cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Education and Philosophy: a rhizomatic network in the Real Audiencia de Quito
Creators: name: Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Baroque Scholasticism
colonial Quito
colonial education
colonial philosophy
rhizomatic thought

description: This work studies the assembling of the education network in the Real Audiencia de Quito (RAQ) from 1534 to 1788, emphasising teaching and production of philosophy. The so- called ‘rhizomatic method’ – following Deleuze and Guattari – is applied to specialised scholarship and archival sources from Quito, Madrid, and Seville, in order to underline the relationship between education, philosophy, and deterritorialisation. Colonial society resembled more a rhizome than a monocentric hierarchical structure, and among its main actants were religious orders and their educational institutions. Thus, convents, colegios, universidades, friars, professors, manuscripts, and documents from Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, and Jesuits, are analysed to evidence that RAQ was not a marginalised jurisdiction within the Spanish empire, but an active and interconnected centre of knowledge production. Regarding philosophy, renowned works and little-studied manuscripts of Quitense professors were reviewed, so that is possible to suggest that the long- lasting Aristotelian-Thomist tradition was prevalent in Quito until late eighteenth century when a modern renewal was possible due to circulation of scientists, religious, books, and ideas. The work conclusion is that RAQ and its actants were characterised by being unstable, conflictive, and heterogenous, and for being guided by a desire of continuous territorial expansion, conditions from which the educational network and its philosophical instruction were not exempt.
Modelling the performance of delivery vehicles across urban micro-regions to accelerate the transition to cargo-bike logistics
Creators: name: Schrader, Max
name: Kumar, Navish
name: Collignon, Nicolas
name: Sørig, Esben
name: Yoon, Soonmyeong
name: Srivastava, Akash
name: Xu, Kai
name: Astefanoaei, Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Light goods vehicles (LGV) used extensively in the last mile of delivery are one of the leading polluters in cities. Cargo-bike logistics has been put forward as a high impact candidate for replacing LGVs, with experts estimating over half of urban van deliveries being replaceable by cargo bikes, due to their faster speeds, shorter parking times and more efficient routes across cities. By modelling the relative delivery performance of different vehicle types across urban micro-regions, machine learning can help operators evaluate the business and environmental impact of adding cargo-bikes to their fleets. In this paper, we introduce two datasets, and present initial progress in modelling urban delivery service time (e.g. cruising for parking, unloading, walking). Using Uber's H3 index to divide the cities into hexagonal cells, and aggregating OpenStreetMap tags for each cell, we show that urban context is a critical predictor of delivery performance.
title: Subcentimetre pulmonary nodule surveillance is associated with significant cost and patient radiation exposure.
Creators: name: Ajjikuttira, Aiyapa
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Lung
subject: CT
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Outcomes

