cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An anatomical role for adipocytes in pathological and non-pathological bone formation
Creators: name: Shepherd, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2021

description: Abstract Rebecca Frances Shepherd; An anatomical role for adipocytes in pathological and non- pathological bone formation; October 2020 Background: Trabecular excrescences are novel microscopic bone-like formations that have been found in patients with osteoarthropathies (OA). Excrescence formation is found associated with the presence of bone marrow adipocytes (BMAds) and the absence of bone lining cells. BMAds are ‘yellow’ adipocytes with a distinct lipid metabolism and function to adipocytes found elsewhere in the mammalian body. Hypothesis: BMAds are contributing to the formation of bone-like structures, a concept that is inconsistent with the paradigm of osteoclast-osteoblast coupled remodelling. This study investigated the relationship between the formation of trabecular excrescences and BMAds. Method: Joint samples (20 non-OA, 20 OA) were obtained with informed patient consent. A subset of the samples (15 non-OA, 14 OA) had BMAds prepared for flow cytometric analysis. BMAds were gated by size, absence of haemopoietic cell markers, viability and lipid content. Cell markers for adiponectin (ACRP30), uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and myogenic factor 5 (MYF5), were used to distinguish between adipocyte populations. All joint samples were decalcified and processed for histology. Sections underwent immunohistochemistry (IHC) for collagen I, collagen VI (COLVI), ACRP30, UCP1 and MYF5. Results: Excrescences were found in both patient groups. IHC identified COLVI within the extracellular matrix of the newly formed excrescences. Flow cytometry identified UCP1 containing BMAds. The histological study confirmed the presence of UCP1+ multilocular lipid containing adipocytes. iv Conclusion: This study has demonstrated the presence of UCP1+ multilocular BMAds, a phenotype previously only identified in brown/beige adipocytes. Skeletal disorders are a wide-ranging group of conditions and a major cause of morbidity worldwide. By understanding the role adipocytes play in trabecular bone we can potentially identify future therapeutic targets.
On Phase Offsets of 802.11ac Commodity WiFi
Creators: name: Zubow, Anatolij
name: Gawlowicz, Piotr
name: Dressler, Falko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We analyze the phase offsets between RF chains of modern IEEE 802.11ac chips. We investigate both the 2.4 and 5GHz bands on a per OFDM subcarrier level. Results reveal that the phase offset between receive antennas is due to random phase rotations semi-time-invariant with up to four possible values. Moreover, it is frequency-dependent. We propose a simple algorithm, which allows us to correct the phase offset on the fly without any calibration. As proof-of-concept, we implemented Angle of Arrival (AoA) using MUSIC algorithm. To achieve higher accuracy we stitched the thirteen overlapping 20MHz channels available in 2.4GHz band together to effectively have a single 80MHz channel. Results show very good AoA precision although only two receive antennas were used.
description: 5 pages, 13 figures
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Empis
Empis livida

description: Empis (Kritempis) livida LINNAEUS, 1758
Bgld, Loretto, Frauenwiesen, 15.6.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 769, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Empis (Leptempis) maculata Fabricius 1781
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Empis
Empis maculata

