cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 3 of Loss of H3K27 methylation identifies poor outcomes in adult-onset acute leukemia
Creators: name: A. D. Van Dijk
name: F. W. Hoff
name: Y. H. Qiu
name: J. Chandra
name: E. Jabbour
name: E. S. J. M. De Bont
name: T. M. Horton
name: S. M. Kornblau
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. Relative quantity of H3K4Me3 in peripheral blood and bone marrow samples obtained from acute myeloid leukemia patients was a significantly higher in patients who received prior chemotherapy (n = 23) compared to those who did not (n = 217, Wilcoxon, p = 0.019); b significantly higher in patients who received prior radiotherapy (n = 21) compared to those who did not (n = 219, Wilcoxon, p = 0.043). H3K4Me3 and c significantly lower in patients with the FLT3-D835 mutation (n = 19) compared to those who had FLT3-D835 wildtype (n = 204, Wilcoxon, p = 0.029). d H3K4Me3 negatively correlated with the percentage of monocytes in the bone marrow (r = − 0.15, p = 0.017); e the percentage of monocytes in the peripheral blood (r = − 0.19, p
Log-periodic modulation in one-dimensional random walks
Creators: name: Padilla, L.
name: Mártin, H. O.
name: Iguain, J. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the diffusion of a single particle on a one-dimensional lattice. It is shown that, for a self-similar distribution of hopping rates, the time dependence of the mean-square displacement follows an anomalous power law modulated by logarithmic periodic oscillations. The origin of this modulation is traced to the dependence on the length of the diffusion coefficient. Both the random walk exponent and the period of the modulation are analytically calculated and confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures
Aurora Suite for Solo 'Cello (7. Nuages ~ Clouds and)
Creators: name: Elia, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Music

description: This work is a suite for solo 'cello written for colleagues and friends of the composer (Aurore Cartier and Mathieu Barbin) in April 2013. Mr. Barbin is an accomplished 'cellist, who performs regularly in Europe and NYC. The 8-parts of this work reflect aspects of morning (playing on the word "Aurore" in French) and include: 1. Aube ~Daybreak 2. Naissance ~ Emergent Morning 3. Aurore ~ Aurora 4. Lever du soliel ~ Sunrise 5. Pluie du Matin ~ Morning Rain 6. Éveil ~ Awakening 7. Nuages ~ Clouds and 8. Les rayons du soleil ~ Sun rays
Additional file 4 of Loss of H3K27 methylation identifies poor outcomes in adult-onset acute leukemia
Creators: name: A. D. Van Dijk
name: F. W. Hoff
name: Y. H. Qiu
name: J. Chandra
name: E. Jabbour
name: E. S. J. M. De Bont
name: T. M. Horton
name: S. M. Kornblau
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure S4. Relative quantity of H3K27Me3 in peripheral blood and bone marrow samples obtained from acute myeloid leukemia patients was a significantly lower in patients who experienced antecedent hematologic disorder (n = 81) compared to those without (n = 140, Wilcoxon, p = 0.035); b lower in patients with the FLT3-D835 mutation (n = 19) compared to those without (n = 204, Wilcoxon, p = 0.068) and c significantly higher in patients who received a transplantation (n = 233) compared to the ones that were not transplanted (n = 208, Wilcoxon, p
Studies on problems of regeneration of Eucalyptus regnans in Tasmania
Creators: name: Cremer, K W
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: E. regnans is confined to Tasmania and Victoria. It is one of the three or four most important timber species in these two states. In 1958, E. regnans produced the fifth largest volume of sawn eucalypt timber in Australia (Hanson, 1961). E. regnans grows best under fairly cool conditions at 100 ft. to 2,000 ft. in Tasmania and at 600 ft. to 4,000 ft. in Victoria, on a variety of soils of medium to high fertility under a fairly evenlly distributed rainfall of at least 45 inches per year. The tree frequently exceeds 200 ft. in height (up to 322 1 ) and usually grows in pure stands of one age, sometimes with 10,000 cubic feet of merchantable wood per acre. Its most common associates are E. delegatensis and E. oblique,. E. Regnans is \spar aged\" at 150 years and \"mature\" at 250 years. It rarely exceeds 400 years. In dense stands on good sites it may grow an average of 100 cubic feet of merchantable timber per acre per year during the first 100 years. Its intended rotation is 60 to 90 years."
