cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effectiveness of Semester-long Video-synchronous Conversation Practice
Creators: name: Matsuo, Ayaka
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Japanese language
Language studies not elsewhere classified

description: This study empirically investigated the effect of semester-long video-synchronous conversation practice on L2 Japanese learners’ improvement of oral proficiency. The participants were 31 intermediate JFL university students at a U.S. university, and participated in the experiment as a part of their coursework. This study deployed a pre-post research design, and analyzed students’ improvement of oral proficiency quantitatively. Based on the previous finding that learners may benefit more from conversations with a non-native partner than with a native one (Varonis and Gass, 1985), the present research examined whether or not there are differences on the effectiveness of online conversation practice depending on interlocutor type (i.e., peer or native as a conversation partner). Accordingly, the experiment was conducted with a control group (Kanji Group), and two experimental groups (Peer Group and Native Group) in order to examine 1) the effectiveness of weekly video-synchronous conversation practice on learners’ improvement of oral proficiency, and 2) the differences on the effectiveness of the practice by the interlocutor type. The results found that all the three groups significantly improved their oral proficiency, and there were no differences detected between the two experimental groups. Since the control group also made significant gains, evidence for the effect of the conversation practice was not found. With regard to the second question, assuming that a large portion of the improvement of the two experimental groups was accounted for by the effect of the online practice, whether or not the conversation partner was a peer or a native did not make a difference. Along with the quantitative analysis of students’ improvement, this study reports students’ perceptions toward the practice and their beliefs about conversation partners’ native speaker status. Regardless of the interlocutor type, they showed overall positive reactions to the practice. As for their beliefs about conversation partners’ native speaker status, strong preferences for native speaker as a conversation partner were found in the participants in all three groups.
Additional file 1 of Cognitive enrichment through art: a randomized controlled trial on the effect of music or visual arts group practice on cognitive and brain development of young children
Creators: name: James, C. E.
name: Tingaud, M.
name: Laera, G.
name: Guedj, C.
name: Zuber, S.
name: Diambrini Palazzo, R.
name: Vukovic, S.
name: Richiardi, J.
name: Kliegel, M.
name: Marie, D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Community Detection with Heterogeneous Information Networks
Creators: name: Cao, Yuwei
Publisher: name: University of Illinois Chicago
Year: 2025

description: Many real-world systems, when represented as graphs, exhibit locally inhomogeneous edge distributions and form communities—groups of nodes with high intra-group edge density and relatively low inter-group edge density. Community detection has numerous applications, partic- ularly in social and recommendation data mining, such as detecting social events and providing recommendations. However, the noisy, dynamic, large-scale, and heterogeneous nature of real- world data presents significant challenges for community detection.
In this thesis, I address four key challenges: dynamicity, scalability, multi-relational data, and heterogeneous data sources. First, I present a paper that leverages graph neural networks for detecting communities in dynamic data, addressing the issue of dynamicity. Second, I introduce a paper that hierarchically minimizes structural entropy (SE) to detect communities from large graphs in an unsupervised manner, tackling the scalability challenge. Third, I cover a paper that extends SE, originally designed for homogeneous graphs, to detect communities in multi-relational graphs. Lastly, I discuss a paper that fuses heterogeneous data sources for embedding learning, aiding in community detection-based recommendation. I conclude by summarizing the contributions made, the techniques used, and proposing future directions. The proposed methods are evaluated on publicly available Twitter, Yelp, as well as Amazon review datasets. The experiments do not involve human subjects, animals, or recombinant DNA, therefore, approvals from the Institutional Review Board, the Animal Care Committee, or the Institutional Biosafety Committee are not needed.
Anwenderorientierte Qualitätsmessung In Programmen Der Arbeitsintegration Von Jugendlichen
Creators: name: Schmid, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014

description: Keine Beschreibung.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa masa + Fussnote: Master of Science in Sozialer Arbeit, Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, Zürich, 2014
Capturing the Perfect Moment: The Science Behind Timing in Photography
Creators: name: Oliveira D., M. Jorge
Publisher: name: EmpowerVerse Media, Information & Communication Agency
Year: 2024
Subjects: photography
timing
visual perception

