cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Environment scanning workshop and report 2 (D5.22)
Creators: name: Stephen, Kathrin
name: Valeeva, Vilena
name: Gabriel, Johannes
name: Nikitina, Elena
name: Kuznetsov, Aleksey
name: Aksenov, Yevgeny
name: Semenov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This report presents the results of the third and the last workshop in the series “Yamal 2040” organised within Blue-Action work package WP5 “Delivering and valuing climate and information services”. The Blue-Action team at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in cooperation with the Primakov National Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Science (IMEMO) and Foresight Intelligence, and with inputs provided by the National Oceanographic Center (UKRI-NOC) and the M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP-RAS) in the Blue-Action work package WP2 “Lower latitude drivers of Arctic changes” developed forward-looking scenarios to better understand the risks and opportunities associated with multiple developments in the Arctic and help stakeholders to adapt to them. This case study looks at a specific region, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Arctic Russia (YNAO or Yamal region), a region with substantial ongoing and planned petroleum and shipping activities. Together with stakeholder groups, the team has co-developed a suite of scenarios to describe possible futures for this region in 2040 by incorporating cutting edge climate predictions with environmental, social and cultural concerns, economic opportunities, and political and legal developments. The scenarios are the outcome of a truly co-design and co-development process involving partners, stakeholders and using various foresight methods tailored to the project’s needs. These methods allow to constructively deal with cognitive biases, thus enabling participants to think out of the box when planning the future. This approach is very helpful in tackling complex issues linked to numerous interacting uncertainties.
description: The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852
Collective motions of a quantum gas confined in a harmonic trap
Creators: name: Song, Dae-Yup
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single-component quantum gas confined in a harmonic potential, but otherwise isolated, is considered. From the invariance of the system of the gas under a displacement-type transformation, it is shown that the center of mass oscillates along a classical trajectory of a harmonic oscillator. It is also shown that this harmonic motion of the center has, in fact, been implied by Kohn's theorem. If there is no interaction between the atoms of the gas, the system in a time-independent isotropic potential of frequency $ν_c$ is invariant under a squeeze-type unitary transformation, which gives collective {\it radial} breathing motion of frequency $2ν_c$ to the gas. The amplitudes of the oscillating and breathing motions from the {\it exact} invariances could be arbitrarily large. For a Fermi system, appearance of $2ν_c$ mode of the large breathing motion indicates that there is no interaction between the atoms, except for a possible long-range interaction through the inverse-square-type potential.
description: Typos in the printed verions are corrected
Supersymmetric contributions to B -> D K and the determination of angle γ
Creators: name: Khalil, Shaaban
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze supersymmetric contributions to B^- -> D^0 K^- and B^- ->\bar{D}^0 K^- processes. We investigate the possibility that supersymmetric CP violating phases can affect our determination for the angle γin the unitary triangle of Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskaw mixing matrix. We calculate the gluino and chargino contributions to b--> u(\bar{c}s) and b-->c(\bar{u}s) transitions in a model independent way by using the mass insertion approximation method. We also revise the D^0 - \bar{D}^0 mixing constraints on the mass insertions between the first and second generations of the up sector. We emphasize that in case of negligible D^0 -\bar{D}^0 mixing, one should consider simultaneous contributions from more than one mass insertion in order to be able to obtain the CP asymmetries of these processes within their 1σexperimental range. However, with a large D^0-\bar{D}^0 mixing, one finds a significant deviation between the two asymmetries and it becomes natural to have them of order the central values of their experimental measurements.
description: 20 pages
Multigrid Methods for Polarized Radiative Transfer
Creators: name: Stepan, Jiri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new iterative method for non-LTE multilevel polarized radiative transfer in hydrogen lines is presented. Iterative methods (such as the Jacobi method) tend to damp out high-frequency components of the error fast, but converges poorly due to slow reduction of low-frequency components. The idea is to use a set of differently coarsed grids to reduce both the short- and long-period errors. This leads to the so-called multigrid (MG) methods. For the grid of $N$ spatial points, the number of iterations required to solve a non-LTE transfer problem is of the order of O(N). This fact could be of great importance for problems with fine structure and for multi-dimensional models. The efficiency of the so-called standard MG iteration in comparison to Jacobi iteration is shown. The formalism of density matrix is applied to the demonstrative example of 1D, semi-infinite, non-magnetic, 3-principal level hydrogen atmospheric model. The effect of depolarizing collisions with thermal electrons is taken into account as well as general treatment of overlapping profiles.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure; will appear in the proceedings of the "4th Solar Polarization Workshop", 2005 September 19-23, Boulder, CO, USA