description: Empis (Leptempis) maculata FABRICIUS, 1781
Bgld, Jois, Schieferberg, 1.5.01.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 769, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Filamentary jets as a cosmic-ray "Zevatron"
Creators: name: Honda, Mitsuru
name: Honda, Yasuko S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strong, anisotropic turbulence reflecting magnetized filaments is considered, to model the diffusive acceleration of particles by shock waves in active galactic nucleus jets. We address that at knot A of the nearby M87 jet, the shock involving the filamentary turbulence can accelerate an iron nucleus to zetta-eV (ZeV; 10^{21} eV) ranges. A smaller value of the particle diffusion coefficient is found to be essential to achieve a ZeV cosmic-ray accelerator, a "Zevatron."
description: 5 pages, 2 color figures, emulateapj
ALMA CO Observations of Gamma-Ray Supernova Remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Possible Evidence for Shocked Molecular Clouds Illuminated by Cosmic-Ray Protons
Creators: name: Sano, H.
name: Plucinsky, P. P.
name: Bamba, A.
name: Sharda, P.
name: Filipovic, M. D.
name: Law, C. J.
name: Alsaberi, R. Z. E.
name: Yamane, Y.
name: Tokuda, K.
name: Acero, F.
name: Sasaki, M.
name: Vink, J.
name: Inoue, T.
name: Inutsuka, S.
name: Shimoda, J.
name: Tsuge, K.
name: Fujii, K.
name: Voisin, F.
name: Maxted, N.
name: Rowell, G.
name: Onishi, T.
name: Kawamura, A.
name: Mizuno, N.
name: Yamamoto, H.
name: Tachihara, K.
name: Fukui, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: N132D is the brightest gamma-ray supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We carried out $^{12}$CO($J$ = 1-0, 3-2) observations toward the SNR using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment. We find diffuse CO emission not only at the southern edge of the SNR as previously known, but also inside the X-ray shell. We spatially resolved nine molecular clouds using ALMA with an angular resolution of $5''$, corresponding to a spatial resolution of $\sim$1 pc at the distance of the LMC. Typical cloud sizes and masses are $\sim$2.0 pc and $\sim$100 $M_\odot$, respectively. High-intensity ratios of CO $J$ = 3-2 / 1-0 $> 1.5$ are seen toward the molecular clouds, indicating that shock-heating has occurred. Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy reveals that thermal X-rays in the center of N132D are produced not only behind a molecular cloud, but also in front of it. Considering the absence of a thermal component associated with the forward shock towards one molecular cloud located along the line of sight to the center of the remnant, this suggests that this particular cloud is engulfed by shock waves and is positioned on the near side of remnant. If the hadronic process is the dominant contributor to the gamma-ray emission, the shock-engulfed clouds play a role as targets for cosmic-rays. We estimate the total energy of cosmic-ray protons accelerated in N132D to be $\sim$0.5-$3.8 \times 10^{49}$ erg as a conservative lower limit, which is similar to that observed in Galactic gamma-ray SNRs.
description: 18 pages, 2 tables, 11 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
Development of Livelihood Index for Different Agro-Climatic Zones of India
Creators: name: Rai, Anil
name: Sharma, S.D.
name: Sahoo, Prachi Misra
name: Malhotra, P.K.
name: Rai, Anil
name: Sharma, S.D.
name: Sahoo, Prachi Misra
name: Malhotra, P.K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Productivity Analysis
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: A livelihood index has been developed for different agro-climatic zones of India, based on the secondary data for TE 2003. Six different sub-indices obtained are indicators of Infrastructure Status, Agricultural Status, Nutritional Status, Economic Status, Health and Sanitation Status and Food Availability Status in respective zones. A total of 57 variables have been considered for this study. Finally, a composite integrated livelihood index has been developed which indicates the livelihood status of different agro-climatic zones in the country. Also, 103 districts of low agricultural productivity have been identified within low livelihood regions. The results of this study have been compared with those of backward districts identified under Wage Employment Program by the Task Force of Planning Commission of India. It is found that about 60 per cent districts identified in this study are the same as identified by the Task Force. Further, the spatial distributions of the identified districts under the study have been mapped using GIS maps and it has been observed that almost same region of the country has been found to be most backward in both the studies. The study has revealed regional disparity in the development process and has suggested to formulate appropriate policies to bridge this disparity gap.
Charged Current Quasi-Elastic Interactions at MiniBooNE Confront Cross Section Monte Carlos
Creators: name: Monroe, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutrino oscillations have been established in solar and atmospheric neutrinos, but a third signal from the LSND experiment is incompatible with three Standard Model neutrinos. The MiniBooNE experiment can confirm or refute the LSND signal with 1E21 protons on target. While working towards the oscillation result, MiniBooNE will accumulate more than 1E6 neutrino interactions in the 0 to 2 GeV range which will greatly increase the world's knowledge of neutrino cross sections in this energy regime. Preliminary results on the MiniBooNE muon neutrino charged current quasi-elastic analysis are presented and compared to the NUANCE, NEUT, and NEUGEN cross section Monte Carlos.
description: Proceedings for the NuInt04 Conference, 7 pages, 10 figures
Multifunctional nanoparticles of paclitaxel and cyclodextrin–polypeptide conjugates with in vitro anticancer activity
Creators: name: Yusheng, Sun
name: Chenjun, Ma
name: Yingying, Hua
name: Tiantian, Wei
name: Liefeng, Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: In this study, the cyclodextrin polypeptide (R8-CMβCD) was successfully synthesized by the conjugation of a cell-penetrating peptide (R8) with carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin (CMβCD) via the carbon diamine reaction. Then, paclitaxel-loaded nanoparticles (PTX@R8-CMβCD NPs) was prepared. Results of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that PTX@R8-CMβCD NPs were spherical with smooth surfaces and an average diameter about 144 nm. The amount of PTX released from NPs was less than 20% at pH7.4, but it increased significantly to 80% in the weakly acidic cytoplasm of tumors (pH5.0). Furthermore, PTX@R8-CMβCD NPs promoted the cellular uptake of PTX. Further studies on the mechanism showed that cellular uptake of PTX@R8-CMβCD NPs could rely on multiple pathways. In addition, the NPs had the ability to inhibit P-gp efflux pumps. Cytotoxicity tests showed that the NPs had no side effects. Taken together, PTX@R8-CMβCD NPs is an effective anticancer drug delivery system, and the material (R8-CMβCD) may be a promising anti-cancer drug carrier.