Lattice model of three-dimensional topological singlet superconductor with time-reversal symmetry
Creators: name: Schnyder, Andreas P.
name: Ryu, Shinsei
name: Ludwig, Andreas W. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study topological phases of time-reversal invariant singlet superconductors in three spatial dimensions. In these particle-hole symmetric systems the topological phases are characterized by an even-numbered winding number $ν$. At a two-dimensional (2D) surface the topological properties of this quantum state manifest themselves through the presence of $ν$ flavors of gapless Dirac fermion surface states, which are robust against localization from random impurities. We construct a tight-binding model on the diamond lattice that realizes a topologically nontrivial phase, in which the winding number takes the value $ν=\pm 2$. Disorder corresponds to a (non-localizing) random SU(2) gauge potential for the surface Dirac fermions, leading to a power-law density of states $ρ(ε) \sim ε^{1/7}$. The bulk effective field theory is proposed to be the (3+1) dimensional SU(2) Yang-Mills theory with a theta-term at $θ=π$.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
The beneficiation and processing of South Australian graphite and a study of its lamellar compounds
Creators: name: Croft, R C
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The imputities present in South Australian graphite concentrates and various chemical methods for the removal of these have been examined. It was found that the best of theses methods could be combined to give a process for the complete beneficiation of high grade concentrates. On examination, the economic aspects of the proposed process indicate that it is capable of being profitably operated on an industrial scale. The results of this work support the claim that the purity achieved by application of the proposed process is higher than that obtained by other methods of purification. The claims that chemical benificiation methods reduce graphite flake size and that appreciable amounts of reagents are adsorbed on graphite during processing have been disproved.
On the Communication of Scientific Results: The Full-Metadata Format
Creators: name: Riede, Moritz
name: Schueppel, Rico
name: Sylvester-Hvid, Kristian O.
name: Kuehne, Martin
name: Roettger, Michael C.
name: Zimmermann, Klaus
name: Liehr, Andreas W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we introduce a scientific format for text-based data files, which facilitates storing and communicating tabular data sets. The so-called Full-Metadata Format builds on the widely used INI-standard and is based on four principles: readable self-documentation, flexible structure, fail-safe compatibility, and searchability. As a consequence, all metadata required to interpret the tabular data are stored in the same file, allowing for the automated generation of publication-ready tables and graphs and the semantic searchability of data file collections. The Full-Metadata Format is introduced on the basis of three comprehensive examples. The complete format and syntax is given in the appendix.
Yangian description for decays and possible explanation of $X$ in the decay $K^0_L\to π^0 π^0 X$
Creators: name: Tian, Li-Jun
name: Jin, Yan-Ling
name: Jiang, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter, hadronic decay channels of light pseudoscalar mesons are realized in Yangian algebra. In the framework of Yangian, we find that these decay channels can be formulated by acting transition operators, composed of the generators of Yangian, on the corresponding pseudoscalar mesons. This new description of decays allows us to present a possible interpretation of the new unknown particle $X$ in the decay $K^0_L\to π^0 π^0 X$: it is an entangled state of $π^0$ and $η$.
Entanglement Generation of Clifford Quantum Cellular Automata
Creators: name: Gütschow, Johannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Clifford quantum cellular automata (CQCAs) are a special kind of quantum cellular automata (QCAs) that incorporate Clifford group operations for the time evolution. Despite being classically simulable, they can be used as basic building blocks for universal quantum computation. This is due to the connection to translation-invariant stabilizer states and their entanglement properties. We will give a self-contained introduction to CQCAs and investigate the generation of entanglement under CQCA action. Furthermore, we will discuss finite configurations and applications of CQCAs.
description: to appear in the "DPG spring meeting 2009" special issue of Applied Physics B
Generalized Rejection Sampling Schemes and Applications in Signal Processing
Creators: name: Martino, Luca
name: Miguez, Joaquin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Bayesian methods and their implementations by means of sophisticated Monte Carlo techniques, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and particle filters, have become very popular in signal processing over the last years. However, in many problems of practical interest these techniques demand procedures for sampling from probability distributions with non-standard forms, hence we are often brought back to the consideration of fundamental simulation algorithms, such as rejection sampling (RS). Unfortunately, the use of RS techniques demands the calculation of tight upper bounds for the ratio of the target probability density function (pdf) over the proposal density from which candidate samples are drawn. Except for the class of log-concave target pdf's, for which an efficient algorithm exists, there are no general methods to analytically determine this bound, which has to be derived from scratch for each specific case. In this paper, we introduce new schemes for (a) obtaining upper bounds for likelihood functions and (b) adaptively computing proposal densities that approximate the target pdf closely. The former class of methods provides the tools to easily sample from a posteriori probability distributions (that appear very often in signal processing problems) by drawing candidates from the prior distribution. However, they are even more useful when they are exploited to derive the generalized adaptive RS (GARS) algorithm introduced in the second part of the paper. The proposed GARS method yields a sequence of proposal densities that converge towards the target pdf and enable a very efficient sampling of a broad class of probability distributions, possibly with multiple modes and non-standard forms.
