cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Suboptimal Stabilizing Controllers for Linearly Solvable System
Creators: name: Leong, Yoke Peng
name: Horowitz, Matanya B.
name: Burdick, Joel W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper presents a novel method to synthesize stochastic control Lyapunov functions for a class of nonlinear, stochastic control systems. In this work, the classical nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial differential equation is transformed into a linear partial differential equation for a class of systems with a particular constraint on the stochastic disturbance. It is shown that this linear partial differential equation can be relaxed to a linear differential inclusion, allowing for approximating polynomial solutions to be generated using sum of squares programming. It is shown that the resulting solutions are stochastic control Lyapunov functions with a number of compelling properties. In particular, a-priori bounds on trajectory suboptimality are shown for these approximate value functions. The result is a technique whereby approximate solutions may be computed with non-increasing error via a hierarchy of semidefinite optimization problems.
description: Accepted in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2015
Conductance oscillations of core-shell nanowires in transversal magnetic fields
Creators: name: Manolescu, Andrei
name: Nemnes, George Alexandru
name: Sitek, Anna
name: Rosdahl, Tomas Orn
name: Erlingsson, Sigurdur Ingi
name: Gudmundsson, Vidar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze theoretically electronic transport through a core-shell nanowire in the presence of a transversal magnetic field. We calculate the conductance for a variable coupling between the nanowire and the attached leads and show how the snaking states, which are low-energy states localized along the lines of vanishing radial component of the magnetic field, manifest their existence. In the strong coupling regime they induce Aharonov-Bohm-like conductance oscillations, which, by decreasing the coupling to the leads, evolve into well resolved peaks. These results show that the formation of snaking states in the nanowire affects magnetoconductance measurements irrespective of the strength of the contacts with the leads. We analyze theoretically electronic transport through a core-shell nanowire in the presence of a transversal magnetic field. We calculate the conductance for a variable coupling between the nanowire and the attached leads and show how the snaking states, which are low-energy states localized along the lines of vanishing radial component of the magnetic field, manifest their existence. In the strong coupling regime they induce Aharonov-Bohm-like conductance oscillations, which, by decreasing the coupling to the leads, evolve into well resolved peaks. The flux periodic oscillations arise due to interference of the snaking states, which is a consequence of backscattering at either the contacts with leads or magnetic/potential barriers in the wire.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
It's all about the children: a participant-driven photo-elicitation study of Mexican-origin mothers' food choices
Creators: name: Johnson, Cassandra M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2011

description: Abstract Background There is a desperate need to address diet-related chronic diseases in Mexican-origin women, particularly for those in border region colonias (Mexican settlements) and other new destination communities in rural and non-rural areas of the U.S. Understanding the food choices of mothers, who lead food and health activities in their families, provides one way to improve health outcomes in Mexican-origin women and their children. This study used a visual method, participant-driven photo-elicitation, and grounded theory in a contextual study of food choices from the perspectives of Mexican-origin mothers. Methods Teams of trained promotoras (female community health workers from the area) collected all data in Spanish. Ten Mexican-origin mothers living in colonias in Hidalgo County, TX completed a creative photography assignment and an in-depth interview using their photographs as visual prompts and examples. English transcripts were coded inductively by hand, and initial observations emphasized the salience of mothers' food practices in their routine care-giving. This was explored further by coding transcripts in the qualitative data analysis software Atlas.ti. Results An inductive conceptual framework was created to provide context for understanding mothers' daily practices and their food practices in particular. Three themes emerged from the data: 1) a mother's primary orientation was toward her children; 2) leveraging resources to provide the best for her children; and 3) a mother's daily food practices kept her children happy, healthy, and well-fed. Results offer insight into the intricate meanings embedded in Mexican-origin mothers' routine food choices. Conclusions This paper provides a new perspective for understanding food choice through the eyes of mothers living in the colonias of South Texas -- one that emphasizes the importance of children in their routine food practices and the resilience of the mothers themselves. Additional research is needed to better understand mothers' perspectives and food practices with larger samples of women and among other socioeconomic groups.
ЎҚИТУВЧИЛАРНИ ТАБИАТГА МУНОСАБАТЛАРИНИНГ ЭКОПСИХОЛОГИК ЖИҲАТЛАРИ
Creators: name: Зухра Расулова
Publisher: name: Central Asian Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies (CARJIS)
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ўқитувчи
табиатга муносабат
экопсихология. экологик онг
экоцентрик онг.

