cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Consequences of Adolescent Sport-Related Concussion and Musculoskeletal Injury: Examining Long-term Impacts on Body Composition and Physical Activity Levels
Creators: name: Leggett, Benjamin T
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: sport-related concussion
subject: concussion
subject: young adult
subject: adolescent
subject: long-term health
subject: physical activity
subject: physical activity behaviours
subject: body composition
subject: adiposity
subject: Biophysics--Medical
subject: Public Health
subject: Recreation
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Sport-related concussions (SRC) may be encumbering injuries and are experienced in high rates amongst Canadian adolescents participating in sport. Little is known of the long-term effects of SRC in how they may affect both physical activity behaviors and body composition as adults later in life. This thesis examined appropriate algorithms to employ when utilizing Actigraphs as objective measures of free-living physical activity behaviors, and then the body composition levels and physical activity levels of adults (ages 18-33) with a 5–15-year history of either SRC or musculoskeletal (MSK) injury relative to uninjured controls (UC). Data were collected for 268 individuals participating through the SHRed Consequences of Concussion cohort study. Analyses displayed that SRC and MSK injury cohorts relative to UC had comparable body compositions, identified through lean mass and fat mass indices, as well as comparable physical activity behaviors, denoted by daily amounts of sedentary time and light, moderate, moderate-to-vigorous, and vigorous physical activity. This demonstrated that those with adolescent SRC or MSK injury history continue to participate in physically active lifestyles as young adults as evidenced by either maintaining and/or acquiring body compositions and participating in physical activities similar to those without injury history. Future research should take a more granular look at long-term sport-related injury through examining persistent concussion symptoms for those with SRC history as well as type/location of MSK injury in an effort to consider the heterogeneity of these injuries.
Smart Helmet: combining sensors, AI, Augmented Reality and personal protection to enhance first responders' situational awareness
Creators: name: Fernández García, Anaida
name: Oregui, Xabier
name: Lingos, Konstantinos
name: Konstantoudakis, Konstantinos
name: Belmonte Hernández, Alberto
name: Azpiroz, Izar
name: Zarpalas, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Augmented reality can enhance first responders' (FR) situational awareness, displaying data about the environment, location, team status, objectives and more. However, augmented reality headsets are not well-suited to operational use, as they are incompatible with personal protective equipment and lack adequate power autonomy. This paper presents the Smart Helmet, a protective helmet featuring an infrared camera, a power source, a processing hub, and a near-eye augmented reality display. The processing hub runs infrared image enhancement, object recognition Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, and the augmented reality interface, which can be connected to, and display information from, other components. The Smart Helmet is modular, therefore individual parts can be selected according to mission needs, including the helmet structure, processing device, additional sensors, and other connected information sources. The whole system is self-reliant, independent from external connectivity. The Smart Helmet has been tested in three field trials by first responders of diverse sectors.
Additional file 1 of Problematic smartphone use and affective temperaments among Lebanese young adults: scale validation and mediating role of self-esteem
Creators: name: Zeidan, Joanne
name: Hallit, Souheil
name: Akel, Marwan
name: Louragli, Ismail
name: Obeid, Sahar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Full details of the mediation analysis taking self-esteem as a mediator between each temperament and smartphone addiction.
Care for Older Adults Living with Dementia in the Emergency Department: Informing the Development of a Clinical Care Pathway
Creators: name: Jelinski, Dana Christine
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Dementia
subject: Emergency Department
subject: Geriatrics
subject: Medicine and Surgery
subject: Health Care Management

description: Background: People living with dementia (PLWD) are frequent users of the emergency department (ED). PLWD experience adverse outcomes in the ED at higher rates than older adults without dementia, and care partners play a vital role in supporting them. While there is some evidence that exists regarding best practices in caring for PLWD in the ED, there are gaps in evidence on the experiences of caring for PLWD in ED and implementing best practices from the view of healthcare providers (HCPs). Objectives: The objectives of this thesis were to (1) synthesize barriers and facilitators to care for PLWD in the ED through the perspective of care partners as well as HCP perceptions of care partner roles within the ED, and (2) explore barriers and facilitators to care through the perspective of HCPs. Methods: A systematic review and meta-synthesis were conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis to synthesize care partner perspectives and roles regarding care for PLWD in the ED. Semi-structured interviews with HCPs were used to directly understand experiences in caring for PLWD in the ED. Results: Care partners and HCPs reported similar barriers and facilitators to care for PLWD in the ED. Key barriers to care included gaps in primary care, the ED environment, and lack of dementia specific guidance and training. Key facilitators included the importance of care partner and patient involvement, and communication and collaboration among care teams. Conclusion: The findings of this study inform the development of interventions that target behavior change and promote dementia friendly EDs. Key implications highlighted in this study include education and training, staffing and environmental changes, and care guidance and policy implementation.
title: Schulgartenarbeit als Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
title: Eine Lehrhandreichung zur Arbeit in Schulgärten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Konzepts der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Sachunterricht
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Nitsch, Lisa
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 370 Bildung und Erziehung