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Pulmonary nodules are round opacities measuring up to 3 centimetres, with borders that are either well or poorly defined. 1 They are typically monitored via computed tomography (CT), 2,3 which carries an associated patient radiation exposure and...
Chaotic mixing in a planar, curved channel using periodic slip
Creators: name: Garg, P.
name: Picardo, J. R.
name: Pushpavanam, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a novel strategy for designing chaotic micromixers using curved channels confined between two flat planes. The location of the separatrix between the Dean vortices, induced by centrifugal force, is dependent on the location of the maxima of axial velocity. An asymmetry in the axial velocity profile can change the location of the separatrix. This is achieved physically by introducing slip alternatingly at the top and bottom walls. This leads to streamline crossing and Lagrangian chaos. An approximate analytical solution of the velocity field is obtained using perturbation theory. This is used to find the Lagrangian trajectories of fluid particles. Poincare sections taken at periodic locations in the axial direction are used to study the extent of chaos. The extent of mixing, for low slip and low Reynolds numbers, is shown to be greater when Dean vortices in adjacent half cells are counter-rotating. Wide channels are observed to have much better mixing than tall channels; an important observation not made for separatrix flows till now. Eulerian indicators are used to gauge the extent of mixing with varying slip length and it is shown that an optimum slip length exists which maximizes the mixing in a particular geometry.
description: 30 pages, 19 figures
XIX ASR IKKINCHI YARMI XX ASR BOSHLARIDA QORAQALPOQLARNING TURMUSHI VA MADANIYATI
Creators: name: Abdulxay, G.U.
name: Gadoyeva, Kamola
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu tezisda XIX asrning ikkinchi yarmi va XX asr boshlarida Qoraqalpoq xalqining turmushi, madaniyati, an’analari va ularning o‘zgarish jarayonlari tahlil qilinadi. Tadqiqotda xalqning iqtisodiy, ijtimoiy va madaniy hayotining asosiy jihatlari, o‘ziga xos urf-odatlar, qo‘shiqlar, raqslar, kiyim-kechak va maishiy texnikaning rivojlanishi masalalari yoritiladi. Shuningdek, bu davrda Qoraqalpoq xalqining o‘zini ifodalash shakllari, uning san’ati va diniy hayoti hamda o‘zgarishlarga olib kelgan tarixiy va ijtimoiy jarayonlar ko‘rib chiqiladi.
The Gould Belt Very Large Array Survey IV: The Taurus-Auriga complex
Creators: name: Dzib, Sergio A.
name: Loinard, Laurent
name: Rodríguez, Luis F.
name: Mioduszewski, Amy J.
name: Ortiz-León, Gisela N.
name: Kounkel, Marina A.
name: Pech, Gerardo
name: Rivera, Juana L.
name: Torres, Rosa M.
name: Boden, Andrew F.
name: Hartmann, Lee
name: Evans, Neal J.
name: Briceño, Cesar
name: Tobin, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a multi-epoch radio study of the Taurus-Auriga star-forming complex made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array at frequencies of 4.5 GHz and 7.5 GHz. We detect a total of 610 sources, 59 of which are related to young stellar objects and 18 to field stars. The properties of 56\% of the young stars are compatible with non-thermal radio emission. We also show that the radio emission of more evolved young stellar objects tends to be more non-thermal in origin and, in general, that their radio properties are compatible with those found in other star forming regions. By comparing our results with previously reported X-ray observations, we notice that young stellar objects in Taurus-Auriga follow a Güdel-Benz relation with $κ$=0.03, as we previously suggested for other regions of star formation. In general, young stellar objects in Taurus-Auriga and in all the previous studied regions seem to follow this relation with a dispersion of $\sim1$ dex. Finally, we propose that most of the remaining sources are related with extragalactic objects but provide a list of 46 unidentified radio sources whose radio properties are compatible with a YSO nature.
description: 43 pages, 6 figures, accepted in The Astrophysical Journal
Intervening for sustainable change: Tailoring strategies to align with values and principles of communities
Creators: name: Kainz, Kirsten
name: Metz, Allison
name: Boaz, Annette
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2023

description: This paper presents a rationale for tailoring implementation strategies within a values-driven implementation approach. Values-driven implementation seeks to organize implementers around clarifying statements of their shared values in ways that harmonize implementation dynamics related to individual and group mental models, relationships among implementers, and the implementation climate. The proposed approach to tailoring strategies is informed by systems theory and emphasizes the need to focus on both tangible events and behaviors, as well deeper patterns, structures, relationships, and mental models, in order to increase the likelihood of sustaining implementation efforts and improving outcomes for people and communities. We offer for consideration three specific sets of context determinants that are under-represented in the implementation literature and that emerge as especially relevant within a systems approach to identifying and successfully tailoring implementation strategies in the implementation setting including relationships, mental models, and implementation climate.
Additional file 6 of Health Benefits of Different Sports: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal and Intervention Studies Including 2.6 Million Adult Participants
Creators: name: Oja, Pekka
name: Memon, Aamir Raoof
name: Titze, Sylvia
name: Jurakic, Danijel
name: Chen, Si-Tong
name: Shrestha, Nipun
name: Em, Sowannry
name: Matolic, Tena
name: Vasankari, Tommi
name: Heinonen, Ari
name: Grgic, Jozo
name: Koski, Pasi
name: Kokko, Sami
name: Kelly, Paul
name: Foster, Charlie
name: Podnar, Hrvoje
name: Pedisic, Zeljko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 6: Forest plots from main meta-analyses.
Topology of sustainable management of dynamical systems with desirable states: From defining planetary boundaries to safe operating spaces in the Earth system
Creators: name: Heitzig, J.
name: Kittel, T.
name: Donges, J.F.
name: Molkenthin, N.
Publisher: name: München : European Geopyhsical Union
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Climate models
subject: Decision making
subject: Dynamical systems
subject: Safety engineering
subject: Sustainable development
subject: Topology
subject: 500

description: To keep the Earth system in a desirable region of its state space, such as defined by the recently suggested "tolerable environment and development window", "guardrails", "planetary boundaries", or "safe (and just) operating space for humanity", one needs to understand not only the quantitative internal dynamics of the system and the available options for influencing it (management) but also the structure of the system's state space with regard to certain qualitative differences. Important questions are, which state space regions can be reached from which others with or without leaving the desirable region, which regions are in a variety of senses "safe" to stay in when management options might break away, and which qualitative decision problems may occur as a consequence of this topological structure? In this article, we develop a mathematical theory of the qualitative topology of the state space of a dynamical system with management options and desirable states, as a complement to the existing literature on optimal control which is more focussed on quantitative optimization and is much applied in both the engineering and the integrated assessment literature. We suggest a certain terminology for the various resulting regions of the state space and perform a detailed formal classification of the possible states with respect to the possibility of avoiding or leaving the undesired region. Our results indicate that, before performing some form of quantitative optimization such as of indicators of human well-being for achieving certain sustainable development goals, a sustainable and resilient management of the Earth system may require decisions of a more discrete type that come in the form of several dilemmas, e.g. choosing between eventual safety and uninterrupted desirability, or between uninterrupted safety and larger flexibility. We illustrate the concepts and dilemmas drawing on conceptual models from climate science, ecology, coevolutionary Earth system modelling, economics, and classical mechanics, and discuss their potential relevance for the climate and sustainability debate, in particular suggesting several levels of planetary boundaries of qualitatively increasing safety.
title:  Teatro de Conflitos: violência e distopia urbana na obra de Marcelino Freire
Creators: name: Silva, Mauricio
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2015