Bulk-and-edge to corner correspondence
Creators: name: Trifunovic, Luka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that two-dimensional band insulators, with vanishing bulk polarization, obey bulk-and-edge to corner charge correspondence stating that the knowledge of the bulk and the two corresponding ribbon band structures uniquely determines the fractional part of the corner charge irrespective of the corner termination. Moreover, physical observables related to macroscopic charge density of a terminated crystal can be obtained by representing the crystal as collection of polarized edge regions with polarizations $\vec P^\text{edge}_α$, where the integer $α$ enumerates the edges. We introduce a particular manner of cutting a crystal, dubbed "Wannier cut", which allows us to compute $\vec P^\text{edge}_α$. We find that $\vec P^\text{edge}_α$ consists of two pieces: the bulk piece expressed via quadrupole tensor of the bulk Wannier functions' charge density, and the edge piece corresponding to the Wannier edge polarization---the polarization of the edge subsystem obtained by Wannier cut. For a crystal with $n$ edges, out of $2n$ independent components of $\vec P^\text{edge}_α$, only $2n-1$ are independent of the choice of Wannier cut and correspond to physical observables: corner charges and edge dipoles.
description: published version. v2: application to Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes model
Effect of Sand Mining on Economic Performance of Groundwater Irrigation in Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu
Creators: name: Selvakumar, R.
name: Venkataraman, R.
name: Sundaravaradarajan, K.R.
name: Selvakumar, R.
name: Venkataraman, R.
name: Sundaravaradarajan, K.R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: The effect of sand mining on the economic performance of groundwater irrigation has been studied in the Panruti taluk of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu. A comparison of water productivity for different farms-size categories has been done in sand mining and non-sand mining blocks. The cropping sequence, cropping intensity, irrigation particulars, investment pattern on tubewells, use of different HP-motors, etc. have been studied in sand mining and non-sand mining blocks. The study has revealed that due to sand mining externality, the watertable has gone down and to offset this effect, the farmers have been increasing the horse-power of their motors. Thus, investment has been increasing in the sand mining block in all farm-size categories. Its repercussions have been reflected in the economic performance of sand mining block in terms of higher annual cost and unit cost of irrigation. The study has suggested to take necessary steps to augment the groundwater recharge on one hand and imposing restrictions on indiscriminate sand mining on the other hand. The regulation of sand quarrying has also been suggested to streamline the flow of river Malattar.
title: Проблемы правового обеспечения международного сотрудничества в деятельности по освоению космоса
Creators: name: Ходыкин, А.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: Выявлены и охарактеризованы следующие проблемы международного космического права: недостаточность требований по демилитаризации космоса, проблемы правового статуса частных космических организаций, правовые противоречия в перспективной деятельности по добыче полезных ископаемых на космических объектах, отсутствие правового регулирования борьбы с космическим мусором.
Rotating black holes at future colliders II: Anisotropic scalar field emission
Creators: name: Ida, Daisuke
name: Oda, Kin-ya
name: Park, Seong Chan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is the sequel to the first paper of the series, where we have discussed the Hawking radiation from five-dimensional rotating black holes for spin 0, 1/2 and 1 brane fields in the low frequency regime. We consider the emission of a brane localized scalar field from rotating black holes in general space-time dimensions without relying on the low frequency expansions.
description: 12 pages, 24 figures
Dynamics of supertubes
Creators: name: Giusto, Stefano
name: Mathur, Samir D.
name: Srivastava, Yogesh K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We find the evolution of arbitrary excitations on 2-charge supertubes, by mapping the supertube to a string carrying traveling waves. We argue that when the coupling is increased from zero the energy of excitation leaks off to infinity, and when the coupling is increased still further a new set of long lived excitations emerge. We relate the excitations at small and large couplings to excitations in two different phases in the dual CFT. We conjecture a way to distinguish bound states from unbound states among 3-charge BPS geometries; this would identify black hole microstates among the complete set of BPS geometries.
description: 50 pages, 3 figures
Signs of change? A study of internet use by Christian churches and organisations with special reference to the UK and Leicestershire
Creators: name: Wood, Mary E.
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Signs of change? A study of internet use by Christian churches and organisations with special reference to the UK and Leicestershire
MSSM vacua from Flux Compactifications
Creators: name: Marchesano, Fernando
name: Shiu, Gary
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the first D = 4 Minkowski string theory vacua of flux compactification which are (i) chiral, (ii) free of NSNS and RR tadpoles, and (iii) N = 1 or N = 0 supersymmetric. In the latter case SUSY is softly broken by the fluxes, with soft terms being generated in the gauge and chiral sectors of the theory. In addition, the low energy spectrum of the theory is MSSM-like, the dilaton/complex structure moduli are stabilized and the supergravity background involves a warped metric.
description: 4 pages. Using REVTeX. Typos fixed
H2A.Z and chromatin remodelling complexes: a focus on fungi
Creators: name: Zhenhui Chen