description: Ein maßvoller Umgang mit der Natur scheint […] nur möglich zu sein, wenn man eine Beziehung zu ihr aufbauen kann. (Wittkowske, 2001, S. 87) Lehrkräfte sind aktuell in der Verantwortung, die Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung umfassend und lerngerecht in den Unterricht ihrer Fächer zu implementieren. In der Grundschulbildung betrifft dies in besonderem Maß Lehrkräfte des Sachunterrichts und dessen Bezugsfächer, da sich im Sachunterricht als Ankerfach der Grundschule vielseitige Gelegenheiten bieten die Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung einzubinden. Eine dieser Gelegenheiten ist die Schulgartenarbeit, vorausgesetzt, diese erfährt eine entsprechende konzeptionelle Ausrichtung. Diese Neuausrichtung wird im Rahmen dieses Bandes vollzogen. Der auf die schulische Praxis ausgerichtete Band 2 der Potsdamer Beiträge zur Innovation des Sachunterrichts richtet sich an alle Lehrkräfte des Sachunterrichts und dessen Bezugsfächer. Der Band stellt den Lehrkräften ein Instrumentarium zur Verfügung, welches die realpraktische Lerntätigkeit der Kinder unter Beachtung der Ziele, der Dimensionen und der Kompetenzerwartungen der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Schulgarten als Lerninhalt und Lernort des Sachunterrichts sicherstellt. Dazu werden theoretische Grundlagen sowohl von Schulgärten als auch der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung dargelegt und mit verschiedenen Schulgartentypen in Verbindung gesetzt, bevor aufbauend auf diesen Betrachtungen das Konzept des bildenden Nachhaltigkeitsgartens abgeleitet wird.
description: Potsdamer Beiträge zur Innovation des Sachunterrichts; 2
Additional file 1 of Effect of anti-diabetic drugs in dialysis patients with diabetes: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Ou, Shih-Hsiang
name: Chen, Hsin-Yu
name: Fang, Nai-Wen
name: Yin, Chun-Hao
name: Chen, Chien-Liang
name: Chen, Jin-Shuen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes used to identify comorbidities. Table S2. Anatomic therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification codes for select medications.
Case study of informal online mental health communities on Reddit
Creators: name: Boettcher, Nick
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Reddit
subject: Social Media
subject: Depression
subject: Anxiety
subject: Digital mental health
subject: Online communities
subject: Peer support
subject: Qualitative research
subject: Public Health
subject: Mental Health

description: The rise of massive informal, user-driven mental health communities on social media presents a novel context for mental health support and promotion offering both transformative opportunities and challenges. The opportunities are especially vital for some individuals given the gaps in mental health services due to provider shortages, system fragmentation, and persistent stigma surrounding serious mental illness. Informal communities endure despite varying expert opinions, even as expert evidence has gathered in support of digital mental health and peer support as viable options for promoting population mental health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of informal online mental health communities through a case study of mental health communities on the discussion platform Reddit. A qualitative instrumental multicase study design was used to examine three Reddit communities organized around general mental health, depression, and anxiety. The case study methodology encompassed three methods: (1) a scoping review of 54 academic studies of depression and anxiety using data collected from Reddit, (2) a qualitative content analysis of 233 user posts containing the term “medical” posted in selected communities over a one-month period, and (3) a reflexive thematic analysis of 8 in-depth interviews with volunteer moderators of selected communities. Findings were synthesized across each analysis to examine the relationality between informal knowledge of informal online mental health communities, academic knowledge generated by researchers, and the expert knowledge associated with population health science and public health practice. Implications of the case study are discussed in terms of policy and research related to digital population and public health in Canada, as well as community-centered methodologies in mental health research that engages with perspectives of Reddit moderators and users.
“Django’s Tiger”: From Jazz to Jazz Manouche
Creators: name: Givan, Ben
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Jazz
Guitar music (Jazz)

