cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring Lannea coromandelica Leaves as a Renewable Sources of Natural Dye for Textile Applications
Creators: name: TRIPATHI, Y.C.
name: Kumar, Rakesh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 340502
subject: Natural products and bioactive compounds
classificationCode: 340504
subject: Organic green chemistry
classificationCode: 340599
subject: Organic chemistry not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 340503
subject: Organic chemical synthesis

description: Dyes derived from plants have emerged as an important substitute to synthetic dyes. However, the total share of natural dyes in textile sectors is very minimal due to certain technical and sustainability issues involved in their production and use. Inconsistent supply of raw material is one among them that is hampering the desired pace of their production and applications. Therefore, exploration of increasingly new plant sources of natural dye is warranted. The present investigation was aimed at introducing natural dye extracted from the leaves of Lannea coromandelica for dyeing different kinds of fabrics. Natural dye was extracted from the leaves by aqueous extraction and dyeing performance on silk, wool, and cotton fabrics under post mordanting condition were evaluated in terms of CIE L* a* b* values and fastness properties of the dyed fabrics using standard methods according to international standards. Majority of dyed fabric samples exhibited colour fastness in the range of very good to excellent. The study leads to the conclusion that dye extracted from L. coromandelica leaves can be used as colorant for textile dyeing thus establishing the plant leaves as a feasible and promising source of natural dye.
Donaldson-Thomas invariants, linear systems and punctual Hilbert schemes
Creators: name: Gholampour, Amin
name: Sheshmani, Artan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study certain DT invariants arising from stable coherent sheaves in a nonsingular projective threefold supported on the members of a linear system of a fixed line bundle. When the canonical bundle of the threefold satisfies certain positivity conditions, we relate the DT invariants to Carlsson-Okounkov formulas for the "twisted Euler's number" of the punctual Hilbert schemes of nonsingular surfaces, and conclude they have a modular property.
description: First draft. Comments are welcome
title: Imaging of congenital lung malformations in infants and children
Creators: name: Mnari, Walid
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: Lung
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Congenital

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe and illustrate the principal congenital lung malformations. To provide a concise radiologic approach to congenital lung...
Orthogonal Polynomials Associated with Complementary Chain Sequences
Creators: name: Behera, Kiran Kumar
name: Sriranga, A.
name: Swaminathan, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42C05, 33C45, 30B70

description: Using the minimal parameter sequence of a given chain sequence, we introduce the concept of complementary chain sequences, which we view as perturbations of chain sequences. Using the relation between these complementary chain sequences and the corresponding Verblunsky coefficients, the para-orthogonal polynomials and the associated Szegö polynomials are analyzed. Two illustrations, one involving Gaussian hypergeometric functions and the other involving Carathéodory functions are also provided. A connection between these two illustrations by means of complementary chain sequences is also observed.
Mobilizing Healthcare Professionals as Community Leaders in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity: A Promising Approach
Creators: name: Wilson, Marjorie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Since the 1970s, there has been an alarming increase in the rate of obesity among children of all ages in the United States. Obese children are at higher lifetime risk for heart disease, stroke, asthma, and some forms of cancer. As a result, public health practitioners across the nation are looking for ways to address this epidemic, and it has been acknowledged that a number of approaches are needed to be part of the solution. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) have long been seen as respected and reputable sources of information. This paper will explore the role of HCPs as community leaders in the fight against childhood obesity and examine a local effort in North Carolina to engage HCPs as voices for change around childhood obesity issues. Reasons HCPs should be involved in advocacy, and recommendations for how to most effectively engage, train and retain HCPs will also be discussed.
title: ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ В ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНОМ ПРОЦЕССЕ: РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ
title: Статья
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Романенко, Д.А.
name: Козловцева, О.А.
Publisher: name: "Южный Университет (ИУБиП)"
Year: 2018
Subjects: информационные технологии
избирательный процесс
Интернет-голосование

Abstract
title: ПРАВОВОЕ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ ЦИФРОВОГО СУВЕРЕНИТЕТА ГОСУДАРСТВА: ФОРМЫ И СРЕДСТВА
title: Статья
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Сковинская, Е.
name: Макарова, Е.В.
Publisher: name: "Южный Университет (ИУБиП)"
Year: 2018
Subjects: цифровой суверенитет
цифровая безопасность
цифровизация