description: Мазкур мақолада ўқитувчиларнинг табиатга муносабатларини экопсихологик жиҳатлари таҳлил қилинган. Бунда турли фан ўқитувчиларининг табиат объектларига субъектив муносабатлари психологик жиҳатдан таҳлил амалга оширилган. Табиат объектларига субъектив муносабатлари жадаллигининг энг юқори натижалари кўрсатиб ўтилган
Per-Antenna Constant Envelope Precoding for Secure Transmission in Large-Scale MISO Systems
Creators: name: Zhu, Jun
name: Wang, Ning
name: Bhargava, Vijay K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Secure transmission in large-scale MISO systems employing artificial noise (AN) is studied under the per-antenna constant envelope (CE) constraint. Achievable secrecy rate of the per-antenna CE precoding scheme for large-scale MISO is analyzed and compared with that of the matched filter linear precoding. A two-stage per-antenna CE precoding scheme for joint signal-plus-AN transmission is proposed. The first stage determines the per-antenna CE precoding for the information-bearing signal. A properly generated AN using an iteration algorithm is incorporated into the transmit signal in the second stage such that the combined signal-plus-AN satisfies the per-antenna CE constraint and the AN is orthogonal to the user channel. It is shown that compared to conventional per-antenna CE transmission, this joint signal-plus-AN secure transmission scheme does not require additional transmit power. An alternative low-complexity AN generation scheme which uses a separate antenna to cancel the AN leakage to the intended user introduced by randomly generated AN is also proposed.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by 2015 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC)
Contraceptive service provider imposed restrictions to contraceptive access in Urban Nigeria
Creators: name: Corroon, Meghan
name: Speizer, Ilene
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Health service providers can restrict access to contraceptives through their own imposed biases about method appropriateness. In this study, provider biases toward contraceptive service provision among urban Nigerian providers was assessed. Methods Health providers working in health facilities, as well as pharmacists and patent medical vendors (PMV), in Abuja, Benin City, Ibadan, Ilorin, Kaduna, and Zaria, were surveyed in 2011 concerning their self-reported biases in service provision based on age, parity, and marital status. Results Minimum age bias was the most common bias while minimum parity was the least common bias reported by providers. Condoms were consistently provided with the least amount of bias, followed by provision of emergency contraception (EC), pills, injectables, and IUDs. Experience of in-service training for health facility providers was associated with decreased prevalence of marital status bias for the pill, injectable, and IUD; however, training experience did not, or had the opposite effect on, pharmacists and PMV operator’s reports of service provision bias. Conclusions Provider imposed eligibility barriers in urban study sites in Nigeria were pervasive - the most prevalent restriction across method and provider type was minimum age. Given the large and growing adolescent population – interventions aimed at increasing supportive provision of contraceptives to youth in this context are urgently needed. The results show that the effect of in-service training on provider biases was limited. Future efforts to address provider biases in contraceptive service provision, among all provider types, must find creative ways to address this critical barrier to increased contraceptive use.
Pedestrians’ unsafe road-crossing behaviors in Iran: An observational-based study in West Azerbaijan
Creators: name: BakhtariAghdam, Fatemeh
name: Aliasgharzadeh, Samaneh
name: Sadeghi-bazargani, Homayoun
name: Harzand-Jadidi, Sepideh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: Pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable users in road traffic injuries (RTIs). The rate of pedestrians’ fatality is high in Iran. It is worthwhile to investigate how pedestrians behave. This observational study aimed to investigate pedestrians’ unsafe behaviors while crossing. This cross-sectional study examined the behavior of 1095 pedestrians (69.7% men) using videotaping when they crossed at two intersections and three non-intersections on a weekend and two working days in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. The information obtained was classified into 5 domains including adherence to traffic rule, violation, environmental barriers, visibility, and distraction. Data were analyzed using Stata version 17. About 60% of the pedestrians ignored the crosswalk and crossed the street wherever they wanted. More than 30% ignored the vehicles passing and crossed the street inattentively. About 60% of the pedestrians committed violations. More than half of pedestrians crossed unsafe crossings diagonally or in a hurry. More than 35% wore dark clothing and had low visibility, and nearly 30% were distracted. Adolescent pedestrians did not adhere traffic rules about 6 times more than the young adult pedestrians. Pedestrians who did not adhere to traffic rules in the morning were significantly more than in the evening. Men committed a violation 1.47 times more than women. The results showed that the pedestrians committed a violation in the morning significantly more than in the evening. The occurrence of pedestrians’ unsafe behaviors in Maku was high. Unsafe behaviors were high among men and young adult pedestrians. Therefore, it’s essential to implement educational interventions via different media as well as environmental interventions by different organizations to improve safe behavior among pedestrians.
User testing of an adaptation of fishbone diagrams to depict results of systematic reviews
Creators: name: Schultes, Marie-Therese
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Summary of findings tables in systematic reviews are highly informative but require epidemiological training to be interpreted correctly. The usage of fishbone diagrams as graphical displays could offer researchers an effective approach to simplify content for readers with limited epidemiological training. In this paper we demonstrate how fishbone diagrams can be applied to systematic reviews and present the results of an initial user testing. Methods Findings from two systematic reviews were graphically depicted in the form of the fishbone diagram. To test the utility of fishbone diagrams compared with summary of findings tables, we developed and pilot-tested an online survey using Qualtrics. Respondents were randomized to the fishbone diagram or a summary of findings table presenting the same body of evidence. They answered questions in both open-ended and closed-answer formats; all responses were anonymous. Measures of interest focused on first and second impressions, the ability to find and interpret critical information, as well as user experience with both displays. We asked respondents about the perceived utility of fishbone diagrams compared to summary of findings tables. We analyzed quantitative data by conducting t-tests and comparing descriptive statistics. Results Based on real world systematic reviews, we provide two different fishbone diagrams to show how they might be used to display complex information in a clear and succinct manner. User testing on 77 students with basic epidemiological training revealed that participants preferred summary of findings tables over fishbone diagrams. Significantly more participants liked the summary of findings table than the fishbone diagram (71.8% vs. 44.8%; p < .01); significantly more participants found the fishbone diagram confusing (63.2% vs. 35.9%, p < .05) or indicated that it was difficult to find information (65.8% vs. 45%; p < .01). However, more than half of the participants in both groups were unable to find critical information and answer three respective questions correctly (52.6% in the fishbone group; 51.3% in the summary of findings group). Conclusions Fishbone diagrams are compact visualizations that, theoretically, may prove useful for summarizing the findings of systematic reviews. Initial user testing, however, did not support the utility of such graphical displays.
Characterization of the Aging and Excess Noise of a Hamamatsu Fine Mesh Photopentode
Creators: name: Fujimoto, D.
name: Hearty, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The excess noise factor and the aging characteristics of 16 Hamamatsu R11283 photopentodes have been tested. These fine-mesh phototubes are to be paired with pure CsI scintillation crystals considered for use in the endcap calorimeter of the Belle II detector. The average excess noise factor was found to be $1.9 \pm 0.1 \pm 0.4$. The electronic noise of a custom preamplifier produced by the University of Montreal was found as a consequence of this measurement and was $1730 \pm 33$ electrons, in agreement with previous values. On average, the gain$\times$quantum efficiency was reduced to $93\pm3$ % of the initial value after passing 7 C through the anode. This corresponds to 70 years of standard Belle II operation.
Declaration of Intention of Mrs. Anna Planer
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1925