description: Jazz manouche, a contemporary musical genre originally inspired by the European Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910–53), provides a fruitful case study for exploring the conceptual transformations and contradictions inherent within any “invented tradition.” This article’s point of departure is Reinhardt’s original composition “Django’s Tiger,” which today’s musicians typically perform with slightly different harmonies from those heard on the guitarist’s original 1946 recording. Consequently, an informant declared that the original version now “sounds wrong”—a considerable irony given that jazz manouche players typically regard Reinhardt’s own music with extraordinary reverence. The musical discrepancies in question, which stem from a mishearing, are indicative of a significant change in jazz manouche’s modes of transmission. Musicians once learned mainly by imitating Reinhardt’s recordings; “Django’s Tiger’s” customary chord changes are today based on his 1946 melodic improvisation rather than on its underlying harmonies. Since the 1990s, however, jazz manouche has increasingly spread via oral transmission and electronic media. Nonetheless, the history of “Django’ Tiger” suggests that the principal dissimilarities between today’s idiom and Reinhardt’s own music are not musical but ontological and epistemological: evanescent improvisations have been transmuted into fixed pieces and individual stylistic idiosyncrasies have become classicized orthodoxies. Especially revealing are the moments when these conflicting epistemologies have tangible musical consequences, such as when contemporary jazz manouche guitarist Adrien Moignard attempts to replicate the melody of Reinhardt’s original “Django’s Tiger” solo against the modified contemporary harmonies, an endeavor that has to be abruptly truncated to avoid yielding musical incoherence.
The tau_2-model and the chiral Potts model revisited: completeness of Bethe equations from Sklyanin's SOV method
Creators: name: Grosjean, N.
name: Niccoli, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The most general cyclic representations of the quantum integrable tau_2-model are analyzed. The complete characterization of the tau_2-spectrum (eigenvalues and eigenstates) is achieved in the framework of Sklyanin's Separation of Variables (SOV) method by extending and adapting the ideas first introduced in [1, 2]: i) The determination of the tau_2-spectrum is reduced to the classification of the solutions of a given functional equation in a class of polynomials. ii) The determination of the tau_2-eigenstates is reduced to the classification of the solutions of an associated Baxter equation. These last solutions are proven to be polynomials for a quite general class of tau_2-self-adjoint representations and the completeness of the associated Bethe ansatz type equations is derived. Finally, the following results are derived for the inhomogeneous chiral Potts model: i) Simplicity of the spectrum, for general representations. ii) Complete characterization of the chiral Potts spectrum (eigenvalues and eigenstates) and completeness of Bethe ansatz type equations, for the self-adjoint representations of tau_2-model on the chiral Potts algebraic curves.
description: 40 pages. Minor modifications in the text and some notations
The collaborative forest management user group's perceptions and expectations on REDD+ in Nepal
Creators: name: Yoshida, Tomoko
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: As many ecological and socioeconomic problems are associated with deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal, it is in the national interest to address REDD+ immediately. Although local communities and indigenous peoples are the main actors for REDD+ practices, their needs and perceptions have received little attention in the debates on REDD+. In this study, a Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) site was studied using a questionnaire survey administered to the CFM user group, interviews with key informants in the forestry sector and a review of documents to collect background data. The research revealed the local CFM forest users’ perceptions of their forest and their expectations about the potential benefits of REDD+, and examined differences in these perceptions and expectations among nearby and distant users. The study provides insights into the feasibility of REDD+ with the context of the present form of CFM in Nepal. The findings indicate that people are sensitive to changes in climate and the forest around them but are unaware of climate change mechanisms and linkage of climate change and deforestation. There is therefore a need to raise social awareness of climate change and of REDD+. Compared to distant users, nearby users felt more strongly that the forest is essential to their lives and were more interested in participation in REDD+ practices. As the distant users would be also significant actors in the practices, there is a need to raise distant users’ interests in REDD+. Both nearby and distant users have high expectations of the potential benefits of REDD+. However, REDD+ is treated as a technical matter in national debates, and there has been a failure to recognize the impacts on society and human welfare at the local level. The Government urgently needs to take human welfare into account if they are to receive local support. Nepal needs to keep exploring the most appropriate methods to implement REDD+ projects, given the structure of the society being affected. It is important to develop a system of equitable decision-making and benefit-sharing that reflects local needs, and is incorporated into any REDD+ action plans applied to the Terai forests.
Machine Learning Framework to Reduce Patient-Reported Dysphagia in Head and Neck Radiotherapy
Creators: name: Paetkau, D. Owen
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: dysphagia
subject: radiotherapy
subject: head and neck
subject: machine learning
subject: Physics--Radiation
subject: Speech Pathology
subject: Biophysics--Medical