Abstract
Canadian Gallup Poll # 399
Creators: name: Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion (Gallup)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1991

description: Federal election vote intent(1); past federal elections vote(1); business conditions in the community(2); Quebec's separatism(1); job satisfaction(1); TV violence and children(1); federal budget and family finances(2); decriminalizing marijuana(1). Note: Demographics(14).
Stability of Logarithmic Bose-Einstein Condensate in Harmonic Trap
Creators: name: Bouharia, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we investigate the stability of a recently introduced Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) which involves logarithmic interaction between atoms. The Gaussian variational approach is employed to derive equations of motion for condensate widths in the presence of a harmonic trap. Then we derive the analytical solutions for these equations and find them to be in good agrement with numerical data. By analyzing deeply the frequencies of collective oscillations, and the mean-square radius, we find that the system is always stable for both negative and positive week logarithmic coupling. However, for strong interaction the situation is quite different: our condensate collapses for positive coupling and oscillates with fixed frequency for negative one. These special results remain the most characteristic features of the logarithmic BEC compared to that involving two-body and three-body interactions.
description: 17 pages, 18 figures
Occupational-Related Cardiovascular Injuries in Firefighters
Creators: name: Connell, Jill
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: The National Fire Protection Association (NFP A) and the United States Fire Administration (USFA) estimate that on average, 105 firefighters die in the line of duty each year. NFP A data show that heart attacks are the most common type ofline of duty deaths for firefighters (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH], n.d.). It is also estimated that coronary heart disease (CHD) is responsible for 45% of on-duty deaths among United States firefighters (Kales, Soteriades, Christoudias, Christiana, 2003 ). Research regarding firefighter cardiovascular injuries and fatalities included a literature review done through the University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library database, Internet search through Google, and informal discussions with community firefighters. Research shows that there needs to be continued emphasis on determining risk factors for on-duty cardiovascular injury and investigation of solutions to reduce the number of firefighter fatalities in the future. Major findings include: both occupational and non-occupational fitness and wellness practices are modifiable, some occupational-related risk factors are not necessarily modifiable and therefore occupational health and safety programs must be enforced to reduce injury and fatalities; non-occupational risk factors play a role in the health and wellness of firefighters; current federal and fire industry standards are often overlooked and not enforced; programs directed toward firefighter health and safety are missing in many settings; and there is a lack of research on the role of an occupational and enviromnental health nurse (OEHN) in firefighter health and safety. Recommendations include standardizing current national standards for training, qualifications, certification, and wellness/fitness programs that are equally applicable to all firefighters; improving awareness ofthe OEHN role to keep this population healthy; increasing research to cover fitness/wellness prevention programs; increasing grant programs that provide monies for occupational health and safety (OHS) programs; improving cardiovascular injury and fatality rates based on current survelliance programs; and improving training and education programs. OEHNs have the background and skills to make a major impact on firefighter health and safety. Now is the time for them to step forward and make a difference in the lives of the firefighters who have sworn to protect the communities in which we live.
title: Imaging features of myocardial infarction by Cardiac CT
Creators: name: Mnari, Walid
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe and illustrate the common imaging features of myocardial infarction in the acute and chronic...
Invariants of annular links, cobordisms and transverse links from combinatorial link Floer complex
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Apratim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We define an annular concordance invariant and study its properties. When specialized to braids, this invariant gives bounds on band rank. We introduce a modified chain complex to reformulate the invariant. Then, by focusing on a special case, we give a refinement of the transverse invariant $\hatθ$. We also study the relationship of this invariant with transverse and braid monodromy properties.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1903.05893, arXiv:1305.2562 by other authors
title: Correlation study between MR quantitative cardiac iron accumulated and left ventricular function in patients with β-thalassemia major
Creators: name: Peng, Peng
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: Haematologic diseases