description: Timing is a crucial element in photography that can transform an ordinary shot into a captivating image. This article explores the importance of timing across different photography genres like sports, street photography, and photojournalism. By examining scientific principles from visual perception and cognitive psychology, we provide actionable tips to help photographers anticipate and capture the perfect moment. Whether you're photographing fast-moving athletes or spontaneous street scenes, understanding the science of timing can elevate your skills and make your photos more impactful.
Additional file 1 of Biotin-thiamine responsive basal ganglia disease: a retrospective review of the clinical, radiological and molecular findings of cases in Kuwait with novel variants
Creators: name: Aburezq, Maryam
name: Alahmad, Ahmad
name: Alsafi, Rasha
name: Al-Tawari, Asma
name: Ramadan, Dina
name: Shafik, Magdy
name: Abdelaty, Omar
name: Makhseed, Nawal
name: Elshafie, Reem
name: Ayed, Mariam
name: Hayat, Abrar
name: Dashti, Fatima
name: Marafi, Dana
name: Albash, Buthaina
name: Bastaki, Laila
name: Alsharhan, Hind
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Review of cases diagnosed with Biotin Thiamine Responsive Basal Ganglia Disease in Kuwait (n = 21).
THE EFFECTS OF PLANT-DERIVED PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES ON THE GROWTH, QUALITY, AND PHYSIOLOGY OF GREENHOUSE CROPS
Creators: name: Choi, Seunghyun
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Horticultural crop growth and development

description: Biostimulants offer an innovative approach to potentially improve crop yield and quality under abiotic stresses. Particularly, plant-derived protein hydrolysates (PH), a mixture of amino acids and soluble peptides from enzymatic or chemical hydrolysis of agricultural waste, are gaining global interest due to their sustainability and positive effects on crops. However, a functional role of the PH in crop yield and quality remains uncertain and is proposed to be associated with its phytohormone-like activities or serve as an additional nitrogen (N) source. Besides, the effects of PH on crop yield and quality are limited in intensive production systems such as greenhouse facilities. The purposes of this research are to examine the effects and mechanisms of PH on crops and to assess the potential of PH application to reduce fertilizer use in crop production. The specific objectives were to; 1) elucidate the hormone-like activities of PH in the adventitious rooting formation of cuttings, 2) evaluate the effects of different PH application methods on greenhouse crop yield and quality under different N levels when plants are grown with a commercial growing medium, and 3) examine the effects of PH application methods on yield and quality of hydroponically grown lettuce under different N levels and forms. Three conclusions were that 1) the hormonal effects of PH are attributed to brassinosteroid-mediated processes, and PH has overlapping functions with auxin during adventitious rooting of cuttings in a plant species-specific manner, 2) root application of PH (PH-R) effectively improves nutrient uptake compared to foliar spray of PH (PH-F), subsequently, increases the lettuce and tomato yield and quality regardless of N levels while PH-R did not change the chemical properties of growing media, and 3) PH-R effectively increases root growth, and subsequently, improving shoot yield and quality with significant PH × N levels and PH × NO3:NH4 ratios interactions. Also, PH-R counteracted the negative effects of low NO3:NH4 ratios on lettuce yield. The outcomes provide the optimization of PH and N fertilization in modern sustainable greenhouse production and the development of a new strategy for producing high-quality greenhouse crops with improved nutrient use efficiency.
title: Body Integrity Identity Disorder and the Phantom Limb: Reflections on the Bodily Text
Creators: name: Loewy, Monika
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: literary theory, film studies, psychoanalysis, phantom limb, body integrity identity disorder, Sigmund Freud, Georges Perec, D.W. Winnicott, Quentin Tarantino, psychosomatics, hysteria, The Red Shoes, Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Lacan, the uncanny, Andre Green

description: Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) describes a condition in which a person desires to self-amputate in order to feel whole, and the phantom limb syndrome (PLS) occurs when an individual feels (typically painful) sensations in a non-existent limb. These conditions have been predominantly researched through biomedical models that struggle to find comprehensive reasons or cures, while a psychological model is lacking. Thus, these conditions insist that we debate them from a more nuanced view, which I approach through literature, cultural works, and psychoanalysis. In order to do this, we must attend to what is central to both phenomena: a feeling of rupture that contrasts a desire for wholeness.

This theme will be elaborated through a discussion of the mirror-box, which is a therapeutic device that alleviates phantom limb pain by superimposing a mirror image of the existent limb onto the absent one, to create an illusion of bodily unity. I use this example to illuminate how texts and psychoanalysis involve reflections of self that can lead to a symbolic reconstitution. What this dialogue illuminates is how theoretical and psychical notions are intertwined with physical experience.