description: O presente artigo analisa a produção literária de um dos mais importantes autores da literatura brasileira contemporânea (Marcelino Freire), destacando alguns aspectos da atual produção literária brasileira. O artigo destaca ainda a representação da cidade urbana na obra de Marcelino Freire, a partir da noção de conflito, com destaque para a questão da violência urbana.
description: KRYPTON – VOL.5/6 – 2015 – VIOLENZA
The Curie line in protoplanetary disks and the formation of Mercury-like planets
Creators: name: Bogdan, T.
name: Pillich, C.
name: Landers, J.
name: Wende, H.
name: Wurm, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In laboratory experiments, we heated chondritic material up to 1400K in a hydrogen atmosphere. Moessbauer spectroscopy and magnetometry reveal that, at high temperatures, metallic iron forms from silicates. The transition temperature is about 1200K after 1 h of tempering, likely decreasing to about 1000K for longer tempering. This implies that in a region of high temperatures within protoplanetary disks, inward drifting solids will generally be a reservoir of metallic iron. Magnetic aggregation of iron-rich matter then occurs within the magnetic field of the disk. However, the Curie temperature of iron, 1041 K, is a rather sharp discriminator that separates the disk into a region of strong magnetic interactions of ferromagnetic particles and a region of weak paramagnetic properties. We call this position in the disk the Curie line. Magnetic aggregation will be turned on and off here. On the outer, ferromagnetic side of the Curie line, large clusters of iron-rich particles grow and might be prone to streaming instabilities. To the inside of the Curie line, these clusters dissolve, but that generates a large number density that might also be beneficial for planetesimal formation by gravitational instability. One way or the other, the Curie line may define a preferred region for the formation of iron-rich bodies.
Creación y desarrollo de la imagen Corporativa para la empresa "Asesoría Jurídica Soledad".
Creators: name: Puerto Fernández, María Isabel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: diseño gráfico
subject: arte
subject: TFG
subject: Identidad corporativa
subject: https://digibug.ugr.es/browse?authority=4069&type=author