Interleukin-3 signal transduction : purification and characterization of the murine interleukin-3 receptor
Creators: name: Mui, Alice Low-Fung
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Murine interleukin-3 (mIL-3) is a potent hemopoietic growth factor that is produced primarily by activated T lymphocytes and stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and committed myeloid and early lymphoid progenitors. In order to gain some insight into its mechanism of action, we set out to purify and characterize its cell surface receptor. To monitor this purification, an assay capable of detecting detergent solubilized mIL-3R's was devised. With this assay, a simple two step purification protocol, involving anti-phosphotyrosine Sepharose and biotinylated mIL-3/streptavidin agarose, was developed to purify the mIL-3R This protocol was based, in part, on a previous observation in our laboratory that the mIL-3R becomes tyrosine phosphorylated upon ligand binding. Two formsof the receptor were obtained using this procedure; a tyrosine/serine phosphorylated 140 kD form that was greater that 98% pure, and a less pure, serine phosphorylated 120 kD form. Alkaline phosphatase treatment, chymotrypsin digestion and Western analysis using antibodies to the N-terminus of the 120 kD form established that, apart from phosphorylation differences, these two proteins were identical. Intriguingly, the 140 kD tyrosine/serine phosphorylated mIL-3R was exquisitely sensitive to proteolysis whereas the 120 kD receptor was not. This proteolysis was also shown to occur in intact cells in response to mIL-3 and took place rapidly at 37°C in the presence of lysosomal inhibitors. These observations suggest that this mIL-3 stimulated proteolysis occurs at the cell surface and could play an important role in the mechanism of action of mIL-3. N-terminal amino acid sequencing and amino acid composition analysis of the purifiedmIL-3R showed it to be identical to an mIL-3 binding protein subsequently cloned by expression in COS cells. Examination of this sequence revealed no consensus kinase domains, indicating the tyrosine phosphorylation of the mIL-3R must be mediated by an associated kinase. Studies directed towards the identification and purification of this mIL-3R associated tyrosine kinase, as well as the characterization of other mIL-3R associated proteins that we have identified, are presented. Our results to date have led us to propose a model of mIL-3Rinduced signal transduction that may also apply, to some extent, to other members of the hemopoietic receptor super family.
Υλικά & Μόνιμοι Μαγνήτες: Ένα υπολογιστικό μοντέλο για την διαθεσιμότητα και τις γεωπολιτικές παραμέτρους των σπανίων γαιών
Creators: name: Φίλιππας, Αλέξανδρος Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Σπάνιες γαίες
Μόνιμοι μαγνήτες
Διαθεσιμότητα νεοδυμίου και δυσπροσίου
Rare earths
Permanent magnets
Neodymium and dysprosium availability

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η μελέτη της κατάστασης της αγοράς των μόνιμων μαγνητών επί του παρόντος, η εκτίμηση της πορείας της τα επόμενα χρόνια, καθώς και η μελέτη των πιθανών λύσεων στα προβλήματα που συνεπάγεται η εξάρτηση από τις σπάνιες γαίες. Αρχικά, μετά από μια σύντομη εισαγωγή στα στοιχεία τους, επισημαίνεται ο γεωπολιτικός χαρακτήρας των σπανίων γαιών, οι πηγές και η παραγωγή τους και οι κινήσεις που προσέφεραν στην Κίνα τη στρατηγικής σημασίας θέση που κατέχει σήμερα. Στη συνέχεια αναφέρονται οι εφαρμογές που καταναλώνουν τις μεγαλύτερες ποσότητες σπανίων γαιών, με εστίαση στους μόνιμους μαγνήτες. Έπειτα, αναλύοντας την κρισιμότητα του νεοδυμίου και του δυσπροσίου και το πρόβλημα ισορροπίας που αντιμετωπίζει η εκμετάλλευση των σπανίων γαιών, πραγματοποιείται μελέτη της τάσης στην παραγωγή των τεχνολογιών που οδηγούν τη ζήτηση για σπάνιες γαίες και μόνιμους μαγνήτες, με χρήση του μοντέλου της λογιστικής παλινδρόμησης. Ταυτόχρονα, χρησιμοποιώντας τις βασικές αρχές της ανάλυσης ροής υλικών, διερευνώνται οι προοπτικές ανακύκλωσης Nd και Dy από τα προϊόντα των προαναφερθέντων τεχνολογιών που βρίσκονται στο τέλος του κύκλου ζωής τους, σαν τρόπος μετρίασης του προβλήματος ισορροπίας. Τέλος, μελετάται η αντικατάσταση των σπανίων γαιών στους μόνιμους μαγνήτες και τα οικονομικά οφέλη που μπορεί αυτή να παρέχει
description: The scope of this thesis is the study of the state of permanent magnet market at present, an estimation of its course over the next years and an investigation of possible solutions to the issues concluded by the rare earth dependence. Initially, following a brief introduction to their elements, the geopolitical nature of rare earths is highlighted, along with their resources and production. The actions that allowed China to advance into leader of rare earth industry are stated here as well and afterward, the applications that consume the vastest amounts of rare earths are mentioned. Consequently, after analysing the criticality of neodymium and dysprosium and the balance problem that rare earth exploitation faces, a study of production trends is fulfilled, for the technologies that drive the demand of rare earths and permanent magnets, using logistic regression modelling. In parallel, the prospects of recycling Nd and Dy from end-of-life products as a way of mitigating the balance problem is investigated, through basic material flow analysis and finally, the economic benefits of rare earths substitution in permanent magnets are researched
description: Σε συνεργασία με το Ινστιτούτο Τεχνολογίας Γκρενόμπλ (Γαλλία), το ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος, και το CNRS (Centre National de la Researche Scientifique, Γαλλία)
Classical and quantum three-dimensional integrable systems with axial symmetry
Creators: name: Gadella, M.