Consolation I: Meditations on the Middle Kingdom
Creators: name: Elia, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Music

description: "Consolations: Meditations on the Middle Kingdom" is a 10-part work for violin and piano, written as a reflection on a trip to China by the composer, during the summer of 2012. The piece was premiered by Vita and Ishmael Wallace at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, on October 23, 2012.
The Valsalva manoeuvre as a test of the cardiac response to sympathetic stimulation
Creators: name: Cuthbert, R H
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The object of the investigation was to find a simple test of cardiac function, using established methods, sufficiently sensitive to detect deterioration of function before the advent of clinical signs of heart failure. It was hoped, by comparing the heart rate response to stress with changes in the systolic time intervals, to be able thereafter to use the heart rate response alone. The systolic time intervals have been noted to change with alterations in stroke volume, rate of flow and contractility. The most appropriate method of measuring these intervals, and the interpretation of these changes, was not altogether clear when the investigation was begun in July, 1969. Assumptions had therefore been made, based on the evidence available, and more recent work in the literature has proved these assumptions to be justified. These references, which refer to the use and significance of the pre-ejection period, ejection period and total systole, corrected for heart rate, have been included in the text. A small pilot study was undertaken to determine whether change of posture, release of venous cuffs or leg raising could be employed as the stress but the results were inconclusive. A difference was then found between subjects in the time of the return of heart rate after the Valsalva manoeuvre and this was preceded by a change in a systolic time interval. Relevant factors were therefore reviewed and a plan of work designed. It was concluded from the reviews that, if the heart reacted to changes in filling pressure by changes in stroke volume, then the ability to eject the blood rapidly in the presence of the resistance to flow induced by the manoeuvre would depend on the cardiac response to sympathetic stimulation. This would be reflected independently in the heart rate and systolic time intervals, corrected for heart rate. After the manoeuvre the heart rate and corrected ejection period and total systole rose and then fell. But the time intervals altered to an unexpected degree and in a manner suggesting they were affected by the rise and fall of pressure and resistance. However, compared with control subjects, in patients with ischaemic heart disease corrected total systole and ejection periods increased more and - together with the heart rate - fell more slowly to their resting levels. In a larger series, the heart rate response alone (number of beats from onset of fall to control heart rate) differentiated control subjects from patients. The probable causes of these differences and the application of the findings are discussed.
Time dependent density functional theory for nonadiabatic electronic dynamics
Creators: name: Krishna, Vinod
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the time dependent single electron, nuclear density matrix of an interacting electronic system coupled to nuclear degrees of freedom can be exactly reproduced by that of an electronic system with arbitrarily specified electron-electron interactions coupled to the same nuclear degrees of freedom, given the initial density matrix of the interacting system. This formalism enables the construction of rigorous time dependent density functional theories to study nonadiabatic electronic dynamics. We obtain the Runge-Gross and Van Leeuwen theorems as special cases in the adiabatic limit.
description: 10 pgs. manuscript. Accepted for publication, Physical Review Letters
Valuing faba bean and pea for feed
Creators: name: Roth, Philipp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: 1

description: A large proportion of Germany’s protein feed requirement is met using imported soya, especially for pig and poultry feed. Most of the soya is imported from the USA, Argentina and Brazil and is genetically modified. Grain legumes such as faba bean and grain pea, along with rapeseed meal, have the potential to at least partially replace soybean meal for feeding livestock. Since 2015, agri-environmental measures such as ‘Diverse cropping’ have been funded in several German federal states. Among other things, these require that legumes are grown as the main crop on at least 10% of the farm’s cropped area each year. Consequently, there is an increasing supply of locally-produced grain legumes in these regions which can either be sold directly to processing companies or used for local feed production. This raises the question of the economic value of the grain as determined by its nutritional constituents.