description: Trabajo final de grado en bellas artes. Identidad corporativa. Diseño gráfico. Año 2015. Sobresaliente.
Single-color, in situ photolithography marking of individual CdTe/ZnTe Quantum Dots containing a single Mn2+ ion
Creators: name: Sawicki, Krzysztof
name: Malinowski, Filip K.
name: Galkowski, Krzysztof
name: Jakubczyk, Tomasz
name: Kossacki, Piotr
name: Pacuski, Wojciech
name: Suffczynski, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A simple, single-color method for permanent marking of the position of individual self-assembled semiconductor Quantum Dots (QDs) at cryogenic temperatures is reported. The method combines in situ photolithography with standard micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy. Its utility is proven by a systematic magnetooptical study of a single CdTe/ZnTe QD containing a Mn2+ ion, where a magnetic field of up to 10 T in two orthogonal, Faraday and Voigt, configurations is applied to the same QD. The presented approach can be applied to a wide range of solid state nanoemitters.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
title: The effect of antiarrhythmic premedication protocols on CTCA scan quality
Creators: name: Roughan, William
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) is an increasingly utilised non-invasive diagnostic test for coronary artery disease [1]. Guidelines recommend a maximum heart rate of 65 beats per minute (bpm) at time of scan to reduce motion...
Design and Simulation of Capacitive Pressure Sensor for Blood Pressure Sensing Application
Creators: name: Mishra, Rishabh Bhooshan
name: Kumar, S. Santosh
name: Mukhiya, Ravindra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents the mathematical modeling-based design and simulation of normal mode MEMS capacitive pressure sensor for blood pressure sensing application. The normal blood pressure of human being is 120/80 mmHg. But this range varies in case of any stress, hypertension and some other health issues. Analytical simulation is implemented using MATLAB. Basically, normal mode capacitive pressure sensors have a fixed plate and a moveable diaphragm which deflects on application of pressure with the condition that it must not touch the fixed plate. Deflection depends on material as well as thickness, shape and size of diaphragm which can be of circular, elliptical, square or rectangular shape. In this paper, circular shape is chosen due to higher sensitivity compared to other diaphragm shapes. Deflection, base capacitance, change in capacitance after applying pressure and sensitivity are reported for systolic and diastolic blood pressure monitoring application, and study involves determining the optimized design for the sensor. Diaphragm deflection shows linear variation with applied pressure, which follows Hooks law. The variation in capacitance is logarithmic function of applied pressure, which is utilized for analytical simulation.
Radio and Millimeter Monitoring of Sgr A*: Spectrum, Variability, and Constraints on the G2 Encounter
Creators: name: Bower, Geoffrey C.
name: Markoff, Sera
name: Dexter, Jason
name: Gurwell, Mark A.
name: Moran, James M.
name: Brunthaler, Andreas
name: Falcke, Heino
name: Fragile, P. Chris
name: Maitra, Dipankar
name: Marrone, Dan
name: Peck, Alison
name: Rushton, Anthony
name: Wright, Melvyn C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report new observations with the Very Large Array, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, and Submillimeter Array at frequencies from 1.0 to 355 GHz of the Galactic Center black hole, Sagittarius A*. These observations were conducted between October 2012 and November 2014. While we see variability over the whole spectrum with an amplitude as large as a factor of 2 at millimeter wavelengths, we find no evidence for a change in the mean flux density or spectrum of Sgr A* that can be attributed to interaction with the G2 source. The absence of a bow shock at low frequencies is consistent with a cross-sectional area for G2 that is less than $2 \times 10^{29}$ cm$^2$. This result fits with several model predictions including a magnetically arrested cloud, a pressure-confined stellar wind, and a stellar photosphere of a binary merger. There is no evidence for enhanced accretion onto the black hole driving greater jet and/or accretion flow emission. Finally, we measure the millimeter wavelength spectral index of Sgr A* to be flat; combined with previous measurements, this suggests that there is no spectral break between 230 and 690 GHz. The emission region is thus likely in a transition between optically thick and thin at these frequencies and requires a mix of lepton distributions with varying temperatures consistent with stratification.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
title: Beyond the cusp: Unveiling the radiologic imaging frontier of bicuspid aortic valves
Creators: name: Dalley, Jack
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Echocardiography
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Education
subject: Congenital

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Learning Objectives Understand the pathophysiology and types of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV); Identify the specific imaging findings of echocardiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in bicuspid aortic valve; Explain...
title:  El canto de las agonías: representaciones de la violencia simbólica en Canción de tumba de Julián Herbert
Creators: name: Íñiguez  ,  Edgardo
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2015

description: En Canción de tumba, de Julián Herbert, hay una imposición de una fuerza velada sobre los personajes. Esta última opera en las estructuras simbólicas que permiten al protagonista participar en los mundos social y cultural. El objetivo del presente trabajo es mostrar cómo la violencia simbólica se encuentra en la base de la conformación del sujeto, de manera específica en lo relacionado con la familia, la figura madre y la masculinidad. Estos elementos ponen de relieve, a través de elementos lingüísticos, la fragmentación del ‘yo’ y el velo de pesadumbre que caracterizan a la voz narrativa.
description: KRYPTON – VOL.5/6 – 2015 – VIOLENZA
Von Zeipel's theorem for a magnetized circular flow around a compact object
Creators: name: Zanotti, O.
name: Pugliese, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze a class of physical properties, forming the content of the so-called von Zeipel theorem, which characterizes stationary, axisymmetric, non-selfgravitating perfect fluids in circular motion in the gravitational field of a compact object. We consider the extension of the theorem to the magnetohydrodynamic regime, under the assumption of an infinitely conductive fluid, both in the Newtonian and in the relativistic framework. When the magnetic field is toroidal, the conditions required by the theorem are equivalent to integrability conditions, as it is the case for purely hydrodynamic flows. When the magnetic field is poloidal, the analysis for the relativistic regime is substantially different with respect to the Newtonian case and additional constraints, in the form of PDEs, must be imposed on the magnetic field in order to guarantee that the angular velocity $Ω$ depends only on the specific angular momentum $\ell$. In order to deduce such physical constraints, it is crucial to adopt special coordinates, which are adapted to the $Ω={\rm const}$ surfaces. The physical significance of these results is briefly discussed.
description: 14 pages
Influence of Rural Out-Migration on Household Participation in Community Forest Management? Evidence from the Middle Hills of Nepal
Creators: name: Graybill, Sophia
name: Bista, Rajesh
name: Zhang, Qi
name: Bilsborrow, Richard E.
name: Song, Conghe
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023