I begin by surveying BIID and PLS, which is followed by two case studies that convey personal experiences of living with the syndromes. Chapter Two examines how BIID and PLS bring out an affinity between psychoanalysis and literature. The third chapter uses examples to fortify these links by tracing the theme of the double. The question of recuperation is raised in Chapter Four through the work of D.W. Winnicott, and Chapter Five investigates a novel by Georges Perec, which ties together those themes in discussion. Reading BIID and PLS through these works ultimately raises questions concerning what we can discover about how we are constituted through signs, and how this affects our sense of self.
Additional file 1 of GPR65 sensing tumor-derived lactate induces HMGB1 release from TAM via the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway to promote glioma progression
Creators: name: Yan, Chaolong
name: Yang, Zijiang
name: Chen, Pin
name: Yeh, Yuyang
name: Sun, Chongjing
name: Xie, Tao
name: Huang, Wei
name: Zhang, Xiaobiao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Efficient Human-Machine Work Transfer Through Latent Structure Decomposition
Creators: name: Huang, Gaoping
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Digital processor architectures
Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified

description: When humans delegate tasks---whether to human workers or robots---they do so either to trade money for time, or to leverage additional knowledge and capabilities. For complex tasks, however, describing the work to be done requires substantial effort, which reduces the benefit to the requester who delegates tasks. On one hand, human workers---e.g., crowd workers, friends or colleagues on social network, factory workers---have diverse knowledge and level of commitment, making it difficult to achieve joint efforts towards the requester's goal. In contrast, robots and machines have clearly defined capabilities and full commitment, but the requester lacks an efficient way to coordinate them for flexible workflows. This dissertation presents a series of workflows and systems to enable efficient work transfer to human workers or robots. First, I present BlueSky, a system that can automatically coordinate hundreds of crowd workers to enumerate ideas for a given topic. The latent structure of the idea enumeration task is decomposed into a three-step workflow to guide the crowd workers. Second, I present CoStory, a system that requests alternative designs from friends or colleagues by decomposing the design task into hierarchical chunks. Third, I present AdapTutAR, a system that delegates machine operation tasks to workers through adaptive Augmented Reality tutorials. Finally, I present Vipo, a system that allows requesters to customize tasks for robots and smart machines through spatial-visual programming. This dissertation demonstrates that decomposing latent task structure enables task delegation in an on-demand, scalable, and distributed way.
Additional file 7 of Investigating genomic, proteomic, and post-transcriptional regulation profiles in colorectal cancer: a comparative study between primary tumors and associated metastases
Creators: name: Ham-Karim, Hersh
name: Negm, Ola
name: Ahmad, Narmeen
name: Ilyas, Mohammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 7. Fig. S2. Heat-map showing different signalling pathway intermediates studied in primary CRC (22) and metastasis (22) using RPPA. Rows represent the different signalling molecules studied. Green and red denote markers that are present at low levels
Additional file 1 of Osteonecrosis of the jaw induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors: an urgent need for attention
Creators: name: Li, Xinya
name: Song, Zaiwei
name: Zhao, Rongsheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Characteristics of patients with osteonecrosis of the jaw induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors from case reports.
Additional file 2 of Tumor immune contexture predicts recurrence after prostatectomy and efficacy of androgen deprivation and immunotherapy in prostate cancer
Creators: name: Han, Sujun
name: Shi, Taoping
name: Liao, Yuchen
name: Chen, Dong
name: Yang, Feiya
name: Wang, Mingshuai
name: Ma, Jing
name: Li, Hu
name: Xu, Yu
name: Zhu, Tengfei
name: Chen, Wenxi
name: Wang, Guoqiang
name: Han, Yusheng
name: Xu, Chunwei
name: Wang, Wenxian
name: Cai, Shangli
name: Zhang, Xu
name: Xing, Nianzeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S1. The prognostic effect of immune signatures in the training sets. Fig. S2. Comparison of the TICS and other prognostic signatures.
Additional file 6 of Investigating genomic, proteomic, and post-transcriptional regulation profiles in colorectal cancer: a comparative study between primary tumors and associated metastases
Creators: name: Ham-Karim, Hersh
name: Negm, Ola
name: Ahmad, Narmeen
name: Ilyas, Mohammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 6. Fig. S1. High Resolution Melting Difference Curve showing aberrant melting at APC exon 15 for samples 3, 5, 8, 9 and 12.
title: Essays in Industrial Organisation
Creators: name: Mahfuze, Ashraful Haque
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2022