description: Radiotherapy treatment has become more effective in the 21st century due to advancements in treatment technologies such as image-guided radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy. Machine learning algorithms can provide advanced analytics based on the clinical, imaging, and dosimetric data available through radiotherapy treatments. Head and neck tumours are a site of specific interest, as these tumours often lie near many organs at risk which may cause radiation-induced acute or late toxicities while damaging the tumour. Among these organs are the muscles involved in the swallowing process that may cause dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, after treatment. In this work, we investigated factors correlated with late dysphagia evaluated using patient-reported outcomes, with the goal of reducing this significant toxicity after head and neck radiotherapy. We examined anatomical changes to the pharyngeal constrictor muscles hypothesized to be correlated with dysphagia or cause significant dosimetric changes outside the random error associated with radiotherapy treatments. We found a significant increase in pharyngeal constrictors thickness and identified high dose gradients were closer to the pharyngeal constrictors in patients with dysphagia. Both features may be useful for identifying patients at risk of late patient-reported dysphagia. We then examined treatment planning dose constraints used to develop radiotherapy treatment plans. The mean dose constraints currently used within the literature did not classify patients well into the patient-reported symptom groups. Metrics were identified for the pharyngeal constrictor muscles and their substructures. The results suggest additional dose constraints to the pharyngeal constrictor muscles could reduce late patient-reported dysphagia. The final study examined advanced imaging features to develop predictive machine learning models for late patient-reported dysphagia. Current models used by speech language pathologists are limited to acute models. We successfully created models to predict late patient-reported dysphagia with sufficient accuracy and sensitivity, which may improve the identification and follow-up of patients at risk. Through this work, we were able to create recommendations based on several forms of intervention: adaptive planning, treatment planning, and predictive modelling. Further work, including prospective studies, may be required prior to clinical implementation of treatment planning or predictive modelling recommendations.
title: D7.5 DMP webinar on long term preservation:
title: Polifonia Research Ecosystem – Impact of a project: A webinar on Data re-use and workflows
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Scharnhorst, Andrea
name: van Kranenburg, Peter
name: Daga, Enrico
name: Bontje, Marloes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is a report about a webinar. The webinar presents the specific Data Management Strategy (set up as management of research components of the type Data, Tools and Reports) Polifonia has developed. We present the project briefly and detail the Polifonia Research Ecosystem as our DMP strategy. We also summarise how the Ecosystem approach is related to usual DMP practices. 

In the last one-third of the webinar, we ask a round of experts to 

- give feedback to the presentations 

- share their own experiences with making project output sustainable by fostering reusability 

- share ideas with us how to improve our impact strategy in Polifonia 

This report contains the programme and closes with a short summary of the discussion and action points. All presentations are added as annexes.
Temperature-dependent multi-k magnetic structure in multiferroic Co3TeO6
Creators: name: Ivanov, S. A.
name: Tellgren, R.
name: Ritter, C.
name: Nordblad, P.
name: Mathieu, R.
name: Andre, G.
name: Golubko, N. V.
name: Politova, E. D.
name: Weil, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A complex magnetic order of the multiferroic compound Co3TeO6 has been revealed by neutron powder diffraction studies on ceramics and crushed single crystals. The compound adopts a monoclinic structure (s.g. C2/c) in the studied temperature range 2 K - 300 K but exhibits successive antiferromagnetic transitions at low temperature. Incommensurate antiferromagnetic order with the propagation vector k1 = (0, 0.485, 0.055) sets in at 26 K. A transition to a second antiferromagnetic structure with k2 = (0, 0, 0) takes place at 21.1 K. Moreover, a transition to a commensurate antiferromagnetic structure with k3 = (0, 0.5, 0.25) occurs at 17.4 K. The magnetic structures have been determined by neutron powder diffraction using group theory analysis as a preliminary tool. Different coordinations of the Co2+ ions involved in the low-symmetry C2/c structure of Co3TeO6 render the exchange-interaction network very complex by itself. The observed magnetic phase transformations are interpreted as an evidence of competing magnetic interactions. The temperature dependent changes in the magnetic structure, derived from refinements of high-resolution neutron data, are discussed and possible mechanisms connected with the spin reorientations are described.
description: 32 pages, 12 figures
Chiral thermodynamics of nuclear matter
Creators: name: Fiorilla, Salvatore
name: Kaiser, Norbert
name: Weise, Wolfram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The free energy and the equation of state of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter are calculated at finite temperature up to three loop order in the framework of in-medium chiral perturbation theory, systematically incorporating one- and two-pion exchange dynamics to this order. Effects from the two-pion exchange with explicit Δ-isobar excitation are included, as well as three-body forces. We construct the phase diagram of nuclear matter for different proton fractions x_p and investigate the dependence of nuclear matter properties on the isospin-asymmetry. A detailed study of the liquid-gas phase transition is performed. For isospin-symmetric nuclear matter we find a critical temperature of 15.1 MeV; as the isospin-asymmetry is increased, the liquid-gas coexistence region decreases until it disappears at x_p \approx 0.05, while nuclear matter becomes unbound at x_p \approx 0.12. The quadratic expansion of the free energy in the asymmetry parameter δ is a good approximation at low temperature even for large δ. An estimate of chiral four-body correlations in nuclear and neutron matter is also performed and the corrections from such four-body interactions are found to be small.
description: 22 pages, 15 figures
Generalised action-angle coordinates defined on island chains
Creators: name: Dewar, Robert L.
name: Hudson, Stuart R.
name: Gibson, Ashley M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Straight-field-line coordinates are very useful for representing magnetic fields in toroidally confined plasmas, but fundamental problems arise regarding their definition in 3-D geometries because of the formation of islands and chaotic field regions, ie non-integrability. In Hamiltonian dynamical systems terms these coordinates are a form of action-angle variables, which are normally defined only for integrable systems. In order to describe 3-D magnetic field systems, a generalisation of this concept was proposed recently by the present authors that unified the concepts of ghost surfaces and quadratic-flux-minimising (QFMin) surfaces. This was based on a simple canonical transformation generated by a change of variable $θ= θ(Θ,ζ)$, where $θ$ and $ζ$ are poloidal and toroidal angles, respectively, with $Θ$ a new poloidal angle chosen to give pseudo-orbits that are a) straight when plotted in the $ζ,Θ$ plane and b) QFMin pseudo-orbits in the transformed coordinate. These two requirements ensure that the pseudo-orbits are also c) ghost pseudo-orbits. In the present paper, it is demonstrated that these requirements do not \emph{uniquely} specify the transformation owing to a relabelling symmetry. A variational method of solution that removes this lack of uniqueness is proposed.
description: 10 pages. Accepted by Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion as part of a cluster of refereed papers in a special issue containing papers arising from the Joint International Stellarator & Heliotron Workshop and Asia-Pacific Plasma Theory Conference, held in Canberra and Murramarang Resort, Australia, 30 January - 3 February, 2012
Development of an Artificial Pancreas: Control of Glucose in Type 1 Diabetics Using Model Predictive Control with a Low Order Model
Creators: name: Frayne, Mark Christopher Hill
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Model Predictive Control
subject: Artificial Pancreas
subject: Type 1 Diabetes
subject: Engineering--Mechanical
subject: Engineering--Biomedical