name: Negro, J.
name: Pronko, G. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37J35

description: We study the most general form of a three dimensional classical integrable system with axial symmetry and invariant under the axis reflection. We assume that the three constants of motion are the Hamiltonian, $H$, with the standard form of a kinetic part plus a potential dependent on the position only, the $z$-component of the angular momentum, $L$, and a Hamiltonian-like constant, $\widetilde H$, for which the kinetic part is quadratic in the momenta. We find the explicit form of these potentials compatible with complete integrability. The classical equations of motion, written in terms of two arbitrary potential functions, is separated in oblate spheroidal coordinates. The quantization of such systems leads to a set of two differential equations that can be presented in the form of spheroidal wave equations.
description: 17 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 3 of Physicians’ perceptions and preferences for implementing venous thromboembolism (VTE) clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)
Creators: name: Abboud, Juliana
name: Rahman, Abir Abdel
name: Shaikh, Niaz
name: Dempster, Martin
name: Adair, Pauline
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Interview topic guide.
Polynomial solutions of nonlinear integral equations
Creators: name: Dominici, Diego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 45G10 (Primary); 33C45 (Secondary)

description: We analyze the polynomial solutions of a nonlinear integral equation, generalizing the work of C. Bender and E. Ben-Naim. We show that, in some cases, an orthogonal solution exists and we give its general form in terms of kernel polynomials.
description: 10 pages
Cosmological Constraints from Hubble Parameter versus Redshift Data
Creators: name: Samushia, Lado
name: Ratra, Bharat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Simon, Verde, & Jimenez (2005) determination of the redshift dependence of the Hubble parameter to constrain cosmological parameters in three dark energy cosmological models. We consider the standard $Λ$CDM model, the XCDM parameterization of the dark energy equation of state, and a slowly rolling dark energy scalar field with an inverse power-law potential. The constraints are restrictive, consistent with those derived from Type Ia supernova redshift-magnitude data, and complement those from galaxy cluster gas mass fraction versus redshift data.
description: Minor changes, including an estimate for H_0. ApJL, in press
Preliminary evaluation of a self-report tool  for Learned Helplessness and Mastery Orientation in Italian students.
Creators: name: Sorrenti, Luana
name: Filippello, Pina
name: Costa, Sebastiano
name: Buzzai, Caterina
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2014

description: Learned helplessness (LH) is defined as a passive behavior characterized by an inability to learn that may affect the academic success of students. Conversely, students who show good motivation skills, optimism and perseverance are more focused on tasks and ‘mastery oriented’ (derived from Mastery Orientation, MO). The purpose of this study was to develop a self-report measurement of LH and MO - the Learned Helplessness Questionnaire (LHQ) - for the Italian scholastic context. We translated and adapted a student self-evaluation register, the Student behaviour checklist, and administered the questionnaire to Italian students in order to provide a preliminary factor structure. Exploratory factor analyses conducted support a two-factor model and acceptable internal reliability of the Italian LHQ.The results encourage the conduction of further analysis to assess the psychometric characteristics of the LHQ in depth.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 2, No 3 (2014)
Το τέλος μιας δυναστείας: Ο Ανδρόνικος Α' Κομνηνός και η εποχή του
Creators: name: Γκουρτζιούμη, Θεοδώρα Παρασκευά
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Κοινωνικό φύλο
Πογκρόμ
Βία και εξουσία
Gender
Pogrom
Violence and Power

description: Στόχος αυτής της εργασίας είναι να αναδειχθούν οι συνθήκες που επέτρεψαν την άνοδο στο θρόνο του αυτοκράτορα Ανδρόνικου Α΄ Κομνηνού (1182-1185), να μελετηθούν οι στόχοι της πολιτικής που ακολούθησε κατά τη διάρκεια της βραχύβιας βασιλείας του και να φωτισθούν πτυχές της πολύπλοκης προσωπικότητάς του. Ο τρόπος με τον οποίο φιλοτεχνείται η εικόνα του Ανδρόνικου Α΄ από τους ιστορικούς της εποχής εξετάζεται με βάση τα μεθοδολογικά εργαλεία της αναλυτικής κατηγορίας του κοινωνικού φύλου (gender) ενώ το πογκρόμ που ο αυτοκράτορας αυτός εξαπέλυσε εναντίον των Λατίνων της Κωνσταντινούπολης το 1182 ερμηνεύεται με βάση την αναλυτική κατηγορία της ετερότητας. Τα μέτρα που έλαβε ο Ανδρόνικος Α΄ για την ανασυγκρότηση της βυζαντινής αυτοκρατορίας εξετάζονται μέσα από τις αντιτιθέμενες μαρτυρίες των βυζαντινών πηγών που μας επιτρέπουν να κατανοήσουμε το ευρύτερο πλαίσιο των κοινωνικοπολιτικών συγκρούσεων του 12ου αιώνα. Η λυσσαλέα αντίδραση της αριστοκρατίας εναντίον της πολιτικής του Ανδρόνικου Α΄ και τα κίνητρα των θηριωδών ενεργειών με τις οποίες απάντησε ο Ανδρόνικος Α΄ είναι ενδεικτικές της σύγκρουσης των αριστοκρατικών φατριών της εποχής και οδηγεί στο τέλος της κομνήνειας δυναστείας. Η κατάληψη της Θεσσαλονίκης από τους Νορμανδούς το 1185 επέφερε την πτώση του Ανδρόνικου Α΄. Η αντιμετώπιση του νορμανδικού κινδύνου από τον Ανδρόνικο Α΄ αποκαλύπτει πτυχές της προσωπικότητάς του, όπως αυτές παρουσιάζονται στις πηγές και διαφαίνονται οι αντιθέσεις και τα ελατήρια των βυζαντινών ιστορικών.
