cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Reinterpreting pattern and decoration in contemporary painting
Creators: name: Hawley, DR
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This project presents pattern and decoration as a strategy for the continuation of painting well beyond modernism. Of particular concern is painting's ongoing obsession with pictorial space and how, given its own medium specific limitations, it is able to present or represent the world. Consequently it assumes that the 'death of painting' characterized only the end of one particular narrative. In the paintings, lines and shapes are arranged into a motif by a process similar to cell division or biformation. The motif is repeated in many ways, occasionally creating kaleidoscopic spatial sensations; it often appears in the centre of compositions. The repetition and representation of this motif in each painting is also reiterated in the use of serialization, as individual paintings become part of a larger relational macro structure. These operations are reflective of pattern and decoration. Formalist strategy is essential, as scale, paint application and centrality present pattern and decoration in ways not usually associated specifically within the medium of painting. The works do not sit comfortably as paintings alone; instead they display qualities characteristic of printmaking or even sculpture. The project alludes to more than painting about painting, even though the internal dialogues of painting are evident. It presents pattern and decoration as open signifiers. It does not subscribe to the exclusive modernist ideology concerning a work of art's autonomy, as the works refer to more than their own internal operations and engage also with external phenomena. In this project, painting's exchange with modernism is not one of irony, or subversion, as was the case with other more recent conceptual modes of painting. Instead, it is indicative of a resurgent interest in approaches to painting that emphasize the sensory and retinal whilst also echoing manifestations of formalist possibilities.
title: Optimizing the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Architecture in Smart Grid
Creators: name: Ghasempour, Alireza
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is one of the most important components of smart grid (SG) which aggregates data from smart meters (SMs) and sends the collected data to the utility center (UC) to be analyzed and stored. In traditional centralized AMI architecture, there is one meter data management system to process all gathered information in the UC, therefore, by increasing the number of SMs and their data rates, this architecture is not scalable and able to satisfy SG requirements, e.g., delay and reliability. Since scalability is one of most important characteristics of AMI architecture in SG, we have investigated the scalability of different AMI architectures and proposed a scalable hybrid AMI architecture. We have introduced three performance metrics. Based on these metrics, we formulated each AMI architecture and used a genetic-based algorithm to minimize these metrics for the proposed architecture. We simulated different AMI architectures for five demographic regions and the results proved that our proposed AMI hybrid architecture has a better performance compared with centralized and decentralized AMI architectures and it has a good load and geographic scalability.
Kinesthetic sensitivity to amplitude of active movement of the shoulder joint
Creators: name: Shields, Kenneth William Daniel
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the sensitivity of the kinesthetic system in active movement of the shoulder joint. Three movement amplitudes, 45°, 90° and 125° were studied under two classical psychophysical methods, the method of constant stimuli and the method of average error. Ten subjects were each given one hundred trials per standard for both methods. Results yielded difference limens ranging from 1.4° to 2.2° and constant errors ranging from -0.07° to 1.05°, for the three standards. However, no significant differences occurred among DLs within each method and thus Weber's Ratio was found not to be constant over the range of movement. In terms of constant errors there was only one significant difference among these errors within the two methods. Learning was found not to occur in the method of average error in that algebraic error, absolute error and within subject variability did not exhibit any tendency to become smaller.
title: Investigation into Regional Climate Variability using Tree-Ring Reconstruction, Climate Diagnostics and Prediction
Creators: name: Barandiaran, Daniel A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: This document is a summary of research conducted to develop and apply climate analysis tools toward a better understanding of the past and future of hydroclimate variability in the state of Utah. Two pilot studies developed data management and climate analysis tools subsequently applied to our region of interest. The first investigated the role of natural atmospheric forcing in the inter-annual variability of precipitation of the Sahel region in Africa, and found a previously undocumented link with the East Atlantic mode, which explains 29% of variance in regional precipitation. An analysis of output from an operational seasonal climate forecast model revealed a failure in the model to reproduce this linkage, thus highlighting a shortcoming in model performance. The second pilot study studied long-term trends in the strength of the Great Plains low-level jet, an driver of storm development in the region’s wet spring season. Our analysis showed that since 1979 the low-level jet has strengthened as shifted the timing of peak activity, resulting in shifts both in time and location for peak precipitation, possibly the result of anthropogenic forcing. Our third study used a unique tree-ring dataset to create a reconstruction of April 1 snow water equivalent, an important measure of water supply in the Intermountain West, for the state of Utah to 1850. Analysis of the reconstruction shows the majority of snowpack variability occurs monotonically over the whole state at decadal to multidecadal frequencies. The final study evaluated decadal prediction performance of climate models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5. We found that the analyzed models exhibit modest skill in prediction of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and better skill in prediction of global temperature trends post 1960.
