cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A critical analysis of vacancy-induced magnetism in mono and bilayer graphene
Creators: name: Palacios, J. J.
name: Yndurain, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observation of intrinsic magnetic order in graphene and graphene-based materials relies on the formation of magnetic moments and a sufficiently strong mutual interaction. Vacancies are arguably considered the primary source of magnetic moments. Here we present an in-depth density functional theory study of the spin-resolved electronic structure of (monoatomic) vacancies in graphene and bilayer graphene. We use two different methodologies: supercell calculations with the SIESTA code and cluster-embedded calculations with the ALACANT package. Our results are conclusive: The vacancy-induced extended $π$ magnetic moments, which present long-range interactions and are capable of magnetic ordering, vanish at any experimentally relevant vacancy concentration. This holds for $σ$-bond passivated and un-passivated reconstructed vacancies, although, for the un-passivated ones, the disappearance of the $π$ magnetic moments is accompanied by a very large magnetic susceptibility. Only for the unlikely case of a full $σ$-bond passivation, preventing the reconstruction of the vacancy, a full value of 1$μ_B$ for the $π$ extended magnetic moment is recovered for both mono and bilayer cases. Our results put on hold claims of vacancy-induced ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic order in graphene-based systems, while still leaving the door open to $σ$-type paramagnetism.
description: Submitted to Phys. Rev B, 9 pages
In the Eye Movements of the Beholder: Manipulating Visual Scanpaths During Facial Emotion Perception Modulates Functional Brain Activation in Schizophrenia Patients and Controls
Creators: name: Spilka, Michael
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: eye tracking
subject: face perception
subject: facial emotion
subject: fMRI
subject: gaze behaviour
subject: Schizophrenia
subject: visual scanpaths
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit deficits in the ability to perceive and recognize emotions from faces, and these deficits are significant predictors of functional outcome. Research into the origins of facial emotion recognition deficits in schizophrenia has identified abnormalities in visual gaze behaviour and functional brain activation in patients during facial emotion perception; however, these two aspects of facial emotion processing have previously been studied in isolation. Nonetheless, several studies with healthy individuals and other clinical populations suggest a relationship between gaze behaviour and functional activation in regions also implicated in facial emotion processing deficits in schizophrenia (e.g., fusiform gyrus). These findings raise the important question of whether gaze behaviour abnormalities in schizophrenia contribute to reported functional activation abnormalities during facial emotion perception. In this dissertation, I examined whether manipulating visual scanpaths during facial emotion perception would modulate blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal change in a sample of schizophrenia patients and community controls. Patients and controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while viewing pictures of emotional faces. During the Typical Viewing condition, a fixation cue directed participants’ gaze primarily to the eyes and mouth, while gaze was directed to peripheral features during the Atypical Viewing condition. Participants additionally completed a practice version of the task outside the scanner and a traditional facial emotion discrimination task, while gaze behaviour was recorded with an eye tracker. Patients had reduced percentage of fixations to salient facial features during facial emotion discrimination, similar to previous findings. During the fMRI task, both viewing conditions elicited BOLD signal change throughout regions of the neural system for face perception. Typical Viewing led to greater activation in visual association cortex including the right “occipital face area”, while Atypical Viewing elicited greater activation in primary visual cortex and regions involved in attentional control, including the intraparietal sulcus and frontal eye fields. There were no group differences in functional activation, in contrast to previous findings. The results of this study indicate that gaze behaviour modulates activation in early face-processing regions, suggesting that abnormal gaze behaviour in schizophrenia may contribute to the documented activation abnormalities in these regions during facial emotion perception.
A fundamental problem in our understanding of low mass galaxy evolution
Creators: name: Weinmann, Simone M.
name: Pasquali, Anna
name: Oppenheimer, Benjamin D.
name: Finlator, Kristian
name: Mendel, J. Trevor
name: Crain, Robert A.
name: Maccio, Andrea V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent studies have found a dramatic difference between the observed number density evolution of low mass galaxies and that predicted by semi-analytic models. While models accurately reproduce the z=0 number density, they require that the evolution occurs rapidly at early times, which is incompatible with the strong late evolution found observationally. We report here the same discrepancy in two state-of-the-art cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, which is evidence that the problem is fundamental. We search for the underlying cause of this problem using two complementary methods. Firstly, we look for evidence of a different history of today's low mass galaxies in models and observations and we find that the models yield too few young, strongly star-forming galaxies. Secondly, we construct a toy model to link the observed evolution of specific star formation rates (sSFR) with the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function. We infer from this model that a key problem in both semi-analytic and hydrodynamical models is the presence of a positive instead of a negative correlation between sSFR and stellar mass. A similar positive correlation is found between the specific dark matter halo accretion rate and the halo mass, indicating that model galaxies are growing in a way that follows the growth of their host haloes too closely. It therefore appears necessary to find a mechanism that decouples the growth of low mass galaxies, which occurs primarily at late times, from the growth of their host haloes, which occurs primarily at early times. We argue that the current form of star-formation driven feedback implemented in most galaxy formation models is unlikely to achieve this goal, owing to its fundamental dependence on host halo mass and time. [Abridged]
description: 18 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
title: Assessing the severity of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy with an MRI-based index
Creators: name: Zhao, Lei
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Retrospective
subject: Seizure disorders
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Computer applications
subject: Neuro

