cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Posthospitalization outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19
Creators: name: Reid, Trista S.
name: Charles, Anthony G.
name: Gribensk, Arthur
name: Gallaher, Jared R.
name: Raff, Lauren A.
name: Kindell, Daniel G.
name: Schneider, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: BACKGROUND: Critical illness from COVID-19 is associated with prolonged hospitalization and high mortality rates. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used for refractory severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 with outcomes comparable to other indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. However, long-term functional outcomes have yet to be fully elucidated. METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review of 24 consecutive patients who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to COVID-19 associated severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and survived to hospital discharge. After hospitalization, we contacted patients and administered the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Global-10 tool to assess longer-term outcomes. We abstracted demographics, clinical course, outcomes, and disposition variables from the electronic medical record. Descriptive statistical analysis was used on the retrospective data collection. RESULTS: Inpatient data were analyzed for 24 patients, and 21 of 24 (88%) patients completed the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System tool at an average of 8.8 months posthospitalization. At hospital discharge, 62.5% of patients had ongoing oxygen requirements (nasal cannula, trach collar, or mechanical ventilation); 70.8% were discharged to a location other than home. However, at the time of follow-up, only 9.5% of patients required supplemental oxygen, all tracheostomies had been removed, and all patients resided at home. Patients reported relatively high levels of global physical function, and though there was a high reported incidence of fatigue, overall pain scores were low. CONCLUSION: Long-term outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome from coronavirus disease 2019 are promising. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy may confer morbidity benefits in patients with coronavirus disease and remains a valuable modality with excellent functional outcomes and preserved quality of life for survivors.
Hydrogen sensing by sol-gel grown NiO and NiO:Li thin films
Creators: name: Sta, I.
name: Jlassi, M.
name: Kandyla, M.
name: Hajji, M.
name: Koralli, P.
name: Allagui, R.
name: Kompitsas, M.
name: Ezzaouia, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hydrogen sensors have been prepared using nickel oxide (NiO) and lithium-doped nickel oxide (NiO:Li) thin films, deposited on glass substrates by the sol-gel spin coating technique. The surface morphology, structure, optical and electrical properties of the obtained films were studied. Hydrogen sensing results are presented for three operating temperatures (140, 160, and 180 °C) and for hydrogen concentrations ranging from 1000 to 15000 ppm in synthetic air. The NiO and NiO:Li (2% and 8% doping concentrations) sensors show maximum responses for the operating temperature of 180 °C. When tested at different hydrogen concentrations in air, the lithium-doped NiO sensors showed a higher response than the undoped NiO films.
3D Virtual Elements for Elastodynamic Problems
Creators: name: Cihan, Mertcan
name: Aldakheel, Fadi
name: Hudobivnik, Blaž
name: Wriggers, Peter
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: A virtual element framework for nonlinear elastodynamics is outlined within this work. The virtual element method (VEM) can be considered as an extension of the classical finite element method. While the finite element method (FEM) is restricted to the usage of regular shaped elements, VEM allows to use non-convex shaped elements for the spatial discretization [1]. It has been applied to various engineering problems in elasticity and other areas, such as plasticity or fracture mechanics as outlined in [3, 4]. This work deals with the extension of VEM to dynamic problems. Low-order ansatz functions in two and three dimensions, with elements being arbitrary shaped, are used in this contribution. The formulations considered in this framework are based on minimization of energy, where a pseudo potential is used for the dynamic behavior. While the stiffness-matrix needs a suitable stabilization, the mass-matrix can be calculated fully through the projection part. For the implicit time integration, Newmark-Method is used. To show the performance of the method, various numerical examples in 2D and 3D are presented.
Additional file 1 of Role of Bacillus subtilis exopolymeric genes in modulating rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Creators: name: Nishisaka, Caroline Sayuri
name: Ventura, João Paulo
name: Bais, Harsh P.
name: Mendes, Rodrigo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics

description: Additional file 1: The Supplementary Information contains additional data and results.
Strong Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Additional Doses among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Creators: name: Long, M. D.
name: Chun, K.
name: Zhang, X.
name: Weaver, K. N.
name: PREVENT-COVID Study Group
name: Kappelman, M. D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has disrupted health care and has resulted in high mortality rates. Vaccination is an international priority to mitigate the risks of SARS-CoV-2. The initial trials for development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines excluded individuals with immunocompromising conditions. As individuals on immunosuppression, including those with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), may not mount as robust an antibody titer to vaccination, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended an additional dose after the initial series.