Dark Matter searches with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes
Creators: name: Moulin, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The annihilations of WIMPs produce high energy gamma-rays in the final state. These high energy gamma-rays may be detected by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs). Amongst the plausible targets are the Galactic Center, the centre of galaxy clusters, dwarf Sphreroidal galaxies and substructures in Galactic haloes. I will review on the recent results from observations of ongoing IACTs.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Seventh International Heidelberg Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics (Dark 2009), Christchurch, New Zealand, 19-23 January, 2009
Consolation II: Meditations on the Middle Kingdom
Creators: name: Elia, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Music

description: "Consolations: Meditations on the Middle Kingdom" is a 10-part work for violin and piano, written as a reflection on a trip to China by the composer, during the summer of 2012. The piece was premiered by Vita and Ishmael Wallace at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, on October 23, 2012.
[Submission for Master of Fine Arts Studies]
Creators: name: Gibbs, Murray
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: My current sculptural work stems from a fascination with exploring and drawing upon an architectural vocabulary. The focus is primarily on a small group of contemporary international architects, whose work reflects a sculptural solution to the built or drawn architectural form. Combined with these references is the proposed redefinition and presentation of the utilitarian role of furnititure. The aim of my investigation has been primarily to question and explore, the visual boundaries between art and architecture. My sculptural forms are composed from derivations from furniture and architectural considerations. Like many practitioners working in the arts today, my work draws its references and technical concerns from a broad spectrum of the artistic media, both from a practical and theoretical basis. I will be arguing in this paper that in a contemporary situation the boundaries between architecture, sculpture, and furniture are becoming less defined. My central argument is that architecture can be considered as a sculptural form and that conversly, sculpture can be considered as an architecture form. Practitioners of these mediums are no longer making clear separations in the process of creating an object or individual expression. Rather, they are drawing their sources and technical skills openly from across the medias, both for practical and theoretical perspective. In looking at our aesthetic environment today, many critics of the arts - including architecture - reveal a new direction, in which there is much discussion of a respective contamination of all the art categories. As a consequence, we are witnessing an era in artistic history where there are constant substitutions and a general confusion of the genres. Most medias are clearly focused on these issues. For many artists, this concern is indicated often intentionally through rhetorical, theoretical or practical means. Artists who consider themselves to be on the cutting edge of artistic taste and attitudes are using these concerns to their advantage, as they draw closer to the end of this century. It is a time in artistic terms of great confusion and uncertainty.
The Non-profit, Community Gardeners Market: Food Production and Distribution in a Chicago Food Desert
Creators: name: Kang, Ellen
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This dissertation presents an ethnographic study of the members of a production-based alternative food project in Chicago. Through the practice of urban agriculture, the gardeners produce food both for self and community maintenance, distributing the food through a non-profit market. The outcomes include, (1) improving access to fresh (organic) produce for the poor and working class, predominately African American, residents of the West Side; (2) greening the neighborhood, and (3) building community. In Chicago, food deserts exist primarily in African American neighborhoods, facilitated by persistent residential segregation, prompting state and federal governments to deem it a civil rights issue. Generally, food deserts are defined as areas lacking access to fresh, healthy food. Specifically, on the West Side, the main food suppliers are fast food restaurants, convenience stores, dollar stores, and liquor stores. In response to this racialized food access issue a network of West Side community gardens has established a non-profit, twice monthly, gardeners market. On a microscopic level this research project focused on the motivations of the community garden members to undertake the significant commitment of growing food and operating the gardeners market. The data revealed two main themes, the fellowship of gardening with other people, co-horticulture, and the reenactment of activities that connect one to the sense of wholeness one experienced in the past, performative nostalgia. With respect to the former the community gardeners were motivated by the desire to, “be a part of something with other people,” choosing to grow food in a community garden in addition to or instead of gardening at their homes. With respect to the latter, the community garden members were drawn to gardening to reconnect with the sense of wholeness they previously felt gardening with loved ones, especially grandparents during their childhood. On a macroscopic level the study of a production-based alternative food movement provided insights into non-capitalistic modes of economic activities, i.e., food production for oneself and non-profit market relations. Thus, community gardening was an organizing mechanism to resist disparities in food access, and part of the urban agriculture social movement to resist the oppressive, capitalistic American food system.
Consolation IX: Meditations on the Middle Kingdom
Creators: name: Elia, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Music

description: "Consolations: Meditations on the Middle Kingdom" is a 10-part work for violin and piano, written as a reflection on a trip to China by the composer, during the summer of 2012. The piece was premiered by Vita and Ishmael Wallace at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, on October 23, 2012.
Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini & MERLIN
Creators: name: Erlund, Mary
name: Fabian, Andy
name: Blundell, Katherine
name: Crawford, Carolin
name: Hirst, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New Chandra observations have resolved the structure of the X-ray luminous southern hotspot in the giant radio quasar 4C74.26 into two distinct features. The nearer one to the nucleus is an extremely luminous peak, extended some 5 kpc perpendicular to the orientation of the jet; 19 kpc projected further away from the central nucleus than this is a fainter X-ray arc having similar symmetry. This arc is co-spatial with near-IR and optical emission imaged with Gemini, and radio emission imaged with MERLIN. The angular separation of the double shock structure (itself ~19 kpc or 10 arcsec in size) from the active nucleus which fuels them of ~550 kpc is a reminder of the challenge of connecting "unidentified" hard X-ray or Fermi sources with their origins.
description: In press at MNRAS
The plastic deformation of polycrystalline lead under controlled stress.
Creators: name: Fox, Gary Wayne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A qualitative analysis of current creep theory has been made by studying the creep of polycrystalline lead. The behaviour of the low temperature stress-strain curve with prior creep history, and the strain response to decreases in creep stress were examined. The effect of temperature and creep strain on the low temperature stress-strain curve was investigated over the temperature range 0.5Tm to 0.8Tm. Specimens were quenched to 77°K. after creep and strained to determine the stress-strain curve. The 77°K. yield stress was found to increase during primary creep and remain constant in steady state. Increasing the creep temperature drastically lowered the low temperature yield stress. The reversible flow stress ratio was found to decrease with increasing temperature. These observations were in qualitative agreement with both a reaction rate theory and a rearrangement model. Stress decrease tests were carried out by reducing the creep stress after deforming the specimen varying amounts into primary and steady state in the temperature range 0.5Tm to 0.85Tm . The strain response to a stress decrease in steady state was in best agreement with the simple recovery theory. The variation In yield stress due to non-regular obstacle spacing was found to be extremely small at all temperatures and did not behave in accordance with the qualitative predictions of the rearrangement theory.
Statistical Analysis of Galaxy Surveys - I. Robust error estimation for 2-point clustering statistics
Creators: name: Norberg, Peder
name: Baugh, Carlton M.
name: Gaztanaga, Enrique
name: Croton, Darren J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a test of different error estimators for 2-point clustering statistics, appropriate for present and future large galaxy redshift surveys. Using an ensemble of very large dark matter LambdaCDM N-body simulations, we compare internal error estimators (jackknife and bootstrap) to external ones (Monte-Carlo realizations). For 3-dimensional clustering statistics, we find that none of the internal error methods investigated are able to reproduce neither accurately nor robustly the errors of external estimators on 1 to 25 Mpc/h scales. The standard bootstrap overestimates the variance of xi(s) by ~40% on all scales probed, but recovers, in a robust fashion, the principal eigenvectors of the underlying covariance matrix. The jackknife returns the correct variance on large scales, but significantly overestimates it on smaller scales. This scale dependence in the jackknife affects the recovered eigenvectors, which tend to disagree on small scales with the external estimates. Our results have important implications for the use of galaxy clustering in placing constraints on cosmological parameters. For example, in a 2-parameter fit to the projected correlation function, we find that the standard bootstrap systematically overestimates the 95% confidence interval, while the jackknife method remains biased, but to a lesser extent. The scatter we find between realizations, for Gaussian statistics, implies that a 2-sigma confidence interval, as inferred from an internal estimator, could correspond in practice to anything from 1-sigma to 3-sigma. Finally, by an oversampling of sub-volumes, it is possible to obtain bootstrap variances and confidence intervals that agree with external error estimates, but it is not clear if this prescription will work for a general case.
description: 22 pages, 13 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Meditations for String Quartet (Or, String Orchestra)
Creators: name: Elia, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1995
Subjects: Music

description: This work, written on May 28, 1995, during a period when the composer was working on a substantive number of chamber works, is a short and meditative piece~hence, the name. The work was intended to be a short and slow piece, but it is recommended that the piece be performed variously and repetitively. For instance, a quartet or string orchestra may try to play the piece more quickly the first time, while gradually slowing down as the work is repeated. The work may be played and repeated 5, 10, 15, or more times, slowing down until the performers feel the piece has ended, as if it were a process of meditation. In this sense, it may also be seen as a "reverse Bolero" style piece.