description: Rural out-migration was a rare socio-economic phenomenon when community forestry began in the 1980s in Nepal. Now, out-migration significantly influences nearly every aspect of rural livelihoods in the country. However, it is unclear how out-migration affects community forestry governance, which is essential for sustainable rural development. Therefore, this paper addresses the following research question: Does rural out-migration affect forest users’ participation in community forestry decision-making and management practices? This paper draws on data collected from an extensive survey of 415 households from 15 community forest user groups in 2 Mid-Hill districts of Nepal. The research used ordered-logit regression to model the impacts of out-migration on participation in forest management and decision-making, while controlling for a number of other socio-economic factors. The model results show that total household size and number of internal migrants, together with multiple resource characteristics and institutional attributes, were major factors affecting participation in decision-making and forest management. However, the number of international migrants did not have a significant role in determining the levels of the participation. This study provides valuable insights for future community forestry policymaking that aims to address the effects of out-migration on community forest management in Nepal.
Doom and Gloom of Divorce Research
Creators: name: Gordon, Robert
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Social psychology

description: Wallerstein and Lewis (2004) conclude from their correlational research of 45 divorced families that divorce causes lasting damage to children. The authors attribute the subsequent psychological problems in the children to the divorce itself as opposed to the psychopathology of the parents, the trauma of their parenting and their conflicted marriage. Other researchers have found that just after divorce, children have more symptoms than those in high-conflict non-divorced families, but as the children adapt to the new situation, the pattern of differences reverses. When divorce is associated with children moving into a less stressful situation, children from divorced families have similar adjustment to those from normal intact families.
Implementing machine learning methods with complex survey data: Lessons learned on the impacts of accounting sampling weights in gradient boosting
Creators: name: Molsberry S.A.
name: Motsinger-Reif A.A.
name: MacNell N.
name: Thorne P.S.
name: Salo P.M.
name: Fessler M.B.
name: Wilkerson J.
name: Zeldin D.C.
name: Feinstein L.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Despite the prominent use of complex survey data and the growing popularity of machine learning methods in epidemiologic research, few machine learning software implementations offer options for handling complex samples. A major challenge impeding the broader incorporation of machine learning into epidemiologic research is incomplete guidance for analyzing complex survey data, including the importance of sampling weights for valid prediction in target populations. Using data from 15, 820 participants in the 1988-1994 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cohort, we determined whether ignoring weights in gradient boosting models of all-cause mortality affected prediction, as measured by the F1 score and corresponding 95% confidence intervals. In simulations, we additionally assessed the impact of sample size, weight variability, predictor strength, and model dimensionality. In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, unweighted model performance was inflated compared to the weighted model (F1 score 81.9% [95% confidence interval: 81.2%, 82.7%] vs 77.4% [95% confidence interval: 76.1%, 78.6%]). However, the error was mitigated if the F1 score was subsequently recalculated with observed outcomes from the weighted dataset (F1: 77.0%; 95% confidence interval: 75.7%, 78.4%). In simulations, this finding held in the largest sample size (N = 10,000) under all analytic conditions assessed. For sample sizes <5,000, sampling weights had little impact in simulations that more closely resembled a simple random sample (low weight variability) or in models with strong predictors, but findings were inconsistent under other analytic scenarios. Failing to account for sampling weights in gradient boosting models may limit generalizability for data from complex surveys, dependent on sample size and other analytic properties. In the absence of software for configuring weighted algorithms, post-hoc re-calculations of unweighted model performance using weighted observed outcomes may more accurately reflect model prediction in target populations than ignoring weights entirely.
Toward edges-rich MoS2 layers via chemical liquid exfoliation triggering distinctive magnetism
Creators: name: Gao, Guanhui
name: Chen, Chi
name: Xie, Xiaobin
name: Su, Yantao
name: Kang, Shendong
name: Zhu, Guichi
name: Gao, Duyang
name: Eckert, Jürgen
name: Trampert, Achim
name: Cai, Lintao
Publisher: name: Milton Park : Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Edges-rich MoS2
subject: exfoliation
subject: magnetic property
subject: grain boundaries
subject: 620

description: The magnetic function of layered molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has been investigated via simulation, but few reliable experimental results have been explored. Herein, we developed edges-rich structural MoS2 nanosheets via liquid phase exfoliation approach, triggering exceptional ferromagnetism. The magnetic measurements revealed the clear ferromagnetic property of layered MoS2, compared to the pristine MoS2 in bulk exhibiting diamagnetism. The existence of ferromagnetism mostly was attributed to the presence of grain boundaries with abundant irregular edges confirmed by the transmission electron microscopy, magnetic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which experimentally provided reliable evidences on irregular edges-rich states engineering ferromagnetism to clarify theoretical calculation.
Inter-Rater Reliability between Structured and Non-Structured Interviews Is Fair in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Cavalcanti, Maria Tavares
name: Youngstrom, Eric Arden
name: Langfus, Joshua A.
name: Hosken, Lucas
name: Telles-Correia, Diogo
name: Neto, Hélio Rocha
name: Moreira, Ana Lúcia R.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023