Additional file 1 of Dihydromyricetin inhibits African swine fever virus replication by downregulating toll-like receptor 4-dependent pyroptosis in vitro
Creators: name: Chen, Yang
name: Song, Zebu
name: Chang, Hao
name: Guo, Yanchen
name: Wei, Zhi
name: Sun, Yankuo
name: Gong, Lang
name: Zheng, Zezhong
name: Zhang, Guihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1. DHM treatment reduced ASFV-induced hemadsorption. PAMs were attached to the plates and infected with 1 MOI ASFV solution. After 2 h, the supernatants were removed, and PAMs were treated with a fresh medium containing DHM. After 24 h, 1% red blood cells of pig were added into per well. After 24 h of incubation, the samples were examined using a Leica DMI 4000 B fluorescence microscope (Leica, Wetzlar, Germany). (Black arrow indicates PAMs, red arrow indicates red blood cells of pig, and blue arrow indicates hemadsorption).
title: To Dot Product Graphs and Beyond
Creators: name: Bailey, Sean
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: We will introduce three new classes of graphs; namely bipartite dot product graphs, probe dot product graphs, and combinatorial orthogonal graphs. All of these representations were inspired by a vector representation known as a dot product representation.
Given a bipartite graph G = (X, Y, E), the bipartite dot product representation of G is a function ƒ : X ∪ Y → Rk and a positive threshold t such that for any κ ∈ Χ and γ ∈ Υ , κγ ∈ ε if and only if f(κ) · f(γ) ≥ t. The minimum k such that a bipartite dot product representation exists for G is the bipartite dot product dimension of G, denoted bdp(G). We will show that such representations exist for all bipartite graphs as well as give an upper bound for the bipartite dot product dimension of any graph. We will also characterize the bipartite graphs of bipartite dot product dimension 1 by their forbidden subgraphs.
An undirected graph G = (V, E) is a probe C graph if its vertex set can be parti-tioned into two sets, N (nonprobes) and P (probes) where N is independent and there exists E' ⊆ N × N such that G' = (V, E ∪ E) is a C graph. In this dissertation we introduce probe k-dot product graphs and characterize (at least partially) probe 1-dot product graphs in terms of forbidden subgraphs and certain 2-SAT formulas. These characterizations are given for the very different circumstances: when the partition into probes and nonprobes is given, and when the partition is not given.
Vectors κ = (κ1, κ2, . . . , κn)T and γ = (γ1, γ2, . . . , γn)T are combinatorially orthogonal if |{i : κiγi = 0}| ≠ 1. An undirected graph G = (V, E) is a combinatorial orthogonal graph if there exists ƒ : V → Rn for some n ∈ Ν such that for any u, υ &Isin; V , uv ∉ E iff ƒ(u) and ƒ(v) are combinatorially orthogonal. These representations can also be limited to a mapping g : V → {0, 1}n such that for any u,v ∈ V , uv ∉ E iff g(u) · g(v) = 1. We will show that every graph has a combinatorial orthogonal representation. We will also state the minimum dimension necessary to generate such a representation for specific classes of graphs.
Hadronic Production of Colored SUSY Particles with Electroweak NLO Contributions
Creators: name: Hollik, W.
name: Kollar, M.
name: Mirabella, E.
name: Trenkel, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the production of squarks and gluinos at hadronic colliders. An overview over the class of processes is given. We investigate in detail the tree-level and higher order EW contributions to the cross sections. Special care has to be taken to obtain infrared finite observables. We study numerically stop--anti-stop and squark--gluino production at the LHC.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures; To appear in the proceedings of 16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY08), Seoul, Korea, 16-21 Jun 2008
title: Chromium Oxidation by Disinfectants and Oxidants Used in Drinking Water Treatment
Creators: name: Rogers, Nathan D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The USEPA Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for Total Chromium in drinking water is 100 μg/L. Total chromium includes both trivalent chromium (Cr(III), a trace nutrient) and hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI), a probable human carcinogen). The State of California set a Cr(VI)-specific MCL of 10 μg/L in 2014, and USEPA is considering a new federal MCL for Cr(VI). This would have a significant impact on drinking water systems across the US, with estimated annual cost of compliance between $0.6 to 5.1 billion per year.
While Cr(VI) is the species of concern for health effects, water utilities must also consider Cr(III) since it can be oxidized to Cr(VI) by various chemicals. This oxidation has been documented for commonly used disinfectants. However, past studies were conducted with higher levels of chromium (e.g., 20 to 500 μg/L) and it is unknown if the reactions proceed at the same rate and extent at the lower concentrations relevant to most water treatment plants (< 10 μg/L).