description: This thesis is a collection of three related chapters in the field of theoretical Industrial Organisation. The overarching issue connecting all three is the impact of social interactions among consumers on firms’ strategies to provide quality or effort. In the first chapter, Product Quality and Social Influence, I study how opposing forces in consumer’s influence have an effect on the bi-dimensional quality choices of a monopolist. The opposing forces are captured by assuming a co-existence of conformists and anti-conformists in the market, while the multiple dimensions of quality are defined according to whether they induce marginal or fixed costs of production. In the second chapter, Optimal Design of Ratings History, social interactions are studied through the lens of consumer ratings. First, in a dynamic framework, I investigate how product ratings with variable history have an impact on the quality choices of a firm. Second, to maximise the steady-state welfare, I study whether a platform can intervene when there are changes in the management of a business. As the title suggests, these interventions are captured by manipulating the length of history of consumer reviews. In the third chapter, Impact of Consumer Ratings on Quality Choice, I extend the initial analysis in the second chapter to a duopolistic framework. I study the impact of the average rating and the number of reviews posted on the quality choices of a firm. The ratings of both firms are considered in the analysis.
การพัฒนาสบู่เหลวที่มีส่วนผสมจากสารสกัดหอมหัวใหญ่
Creators: name: ภูมิทัศ ทับทิม
name: นฤมล พินเนียม ชนะไพฑูรย์
name: สุภกร บุญยืน
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2561
Subjects: หอมหัวใหญ่
สบู่เหลว
สารสกัด

description: วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี, 26, 4, 545-550
Additional file 2 of Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species
Creators: name: Brand, Jeremias N.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 2. Supplementary information on serial block-face fixation protocols and supplementary figures of the comparative analyses.
SYSTEMS THINKING IN SOCIALLY ENGAGED DESIGN SETTINGS
Creators: name: Beebe, Chanel M
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Other engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Socially engaged design programs, community development coalitions, and intentional and unintentional design spaces are rich with expertise and thinkers who are developing solutions to very pressing, yet complicated problems. Little research has been conducted on the expertise and sense-making of the community partners who participate in these situations. The goal of this research endeavor is to unpack the ways various community partners make meaning of their design experiences by answering the question: What evidence of system’s thinking can be seen in the way community partners describe their work or context? A qualitative research study was conducted in which three community partners were interviewed at various points during their engagement with socially engaged design programs. They demonstrated their systems thinking ability most strongly across the following domains: differentiate and qualify elements, explore multiple perspectives, consider issues appropriately, recognize systems, identify and characterize relationships. These findings imply that the community partners are not only capable of systems thinking but have the potential to be more deeply involved in developing solutions within these settings. Future studies should investigate systems thinking beyond socially engaged design in formal settings and should consider investigation protocols that more directly surface systems thinking domains. Overall, this study contributes to existing work in systems thinking by calling for a more expansive and inclusive engagement of community partners in socially engaged work.
Additional file 1 of Vascular wall microenvironment: exosomes secreted by adventitial fibroblasts induced vascular calcification
Creators: name: Zheng, Ming-Hui
name: Shan, Su-Kang
name: Lin, Xiao
name: Xu, Feng
name: Wu, Feng
name: Guo, Bei
name: Li, Fu-Xing-zi
name: Zhou, Zhi-Ang
name: Wang, Yi
name: Lei, Li-Min
name: Tang, Ke-Xin
name: Duan, Jia-Yue
name: Wu, Yun-Yun
name: Cao, Ye-Chi
name: Liao, Xiao-Bo
name: Yuan, Ling-Qing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Radial artery calcification in CRF patients. Fig. S2. MiR-21-5p expression levels in VSMCs and AFs. Fig. S3. Transfection efficiency of miR-21-5p mimics/inhibitor. Fig. S4. Immunohistochemical analysis of BMP4 and Crim1 expression in the radial arteries of ND and CRF patients.
THE EFFECT OF MUTATIONS ON INDUCED PROTEIN FOLDING STUDIED BY MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
Creators: name: Sánchez Díaz, Eduardo J.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Circular Dichroism
human granulin
Leiomodin
MDS
MMPBSA
Molecular Dynamics simulation
Biochemistry