description: We aimed to find agreement between diagnoses obtained through standardized (SDI) and non-standardized diagnostic interviews (NSDI) for schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder (BD). Methods: A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted. Publications from 2007 to 2020 comparing SDI and NSDI diagnoses in adults without neurological disorders were screened in MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, and SCOPUS, following PROSPERO registration CRD42020187157, PRISMA guidelines, and quality assessment using QUADAS–2. Results: From 54231 entries, 22 studies were analyzed, and 13 were included in the final meta-analysis of kappa agreement using a mixed-effects meta-regression model. A mean kappa of 0.41 (Fair agreement, 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.47) but high heterogeneity (Î2 = 92%) were calculated. Gender, mean age, NSDI setting (Inpatient vs. Outpatient; University vs. Non-university), and SDI informant (Self vs. Professional) were tested as predictors in meta-regression. Only SDI informant was relevant for the explanatory model, leaving 79% unexplained heterogeneity. Egger’s test did not indicate significant bias, and QUADAS–2 resulted in “average” data quality. Conclusions: Most studies using SDIs do not report the original sample size, only the SDI-diagnosed patients. Kappa comparison resulted in high heterogeneity, which may reflect the influence of non-systematic bias in diagnostic processes. Although results were highly heterogeneous, we measured a fair agreement kappa between SDI and NSDI, implying clinicians might operate in scenarios not equivalent to psychiatry trials, where samples are filtered, and there may be more emphasis on maintaining reliability. The present study received no funding.
Infrared ellipsometric study of hydrogen-bonded long-chain thiolates on gold: Towards resolving structural details
Creators: name: Tsankov, Dimiter
name: Philipova, Irena
name: Kostova, Kalina
name: Hinrichs, Karsten
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Aryl-substituted long-chain thiols
subject: Hydrogen bonds
subject: IR ellipsometry
subject: 620

description: A set of newly synthesized aryl-substituted amides of 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (R = 4-OH; 3,5-di-OH) are self-assembled on Au(111) substrate. Self assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed by these molecules are studied by ellipsometry from infrared to visible spectral range. Best fit calculations based on the three-phase optical model are employed in order to determine the average tilt angle of the hydrocarbon chains. The data revealed that the SAMs reside in a crystalline-like environment as the long methylene chains predominantly exist in all-trans conformation. The calculated tilt angle of the hydrocarbon chain is decreased by approximately 12° in comparison with the one for the correspondent long-chain n-alkyl thiols. Strong hydrogen bonded networks were detected between the amide proton and the carbonyl oxygen as well as between hydroxyl groups in the end aryl substituents. The transition dipole moments of the C=O, N-H and O-H modes are oriented almost parallel to the gold surface.
Impact of community-based health insurance on health services utilisation among vulnerable households in Amhara region, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kibur, Martha
name: Palermo, Tia
name: Amhara ISNP Evaluation Team
name: Otchere, Frank
name: Mussa, Essa Chanie
name: Angeles, Gustavo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Background Ethiopia piloted community-based health insurance in 2011, and as of 2019, the programme was operating in 770 districts nationwide, covering approximately 7 million households. Enrolment in participating districts reached 50%, holding promise to achieve the goal of Universal Health Coverage in the country. Despite the government’s efforts to expand community-based health insurance to all districts, evidence is lacking on how enrolment in the programme nudges health seeking behaviour among the most vulnerable rural households. This study aims to examine the effect of community-based health insurance enrolment among the most vulnerable and extremely poor households participating in Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on the utilisation of healthcare services in the Amhara region. Methods Data for this study came from Amhara pilot integrated safety net programme baseline survey in Ethiopia and were collected between December 2018 and February 2019 from 5,398 households. We used propensity score matching method to estimate the impacts of enrolment in community-based health insurance on outpatient, maternal, and child preventive and curative healthcare services utilisation. Results Results show that membership in community-based health insurance increases the probabilities of visiting health facilities for curative care in the past month by 8.2 percentage points (95% CI 5.3 to 11.1), seeking care from a health professional by 8.4 percentage points (95% CI 5.5 to 11.3), and visiting a health facility to seek any medical assistance for illness and check-ups in the past 12 months by 13.9 percentage points (95% CI 10.5 to 17.4). Insurance also increases the annual household per capita health facility visits by 0.84 (95% CI 0.64 to 1.04). However, we find no significant effects of community-based health insurance membership on utilisation of maternal and child healthcare services. Conclusions Findings that community-based health insurance increased outpatient services utilisation implies that it could also contribute towards universal health coverage and health equity in rural and informal sectors. The absence of significant effects on maternal and child healthcare services may be due to the free availability of such services for everyone at the public health facilities, regardless of insurance membership. Outpatient services use among insured households is still not universal, and understanding of the barriers to use, including supply-side constraints, will help improve universal health coverage. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-023-09024-3.
SMARTDEST Residential Turnover Modeling. Barcelona Case Study
Creators: name: , Riccardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: residential turnover
regression trees
short-term rental gaps
Barcelona