Prelude 4 for Two Pianos
Creators: name: Elia, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Music

description: The composer set out to write five short preludes for two pianos, written for Indianapolis-based pianist and music writer Marianne Williams Tobias, who performs piano four-hands pieces regularly. She is the author of "Classical Music Without Fear: A Guide for General Audiences," and "Opera for All Seasons: 60 Years of Indiana University Opera Theater." These Preludes were composed in 2010.
Characterization of the vascular control of hindlimb metabolism
Creators: name: Dora, Kim A
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The constant-flow perfused rat hindlimb was used as a model to characterize norepinephrine (NE, noradrenaline)- and serotonin (5-HT)-mediated vasoconstriction and their associated effects on metabolism. Rat hindlimbs of various sizes were perfused using medium with or without erythrocytes at temperatures varying between 25 and 37¬¨‚àûC. Varying these perfusion parameters altered the quantitative, but not qualitative, effects of the hormones. In the hindlimb, infusion of NE stimulated both a1- and b-adrenoceptors (AR). The overall effect was the rapid onset of a sustained increase in perfusion pressure which was only slightly increased upon b-AR blockade. Energy for NE-stimulated vasoconstriction was supplied via aerobic means, involving oxidative formation of ATP. In addition, vasoconstriction appeared to be dependent on extracellular Ca2+, suggesting an a1A-AR-stimulated Ca2+ influx through plasma membrane channels.
Additional file 9 of Loss of H3K27 methylation identifies poor outcomes in adult-onset acute leukemia
Creators: name: A. D. Van Dijk
name: F. W. Hoff
name: Y. H. Qiu
name: J. Chandra
name: E. Jabbour
name: E. S. J. M. De Bont
name: T. M. Horton
name: S. M. Kornblau
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 9: Figure S5. H3K27Me3 is significantly lower in a ASXL1 b BCOR c SRSF2 d U2AF1 mutated patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) compared to wildtype. *p
The Parents as Partners Project : an evaluation study
Creators: name: D'Souza, Carol P
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: During the 1970's the Australian Schools Commission identified many of the changing needs within Australian society and expressed them as objectives to be achieved through education. It fostered educational change and innovation through field-based experimentation, particularly at the school and community level. The Parents as Partners Project, a state-wide education project in Tasmania, was one such funded project. The aim of the project was to promote the importance of parent participation in children's learning. After four years of activity, the Parents as Partners Project closed in 1981. Project staff agreed to have the project documented and reviewed. The purpose of the evaluation study was to critically reflect on the project's aims, activities and outcomes within a broader educational context. It was hoped that a number of questions raised by the project participants could be examined in the light of the evaluation, and that the evaluation study would provide one source of material for future develop-ments in parental participation in education. This evaluation study portrays and evaluates twenty major features of the Parents as Partners Project using the Stake Model of Evaluation. In the process, the evaluation model was also tested for its appropriateness for the task of evaluating this kind of education project that involved the awareness raising of teachers and parents across the state as well as facilitation of parental involvement in children's learning. The study describes the evaluation methodology that was used, including the selection of a model, collection and analysis of data and selection of evaluation criteria. The study contains a list of findings and discusses a number of issues, including the importance of educational evaluation. Not least, it concludes with a number of recommendations for future developments in educational project management which focuses on community involvement in children's learning.
Combined Effects of Physical and Psychological Factors on Physical Activity in Adults with Osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Aydemir, Burcu
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This dissertation research aimed to (i) investigate the associations between muscle strength, gait mechanics, and physical function with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis (OA); and (ii) determine how fear of movement (kinesiophobia) contributes to explaining the variations in physical activity with these measures. Cross-sectional data from participants with self-reported doctor diagnosed uni-or bilateral OA of the knee were included. The following measures were collected and analyzed throughout this work. Physical activity, kinesiophobia, and pain were assessed by self-report using the University of California, Los Angeles activity rating scale, Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia, and The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score pain subscale, respectively. Isometric knee extensor and flexor muscle strength were measured using an isokinetic dynamometer. Gait parameters were collected with three-dimensional gait analysis while participants walked on an instrumented split-belt treadmill at a self-selected speed. Physical function was assessed using the following performance-based measures: four square step test, 30-sec chair stand test, timed up and go, 40-m fast paced walk, and habitual gait speed. Overall, the findings from the three investigations convey that greater knee strength, higher peak sagittal plane joint moments at the ankle and hip during walking gait, faster self-selected walking speed, and better performance-based physical function are all independently related to higher physical activity level in people with knee OA. The degree of kinesiophobia significantly contributes to explaining the variation in activity level even after accounting for these measures. A lower degree of self-reported kinesiophobia (or less fear of movement) was significantly associated with higher physical activity level across all three investigations. Assessing kinesiophobia in patient evaluations may help with identifying individuals that are more likely to avoid physical activities or adhere to exercises due to behavioral adaptations which have a global effect on the body.