Providers' Survey of Clinical Pharmacists at a Federally Qualified Health Center and an Accountable Care Organization
Creators: name: Smith, Forrest
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
subject: Medical Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Primary Care
subject: Federally Qualified Health Center
subject: Clinical Provider & Pharmacist

description: Data of manuscript
How does HCI Understand Human Autonomy and Agency?
Creators: name: Bennett, Dan
name: Metatla, Oussama
name: Roudaut, Anne
name: Mekler, Elisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Human agency and autonomy have always been fundamental concepts in HCI. New developments, including ubiquitous AI and the growing integration of technologies into our lives, make these issues ever pressing, as technologies increase their ability to influence our behaviours and values. However, in HCI understandings of autonomy and agency remain ambiguous. Both concepts are used to describe a wide range of phenomena pertaining to sense-of-control, material independence, and identity. It is unclear to what degree these understandings are compatible, and how they support the development of research programs and practical interventions. We address this by reviewing 30 years of HCI research on autonomy and agency to identify current understandings, open issues, and future directions. From this analysis, we identify ethical issues, and outline key themes to guide future work. We also articulate avenues for advancing clarity and specificity around these concepts, and for coordinating integrative work across different HCI communities.
description: 13 Pages, 1 figure, 1 tables, to be published in the proceedings of ACM SIGCHI 2023
Strategies Utilized to Prevent and Control SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Two Congregate, Psychiatric Healthcare Settings During the Pandemic
Creators: name: Teal, Lisa
name: Stancill, Lisa
name: Miller, Pamela Blair
name: Ashcroft, Shelley
name: Bybel, Barbara-Ann
name: Schultz, Katherine M.
name: Penaskovic, Kenan M.
name: Witek, David
name: Perryman, Paul
name: Gala, Gary J.
name: Weber, David J.
name: Sickbert-Bennett, Emily
name: Zarzar, Michael N.
name: DiBiase, Lauren M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial effect on the delivery of psychiatric healthcare. Inpatient psychiatric healthcare facilities have experienced outbreaks of COVID-19, making these areas particularly vulnerable. METHODS: Our facility used a multidisciplinary approach to implement enhanced infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions in our psychiatric healthcare areas. RESULTS: In a sixteen-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic, our two facilities provided >29,000 patient days of care to 1,807 patients and identified only forty-seven COVID-19 positive psychiatric health inpatients (47/1,807, or 2.6%). We identified the majority of these cases by testing all patients at admission, preventing subsequent outbreaks. Twenty-one psychiatric healthcare personnel were identified as COVID+ during the same period, with 90% linked to an exposure other than a known positive case at work. DISCUSSION: The IPC interventions we implemented provided multiple layers of safety for our patients and our staff. Ultimately, this resulted in low SARS-CoV-2 infection rates within our facilities. CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric healthcare facilities are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks because they are congregate units that promote therapeutic interactions in shared spaces. IPC interventions used in acute medical care settings can also work effectively in psychiatric healthcare, but often require modifications to ensure staff and patient safety.
Tomography of X-ray Nova Muscae 1991: Evidence for ongoing mass transfer and stream-disc overflow
Creators: name: Peris, Charith S.
name: Vrtilek, Saeqa D.
name: Steiner, James F.
name: Vrtilek, Jan M.
name: Wu, Jianfeng
name: McClintock, Jeffrey E.
name: Longa-Peña, Penelope
name: Steeghs, Danny
name: Callanan, Paul
name: Ho, Luis C.
name: Orosz, Jerome A.
name: Reynolds, Mark T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a spectroscopic analysis of the black hole binary Nova Muscae 1991 in quiescence using data obtained in 2009 with MagE on the Magellan Clay telescope and in 2010 with IMACS on the Magellan Baade telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory. Emission from the disc is observed in H alpha, H beta and Ca II (8662 A). A prominent hotspot is observed in the Doppler maps of all three emission lines. The existence of this spot establishes ongoing mass transfer from the donor star in 2009-2010 and, given its absence in the 1993-1995 observations, demonstrates the presence of a variable hotspot in the system. We find the radial distance to the hotspot from the black hole to be consistent with the circularization radius. Our tomograms are suggestive of stream-disc overflow in the system. We also detect possible Ca II (8662 A) absorption from the donor star.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
A localized meshless collocation method based on semi‐analytical basis functions for bandgap calculation of elastic waves in phononic crystals
Creators: name: Fu, Zhuo-Jia
name: Li, Lufeng
name: Gu, Yan
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: This paper makes the first attempt to develop an efficient localized meshless collocation method (LMCM) based on the semi-analytical T-complete functions to calculate the bandgaps of elastic waves in solid phononic crystals. In comparison with the FEM (COMSOL software), the proposed LMCM can provide the similar accurate results with less computational resources for band structure calculation.