description: This page includes the preliminary results of linear and non-linear regression models to estimate the risk of residential turnover in Barcelona as a function of tourism pressure on the housing market. The proposed analysis is part of a broader research project funded under the Horizon 2020 program: SMARTDEST (2020-2023). If you want to know more about the project, you can access the website at: https://smartdest.eu/ Data on which the statistical processing is based comes from the SMARTDEST Neighbourhood Change Database (for further details, please refer to: https://zenodo.org/record/7845693), with two differences: first, we use here only a subset of the variables that were included in the original version of the database; and second, the variable referring to the short-term rental gap (labelled "score" in the .xlsx and .csv files) was now computed based on Airdna data instead of Inside Airbnb. Correlation between the two measures (Airdna vs. Inside Airbnb) is moderate (Pearsons' r = .57). The RStudio code can be used to reproduce a fixed-effect model, plus a first set of regression trees, and adapted to different analytical objectives. Also, additional variables can be retrieved from the original version of the SMARTDEST Neighbourhood Change Database. Please be aware that the code is under refinement. Therefore, it should be taken as it is: an initial exploitation of the information available at the time of this writing.
Random Access in DVB-RCS2: Design and Dynamic Control for Congestion Avoidance
Creators: name: Meloni, Alessio
name: Murroni, Maurizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the current DVB generation, satellite terminals are expected to be interactive and capable of transmission in the return channel with satisfying quality. Considering the bursty nature of their traffic and the long propagation delay, the use of a random access technique is a viable solution for such a Medium Access Control (MAC) scenario. In this paper, random access communication design in DVB-RCS2 is considered with particular regard to the recently introduced Contention Resolution Diversity Slotted Aloha (CRDSA) technique. This paper presents a model for design and tackles some issues on performance evaluation of the system by giving intuitive and effective tools. Moreover, dynamic control procedures that are able to avoid congestion at the gateway are introduced. Results show the advantages brought by CRDSA to DVB-RCS2 with regard to the previous state of the art.
description: Accepted for publication: IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting; IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 2014
Mass deposition fluxes of Saharan mineral dust to the tropical northeast Atlantic Ocean: An intercomparison of methods
Creators: name: Niedermeier, N.
name: Held, A.
name: Müller, T.
name: Heinold, B.
name: Schepanski, K.
name: Tegen, I.
name: Kandler, K.
name: Ebert, M.
name: Weinbruch, S.
name: Read, K.
name: Lee, J.
name: Fomba, K.W.
name: Müller, K.
name: Herrmann, H.
name: Wiedensohler, A.
Publisher: name: München : European Geopyhsical Union
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: anemometer
subject: atmospheric deposition
subject: atmospheric transport
subject: dry deposition
subject: dust
subject: particle size
subject: photometer
subject: remote sensing
subject: size distribution
subject: wet deposition
subject: 550

description: Mass deposition fluxes of mineral dust to the tropical northeast Atlantic Ocean were determined within this study. In the framework of SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene), the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean in terms of material exchange were investigated at the Cape Verde atmospheric observatory (CVAO) on the island Sao Vicente for January 2009. Five different methods were applied to estimate the deposition flux, using different meteorological and physical measurements, remote sensing, and regional dust transport simulations. The set of observations comprises micrometeorological measurements with an ultra-sonic anemometer and profile measurements using 2-D anemometers at two different heights, and microphysical measurements of the size-resolved mass concentrations of mineral dust. In addition, the total mass concentration of mineral dust was derived from absorption photometer observations and passive sampling. The regional dust model COSMO-MUSCAT was used for simulations of dust emission and transport, including dry and wet deposition processes. This model was used as it describes the AOD's and mass concentrations realistic compared to the measurements and because it was run for the time period of the measurements. The four observation-based methods yield a monthly average deposition flux of mineral dust of 12–29 ng m−2 s−1. The simulation results come close to the upper range of the measurements with an average value of 47 ng m−2 s−1. It is shown that the mass deposition flux of mineral dust obtained by the combination of micrometeorological (ultra-sonic anemometer) and microphysical measurements (particle mass size distribution of mineral dust) is difficult to compare to modeled mass deposition fluxes when the mineral dust is inhomogeneously distributed over the investigated area.
title: Toxicity Outcomes in Altered Fractionation Whole Breast Irradiation in Early Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Creators: name: Meng, Katherine
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Oncology
subject: Other
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Outcomes
subject: Radiotherapy techniques
subject: Toxicity