name: Ponts, Nadia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Chromatin is a highly dynamic structure that closely relates with gene expression in eukaryotes. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling, histone post-translational modification and DNA methylation are the main ways that mediate such plasticity. The histone variant H2A.Z is frequently encountered in eukaryotes, and can be deposited or removed from nucleosomes by chromatin remodelling complex SWR1 or INO80, respectively, leading to altered chromatin state. H2A.Z has been found to be involved in a diverse range of biological processes, including genome stability, DNA repair and transcriptional regulation. Due to their formidable production of secondary metabolites, filamentous fungi play outstanding roles in pharmaceutical production, food safety and agriculture. During the last few years, chromatin structural changes were proven to be a key factor associated with secondary metabolism in fungi. However, studies on the function of H2A.Z are scarce. Here, we summarize current knowledge of H2A.Z functions with a focus on filamentous fungi. We propose that H2A.Z is a potential target involved in the regulation of secondary metabolite biosynthesis by fungi.
Concerns of Groundwater Depletion and Irrigation Efficiency in Punjab Agriculture: A Micro-Level Study
Creators: name: Jeevandas, Anupama
name: Singh, R.P.
name: Kumar, Ranjit
name: Jeevandas, Anupama
name: Singh, R.P.
name: Kumar, Ranjit
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: The present study, conducted during 2005-06, in two districts, viz. Amritsar and Faridkot of Punjab, (former having pre-dominantly tubewell-irrigated area and the latter having canal + tubewell irrigation facilities) has assessed the extent of water depletion and has measured irrigation efficiency at the farm level. Due to profitability and availability of water at shallow depths during 1970s, paddy and wheat (two of the high water-consuming crops) replaced other crops like maize, groundnut and pulses in the entire state. The area under these two crops increased from 7.22 per cent to 32.92 per cent for paddy and from 37.12 per cent to 43.53 per cent for wheat, from TE 1965 to TE 2005. Consequently, the problem of groundwater depletion has become severe in the Amritsar district, with a fall of 77cm/ annum in watertable. In the district of Faridkot, this fall has been of 33cm/annuum. The technical efficiency of irrigation on farms estimated through Data Envelopment Analysis, has indicated the mean irrigation efficiency of 57 per cent and 65 per cent in paddy production and 61 per cent and 68 per cent in wheat production, in tubewell-irrigated and canal+tubewell irrigated farms, respectively. It has clearly indicated that there is potential to improve irrigation efficiency by 39 per cent and 32 per cent, respectively in the sample farms. To sustain production system in the state, there is an urgent need to (i) do away with the rice-wheat cropping system in the regions where groundwater depletion is very severe, (ii) evolve regulation for use of groundwater and conjunctive use of surface water, and (iii) disseminate improved agronomic practices for increasing use-efficiency of water and other inputs.
Rural Employment and Income: The Inter-household Variations in Punjab
Creators: name: Vatta, Kamal
name: Garg, B.R.
name: Sidhu, M.S.
name: Vatta, Kamal
name: Garg, B.R.
name: Sidhu, M.S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: The employment pattern and income sources have been reported in the rural areas of Punjab, based on the primary data collected from 315 rural households. The results have revealed a negative relationship between employment diversification and size of landholding. Distress nature of the rural labour markets has induced casualization of work in the absence of land for cultivation. A majority of the households have been found dependent on multiple sources of income, further confirming the distress nature of these income sources. The dependence on non-farm sector as a major source of income has revealed a negative relationship with the land-size. More than two-thirds (66.9%) of the non-cultivating households have non-farm sector as the major source of their income. The results have further revealed the inability of an average non-cultivating and marginal or small cultivating household to achieve the overall average income of a rural household. The rural household income has been found to follow a highly skewed distribution. The incomes from crops and dairying have been observed highly unequally distributed, perhaps due to their strong association with the size of landholding. On the other hand, rural non-farm income distribution seems to be least skewed.
Fishing for justice : an ethical framework for fisheries policies in Canada
Creators: name: Power, Melanie Deanne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Canadian fisheries are in crisis. On both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, stories abound of fisheries closures or failures and coastal communities in difficulty. A new approach to fisheries policy is required, one which recognises the intrinsic value of all participants in the fisheries ecosystem and is capable of providing guidance on how to make policy decisions. The principles of environmental ethics provide a framework for developing justice-based fisheries policies. The environmental ethics literature is first explored, with special attention to fisheries issues. From this review, a justice-based framework is identified, in which five types of justice are viewed as pertinent to fisheries concerns. This framework is then translated into an assessment tool, based upon the Rapfish method for rapid appraisal of fisheries and using a set of justice-based ethical criteria. These criteria are evaluated and, through a paired comparison survey, further explored. An assessment of a range of Canadian marine fisheries is conducted using these ethical criteria. Subsequently, a modified Rapfish assessment, using the original criteria supplemented with additional customised criteria, is conducted for Aboriginal fisheries for Pacific salmon in British Columbia. Additionally, a study is conducted which explores preferences regarding the abundance and diversity of fisheries ecosystems. Finally, the commercial fishery for Pacific salmon in British Columbia is presented as a case study. The Rapfish assessment results are presented, and considerations as to how to operationalise just policies for this fishery are suggested. Recommendations include: balancing the composition of the commercial fleet, based upon ecological impacts of the various gear types; encouragement of local stewardship and community involvement; and inclusion of various forms of knowledge in fisheries management and decision-making.
A rare case series of Primary Spinal Cord Glioblastoma Multiforme. Single institute experience.
Creators: name: Nagma Anjum
name: Dr. Manur Gururajachar Janaki
name: Mohan Kumar
name: Lithika Lavanya
name: Arul Ponni
Publisher: name: BMJHS-Case Reports
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spinal cord glioma, spinal glioma, spinal glioblastoma, spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme
Radiation in spinal cord glioblastoma