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Mrs. Anna Planer Applicant age: 25Occupation: HousewifeCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 24th July 1899Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: S.S. Pittsburgh City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date:28th April 1925
Declaration of Intention of Hans Prell
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1928

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Hans Prell Applicant age: 21Occupation: Auto MechanicCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 7 October 1907Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Deutschland City of residence at time of declaration: Pleasantville NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:19 November 1928
Declaration of Intention of Pasquale Jacivita
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1922

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Pasquale Jacivita Applicant age:44Occupation: LaborerCountry of Origin:ItalyDate of Birth:1 April 1877 Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Berlin City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:26 March 1922
ЎҚУВ ФАОЛИЯТИДА ЎҚИТУВЧИ-ЎҚУВЧИ МУНОСАБАТИНИНГ ПСИХОЛОГИК ХУСУСИЯТЛАРИ
Creators: name: Равшанбек Рўзматович Каримов
name: Сайёра Рустамовна Мирзаева
Publisher: name: Central Asian Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies (CARJIS)
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ўқув фаолияти
ўқитувчи-ўқувчи муносабати
кичик мактаб ѐши
ўқувчи психологик хусусиятлари

description: Мазкур мақола мазмуни ўқув фаолиятида ўқитувчи-ўқувчи муносабатининг психологик хусусиятлари ўрганишга қаратилган. Бунда бошланғич синф ўқувчиларининг психологик хусусиятлари, уларнинг ўқитувчи билан муносабати эмпирик жиҳатдан тадқиқ этилган. Натижалар психалагик таҳлили амалга оширилган.
Declaration of Intention of Mrs. Maria Cours
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1925

