not only between single concepts but also between intricate real-world situations that involve multiple entities and relationships. Such analogical reasoning has been considered the hallmark of human cognition. Humans are also able to draw affective inferences from such real-world situations, such as which situations inspire attention and empathy, and to what degree. Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown a variety of human-like content effects in logical reasoning and human-like performance in analogical reasoning in zero-shot and few-shot conditions. This study examines the interaction of LLMs with narratives, with a focus on inferred affect, fictionality, and embedding. In particular, I investigate LLMs’ estimations of affective impact and empathy in response to narrative stimuli presented in one of four different conditions: a fictional story with no embedding,  a fictional story with embedding, a non-fictional story with no embedding, and a non-fictional story with embedding.  This study builds upon prior work in narrative psychology and natural language understanding, proposing that LLMs as few-shot and zero-shot learners can differentiate the affective impact of narratives presented in different ways, and demonstrate literary reasoning, in particular, the abilities to 1) draw affective inferences from a story and 2) generate stories analogous to the story in question in mood, form and content.
The impact of balking queues on n-redundancy in computer systems
Creators: name: Sadeghi, Maryam
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: We study the steady state queue length probabilities for a queueing system for file downloading in which files are stored with redundancy. In particular, we address how the ability of a download file request to leave the system after seeing the queue length but before joining the queue. While it has been thoroughly proven that redundancy improves the performance of queueing systems, previous work has failed to address the inclusion of request loss affects a queueing system with redundancy. We develop a model for a queueing system with redundancy and request loss based on the Supermarket Model. Using that model, we solve for steady state queue length distribution and provide numerical results comparing systems with and without request loss. These numerical simulations show that in a queueing system with redundancy and request loss, the probability of having a particular number of requests in the system decreases as the number increases.
Influence of External Fields and Environment on the Dynamics of Phase Qubit-Resonator System
Creators: name: Berman, Gennady P.
name: Chumak, Alexander A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the dynamics of a qubit-resonator system coupled with a thermal bath and external electromagnetic fields. Using the evolution equations for the set of Heisenberg operators, that describe the whole system, we derive an expression for the resonator field, accounting for the resonator-drive,-bath, and -qubit interaction. The renormalization of the resonator frequency, caused by the qubit-resonator interaction, is accounted for. Using solutions for the resonator field, we derive the equation describing qubit dynamics. The influence of the qubit evolution during the measurement time on the fidelity of a single-shot measurement is studied. The relation between the fidelity and measurement time is shown explicitly. Also, an expression describing relaxation of the superposition qubit state towards its stationary value is derived. The possibility of controlling this state, by varying the amplitude and frequency of drive, is shown.
description: 15 pages
title: Ergebnisse der Bundeskonsensuskonferenz zur Nutzenbewertung in der Behandlung chronischer Wunden – Rahmenbedingungen für die Vergabe von Selektivverträgen
Creators: name: Wild, Thomas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Das Messen des Erfolges der Wundbehandlung stellte in den letzten Jahren eine Hürde in der Bewertung der Bedeutung der Wundheilungsstörungen als auch deren Erstattungsfähigkeit dar. Klare Erkrankungen wie eine koronare Herzerkrankung oder ein definiertes Trauma lassen sich aufgrund der[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 9. Mitteldeutscher Wundkongress
The Maximal Subword Complexity of Quasiperiodic Infinite Words
Creators: name: Polley, Ronny
name: Staiger, Ludwig
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.3, F.4.m, F.1.1

description: We provide an exact estimate on the maximal subword complexity for quasiperiodic infinite words. To this end we give a representation of the set of finite and of infinite words having a certain quasiperiod q via a finite language derived from q. It is shown that this language is a suffix code having a bounded delay of decipherability. Our estimate of the subword complexity now follows from this result, previously known results on the subword complexity and elementary results on formal power series.
description: In Proceedings DCFS 2010, arXiv:1008.1270
A flexible regression model for count data
Creators: name: Sellers, Kimberly F.
