cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hierarchical structure of fluctuation theorems for a driven system in contact with multiple heat reservoirs
Creators: name: Chen, Jin-Fu
name: Quan, H. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For driven open systems in contact with multiple heat reservoirs, we find the marginal distributions of work or heat do not satisfy any fluctuation theorem, but only the joint distribution of work and heat satisfies a family of fluctuation theorems. A hierarchical structure of these fluctuation theorems is discovered from microreversibility of the dynamics by adopting a step-by-step coarse-graining procedure in both classical and quantum regimes. Thus, we put all fluctuation theorems concerning work and heat into a unified framework. We also propose a general method to calculate the joint statistics of work and heat in the situation of multiple heat reservoirs via the Feynman-Kac equation. For a classical Brownian particle in contact with multiple heat reservoirs, we verify the validity of the fluctuation theorems for the joint distribution of work and heat.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures, published version
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR CULTIVATING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN FUTURE INFORMATICS TEACHERS
Creators: name: Otajonov, Jamshidbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The effective teaching of informatics requires a nuanced blend of subject-matter expertise, technological proficiency, and adeptness in employing innovative pedagogical techniques. As the demand for skilled informatics professionals continues to rise, the imperative to equip future informatics teachers with the requisite skills and knowledge becomes all the more paramount.
title: Utilization of Molecular Inversion Probes in Malaria Sequencing
Creators: name: Aydemir, Ozkan
name: Tran, Alice
name: Kaymaz, Yasin
name: Hathaway, Nicholas J.
name: Bailey, Jeffrey A.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: While massively parallel sequencing of whole genomes shed light on many previously puzzling genetic questions, the high costs associated with this approach makes its use impractical when large cohorts need to be sequenced at high coverage. Available capture technologies reduces the sequencing costs by enriching template material for the regions of interest. However, these technologies are also prohibitively costly at high sample numbers. Capture methods utilizing molecular inversion probes (MIPs) offer a flexible alternative to enrich template material that multiplex well for thousands of samples and require minimal resources. Here, for our work in malaria, we extend the utility of MIPs, improving the capture length and efficiency. We have also dramatically decreased the capture time from 24-48 h to 1 h. Combined, these improvements allow the potential for rapid and reliable application of MIP captures in research and, importantly, clinical settings.
title: Anti-pPKCθ (T538) Delivery via Cell Penetrating Peptide Mimics as a Novel Treatment of Aplastic Anemia
Creators: name: Ozay, Emrah Ilker
name: Gonzalez-Perez, Gabriela
name: Torres, Joe
name: Tew, Gregory N.
name: Minter, Lisa M.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: The objective of this study is to deliver anti-pPKCθ (T538) into T cells (hPBMCs) by using cell penetrating peptide mimics (CPPMs) to neutralize PKCθ activity both in vitro and in vivo, with the eventual goal of treating aplastic anemia (AA). AA is an immune-mediated bone marrow failure disease caused by T helper type 1 (Th1) autoimmune responses, which destroy blood cell progenitors. It was previously reported that protein kinase C theta (PKCθ), expressed specifically in T cells, plays an important role in T cell signaling by mediating Th1 differentiation. Mice treated with Rottlerin, a pharmacological inhibitor of PKCθ, are rescued from the disease when PKCθ phosphorylation was inhibited. Furthermore, humanized antibodies are increasingly gaining attention as therapies. The delivery of antibodies could be achieved via cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), which are able to internalize cargo into cells. Here, we designed, synthesized and characterized CPPMs to increase delivery efficiency of an antibody against phosphorylated PKCθ (T538), which subsequently interfered with the function of the kinase. We designed an in vitro delivery method for the CPPM/Anti-pPKCθ complex then assessed T cell activation and AA disease marker expression. Also, we generated an in vivo humanized mouse model of AA and tested the complex for delivery and effect on survival of these mice. Altogether the results reveal that PKCθ may be an optimal target for bone marrow failure treatment and intracellular antibody delivery may represent a novel approach for AA treatment.
On Stochastic Orders and Total Positivity
Creators: name: Duembgen, Lutz
name: Moesching, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62A99, 62E10, 62G08