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To explore the correlation between cardiac iron accumulated and LVEDVI, LVESVI, LVEF and to evaluate the accuracy by using LVEF as indicator to predict patients with myocardial iron...
The dependence of stellar mass and angular momentum losses on latitude and on active region and dipolar magnetic fields
Creators: name: Garraffo, Cecilia
name: Drake, Jeremy J.
name: Cohen, Ofer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rotation evolution of late-type stars is dominated by magnetic braking and the underlying factors that control this angular momentum loss are important for the study of stellar spin-down. In this work, we study angular momentum loss as a function of two different aspects of magnetic activity using a calibrated Alfvén wave-driven magnetohydrodynamic wind model: the strengths of magnetic spots and their distribution in latitude. By driving the model using solar and modified solar surface magnetograms, we show that the topology of the field arising from the net interaction of both small-scale and large-scale field is important for spin-down rates and that angular momentum loss is not a simple function of large scale magnetic field strength. We find that changing the latitude of magnetic spots can modify mass and angular momentum loss rates by a factor of two. The general effect that causes these differences is the closing down of large-scale open field at mid- and high-latitudes by the addition of the small-scale field. These effects might give rise to modulation of mass and angular momentum loss through stellar cycles, and present a problem for ab initio attempts to predict stellar spin-down based on wind models. For all the magnetogram cases considered here, from dipoles to various spotted distributions, we find that angular momentum loss is dominated by the mass loss at mid-latitudes. The spin-down torque applied by magnetized winds therefore acts at specific latitudes and is not evenly distributed over the stellar surface, though this aspect is unlikely to be important for understanding spin-down and surface flows on stars.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJ
The Use of Community Health Workers in Chronic Disease Management
Creators: name: Malik, Seidu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: As the United States health care system grapples with increased demand for health care and costly medical services, the underserved and the minority population often find it difficult to access medical care due to financial, cultural, and language barriers. Interestingly, the underserved and the minority population have the highest burden for chronic diseases because of the lack of screening, lost to routine follow up, and the failure to adhere to treatment regimen after diagnosis.  In this paper, we focused on how to use community health workers who are trusted members of the community, share cultural and linguistic characteristics, and have better understanding of the community in which they serve to improve access to medical care and better management of chronic diseases. The review of literature and organization reports suggest that community health workers are capable of managing chronic diseases and other health conditions and it is cost-effective if a legal framework, training, and funding support their activities. Nearly half of the states do not have laws or regulations that support the activities of community health workers and, thus, present a real challenge to the diverse composition of U.S. population and chronic disease management.Because community health workers are not office workers or clinical staff of the healthcare workforce, supervision, funding, and their defined roles complicate the integration into the healthcare system. Some states and healthcare facilities use the Medicaid reimbursement and operating budgets, respectively, to fund health intervention programs carried out by community health workers. Medicaid funding supports only community health workers with certification with no funding for those without a certificate. Most states do not require or authorized certification for community health workers practice. In addition, funding from healthcare operating budgets are short lived and, thus, may impact on interventions dealing with chronic diseases. It is for this reason that community health worker programs that seeks to involve members of faith-based organizations as part of their outreach programs have a better chance of survival in the community due to their social presence in the community and volunteerism. Furthermore, interventions in which members of the community are made to own the program with active consultation and participation can withstand the test of time instead of arbitrarily training individual members with no input from the community.
title: Radiation safety awareness among medical interns in a European country
Creators: name: Lee, Aoife
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: Radiation physics
subject: CT
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Occupational / Environmental hazards

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The Medical Radiation Protection Education and Training (MEDRAPET 2014) guidelines have advised European countries to establish formal radiation protection curricula at an undergraduate level in EU medical schools (1). The aim of this study was to...
Canadian Gallup Poll # 394
Creators: name: Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion (Gallup)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1991

description: Federal election vote intent(1); past federal elections vote(1); area courts and criminality(2); government anti-inflation policy(2); greatest threat to Canada: big business, labor or government(1); predictions for 1977(9). Note: Demographics(14).
Beyond Poisson-Boltzmann: fluctuations and fluid structure in a self-consistent theory
Creators: name: Buyukdagli, Sahin
name: Blossey, Ralf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) theory is the classic approach to soft matter electrostatics which has been applied to numerous problems of physical chemistry and biophysics. Its essential limitations are the neglect of correlation effects and of fluid structure. Recently, several theoretical insights have allowed the formulation of approaches that go beyond PB theory in a systematic way. In this topical review we provide an update on the developments achieved in self-consistent formulations of correlation-corrected Poisson-Boltzmann theory. We introduce the corresponding system of coupled nonlinear equations for both continuum electrostatics with a uniform dielectric constant and a structured solvent, a dipolar Coulomb fluid, including nonlocal effects. While the approach is only approximate and also limited to corrections in the so-called weak fluctuation regime, it allows to include physically relevant effects, as we show for a range of applications of these equations.
Canadian Gallup Poll # 392
Creators: name: Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion (Gallup)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1991