description: The following thesis aims to depict the conditions that allowed Emperor Andronikos A΄ Komninos’ (1182-1185) ascent to the throne, study the objectives of the policy he followed during his short-lived reign as well as illuminate aspects of his complex personality. The way his contemporary historians project Andronikos’ image is dealt with through the methodological tools of social gender analytic category whereas the pogrom the Emperor launched against Latins in Constantinople in 1182 is interpreted on the basis of the analytic category of otherness. The measures Andronikos took to reconstruct the Byzantine Empire are dealt with through opposing testimonies in Byzantine sources that allow us to comprehend the wider context of sociopolitical conflicts in the 12th century. The fierce reaction of aristocracy against Andronikos A΄ policy and the motives of the ferocious actions which Andronikos A΄ resorted to are indicative of the conflict among aristocratic factions of the era and lead to the end of Komnenoi Dynasty. The occupation of Thessaloniki by the Normans in 1185 brought about Andronikos’ fall from power. The way he faced the Norman peril reveals aspects of his personality as presented in sources, and the conflicts and motives of Byzantine historians emerge.
SPH Simulations with Reconfigurable Hardware Accelerator
Creators: name: Nakasato, N.
name: Hamada, T.
name: Fukushige, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel approach to accelerate astrophysical hydrodynamical simulations. In astrophysical many-body simulations, GRAPE (GRAvity piPE) system has been widely used by many researchers. However, in the GRAPE systems, its function is completely fixed because specially developed LSI is used as a computing engine. Instead of using such LSI, we are developing a special purpose computing system using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chips as the computing engine. Together with our developed programming system, we have implemented computing pipelines for the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method on our PROGRAPE-3 system. The SPH pipelines running on PROGRAPE-3 system have the peak speed of 85 GFLOPS and in a realistic setup, the SPH calculation using one PROGRAPE-3 board is 5-10 times faster than the calculation on the host computer. Our results clearly shows for the first time that we can accelerate the speed of the SPH simulations of a simple astrophysical phenomena using considerable computing power offered by the hardware.
description: 27 pages, 13 figures, submitted to PASJ
Additional file 4 of Physicians’ perceptions and preferences for implementing venous thromboembolism (VTE) clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)
Creators: name: Abboud, Juliana
name: Rahman, Abir Abdel
name: Shaikh, Niaz
name: Dempster, Martin
name: Adair, Pauline
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Summary of belief statements and sample quotes assigned to the theoretical domains identified as relevant.
Faint open clusters with 2MASS: BH 63, Lyngå2, Lyngå12 and King 20
Creators: name: Bica, Eduardo
name: Bonatto, Charles
name: Blumberg, Renato
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Structural and dynamical parameters of faint open clusters are probed with quality 2MASS-photometry and analytical procedures developed for bright clusters. We derive fundamental parameters of the faint open clusters Lynga2, BH63, Lyng12 and King20, the last three of which have no prior determinations. We also focus on the structure and dynamical state of these clusters. 2MASS photometry with errors smaller than 0.2mag are used to build CMDs, RDPs, CMDs, luminosity and mass functions. Colour-magnitude filters are used to isolate probable member stars. Field-star decontamination is applied to Lynga2, Lynga12 and King20. Reddening values are in the range 0.22-1.9, with BH63 the most reddened object. Ages of Lynga2, King20, Lynga12 and BH63 are ~90, ~200, ~560 and 700Myr, respectively. The RDPs of Lynga12 and King20 are well-represented by King profiles. Total stellar masses (extrapolating the MFs to stars with 0.08Mo) range from ~340Mo (BH63) to ~2300Mo (Lynga12). Observed masses are \~1/4$ of these values. In all clusters the core mass function is flatter than the halo's. Faint open clusters can be probed with 2MASS when associated with colour-magnitude filters and field-star decontamination. BH63 appears to be in an advanced dynamical state, both in the core and halo. To a lesser degree the same applies to King20. Marginal evidence of dynamical evolution is present in the cores of Lynga2 and Lynga12.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures. Astronomy & Astrophysics, accepted, 04/09/2006
Risk and cost of infection-related hospitalizations in medicare beneficiaries with comorbid rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept versus other targeted disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
Creators: name: Vardhaman Patel
name: Zulkarnain Pulungan
name: Shah, Anne
name: Kambhampati, Mahesh
name: Lobo, Francis
name: Petrilla, Allison