This project, funded by the Water Research Foundation, systematically evaluated the extent of oxidation of Cr(III) by drinking water oxidants under conditions relevant to drinking water utilities. Five oxidants (chlorine, monochloramine, chlorine dioxide, potassium permanganate, and ozone) were tested. Two doses were used for each chemical with their respective reaction times reflecting the typical application of the chemical in treatment. Three different water qualities were evaluated, each at pH 5.5, 7, and 9, and at two different temperatures (5 and 16 °C).
Chlorine consistently oxidized an average of 80% of the available Cr(III), with the majority of the oxidation happening within the first 7 hours. Monochloramine did not significantly oxidize Cr(III) at any of the conditions tested. Chlorine dioxide was an effective oxidant at pH 7, with complete oxidation occurring in 6 hours, but was less effective at pH 5.5 and 9. Potassium permanganate achieved complete oxidation in 4 hours at each pH, with pH 7 experiencing the fastest oxidation. Ozone oxidized all available Cr(III) within minutes at all pH values. Quantifying the Cr(III) oxidation as a result of using these oxidants provides understanding of potential Cr(VI) addition into drinking water.
Candidates for Inelastic Dark Matter
Creators: name: Cui, Yanou
name: Morrissey, David E.
name: Poland, David
name: Randall, Lisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although we have yet to determine whether the DAMA data represents a true discovery of new physics, among such interpretations inelastic dark matter (IDM) can match the energy spectrum of DAMA very well while not contradicting the results of other direct detection searches. In this paper we investigate the general properties that a viable IDM candidate must have and search for simple models that realize these properties in natural ways. We begin by determining the regions of IDM parameter space that are allowed by direct detection searches including DAMA, paying special attention to larger IDM masses. We observe that an inelastic dark matter candidate with electroweak interactions can naturally satisfy observational constraints while simultaneously yielding the correct thermal relic abundance. We comment on several other proposed dark matter explanations for the DAMA signal and demonstrate that one of the proposed alternatives -- elastic scattering of dark matter off electrons -- is strongly disfavored when the modulated and unmodulated DAMA spectral data are taken into account. We then outline the general essential features of IDM models in which inelastic scattering off nuclei is mediated by the exchange of a massive gauge boson, and construct natural models in the context of a warped extra dimension and supersymmetry.
description: 44 pages, 6 figures, added references
title: Quantum Mechanical Studies of Charge Assisted Hydrogen and Halogen Bonds
Creators: name: Nepal, Binod
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation is mainly focused on charge assisted noncovalent interactions specially hydrogen and halogen bonds. Generally, noncovalent interactions are only weak forces of interaction but an introduction of suitable charge on binding units increases the strength of the noncovalent bonds by a several orders of magnitude. These charge assisted noncovalent interactions have wide ranges of applications from crystal engineering to drug design. Not only that, nature accomplishes a number of important tasks using these interactions. Although, a good number of theoretical and experimental studies have already been done in this field, some fundamental properties of charge assisted hydrogen and halogen bonds still lack molecular level understanding and their electronic properties are yet to be explored. Better understanding of the electronic properties of these bonds will have applications on the rational design of drugs, noble functional materials, catalysts and so on. In most of this dissertation, comparative studies have been made between charge and neutral noncovalent interactions by quantum mechanical calculations. The comparisons are primarily focused on energetics and the electronic properties. In most of the cases, comparative studies are also made between hydrogen and halogen bonds which contradict the long time notion that the H-bond is the strongest noncovalent interactions.Besides that, this dissertation also explores the long range behavior and directional properties of various neutral and charge assisted noncovalent bonds.
title: Optimizing Sustainable Integrated Use of Groundwater, Surface Water and Reclaimed Water for the Competing Demands of Agricultural Net Return and Urban Population
Creators: name: Landa, Silvia Anastasia
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Rapid population growth increases the competing water demand for agriculture and municipalities. This situation urges the necessity of using integrated water management to increase water supply and find possible symbiotic urban-agriculture relationships. Many studies have been done to simulate the integrated use of surface water, groundwater and reclaimed water for different water users. However, few studies use simulation/optimization (S-O) models for water resources to explicitly represent detailed interactions between the different resources as well as the relationship between users and resources.
This research study uses an S-O model to show the symbiotic relationship between urban and agricultural water use. This model fully links the nonlinear flows of groundwater from multiple aquifer layers, surface waters, reclaimed water, and delayed returns of non-consumed water for municipal and agricultural uses. Using specific aquifer and stream properties, and related assumptions, the optimization result shows there is a symbiotic relationship between urban and agricultural water use. The unconsumed water returns to the hydrologic system, for both surface water and groundwater increase agricultural net return by 8.6 %, and urban population by 0.4%.