description: Type one diabetes is an autoimmune disorder that causes people to not produce hormones that govern glucose control, which can lead to many health issues. The current treatment for this disorder is the injection of insulin either manually or with a preprogramed pump. An artificial pancreas is a device that aims to improve this treatment by connecting the pump to a glucose sensor and feedback controller to automatically adjust the injection rate. This project proposes the use of Model Predictive Control (MPC) to close this loop. MPC was implemented using a low-order linear model of the human glucose system and applied to simple human kinetic models as well as a higher-order complex plant. In both cases the controller was able to significantly reduce the maximum glucose levels along with time-integrated excursion measures. In realistic simulations modelling human physiology, maximum hyperglycemia was reduced from 174 mg/dL to 120 mg/dL when a disturbance of 100g of carbohydrates was applied.
Additional file 1 of Questionnaire survey investigation of the present status of dietetic consultation at community pharmacies from the perspectives of registered dietitians and pharmacists
Creators: name: Kizaki, Hayato
name: Ota, Tomu
name: Mashima, Saki
name: Nakamura, Yoshimi
name: Kiyokawa, Shoko
name: Kominato, Hidenori
name: Satoh, Hiroki
name: Sawada, Yasufumi
name: Hori, Satoko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. English translations of the Japanese language questionnaires used for each type of participant. There are three types of questionnaires for registered dietitians, pharmacists with registered dietitians/dietitians and pharmacists without registered dietitians/dietitians. The results in our manuscript are based on the answers to some of these questions.
Shedding light on an important archive: digitizing the Winnifred Eaton Reeve fonds
Creators: name: McKillop, Christena
name: Nisenson, Jason
name: Ruddock, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Libraries & Cultural Resources
Year: 2024
Subjects: Winnifred Eaton Reeve
Digitization
Archives
Digital Collections