description: The purpose of this dissertation is to advance the understanding of molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) as a tool to screen the effects of mutations on protein folding. In the first chapter, two systems to test by MDS are described. The second chapter delves into utilizing MDS to forecast the binding affinity between leiomodin (Lmod) and tropomyosin (Tpm), proteins pivotal in cardiac muscle proper formation. We used circular dichroism (CD) to measure the stability of the complex between Lmod2 and Tpm fragments that contained Tpm- and Lmod2-binding sites, respectively. We examined effects of mutations in Lmod2 fragment on the complex stability both by CD and MDS. From MDS data we calculated standard free energies, and a correlation between CD-determined complex stabilities and MDS-derived free energies was determined, highlighting MDS's utility in studying point mutations for the complex formation. In the third chapter, we used MDS to understand the folding of Pro-rich proteins using as an example granulin modules. The secreted glycoprotein progranulin has 7.5 modules (p,G,F,B,A,C,D and E), each full-size module contains 12 Cys. Mutations in granulin have been linked to frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which is an early-onset dementia syndrome. So far the residue specific interactions on the structural characteristics and cysteine-cysteine pairing pattern of granulin are not well understood. Using MDS we studied the effect of W541 mutation on granulin E stability and disulfide bond pattern. The folding behavior of granulin was validated by comparing the computational models to the experimental data obtained using gel electrophoresis and circular dichroism (CD).
Hochschild and cotangent complexes of operadic algebras
Creators: name: Hoang, Truong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55P42, 18M60, 18N60, 18M75

description: We make use of the cotangent complex formalism developed by Lurie to formulate Quillen cohomology of algebras over an enriched operad. Additionally, we introduce a spectral Hochschild cohomology theory for enriched operads and algebras over them. We prove that both the Quillen and Hochschild cohomologies of algebras over an operad can be controlled by the corresponding cohomologies of the operad itself. When passing to the category of simplicial sets, we assert that both these cohomology theories for operads, as well as their associated algebras, can be calculated in the same framework of spectrum valued functors on the twisted arrow $\infty$-category of the operad of interest. Moreover, we provide a convenient cofiber sequence relating the Hochschild and cotangent complexes of an $E_n$-space, establishing an unstable analogue of a significant result obtained by Francis and Lurie. Our strategy introduces a novel perspective, focusing solely on the intrinsic properties of the operadic twisted arrow $\infty$-categories.
description: Final version, accepted for publication in TAMS. Section 7 from the earlier version has been removed and will be included in a subsequent paper
Geodesic learning
Creators: name: Barua, Arnab
name: Hatzikirou, Haralampos
name: Abe, Sumiyoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Learning is a fundamental characteristic of living systems, enabling them to comprehend their environments and make informed decisions. These decision-making processes are inherently influenced by available information about their surroundings and specific objectives. There is an intriguing perspective is that each process is highly efficient under a given set of conditions. A key question, then, is how close to optimality it is or how efficient it is under given conditions. Here, the concept of "geodesic learning" as the optimal reference process, with which each process can be compared, is introduced and formulated on the basis of geometry. The probability distribution describing the state of the composite system consisting of the environment, termed the "information bath", and a decision-maker is characterized by use of the entropic quantities. This enables one to study the system in analogy with thermodynamics. Learning processes are expressed as the changes of parameters contained in the distribution. For a geometric interpretation of the processes, the manifold endowed with the Fisher-Rao metric as the Riemannian metric is considered. This framework allows one to conceptualize the optimality of each process as a state change along a geodesic curve on the manifold, which gives rise to geodesic learning. Then, the bivariate Gaussian model is presented, and the processes of geodesic learning and adaptation are analyzed for illustrating this approach.
description: 25 pages, 2 figures. Revised in large, title changed, new results added
Feedback Driven Matching Networks for Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers
Creators: name: Alexander, Henry Clay
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave)

description: The research presented covers the theory and design of feedback-driven matching networks for radio frequency power amplifiers. The study examines amplifier classifications, types of tunable components, feedback typologies, and control systems to achieve the desired operation. The work centers on designing and implementing a tunable matching network for an amplifier's input and output. The tunable systems provide the amplifier with a wide range of operational frequencies at reasonable power levels comparable to today's modern communication systems and produce millisecond-based tuning times. Simulated results are verified against a fabricated system prototype and tweaked to provide further insight into the design's operation.
Efficient Neural Network Inference and Training Using Early Exit Strategies
Creators: name: Gormez, Alperen
Publisher: name: University of Illinois Chicago
Year: 2025