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is the most common pathology underlying medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) [1], and HS severity has been also found to associate with the long-term post-surgery outcome of TLE [2]. In general, HS is...
title: Different Fitting Methods in 3T Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging: Which Method Performs Best in Differentiation of Malignant from Benign Soft Tissue Tumors?
Creators: name: Jee, Won-Hee
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Case-control study
subject: Retrospective
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: CAD
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: CAD
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Computer applications
subject: Musculoskeletal

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: The Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) can be influenced not only by molecular diffusion but also through microcirculation; therefore, ADC might have a limitation in charactering the lesions.(1-3) The IVIM model can be used to investigate the...
Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation (IOL) in Children- What, Why, When, and How?
Creators: name: Lalwani, Sakshi
name: Kekunnaya, Ramesh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To provide a comprehensive review on secondary IOL implantation in children who have undergone primary surgery at an early age and are aphakic aiming at answering common dilemmas among pediatric ophthalmologists. A systematic literature search was done using keywords like secondary intraocular implantation, congenital cataractand surgical aphakia. Various novel case reports, retrospective case studies and review articles covering different aspects of secondary IOL implantation were searched and reviewed using PubMed and Google scholar journal search engines. This article highlights various aspects of secondary IOL implantation like the appropriate timing should be when the child is entering preschool, with the proper technique being in bag fixation is the most preferred method with least associated complications and the IOL type should be decided based on the fixation site. Secondary IOL implantation can accomplish good and stable long-term outcomes in children. It is the most accepted mode of optical correction once the appropriate age is achieved.
An online learning approach to in-vivo tracking using synergistic features
Creators: name: Reiter, Austin David
name: Allen, Peter K.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Robotics