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study evaluated infection-related hospitalization risk and cost in tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi)-experienced and targeted DMARD (tDMARD) naïve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients that were treated with abatacept, TNFi, or other non-TNFi. This retrospective study used 100% Medicare Fee-for-Service claims to identify patients ≥65 age, diagnosed with RA, and were either 1) TNFi-experienced, who switched from a TNFi to another tDMARD (subsequent tDMARD claim served as index), or 2) tDMARD naïve (first therapy claim served as index), who initiated either abatacept, TNFi, or non-TNFi as their first tDMARD, between 2010-2017. Follow-up ended at the date of disenrollment, death, end of study period, or end of index treatment, whichever occurred first. Infection-related hospitalizations included pneumonia, bacterial respiratory, sepsis, skin and soft tissue, joint or genitourinary infections. A Cox proportional hazard model and two part generalized linear model were developed to estimate adjusted infection-related hospitalization risk and costs. Costs were normalized to per-patient-per-month (PPPM) and inflated to 2019 US$. The infection-related hospitalizations rate was lower during follow-up than during baseline periods for abatacept users, but was reversed for both TNFi and other non-TNFi users in both TNFi-experience and tDMARD naïve (p-value <0.001 based on Breslow-Day test for homogeneity of odds ratios). Infection-related hospitalization PPPM cost was significantly lower in abatacept treated patients compared to TNFi (TNFi-experienced: by $74; tDMARD naïve: $42) and other non-TNFi (TNFi-experienced: by $68; tDMARD naïve: $60). The adjusted infection-related hospitalization risk was significantly higher for RA patients treated with TNFi (TNFi-experienced HR: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.26-1.75, p p RA Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries who either switch or initiated abatacept have a lower infection-related hospitalization risk and cost compared to patients who switched to or initiated other tDMARDs.
Covariant generalization of cosmological perturbation theory
Creators: name: Enqvist, Kari
name: Hogdahl, Janne
name: Nurmi, Sami
name: Vernizzi, Filippo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an approach to cosmological perturbations based on a covariant perturbative expansion between two worldlines in the real inhomogeneous universe. As an application, at an arbitrary order we define an exact scalar quantity which describes the inhomogeneities in the number of e-folds on uniform density hypersurfaces and which is conserved on all scales for a barotropic ideal fluid. We derive a compact form for its conservation equation at all orders and assign it a simple physical interpretation. To make a comparison with the standard perturbation theory, we develop a method to construct gauge-invariant quantities in a coordinate system at arbitrary order, which we apply to derive the form of the n-th order perturbation in the number of e-folds on uniform density hypersurfaces and its exact evolution equation. On large scales, this provides the gauge-invariant expression for the curvature perturbation on uniform density hypersurfaces and its evolution equation at any order.
description: Minor changes to match the version published in PRD. RevTex, 22 pages, 1 figure
Risk and cost of infection-related hospitalizations in medicare beneficiaries with comorbid rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept versus other targeted disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
Creators: name: Vardhaman Patel
name: Zulkarnain Pulungan
name: Shah, Anne
name: Kambhampati, Mahesh
name: Lobo, Francis
name: Petrilla, Allison
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study evaluated infection-related hospitalization risk and cost in tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi)-experienced and targeted DMARD (tDMARD) naïve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients that were treated with abatacept, TNFi, or other non-TNFi. This retrospective study used 100% Medicare Fee-for-Service claims to identify patients ≥65 age, diagnosed with RA, and were either 1) TNFi-experienced, who switched from a TNFi to another tDMARD (subsequent tDMARD claim served as index), or 2) tDMARD naïve (first therapy claim served as index), who initiated either abatacept, TNFi, or non-TNFi as their first tDMARD, between 2010 and 2017. Follow-up ended at the date of disenrollment, death, end of study period, or end of index treatment, whichever occurred first. Infection-related hospitalizations included pneumonia, bacterial respiratory, sepsis, skin and soft tissue, joint or genitourinary infections. A Cox proportional hazard model and two part generalized linear model were developed to estimate adjusted infection-related hospitalization risk and costs. Costs were normalized to per-patient-per-month (PPPM) and inflated to 2019 US$. The infection-related hospitalizations rate was lower during follow-up than during baseline periods for abatacept users, but was reversed for both TNFi and other non-TNFi users in both TNFi-experience and tDMARD naïve (p value p p RA Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries who either switched or initiated abatacept have a lower infection-related hospitalization risk and cost compared to patients who switched to or initiated other tDMARDs.
Beyond the global warming issue.