name: Shmueli, Galit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Poisson regression is a popular tool for modeling count data and is applied in a vast array of applications from the social to the physical sciences and beyond. Real data, however, are often over- or under-dispersed and, thus, not conducive to Poisson regression. We propose a regression model based on the Conway--Maxwell-Poisson (COM-Poisson) distribution to address this problem. The COM-Poisson regression generalizes the well-known Poisson and logistic regression models, and is suitable for fitting count data with a wide range of dispersion levels. With a GLM approach that takes advantage of exponential family properties, we discuss model estimation, inference, diagnostics, and interpretation, and present a test for determining the need for a COM-Poisson regression over a standard Poisson regression. We compare the COM-Poisson to several alternatives and illustrate its advantages and usefulness using three data sets with varying dispersion.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-AOAS306 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Additional file 1 of Choice of home blood pressure monitoring device: the role of device characteristics among Alaska Native and American Indian peoples
Creators: name: Railey, Ashley F.
name: Dillard, Denise A.
name: Fyfe-Johnson, Amber
name: Todd, Michael
name: Schaefer, Krista
name: Rosenman, Robert
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Additional summary statistics and alternative model specifications.
Bypassing state initialisation in perfect state transfer protocols on spin-chains
Creators: name: Di Franco, C.
name: Paternostro, M.
name: Kim, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although a complete picture of the full evolution of complex quantum systems would certainly be the most desirable goal, for particular Quantum Information Processing schemes such an analysis is not necessary. When quantum correlations between only specific elements of a many-body system are required for the performance of a protocol, a more distinguished and specialised investigation is helpful. Here, we provide a striking example with the achievement of perfect state transfer in a spin chain without state initialisation, whose realisation has been shown to be possible in virtue of the correlations set between the first and last spin of the transmission-chain.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX4
Development of Highly Effective Zinc Indium Sulfide-Based Photocatalytic System for Solar-Driven Overall Water Splitting
Creators: name: Chong, Wei Kean
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 340606
subject: Photochemistry
classificationCode: 340601
subject: Catalysis and mechanisms of reactions
classificationCode: 401807
subject: Nanomaterials

description: Solar energy, the most abundant yet underutilised renewable resource, stands as the quintessential focal point for technological innovation in response to escalating global energy demand and environmental concerns. Solar-driven water splitting, driven by light-activated photocatalysts, holds the promise of harnessing solar energy to produce clean hydrogen fuel. This study delves into the exploration and development of a highly efficient zinc indium sulfide-based photocatalytic system, from both experimental investigations and computational analyses, to realise ambient solar-driven water splitting to generate hydrogen as an ideal substitute for fossil fuels.
Blocking MAdCAM-1 in vivo reduces leukocyte extravasation and reverses chronic inflammation in experimental colitis
Creators: name: Farkas, Stefan
name: Hornung, Matthias
name: Sattler, Christine
name: Edtinger, Karoline
name: Steinbauer, Markus
name: Anthuber, Matthias
name: Schlitt, Hans J.
name: Herfarth, Hans
name: Geissler, Edward K.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: MAdCAM-1; Experimental chronic colitis; In vivo microscopy
subject: 610 Medizin

description: BACKGROUND: Leukocyte recruitment to sites of intestinal inflammation is a crucial multi-step process, leading ultimately to the accumulation of cells in the inflamed tissue. These interactions in the gut are critically dependent on the mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1), which is expressed on endothelial cells within the mesenteric lymph nodes and the lamina propria of the intestine. Here, we investigate the pathophysiologic role of MAdCAM-1 in the intestinal microcirculation in vivo. METHODS: Using a standard mouse model, chronic colitis was established after four cycles of dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) application. MAdCAM-1 expression was investigated by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting, as well as real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Intravital microscopy was used to study the role of MAdCAM-1 on leukocyte-endothelium interactions and leukocyte extravasation. RESULTS: Significant changes in MAdCAM-1 were observed in mice with chronic DSS-induced colitis. Upregulation of MAdCAM-1 expression in chronic colitis was demonstrated on a protein and messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) level. Anti-MAdCAM-1 treatment lead to a marked reduction (>60%) of leukocyte sticking and extravasation in vivo, compared to the controls. This was parallelled by a significant reduction (45%) of intestinal inflammation, as measured by the histologic grading score. CONCLUSION: These in vivo results demonstrate a distinct role of MAdCAM-1 in inflammatory intestinal diseases, and suggest that therapeutic strategies targeting this adhesion molecule could be useful in the treatment of chronic colitis.