description: In this paper we present an online algorithm for robustly tracking surgical tools in dynamic environments that can assist a surgeon during in-vivo robotic surgery procedures. The next generation of in-vivo robotic surgical devices includes integrated imaging and effector platforms that need to be controlled through real-time visual feedback. Our tracking algorithm learns the appearance of the tool online to account for appearance and perspective changes. In addition, the tracker uses multiple features working together to model the object and discover new areas of the tool as it moves quickly, exits and re-enters the scene, or becomes occluded and requires recovery. The algorithm can persist through changes in lighting and pose by using a memory database, which is built online, using a series of features working together to exploit different aspects of the object being tracked. We present results using real in-vivo imaging data from a human partial nephrectomy.
Water in star-forming regions with Herschel: highly excited molecular emission from the NGC 1333 IRAS 4B outflow
Creators: name: Herczeg, Gregory J.
name: Karska, Agata
name: Bruderer, Simon
name: Kristensen, Lars E.
name: van Dishoeck, Ewine F.
name: Jørgensen, Jes K.
name: Visser, Ruud
name: Wampfler, Susanne F.
name: Bergin, Edwin A.
name: Yildiz, Umut A.
name: Pontoppidan, Klaus M.
name: Gracia-Carpio, Javier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: During the embedded phase of pre-main sequence stellar evolution, a disk forms from the dense envelope while an accretion-driven outflow carves out a cavity within the envelope. Highly excited H2O emission in spatially unresolved Spitzer/IRS spectra of a low-mass Class 0 object, NGC 1333 IRAS 4B, has previously been attributed to the envelope-disk accretion shock but could instead be produced in an outflow. As part of the survey of low-mass sources in the Water in Star Forming Regions with Herschel (WISH-LM) program, we used Herschel/PACS to obtain a far-IR spectrum and several Nyquist-sampled spectral images with to determine the origin of excited H2O emission from NGC 1333 IRAS 4B. The spectrum has high signal-to-noise in a rich forest of H2O, CO, and OH lines, providing a near-complete census of far-IR molecular emission from a Class 0 protostar. The excitation diagrams for the three molecules all require fits with two excitation temperatures, indicating the presence of two physical components. The highly excited component of H2O emission is characterized by subthermal excitation of 1500 K gas with a density of 10^5 - 10^7 cm-3, conditions that also reproduce the mid-IR H2O emission detected by Spitzer. On the other hand, a high density, low temperature gas can reproduce the H2O spectrum observed by Spitzer but underpredicts the H2O lines seen by Herschel. Nyquist-sampled spectral maps of several lines show two spatial components of H2O emission, one centered at 1200 AU south of the central source at the position of the blueshifted outflow lobe and a second centered on-source. Both spatial components of the far-IR H2O emission are consistent with emission from the outflow. The gas cooling from the IRAS 4B envelope cavity walls is dominated by far-IR H2O emission, in contrast to stronger [O I] and CO cooling from more evolved protostars. [one sentence truncated]
description: 24 total pages; accepted by A&A
title: Coronary artery calcification on thoracic CT is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with bronchiectasis
Creators: name: Williams, Michelle
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Lung
subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: CT
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Retrospective
subject: Observational
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Cardiac

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: There is an important overlap between respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, both in terms of pathogenesis and mortality. Bronchiectasis is a chronic disabling respiratory condition which is associated with significant morbidity and...
Manual de actividades didácticas para el desarrollo de la comprensión lectora en estudiantes de subnivel de básica media
Creators: name: Loor Giler, Johana Lizbeth
name: Lorenzo Benítez, Roberto
name: Herrera Navas, Cristopher David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Secondary education

description: El presente trabajo investigativo tiene por finalidad aplicar un manual didáctico para contribuir al mejoramiento de habilidades de comprensión lectora en los estudiantes del subnivel de básica media. La metodología que se utiliza para el estudio se basa en un enfoque mixto para el análisis cuantitativo de los datos y la descripción cualitativa de los resultados. La investigación posee un diseño de cuasi-experimento, con la aplicación de un pre-test, una intervención y un pos-test, además se consideró a la investigación descriptiva para detallar el objeto de estudio. La muestra estuvo conformada por 16 estudiantes. Las técnicas de recolección de datos utilizadas son la entrevista y la prueba pedagógica; del mismo modo, las técnicas de análisis de datos son el análisis bibliográfico y el análisis estadístico. De acuerdo con los resultados de la investigación, se concluye que el manual de actividades didácticas favorece el desarrollo del nivel literal, inferencial y crítico-valorativo de comprensión lectora en los estudiantes.
The Economics of Big Data in Healthcare: A Case Study of the ICD-9 to ICD-10 Transition
Creators: name: Khair, Shahreen
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Economic Evaluation
subject: Health Economics
subject: Big Data
subject: Data Quality
subject: Digitization
subject: Cost Benefit Analysis
subject: Methodological Research
subject: ICD-9
subject: ICD-10
subject: ICD-11
subject: Education--Health
subject: Education--Social Sciences
subject: Economics
subject: Sociology--Theory and Methods
subject: Health Sciences
subject: Public Health

description: This thesis attempts to provide a methodological and qualitative analysis of the trend in data usage in the healthcare industry and highlight the importance of economic evaluation in big data for healthcare. The paper explores the need for economic evaluation of the current data usage scenario in Canada via a case study on the ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition and illustrates the gaps in data availability. Detailed formulae for calculating the costs and benefits of the transition is provided, while a comprehensive guideline illustrates how the cost calculations would differ between the different provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The paper also presents an overview of the upcoming ICD-11 transition and provides a framework for conducting an economic evaluation of the ICD-10 to ICD-11 transition. In conclusion, the thesis finds that although considerable progress has been made, significant improvements in data utilization is required to reap the full benefits of health data available and enable efficient economic evaluation.
Accelerated Quantitative Magnetization Transfer (qMT) Imaging
Creators: name: Mclean, Melany Ann
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: MRI
subject: qMT
subject: Compressed Sensing
subject: Magnetization Transfer
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biophysics--Medical
subject: Radiology
subject: Engineering--Biomedical