This particular problem uses ModelMuse to create simulation input files, and SOMOS-Map to create the optimization input files to run the simulation/optimization problem in SOMOS. In addition to presenting an S-O model, we also provide practical information on how to create the model. The results of the study and the explanation on how to apply the method may be helpful information for engineers and water managers.
The effect of wood extractive composition on pitch deposition
Creators: name: McLean, DS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: A study of the effects that wood extractive composition has on pitch deposition was conducted using model solutions comprised of a resin acid, fatty acid and triglyceride. The deposition behaviour was investigated under various conditions of pH and temperature. Statistical pitch deposition models were developed through the use of general multiple linear regression analysis techniques to relate total pitch deposited to the interaction of the various components present in the pitch before deposition. These statistical models were used to predict suitable control strategies for various pH and temperature conditions. Three of the classes of chemical compounds found in wet end and wood extractive chemistry were investigated in this study. The results and deposition models developed help to explain why strategies to control wood pitch deposition have and/or have not worked. Mechanisms of the interaction between components are proposed, based on evidence from this work and corroboration of papers from the literature. The techniques reported in this thesis form a framework under which more complex and in depth wood pitch deposition studies could be conducted.
Spin squeezing in a generalized one-axis twisting model
Creators: name: Jin, Guang-Ri
name: Liu, Yong-Chun
name: Liu, Wu-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the dependence of spin squeezing on the polar angle of the initial coherent spin state $|θ_0, ϕ_0>$ in a generalized one-axis twisting model, where the detuning $δ$ is taken into account. We show explicitly that regardless of $δ$ and $ϕ_0$, previous results of the ideal one-axis twisting is recovered as long as $θ_0=π/2$. For a small departure of $θ_0$ from $π/2$, however, the achievable variance $(V_{-})_{\min}\sim N^{2/3}$, larger than the ideal case $N^{1/3}$. We also find that the maximal-squeezing time $t_{\min}$ scales as $N^{-5/6}$. Analytic expressions of $(V_{-})_{\min}$ and $t_{\min}$ are presented, which agree with numerical simulations.
description: 14pages, 5 figures, new references are added, to be appeared in New J. Phys
title: Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of Springs in Mantua Valley and Vicinity, North-Central Utah
Creators: name: Rice, Karen C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1987

description: Chemical and tritium analyses of groundwater, precipitation and discharge records, fracture orientations, lineaments, and structural, stratigraphic, and topographic relationships have been used to describe the groundwater systems of Mantua Valley, north-central Utah. Groundwater flows through fractured Paleozoic quartzites and carbonate rocks and discharges from eleven perennial springs in Mantua Valley. Permeability in quartzites is the result of intense faulting and jointing. Groundwater in carbonate aquifers flows through fractures and/or fractures modified by solution and discharges as relatively large springs (up to 227 liters per second). Neogene normal faulting, rather than extensive karst processes, has produced valleys which are closed or nearly closed to surface-water drainage. Groundwater in the area has relatively low total dissolved solids, is warmer than the mean annual air temperature, and is of the calcium-magnesium-bicarbonate type. Temperatures of the groundwater suggest circulation depths in excess of 10 to 185 meters. Intermittent turbidity and fluctuations in calcite and dolomite saturation indices and in groundwater temperatures suggest that springs may be supplied by mixtures of shallow and deeper groundwater flow. With the methods used here, a water budget analysis of the area indicates that recharge to the groundwater systems is approximately 49% of mean annual precipitation. Annual recharge and average discharge of the springs were used to calculate recharge areas, which range from 3.0 km2 to 18 km2. Tritium analyses of two of the springs suggest mean residence times of less than ten years.