On the Nature of the Apparent Ring Galaxy SDSS J075234.33+292049.8
Creators: name: Brosch, Noah
name: Kniazev, Alexei Y.
name: Moiseev, Alexei
name: Pustilnik, Simon A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (abridged) An object classified as a galaxy in on-line data bases and revealed on sky survey images as a distant ring galaxy is a rare case of polar ring galaxy where the ring is only slightly inclined to the equatorial plane of the central body. SDSS imaging indicates that the diameter of the ring is about 36 kpc. The SDSS data was combined with long-slit spectroscopic observations and with Fabry-Perot Interferometer H-beta mapping obtained at the Russian Academy of Sciences 6-m telescope. We derived the complex morphologies of this presumed ring galaxy from a combination of SDSS images and from the kinematical behaviour of the central body and of the ring, and determined the stellar population compositions of the two components from SDSS colours, spectroscopy, and evolutionary stellar synthesis models. The ring metallicity is slightly under-abundant. The total luminosity and the total mass of the system are not extreme, but the rather high M/L~20 indicates the presence of large amounts of dark matter. Two alternative explanations of this object are proposed (1) a ring formed by two semi-circular and tight spiral arms at the end of a central bar with a warp or precession of the ring material. The object could, therefore, be explained as an extreme SBa(R) galaxy, or (2) a Polar Ring Galaxy where the inner object is an S0 and the ring is significantly more luminous than the central object. The compound object would then be similar to the NGC 4650A galaxy, being a rare object with a polar component only modestly inclined to the equatorial plane of the central body. Arguments for (and against) both explanations are given and discussed, with the second alternative being more acceptable.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures, MNRAS in press
The role and assessment of teacher-student relationships in the primary classroom
Creators: name: Gardner, Christine
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation reviews the function and assessment of teacher- student relationships and their bearing on the learning process in the primary school classroom. The importance attached to teacher-student relationships in Australian schools is surveyed. The existence of positive relationships is recognized as being essential. Role relationships between teachers and students are examined. Whilst acknowledging the necessity of these role relationships, the potential for additional relationships to develop and co-exist is explored. A variety of teaching roles is listed and discussed. Variables which influence teacher-student relationships are identified. The bearing of these variables on effective learning is examined. Some conflicting evidence is presented and debated. The assessment of teaching skills is reviewed with particular reference to teacher-student relationship-building skills. Current practices in teacher assessment are examined. Emphasis is placed on the need for consistency between the aspect of teaching behaviour requiring attention and the type of teacher assessment employed. Specific reference is made to assessment practices in Tasmania, and Australia as a whole. The compatability of these practices with the approach required to assess ongoing and developmental teacher behaviours is discussed. Teacher-student relationships play a vital part in the learning process. However, these relationships alone are not sufficient to ensure effective learning. Teacher behaviours which contribute towards the building of positive teacher-student relationships have been identified. In addition, behaviours which students display in effective learning environments are listed. There is a high congruence between behaviours typically found in effective learning environments and behaviours which help build positive teacher-student relationships. Strategies to promote awareness of the role of teacher-student relationships in this respect are recommended. Finally, suggestions to facilitate effective assessment of teacher-student relationship skills are made.
Simulations of quantum double models
Creators: name: Brennen, G. K.
name: Aguado, M.
name: Cirac, J. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate how to build a simulation of two dimensional physical theories describing topologically ordered systems whose excitations are in one to one correspondence with irreducible representations of a Hopf algebra, D(G), the quantum double of a finite group G. Our simulation uses a digital sequence of operations on a spin lattice to prepare a ground "vacuum" state and to create, braid and fuse anyonic excitations. The simulation works with or without the presence of a background Hamiltonian though only in the latter case is the system topologically protected. We describe a physical realization of a simulation of the simplest non-Abelian model, D(S_3), using trapped neutral atoms in a two dimensional optical lattice and provide a sequence of steps to perform universal quantum computation with anyons. The use of ancillary spin degrees of freedom figures prominently in our construction and provides a novel technique to prepare and probe these systems.
description: 24 pages, 2 figures
Spatially and polarization resolved plasmon mediated transmission through continuous metal films
Creators: name: Jourlin, Y.