Projection inferences with clause-embedding predicates in RSA models
Creators: name: Pan, Dingyi
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: Projection inerences
Clause-embedding predicates
Experimental pragmatics
Probabilistic pragmatics

description: Projection inferences are inferences about speaker commitment to content embedded that project through an entailment-canceling operator. In this thesis, we investigate projection inferences in polar interrogatives with clause-embedding predicates (e.g., Does John know that Julian dances salsa?). Inferred speaker belief regarding whether Julian dances salsa is modulated by multiple factors, including the predicate used, interlocutors' prior beliefs about the content, and the content's at-issueness. In a behavioral study, we investigate the beliefs about contents embedded under the predicates “think” and “know” that listeners ascribe to the speaker and a potential attitude holder (John). We propose three different probabilistic models couched in the Rational Speech Act (RSA) framework, in an attempt to provide a unified computational account of projection inferences about content embedded under clause-embedding predicates. The empirical data are used to infer the parameters and evaluate the model predictions. The predictions of each model mirror some, but not all, of the qualitative empirical patterns. This is a step towards a systematic analysis of projection inferences using probabilistic pragmatic models.
White supremacy and patriarchal cisgenderism in US nation-building and resistance by transgender and non-binary people of colour
Creators: name: McKee, Lyra
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: This thesis takes as its starting point the continued violence against transgender and non-binary people of colour and Two-Spirit people in the United States. I first address theories of racialization and racism, drawing on the work of Andrea Smith to identify three subsets of white supremacy: anti-blackness, settler colonialism, and xenophobia. Next, I define patriarchal cisgenderism as the system of oppression that privileges toxic masculinity and denigrates femininity and gender variance. These two intersecting systems of oppression, white supremacy and patriarchal cisgenderism, combine within necropolitical US nation-building and are manifested in the prison industrial complex, the Native reservation system, and immigration enforcement, which are each aligned primarily with anti-blackness, settler colonialism, and xenophobia, respectively. These manifestations of white supremacy and patriarchal cisgenderism constitute and incite state-sanctioned violence that especially targets trans and non-binary people of colour and Two-Spirit people. The prison industrial complex, the Native reservation system, and immigration enforcement are analyzed in both their commonalities and specificities in order to show how they are structured by white supremacy and patriarchal cisgenderism. The final chapter of the thesis posits non-compliance and performing otherwise as modes of embodied resistance against necropolitical US nation-building. By highlighting performance art and activism by transgender and non-binary people of colour, I show how performing otherwise constitutes a form of resistance from which activists can and should learn. I assert that resistance to the white supremacy and patriarchal cisgenderism of necropolitical US nation-building must be led by transgender and non-binary people of colour and Two-Spirit people since they are most impacted by these systems of oppression.
High re-bleeding rate in young adults after subarachnoid haemorrhage from giant aneurysms
Creators: name: Rothoerl, Ralf Dirk
name: Finkenzeller, Thomas
name: Schubert, Thomas
name: Woertgen, Chris
name: Brawanski, Alexander
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Re-bleeding rate; SAH; Giant aneurysm
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Low re-bleeding rates within the first 14 days of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage are reported in young patients. Furthermore, re-bleeding rate for giant aneurysms does not exceed 20% according to the literature. Our own clinical impression is that the re-bleeding rate seems to be much higher in giant aneurysms than reported, particularly in young patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate re-bleeding rate after subarachnoid haemorrhage following rupture of giant aneurysms in a younger population. We reviewed records of 23 patients who were treated in our institution for subarachnoid haemorrhage from giant aneurysms between 1994 and 2003. By definition, the aneurysms were larger than 25 mm in diameter. Five patients were younger than 40 years of age at the time of the aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. All younger patients (<40 years of age) showed re-bleeding after the first subarachnoid haemorrhage within the first 14 days of the initial event. In four patients (20%) older than 40 years at the time of the haemorrhage re-bleeding could be observed within the first 14 days of subarachnoid haemorrhage. We can confirm the re-bleeding rate of approximately 20% in patients suffering from subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in the group of patients older than 40 years of age. However, younger patients seem to be at much higher risk of re-bleeding from giant aneurysms.