description: Abstract:

Objective: To describe a single-institution experience with primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme.

Background: Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme accounts for only 1.5% of all spinal cord tumors. For these high-grade tumors, overall survival is poor due to their aggressive nature. Unlike the intracranial glioblastomas, there is not a clear consensus on the optimal treatment. Here, we present our institutional experience with two cases of primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme.

Design/Methods: Case series

Results: Both of our patients had PSC GBM (WHO IV). The first patient was a male, who had thoracic primary scGBM, he was treated with surgical resection, radiation, and temozolomide; he died 13 months after the initial diagnosis. Another patient was a female who has cervical primary scGBM, she was treated with surgical biopsy and radical radiation with temozolomide.

Conclusions:

We presented our experience and approach towards management of spinal cord glioma. Until now, there is a lack of consensus on the specific management of spinal glioblastomas, there is no standardized postoperative therapy yet. We should report such cases in order to learn from various experiences. (48 hour urine collection) requires stone free periods that some patients, such as this one, may not be able to maintain and ultimately delay diagnosis and require more surgical procedures and medical risks.
Empis (Euempis) sericans
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Empis
Empis sericans

description: Empis (Euempis) sericans BRULLÉ, 1832
Bgld, Weiden, Zitzmannsdorfer Wiesen, 30.5.17, 3 Ex.
Neu für Österreich!
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 770, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Physical Conditoins in Orion's Veil II: A Multi-Component Study of the Line of Sight Toward the Trapezium
Creators: name: Abel, N. P.
name: Ferland, G. J.
name: O'Dell, C. R.
name: Shaw, G.
name: Troland, T. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Orion's Veil is an absorbing screen that lies along the line of sight to the Orion H II region. It consists of two or more layers of gas that must lie within a few parsecs of the Trapezium cluster. Our previous work considered the Veil as a whole and found that the magnetic field dominates the energetics of the gas in at least one component. Here we use high-resolution STIS UV spectra that resolve the two velocity components in absorption and determine the conditions in each. We derive a volume hydrogen density, 21 cm spin temperature, turbulent velocity, and kinetic temperature, for each. We combine these estimates with magnetic field measurements to find that magnetic energy significantly dominates turbulent and thermal energies in one component, while the other component is close to equipartition between turbulent and magnetic energies. We observe molecular hydrogen absorption for highly excited v, J levels that are photoexcited by the stellar continuum, and detect blueshifted S III and P III. These ions must arise from ionized gas between the mostly neutral portions of the Veil and the Trapezium and shields the Veil from ionizing radiation. We find that this layer of ionized gas is also responsible for He I absorption in the Veil, which resolves a 40-year-old debate on the origin of He I absorption towards the Trapezium. Finally, we determine that the ionized and mostly atomic layers of the Veil will collide in less than 85,000 years.
description: 43 pages, 15 figures, to be published in ApJ
Socio-economic Dimensions of Equine-rearing in Himachal Pradesh
Creators: name: Chauhan, S.K.
name: Chauhan, S.K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Since equines play an important role in the economy of Himachal Pradesh, this study has examined the growth trends in equine population and socio-economic characteristics of equine-rearers. The problems being faced have been identified and some policy recommendations have been made. It has been found that equine population had a compound growth rate of 2.57 per cent per annum during the period 1966-2003 and constituted about 1 per cent of the total livestock population in 2003. Amongst different constituents of equines, viz. horses, ponies, mules and donkeys, mules have shown the maximum rise in number. The contribution of equines has been assessed to be 40 per cent in the gross household income of rearers. A mule pair has been found to be highly profitable for load-carrying activities. Road links to the villages having modern means of transport have been perceived to be the greatest threat to equine-rearing activity, followed by its disliking by younger generations and nonavailability of locally-bred mules. The study has emphasized on increased supply of Chamurthi horses through identification of additional local breeders by adopting systematic breeding policy, particularly in the Pin Valley of Spiti area. Keeping in view the demand for mules, their breeding should be undertaken at both public and at private levels so that local-bred mules become available at affordable prices.
Strongly correlated regimes in a double quantum-dot device
Creators: name: Cornaglia, P. S.