A STUDY OF MODERN TEACHING TECHNIQUES IN ACQUIRING ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE"
Creators: name: Dr.P.R.V.N.KESAVA KUMAR
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: demographic, global, interdependent, major, unity .

description: Abstract The world is in various stages of social, economic, and demographic transition. Economically and politically, the world has changed more rapidly in the past few years than at any time since 1945. English has come of age as the ‘global common language’. It is constantly moulded and altered by new communities of users, whether geographic or digital. But as English advances to become a key basic skill for millions around the world, the world will need to invest in its own competitive advantage by sending more of its best and brightest young people out into the world to share and teach the language.
Additional file 1 of Critical role of the gut microbiota in immune responses and cancer immunotherapy
Creators: name: Li, Zehua
name: Xiong, Weixi
name: Liang, Zhu
name: Wang, Jinyu
name: Zeng, Ziyi
name: Kołat, Damian
name: Li, Xi
name: Zhou, Dong
name: Xu, Xuewen
name: Zhao, Linyong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1. Additional files of studies and trials related to the gut microbiome.
First post-Newtonian $N$-body problem in Einstein-Cartan theory with the Weyssenhoff fluid: Lagrangian and first integrals
Creators: name: Battista, Emmanuele
name: De Falco, Vittorio
name: Usseglio, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rotational dynamics of an $N$-body system at the first post-Newtonian order in Einstein-Cartan theory is derived. This result is achieved by performing the point-particle limit of the equations of motion of the Weyssenhoff fluid, which models the quantum spin effects residing inside the bodies. For the special case of binary systems, we determine the Lagrangian function and the resulting first integrals underlying the translational dynamics and the spin precession.
description: v2: matches the published version in EPJ C
Numerical modeling of the mechanical response of bacterial biofilm to flow by using an SPH poroviscoelastic model
Creators: name: Feng, Dianlei
name: Neuweiler, Insa
name: Liu, Moubin
name: Nackenhorst, Udo
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: We present a weakly-compressible two-phase poroviscoelastic biofilm model based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The biofilm is modeled as a mixture of solid and fluid phases interacting via drag forces. Benefiting from the Lagrangian feature of the SPH method, large deformations of the solid structure can be modeled straightforwardly.
Stochastic partial differential equations: a rough path view
Creators: name: Diehl, Joscha
name: Friz, Peter K.
name: Stannat, Wilhelm
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60H15

description: We discuss regular and weak solutions to rough partial differential equations (RPDEs), thereby providing a (rough path-)wise view on important classes of SPDEs. In contrast to many previous works on RPDEs, our definition gives honest meaning to RPDEs as integral equation, based on which we are able to obtain existence, uniqueness and stability results. The case of weak "rough" forward equations, may be seen as robustification of the (measure-valued) Zakai equation in the rough path sense. Feynman-Kac representation for RPDEs, in formal analogy to similar classical results in SPDE theory, play an important role.
To walk or fly?
Creators: name: Tolbert, Tolonda Michele
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: This dissertation focuses on the function of black vernacular myths and rituals in three primary women's texts of the Americas: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon (1977), Simone Schwartz-Bart's Pluie et Vent sur Telumee Miracle (1972) and Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow (1983). My project codifies how the black vernacular expressions of mythology and ritual are used to negotiate power between the individual and their community. Specifically, I trace how the women in these texts used resources of the black vernacular tradition as social and cultural collateral to empower themselves within an alternative system of values that simultaneously validates self and communal worth. Analyzing the transnational myths of the Flying Africans/Ibo Landing--myths of newly-arrived Africans escaping slavery by flight or by walking on water back to Africa, I contend that the performances of these myths and dance rituals not only created kinship bonds but also provided opportunities for expanding the parameters of community.This writing grew from the limits of the Black Arts Movement (1960-1970) when the male-dominated discourse on the black vernacular traditions focused on creating a voice distinct from, and often in conflict with, the prevailing white literary establishment. Simultaneously, Second Wave Feminism left women of color outside of the discourse on social justice and their definition of womanhood. I argue that these black women authors responded to this marginalization within their affinity groups by employing folk traditions to observe intra-communal dynamics. Doing so created a model of internal reflection that both revealed the seeds of internalized dominant/subordinate ideologies and served as an alternative method to record the impact of the larger social structure of domination. These authors located black women's knowledge and power in liminal folk spaces in their novels. Taken together, they introduced a metaphor for black women's positioning in the Black Arts Movement and Second Wave Feminism; folk traditions from this insider/outsider perspective became tools to navigate and critique systems of domination. These texts provided dramatizations of a black feminist perspective, navigating black women's experiences of intersectionality, thus employing folk knowledge as a means to create new possibilities from historical traditions.