description: Federal election vote intent(1); past federal elections vote(1); problems facing Canada(2); services provided by government(6); nuclear power generation(2); government anti-inflation policy(1); labor unions(1); career in politics(2); sex and pornography(2); British Commonwealth(2); best choice for Prime Minister(2); wage and price controls(2); energy shortage in Canada(5). Note: Demographics(14).
Is Sized Typing for Coq Practical?
Creators: name: Chan, Jonathan
name: Li, Yufeng
name: Bowman, William J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Contemporary proof assistants such as Coq require that recursive functions be terminating and corecursive functions be productive to maintain logical consistency of their type theories, and some ensure these properties using syntactic checks. However, being syntactic, they are inherently delicate and restrictive, preventing users from easily writing obviously terminating or productive functions at their whim. Meanwhile, there exist many sized type theories that perform type-based termination and productivity checking, including theories based on the Calculus of (Co)Inductive Constructions (CIC), the core calculus underlying Coq. These theories are more robust and compositional in comparison. So why haven't they been adapted to Coq? In this paper, we venture to answer this question with CIC$\widehat{*}$, a sized type theory based on CIC. It extends past work on sized types in CIC with additional Coq features such as global and local definitions. We also present a corresponding size inference algorithm and implement it within Coq's kernel; for maximal backward compatibility with existing Coq developments, it requires no additional annotations from the user. In our evaluation of the implementation, we find a severe performance degradation when compiling parts of the Coq standard library, inherent to the algorithm itself. We conclude that if we wish to maintain backward compatibility, using size inference as a replacement for syntactic checking is wildly impractical in terms of performance.
description: 55 pages with 22 figures and 3 tables. Submitted to the Journal of Functional Programming. For associated artifact, see https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5661975
British Gallup Poll CQ 839A
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1986

description: Personal financial situation(8); economic situation/prices(7); place of employment(7); washroom products(7); nuclear weapons(6); cream liqueurs(6); government's job performance(5); General Election(4); video cassette recorders(3).
BREW: A Breakable Web Application for IT-Security Classroom Use
Creators: name: Pohl, Christoph
name: Schlierkamp, Kathrin
name: Hof, Hans-Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents BREW (Breakable Web Application), a tool for teaching IT Security. BREWs main teaching targets are identification and exploitation of vulnerabilities, using technologies and methodologies for software auditing and testing, and bug detection, fixation, and writing of secure code. Main advantages of BREW include that it is easy to apply in practice, it is a perfect tool to create and retain motivation, it corresponds to the demands of the psychology of learning, and it can be used for a heterogeneous group of students. BREW has been success- fully used for teaching IT Security in Germany as well as on an Erasmus Project with international student groups.
description: 15 pages in European Conference on Software Engineering Education 2014
title: Modified Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) in initial MRI for approximate Assessment of Leptomeningeal Collaterization Grade in Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS)
Creators: name: Verma, Rajeev
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Emergency
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Acute
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Aim of this study was to evaluate, whether the distribution pattern of early ischemic changes in the initial MRI allows a practical method for estimation of leptomeningeal collateralization in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We analyzedif a particular...
Shifting Tasks to Community Health Workers in South Africa: How Does National Policy Align with International Guidelines
Creators: name: Robinson, Michelle K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Due to the dual burden of the HIV epidemic and health workforce shortages, experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) promote the shifting of certain tasks traditionally performed by health professionals to new cadres of health workers with shorter training and fewer qualifications. Community health workers (CHWs) are natural candidates for task shifting because they can be trained quickly, be mobilized in large numbers and build effective bridges between communities and public health systems. Evidence of their effectiveness on general health outcomes is mixed, but there is broad agreement that using CHWs has a lot of potential, especially on HIV service provision, provided they are well integrated into the health system and are well funded and well supervised. As South Africa struggles with a staggering HIV epidemic and a significant workforce shortage in the public sector, it is important to assess the extent to which task shifting to CHWs is a feasible option. In 2009, South Africa published a policy framework for community health workers entitled the Community Care Worker Policy Framework (CCWPF). In this paper, four policy elements of this framework : 1) CHW’s position within the health system, 2) quality assurance standards, 3) budgeting and financing, and 4) supportive supervision are compared with corresponding WHO guidelines on the systems and structures needed for task shifting. These elements reflect the critical factors for successful deployment of community health workers in the literature. The intention of this comparison is to identify potential risk factors which can undermine the overall goals of the policy and to evaluate the degree to which CHW deployment under this framework would be effective and sustainable. M. Robinson Page 3 of 42 The comparison showed that the 2009 CCWPF brings many elements of improvement to the regulation and oversight of CHWs in South Africa. Despite this, CHWs still remain insufficiently incorporated in the health system and reliant on Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) for their support and supervision. In the four areas examined, it was determined that significant gaps exist between the CCWPF and the WHO guidelines. Therefore, the sustainability and effectiveness of shifting tasks to CHWs in South Africa is questionable.
Gallup Poll # 824
Creators: name: Gallup
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2006