name: Grempel, D. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transport properties of a double quantum-dot device with one of the dots coupled to perfect conductors are analyzed using the numerical renormalization group technique and slave-boson mean-field theory. The coupling between the dots strongly influences the transport through the system leading to a non-monotonic dependence of the conductance as a function of the temperature and the magnetic field. For small inter-dot coupling and parameters such that both dots are in the Kondo regime, there is a two-stage screening of the dot's magnetic moments that is reflected in the conductance. In an intermediate temperature regime Kondo correlations develop on one of the dots and the conductance is enhanced. At low temperatures the Kondo effect takes place on the second dot leading to a singlet ground state in which the conductance is strongly suppressed.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
title: Совершенствование института постинтернатного сопровождения детей-сирот
Creators: name: Цой, М.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: В статье рассматриваются факторы, влияющие на интеграцию детей-сирот в общество по достижении ими совершеннолетия, а также проблемы, возникающие при создании и урегулировании института постинтернатного
сопровождения выпускников интернатных учреждений.
Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices in Paddy and Cotton: A Case Study in Haryana and Punjab
Creators: name: Singh, Alka
name: Vasisht, A.K.
name: Kumar, Ranjit
name: Das, D.K.
name: Singh, Alka
name: Vasisht, A.K.
name: Kumar, Ranjit
name: Das, D.K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: The study has examined the adoption of IPM practices on cotton in Punjab and on paddy in Haryana and has assessed the impact of key socio-economic and institutional factors on IPM adoption. The Poisson count regression models have been used to analyze technology adoption. The awareness generation about technology through formal crop-specific IPM training provided by the farmers’ field schools has been found extremely effective in wider adoption of IPM in the study areas. Hence, investment in IPM education through these programmes will have long-term beneficial impact. Regarding effectiveness of extension services, the study has not shown (frequency of meeting extension personnel) any statistically significant impact on IPM adoption rates. Mixed evidence has been observed about the relationship between farm-size and adoption of IPM practices. In the case of paddy, a negative relationship has been observed, while the cotton has shown a positive relationship. The study has concluded that a higher gross value of crops does not appear to have a positive impact on IPM technology adoption in cotton.
Factorization and its Breaking in Dijet Single Transverse Spin Asymmetries in $pp$ Collisions
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaohui
name: Ringer, Felix
name: Vogelsang, Werner
name: Yuan, Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study factorization in single transverse spin asymmetries for dijet production in proton-proton collisions, by considering soft gluon radiation at one-loop order. We show that the associated transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization is valid at the leading logarithmic level. At next-to-leading-logarithmic (NLL) accuracy, however, we find that soft gluon radiation generates terms in the single transverse spin dependent cross section that differ from those known for the unpolarized case. As a consequence, these terms cannot be organized in terms of a spin independent soft factor in the factorization formula. We present leading logarithmic predictions for the single transverse spin dijet asymmetry for $pp$ collisions at RHIC, based on quark Sivers functions constrained by semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering data. We hope that our results will contribute to a better understanding of TMD factorization breaking effects at NLL accuracy and beyond.
description: 45 pages, 18 figures
Returns and Economic Efficiency of Sheep Farming in Semi-arid Regions: A Study in Rajasthan
Creators: name: Suresh, A.
name: Gupta, D.C.
name: Mann, J.S.
name: Suresh, A.
name: Gupta, D.C.
name: Mann, J.S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: The economics of sheep-farming and its economic efficiency have been reported using field level data collected from the semi-arid regions of Rajasthan in 2005. The net return per average flock of 54 has been found Rs 25000 per year. The sheep-farming activity attracts labour employment of 581 mandays per annum, more than three-fourths of which is engaged in grazing. The female labour has been found to contribute 12 per cent of the total labour requirement. The main items of expenditure are feed and fodder, veterinary care, hired labour charges and interest. The major modes of return are sale of live-animals, wool, milk and manure. The overall average economic efficiency has been found to be 75 per cent, indicating that the returns could be improved by another 25 per cent with the present resource-use level. More than two-thirds of the farmers have been recorded distributed in the economic efficiency range of 70-85 per cent. The resource-poor farmers have been observed to realize higher economic efficiency than their rich counterparts. The major factor responsible for inducing improvement in efficiency has been identified as membership in farmers’ organisations, which probably provides them better access to technical knowledge and improves their bargaining power.
Dislocated Split-Head proximal humerus fractures
Creators: name: Fernández, Alberto
name: Jupiter, Jesse
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: proximal humerus fracture
split-head
shoulder
PHILOS
posterior dislocation
anterior dislocation
joint stiffness
shoulder motion
functional outcome
AVN