Variable bandwidth, high efficiency microwave resonator for control of spin-qubits in nitrogen-vacancy centers
Creators: name: Savitsky, Anton
name: Zhang, Jingfu
name: Suter, Dieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are attractive tools for sensing and quantum information. Realization of this potential requires effective tools for controlling the spin degree of freedom by microwave (mw) magnetic fields. In this work we present a planar microwave resonator optimized for microwave-optical double resonance experiments on single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. It consists of a piece of wide microstrip line which is symmetrically connected to two 50 $Ω$ microstrip feed lines. In the center of the resonator, an $Ω$-shaped loop focuses the current and the mw magnetic field. It generates a relatively homogeneous magnetic field over a volume of 0.07mm$^2\times$0.1mm. It can be operated at 2.9 GHz in both transmission and reflection modes with bandwidths of 1000 MHz and 400 MHz, respectively. The high power-to-magnetic field conversion efficiency allows to produce $π$-pulses with a duration of 50 ns with only about 200 mW and 50 mW microwave power in transmission and reflection, respectively. The transmission mode also offers capability for efficient radio frequency excitation. The resonance frequency can be tuned between 1.3 GHz and 6 GHz by adjusting the length of the resonator. This will be useful for experiments on NV-centers at higher external magnetic fields and on different types of optically active spin centers.
A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Care Principles Applied in Design and Technology
Creators: name: Elizabeth Chen
name: Emily P. Jones
name: Melissa Eggleston
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: In the last five years, there has been increased interest in trauma-informed digital design with practitioners in the technology field discussing and promoting the use of trauma-informed care (TIC) concepts. Practitioners are applying TIC concepts from the social work and medical fields to both the design process and products such as websites and mobile applications. However, there is a lack of a systematic overview of the methods and progress made, with no standard methodology or known best practices in applying TIC principles to technology. To facilitate both practice and education related to trauma-informed design and technology (TIDT), this scoping review offers an overview of the related knowledge that is already available in conference papers, journal articles, as well as in grey literature focused on trauma-informed design or technology such as a workshop, lectures, or case studies.
Additional file 1 of Proteogenomic characterization of difficult-to-treat breast cancer with tumor cells enriched through laser microdissection
Creators: name: Raj-Kumar, Praveen-Kumar
name: Lin, Xiaoying
name: Liu, Tao
name: Sturtz, Lori A.
name: Gritsenko, Marina A.
name: Petyuk, Vladislav A.
name: Sagendorf, Tyler J.
name: Deyarmin, Brenda
name: Liu, Jianfang
name: Praveen-Kumar, Anupama
name: Wang, Guisong
name: McDermott, Jason E.
name: Shukla, Anil K.
name: Moore, Ronald J.
name: Monroe, Matthew E.
name: Webb-Robertson, Bobbie-Jo M.
name: Hooke, Jeffrey A.
name: Fantacone-Campbell, Leigh
name: Mostoller, Brad
name: Kvecher, Leonid
name: Kane, Jennifer
name: Melley, Jennifer
name: Somiari, Stella
name: Soon-Shiong, Patrick
name: Smith, Richard D.
name: Mural, Richard J.
name: Rodland, Karin D.
name: Shriver, Craig D.
name: Kovatich, Albert J.
name: Hu, Hai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Figure S1. Kaplan–Meier Curves for the Cohort Based on PCA-PAM50 Subtypes and DTBC and LumA Subtype groups. Panels (A) and (B) display Kaplan–Meier curves for cumulative survival in years across PCA-PAM50 subtypes. Panels (C) and (D) present Kaplan–Meier curves for cumulative survival for DTBC and LumA subtypes. The endpoint of overall survival is used for panels (A) and (C) while the endpoint of progression-free interval is used for panels (B) and (D). The legends of the plots include the p-value and the count of events/total cases.