description: The Winnifred Eaton Reeve fonds, a significant collection in the literary archives at the University of Calgary, chronicles the works of Winnifred Eaton Reeve (1875-1954), a pivotal early Chinese North American fiction-writer who assumed the Japanese persona “Onoto Watanna.” This collection became the focal point of a comprehensive digitization project driven by substantial demand from academic researchers. This project was unique as it encompassed digitizing the entire collection. The session will include a brief overview of our first venture in digitizing an entire archival collection during a time of change. Attendees will learn about our approach to this digitization project and its multifaceted aspects that needed to be considered. The inherent fragility of the artifacts mandated extreme caution during every interaction, underscoring the need for digitization to safeguard and enhance accessibility for present and future Winnifred Eaton Reeve enthusiasts. Significant challenges and opportunities encountered during the project will be highlighted, including metadata mapping across disciplines, managing sensitive content, and adapting to unforeseen changes in the Canadian copyright landscape as well as substantially updating the finding aid and creating an online guide to increase access to the collection. With the successful completion of the digitization project, access collection either the physical or digital can be an effective way to raise awareness of this important Canadian author and generate new understandings through researching Winnifred Eaton Reeve’s life and works.
Computing Class Groups of Cubic Orders Using Kleinjung’s Sieving Method
Creators: name: Luo, Qinglong
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: class groups
subject: number fields
subject: cubic number fields
subject: Kleinjung
subject: sieving
subject: Education--Mathematics
subject: Computer Science

description: We introduce two techniques to generate relations in the computation of class groups of orders of number fields using Buchmann’s index calculus method. In particular, we focus on primitive cubic orders. The first is an adaptation of the homogeneous method from the number field sieve to compute the class groups of a special class of orders known as rationally monogenic orders, which includes primitive cubic orders. The second is a generalisation of recent work by Kleinjung on the quadratic sieve to arbitrarily high degrees. We combine the two into one algorithm, implemented it, and test its performance against MAGMA. The results indicate that our method outperforms MAGMA if the given defining form is skew, and essentially tying MAGMA if the given form is flat.
Completely positive multipliers of quantum groups
Creators: name: Daws, Matthew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G42, 22D10, 22D15, 43A22, 46L07, 46L89, 81R50

description: We show that any completely positive multiplier of the convolution algebra of the dual of an operator algebraic quantum group $\G$ (either a locally compact quantum group, or a quantum group coming from a modular or manageable multiplicative unitary) is induced in a canonical fashion by a unitary corepresentation of $\G$. It follows that there is an order bijection between the completely positive multipliers of $L^1(\G)$ and the positive functionals on the universal quantum group $C_0^u(\G)$. We provide a direct link between the Junge, Neufang, Ruan representation result and the representing element of a multiplier, and use this to show that their representation map is always weak$^*$-weak$^*$-continuous.
description: 18 pages; major rewrite
title: Planar Elongation Flow Analysis of Non-Newtonian Fluids Using a Disk-Shaped Bob
Creators: name: Ito, S.
name: S. Iwata
name: Y. Sugihara
name: T. Takahashi
Publisher: name: Otto von Guericke University Library, Magdeburg, Germany
Year: 2019

description: Technische Mechanik; 39; 1; 16-29; ISSN 2199-9244
description: Planar elongation viscosity is a material property involved in extensional deformation, which plays a significant role  in  many  processes  such  as  film-casting  and  coating.  As  for  the  elongation  behavior  of  a  polymeric  film,  some commercial measurement methods are available. However, these measurement methods cannot be applied to liquids with lower viscosities. A method of measuring planar elongation viscosity, especially for low viscosity liquids, has been proposed, which generates a planar elongation flow by pushing a bullet-shaped bob into a cup filled  with  the  sample  liquid.  The  pushing  force,  which  can  be  measured  by  a  conventional  rheometer,  reflects  the responses of shear, planar extensional deformation, and buoyancy. However, measurements using a bullet-shaped bob may be strongly affected by the shear flow between the bob and the cup. Therefore, an alternative measurement  using  a  flat  disk-shaped  bob  is  proposed,  in  order  to  significantly  reduce  the  influence  of  shear  flow.  However,  such  improvements  cannot  be  estimated  numerically.  In  this  study,  we  performed  numerical  simulations of viscoelastic fluids for both measurement methods to clarify the shear flow effects.
Gender Representation in Bangladeshi Textbooks: A Critical Content Analysis on English for Today
Creators: name: Rimpu, Sefat Jeshin
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Gender
subject: Language Textbook
subject: Content analysis
subject: Bangladesh
subject: Education