description: Quantitative magnetization transfer (qMT) is an advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique with enhanced specificity to myelin. The acquisition of many images with unique magnetization transfer (MT) saturation results in a signal response curve known as the z-spectrum. The two-pool tissue model, which describes properties of nuclei with free and restricted motion, can be fit to the z-spectrum to provide details of macromolecular tissue content (including myelin) beyond what can be seen from conventional single saturation approaches (e.g. MT ratio). Widespread use of qMT has been hindered by long acquisition times inherent to z-spectrum-based imaging techniques including qMT and chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST). This thesis uses sparseSENSE, a combined parallel imaging and compressed sensing technique, to accelerate MT-weighted images. In this thesis, sparsifying reconstruction algorithms are shown to enable high-quality image reconstruction from 4D qMT datasets, retrospectively under-sampled by factors of up to 32. MT-weighted images demonstrate exceptional image quality at high acceleration factors, which is shown to translate well to accelerated z-spectra. However, qMT parametric maps produced from accelerated z-spectra are shown to be sensitive to acceleration artifacts and can only be accelerated by a factor of 4 with minimal loss of image quality. Nonetheless, this acceleration can yield a significant acquisition time savings when applied to prospectively under-sampled data. In addition, time savings created by acceleration can be used to increase spatial resolution or collect more MT-weighted images, enabling even higher acceleration factors. Long acquisition times have often been cited as a limitation of the qMT method. This work has addressed that limitation, making qMT protocols more feasible for in vivo research studies, particularly in youth and patient populations.
Magnetization and transport properties in the superconducting Pr$_{2}$Ba$_{4}$Cu$_{7}$O$_{15-δ}$ with metallic double-chain
Creators: name: Toshima, Shibuki
name: Matsukawa, Michiaki
name: Chiba, Taiji
name: Kobayashi, Satoru
name: Nimori, Sigeki
name: Hagiwara, Makoto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have reported the effect of pressure on the magnetization, and transport properties in the nominal composition Pr$_{2}$Ba$_{4}$Cu$_{7}$O$_{15-δ}$ synthesized by a sol-gel technique. A reduction treatment of the as-sintered sample in vacuum causes higher superconductivity achieving $T_{c,on}=\sim 30$ K for $δ=0.94$. Application of hydrostatic pressure on the oxygen depleted sample enhances its onset temperature up to 36 K at 1.2 GPa, indicating the nearly optimum doping level of the charge carrier in comparison to the pressure dependence of lower $T_{c}$ samples with $δ=0.45$. Seebeck coefficient of the superconducting sample shows a metallic conduction, followed by a clear drop below $T_{c,on}$ and is in its temperature dependence below 100 K quite different from that of the non-superconducting one. This finding strongly suggests a dramatic change of the electronic state along the CuO double chain due to the reduction treatment for the appearance of superconductivity .
description: 5 pages,4 figures
Design, simulation and evaluation of kinematic alternatives for Insertable Robotic Effectors Platforms in Single Port Access Surgery
Creators: name: Ding, Jienan
name: Xu, Kai
name: Goldman, Roger Eric
name: Allen, Peter K.
name: Fowler, Dennis L.
name: Simaan, Nabil
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Robotics
Surgery

description: This paper presents the task specifications for designing a novel Insertable Robotic Effectors Platform (IREP) with integrated stereo vision and surgical intervention tools for Single Port Access Surgery (SPAS). This design provides a compact deployable mechanical architecture that may be inserted through a single Ø15 mm access port. Dexterous surgical intervention and stereo vision are achieved via the use of two snake-like continuum robots and two controllable CCD cameras. Simulations and dexterity evaluation of our proposed design are compared to several design alternatives with different kinematic arrangements. Results of these simulations show that dexterity is improved by using an independent revolute joint at the tip of a continuum robot instead of achieving distal rotation by transmission of rotation about the backbone of the continuum robot. Further, it is shown that designs with two robotic continuum robots as surgical arms have diminished dexterity if the bases of these arms are close to each other. This result justifies our design and points to ways of improving the performance of existing designs that use continuum robots as surgical arms.
title: Sensorimotor learning and control in autism spectrum disorders: The role of sensorimotor integration.
Creators: name: Foster, N
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2019