A Case study of progressive reinforcement training
Creators: name: McNulty, William Brian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of the investigation was to study a programme of Progressive Reinforcement Training and to note the changes in performance in running 800 metres. Two secondary purposes were: 1. To study several physiological variables and to note changes after the Progressive Reinforcement Training. 2. To note certain psychological characteristics of the subjects. Nine students of a major secondary school in Vancouver participated in the study. The group trained on a Progressive Reinforcement Training Programme for seven weeks. The Cattell Junior-Senior High School Personality Questionnaire was administered to each individual of the group. The group was pre and post-tested on the following items: vertical jump; isometric leg strength; treadmill performance time; acid-base balance prior to and after the first and last training sessions. Time trials were recorded prior to, during and after the training programme. The results of the Personality Factor Questionnaire indicated that the runners tended to be happy-go-lucky, conscientious, doubting and self-sufficient. All members of the group were classified as positive achievers. The results showed that there was no statistically significant improvement in the vertical jump score (t=0.076). There were significant differences at the .05 level of significance on the following isometric strength scores: Left Knee Flexion (t=5.69); Right Knee Flexion (t=4.4l); Left Hip Flexion (t=2.58); Right Hip Flexion (t=5.30); Left Hip Extension (t=7.32); Right Hip Extension (t=4.98). However, no significant gains were made on the Left Knee Extension (t=2.07) or Right Knee Extension (t=2.15). Within the Progressive Reinforcement trained group, it was found that treadmill performance times were significantly increased (t=9.02). The results of the blood analyses indicated that a general trend existed in which the pH values decreased significantly as a result of training. After the Progressive Reinforcement Training, it was noted that there were significant improvements in times for running 800 metres (t=6.84).
title: Transparent Solar Panel Antenna Array
Creators: name: Yekan, Taha Shahvirdi Dizaj
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation research presents a comprehensive study to answer the question of “Can it be possible to integrate a high gain optically transparent antenna array directly on top of solar cells?”. The answer to such question is extremely important in space exploration where very small satellites have been extensively employed. Due to their small mass and size, those small satellites create challenges for one to mount the antennas, and the challenge is further increased when a high gain antenna is need for more communication capacity. Based on feasibility studies, the dissertation concludes that it is possible to do such an integration, and then proceeds to present the approaches for design and integration. On the element level, the thesis presents research in assessing the effects between a planar antenna integrated on the solar cell and the photovoltaic cell. A series of experiments were designed to perform assessments for antennas operating from C to X bands. It is concluded that a commercial triple junction space–certified solar cell normally would decrease the gain of the antenna to 2–3 dB and is not affected by the working states of solar cells. The shadow of the antenna casts on solar cells, however, is not significant (less than 2%). The thesis also provides a model of a common space solar cell that helps to explain the gain loss. The model was validated by experimental data, and it was utilized to predict iv a possible custom design of solar cell where with a minimal design modification, it would facilitate less gain loss of the antenna integrated on top. On the array level, the research surveys different high gain antenna array design and then focus on an optimal sub–wavelength reflectarray design. The final antenna array design is a 30 cm by 20 cm, X band (8.475 GHz) reflectarray that shows 94% transparency, 24 dB gain, and higher than 40% aperture efficiency. The design is then prototyped and tested on actual solar panel. The measurement of the reflectarray placed on the solar panel showed a gain of 22.46 dB and an aperture efficiency of 29.3%. While those results are considered excellent, the thesis continues to address the reasons for reduction of the antenna’s performance due to the solar panel, through both theoretical analysis and experiments.
The two defaults scenario for stressing credit portfolio loss distributions
Creators: name: Tasche, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 91G10, 91G40

description: The impact of a stress scenario of default events on the loss distribution of a credit portfolio can be assessed by determining the loss distribution conditional on these events. While it is conceptually easy to estimate loss distributions conditional on default events by means of Monte Carlo simulation, it becomes impractical for two or more simultaneous defaults as then the conditioning event is extremely rare. We provide an analytical approach to the calculation of the conditional loss distribution for the CreditRisk+ portfolio model with independent random loss given default distributions. The analytical solution for this case can be used to check the accuracy of an approximation to the conditional loss distribution whereby the unconditional model is run with stressed input probabilities of default (PDs). It turns out that this approximation is unbiased. Numerical examples, however, suggest that the approximation may be seriously inaccurate but that the inaccuracy leads to overestimation of tail losses and hence the approach errs on the conservative side.
description: 20 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables
title: Identifying and Reducing Risk of the Female Athlete Triad in Division I Athletes
Creators: name: Day, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Physically active females, or female athletes, are at risk for the condition knownas the female athlete triad (Triad). The Triad is made up of three components that are distinctly separate, but intertwined: consuming inadequate energy for how much they are exercising, poor bone health, and problems with their menstrual periods. When female athletes don’t consume enough energy for how much they exercise, there can be hormonal imbalances, causing the body to conserve energy from some important functions including menstruation, and increased bone turnover resulting in a higher risk of stress fractures and early osteoporosis. Female athletes at risk for the Triad have ahigher risk of being injured, and don’t have the energy that they need to perform physically. To combat the Triad, we performed assessments to see how many female athletes were at risk for the Triad in Division I female athletes, and were surprised at the high number that were at risk for the Triad. We provided nutrition information and interventions aimed to decrease female athlete’s risk for the Triad. We also developed anew, quick method for female athletes, or busy individuals, to track their diet using the video feature on their cell phones. The benefits of providing nutrition information to the female athletes included: increasing their knowledge about the Triad, and things that they could do to prevent the Triad. The interventions did cause behavior change in some female athletes to increase how much energy they were consuming, decreasing their risk for the Triad.