description: Is there a high AVN risk: In anterior dislocations? In posterior dislocations? May 3D interactive colored models analysis help in the AVN forecast, and pre-op planning, for each case? Rather than oversimplifying rules?
Marketing Efficiency of Dairy Products for Co-operative and Private Dairy Plants in Tamil Nadu - A Comparative Analysis
Creators: name: Rangasamy, N.
name: Dhaka, J.P.
name: Rangasamy, N.
name: Dhaka, J.P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The marketing of milk and milk products by dairy plants of co-operative and private sectors in Tamil Nadu has been compared. The study is based on the data collected for toned milk, standardized milk, full cream milk, flavoured milk, butter and ghee from the selected co-operative and private dairy plants of the Coimbatore district for the financial year 2001-2002. It has been found that the marketing cost for toned milk is same in both the dairy plants , whereas it is higher for standardized milk, full cream milk and flavoured milk in the co-operative dairy plant. The marketing cost has been found less in the cooperative plant for products like butter and ghee . All the dairy products earn more marketing margins in the private than co-operative dairy plant, except for toned milk .The marketing efficiency of cooperative dairy plant for all dairy products has been observed relatively less than that of private dairy plant, except toned milk .The study has suggested the development of co-operative dairy industry in a sustainable manner, the co-operative dairy plants should formulate long-term vision and strategy. The study has observed that value addition in dairy products should be done without compromising the quality and consumer-oriented market research and development should be accorded greater attention .
Stellar model atmospheres with magnetic line blanketing
Creators: name: Kochukhov, O.
name: Khan, S.
name: Shulyak, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Model atmospheres of A and B stars are computed taking into account magnetic line blanketing. These calculations are based on the new stellar model atmosphere code LLModels which implements direct treatment of the opacities due to the bound-bound transitions and ensures an accurate and detailed description of the line absorption. The anomalous Zeeman effect was calculated for the field strengths between 1 and 40 kG and a field vector perpendicular to the line of sight. The model structure, high-resolution energy distribution, photometric colors, metallic line spectra and the hydrogen Balmer line profiles are computed for magnetic stars with different metallicities and are discussed with respect to those of non-magnetic reference models. The magnetically enhanced line blanketing changes the atmospheric structure and leads to a redistribution of energy in the stellar spectrum. The most noticeable feature in the optical region is the appearance of the 5200 A depression. However, this effect is prominent only in cool A stars and disappears for higher effective temperatures. The presence of a magnetic field produces opposite variation of the flux distribution in the optical and UV region. A deficiency of the UV flux is found for the whole range of considered effective temperatures, whereas the ``null wavelength'' where flux remains unchanged shifts towards the shorter wavelengths for higher temperatures.
description: accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Contract Farming: Problems, Prospects and its Effect on Income and Employment
Creators: name: Kumar, Jagdish
name: Kumar K., Prakash
name: Kumar, Jagdish
name: Kumar K., Prakash
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Farm Management