description: The usual stochastic order and the likelihood ratio order between probability distributions on the real line are reviewed in full generality. In addition, for the distribution of a random pair $(X,Y)$, it is shown that the conditional distributions of $Y$, given $X = x$, are increasing in $x$ with respect to the likelihood ratio order if and only if the joint distribution of $(X,Y)$ is totally positive of order two (TP2) in a certain sense. It is also shown that these three types of constraints are stable under weak convergence, and that weak convergence of TP2 distributions implies convergence of the conditional distributions just mentioned.
Auxiliary-boson and DMFT studies of bond ordering instabilities of t-J-V models on the square lattice
Creators: name: Allais, Andrea
name: Bauer, Johannes
name: Sachdev, Subir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the influence of strong on-site Coulomb interactions on instabilities of the metallic state on the square lattice to general forms of bond order. The Mott correlations are accounted for by the auxiliary-boson method, and by dynamical mean field theory calculations, complementing our recent work (arXiv:1402.4807) using Gutzwiller projected variational wavefunctions. By the present methods, we find that the on-site Mott correlations do not significantly modify the structure of the bond ordering instabilities which preserve time-reversal symmetry, but they do enhance the instability towards time-reversal symmetry breaking "staggered flux" states.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures
R-Strategen in der Verwendung : Staudenwissen
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2012
Subjects: Staudenverwendung
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Bepflanzungsmodelle mit R-Strategen sind eine völlig unterschätzte und zu Unrecht vernachlässigte Bepflanzungsstrategie. Dabei haben sie mehrere Vorteile, der offensichtlichste davon: Immer dann, wenn es schnell gehen muss, können sie zeitweise in Pflanzensystemen zum Einsatz kommen.
title: Cervical Cancer in Cameroon: A Three Pronged Approach to Increase Awareness, Vaccination, Screening and Treatment
Creators: name: Ogembo, Javier Gordon
name: Muffih, T. P.
name: Maranda, Louise
name: Wamai, R.
name: Kemunto, R.
name: Welty, E.
name: Welty, T.
name: Manga, S.
name: Bradford, L.
name: Kalmakis, K.
name: Sheldon, L. K.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Problem: Cameroon has a disproportionately high burden of cervical cancer due to low awareness that the disease is preventable with prophylactic vaccines, lack of screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions, and high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Between 2007-2013, the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) devised three programs to: (1) increase awareness about cervical cancer; (2) immunize girls aged 9-13 years against human papilloma virus (HPV); and (3) conduct cervical cancer screening and treatment.

Approaches: In collaboration with clinicians and researchers at University of Massachusetts and Northeastern University, CBCHS conducted education programs about HPV vaccine and cervical cancer for parents, adolescents, health care workers, and community members. The HPV vaccination demonstration project was implemented in three settings: schools, healthcare facilities, and in communities. CBCHS conducted cervical cancer screening in six sites using a “see and treat approach”.

Findings: Following approval by the Ministry of Health, CBCHS nurses educated girls, parents, and communities about HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccine through multimedia coverage. A total of 6,851, 6,517 and 5,876 girls were immunized with first, second and third doses, respectively. Achieving an 84.6% 3-dose completion rate. Since 2007, 30,617 women have been screened with visual inspection with acetic acid and digital cervicography. Women with precancerous lesions were treated with cryotherapy or loop electrical excision procedure. Lesions suspicious for cancer were biopsied for histology. Of those screened, 3,015 (10%) self reported HIV-positivity, 19,837 (64%) were HIV-negative, and the HIV status of the remaining women was unreported (25%). The percentage of HIV infected women diagnosed with cancer was consistently higher than the percentage of HIV uninfected women diagnosed with cancer.

Lessons Learned: The project demonstrated that, with adequate education of stakeholders, HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening programs are acceptable and feasible methods to improve cervical cancer outcomes in Cameroon.
Blickdichte Blütenpracht am Meter : Staudenhecken
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2011
Subjects: Staudenhecke
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Staudenhecken überzeugen als Sichtschutz und Raumbildung ebenso gut wie Gehölzhecken. Zudem zeichnen sie sich aus durch Artenreichtum, hohe jahreszeitliche Dynamik, geringen Grenzabstand sowie einen hohen ökologischen Wert. An der Hochschule Wädenswil wurden die letzten vier Jahre verschiedene Pflanzenzusammensetzungen bezüglich Standfestigkeit, Sichtschutz und ästhetischer Wirkung getestet.
Die besten Astern für extreme Standorte : Ergebnisse der Staudensichtung
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2010
Subjects: ZUG
Staudensichtung
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Die ausdauernden Astern sind neben den Storchschnäbeln eine besonders wichtige Gattung in der Pflanzenverwendung. Ihre Bedeutung nahm in den letzten Jahren beständig zu, was sich in der gestaffelten Sichtung der umfassenden Sortimente zwischen 1999 und bis 2007 ausdrückt. Weder im Bauerngarten, noch im öffentlichen Grün sind Astern heute wegzudenken.
Cloaking of Arbitrarily-Shaped Objects with Homogeneous Coatings
Creators: name: Forestiere, Carlo
name: Negro, Luca Dal
name: Miano, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theory for the cloaking of arbitrarily-shaped objects and demonstrate electromagnetic scattering-cancellation through designed homogeneous coatings. First, in the small-particle limit, we expand the dipole moment of a coated object in terms of its resonant modes. By zeroing the numerator of the resulting rational function, we accurately predict the permittivity values of the coating layer that abates the total scattered power. Then, we extend the applicability of the method beyond the small-particle limit, deriving the radiation corrections of the scattering-cancellation permittivity within a perturbation approach. Our method permits the design of invisibility cloaks for irregularly-shaped devices such as complex sensors and detectors.
title: Inhibition of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B by Polyphenol Natural Products: Relevant to Diabetes Management
Creators: name: Liu, Zhiwei
name: Guo, Maolin
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Many biologically active polyphenols have been recognized for their beneficial effects in managing diabetes and their complications. However, the mechanisms behind their functions are poorly understood. As protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) has been identified as a target for anti-diabetic agents, the potential inhibitory effects of a dozen structurally diverse polyphenol natural products have been investigated. Among these polyphenols, potent inhibitory activities have been identified for 6 of them with IC50 in micromolar range, while the other polyphenols showed very weak inhibition. A structure-activity relationship (SAR) study and molecular ducking results suggest that both a rigid planar 3-ring backbone and appropriate substitutions of hydroxyl groups benefit the inhibitory activity. The mechanism of inhibition of PTP1B was further investigated by Michaelis-Menten kinetics and the inhibition mode for PTP1B was determined along with the inhibition constant.
title: Обработка амплитудно-фазоманипулированных сигналов с взвешиванием сжатых сегментов
Creators: name: Бурбах, А.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: В статье рассматривается корреляционно-фильтровая обработка амплитудно-фазоманипулированных сигналов с взвешиванием сжатых сегментов. При обработке отражённого сигнала предложено выполнять интерполяцию с
одновременной нормировкой сжатых сегментов. В результате слабый эхо-сигнал быстродвижущейся цели лучше выделяется из аддитивной суммы с мощным сигналом, отражённым с неподвижного или медленно движущегося объекта, расположенного на той же дальности. Представлены результаты моделирования обработки сигналов.
Получены оценки отношения «сигнал/(шум+помеха)».
J'ai fait faire un bateau sur mer (suite)
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
title: Live Well Springfield (LWS): Measuring Baseline Usage of the Springfield River Walk
Creators: name: Paradis, Timothy
name: Carbone, Elena
name: McCollough, Jeffrey
name: Puleo, Elaine M.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: OBJECTIVE: To measure RW usage prior to implementation of a targeted LWS intervention.