Scaling Relations for Contour Lines of Rough Surfaces
Creators: name: Rajabpour, M. A.
name: Allaei, S. M. Vaez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Equilibrium and non-equilibrium growth phenomena, e.g., surface growth, generically yields self-affine distributions. Analysis of statistical properties of these distributions appears essential in understanding statistical mechanics of underlying phenomena. Here, we analyze scaling properties of the cumulative distribution of iso-height loops (i.e., contour lines) of rough self-affine surfaces in terms of loop area and system size. Inspired by the Coulomb gas methods, we find the generating function of the area of the loops. Interestingly, we find that, after sorting loops with respect to their perimeters, Zipf-like scaling relations hold for ranked loops. Numerical simulations are also provided in order to demonstrate the proposed scaling relations.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures, accepted for PRE
High fidelity quantum memory via dynamical decoupling: theory and experiment
Creators: name: Peng, Xinhua
name: Suter, Dieter
name: Lidar, Daniel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum information processing requires overcoming decoherence---the loss of "quantumness" due to the inevitable interaction between the quantum system and its environment. One approach towards a solution is quantum dynamical decoupling---a method employing strong and frequent pulses applied to the qubits. Here we report on the first experimental test of the concatenated dynamical decoupling (CDD) scheme, which invokes recursively constructed pulse sequences. Using nuclear magnetic resonance, we demonstrate a near order of magnitude improvement in the decay time of stored quantum states. In conjunction with recent results on high fidelity quantum gates using CDD, our results suggest that quantum dynamical decoupling should be used as a first layer of defense against decoherence in quantum information processing implementations, and can be a stand-alone solution in the right parameter regime.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures. Published version. This paper was initially entitled "Quantum gates via concatenated dynamical decoupling: theory and experiment", by Jacob R. West, Daniel A. Lidar, Bryan H. Fong, Mark F. Gyure, Xinhua Peng, and Dieter Suter. That original version split into two papers: http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3433 (theory only) and the current paper
Load Repartition for Congestion Control in Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks with Multipath Routing
Creators: name: Maimour, Moufida
name: Pham, Congduc
name: Amelot, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Wireless sensor networks hold a great potential in the deployment of several applications of a paramount importance in our daily life. Video sensors are able to improve a number of these applications where new approaches adapted to both wireless sensor networks and video transport specific characteristics are required. The aim of this work is to provide the necessary bandwidth and to alleviate the congestion problem to video streaming. In this paper, we investigate various load repartition strategies for congestion control mechanism on top of a multipath routing feature. Simulations are performed in order to get insight into the performances of our proposals.
title: Function and structure – Combined optical functionality and specific bio-interaction for multifunctional biomedical materials
Creators: name: Sabel, Tina
name: Lensen, Marga C.
Publisher: name: Journal of Medical Materials and Technologies
Year: 2017

description: Novel multifunctional biomedical materials are discussed, capable for the integration of optical functionality and exploiting the correlation of structure and function. Therefore, volume holographic structuring can be applied for the integration of three-dimensional optical structures with specific functionality in terms of diffractive properties. The strategy to combine optical structuring of the volume and specific modification of the surface is particularly discussed for the design of advanced intra-ocular lens implants. Based on a multifunctional biomedical material with integrated optical functionality and operating by the principle ‘function by structure’, such a new type of intraocular lens is expected to attain enhanced functionality.
description: Journal of Medical Materials and Technologies, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017): Proceedings of Euro BioMAT
Luminous buried AGNs as a function of galaxy infrared luminosity revealed through Spitzer low-resolution infrared spectroscopy
Creators: name: Imanishi, Masatoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of Spitzer IRS infrared 5-35 micron low-resolution spectroscopic energy diagnostics of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) at z > 0.15, classified optically as non-Seyferts. Based on the equivalent widths of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission and the optical depths of silicate dust absorption features, we searched for signatures of intrinsically luminous, but optically elusive, buried AGNs in these optically non-Seyfert ULIRGs. We then combined the results with those of non-Seyfert ULIRGs at z < 0.15 and non-Seyfert galaxies with infrared luminosities L(IR) < 10^12Lsun. We found that the energetic importance of buried AGNs clearly increases with galaxy infrared luminosity, becoming suddenly discernible in ULIRGs with L(IR) > 10{12}Lsun. For ULIRGs with buried AGN signatures, a significant fraction of infrared luminosities can be accounted for by detected buried AGN and modestly-obscured (Av < 20 mag) starburst activity. The implied masses of spheroidal stellar components in galaxies for which buried AGNs become important roughly correspond to the value separating red massive and blue, less-massive galaxies in the local universe. Our results may support the widely-proposed AGN-feedback scenario as the origin of galaxy downsizing phenomena, where galaxies with currently larger stellar masses previously had higher AGN energetic contributions and star-formation-originating infrared luminosities, and have finished their major star-formation more quickly, due to stronger AGN feedback.