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Adjuvant radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer has evolved over the years, from conventional fractionation over five weeks to hypofractionated regimens (Table 1) delivered over fewer sessions allowing patients to complete their treatment over a...
Hydroxychloroquine for treatment of non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19: A meta-analysis of individual participant data of randomized trials
Creators: name: Boulware, David R.
name: Wohl, David
name: Webb, Brandon
name: Hess, Rachel
name: Metz, Luanne
name: Daar, Eric
name: Richer, Lawrence
name: Hughes, Michael
name: Dunne, Michael
name: Kremsner, Peter
name: Chew, Kara W.
name: Hill, Michael D.
name: McDonald, Emily G.
name: Spivak, Adam M.
name: Curran, Marla
name: Schwartz, Ilan
name: Mitjà, Oriol
name: Reis, Gilmar
name: Baeten, Jared M.
name: Sarwar, Ammar
name: Johnston, Christine
name: Corbacho, Marc
name: Lee, Todd C.
name: Hullsiek, Katherine Huppler
name: Carter, David
name: Alexander, Jim
name: Smith, Davey
Publisher: name: Wiley Blackwell
Year: 2023

description: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was initially promoted as an oral therapy for early treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Conventional meta-analyses cannot fully address the heterogeneity of different designs and outcomes of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the efficacy of HCQ in outpatients with mild COVID-19. We conducted a pooled analysis of individual participant data from RCTs that evaluated the effect of HCQ on hospitalization and viral load reduction in outpatients with confirmed COVID-19. We evaluated the overall treatment group effect by log-likelihood ratio test (−2LL) from a generalized linear mixed model to accommodate correlated longitudinal binary data. The analysis included data from 11 RCTs. The outcome of virological effect, assessed in 1560 participants (N = 795 HCQ, N = 765 control), did not differ significantly between the two treatment groups (−2LL = 7.66; p = 0.18) when adjusting for cohort, duration of symptoms, and comorbidities. The decline in polymerase chain reaction positive tests from day 1 to 7 was 42.0 and 41.6 percentage points in the HCQ and control groups, respectively. Among the 2037 participants evaluable for hospitalization (N = 1058 HCQ, N = 979 control), we found no significant differences in hospitalization rate between participants receiving HCQ and controls (odds ratio 0.995; 95% confidence interval 0.614–1.610; −2LL = 0.0; p = 0.98) when adjusting for cohort, duration of symptoms, and comorbidities. This individual participant data meta-analysis of 11 HCQ trials that evaluated severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 viral clearance and COVID-19 hospitalization did not show a clinical benefit of HCQ. Our meta-analysis provides evidence to support the interruption in the use of HCQ in mild COVID-19 outpatients to reduce progression to severe disease.
title: Retrospective review of CT-guided percutaneous nephrostomy and complications - a single centre departmental audit
Creators: name: Nguyen, Phuong Hien Duc
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: CT
subject: Catheters
subject: Complications
subject: Drainage
subject: Acute
subject: Outcomes
subject: Quality assurance

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is an image-guided procedure designed to alleviate obstructions in the renal collecting systems, usually performed using ultrasound (US) or fluoroscopy. The CT-guided approach, while less common, has been gaining...
Non-universal relativistic kinematics
Creators: name: Carmona, J. M.
name: Cortes, J. L.
name: Romeo, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a systematic derivation of the constraints that the relativity principle imposes between coefficients of a deformed (but rotational invariant) momentum composition law, dispersion relation, and momentum transformation laws, at first order in a power expansion of an ultraviolet energy scale. This work generalizes previous results to the case of particle-dependent relativistic kinematics, which can have interesting phenomenological applications that we explore in the second part of the manuscript.
description: 13 pages, no figures
title:  A violência como negócio a partir do conto «Matadores» de Marçal Aquino
Creators: name: Marques Mendes  ,  Fábio
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2015

description: Propomos uma análise literária e social do conto «Matadores» (1991), de autoria de Marçal Aquino. Nosso objetivo é considerar o uso da ironia (no plano formal da narrativa) como estratégia para articular e intensificar a violência (plano temático), nos termos da racionalização burocrática do novo capitalismo. Essa tensão dialética implicaria no tratamento da violência como um negócio, conduzida racionalmente pelos heróis da narrativa e realizada no espaço da fronteira. Isto acontece a fim de corroer e reforçar os discursos e os mecanismos de controle sociais e literários hegemônicos, mantidos e organizados por estruturas de dominação em crise na sociedade brasileira, no período de transição entre o fim do regime militar à redemocratização.
description: KRYPTON – VOL.5/6 – 2015 – VIOLENZA