description: Richard Nixon job performance (4); most important problems facing this country today (2); length of work week (1); 1972 presidential candidates (4); would/would not like to move to another country (1); present business situation (4); freezing prices and wages (1); Vietnam (5); Ralph Nader (2).
Meta-Learning PAC-Bayes Priors in Model Averaging
Creators: name: Huang, Yimin
name: Huang, Weiran
name: Li, Liang
name: Li, Zhenguo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Nowadays model uncertainty has become one of the most important problems in both academia and industry. In this paper, we mainly consider the scenario in which we have a common model set used for model averaging instead of selecting a single final model via a model selection procedure to account for this model's uncertainty to improve the reliability and accuracy of inferences. Here one main challenge is to learn the prior over the model set. To tackle this problem, we propose two data-based algorithms to get proper priors for model averaging. One is for meta-learner, the analysts should use historical similar tasks to extract the information about the prior. The other one is for base-learner, a subsampling method is used to deal with the data step by step. Theoretically, an upper bound of risk for our algorithm is presented to guarantee the performance of the worst situation. In practice, both methods perform well in simulations and real data studies, especially with poor-quality data.
description: Accepted by AAAI 2020
title: Usefulness of diffusion-weighted sequences (DWI) in uterine malformations.
Creators: name: Maccarone, Marica
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Anatomy
subject: Pelvis
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Congenital
subject: Obstetrics

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To demonstrate the diagnostic contribution of Diffusion Weighted Sequences (DWI) compared to conventional MRI in the characterization of uterine malformations and to identify the accuracy of DWI sequences vs Ultrasound (US), having as gold standard...
Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection in Elderly Patients Following Orthopedic Surgery
Creators: name: Singletary, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: Background: SSI following orthopedic surgery adversely impacts the functional status and quality of life of elderly patients. Objective: To identify risk factors for SSI in elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. Methods: A matched case-control study was conducted at 8 hospitals (1 tertiary care and 7 community hospitals). Cases (orthopedic patients > 64 years old with SSI) were prospectively identified between 6/1991-7/2002. Controls were operative patients > 64 years old who did not develop SSI. Controls were frequency matched to cases by type and year of procedure and by hospital. Variables studied included demographics, comorbid conditions, functional status, peri-operative and hospital risk factors. Independent relationships between variables and SSI were identified using conditional logistic regression. Results: 169 SSI cases were identified and 171 controls were selected. The mean age of the cohort was 74.7 years. 66% of subjects were female and 83% were Caucasian. The most common procedures were hip arthroplasty (n=74, 21.8%), fracture repair (n=55, 16.2%) and knee arthroplasty (n=40, 11.8%). The most common SSI pathogen was Staphylococcus aureus (95/169, 56.1 %; 52/95 [54. 7%] were methicllin-resistant). In multivariate analysis, admission from a long-term care facility was the only independent predictor of SSI (OR 4.40 95% CI 1.66 11. 76). Among patients admitted from home (n=275, 80.9% of study patients), the only independent predictor of SSI was repeat surgery at the same site (OR 2.98, 95% CI 1.38, 6.44). Conclusion: Patients undergoing orthopedic surgery who are admitted from long term care facilities are at increased risk for SSI. Among patients admitted from home, those undergoing repeat surgery are at increased risk for SSI.
Pew Research Center Poll: October 2006 Survey on Electoral Competition
Creators: name: Pew Research Center
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2007