description: The aim of the current thesis was to examine the role of sensorimotor integration during sensorimotor learning and control processes in autism spectrum disorders. Autistic participants were matched (IQ, age, gender) with control participants across three experimental chapters (chapters three-five) within the contexts of motor learning, imitation and observational practice. An additional control experiment (chapter two), which examined observational practice, was also completed in order to determine suitable data collection and analysis techniques. In Chapter Two it was confirmed that atypical biological kinematics properties are coded during observational practice via underlying sensorimotor processes, rather than spatial encoding of peak velocity via processes associated with stimulus- response compatibility. In Chapter Three it was observed that autistic participants can successfully form new internal action models, but their movements are characterised by increased variability in the spatial position of peak acceleration. In Chapter Four, it was shown that autism participants were able improve their imitation of atypical biological kinematics when presented in a fixed trial-order. Suggesting that in part imitation difficulties in autism may be related to differences in sensorimotor processing and integration. In Chapter Five it was observed that individuals with autism, like typically developed controls, can code atypical biological kinematics via observational practice. There are however potential differences in the processing of reafference when updating an existing internal action model. The findings of the current thesis will be summarised and critically evaluated with regards to the current literature. Theoretical implications will be considered, and potential future directions and research applications will be discussed.
title: Evaluation of the effect of maternal glucose loading (OGTT- oral glucose tolerance test) on Fetal Umbilical Artery (UA) and Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) flow assessment
Creators: name: SHENOY, GURUDAT
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Prospective
subject: Foetus
subject: Intrauterine diagnosis
subject: Ultrasound-Spectral Doppler
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Obstetrics (Pregnancy / birth / postnatal period)
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Foetal imaging
subject: Genitourinary

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Doppler sonographic applications are functional methods for evaluating fetal well-being. It is a non-invasive technique for evaluation of blood flow by detecting the frequency changes in the reflected sound. It is used in obstetrics since 1977 to...
MEGAN: Multi-explanation Graph Attention Network
Creators: name: Teufel, Jonas
name: Torresi, Luca
name: Reiser, Patrick
name: Friederich, Pascal
Publisher: name: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year: 2023

description: We propose a multi-explanation graph attention network (MEGAN). Unlike existing graph explainability methods, our network can produce node and edge attributional explanations along multiple channels, the number of which is independent of task specifications. This proves crucial to improve the interpretability of graph regression predictions, as explanations can be split into positive and negative evidence w.r.t to a reference value. Additionally, our attention-based network is fully differentiable and explanations can actively be trained in an explanation-supervised manner. We first validate our model on a synthetic graph regression dataset with known ground-truth explanations. Our network outperforms existing baseline explainability methods for the single- as well as the multi-explanation case, achieving near-perfect explanation accuracy during explanation supervision. Finally, we demonstrate our model's capabilities on multiple real-world datasets. We find that our model produces sparse high-fidelity explanations consistent with human intuition about those tasks.
Lepton Flavour Violation and Flavour Symmetries
Creators: name: Deppisch, Frank F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this review article, we highlight the impact of models incorporating flavour symmetries on charged lepton flavour violating (LFV) processes. Flavour symmetries provide a natural approach to explain the peculiar mass hierarchies and mixing patterns of the Standard Model fermions. New sources of LFV are generally present in new physics beyond the Standard Model, and flavour symmetries can make distinctive predictions for LFV observables. Their discovery can provide crucial information to distinguish flavour symmetries and new physics scenarios in general. Because of their high sensitivity, we will focus on searches for low-energy LFV processes such as mu --> e gamma or mu-e conversion in nuclei but we will also highlight the potential impact of LFV processes at the LHC. If new physics occurs at a scale accessible by the LHC, the flavour operators they induce could potentially be probed in high detail.
description: Contribution to special issue on 'Discrete Symmetries' to appear in 'Fortschritte der Physik', 26 pages, 12 figures, added references
Aboriginal children and the dishonour of the Crown : human rights, 'best interests' and customary adoption
Creators: name: Trerise, Vicki Margaret
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Central to the relationship between Canada and Aboriginal children is transgression: the systematic removal of these children from their families in order to eliminate Aboriginality from them, and from their society. Fundamental legal and moral issues are implicated: the sovereignty of the Crown, legality versus legitimacy, the nature of customary law, the legacy of colonialism, and the human rights of children and of minority groups. A constitutional enactment at Confederation created the ‘legal’ power to remove decision making authority from Aboriginal people, and then to actually remove their children by law. This power was first used to place the children in residential schools as part of the colonial project to eliminate Aboriginal culture. It extended into the child protection arena, which has different purposes but arguably the same effect. This use of constitutional authority is examined and found to be contrary to the principles of Canadian constitutionalism. Alternative legal approaches are examined: a ‘principle of continuity’ of customary laws, international recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples, and positive obligations of the Canadian state, the ‘honour of the Crown’. Custom adoption is a widespread tradition among Aboriginal peoples; it is demonstrated to be the means whereby Aboriginal societies address the safety of their children. Given that this practice has been recognized as an existing Aboriginal right, I explore the thesis that full recognition of a right to engage the customary practice may provide a route to address this fundamental violation. The research undertaken leads to the conclusion that custom adoption includes a decision making process; it is actually the exercise of a customary law jurisdiction. I argue that the authority of this jurisdiction should be explicitly recognized within a pluralist Canada. Related issues are discussed: the ‘best interests of the child’, respective sovereignties, reconciliation, individual and collective goals, and interface between jurisdictions. The failure by Canadian society to comprehend the linkage between the removal of Aboriginal children and the human rights of those children as members of Aboriginal society has done enormous damage. A concrete act of reconciliation is required, by law and by honour.
A Machine Learning Predictor and Corrector Framework to Identify and Resolve VLSI Routing Short Violations
Creators: name: Fakheri Tabrizi, Aysa
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physical design
subject: Electronic design automation
subject: Computer aided design
subject: Placement
subject: Routing
subject: VLSI
subject: Machine Learning
subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