METHODS: Users were automatically counted by TRAFx infrared trail counters, which were installed at three locations along the RW – Brightwood, Boathouse, and Depot. Data are expressed in counts, not in number of people, because the counters cannot determine user identity. Data represent counts from August through October 2013.

RESULTS: The median daily counts for the Brightwood, Boathouse, and Depot locations were 70, 96, 181, respectively; mean counts were 69, 97, 189, respectively; and the range in counts were 39-133, 18-209, and 52-374, respectively. Hourly distributions varied.

DISCUSSION: Brightwood had relatively high counts during the 6 PM hour (6:00 to 6:59), suggesting nearby residents using the trail after work. Boathouse counts showed no sharp hourly peaks, suggesting usage is less related to a typical work schedule. Depot counts peaked sharply during the 12 PM and 1 PM hours, suggesting employees from downtown using the trail on their lunch break. The range in counts at each location suggests that weather affected usage overall, while differences between locations suggest that characteristics of each location played a large role in determining counts.

CONCLUSION: Results of this study will inform LWS programming and lay the foundation for post-intervention comparisons.
Blickdichte Blütenpracht am laufenden Meter : Staudenhecken
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2009
Subjects: ZUG
PV
Staudenhecken
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Hecken umgrenzen Gärten, teilen Gartenräume, verbinden Landschaften. Was verbirgt sich hinter dem Begriff Staudenhecken? Staudenhecken sind innovativ und anpassungsfähig an jeden Gartenraum. Seit 2007 wachsen erste Ideen an der ZHAW in Wädenswil.
Optical circular polarization induced by axionlike particles in blazars
Creators: name: Yao, Run-Min
name: Bi, Xiao-Jun
name: Wang, Jin-Wei
name: Yin, Peng-Fei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that the interaction between the axionlike particles (ALPs) and photons can be a possible origin of optical circular polarization (CP) in blazars. Given that there is no definite detection of optical CP at $\sim0.1\%$ level, a rough limit on ALP-photon coupling can be obtained, specifically $g_{aγ}\cdot B_\mathrm{T0}\lesssim7.9\times10^{-12}~\mathrm{G\cdot GeV}^{-1}$ for $m_{a}\lesssim 10^{-13}~\mathrm{eV}$, depending on the magnetic field configuration of the blazar jet. Obviously, for the blazar models with a larger magnetic field strength, such as hadronic radiation models, this constraint could be more stringent. We also perform a dedicated analysis of the tentative observations of optical CP in two blazars, namely 3C 66A and OJ 287, and we find that these observations could be explained by the ALP-photon mixing with $g_{aγ} \sim 10^{-11}~\mathrm{GeV}^{-1}$. As an outlook, our analysis can be improved by further research on the radiation models of blazars and high-precision joint measurements of optical CP and linear polarization.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables
title: Translational Model for External Volume Expansion in Irradiated Skin
Creators: name: Lujan-Hernandez, Jorge R.
name: Chin, Michael S.
name: Babchenko, Oksana O.
name: Bannon, Elizabeth
name: Strom, Heather M.
name: Ignotz, Ronald A.
name: Lo, Yuan-Chyuan
name: Fitzgerald, Thomas J.
name: Lalikos, Janice F.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Introduction: External Volume Expansion (EVE) treatment has gained popularity in breast reconstruction, enriching recipient sites for fat grafting. For patients receiving radiotherapy (XRT), results of EVE use vary, partly because the effects of EVE on irradiated tissue are not well understood. Based on our previous work with EVE and XRT, we developed a new translational model to investigate the effects of EVE in the setting of chronic radiation skin injury. Methods: Twenty-Eight SKH1-E mice received 50Gy of beta-radiation to each flank. Animals were monitored until chronic radiation fibrosis developed (8 weeks). EVE was then applied to one side for 6hrs on 5 consecutive days. The opposite side served as control. Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) was used to assess perfusion changes before and after EVE. Mice were sacrificed at 5 days (n=14) and 15 days (n=14) after last application for histological analysis. Tissue samples were stained for vascularity (CD31) and collagen composition (Picro-Sirius red). Results: All animals developed skin fibrosis 8 weeks post-radiation, and changes in perfusion verified skin damage. EVE application induced edema on treated sides. Five days post-application, both sides were hypo-perfused as seen by HSI; with the EVE side 13% more ischemic than the untreated side (p<0.001). Perfusion returned to control side levels by day 15. Blood vessels increased 20% by day 5 in EVE versus control. Collagen composition showed no difference in scar index analysis. Conclusion: EVE temporarily augments radiation-induced hypo-perfusion, likely due to transient edema. Fibrosis remained unchanged after EVE, possibly accounting for the limited expansion seen in patients. It appears that EVE induces angiogenic effect but does not affect dermal collagen composition. Future efforts should focus on reducing fibrosis post radiation to allow EVE to achieve its full potential, to benefit irradiated patients.
Modulating the dynamics of NFκB and PI3K enhances the ensemble-level TNFR1 signaling mediated apoptotic response
Creators: name: Sherekar, Shubhank
name: Todankar, Chaitra S
name: Viswanathan, Ganesh A
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Boolean dynamic modeling, state transition graph, absorption probability, Stochastic asynchronous