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Mrs. Maria Cours Applicant age: 41Occupation: HousewifeCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 19th December 1883Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Ceclia City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 9th July 1925
Stability of Some Positive Linear Operators on Compact Disk
Creators: name: Mursaleen, M.
name: Ansari, Khursheed J.
name: Khan, Asif
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Recently, Popa and Rasa [18,19] have shown the (in)stability of some classical operators defined on [0,1] and found best constant when the positive linear operators are stable in the sense of Hyers-Ulam. In this paper we show Hyers-Ulam (in)stability of complex Bernstein-Schurer operators, complex Kantrovich-Schurer operators and Lorentz operators on compact disk. In the case when the operator is stable in the sense of Hyers and Ulam, we find the infimum of Hyers-Ulam stability constants for respective operators.
description: 10 pages, Accepted in Acta Mathematica Scientia for publication
Declaration of Intention of Mrs. Martha Lanker
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Mrs. Martha Lanker Applicant age:30Occupation:maid Country of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 24 October 1893Sailed to the US aboard the vessel:unknown City of residence at time of declaration:Absecon, NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date:13 August 1924
Predictors of parents’ use of child restraint systems: Evidence from China
Creators: name: Liu, Jianrong
name: Huo, Yueying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Child restraint systems (CRS) can significantly lower the chance of child harm and death. Despite the benefit of CRS, their use in developing countries is low. Therefore, examining the factors that affect parents’ use of CRS is essential. In this study, the associations of demographic characteristics and the exogenous constructs in the health belief model (HBM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) with parents’ CRS use were investigated with structural equation modeling. Demographic factors alone explained 23.1% of the variance in CRS use. The model’s explanatory power increased greatly when exogenous constructs were incorporated from the HBM and TPB. Having a college degree, knowledge about CRS, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, and attitude significantly impacted parents’ use of CRS. The use of CRS in China is still low. Much effort should be done to increase the use of CRS in China, including education, and publicity.
The source and accessible entanglement of few-body systems
Creators: name: Sauerwein, D.
name: Schwaiger, K.
name: Cuquet, M.
name: de Vicente, J. I.
name: Kraus, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Entanglement is the resource to overcome the natural limitations of spatially separated parties restricted to Local Operations assisted by Classical Communications (LOCC). Recently two new classes of operational entanglement measures, the source and the accessible entanglement, for arbitrary multipartite states have been introduced. Whereas the source entanglement measures from how many states the state of interest can be obtained via LOCC, the accessible entanglement measures how many states can be reached via LOCC from the state at hand. We consider here pure bipartite as well as multipartite states and derive explicit formulae for the source entanglement. Moreover, we obtain explicit formulae for a whole class of source entanglement measures that characterize the simplicity of generating a given bipartite pure state via LOCC. Furthermore, we show how the accessible entanglement can be computed numerically. For generic four-qubit states we first derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of LOCC transformations among these states and then derive explicit formulae for their accessible and source entanglement.
description: 22 pages (including appendix), 9 figures, 1 table
Effects of retirement-age reforms on the employment of younger persons: Protocol for a systematic review
Creators: name: Kim, Seyoung
name: Lee, Minho
name: Gottlieb, Daniel
name: Ayalon, Liat
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
subject: Labor Economics
subject: Economics
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: labor substitution
subject: lump of labor
subject: pension reform
subject: protocol
subject: retirement age
subject: systematic review
subject: youth employment

description: Systematic review protocol
Testing the validity of the Kirkwood approximation using an extended Sznajd model
Creators: name: Timpanaro, André Martin
name: Galam, Serge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the deduction of the exit probability of the one dimensional Sznajd model through the Kirkwood approximation [F. Slanina et al., Europhys. Lett. 82, 18006 (2008)]. This approximation is peculiar in that in spite of the agreement with simulation results [F. Slanina et al., Europhys. Lett. 82, 18006 (2008), R. Lambiotte and S. Redner, Europhys. Lett. 82, 18007 (2008), A. M. Timpanaro and C. P. C. Prado, 89, 052808 (2014)] the hypothesis about the correlation lenghts behind it are inconsistent and fixing these inconsistencies leads to the same results as a simple mean field. We use an extended version of the Sznajd model to test the Kirkwood approximation in a wider context. This model includes the voter, Sznajd and "United we Stand, Divided we Fall" (USDF) models [R. A. Holley and T. M. Liggett, Ann. Prob. 3, 643 (1975), K. Sznajd-Weron and J. Sznajd, Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. C 11, 1157 (2000)] as different parameter combinations, meaning that some analytical results from these models can be used to evaluate the performance of the Kirkwood approximation. We also compare the predicted exit probability with simulation results for networks with $10^3$ sites. The results show clearly the regions in parameter space where the approximation gives accurate predictions, as well as where it starts failing, leading to a better understanding of its reliability.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures. To be submitted to Physical Review E
Semantics for probabilistic programming: higher-order functions, continuous distributions, and soft constraints
Creators: name: Staton, Sam
name: Yang, Hongseok
name: Heunen, Chris
name: Kammar, Ohad
name: Wood, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.3.2; D.3.1; I.2.5; G.3