name: Tonchev, S.
name: Tishchenko, A. V.
name: Pedri, C.
name: Veillas, C.
name: Parriaux, O.
name: Last, A.
name: Lacroute, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The experimental demonstration and characterization is made of the plasmon-mediated resonant transmission through an embedded undulated continuous thin metal film under normal incidence. 1D undulations are shown to enable a spatially resolved polarisation filtering whereas 2D undulations lead to spatially resolved, polarization independent transmission. Whereas the needed submicron microstructure lends itself in principle to CD-like low-cost mass replication by means of injection moulding and embossing, the present paper demonstrates the expected transmission effects on experimental models based on metal-coated photoresist gratings. The spectral and angular dependence in the neighbourhood of resonance are investigated and the question of the excess losses exhibited by surface plasmons is discussed
The petrogenesis of ocean-floor basalts : an experimental and geochemical study
Creators: name: Falloon, Trevor John
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Parts I and II are an experimental study concerned with the current controversy regarding the evolved versus primary nature of primitive MORB glasses. In part I equilibrium partial melt compositions under anhydrous conditions are presented on four peridotite compositions at 10kbar. The four peridotite compositions are: 'MORB pyrolite', 'Hawaiian pyrolite', Tinaquillo lherzolite and the spinel lherzolite KLB-1. In part II equilibrium partial melt compositions are presented for MORB pyrolite from 8 to 35kbars and for Tinaquillo lherzolite at 15 to 20kbars. The equilibrium liquids were determined by 'sandwich' experiments. The results of the experiments are used to test a 10kbar melt model for the generation of primitive MORB glasses. The melt compositions from the four peridotites at 10kbar are significantly different from primitive MORB glasses in major element chemistry and plot away from the field of primitive MORB glasses in the CIPW molecular normative 'Basalt tetrahedron'. The results suggest primary MORB melts segregate from source diapirs at pressures of 8 to 25kbars in equilibrium with either lherzolite or harzburgite residues. MgO contents of primary MORB melts range from 10-17 wt% while primary melts >17 wt% MgO are of minor importance. Parts III, IV and V consist of a petrographic, mineral chemical, geochemical and petrological study of dredged lavas from the North Tongan forearc recovered during the 1984 cruise of the research vessel 'Natsushima'. In part III petrographic, wholerock major and trace element data is presented and the geochemical affinities of all the dredge suites discussed. Part IV looks in detail at the chemistry of large (up to 0.2mm) glass inclusions contained in unusually magnesian olivine phenocrysts (Fo94 ) within the high-mg lavas. Part V is concerned with the petrogenesis of the high-mg lavas and associated island arc tholeiites from North Tonga. The mineral chemistry of phenocryst and groundmass phases combined with wholerock, glass and glass inclusion major element chemistry give unequivocal evidence of mixing of two or more distinct parental magmas. The major, trace and isotopic (Sr, Nd) geochemistry of the lavas can be explained by partial melting of refractory mantle peridotite (depleted after extraction of primary MORB picrite) at shallow depths (<10kb or higher pressures if water is present), which has been previously 'enriched' in silicate incompatible elements by two distinct components.
Quasi-Ferromagnet Spintronics in Graphene Nanodisk-Lead System
Creators: name: Ezawa, Motohiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A zigzag graphene nanodisk can be interpreted as a quantum dot with an internal degree of freedom. It is well described by the infinite-range Heisenberg model. We have investigated its thermodynamical properties. There exists a quasi-phase transition between the quasi-ferromagnet and quasi-paramagnet states, as signaled by a sharp peak in the specific heat and in the susceptability. We have also analyzed how thermodynamical properties are affected when two leads are attached to the nanodisk. It is shown that lead effects are described by the many-spin Kondo Hamiltonian. There appears a new peak in the specific heat, and the multiplicity of the ground state becomes just one half of the system without leads. Another lead effect is to enhance the ferromagnetic order. Being a ferromagnet, a nanodisk can be used as a spin filter. Furthermore, since the relaxation time is finite, it is possible to control the spin of the nanodisk by an external spin current. We then propose a rich variety of spintronic devices made of nanodisks and leads, such as spin memory, spin amplifier, spin valve, spin-field-effect transistor, spin diode and spin logic gates such as spin-XNOR gate and spin-XOR gate. Graphene nanodisks could well be basic components of future nanoelectronic and spintronic devices.
description: 12 pages, 13 figures, invited paper to "focus on graphene"