The Schur-Horn Problem for Normal Operators
Creators: name: Kennedy, Matthew
name: Skoufranis, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46L10, 15A42

description: We consider the Schur-Horn problem for normal operators in von Neumann algebras, which is the problem of characterizing the possible diagonal values of a given normal operator based on its spectral data. For normal matrices, this problem is well-known to be extremely difficult, and in fact, it remains open for matrices of size greater than $3$. We show that the infinite dimensional version of this problem is more tractable, and establish approximate solutions for normal operators in von Neumann factors of type I$_\infty$, II and III. A key result is an approximation theorem that can be seen as an approximate multivariate analogue of Kadison's Carpenter Theorem.
description: 34 pages
Recursion relations for hp-FEM Element Matrices on quadrilaterals
Creators: name: Haubold, Tim
name: Pillwein, Veronika
name: Beuchler, Sven
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In this paper we consider higher order shape functions for finite elements on quadrilaterals. Using tensor products of suitable Jacobi polynomials, it can be proved that the corresponding mass and stiffness matrices are sparse with respect to polynomial degree p . Due to the orthogonal relations between Jacobi polynomials the exact values of the entries of mass and stiffness matrix can be determined. Using symbolic computation, we can find simple recurrence relations which allow us to compute the remaining nonzero entries in optimal arithmetic complexity. Besides the H1 case also the conformal basis functions for H(Div) and H(Curl) are investigated.
Time-Delay Interferometry with optical frequency comb
Creators: name: Tinto, Massimo
name: Yu, Nan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Heterodyne laser phase measurements in a space-based gravitational wave interferometer are degraded by the phase fluctuations of the onboard clocks, resulting in unacceptable sensitivity performance levels of the interferometric data. In order to calibrate out the clock phase noises it has been previously suggested that additional inter-spacecraft phase measurements must be performed by modulating the laser beams. This technique, however, considerably increases system complexity and probability of subsystem failure. With the advent of self-referenced optical frequency combs, it is possible to generate the heterodyne microwave signal that is coherently referenced to the onboard laser. We show in this case that the microwave noise can be cancelled directly by applying modified second-generation Time-Delay Interferometric combinations to the heterodyne phase measurements. This approach avoids use of modulated laser beams as well as the need of additional ultra-stable oscillator clocks.
description: 32 pages, 4 figures
Line Luminosities of Galactic and Magellanic Cloud Wolf-Rayet stars
Creators: name: Crowther, Paul A.
name: Rate, G.
name: Bestenlehner, Joachim M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide line luminosities and spectroscopic templates of prominent optical emission lines of 133 Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars by exploiting Gaia DR3 parallaxes and optical spectrophotometry, and provide comparisons with 112 counterparts in the Magellanic Clouds. Average line luminosities of the broad blue (He II 4686, C III 4647,51, N III 4634,41, N V 4603,20) and yellow (C IV 5801,12) emission features for WN, WN/C, WC and WO stars have application in characterising the Wolf-Rayet populations of star-forming regions of distant, unresolved galaxies. Early-type WN stars reveal lower line luminosities in more metal poor environments, but the situation is less clear for late-type WN stars. LMC WC4-5 line luminosities are higher than their Milky Way counterparts, with line luminosities of Magellanic Cloud WO stars higher than Galactic stars. We highlight other prominent optical emission lines, N IV 3478,85 for WN and WN/C stars, O IV 3403,13 for WC and WO stars and O VI 3811,34 for WO stars. We apply our calibrations to representative metal-poor and metal-rich WR galaxies, IC 4870 and NGC 3049, respectively, with spectral templates also applied based on a realistic mix of subtypes. Finally, the global blue and C IV 5801,12 line luminosities of the Large (Small) Magellanic Clouds are 2.6e38 erg/s (9e36 erg/s) and 8.8e37 erg/s (4e36 erg/s), respectively, with the cumulative WR line luminosity of the Milky Way estimated to be an order of magnitude higher than the LMC.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, MNRAS in press. Appendix A (individual WR line luminosities), Appendix B (WR templates) available from https://zenodo.org/record/7573775
Schur‐type preconditioning of a phase‐field fracture model in mixed form
Creators: name: Heister, Timo
name: Mang, Katrin
name: Wick, Thomas
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In the context of phase-field modeling of fractures in incompressible materials, a mixed form of the elasticity equation can overcome possible volume locking effects. The drawback is that a coupled variational inequality system with three unknowns (displacements, pressure and phase-field) has to be solved, which increases the overall workload. Efficient preconditioning at this point is an indispensable tool. In this work, a problem-specific iterative solver is proposed leveraging the saddle-point structure of the displacement and pressure variable. A Schur-type preconditioner is developed to avoid ill-conditioning of the phase-field fracture problem. Finally, we show numerical results of a pressure-driven benchmark which to confirm the robustness of the solver.
A residual‐based error estimator and mesh adaptivity for the time harmonic Maxwell equations applied to a Y‐beam splitter
Creators: name: Beuchler, Sven
name: Kinnewig, Sebastian
name: König, Philipp
name: Wick, Thomas
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In this work, local mesh adaptivity for the time harmonic Maxwell equations is studied. The main purpose is to apply a known a posteriori residual-based error estimator from the literature and to investigate its performance for a Y-beam splitter setting. This configuration is an important prototype for the design of optical systems within the excellence cluster PhoenixD. Specifically, the branching region is of interest and requires a high accuracy of the numerical simulation. One numerical example shows the performance of our approach.