description: 21 pages (emulateapj.cls), 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ (April 2009 -1 v694 issue)
Additional file 1 of 2D LDH-MoS2 clay nanosheets: synthesis, catalase-mimic capacity, and imaging-guided tumor photo-therapy
Creators: name: Zhao, Jiayan
name: Wu, Hang
name: Zhao, Jiulong
name: Yin, Yichen
name: Zhang, Zhilun
name: Wang, Shige
name: Lin, Kun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. (a) AFM image of LMM@BSA, (b) the height of LMM@BSA. Figure S2. XPS spectra of LMM: (a) Mo 3d, (b) Al 2p, (c) Mg 1s and (d) S 2p. Figure S3. Dynamic light scattering of LMM@BSA nanosheets dispersed in DMEM. Figure S4. (a) Cell viability profiles; (b–f) appearance of calcein-AM/PI dyed L929 cells treated with different concentration of LMM@BSA clay nanosheets (incubation time: 24 h): (b) control; (c) 50 μg/mL; (d) 100 μg/mL; (e) 250 μg/mL; (f) 500 μg/mL. Figure S5. (a, b) The morphology of cell treated with (a) saline and (b) LMM@BSA clay nanosheets (500 μg/mL). Figure S6. Hemolysis percentage of mRBCs co-incubated with LMM@BSA clay nanosheets (concentration: 0–500 μg/mL) for 2 h. Figure S7. UV–vis–NIR spectra of prepared nanosheets. Figure S8. (a) Cell viability profiles; (b–d) appearance of calcein-AM/PI dyed cells after PTT treatments (1 W/cm2) with different concentration of LMM@BSA clay nanosheets: (b) 100 μg/mL; (c) 250 μg/mL; (d) 500 μg/mL. Figure S9. (a) Cell viability profiles after different treatments; (b–g) appearance of calcein-AM/PI stained cells treated with (b) DMEM + saline without laser; (c) DMEM + LMM@BSA without laser; (d–g) DMEM + LMM@BSA with laser of (d) 0.2 W/cm2; (e) 0.5 W/cm2; (f) 0.8 W/cm2; (g) 1.0 W/cm2. Control: 0 2 W/cm2. Figure S10. (a) Cell viability profiles treated with LMM@BSA/Ce6 annd 660 nm laser (0.1 W/cm2) irradiation for different time points; (b–f) appearance of calcein-AM/PI stained cells after PDT treatments with varied irradiated duration: (b) 0 min; (c) 1 min; (d) 2 min; (e) 3 min; (f) 5 min. Figure S11. The routine blood test of mice (a) white blood cell (WBC); (b) red blood cells (RBC); (c) hemoglobin (HGB); (d) hematocrit (HCT); (e) mean corpuscular volume (MCV); (f) mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH); (g) mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC); (h) platelet (PLT); and (i) red cell distribution width (RDW) with feeding for varied days. Figure S12. H&E-stained tissue sections of major organs of KM mice that injected with saline or LMM@BSA/Ce6 nanosheets and fed for 1 and 7 days.
title: Soil Nutrient Cycling and Water Use in Response to Orchard Floor Management in Stone-Fruit Orchards in the Intermountain West
Creators: name: Culumber, Catherine Mae
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Fruit growers in Utah and other areas across the Intermountain West are faced with growing production challenges stemming from declining soil quality and water resources. Population growth presents challenges in terms of the cost and availability of land, but also presents opportunities in the form of new marketing options such as organic fruit. Few certified organic fruit orchards are operating in Utah currently, which is attributed to a lack of locally tested and adapted organic management practices. An organic peach orchard trial evaluated the effectiveness of different organic management approaches to enhance soil quality and conserve water without compromise to fruit tree growth and fertility. Two tree-row treatments: ‘straw mulch' (Triticum aestivum L.) and ‘living mulch’ (Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.) were tested in combination with two alleyway groundcovers: ‘grass’ (Festuca rubra L. with Lolium perenne L.) and a legume, ‘Birdsfoot trefoil’ (Lotus corniculatus L.). The novel systems were compared with industry standards, tillage and weed fabric tree-rows with grass alleyways. Trefoil alleyway biomass deposited into tree-rows contributed an estimated 6.24 kg biomass and 0.21 kg total N/tree annually. Trefoil treatments had higher levels of organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), inorganic N, microbial biomass and enzyme activities, suggesting trefoil alleyways enhanced soil nutrient cycling, as well as C and N reserves in comparison to grass and tillage treatments. A functional gene array analysis was conducted to describe the mechanisms, microbial functional composition and diversity underlying the observed soil processes, however few differences were detected in soil community structure between soils under different orchard floor management.