description: We study the semantic foundation of expressive probabilistic programming languages, that support higher-order functions, continuous distributions, and soft constraints (such as Anglican, Church, and Venture). We define a metalanguage (an idealised version of Anglican) for probabilistic computation with the above features, develop both operational and denotational semantics, and prove soundness, adequacy, and termination. They involve measure theory, stochastic labelled transition systems, and functor categories, but admit intuitive computational readings, one of which views sampled random variables as dynamically allocated read-only variables. We apply our semantics to validate nontrivial equations underlying the correctness of certain compiler optimisations and inference algorithms such as sequential Monte Carlo simulation. The language enables defining probability distributions on higher-order functions, and we study their properties.
1ère Session: Objets métropolitains et invention de regards photographiques
Creators: name: Roseau, Raphaële Bertho Et Nathalie
Publisher: name: Collectif Inventer le Grand Paris
Year: 2022

description: Cette première session s’attachera à mettre en relief les temporalités croisées des changements urbains et photographiques, à travers l’émergence d’objets métropolitains et de regards qui transforment la perception, le paysage, la structure des villes. À travers des expériences européennes et nord- américaines, les communications reviendront sur les décennies 1960-1970 et la transition qui s’opère dans la documentation photographique des bouleversements urbains qui travaillent cette période d’intense bouleversement des échelles et des environnements, ses cadres, ses pratiques, ses usages sa diffusion. Entre commandes institutionnelles et programmes nationaux, comment s’initient les projets et que traduisent ces campagnes ? Quel rôle occupe la...
Archéologie croisée d’un imaginaire photographique : L’exemple du boulevard périphérique à Paris
Creators: name: Roseau, Raphaële Bertho Et Nathalie
Publisher: name: Collectif Inventer le Grand Paris
Year: 2022

description: Cette première session que nous ouvrons s’attache à mettre en relief les temporalités croisées des changements urbains et photographiques, à travers l’émergence d’objets métropolitains et des regards qui sont portés sur eux. Nous avons choisi de nous attacher à un moment particulier, celui des décennies 1960-1970, à travers des expériences européennes et nord-américaines, pour saisir ensemble la transition qui s’opère dans la documentation photographique des bouleversements urbains qui travaillent cette période d’accélération urbaine. Entre commandes institutionnelles et programmes nationaux, comment s’initient les projets et que traduisent ces campagnes ? Quel rôle occupe la photographie d’auteur ? Quels sont les usages et les...
Resolution of complex ends by Nonhomologous end joining - better to be lucky than good?
Creators: name: Ramsden, Dale
name: Strande, Natasha Tiffany
name: Waters, Crystal Ann
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract The Nonhomologous end joining pathway is essential for efficient repair of chromosome double strand breaks. This pathway consequently plays a key role in cellular resistance to break-inducing exogenous agents, as well as in the developmentally-programmed recombinations that are required for adaptive immunity. Chromosome breaks often have complex or “dirty” end structures that can interfere with the critical ligation step in this pathway; we review here how Nonhomologous end joining resolves such breaks.
Declaration of Intention of Louis Purcell
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Louis Purcell Applicant age: 50Occupation: WatchmanCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 27 January 1871Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Schooner Adolph City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 1 June 1924
Declaration of Intention of Lewis Goldhan
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1926

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by:Lewis Goldhan Applicant age:50Occupation: FarmerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 4 April 1874Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Reliance City of residence at time of declaration: Dorothy NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:6 July 1926
Declaration of Intention of Robert Hornbostel
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1919