description: Codes to implement BM-ProSPR algorithm on TNF alpha stimulated TNFR1 signaling network to estimate partial STG with minimum number of permutations..
Bond order instabilities in a correlated two-dimensional metal
Creators: name: Allais, Andrea
name: Bauer, Johannes
name: Sachdev, Subir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by recent experimental evidence of charge order in the pseudogap phase of cuprates, we perform a variational analysis of charge-neutral, spin-singlet ordering in metals on the square lattice, using a wavefunction with double occupancy projected out. We examine ordering with and without time-reversal symmetry, with arbitrary wavevector and tunable form factor. Depending on parameters, we find d-wave bond density wave ordering with wavevector either parallel to the lattice generators or diagonally oriented, or a ground state which carries a time reversal-breaking pattern of spontaneous currents.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
title: Computerized 3-dimensional Localization of a Video Capsule in the Abdominal Cavity: Validation by Digital Radiography
Creators: name: Marya, Neil B.
name: Karellas, Andrew
name: Roychowdhury, Abhijit
name: Foley, Anne
name: Cave, David
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Background: Video capsule endoscopy has become the gold standard for examining the small bowel and defining pathological lesions, however, localization of a specific lesion remains largely guesswork. We report the validation of a new 3D localization software using radiological localization in volunteers.

Methods: 30 volunteers with no known prior history of gastrointestinal disease swallowed the EC-10 video capsule. A sensor array with six radiopaque markers was placed on the anterior abdominal wall. Once the capsule was visualized to be in the small intestine using a real time viewer, five sets of low dose x-rays were taken every thirty minutes. Distances between sensor points and the capsule were measured on the x-rays to provide X, Y, and Z coordinates and compared with the distances calculated by the software from the same points.

Results: Data from 27 of the 30 subjects were suitable for analysis. There were three technical failures. Our study evaluated the accuracy of the “Capsule 3D Track function” which calculated the capsule position based on the signal strength received at the sensor array. The accuracy of the position was compared to the actual position of the capsule as determined by radiographic images obtained during the capsule’s transit through the small bowel. The average error for the software measurement for each of the three coordinates was: X -2.00 cm (SD 1.64 cm), Y -- 2.64 cm (SD 2.39 cm), and Z --2.51 cm (1.83 cm).

Conclusion: The localization error reported here is comparable to the existing system for localization, however, it provides localization across all three spatial dimensions which has never been achieved before. The potential utility of this technology is yet to be seen, however, as it needs to now be studied in a prospective clinical trial for patients with suspected small bowel pathology.
Who Can Change Proprietary Source Code
Publisher: name: Online Ethics Center
Year: 2006
Subjects: Intellectual Property and Patents
Research and Practice
Workplace Ethics