Significantly lower leaf δ15N in trees grown with trefoil compared to grass, and an association between root biomass, diameter and trunk cross-sectional area (TCSA) suggests nitrogen sources derived from the trefoil groundcover contributed to improved fruit tree vigor. Few differences resulted among orchard treatments for water use (mm/week). Trends indicated slightly higher water use in trefoil over grass, but not enough to offset observed soil quality and tree growth benefits. These findings suggest, trefoil alleyways may provide ecological benefits such as improved soil quality and efficient nutrient cycling, without substantial increases in water use.
The effects of sensory-motor training on visual perception and sensory-motor performance of moderately retarded children
Creators: name: Kelly, Brian John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The subjects who participated in this study, were twenty-one moderately mentally retarded children enrolled in Oakridge School for the mentally retarded in Vancouver, British Columbia. The I.Q. range of the subjects was approximately 30-51. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of sensory-motor training on the visual perception and sensory-motor performances of the moderately retarded subjects. In addition, the investigation was also designed to question the claims of some proponents of perceptual-motor theory, who have suggested that improvement in the sensory-motor area leads to subsequent improvement in perceptual functioning. The subjects were divided into three groups of seven. Each group was then randomly distributed into one of three treatments. The treatments consisted of two sensory-motor training groups and a control group. The sensory-motor treatments consisted of one program based on the widely-practiced Kephart approach; the second was a series of activities designed by the experimenter. These two training programs allowed for a comparison of the relative effects of the individual treatments on the performance of the subjects. The two activity groups were subjected to thirty half-hour sessions of sensory-motor training over a seven and one-half week period. The control group spent a concurrent amount of time involved in regular special education classroom activities. The Frostig Test of Visual Perception and the Purdue Perceptual-Motor Survey were administered prior to and after the training period. The results were then statistically analysed by a complex analysis of variance and the Scheffe Technique. The following main conclusions were drawn. 1. In the area of visual perception, sensory-motor training was no more effective than regular special education activities in improving performance. 2. Sensory-motor training resulted in performance gains in the sensory-motor area. 3. Improvements in sensory-motor performance did not result in subsequent gains in the visual perception performance. 4. The two programs of sensory-motor training produced similar performances in both the visual perception and sensory-motor areas.
title: Therapy Videotape Presentation for Eating Disorder Clients: Development and Evaluation
Creators: name: Quakenbush, Benita J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: Eating disorder clients show low motivation, poor follow-through, and inordinate premature dropout rates in treatment. Earlier studies support the use of pretherapy training to help clients understand the tasks and challenges of therapy. However, a pretherapy intervention, such as showing prospective clients a video that outlines recovery issues and themes, had not yet been developed specifically for the prevalent, recalcitrant problem of eating disorders. Thus, of particular interest to clinicians who treat eating disorders may be the development of a theoretically sound, pretherapy videotape that outlines recovery issues.
One of the purposes of this study was to review prior investigations of the 111 effects of pretherapy films/videos on therapy outcomes. However, the central focus of this dissertation was to develop a pretherapy video for use with eating disorder clients, and using quantitative methods, assess the quality and likely therapeutic utility of the pretherapy video. The video was developed to be theoretically consistent with Bandura' s modeling paradigm, social learning theory.
Eating disorder clients, a comparison group of college women, and professional clinicians who are experienced at treating women with eating disorders were asked to view and evaluate the video (developed to orient prospective clients to recovery issues during treatment for eating disorders). All three groups reportedly found the recovering women portrayed in the video credible, believable, and persuasive. All groups of observers indicated that the video presented an understandable and hopeful message possessing emotional impact, and they avowed that the video created expectations for improvement.
Also, the viewers believed the pretherapy video would likely increase knowledge of eating disorder recovery, and that future eating disorder clients viewing the video would likely learn new information that would facilitate their recovery. Additionally, the three groups indicated the video seemed to be of general relevance and therapeutic utility to women with eating disorders.