description: This work aims to reduce the inference and training costs of deep learning models by utilizing
early exit networks. In particular, we introduce four algorithms:
1. E2CM, a simple and lightweight early exit algorithm that reduces the inference cost. In a
separate line of work, we also show how early exit networks can be combined with model
pruning.
2. CBT, an algorithm to further decrease the inference cost of early exit semantic segmentation
networks.
3. EEPrune, a novel dataset pruning algorithm that uses early exit networks to reduce training
cost.
4. Class-aware EE LLM, a novel weight initialization algorithm for early exit large language
models to accelerate pre-training.
Additional file 2 of Prioritizing educational initiatives on emerging technologies for Italian pediatricians: bibliometric review and a survey
Creators: name: Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio
name: Gesualdo, Francesco
name: Pandolfi, Elisabetta
name: Ferro, Diana
name: Cinelli, Giulia
name: Bozzola, Elena
name: Aversa, Tommaso
name: Di Mauro, Antonio
name: Mameli, Chiara
name: Croci, Ileana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Supplementary Material 2
sj-docx-1-sac-10.1177_12063312211018397 – Supplemental material for Public Perception Influence on the Reshaping Urban Heritage: A Case Study of Port Said Historic Quarters
Creators: name: Fouad, Sara S.
name: Sharaf Eldin, Shahira
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Geography
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-sac-10.1177_12063312211018397 for Public Perception Influence on the Reshaping Urban Heritage: A Case Study of Port Said Historic Quarters by Sara S. Fouad and Shahira Sharaf Eldin in Space and Culture
Additional file 2 of Biotin-thiamine responsive basal ganglia disease: a retrospective review of the clinical, radiological and molecular findings of cases in Kuwait with novel variants
Creators: name: Aburezq, Maryam
name: Alahmad, Ahmad
name: Alsafi, Rasha
name: Al-Tawari, Asma
name: Ramadan, Dina
name: Shafik, Magdy
name: Abdelaty, Omar
name: Makhseed, Nawal
name: Elshafie, Reem
name: Ayed, Mariam
name: Hayat, Abrar
name: Dashti, Fatima
name: Marafi, Dana
name: Albash, Buthaina
name: Bastaki, Laila
name: Alsharhan, Hind
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Overview of individuals diagnosed with Biotin Thiamine Responsive Basal Ganglia Disease in Kuwait (n=21). Abbreviations: ASD, atrial septal defect; BG, basal ganglia; Bwt, birth weight; CADASIL, cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy; CS, cesarian section; CSF, cerebral spinal fluid; CT, computed tomography; DWI, diffusion-weighted images; FT, full-term; f/u, follow up; FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; GDD, global developmental delay; HTN, hypertension; ID, intellectual disability; IDA, iron deficiency anemia; IEM, inborn errors of metabolism; Kg, kilogram; LBW, low birth weight; MELAS, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MV, mechanical ventilator; NA, not applicable; NGT, nasogastric tube; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; NNJ, neonatal jaundice; NVD, normal vaginal delivery, PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; PFO, patent foramen ovale; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit; PO, product of; RD, respiratory distress. *The reference transcript is NM_025243.4.
Quasi-Keplerian parametrization for eccentric compact binaries in scalar-tensor theories at second post-Newtonian order and applications
Creators: name: Trestini, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The generalized post-Keplerian parametrization for compact binaries on eccentric bound orbits is established at second post-Newtonian (2PN) order in a class of massless scalar-tensor theories. This result is used to compute the orbit-averaged flux of energy and angular momentum at Newtonian order, which means relative 1PN order beyond the leading-order dipolar radiation of scalar-tensor theories. The secular evolution of the orbital elements is then computed at 1PN order. At leading order, the closed form "Peters and Mathews" relation between the semi-major axis $a$ and the eccentricity $e$ is found to be independent of any scalar-tensor parameter, and is given by $a \propto e^{4/3}/(1-e^2)$. Finally, the waveform is obtained at Newtonian order in the form of a spherical harmonic mode decomposition, extending to eccentric orbits the results obtained in arXiv:2201.10924.
description: 22 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. v2: some references were added. v3: title changed, and other minor changes reflecting the referee report. v4: minor modifications, matches the version published in PRD. v5: minor typos corrected
Additional file 1 of Systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of adjuvant gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) on pregnancy outcomes in women with endometriosis following conservative surgery
Creators: name: Qing, Xuemei
name: He, Lele
name: Ma, Ying
name: Zhang, Yong
name: Zheng, Wenxin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Search queries.
Additional file 1 of Efficacy of sequential TACE on primary hepatocellular carcinoma with microvascular invasion after radical resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Mo, Anwei
name: Lin, Biquan
name: Chen, Denglin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental Table 1. Scoring on detailed NOS evaluation item for cohort study.
sj-docx-1-sph-10.1177_19417381211043120 – Supplemental material for Compliance and Fidelity With an Injury Prevention Exercise Program in High School Athletics
Creators: name: Krug, Mickey I.
name: Vacek, Pamela M.
name: Choquette, Rebecca
name: Beynnon, Bruce D.
name: Slauterbeck, James R.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-sph-10.1177_19417381211043120 for Compliance and Fidelity With an Injury Prevention Exercise Program in High School Athletics by Mickey I. Krug, Pamela M. Vacek, Rebecca Choquette, Bruce D. Beynnon and James R. Slauterbeck in Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER?: COMMUNITY PARTNER MEANING MAKING IN ENGINEERING ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Creators: name: Beebe, Chanel M
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2022
Subjects: Engineering design
Other engineering not elsewhere classified