Goal oriented error control for stationary incompressible flow coupled to a heat equation
Creators: name: Beuchler, Sven
name: Endtmayer, Bernhard
name: Wick, Thomas
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In this work, we apply goal oriented error estimation to a stationary Navier-Stokes benchmark problem coupled with the heat equation. Furthermore, we compare three different methods for the sensitivity weight recovery.
Osmose model documentation
Creators: name: Barrier, Nicolas
name: Shin, Yunne-Jai
name: Verley, Philippe
name: Travers-Trolet, Morgane
name: Velez, Laure
name: Oliveros-Ramos, Ricardo
name: Grüss, Arnaud
name: Morell, Alaia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: ecosystem model
trophic interactions
size-based predation
fishing

description: Documentation of the Osmose ecosystem model.
Monotonicity formulae and classification results for singular, degenerate, anisotropic PDEs
Creators: name: Cozzi, Matteo
name: Farina, Alberto
name: Valdinoci, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider possibly degenerate and singular elliptic equations in a possibly anisotropic medium. We obtain monotonicity results for the energy density, rigidity results for the solutions and classification results for the singularity/degeneracy/anisotropy allowed. As far as we know, these results are new even in the case of non-singular and non-degenerate anisotropic equations.
Benvenuto Cellini's Vita
Creators: name: Sisler, Mary E.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2009

description: In examining Benvenuto Cellini's Vita, it was my objective to demonstrate that the artist resolutely set out to 'cast' his own life as the model of the consummate Renaissance man. An essential goal of Cellini's literary self-portrait was to create a demonstration piece of the artist's proficiency as a letterato. Previous studies of Cellini's autobiography have generally accepted at face value the author's claim to have dictated the Vita to a young boy while working in his bottega. Acceptance of this declaration has led to an underestimation of the author's level of preparation and inventiveness. It was concluded that Cellini's dictation claim was part of a narrative strategy with at least two objectives: 1) to demonstrate mastery of the Castiglionesque art of sprezzatura by depicting the artist as one who could nonchalantly recount the story of his life while simultaneously creating works of art; and 2) to circumvent the harsh criticism of those, like Vincenzo Borghini, who publicly derided him for his efforts to prove himself as a letterato.Using an interdisciplinary approach that included the studies of Renaissance historians, art historians and literary critics, this study found that Cellini incorporated many of the same attributes ascribed to Castiglione's perfetto cortegiano in the fashioning of his own Renaissance man in the Vita. It was also concluded that Benedetto Varchi's Lezzioni of 1547, particularly his treatment of the ottimo artista, played a significant role both in shaping Cellini's ideas about his artistic identity, as well as in encouraging the artist to prove his skills as a writer.This study also examined some of the adaptations of Cellini's Vita in order to determine which qualities of the original made it so attractive to playwrights and film directors who decided to remake Cellini's autobiography for the stage and screen. It was determined that the adaptations that sought to exploit the comic elements of Cellini's Vita tended to be the most successful. These American adaptations of the 1920's and 1930's also benefited from the popular fascination with the Italian Renaissance that is revealed in the travel writing of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Waterproofed Photomultiplier Tube Assemblies for the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
Creators: name: Chow, Ken
name: Cummings, John
name: Edwards, Emily
name: Edwards, William
name: Ely, Ry
name: Hoff, Matthew
name: Lebanowski, Logan
name: Li, Bo
name: Li, Piyi
name: Lin, Shih-Kai
name: Liu, Dawei
name: Liu, Jinchang
name: Luk, Kam-Biu
name: Miao, Jiayuan
name: Napolitano, Jim
name: Ochoa-Ricoux, Juan Pedro
name: Peng, Jen-Chieh
name: Qi, Ming
name: Steiner, Herbert
name: Stoler, Paul
name: Stuart, Mary
name: Wang, Lingyu
name: Yang, Changgen
name: Zhong, Weili
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment 960 20-cm-diameter waterproof photomultiplier tubes are used to instrument three water pools as Cherenkov detectors for detecting cosmic-ray muons. Of these 960 photomultiplier tubes, 341 are recycled from the MACRO experiment. A systematic program was undertaken to refurbish them as waterproof assemblies. In the context of passing the water leakage check, a success rate better than 97% was achieved. Details of the design, fabrication, testing, operation, and performance of these waterproofed photomultiplier-tube assemblies are presented.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth
Osmose model documentation
Creators: name: Barrier, Nicolas
name: Verley, Philippe
name: Ernande, Bruno
name: Grüss, Arnaud
name: Morell, Alaia
name: Oliveros-Ramos, Ricardo
name: Schenk, Hanna
name: Travers-Trolet, Morgane
name: Velez, Laure
name: Shin, Yunne-Jai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: ecosystem model
trophic interactions
size-based predation
fishing

description: Documentation of the Osmose ecosystem model.