description: The growth of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) technology provokes new challenges in design automation of Integrated Circuits (ICs). Routability is one of the most challenging aspects in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) that is faced in two consecutive phases of physical design: placement and routing. During placement, the exact locations of circuit components are determined. During routing the paths for all of the wires are specified. Routing is performed in two stages: global routing and detailed routing. Many of the violations that occur during the detailed routing stage stem from ignoring the routing rules during placement. Therefore, detecting and preventing routing violations in the placement stage has become critical in reducing the design time and the possibility of failure. In this thesis, Eh?Predictor, a deep learning framework to predict detailed routing short violations during placement is proposed. In the development of this predictor, relevant features, contributing to routing violations, were identified, extracted, and analyzed. A neural network model that can handle imbalanced data was customized to detect these violations using the defined features. The proposed predictor can be integrated into a placement tool and be used as a guide during the placement process to reduce the number of shorts happening in the detailed routing stage. One of the advantages of this technique is that by using the proposed deep learning-based predictor, global routing is no longer required as frequently. Hence the total runtime for place and route can be significantly reduced. In addition to Eh?Predictor, a detailed routing-aware detailed placement algorithm is developed to improve detailed routability in a relatively short runtime. The proposed technique is referred to as Detailed Routing-aware Detailed Placer (DrDp). DrDp is a heuristic that aims to reduce the local congestion and mitigate routing failure by aligning the connected cells where possible at the final stage of detailed placement process. Experimental results show that Eh?Predictor is able to predict on average 90% of the short violations of previously unseen data with only 5% false alarm rate and considerably reduce computational time, and DrDp can effectively improve the detailed routing quality in a short runtime with no significant change in detailed placement score or total wirelength.
title: Journal of student affairs, vol. IV, 1995
title: Journal of student affairs
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Journal of student affairs, vol. 4, 1995
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Colorado State University. Student Affairs In Higher Education, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Student affairs services -- United States -- Periodicals
subject: Student affairs administrators -- Training of -- Colorado -- Fort Collins -- Periodicals