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Engineering engagement programs use service learning and community engagement pedagogies that require a real-world situated problem in which the community partners who experience those problems are integral to those spaces. Despite community partners being integral to engineering engagement programs, research on community partner perspectives is vastly unrepresented in literature Therefore, the goal of this work is to investigate engineering engagement programs from the perspective of the community partners by answering the research question: what meaning do community partners make of their experience in engineering engagement programs? This study describes a qualitative research inquiry in which interviews with three community partners from three different engineering engagement programs were conducted and analyzed for community partner meaning. Using a framework developed by Zittoun and Brinkmann for meaning making, this study presented several themes associated with pragmatic, semantic, and existential meanings made by community partners within this study (2012).Findings from this study suggest implications for expansions of existing frameworks of constituents and components of engineering engagement programs, as well as potential opportunities to more deeply engaging community partners the assessment of student contributions and trajectories as a function of participation in EEPs. Additionally, findings from this study suggest an opportunity to investigate communication and thinking between students and community partners to better support the experience of the community partner (and potentially, the learning of the students). Lastly, findings from this study suggest that participation in EEPs presents the opportunity for community partners to learn by doing which can be more deeply investigated to begin addressing the gap in the literature associated with community partners in research on engineering engagement spaces.
sj-docx-1-cjb-10.1177_00938548211042057 – Supplemental material for International Survey on the Use of Emerging Technologies Among Forensic and Correctional Mental Health Professionals
Creators: name: Kirschstein, Madeleine A.
name: Singh, Jay P.
name: Rossegger, Astrid
name: Endrass, Jérôme
name: Graf, Marc
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cjb-10.1177_00938548211042057 for International Survey on the Use of Emerging Technologies Among Forensic and Correctional Mental Health Professionals by Madeleine A. Kirschstein, Jay P. Singh, Astrid Rossegger, Jérôme Endrass and Marc Graf in Criminal Justice and Behavior
An elementary description of nef cone for irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifolds
Creators: name: Vikulova, Anastasia V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We describe MBM classes for irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifolds of K3 and Kummer types. These classes are the monodromy images of extremal rational curves which give the faces of the nef cone of some birational model. We study the connection between our results and A. Bayer and E. Macr\`ı's theory. We apply the numerical method of description due to E. Amerik and M. Verbitsky in low dimensions to the K3 type and Kummer type cases.
sj-pdf-3-ult-10.1177_1742271X211040543 - Supplemental material for Placental elastography in second trimester preeclampsia prediction: A prospective study
Creators: name: Meena, Rajkumar
name: Malik, Amita
name: Jain, Swarna
name: Batra, Achla
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-ult-10.1177_1742271X211040543 for Placental elastography in second trimester preeclampsia prediction: A prospective study by Rajkumar Meena, Amita Malik, Swarna Jain and Achla Batra in Ultrasound
The Role of Adhesion and Elastic Modulus on the Sensitivity of Energetic Materials to Vibration and Impact
Creators: name: Wickham, Jason A
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: The transformation of mechanical energy into thermal energy within composite energetic materials through various thermomechanical mechanisms is thought to lead to the creation of localized areas of intense heating. The growth of these “hot spots” is responsible for the bulk reaction or decomposition of the energetic material. Understanding the formation and growth of these hot spots has been an active area of research particularly for high-speed impact and shock conditions, but further work remains to be done in particular with respect to hot spot formation due to periodic mechanical excitation. Previous literature has established that many potential thermomechanical mechanisms may act at the interface between the constituent components of a composite energetic material. In order to provide further insight and guidance into the design of safer and more resilient energetic materials, the role of adhesion on hot spot formation for polymer bonded explosives (PBXs), a subset of composite energetic materials, was explored. Single HMX (1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane) crystals in polymer blocks were subjected to ultrasonic excitation and subsequent heating was captured via infrared thermography. Subsequent testing of HMX PBXs using a drop weight tower captured changes in the sensitivity of the energetic material. Variation of the polymer binder allowed for a range of adhesive and mechanical properties to be examined. These experiments on the role of adhesion under these kinds of excitations provided insight into how mechanical energy is being transformed into localized heating.
Mitigating Adversarial Interference in Deep Learning-based Wireless Signal Classification Receivers
Creators: name: Sahay, Rajeev
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Automatic modulation classification (AMC) aims to improve the efficiency of crowded radio spectrums by automatically predicting the modulation constellation of wireless RF signals. Recent work has demonstrated the ability of deep learning (DL) to achieve robust AMC performance using raw in-phase and quadrature (IQ) time samples. Yet, deep learning models are highly susceptible to adversarial interference, which cause intelligent prediction models to misclassify received samples with high confidence. As a result, these attacks present significant security risks and inhibit the widespread deployment of deep learning in wireless communication channels. In this thesis, we propose and evaluate several defensive algorithms to mitigate such interference in a variety of threat models. We begin by considering the white box threat model, in which the adversary has complete knowledge of the classification models at the receiver allowing the transmission of the most potent attack. In this capacity, we present a two-fold defense mechanism, which consists of correcting misclassifications and detecting the presence of an adversary in a wireless channel. The former is designed by training the underlying model to correctly classify inputs with subtle perturbations whereas the latter is designed using manifold learning to identify samples further away from the manifold of the training data as adversarial inputs. Next, we consider the black box threat model, where the adversary uses partial or no system knowledge to craft an adversarial interference signal. Here, we develop a novel receiver architecture and show that adversarial attacks crafted to fool targeted AMC DL architectures are not transferable to different AMC network architectures, with classification performance improvements of up to 75%. Furthermore, we show that time-domain and frequency-domain trained classifiers are resilient to adversarial attacks crafted to induce misclassification in the altering domain. Finally, we propose our wireless receiver's assorted deep ensemble (ADE) defense, consisting of both time-domain and frequency-domain trained classifiers, which effectively mitigate the effects of imperceptible black box adversarial interference increasing classification performance by up to 70%.
Sexual Violence in Game of Thrones
Creators: name: Russell, Juliana Lynn
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Gender studies not elsewhere classified
Media studies
Philosophy of language