Creators: name: Melati, Inaya Sari
name: Wahjoedi
name: Mukhlis, Imam
name: Wahyono, Hari
Publisher: name: Visions for Sustainability
Year: 2023

description: Regardless of their status as environmental activists, student volunteers tend to have more complex motivations when deciding to join an environmental community. This study aims to understand more deeply the motivation of student volunteers joining an environmental community and to formulate an effective voluntary system for students focusing on synergizing personal and community goals. This study involved 20 student registrars of the local community concerning Circular Economy (CE) implementation in sub-urban areas. The findings reveal that the three highest motivations for student volunteers are to gain proper organizational experience, make new friends, and use community activities for other personal benefits. The results of this study place the motivation to save the environment in fifth place out of the seven motivations measured. The findings are then analysed with relevant theories and studies to create an environmental community management concept that is expected to be able to facilitate both the personal goals of the volunteers and the common goals of the community.
description: Visions for Sustainability, NEW Visions online
Discovering Equations in Relation of Process to the Counseling Process
Creators: name: Yanagisawa, Hideaki
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2015

description: Each counselor understands counseling freely as all counseling theories are explained without equations. Therefore, there are two kinds of mistakes in counseling. One is counter-transference, the other is a mistake wherein the counselor forces his thought and induces certain thoughts in the client. The counselor assists in aiding the client’s real intentions to be converted to the client’s consciousness from their unconsciousness. It is equal to a process in which the methods rearrange and unify the thoughts from a chaotic state. For example, such methods include the KJ (Kawakida Jiro) method, the SEIQoL-DW (Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting) method, dialectics, the process discovering equation. In this report, the counseling process is compared with a process of discovering equations from observed values. In the process of discovering equations, it is important that the curve of equations smoothly continues. On the curve, the contact point and the gradient of the tangent line must not break off. Similarly, it is important that a counselor easily understands a client. Therefore, it is a necessary condition for counseling that the counselor’s and client’s original characters are smoothly patterned and that the communicating method of the counselor must be equal to that of the client. It will be useful for preventing two kinds of mistakes in counseling if counseling can be represented using equations and graphs.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 3, No 1 (2015)
Οικοφυσιολογική απόκριση του είδους Aegilops triuncialis σε συνθήκες αβιοτικής καταπόνησης
Creators: name: Σαραφίδου, Νικολέττα Αριστοτέλη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Αιγίλωπας ο γονατιστός
Σερπεντινικά εδάφη
Aβιοτική καταπόνηση
Aegilops triuncialis
Serpentine soils
Abiotic stress

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διατριβής ήταν η αξιολόγηση της ικανότητας εγκατάστασης ελληνικών πληθυσμών του Aegilops triuncialis σε σερπεντινικά εδάφη και η μελέτη των οικοφυσιολογικών μηχανισμών απόκρισης των ελληνικών πληθυσμών στη καταπόνηση, από βαρέα μέταλλα. Στην έρευνα χρησιμοποιήθηκαν σπόροι από 18 ελληνικούς πληθυσμούς που προέρχονταν από διαφορετικά υψόμετρα. Συλλέχθηκε έδαφος σερπεντίνη από τη περιοχή Κισσός στο Πανόραμα, καθώς και έδαφος από το αγρόκτημα του Δασοβοτανικού κήπου στο Φοίνικα. Τα φυτά φυτεύθηκαν σε δίσκους σποράς μεγάλου βάθους, ακολουθώντας το πλήρες τυχαιοποιημένο σχέδιο. Στο στάδιο έκπτυξης της ταξιανθίας μετρήθηκαν τα φυσιολογικά χαρακτηριστικά των φυτών. Επιπλέον πραγματοποιήθηκαν μετρήσεις φθορισμού χλωροφύλλης, προλίνης και έγιναν καμπύλες φωτός για κάθε πληθυσμό. Μετρήθηκαν τα αυξητικά χαρακτηριστικά των φυτών και διενεργήθηκαν χημικές αναλύσεις για το προσδιορισμό των βαρέων μετάλλων τόσο στους δύο τύπους εδαφών, όσο και στα φυτικά δείγματα
description: The aim of the present thesis was to study the capacity of Greek populations of Aegilops triuncialis to serpentine soils and the ecophysiological mechanisms of reaction to heavy metal stress. Seeds from 18 Greek populations from different altitudes were used. We gather two soil types : 1) a serpentine soil from the area of Kissos in Panorama and 2) a non serpentine soil from the area of Finikas. Planted was done in pots and we used the Completely Randomized Design. In the stage of inflorescence development was measured the physiological and allometric parameters too. Still we measured the parameter of chlorophyll fluorescence, the proline in plants and the ACi-curves of photosynthesis. Finally, chemical analyzes of heavy metals were carried out both for the soil types and plants samples
Additional file 5 of Physicians’ perceptions and preferences for implementing venous thromboembolism (VTE) clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)
Creators: name: Abboud, Juliana
name: Rahman, Abir Abdel
name: Shaikh, Niaz
name: Dempster, Martin
name: Adair, Pauline
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5. Summary of belief statements and sample quotes assigned to the theoretical domains identified as not relevant.