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Robert HornbostelApplicant age: 26Occupation: WaiterCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 31 August, 1893Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: PatriciaCity of residence at time of declaration: AbseconDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 2 October, 1919
Hypospadias and maternal exposure to atrazine via drinking water in the National Birth Defects Prevention study
Creators: name: Meyer, Robert
name: Winston, Jennifer
name: Band, Lawrence
name: Olshan, Andrew
name: Emch, Michael
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Hypospadias is a relatively common birth defect affecting the male urinary tract. It has been suggested that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals might increase the risk of hypospadias by interrupting normal urethral development. Methods Using data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, a population-based case-control study, we considered the role of maternal exposure to atrazine, a widely used herbicide and potential endocrine disruptor, via drinking water in the etiology of 2nd and 3rd degree hypospadias. We used data on 343 hypospadias cases and 1,422 male controls in North Carolina, Arkansas, Iowa, and Texas from 1998–2005. Using catchment level stream and groundwater contaminant models from the US Geological Survey, we estimated atrazine concentrations in public water supplies and in private wells. We assigned case and control mothers to public water supplies based on geocoded maternal address during the critical window of exposure for hypospadias (i.e., gestational weeks 6–16). Using maternal questionnaire data about water consumption and drinking water, we estimated a surrogate for total maternal consumption of atrazine via drinking water. We then included additional maternal covariates, including age, race/ethnicity, parity, and plurality, in logistic regression analyses to consider an association between atrazine and hypospadias. Results When controlling for maternal characteristics, any association between hypospadias and daily maternal atrazine exposure during the critical window of genitourinary development was found to be weak or null (odds ratio for atrazine in drinking water = 1. 00, 95 % CI = 0.97 to 1.03 per 0.04 μg/day increase; odds ratio for maternal consumption = 1.02, 95 % CI = 0.99 to 1.05; per 0.05 μg/day increase). Conclusions While the association that we observed was weak, our results suggest that additional research into a possible association between atrazine and hypospadias occurrence, using a more sensitive exposure metric, would be useful.
Community narratives on Facebook regarding mobile phone use while driving and road policing technologies
Creators: name: Stefanidis, K. B.
name: Schiemer, C.
name: Freeman, J.
name: Mulgrew, K.
name: Oviedo-Trespalacios, O.
name: Truelove, V.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: Mobile phone use while driving is a major cause of distraction and area for concern. Numerous factors have been shown to be associated with engagement in mobile phone use while driving, including peer influences and social media content encouraging the behavior. Phone detection cameras are being increasingly utilized to enforce the hand-held mobile phone use while driving ban in Australia, yet this has been accompanied by an emergence of camera location pages on social media platforms such as Facebook. Research is clearly needed to explore the nature and extent of this online content, since such information can be used to counteract any negative effects on enforcement. Methods: Accordingly, this exploratory study analyzed content on Facebook pertaining to mobile phone use while driving, enforcement of the behavior and legal penalties associated with the behavior. Results: A total of 167 public Facebook posts shared within Australia in January to October 2021 were examined. Overall, it was found that: (a) a large proportion (74%) of posts focused on the location of mobile phone cameras, (b) whilst most discussions centered around discouraging mobile phone use while driving, a large number also aimed to facilitate avoiding detection for the behavior. Finally, very few posts/comments acknowledged the risks associated with the behavior, including the risk of being caught. Conclusions: This research provides preliminary evidence that social media platforms appear to provide an avenue to reduce the likelihood of apprehension. Avenues for future research are discussed.
Picturing the Changing American City in the 1970s Photography from the NEA Photography Surveys and the EPA Documerica Project
Creators: name: Rice, Mark
Publisher: name: Collectif Inventer le Grand Paris
Year: 2022

description: When Raphaele Bertho first contacted me, she asked me if I'd be willing to discuss photography, specifically from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), that reveal patterns of urban growth and change in the 1970s. I published a book on the subject in 2005, Through the Lens of the City, and I'm grateful that more than 15 years later there's still some interest in what I wrote about. For this paper I'm going to expand my focus to include another project in the 1970s that had some parallels to the work being done by the NEA. That project was...
Les années 60, Montréal voit grand
Creators: name: Lortie, André
Publisher: name: Collectif Inventer le Grand Paris
Year: 2022

description: Je reviens aujourd'hui sur un projet déjà ancien relatif à une exposition que j'avais organisée en 2004 au Centre canadien d'architecture de Montréal (CCA), au terme d’un programme de recherche débuté en 1999. L'exposition du CCA – et la publication qui l’accompagnait –, dont le titre était Les années 60 : Montréal voit grand, s'appuyait largement sur la photographie pour rendre compte des transformations advenues pendant la décennie des années 60, ainsi que pour documenter la production architecturale de la période et notamment celle de l'Exposition Universelle de 1967 dont Montréal était l'hôte. Je ferai d'abord un bref survol de...
Declaration of Intention of Mrs. Anna Neuwald, known as Anna Gloria
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Mrs. Anna Neuwald.Applicant age:55Occupation: RetiredCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 4 September 1869Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Espagne City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:29 July 1924
ФУҚАРОЛИК ЖАМИЯТИ ИНСТИТУТЛАРИ ФАОЛИЯТИНИ ТАКОМИЛЛАШТИРИШНИНГ БАЪЗИ ЖИҲАТЛАРИ
Creators: name: Боситхон Абдирайимович Қосимов
Publisher: name: Central Asian Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies (CARJIS)
Year: 2022
Subjects: Фуқаролик
жамият
эркинлик
демократия
ҳуқуқ
адолат