Investigation into the Mechanical Behaviour of Timber Chocks in Underground Mining
Creators: name: Dehghanipoodeh, Mohsen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 400502
subject: Civil geotechnical engineering

description: Timber chocks are essential standing support systems in underground mining, stabilising areas where roof and floor deformations occur. Made from Australian hardwood components, they are cost-effective, easy to install, and require low maintenance. This thesis systematically investigates timber chocks’ mechanical behaviour at component, contact, and system levels through experimental and numerical approaches. Component-level tests analysed notch corners, where cracks initiate, while contact-level compressive tests modelled small chocks using finite element methods. System-level studies examined aspect ratio, loading rate, and environmental exposure effects. A modified analytical model was developed to improve reliability, offering insights for safer and more efficient designs.
On the Descriptional Complexity of Limited Propagating Lindenmayer Systems
Creators: name: Truthe, Bianca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We investigate the descriptional complexity of limited propagating Lindenmayer systems and their deterministic and tabled variants with respect to the number of rules and the number of symbols. We determine the decrease of complexity when the generative capacity is increased. For incomparable families, we give languages that can be described more efficiently in either of these families than in the other.
description: In Proceedings DCFS 2010, arXiv:1008.1270
Langzeitverlauf bei nekrobiotischen Xanthogranulomen mit Augenbeteiligung
Creators: name: Meyer, Stefanie
name: Landthaler, Michael
name: Hohenleutner, Silvia
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nekrobiotisches Xanthogranulom; Paraproteinämie; Augenbeteiligung; Langzeitverlauf; Therapieansätze
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Das seltene Krankheitsbild des nekrobiotischen Xanthogranuloms (NX) wurde vorwiegend anhand von Einzelfallberichten publiziert. Dementsprechend basieren bisherige Therapieempfehlungen hauptsächlich auf kasuistischen Beobachtungen. Kaum publiziert sind insbesondere Langzeitbeobachtungen dieser chronischen Erkrankung. Exemplarisch für einen typischen Verlauf des NX berichten wir über eine 64-jährige Patientin mit periorbitalen nekrobiotischen Xanthogranulomen mit Augenbeteiligung bei bekannter IgG-Paraproteinämie. Den Krankheitsverlauf der Patientin, die zum Zeitpunkt der Erstdiagnose der Erkrankung bereits in dieser Zeitschrift vorgestellt wurde, überblicken wir seit nunmehr 10 Jahren. Zahlreiche Therapieversuche mit Dapson, Chlorambucil, Fluocortolon, Interferon-α, Clofazimin, Melphalan, Fumarsäure, chirurgischer Intervention und physikalischen Therapieansätzen wie Radiatio, Plasmapherese sowie photodynamischer Therapie führten, wenn überhaupt, nur zu kurzfristiger Besserung und waren regelmäßig von einer erneuten Progression gefolgt. Derzeit findet ein Therapieversuch mit einer Cyclophosphamid-Dexamethason-Stoßtherapie statt.
Electrosensory basis for individual recognition in a weakly electric, mormyrid fish, Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther, 1866)
Creators: name: Paintner, Stephan
name: Kramer, Bernd
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Electroreception; Electric organ discharge; Individual recognition; Conditioned discrimination; Temporal signal analysis
subject: 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
subject: 590 Tiere (Zoologie)

description: Pollimyrus adspersus discriminates the individually variable waveforms of Electric Organ Discharges (EODs) of conspecifics of only 150–250 ms duration. We examined: (1) the discrimination threshold for artificially generated EODs of similar waveform, (2) the mechanism of signal analysis (spectral vs temporal) present, by determining the discrimination between different waveforms of identical amplitude spectra, and (3) the threshold field intensity and reach of discrimination. The triphasic P. adspersus EOD waveform was artificially generated by superimposing two Gaussians, one wide, the second narrow, inverted, and of threefold amplitude. The natural variability among individual EOD waveforms was simulated by phase-shifting one Gaussian relative to the other. The symmetrical waveform where the peaks of the two Gaussians coincided was used as a reference (phase shift=0, rewarded stimulus S+). Results were: (1) in foodrewarded conditioning experiments, trained fish (N=7) detected a phase-shift in artificial EOD stimuli as low as 2 ms (N=2 fish), 6 ms (N=1) and 10 ms (N=1). (2) All fish tested (N=3) discriminated between artificial EODs of identical amplitude spectra but different waveforms (hence, different phase spectra), demonstrating a temporal mechanism of signal analysis. (3) The maximum reach of waveform discrimination was 130 cm at 4.9 mVp-p/cm and 100 mS/cm water conductivity (test signal generated at natural amplitude), that is, similar to the reach of EOD detection. Therefore, among the three kinds of electroreceptor organ present in mormyrids, we consider Knollenorgane the relevant sensory organs for EOD waveform discrimination.