Bayesian Photometric Redshifts for Weak Lensing Applications
Creators: name: Edmondson, Edward
name: Miller, Lance
name: Wolf, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The next generation of weak gravitational lensing surveys is capable of generating good measurements of cosmological parameters, provided that, amongst other requirements, adequate redshift information is available for the background galaxies that are measured. It is frequently assumed that photometric redshift techniques provide the means to achieve this. Here we compare Bayesian and frequentist approaches to photometric redshift estimation, particularly at faint magnitudes. We identify and discuss the biases that are inherent in the various methods, and describe an optimum Bayesian method for extracting redshift distributions from photometric data.
description: 13 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Updated contact address
Neutron-rich gamma-ray burst flows: dynamics and particle creation in neutron - proton collisions
Creators: name: Koers, Hylke B. J.
name: Giannios, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider gamma-ray burst outflows with a substantial neutron component that are either dominated by thermal energy (fireballs) or by magnetic energy. In the latter case, we focus on the recently introduced `AC' model which relies on magnetic reconnection to accelerate the flow and power the prompt emission. For both the fireball and the AC model, we investigate the dynamical importance of neutrons on the outflow. We study particle creation in inelastic neutron - proton collisions and find that in both models the resulting neutrino emission is too weak to be detectable. The inelastic collisions also produce gamma-rays, which create pairs in interactions with soft photons carried with the flow. In magnetically driven outflows, the energy of these pairs is radiated away as synchrotron emission. The bulk of the emission takes place at a few hundred keV, which makes it difficult to disentangle this signal from the prompt emission. In fireballs, however, pair cascading leads to the emission of gamma-rays with observer energy in the range of 2 - 20 GeV and a fluence well above the GLAST threshold. Therefore this emission can be a useful diagnostic of the nature of the outflow.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication by A&A. Minor revisions: added references and one extra figure
A note on traveling wave solutions to the two component Camassa-Holm equation
Creators: name: Mohajer, Keivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we show that non-smooth functions which are distributional traveling wave solutions to the two component Camassa-Holm equation are distributional traveling wave solutions to the Camassa-Holm equation provided that the set $u^{-1}(c)$, where $c$ is the speed of the wave, is of measure zero. In particular there are no new peakon or cuspon solutions beyond those already satisfying the Camassa-Holm equation. However, the two component Camassa-Holm equation has distinct from Camassa-Holm equation smooth traveling wave solutions as well as new distributional solutions when the measure of $u^{-1}(c)$ is not zero. We provide examples of such solutions.
Extinction and metal column density of HI regions up to redshift z~2
Creators: name: Vladilo, G.
name: Centurion, M.
name: Levshakov, S. A.
name: Peroux, C.
name: Khare, P.
name: Kulkarni, V. P.
name: York, D. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We used the photometric database of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to estimate the reddening of 13 SDSS quasars selected on the basis of the presence of zinc absorption lines in an intervening Damped Ly alpha (DLA) system. In 5 of these quasars the reddening is detected at ~2 sigma confidence level in two independent color indices of the SDSS ugriz photometric system. A detailed analysis of the data supports an origin of the reddening in the intervening absorbers. We used these rare measurements of extinction in DLA systems to probe the relation between extinction and metal column density in the interval of absorption redshift 0.7 ~ z ~ 2.0. We find that the mean extinction in the V band per atom of iron in the dust is remarkably similar to that found in interstellar clouds of the Milky Way. This result lends support to previous estimates of the dust obscuration effect in DLA systems based on a Milky Way extinction/metal column density relation. We propose a simple mechanism, based on dust grain destruction/accretion properties, which may explain the approximate constancy of the extinction per atom of iron in the dust.
description: Accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics, 18 pages, 5 figures
What Is Hope For Breast Cancer Patients? A Qualitative Study
Creators: name: Saita, Emanuela
name: De Luca, Letizia
name: Acquati, Chiara
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2015

description: This study explores the function of hope in the life experience of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Despite its relevance, hope is a psychosocial concept still not fully explored by the literature. Aim of the present contribution is therefore to conduct a qualitative examination of semi-structure interviews of women with breast cancer. In particular the connection between hope and eight domains (diagnosis, life events, supportive network, healthcare network, medical treatment, acceptance of the disease, ability to make projects and spirituality) associated with it is investigated.