description: Мазкур мақолада фуқаролик жамиятининг асосини жамоат ташкилотлари ташкил этиши. Шу ўринда фуқаролик жамияти нима деган савол туғилади. Фуқаролик жамияти–шахсий ҳокимият режимига, ўзбошимчаликка, синфий нафратга, тоталитаризмга, инсонлар устидан зўравонликка ўрин бўлмаган, қонун, аҳлоқ, инсонпарварлик ва адолат тамойилларини ҳамма ҳурмат қиладиган эркин, демократик, ҳуқуқий цивилизациялашган жамияти эканлиги тўғрисида маълумотлар илмий асослар билан келтирилган.
Drunk driving policies and breath test refusal in Taiwan
Creators: name: Chan, Yun-Shan
name: Tsai, Wei-Der
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Driving under the influence (DUI) is one of the major causes of traffic crashes in Taiwan, leading to huge medical expenditures and human capital loss. Although the authorities have enacted several policies to reduce drunk driving, most penalties are based on drunk drivers’ alcohol levels. According to Taiwan regulations, drivers could pay a fine to refuse the breath test if they are not involved in a traffic collision, and there is no clear evidence showing that they are DUI. Therefore, increased sanctions for DUI may lead to increased breath test refusals. If breath tests for drunk driving could be refused with little or no punishments for drivers, then the detection of behavioral impairment would weaken, and the deterrent effect of DUI punishment would be limited. This research uses interrupted time-series analysis (ITSA) to examine how policy reforms from 2007 to 2020 affected driver’s breath refusal rate in Taiwan. We find that said reforms that exclusively increase the punishment of DUI offenders did raise the refusal rate immediately and persistently, suggesting that more drunk drivers would refuse a breath test to avoid more severe DUI punishment. Policy reforms that increase penalties for drivers refusing to take breath tests may instantly lower the refusal rate, but the long-term effects are contingent upon the DUI punishment. It appears that drunk drivers could still decide on breath test refusal to avoid a DUI conviction if the punishment for refusing the test is less severe than that for DUI. Aggravating penalties for refusing breath tests would decrease the refusal rate and help reinforce DUI’s deterrent effect.
Declaration of Intention of Henry Anthony Ritter
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1921

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Henry Anthony Ritter Applicant age:53Occupation: FarmerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 14 August 1867Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Somland City of residence at time of declaration: Idlewood Cardiff NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:7 January 1921
Tracking implementation strategies: a description of a practical approach and early findings
Creators: name: Birken, Sarah
name: Powell, Byron
name: Shea, Christopher
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Published descriptions of implementation strategies often lack precision and consistency, limiting replicability and slowing accumulation of knowledge. Recent publication guidelines for implementation strategies call for improved description of the activities, dose, rationale and expected outcome(s) of strategies. However, capturing implementation strategies with this level of detail can be challenging, as responsibility for implementation is often diffuse and strategies may be flexibly applied as barriers and challenges emerge. We describe and demonstrate the development and application of a practical approach to identifying implementation strategies used in research and practice that could be used to guide their description and specification. Methods An approach to tracking implementation strategies using activity logs completed by project personnel was developed to facilitate identification of discrete strategies. This approach was piloted in the context of a multi-component project to improve children’s access to behavioural health services in a county-based child welfare agency. Key project personnel completed monthly activity logs that gathered data on strategies used over 17 months. Logs collected information about implementation activities, intent, duration and individuals involved. Using a consensus approach, two sets of coders categorised each activity based upon Powell et al.’s (Med Care Res Rev 69:123–57, 2012) taxonomy of implementation strategies. Results Participants reported on 473 activities, which represent 45 unique strategies. Initial implementation was characterised by planning strategies followed by educational strategies. After project launch, quality management strategies predominated, suggesting a progression of implementation over time. Together, these strategies accounted for 1594 person-hours, many of which were reported by the leadership team that was responsible for project design, implementation and oversight. Conclusions This approach allows for identifying discrete implementation strategies used over time, estimating dose, describing temporal ordering of implementation strategies, and pinpointing the major implementation actors. This detail could facilitate clear reporting of a full range of implementation strategies, including those that may be less observable. This approach could lead to a more nuanced understanding of what it takes to implement different innovations, the types of strategies that are most useful during specific phases of implementation, and how implementation strategies need to be adaptively applied throughout the course of a given initiative.
Vanishing of Rabinowitz Floer homology on negative line bundles
Creators: name: Albers, Peter
name: Kang, Jungsoo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D40