An extended Hamilton functional for the thermodynamic topology optimization of hyperelastic structures
Creators: name: Junker, Philipp
name: Balzani, Daniel
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: We present our work on a new variational approach for thermodynamic topology optimization of hyperelastic structures: building upon our previous works, we follow a thermodynamic approach for deriving a field equation that describes the evolution of the density. The problem of topology optimization is consequently solved without the need of expensive optimization routines. Furthermore, our new formulation can also be applied to hyperelastic structures which show a remarkable difference to structures optimized for small deformations. Important aspects like tension/compression asymmetry and buckling are inherently included in the topology optimization approach due to the large deformation formulation.
Additional file 2 of Proteogenomic characterization of difficult-to-treat breast cancer with tumor cells enriched through laser microdissection
Creators: name: Raj-Kumar, Praveen-Kumar
name: Lin, Xiaoying
name: Liu, Tao
name: Sturtz, Lori A.
name: Gritsenko, Marina A.
name: Petyuk, Vladislav A.
name: Sagendorf, Tyler J.
name: Deyarmin, Brenda
name: Liu, Jianfang
name: Praveen-Kumar, Anupama
name: Wang, Guisong
name: McDermott, Jason E.
name: Shukla, Anil K.
name: Moore, Ronald J.
name: Monroe, Matthew E.
name: Webb-Robertson, Bobbie-Jo M.
name: Hooke, Jeffrey A.
name: Fantacone-Campbell, Leigh
name: Mostoller, Brad
name: Kvecher, Leonid
name: Kane, Jennifer
name: Melley, Jennifer
name: Somiari, Stella
name: Soon-Shiong, Patrick
name: Smith, Richard D.
name: Mural, Richard J.
name: Rodland, Karin D.
name: Shriver, Craig D.
name: Kovatich, Albert J.
name: Hu, Hai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Figure S2. Unsupervised clustering of 9 LumA samples, a subset of the 34, using differentially expressed genes between LMD (yellow) and bulk processing (TCGA, orange). Histology, Stromal score, Immune score and Microenvironment score are provided as annotation. The corresponding pairs of LMD and TCGA samples were suffixed as P1, P2, etc
title: "Bed bugs live in dirty places"—How Using Live Animals in Teaching Contributes to Reducing Stigma, Disgust, Psychological Stigma, and Misinformation in Students
Creators: name: Asshoff, Roman
name: Heuckmann, Benedikt
name: Ryl, Mike
name: Reinhardt, Klaus
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 570 Biology

description: Bed bugs are on the rise and are increasingly perceived as harmful parasites. Because individuals affected by bed bugs often feel disgust and shame and are stigmatized, bed bugs are an important public health and environmental justice concern and therefore a health education issue as well. In this quasi-experimental study, we examine how different constructs, namely, forms of stigma, disgust, psychological distance, and myths about bed bugs (dependent variables), change over time (pre/posttest) in response to two forms of teaching intervention (independent variables) in upper secondary-level high school. The content of the interventions was the same, but in class, we showed live bed bugs to one group of students, assuming this would lead to a more realistic, less imaginative response to bed bugs than in the group presented with only pictures of bed bugs. Together with previous studies, we assumed that live bed bugs would be perceived as less disgusting and with a lower degree of stigmatization. Our results show that stigma, psychological distance, and myths can be reduced through intervention (regardless of live animal or picture). Disgust was more strongly reduced by live animals than by pictures. We present implications for biology education and contemporary health education.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Analysis‐Suitable T‐Splines of arbitrary degree and dimension
Creators: name: Morgenstern, Philipp
name: Görmer, Robin
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: This paper defines analysis-suitable T-splines for arbitrary degree (including even and mixed degrees) and arbitrary dimension. We generalize the concept of anchor elements known from the two-dimensional setting, extend two existing concepts of analysis-suitability and justify their sufficiency for linear independence of the T-spline basis.
Communicative Competence for Individuals who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A New Definition for a New Era of Communication?