description: This farm-level study conducted in the Tumkur district of Karnataka state has reported the effect of contract farming on income and employment generation and has identified constraints in and prospects of contract farming. Both income and employment generation have been found higher, almost double, on contract than non-contract farms. The study has observed dominance of female labour on both types of farms. Delayed payment for crop produce, lack of credit for crop production, scarcity of water for irrigation, erratic power supply and difficulty in meeting quality requirements have been found to be the major constraints faced by contract farmers. The scarcity of water for irrigation, erratic power supply, lack of credit for crop production, and lower price for crop produce have been identified as major constraints of non-contract farmers. The major constraints expressed by the contracting agencies in expanding contract farming include violation of terms and conditions by farmers, lack of proper management by the company, frequent price fluctuations in international markets, and scarcity of transport vehicles during peak periods.
Impact of Foreign Intellectual Property Rights Protection on U.S. Exports and FDI
Creators: name: Gu, Weishi
name: Gu, Weishi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: export
subject: FDI
subject: technology transfer
subject: intellectual property rights
subject: GMM

description: Since the early 1990s, there has been a growing interest in the potential contribution of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection to global trade and investment. However, there is an ongoing debate among analysts regarding the extent to which stronger IPR actually stimulate international transactions via transfer of technology. This paper addresses this issue by evaluating how foreign intellectual property rights (IPR) protection affects how U.S. firms serve overseas markets through exports and foreign direct investment (FDI). Using panel data from 53 countries over 1994-2006, the empirical analysis was based on a dynamic system GMM modeling framework. The empirical results suggest that IPR has a weak negative effect on U.S. exports, but a statistically significant positive effect on U.S. FDI. In addition, the results also indicated that less US exports flow to countries with weak imitative ability after they strengthen IPR protection.
description: This version of the paper is subject to changes.
Determinants of Nutritional Outcomes of Children in India: A Quantile Regression Approach
Creators: name: Kandpal, Eeshani
name: McNamara, Paul E.
name: Kandpal, Eeshani
name: McNamara, Paul E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
International Development

description: In this paper, we use quantile regressions on data from the 2005-06 wave of the Indian National Family Health Survey to study the determinants of child body-mass-index, height-for-age, and hemoglobin at different points of the conditional distribution. Our results show that only considering the conditional mean of the entire distribution can yield misleading results. In light of compelling evidence on sex-selective abortion and infanticide, we use a Heckman correction for our quantile regression to control for the “underreporting” of female births documented by Rose (1999). We find that household maternal health and education have larger effects at the lower end of the distribution than on the upper end, for all three child nutritional indicators. Results show that iron supplements are less effective at increasing hemoglobin levels in the worst-off children. We argue that policy interventions must account for socioeconomic diversity or have little hope of meeting their target.
Assessing the Uncertainty of Land Based Carbon Sequestration: A Parameter Uncertainty Analysis with a Global Land Use Model
Creators: name: Kim, Yoon Hyung
name: Sohngen, Brent
name: Kim, Yoon Hyung
name: Sohngen, Brent
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Uncertainty Analysis
subject: Global Land Use Model
subject: Carbon Sequestration
subject: Monte Carlo simulations

description: This paper analyzes the effect of uncertainty in several key parameters on the marginal costs of carbon sequestration in forests. These parameters include the land supply elasticity, which governs the conversion of land from agriculture to forests and vice versa; parameters of the forest biomass yield function; parameters of the forest carbon density function; and parameters of the costs functions for accessing inaccessible land. Monte Carlo techniques are thus used to turn the global forest model with no probability (e.g., Sohngen & Mendelsohn, 2003; 2007) into a proper probability model through Latin hypercube sampling. For this paper, we have restricted our analysis to consideration of probability distributions for only two of the parameters described above. Specifically, these are the parameters of the forest biomass yield function and the land supply elasticity. The importance index and the least square linearization are used to determine the relative contribution of input parameters to the model results. Five hundred model runs in one simulation were performed with covariability among the parameters. The Monte Carlo simulations indicated that most of the uncertainty in forest area in developed countries relates to uncertainty in parameters of the biomass function while in developing countries, where deforestation is more important (e.g., Brazil), the simulation showed the parameters of land supply elasticity to have the most important implications for carbon supply. These results are perhaps not too surprising but they do point to the need to empirically estimate land supply elasticities in regions like Brazil, where such estimates are not currently available in the literature. The results also provide information that can be used to estimate uncertainty intervals for carbon sequestration cost functions.