description: Following [Fra08, AF14] we construct Rabinowitz Floer homology for negative line bundles over symplectic manifolds and prove a vanishing result. In [Rit14] Ritter showed that symplectic homology of these spaces does not vanish, in general. Thus, the theorem $\mathrm{SH}=0\Leftrightarrow\mathrm{RFH}=0$, [Rit13], does not extend beyond the symplectically aspherical situation. We give a conjectural explanation in terms of the Cieliebak-Frauenfelder-Oancea long exact sequence [CFO10].
description: 24 pages
Multidimensional Butterfly Factorization
Creators: name: Li, Yingzhou
name: Yang, Haizhao
name: Ying, Lexing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper introduces the multidimensional butterfly factorization as a data-sparse representation of multidimensional kernel matrices that satisfy the complementary low-rank property. This factorization approximates such a kernel matrix of size $N\times N$ with a product of $Ø(\log N)$ sparse matrices, each of which contains $Ø(N)$ nonzero entries. We also propose efficient algorithms for constructing this factorization when either (i) a fast algorithm for applying the kernel matrix and its adjoint is available or (ii) every entry of the kernel matrix can be evaluated in $Ø(1)$ operations. For the kernel matrices of multidimensional Fourier integral operators, for which the complementary low-rank property is not satisfied due to a singularity at the origin, we extend this factorization by combining it with either a polar coordinate transformation or a multiscale decomposition of the integration domain to overcome the singularity. Numerical results are provided to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithms.
Naturalization Records of Petitioner John Andrew Newpoucer
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1859

description: Naturalization records to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: John Andrew Newpoucer Country of origin: Germany Age of petitioner: Unknown Occupation: Unknown City of residence at time of declaration: Unknown Date petition filed: 14 September 1859 Name of witness: John Sherff
Intermediate Mass Fragment Emission in ${^{32}}$S +${^{51}}$V, ${^{109}}$Ag, and ${^{238}}$U Collisions at E~=~31.6~MeV~A
Creators: name: Machner, H.
name: Nolte, M.
name: Palarczyk, M.
name: Kutsarova, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Intermediate mass fragment emission for reactions of $^{32}\text{S} +\,^{51}\text{V},\,^{109}$Ag, and $^{238}\text{U}$ has been studied. Double differential cross sections were analysed in terms of the generalised moving source model yielding charge distributions. Isotope ratios show strong fragment mass dependencies. The data were successfully reproduced by the coalescence model as well as by statistical multifragmentation model calculations. Quantum molecular dynamics model calculations were not so successful.
description: accepted by European Journal of Physics A
When driving becomes risky: Micro-scale variants of the lane-changing maneuver in highway traffic
Creators: name: Qayyum, Amna
name: De Baets, Bernard
name: Van Ackere, Samuel
name: Witlox, Frank
name: De Tré, Guy
name: Van de Weghe, Nico
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Objective: Vehicular lane-changing is one of the riskiest driving maneuvers. Since vehicular automation is quickly becoming a reality, it is crucial to be able to identify when such a maneuver can turn into a risky situation. Recently, it has been shown that a qualitative approach: the Point Descriptor Precedence (PDP) representation, is able to do so. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether the PDP representation can detect hazardous micro movements during lane-changing maneuvers in a situation of structural congestion in the morning and/or evening.Method: The approach involves analyzing a large real-world traffic dataset using the PDP representation and adding safety distance points to distinguish subtle movement patterns.Results: Based on these subtleties, we label four out of seven and five out of nine lane-change maneuvers as risky during the selected peak and the off-peak traffic hours respectively.Conclusions: The results show that the approach can identify risky movement patterns in traffic. The PDP representation can be used to check whether certain adjustments (e.g., changing the maximum speed) have a significant impact on the number of dangerous behaviors, which is important for improving road safety. This approach has practical applications in penalizing traffic violations, improving traffic flow, and providing valuable information for policymakers and transport experts. It can also be used to train autonomous vehicles in risky driving situations.