Creators: name: Light, Janice
name: McNaughton, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In 1989, Light defined communicative competence for individuals with complex communication needs who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a dynamic, interpersonal construct based on functionality of communication, adequacy of communication, and sufficiency of knowledge, judgment, and skills. Specifically, Light argued that in order to demonstrate communicative competence, individuals who required AAC had to develop and integrate knowledge, judgment, and skills in four interrelated domains: linguistic, operational, social, and strategic. In 2003, Light expanded this definition and argued that the attainment of communicative competence is influenced not just by linguistic, operational, social, and strategic competencies, but also by a variety of psychosocial factors (e.g., motivation, attitude, confidence, resilience) as well as by barriers and supports in the environment. In the 25 years since this definition of communicative competence for individuals who use AAC was originally proposed, there have been significant changes in the AAC field. In this paper, we review the preliminary definition of communicative competence proposed 25 years ago, consider the changes in the field, and then revisit the proposed definition to determine if it is still relevant and valid for this new era of communication.
Space‐time PU‐DWR error control and adaptivity for the heat equation
Creators: name: Thiele, Jan Philipp
name: Wick, Thomas
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In this work, space-time goal-oriented a posteriori error estimation using a partition-of-unity localization is applied to the linear heat equation. The algorithmic developments are substantiated with a numerical example.
A novel approach for the consideration of plastic material behavior in thermodynamic topology optimization
Creators: name: Kick, Miriam
name: Junker, Philipp
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: In order to find optimal structures for realistic applications, it is essential to include the real material behavior in the optimization process. For this purpose, this research focuses on thermodynamic topology optimization accounting for plasticity for which a surrogate material model is developed. Characteristically, the stress/strain diagram resulting from physical loading and unloading shows a hysteresis for classical plasticity models. Our material model takes only the physical loading during the optimization process into account. To this end, during a virtual unloading in the optimization process, the dissipation of energy is suppressed which yields the same elasto/plastic deformation state as for physical loading. By using this novel material model, optimized structures can be computed without resourceful classical path-dependent plasticity computation.
Additional file 4 of Proteogenomic characterization of difficult-to-treat breast cancer with tumor cells enriched through laser microdissection
Creators: name: Raj-Kumar, Praveen-Kumar
name: Lin, Xiaoying
name: Liu, Tao
name: Sturtz, Lori A.
name: Gritsenko, Marina A.
name: Petyuk, Vladislav A.
name: Sagendorf, Tyler J.
name: Deyarmin, Brenda
name: Liu, Jianfang
name: Praveen-Kumar, Anupama
name: Wang, Guisong
name: McDermott, Jason E.
name: Shukla, Anil K.
name: Moore, Ronald J.
name: Monroe, Matthew E.
name: Webb-Robertson, Bobbie-Jo M.
name: Hooke, Jeffrey A.
name: Fantacone-Campbell, Leigh
name: Mostoller, Brad
name: Kvecher, Leonid
name: Kane, Jennifer
name: Melley, Jennifer
name: Somiari, Stella
name: Soon-Shiong, Patrick
name: Smith, Richard D.
name: Mural, Richard J.
name: Rodland, Karin D.
name: Shriver, Craig D.
name: Kovatich, Albert J.
name: Hu, Hai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. Figure S4. Multi-omics differences between Her2 cases of the Basal-enriched versus Luminal A-enriched protein clusters. Significantly up-regulated (A) and down-regulated proteins (B) in Her2 cases of the Basal-enriched versus Luminal A-enriched protein clusters, which also shows significant up and down-regulation, respectively, in the other two omics (transcriptomics (RNA) and genomics (SCNA)). Wilcoxon rank sum test p-value is given in the plot where p < 0.05 is considered significant. In the case of non-significant SCNA difference, the trended difference (p < 0.2) is included.
Variable-Length Feedback Codes under a Strict Delay Constraint
Creators: name: Kim, Seong Hwan
name: Sung, Dan Keun
name: Le-Ngoc, Tho
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study variable-length feedback (VLF) codes under a strict delay constraint to maximize their average transmission rate (ATR) in a discrete memoryless channel (DMC) while considering periodic decoding attempts. We first derive a lower bound on the maximum achievable ATR, and confirm that the VLF code can outperform non-feedback codes with a larger delay constraint. We show that for a given decoding period, as the strict delay constraint, L, increases, the gap between the ATR of the VLF code and the DMC capacity scales at most on the order of O(L^{-1}) instead of O(L^{-1/2}) for non-feedback codes as shown in Polyanskiy et al. ["Channel coding rate in the finite blocklengh regime," IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 2307-2359, May 2010.]. We also develop an approximation indicating that, for a given L, the achievable ATR increases as the decoding period decreases.
description: 5pages, 1 figure, Accepted for publication in IEEE Communications Letters