The analysis of the interviews of four breast cancer patients met during their hospital staying reveals that hope is an essential aspect of the ability to cope with the illness. Furthermore, our analysis confirms that hope can be placed on a continuum between Cognitive and Emotional dimensions, from the intersections of which 4 possible scenarios (Despairing Space, Fleeting Space, Hesitating Space and Hoping Space) can be identified.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 3, No 1 (2015)
Σύνολο κεραμικής από τις όψιμες νεολιθικές φάσεις κατοίκησης του Προϊστορικού Λιμναίου Οικισμού του Δισπηλιού
Creators: name: Τσιόλα, Ελένη Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Κεραμική
Δισπηλιό
Τελική Νεολιθική
Pottery
Dispilio
Final Neolithic

description: Η παρούσα μεταπτυχιακή διατριβή ασχολείται με ένα σύνολο κεραμικής από τις όψιμες νεολιθικές φάσεις κατοίκησης του προϊστορικού οικισμού του Δισπηλιού Καστοριάς. Η κεραμική αυτή ανήκει στο «Κτίριο 3» του δυτικού τομέα, ο οποίος δίνει χρονολογήσεις στην Τελική Νεολιθική, φάση κατά την οποία ο οικισμός αποτελεί μια χαμηλή τούμπα. Αρχικά, γίνεται λόγος για τη Νεότερη Νεολιθική στη Μακεδονία και στη συνέχεια για το ζήτημα της Τελικής Νεολιθικής στη ΝΑ Ευρώπη και κυρίως στην περιοχή της βόρειας Ελλάδας. Παρουσιάζεται, επίσης, σύντομα η ανασκαφή και ο υλικός πολιτισμός του Δισπηλιού, η ανασκαφική έρευνα, η χρήση και οργάνωση του χώρου, τα αρχιτεκτονικά κατάλοιπα του δυτικού τομέα, η χρήση και οργάνωση του χώρου του, το «Κτίριο 3», τα κινητά ευρήματα και η κατανομή τους και η ερμηνεία του δυτικού τομέα. Όσον αφορά στη μελέτη της κεραμικής του τετραγώνου Δ18δ του «Κτιρίου 3», μελετήθηκαν τα τεχνολογικά, τα μορφολογικά και τα ταφονομικά χαρακτηριστικά της με τη μέθοδο της μακροσκοπικής ανάλυσης. Οι τυπολογικές και στιλιστικές κατηγορίες της κεραμικής περιλαμβάνουν ανοιχτά, κλειστά, διάτρητα και αδιάγνωστα αγγεία, το καθένα από τα οποία υποδιαιρούνται σε περισσότερες υποκατηγορίες. Τέλος, αναφέρεται και η χωρική κατανομή της κεραμικής και το γεωγραφικό και χρονολογικό της πλαίσιο
description: This postgraduate thesis deals with a pottery assemblage from the late Neolithic phases of habitation of the prehistoric settlement of Dispilio, Kastoria. This pottery belongs to the "Building 3" of the western sector, which gives dates to the Final Neolithic, a phase in which the settlement is a low mound. Ιnitially, the Late Neolithic in Macedonia is mentioned and then follows the issue of Final Neolithic in Southeast Europe and especially in the region of northern Greece. The excavation, the material culture, the excavation research, the use and organization of space of Dispilio, the architectural remains and the use and organization of space of the western sector, the "Building 3", the mobile finds and their distribution, and the interpretation of the western sector are also briefly presented. Concerning the pottery of the D18d square of "Building 3", technological, morphological and taphonomic features were studied using the method of macroscopic analysis. Typological and stylistic pottery categories include open, closed, perforated and undiagnosed vessels, each one subdivided into further subcategories. Finally, pottery’s spatial distribution and geographical and chronological context are mentioned
Infrared Integral Field Spectroscopy of SN 1987A
Creators: name: Kjaer, Karina
name: Leibundgut, Bruno
name: Fransson, Claes
name: Groeningsson, Per
name: Spyromilio, Jason
name: Kissler-Patig, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud is close enough for a study of the very late time evolution of a supernova and its transition to a supernova remnant. Nearly two decades after explosion we are witnessing the supernova shock wave engaging the inner circumstellar ring, which had been fluorescing since being ionised by the soft X-ray flash from shock breakout. We follow the interaction of the supernova shock with the ring material. The spatially resolved information provides us with insight into the individual shock regions around the ring. Near-infrared integral field spectroscopy observations with SINFONI/VLT of the SN-ring interaction is presented. SINFONI's adaptive optics supported integral field spectrograph spatially resolves the ring and the data thus we obtain a better spatial understanding of the spectrum in different regions of the object. With a dynamical map of the interacting ring we determine parameters for its geometry. Since most of the IR emission lines originate behind the shock front we obtain an indication of the radial velocity of the shocked material after deconvolving the geometry. The ring geometry is consistent with a circle and we also derive a new, independent measurement of the systemic ring, and presumably also supernova, velocity. We find from the spatial distributions of the flux in the different emission lines the degree of cooling in the shocked material and follows the increases observed in the radio and X-rays. Emission from the ejecta is detected only in the strongest [Fe II] lines.
description: Submitted to A&A
Sharing problem gamblers’ experiences: a text analysis of gambling stories via online forum
Creators: name: Caputo, Andrea
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2015

description: The present study explored some common thematic domains which characterised problem gambling experiences of adult Italian participants with the aim of understanding motivations and expectations of problem gamblers and thus promoting better psychological interventions. Emotional Text Analysis was performed on 24 problem gambling stories collected via online forum in order to detect the main themes (cluster analysis) and latent factors (correspondence analysis) emerging in gamblers’ narratives. Five themes emerged which respectively refer to guilt (16.15%), obsession (27.60%), disease (30.77%), risk taking (15.89%) and emotion regulation (4.17%). In addition, four synthetic dimensions were detected which consent to account the variability of problem gambling experience based on: struggle against compulsion (F1), ambivalent acceptance of gambling (F2), interpersonal detachment (F3) and illusion of control (F4). From the emotional experience shaping the problem gamblers’ narratives, this research study allows the identification of some factors which can contribute to quality research on problem gambling and which can provide some useful suggestion for treatment.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 3, No 1 (2015)