description: Derek Evans used to work for a small computer firm that specializes in developing software for management tasks. Derek was a primary contributor in designing an innovative software system for customer services. Derek is now working for a much larger computer firm. It now occurs to him that by making a few minor alterations in the innovative software system he helped design at the small computer firm his new tasks at this larger firm can be greatly simplified.
title: Development and Validation of a Clinical Scoring System to Differentiate Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Disease
Creators: name: Marya, Neil B.
name: Baptista, Veronica
name: Patel, Krunal
name: Barton, Bruce A.
name: Foley, Anne
name: Macomber, Christopher W.
name: Cave, David R.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Background: There is no validated scoring system for differentiating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Studies variably report clinical measures such as radiology, endoscopy, inflammatory markers, and symptoms to separate IBS from IBD. Our study seeks to create a system to IBD patients from IBS. The “REBISS” score incorporates various clinical criteria used commonly for diagnosis. We also studied a second system called “REBISS-PCP” focusing on a subset of criteria that are available to PCPs when faced with this challenge. Methods: This study was approved by the UMass IRB. Two cohorts were identified: 24 IBD patients (Group1) and 24 IBS patients (Group2). Subjects in Group1 were patients with Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis. Subjects in Group2 were identified as having IBS based on ROME III criteria. Retrospective analysis was performed and a score was calculated. One point is assigned for having: radiological findings consistent with IBD, endoscopic findings of inflammation or ulceration, biopsy findings consistent with IBD, elevated inflammatory markers, weight loss, hematochezia, extra-intestinal signs/symptoms, palpable mass on exam, and perianal disease. The maximum score is 10 points. For the REBISS-PCP score, the same clinical criteria were studied with the exclusion of endoscopic and biopsy findings. Maximum score for that system is 8 points. A likelihood ratio chi-square test was performed for both cohorts and scoring systems. Results: The REBISS scoring system showed a significant differentiation of the two cohorts in regards to scoring distribution (chi-square value = 59.8; p<0.0001). The REBISS-PCP scoring system also found a significant differentiation of the two cohorts (chi-square value = 35.7;p< 0.0001). Discussion: The REBISS scoring system could be used to standardize IBD and IBSd populations in an academic research setting, while both the REBISS and REBISS-PCP scoring system could be used as a screening tool in clinical practice.
Unkomplizierte Herbstblüher : die besten Herbst-Anemonen
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2010
Subjects: Anemonen
ZUG
PV
635: Gartenpflanzen (Gartenbau)

description: 2006 konnte das knapp 30 Sorten umfassende Standard-Sortiment der Herbst-Anemonen im Botanischen Garten in Düsseldorf gesichtet werden. Aus diesem umfassenden Sortiment wurden überdurchschnittlich viele ausgezeichnete (***) und sehr gute (**) Sorten ermittelt.
Boundary Between Professional Engineering Society and State Licensing Board
Publisher: name: Online Ethics Center
Year: 2006
Subjects: Conflict of Interest
Research and Practice
Workplace Ethics