description: The mission of the Colorado State University Journal of Student Affairs is to develop and produce a scholarly publication that reflects current national and international education issues and the professional interests of student affairs practitioners. Specifically, the Journal provides an opportunity for the publication of articles by current students, alumni, faculty, and associates of the Student Affairs in Higher Education graduate program at Colorado State University. Articles are submitted in the fall and the Journal is published mid-spring. https://sahe.colostate.edu/journal/journal-board-archives/.
description: Ecological thinking and moral behavior in student affairs organizations: importance of feminist leadership / James H. Banning -- The ethic of care as the cornerstone of a student volunteer program / Brett E. Beal -- Spirituality: the cornerstone for student affairs / Martha H. Fosdick -- A plan to increase multicultural awareness in residence halls on predominantly White campus / Janet Hinshaw -- Understanding identify development to meet needs of African American students / DeEtta M. Jones -- Transitions and adaptations: theory and thoughts to ponder / Diana Kotewa -- Orientation priorities based on institutional type: the perspective of chief student affairs officers / Michael T. Miller and Daniel P. Nadler -- From individualism to autonomy: understanding the importance of community development / Keith Robinder -- Career development revisited: gay male issues in Holland's theory of career development / Rick Treter -- The new generation of activists: the Baby Busters / Alicia K. Vik -- Faculty use of Perry's intellectual development model / Laurie A. Weaver -- Realizing the Educational Potential of Residence Halls / review by David A. McKelfresh.
A Direct Way to Find the Right Key of a Semistandard Young Tableau
Creators: name: Willis, Matthew J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05E10, 17B10

description: The right and left key of a semistandard Young tableau were introduced by Lascoux and Schutzenberger in 1990. Most prominently, the right key is a tool used to find Demazure characters for sl(n,C). Previous methods used to compute these keys require introducing other types of combinatorial objects. This paper gives methods to obtain the right and left keys by inspection of the semistandard Young tableau.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure. Virtually identical to the version submitted in July 2011. To be contained in the author's doctoral thesis written under the supervision of Robert A. Proctor
title: Thymus Gland MRI Dual-Echo Chemical-Shift MR Imaging: Malignancy versus Hyperplasia
Creators: name: Fouad, Mona
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Oncologic Imaging
subject: Thorax
subject: MR
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Hyperplasia / Hypertrophy
subject: Lymphoma
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Prospective
subject: Cross-sectional study
subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Oncologic Imaging

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: This study aimed to highlight the role of chemical shift MRI imaging using its various qualitative and quantitative capabilities in the differentiation of different thymic malignancies and thymic...
The Times They Are A' Changing: How Can We Fund Open Access Books Equitably and Sustainably
Creators: name: Grady, Tom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: We are witnessing a steady shift towards OA for books: government mandates and statements of intent are proliferating, and with them, funding schemes based on library memberships are proliferating as publishers look for ways to finance their OA book production. So how can we make sure this shift is sustainable and workable for libraries? Likewise, how can we make sure smaller publishers are not left behind, while the big players corner all the cash? 
 
This presentation was delivered as part of a 45-minute webinar for anyone working in scholarly communications, library acquisitions, and/or publishing - in fact anyone with an interest in equitable OA models for scholarly monographs. Expert speakers from the California Digital Library will give a library perspective, then we'll hear the publisher perspective from CEU Press, a small publisher with a big OA mission, who will talk about their Opening the Future program and where it fits within the evolving landscape of open access book publishing. We'll fill in that broader picture with a speaker from the COPIM Project who has been working on multiple routes to collective equitable support for OA books, and Project MUSE will offer the perspective of intermediaries who play a crucial role in platforming several of these OA initiatives, big and small.
Strategic delegation in a sequential model with multiple stages
Creators: name: Lekeas, Paraskevas V.
name: Stamatopoulos, Giorgos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We analyze strategic delegation in a Stackelberg model with an arbitrary number, n, of firms. We show that the n-1 last movers delegate their production decisions to managers whereas the first mover does not. Equilibrium incentive rates are increasing in the order with which managers select quantities. Letting u_i^* denote the equilibrium payoff of the firm whose manager moves in the i-th place, we show that u_n^*>u_{n-1}^*>...>u_2^*>u_1^*. We also compare the delegation outcome of our game with that of a Cournot oligopoly and show that the late (early) moving firms choose higher (lower) incentive rates than the Cournot firms.
description: To appear in International Game Theory Review (IGTR), Vol. 13, No. 3 (2011) 1-12
Right to the Suburb? Rethinking Lefebvre and Immigrant Activism
Creators: name: Carpio, Genevieve
name: Irazabal Zurita, Clara E.
name: Pulido, Laura
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Hispanic Americans
City planning