description: This study investigated gender representation in Bangladeshi English language textbooks, in the series English for Today. It examined relative frequency of pronouns, proper nouns, gender-specific common nouns, firstness and main characters, as well as language describing activities and occupations of different genders through content analysis. Findings revealed equal gender appearance in frequency count, however, significant gender biases are prevalent in activities and occupational roles of genders. The role of the characters was often described in ways that matched patriarchal values. LGBTQIA and non-binary characters did not appear. These results indicate that, while there are some positive trends, students in Bangladesh continue to encounter problematic gender patterns in their English language textbooks.
Trapped Ultracold Bosons in Periodically Modulated Lattices
Creators: name: Huo, Jia-Wei
name: Zhang, Fu-Chun
name: Chen, Weiqiang
name: Troyer, M.
name: Schollwöck, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent rapid development of the field of quantum gases in optical lattices, we present a comprehensive study of the spectrum of ultracold atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice subjected to a periodic lattice modulation. Using the time-dependent density-matrix renormalization group method, we study the dynamical response due to lattice modulations in different quantum phases of the system with varying density. For the Mott insulating state, we identify several excitation processes, which provide important information about the density profile of the gases. For the superfluid, the dynamical response can be well described in a local density approximation. This simplification can be valuable in understanding the strong-correlated superfluid in a slow-varying harmonic potential. All these spectroscopic features of an inhomogeneous system can be used as a test for the validity of the Bose-Hubbard model in a parabolic trapping potential.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Encryption with Weakly Random Keys Using Quantum Ciphertext
Creators: name: Bouda, J.
name: Pivoluska, M.
name: Plesch, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lack of perfect randomness can cause significant problems in securing communication between two parties. McInnes and Pinkas proved that unconditionally secure encryption is impossible when the key is sampled from a weak random source. The adversary can always gain some information about the plaintext, regardless of the cryptosystem design. Most notably, the adversary can obtain full information about the plaintext if he has access to just two bits of information about the source (irrespective on length of the key). In this paper we show that for every weak random source there is a cryptosystem with a classical plaintext, a classical key, and a quantum ciphertext that bounds the adversary's probability p to guess correctly the plaintext strictly under the McInnes-Pinkas bound, except for a single case, where it coincides with the bound. In addition, regardless of the source of randomness, the adversary's probability p is strictly smaller than 1 as long as there is some uncertainty in the key (Shannon/min-entropy is non-zero). These results are another demonstration that quantum information processing can solve cryptographic tasks with strictly higher security than classical information processing.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
Entanglement probe of two-impurity Kondo physics in a spin chain
Creators: name: Bayat, Abolfazl
name: Bose, Sougato
name: Sodano, Pasquale
name: Johannesson, Henrik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that real-space properties of the two-impurity Kondo model can be obtained from an effective spin model where two single-impurity Kondo spin chains are joined via an RKKY interaction between the two impurity spins. We then use a DMRG approach, valid in all ranges of parameters, to study its features using two complementary quantum-entanglement measures, the negativity and the von Neumann entropy. This non-perturbative approach enables us to uncover the precise dependence of the spatial extent $ξ_K$ of the Kondo screening cloud with the Kondo and RKKY couplings. Our results reveal an exponential suppression of the Kondo temperature $T_K \sim 1/ξ_K$ with the size of the effective impurity spin in the limit of large ferromagnetic RKKY coupling, a striking display of "Kondo resonance narrowing" in the two-impurity Kondo model. We also show how the antiferromagnetic RKKY interaction produces an effective decoupling of the impurities from the bulk already for intermediate strengths of this interaction, and, furthermore, exhibit how the non-Fermi liquid quantum critical point is signaled in the quantum entanglement between various parts of the system.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Equity-Deserving Groups, Sport, and Recreation in Calgary: An Analysis of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility-Related Policies
Creators: name: To, Andy
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: equity
subject: diversity
subject: inclusion
subject: accessibility
subject: critical discourse analysis
subject: policy
subject: Calgary
subject: anti-oppression
subject: intersectionality
subject: sport
subject: recreation
subject: Recreation

description: Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) policies play a crucial role in addressing the many reported barriers equity-deserving groups experience in relation to Canadian sport and recreation. Recognizing this, I examined the publicly available EDIA-related policies and statements of 76 multi-sport facilities across Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Drawing on Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality, an intersectional anti-oppression framework, and relevant empirical literature, I conducted a critical discourse analysis on the statements and policies found. My analysis led to the creation of three themes for statements: (1) all are welcome, (2) some are welcome, and (3) land acknowledgements, and four themes for policies: (1) codes of conducts, (2) zero tolerance policies, (3) targeted policies, and (4) bylaws. Most statements and policies fell far short of being effective or impactful for equity-deserving groups, particularly (but not only) because they were often absent of specificity and actionable items while also failing to address intersecting systems of oppression. My findings underscore the need for more comprehensive and intersectional anti-oppression EDIA policies in sport and recreational facilities to address systemic inequities and foster true inclusivity.
Tunneling solutions in topological field theory on R x S^3 x I
Creators: name: Anderson, Louise
name: Henningson, Mans
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a topologically twisted version, recently introduced by Witten, of five-dimensional maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a five-manifold of the form M_5 =R x W_3 x I. If the length of the interval I is sufficiently large, the supersymmetric localization equations admit pairs of static solutions (with the factor R interpreted as Euclidean time). However, these solutions disappear for a sufficiently short I, so by the topological invariance of the theory, they must be connected by an interpolating dynamic instanton solution. We study this for the case that W_3 is a three-sphere S^3 with the standard metric by making a spherically symmetric Ansatz for all fields. The solution is given as a power series in a parameter related to the length of I, and we give explicit expressions for the first non-trivial terms.
description: Added paragraph on instanton number
Original Constitutional Lessons: Marriage, Defence, Juries, and Aliens
Creators: name: Edelman, James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Constitutional law