description: The New Wyoming State Board of Professional Engineers performs regulatory functions (e.g., licensing of engineers) for the state. Members of the Board are appointed by the state governor. Most of the Board members are also members of the New Wyoming Society of Professional Engineers (NWSPE), a voluntary umbrella organization of professional engineers in New Wyoming. Membership in NWSPE is controlled by its own board and is not subject to approval by the State Board. Since they share many common concerns about the engineering profession, the Executive Committee of NWSPE has recently expressed a strong interest in improving communication between NWSPE and the State Board.
Contact geometric approach to Glauber dynamics near a cusp and its limitation
Creators: name: Goto, Shin-itiro
name: Lerer, Shai
name: Polterovich, Leonid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a nonequilibrium mean field Ising model in the low temperature phase regime, where metastable equilibrium states develop a cuspidal (spinodal) singularity. We focus on celebrated Glauber dynamics, and design a contact Hamiltonian flow which captures some of its rough features in this regime. We prove, however, that there is an inevitable discrepancy between the scaling laws for the relaxation time in the Glauber and the contact Hamiltonian dynamical systems.
description: 2 figures
title: A Year of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Epidemiologic Study
Creators: name: Marya, Neil B.
name: Jawaid, Salmaan
name: Gondal, Bilal
name: Maranda, Louise
name: Marshall, Christopher A.
name: Foley, Anne
name: Charpentier, Joseph
name: Singh, Anupam
name: Cave, David R.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Background: For decades the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) has been based largely on endoscopy. Studying a large cohort of patients presenting to the ED we may find cost-effective alternatives in the management of GIB. We analyzed the epidemiology and initial disposition of all patients who presented to our ED from the perspective of hematemesis versus non-hematemesis, to identify patterns among each cohort’s presentations to aid in this. Methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records for 338 patients presenting to the UMass ED. Two cohorts were identified: those with hematemesis (G1) or non-hematemesis (G2). Results: 105 patients presented to the ED with hematemesis (G1), 233 patients presented with non-hematemesis GIB (G2). G1 was younger than G2 (54.4 years vs. 65.6 years, p<0.001). There were more males in G1 vs. G2 (61% vs. 53%, p=0.154). Comorbities in G1 were liver disease (21%), alcohol abuse (20%), and diabetes (11%). Comorbities in G2 were coronary artery disease (22%), atrial fibrillation (13.7%), and diverticulosis (8%). More patients in G2 than G1 used Coumadin (23% vs. 7%, p<0.001), anti-platelet agents (12% and 3%, p<0.004), and NSAIDs (40% and 32%y, p=0.203). Admission hematocrit was greater in G1 compared to G2 (34.1 vs. 30.0, p<0.001). INR was greater in G2 compared to G1 (1.7 vs. 1.3, p=0.03). BUN was greater in G2 compared to G1 (30.2 vs. 23.6, p=0.021). More patients in G2 were admitted compared to G1 (89.6% vs. 78.1%, p=0.019). More were admitted to the ICU in G1 compared to G2 (46% vs. 38%, p=0.237).Discussion: This study uses a novel approach that elicits different patterns than the traditional delineation of upper versus lower GIB. These results may lead to new decision-making in patients presenting with GIB, allowing for new diagnostic and management paradigms, resulting in cost-effective care.
«C-orientierte» Bepflanzungsmodelle in der Praxis : Staudenverwendung
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2012
Subjects: Staudenverwendung
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: In der Weiterentwicklung der Mischpflanzungen entstanden für nährstoffreiche, schwere und nasse Böden an der ZHAW ab 2007 die linearen Staudenhecken, seit 2010 gibt es exemplarisch flächige, also wiesenartige Bepflanzungsmodelle.
Towards 3-Dimensional Rewriting Theory
Creators: name: Mimram, Samuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: String rewriting systems have proved very useful to study monoids. In good cases, they give finite presentations of monoids, allowing computations on those and their manipulation by a computer. Even better, when the presentation is confluent and terminating, they provide one with a notion of canonical representative of the elements of the presented monoid. Polygraphs are a higher-dimensional generalization of this notion of presentation, from the setting of monoids to the much more general setting of n-categories. One of the main purposes of this article is to give a progressive introduction to the notion of higher-dimensional rewriting system provided by polygraphs, and describe its links with classical rewriting theory, string and term rewriting systems in particular. After introducing the general setting, we will be interested in proving local confluence for polygraphs presenting 2-categories and introduce a framework in which a finite 3-dimensional rewriting system admits a finite number of critical pairs.
NANOGrav Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Circular Orbits
Creators: name: Arzoumanian, Z.
name: Brazier, A.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Chamberlin, S. J.
name: Chatterjee, S.
name: Cordes, J. M.
name: Demorest, P. B.
name: Deng, X.
name: Dolch, T.
name: Ellis, J. A.
name: Ferdman, R. D.
name: Garver-Daniels, N.
name: Jenet, F.
name: Jones, G.
name: Kaspi, V. M.
name: Koop, M.
name: Lam, M.
name: Lazio, T. J. W.
name: Lommen, A. N.
name: Lorimer, D. R.
name: Luo, J.
name: Lynch, R. S.
name: Madison, D. R.
name: McLaughlin, M.
name: McWilliams, S. T.
name: Nice, D. J.
name: Palliyaguru, N.
name: Pennucci, T. T.
name: Ransom, S. M.
name: Sesana, A.
name: Siemens, X.
name: Stairs, I. H.
name: Stinebring, D. R.
name: Stovall, K.
name: Swiggum, J.
name: Vallisneri, M.
name: van Haasteren, R.
name: Wang, Y.
name: Zhu, W. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) project currently observes 43 pulsars using the Green Bank and Arecibo radio telescopes. In this work we use a subset of 17 pulsars timed for a span of roughly five years (2005--2010). We analyze these data using standard pulsar timing models, with the addition of time-variable dispersion measure and frequency-variable pulse shape terms. Within the timing data, we perform a search for continuous gravitational waves from individual supermassive black hole binaries in circular orbits using robust frequentist and Bayesian techniques. We find that there is no evidence for the presence of a detectable continuous gravitational wave; however, we can use these data to place the most constraining upper limits to date on the strength of such gravitational waves. Using the full 17 pulsar dataset we place a 95% upper limit on the sky-averaged strain amplitude of $h_0\lesssim 3.8\times 10^{-14}$ at a frequency of 10 nHz. Furthermore, we place 95% \emph{all sky} lower limits on the luminosity distance to such gravitational wave sources finding that the $d_L \gtrsim 425$ Mpc for sources at a frequency of 10 nHz and chirp mass $10^{10}{\rm M}_{\odot}$. We find that for gravitational wave sources near our best timed pulsars in the sky, the sensitivity of the pulsar timing array is increased by a factor of $\sim$4 over the sky-averaged sensitivity. Finally we place limits on the coalescence rate of the most massive supermassive black hole binaries.
description: 21 pages, 9 figures. Matches version submitted to ApJ
Unentbehrliche Wegbegleiter : Schleppenstauden
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2011
Subjects: Schleppenstaude
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Was um alles in der Welt sind Schleppenstauden, wird sich manch ein Pflanzenverwender jetzt fragen. Wird für das Verständnis der Planung und Ordnung der Stauden eine neue Kategorie in der Staudenverwendung benötigt? Ja, wie Erfahrungen aus Mischpflanzungen und Staudenhecken zeigen.
Stauden aufs Solar-Dach : die Stress-Strategen
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2012
Subjects: Staudenverwendung
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Funktionierende Dachbegrünungen unterstützen den Wirkungsgrad von Photovoltaikanlagen. Der Bund für Natur- und Umweltschutz Deutschland gibt für die Sommermonate einen 20 Prozent höheren Wirkungsgrad an. Das heisst im Klartext: Im Sommer kann eine Solaranlage mithilfe der Dachbegrünung rund ein Fünftel mehr Energie produzieren. Wer eine Photovoltaikanlage installieren will, muss somit auf eine Dachbegrünung nicht verzichten.
Von Silbersommer zu weiteren Pflanzenkompositionen : erprobte Mischpflanzungen – eine Erfolgsgeschichte
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2009
Subjects: Mischpflanzung
ZUG
PV
635: Gartenpflanzen (Gartenbau)