description: This research investigates the use of sexual violence in the HBO series Game of Thrones to determine: how victims react to the violence they experience, how relationships are expressed after the violence occurs, and how the show changed after the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements became viral.
Additional file 5 of Systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of adjuvant gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) on pregnancy outcomes in women with endometriosis following conservative surgery
Creators: name: Qing, Xuemei
name: He, Lele
name: Ma, Ying
name: Zhang, Yong
name: Zheng, Wenxin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 5. Detailed subgroup statistical analyses.
Alteration of BRG1- or BRM-associated factors (BAFs), components of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, affects preimplantation porcine embryo development
Creators: name: Tseng, Yu-Chun
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Animal developmental and reproductive biology

description: Mammalian embryos undergo a dramatic amount of epigenetic remodeling during the first week of development to establish the correct epigenetic status to support the developmental program. SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes are multi-subunits complexes and utilize energy from ATP hydrolysis to modify chromatin structure non-covalently. The collection of subunits determines the identity of a given SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex, directs its activity, and dictate where that complex will act. The aims of this study were to 1) determine the requirement of SNF5, a SWI/SNF core subunit found in BAF and PBAF complexes during preimplantation porcine embryo development, 2) determine the requirement of BRD7, a PBAF complex-specific subunit during preimplantation porcine embryo development, and 3) investigate the role of CDH1, a downstream gene regulated by ARID1A, another subunit found exclusively in BAF complexes, in cleavage stage porcine embryos. Our results indicate that the differential requirement for each subunit during early embryo development. Depletion of different subunits results in embryo arrest at distinct developmental stage. Together, our data suggest the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes are necessary for proper porcine embryo development and this requirement is associated with the composition of the complex.