description: In constitutional interpretation there is an important divide which has been described as a difference between interpretation and construction, or between concept and conception, or between meaning and application, or between essential meaning and non-essential meaning. However it is described, this difference has been recognised in many decisions of the High Court of Australia. This lecture explores the difference by reference to High Court decisions in relation to four constitutional concepts: Aliens, Defence, Juries, and Marriage.
Detecting Melt Pond Onset on Landfast Arctic Sea Ice Using a Dual C-Band Satellite Approach
Creators: name: Maknun, Syeda Shahida
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
subject: Sea ice
subject: Melt ponds
subject: Pond onset
subject: Co-polarized ratio
subject: Sentinel-1
subject: ASCAT
subject: Dual-sensor C-band
subject: Snow
subject: Remote Sensing
subject: Physical Geography

description: The presence of melt ponds on the surface of Arctic sea ice affects its albedo, thermal properties, and overall melting rate, and thus, the detection of melt pond onset is of significant importance for understanding the Arctic's changing climate. This study investigates the utility of a novel method for detecting the onset of melt ponds on sea ice using a satellite-based, dual-sensor C-band approach, whereby Sentinel-1 provides horizontally polarized (HH) data and Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT) provides vertically polarized (VV) data. The co-polarized ratio (VV/HH) is used to detect the presence of melt ponds on landfast sea ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in 2017 and 2018. ERA-5 air temperature, and wind speed reanalysis datasets are used to establish the VV/HH threshold for pond onset detection which have been further validated by Landsat-8 reflectance. Co-polarized ratio threshold of 3 standard deviations from late winter season (April) acquisitions is used for assessing pond onset detection associated with the air temperature and wind speed data along with visual observation from Sentinel-1 and cloud-free Sentinel-2 imagery. In 2017, the pond onset detection rate percentages were 70.59% for FYI and 92.3% for MYI. Results suggest that this method, because of its dual-platform application, has potential for providing large-area coverage estimation of sea ice melt pond onset timing using different earth observation satellites.
Beat Hierarchy and Beat Patterns—From Aksak to Composite Meter
Creators: name: Vojcic, Aleksandra
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Musical meter and rhythm
Musical analysis

description: In his study of Steve Reich’s phase–shifting music, Richard Cohn points to a specific analytical challenge that transcends the repertoire at hand: “Given the relative poverty of our rhythmic terminology, the challenge for the theorist is to discover a means to characterize this material that is not only descriptively adequate, but also allows for exploration of its properties, its behavior under transformation, and its relations to other potential material” (1992, 149). This essay responds to Cohn’s call to action, singling out one of the many under–determined modes of rhythmic continuity in post–tonal music—(asymmetrical) composite meters. It rehearses a wide– ranging application of a new conceptual framework that can be used in accounting for the frequency and formal salience of composite meters in twentieth–century repertoire. Through analysis of select musical examples, I relate composite asymmetrical meters to compound and aksak meters, showing how certain types of “asymmetrical” meter exemplify non–isochronous duple and triple meters and, further, how composite meters combine two or more different metric units into a recurring whole (e.g., isochronous duple followed by non–isochronous triple meter). Along the way, I introduce a number of new concepts (meta–measures, duplication) and a new form of graphic representation (the time signature map).

Isochronicity refers to the durational equality of temporal units such as beats and beat groups. Isochronous beats cohere into symmetrical meters, such as symmetrical duple meter, or 2/4, whereas non–isochronous beats give rise to asymmetrical meters. The examples in this essay are chosen because they outline similar metric patterns, rather than for their exclusivity—a wealth of examples in the twentieth–century repertoire pursue similar metric patterns. An analytical approach to this repertory can take a perceptual or a formal stance but will likely suffer from a lack of a working methodology because approaches to rhythmic and metric analysis are not standardized and are often incompatible with one another. In lieu of following an established analytical methodology for this repertoire or a widely accepted theoretical framework for understanding beat hierarchy in asymmetrical meters, I consider various approaches and develop a performer–sensitive method of analysis.