description: In the face of increasing migration by Latinos to suburbs and multi-scalar policies criminalizing immigrants, municipalities are increasingly confronting the question, Who has the Right to the Suburb? We seek to better understand how the tensions between suburbanites and Latino immigrants are addressed by municipal governments as immigration enforcement is increasingly rescaled to the local level. Case studies of Maywood and Costa Mesa in Southern California suggest responses are by no means similar and can actually be contrasting, given the city's historical trajectories, socio-economic status, political leadership, and networks of activists. Suburban struggles are often assumed to be conservative and as a result are undertheorized as sites of liberatory struggle. While the urban realm remains the most visible stage of social movements, this paper suggests immigrant activism is increasingly being generated in suburbs, election-based organizing can be an effective gateway to municipal level change, and seeking to expand or constrict the Right to the City necessarily entails multi-scalar efforts.
Toxic cyanobacteria in relation to sulfate, molybdenum, nitrogen and phosphorus in Alberta's shallow prairie lakes
Creators: name: Anderson, Susan Marie
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: cyanobacteria
subject: blue-green algae
subject: shallow lakes
subject: microcystins
subject: sulfate
subject: molybdenum
subject: Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Limnology

description: Cyanobacteria are characteristic of poor global water quality. They create a public health concern and threaten biodiversity, particularly when they produce toxins such as microcystins. It is poorly understood why cyanobacteria produce microcystins, or how cyanobacteria in shallow prairie lakes will respond to increased salinity under changing climate. To study the effects of variable sulfate concentrations on cyanobacteria and to elucidate environmental patterns of microcystin production, I sampled 25 shallow lakes over four months for total nitrogen (TN), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), total phosphorus (TP), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), sulfate, molybdenum, microcystins, and the cyanobacteria-specific pigments canthaxanthin, myxoxanthophyll and echinenone. There was a negative relationship between cyanobacteria pigment and sulfate, and a positive relationship between cyanobacteria pigment and molybdenum and total nitrogen. Microcystins positively correlated with cyanobacteria pigment and turbidity. When microcystin samples above 10 µg·L-1 were removed, microcystins correlated with TN:TP in June and July. My results suggest that increasing sulfate leads to less cyanobacteria pigment. With the prairies expected to get hotter and dryer in the future, shallow prairie lakes are likely to see less cyanobacteria as they increase in salinity. My results also indicate that higher cyanobacteria pigments correlate with higher microcystins. Although low TN:TP can lead to high microcystins, low TN:TP is not enough to differentiate between high and low microcystins. No thresholds were found in either analysis, meaning there was no evidence for a tipping point where sulfate limits cyanobacteria nor the existence of environmental triggers associated with microcystin production over the season.
title: Has the significance of incidental findings on unenhanced CT KUB for urolithiasis been underestimated? A retrospective study of over 2500 patients
Creators: name: Umer, Ummara
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Cross-sectional study
subject: Retrospective
subject: Inflammation
subject: Calcifications / Calculi
subject: Acute
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Colonography CT
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: CT-Enterography
subject: CT
subject: Kidney
subject: Emergency
subject: Abdomen
subject: Abdominal Viscera

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the use of non-contrast CT KUB (stone protocol) in the detection of abdominal pathologies other than stones, whether or not simulating the clinical picture of urolithiasis, and its impact upon patient management. BACKGROUND...
title: Furthering perspectives: anthropological views of the world, vol. 6, 2013
title: Furthering perspectives
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Anthropology Graduate Student Society (Colorado State University), Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Includes bibliographical references.
description: Changing perspectives on repatriation / Christopher Green -- Use wear patterns on metate prior to and immediately following 20 hours of grinding / Ashley Packard -- Understanding the variation of Rio Grande ceramics / Rebecca Simon -- Post-mortem care warfare: can conflict between mandated autopsies and cultural expectations for post-mortem body care be resolved? / Joshua Clementz and Bonnie Glass-Coffin -- Born to be wide: a re-valuation of the claim that Neandertal skeletal morphology represents a uniquely derived condition / Chris Davis -- First-generation college attendance: the motivational process / Scarlett Eisenhauer -- Haitian disaster vulnerability as a coupled social-ecological system / John McGreevy -- Bringing it all back home: the re-localization of food and its impacts on community resilience / Mark Steinbuck.