description: Den Durchbruch erzielten die Mischpflanzungen mit dem Konzept «Silbersommer». «Silbersommer» steht heute für ein Markenprodukt. 2008 erhielt die ZHAW den begehrten Schulthess-Gartenpreis für die Forschung zu diversen Mischpflanzungskonzepten.
title: Evening Snacking in Relation to Self-reported Declines in Sleep Quality during Pregnancy: Preliminary Results from the Decision-Making, Eating, and Weight Gain During Pregnancy (DEW) Study
Creators: name: McCallum, Wendy
name: Appelhans, Bradley M.
name: Moore Simas, Tiffany A.
name: Xiao, Rui Sherry
name: Alikhan, Shums
name: Pierre-Louis, Isabelle C.
name: Olendzki, Barbara C.
name: Pagoto, Sherry L.
name: Waring, Molly E.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Background: Poor sleep in non-pregnant adults has been associated with increased evening snacking, which may contribute to weight gain. Sleep disturbances are common during pregnancy.

Objective: To examine the association between changes in sleep quality from pre-pregnancy and evening snacking.

Methods: In an ongoing prospective cohort study, pregnant women were recruited from UMMHC obstetric practices and the community. Participants are 18+ years, with singleton gestation <36 >weeks, pre-pregnancy BMI 18.5-40 kg/m2, English-speaking, and with plans to deliver at UMMHC. Participants were asked “compared to the three months before you became pregnant, how is your sleep quality now?”; we combined responses of “about the same”/“a little better”/“a lot better” versus “a little worse”/“much worse”. Participants completed three 24-hour dietary recalls (2 weekdays, 1 weekend day). Evening snacks were defined as eating occasions after dinner but before bedtime during which food items other than water was consumed. Fisher’s Exact tests and t-tests provided comparisons for evening snacking (yes/no), number of snacks, and energy intake.

Results: Women with complete data (n=55) were 58% non-Hispanic White and aged 30.0 (SD:4.3) years; gestational age at study visit was 23.0 (SD:5.9) weeks. Of 866 meals reported, 94 were evening snacks. 71% (n=39) reported that their current sleep quality was worse than before pregnancy. Evening snacks were reported by 90% of women reporting worse sleep and 69% same/better (p=0.1028). While the number of snacks among snackers did not differ by change in sleep quality (M[SD]: 2.2[1.2] versus 1.6[0.8], p=0.2372), energy intake from these snacks was higher among women whose sleep quality had declined (M[SD]: 630[488] versus 309[331] kcal, p=0.0480).