On Locality of Schmidt-Correlated States
Creators: name: Zhao, Ming-Jing
name: Fei, Shao-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review some results on the equivalence of quantum states under local unitary transformations (LUT). In particular, the classification of two-qubit Schmidt correlated (SC) states under LUT is investigated. By presenting the standard form of quantum states under LUT, the sufficient and necessary conditions of whether two different SC states are local unitary equivalent are provided. The correlations of SC states are also discussed.
description: 14 pages
At Home Online: Using Twitter to Understand the Perception of Bay Area Affordable Housing
Creators: name: Ryan, Kayla
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Housing
subject: English language--Discourse analysis
subject: Social media

description: Discourse about affordable housing on social media has grown immensely in recent years, especially in the Bay Area, which is home to one of the most expensive housing mar- kets in the country, but questions remain about how this discourse relates to the actual development of affordable housing projects. Using a set of 3,567 Tweets about affordable housing from San Francisco, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties, we investigate affordable housing discourse, using sentiment analysis, dictionary analysis, and topic modeling. We find that affordable housing Tweets from Santa Clara county carry the most positive sentiment on average—which is surprising, because Santa Clara county has the lowest level of low-income housing among the three counties. Topics modeled from the Tweets positively associated with positive sentiment tend to focus on development and communal values. Topics that have a positive association with first person plural pronouns indicate efforts towards development and community building. These results suggest that online discourse can be useful for understanding the perception of various actors in affordable housing development and that the sentiment attached to affordable housing discourse does not necessarily reflect a community’s realized rate of affordable housing development.
Additional file 1 of Polysubstance use in a community sample of Black cisgender sexual minority men and transgender women in Chicago during initial COVID-19 pandemic peak
Creators: name: Moody, Raymond L.
name: Chen, Yen-Tyng
name: Schneider, John A.
name: Knox, Justin
name: Timmins, Liadh
name: Hanson, Hillary
name: Koli, Kangkana
name: Durrell, Mainza
name: Dehlin, Jessica
name: Eavou, Rebecca
name: Martins, Silvia S.
name: Duncan, Dustin T.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. cont. Rates of substance use by lockdown phase and across sociodemographic characteristics during the Covid-19 pandemic among participants in the N2 cohort, 2020.
I Want You to Be: On the God of Love
Creators: name: Halík, Tomáš
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: In his two previous books translated into English, _Patience with God_ and _Night of the Confessor_, best-selling Czech author and theologian Tom\00E1\0161 Hal\u00EDk focused on the relationship between faith and hope. Now, in _I Want You to Be_, Hal\u00EDk examines the connection between faith and love, meditating on a statement attributed to St. Augustine-_amo, volo ut sis_, 'I love you: I want you to be'-and its importance for contemporary Christian practice. Hal\u00EDk suggests that because God is not an object, love for him must be expressed through love of human beings. He calls for Christians to avoid isolating themselves from secular modernity and recommends instead that they embrace an active and loving engagement with nonbelievers through acts of servitude. At the same time, Hal\u00EDk critiques the drive for mere material success and suggests that love must become more than a private virtue in contemporary society. _I Want You to Be_ considers the future of Western society, with its strong division between Christian and secular traditions, and recommends that Christians think of themselves as partners with nonbelievers. Hal\u00EDk's distinctive style is to present profound insights on religious themes in an accessible way to a lay audience. As in previous books, this volume links spiritual and theological/philosophical topics with a tentative diagnosis of our times. This is theology written on one's knees; Hal\u00EDk is as much a spiritual writer as a theologian. I Want You to Be will interest both general and scholarly readers interested in questions of secularism and Christianity in modern life.\u000a\u000a\u00A9 University of Notre Dame\u000a\u000aCopyright for most content is held by The University of Notre Dame. Reproduction of all or any portion of content constitutes a violation of copyright. You must obtain permission from The Copyright Clearance Center or The University of Notre Dame Press in order to reprint (or adapt) content.\u000a\u000ap: (574) 631-6346 \ e: undpress@nd\.edu \ website: copyright\.com