Conclusions: Declines in sleep quality during pregnancy may be linked to evening snacking. More research is needed to understand the role of sleep quality, eating behavior, and weight gain during pregnancy.
title: Mini Symposia Program: 2014 UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat
Creators: name: UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Mini Symposia Program for the fifth annual UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat, held Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Albert Sherman Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. The program includes the Mini Symposia schedule and descriptions of each program.
Quantum Oppenheimer-Snyder and Swiss Cheese models
Creators: name: Lewandowski, Jerzy
name: Ma, Yongge
name: Yang, Jinsong
name: Zhang, Cong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By considering the quantum Oppenheimer-Snyder model in loop quantum cosmology, a new quantum black hole model whose metric tensor is a suitably deformed Schwarzschild one is derived. The quantum effects imply a lower bound on the mass of the black hole produced by the collapsing dust ball. For the case of larger masses where the event horizon does form, the maximal extension of the spacetime and its properties are investigated. By discussing the opposite scenario to the quantum Oppenheimer-Snyder, a quantum Swiss Cheese model is obtained with a bubble surrounded by the quantum universe. This model is analogous to black hole cosmology or fecund universes where the big bang is related to a white hole. Thus our models open a new window to cosmological phenomenology.
description: 5+3 pages, 2 figures, revised to adapt the published version
Es gibt unzählige «Sommerflieder» … : Alternativen zu Buddleja davidii
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2011
Subjects: ZUG
PV
Sommerfliederersatz
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Der Sommerflieder (Buddleja davidii) ist ein Gewinner der Klimaveränderung und des unausgegorenen Pflegemanagements im urbanen Bereich. Zusätzlich konnte er sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten als sommerlicher Eyecatcher in Gartencentern positionieren. Vor wenigen Jahren folgte die Wende: Buddleja steht auf der Schwarzen Liste der Schweizerischen Kommission zur Erhaltung von Wildpflanzen (SKEW). Welche Pflanzen könnten sinnvoller Ersatz sein?
Rodgersien und ihre Partner in der Pflanzenverwendung
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2013
Subjects: Staudenverwendung
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Der enorme Praxiswert der langlebigen Rodgersien, jener langsam wachsenden Stauden mit dem beschaulichen deutschen Namen «Schaublätter», wird mit ihrem zunehmenden Alter sichtbar. Das war das Fazit einer sechs Jahre währenden Sortimentsprüfung, die insgesamt fünf Sichtungsgärten umfasste.
Wie auch die sonnenliebenden Grossstauden, sind Rodgersien in den letzten Jahren aus der Mode gekommen – zum einen wegen der persönlichen Ungeduld nach schnellwachsendem Grün, zum anderen, da Vegetationsteppiche technik- und pflegebedingt niedriger geworden sind. Setzt jedoch der Pflegemarathon aus – immerhin müssen überall Kosten gespart werden –, werden gerade im Mittelland kräftige und hochwachsende Stauden oder Gehölze das gärtnerische Grün erobern. Hier bieten die Rodgersien am richtigen Standort einen Mehrwert.
title: Plasma microRNAs are Associated with Atrial Fibrillation (the miRhythm Study) and Change After Catheter-ablation
Creators: name: McManus, David D.
name: Tanriverdi, Kahraman
name: Lin, Honghuang
name: Esa, Nada
name: Kinno, Menhel
name: Lee, Rosalind
name: Mandapati, Divakar
name: Tam, Stanley
name: Ellinor, Patrick T.
name: Keaney, John F.
name: Benjamin, Emelia J.
name: Ambros, Victor R.
name: Freedman, Jane E.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common dysrhythmia in the U.S. and Europe. Few biomarkers exist to identify individuals at risk for AF. Cardiac microRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in susceptibility to AF and are detectable in the circulation. Nevertheless, data are limited on how circulating levels of miRNAs relate to AF or change over time after catheter- ablation.

Methods: In 211 miRhythm participants (112 with paroxysmal or persistent AF; 99 without AF), we quantified plasma expression of 86 miRNAs associated with cardiac remodeling or disease by high-throughput quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). We used qRT-PCR to examine change in plasma miRNA expression from baseline to 1-month after ablation in 47 participants. We also quantified expression of the 20 most variable miRNAs in atrial tissue in 31 participants undergoing cardiac surgery.

Results: The mean age of the miRhythm cohort was 59 years and 58% of participants were men. 21 miRNAs differed significantly between participants with AF and those with no AF in regression models adjusting for known AF risk factors (p value of ≤ 0.0006). Several miRNAs associated with AF, including miR-21, miR-29a, miR-122, miR-150, miR-320, and miR-92a, regulate expression of genes implicated in the pathogenesis of AF. Levels of 33 miRNAs, including 14 associated with AF, changed significantly between baseline and 1-month after catheter ablation (p value of ≤ 0.0006). Although all AF-related plasma miRNAs were expressed in atrial tissue, only miR-21 and miR-411 differed significantly with respect to preoperative AF status.

Conclusions: Plasma levels of miRNAs associated with heart disease and cardiac remodeling were related to AF and changed after catheter-ablation. Our study suggests that AF has a unique circulating miRNA profile and that this profile is influenced by catheter-ablation.
Schnee- und laubschluckende Stauden : pflegeextensive Staudenverwendung
Creators: name: Heinrich, Axel
Publisher: name: JardinSuisse
Year: 2012
Subjects: Pflanzenverwendung
ZUG
PV
712: Landschaftsgestaltung (Landschaftsdesign)

description: Zwei Kategorien in der Pflanzenverwendung, die sich selbst nicht besser beschreiben könnten, sind die schnee- und laubschluckenden Stauden. Neben den «Rasenersatzstauden» sind auch sie völlig unbeachtete Verwendungskategorien.
title: Creating Devices for Personal Health Monitoring
Creators: name: Jerry, D. Joseph
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: As part of the mini-symposium entitled "Creating Devices for Personalized Health Monitoring," Dr. Jerry introduces the symposium with a presentation about the Center for Personalized Health Monitoring (CPHM). The CPHM is an interdisciplinary research, training, and technology development center in wearable sensor systems for personalized health and biometric monitoring. CPHM’s mission is to conduct basic and translational research with world-leading impact across the entire technical roadmap for advanced personalized health monitoring for acute care and tele-medicine settings.
title: Somatosensory Impairment and Balance Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
Creators: name: Jones, Stephanie
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2014

description: Impaired balance and gait function are highly prevalent and associated with reduced quality of life in those with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Recent evidence implicates the somatosensory system as a major contributor to balance dysfunction in this population. As part of the mini-symposium entitled "Advanced Computational and Technological Approaches to Mitigating Mobility Dysfunction in People with Multiple Sclerosis," this presentation will discuss evidence supporting the role of reduced somatosensation in balance for those with MS and introduce a new paradigm to assess sensation during functional postures in the clinical and laboratory settings.