description: Interest in 2006 election (2); respondent ever voted in district election (1); knowledge of voting location (1); interest in government affairs (1); frequency of voting (1); 2006 Congressional election (11); plan to vote in November (4); national/local issues matter in Congressional election (1); most important issue in voting in the Congressional election (2); re-elect Congressional representative (2); enthusiasm towards election (1); political parties and Congress (5); vote for/against George W. Bush (1); satisfaction with choices in the election (1); follow news stories (4); George W. Bush job performance (1); political party best able to handle issues (12); contacted by political candidates/groups in the past few months (4); campaign commercials (1); volunteer for a campaign (1); contributed money to a campaign (1); political party/Congressional job performance (3); vote on initiatives/referendums in respondent's state (3); economy (1); personal financial situation (1); Iraq (5); role of money in elections (1); Congressional district boundaries (4); political party to win election (2); election competition (1); show photo identification at voting locations (1); church attendance (1); 2004 presidential election (2); vote in last Congressional election (1).
The Four Pillars of Research Software Engineering
Creators: name: Cohen, J.
name: Katz, D. S.
name: Barker, M.
name: Hong, N. Chue
name: Haines, R.
name: Jay, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Building software that can support the huge growth in data and computation required by modern research needs individuals with increasingly specialist skill sets that take time to develop and maintain. The Research Software Engineering movement, which started in the UK and has been built up over recent years, aims to recognise and support these individuals. Why does research software matter to professional software development practitioners outside the research community? Research software can have great impact on the wider world and recent progress means the area can now be considered as a more realistic option for a professional software development career. In this article we present a structure, along with supporting evidence of real-world activities, that defines four elements that we believe are key to providing comprehensive and sustainable support for Research Software Engineering. We also highlight ways that the wider developer community can learn from, and engage with, these activities.
title: Targeting the suprascapular nerve in chronic shoulder pain
Creators: name: Grant, David
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Arthritides
subject: Outcomes

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Shoulder pain is a common problem [1,2] and can be associated with substantial disability. [2] Causes of shoulder pain are diverse but include rotator cuff pathology, disorders of the glenohumeral or acromioclavicular joints, adhesive capsulitis or...
Near-best adaptive approximation on conforming meshes
Creators: name: Binev, Peter
name: Fierro, Francesca
name: Veeser, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 41A15, 41A63, 65D15, 65M50, 65M60, 68Q32, 68W25

description: We devise a generalization of tree approximation that generates conforming meshes, i.e., meshes with a particular structure like edge-to-edge triangulations. A key feature of this generalization is that the choices of the cells to be subdivided are affected by that particular structure. As main result, we prove near best approximation with respect to conforming meshes, independent of constants like the completion constant for newest-vertex bisection. Numerical experiments complement the theoretical results and indicate better approximation properties than previous approaches.
description: 18 pages, 2 figures
Quantum expression for the electrical conductivity of massless quark matter and of the hadron resonance gas in the presence of a magnetic field
Creators: name: Dey, Jayanta
name: Samanta, Subhasis
name: Ghosh, Sabyasachi
name: Satapathy, Sarthak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the classical and quantum expressions of electrical conductivity and their numerical estimation in the presence of a magnetic field for hadron resonance gas (HRG) and massless quark matter. Classical results of transport coefficients of HRG matter in the presence of a magnetic field were studied previously by Dash et al. [Phys. Rev. D 102, 016016 (2020)] using the standard relaxation time approximation in the Boltzmann equation. In the same reference, the transition from isotropic transport coefficients to anisotropic coefficients in the presence of a magnetic field was also estimated for massless and HRG matter. This led to an upper limit or Stefan-Boltzmann (SB) type limit to the nonperturbative domain transition of transport coefficients. In a similar context, the present work has concentrated on the classical to quantum transition of HRG transport from the domain of high temperature and low magnetic field to that of low temperature and high magnetic field. We have also compared the quantum modification of HRG results with that of massless quark matter, where we observed an opposite trend. A similar kind of quantum effect is also noticed between mesons and baryons due to their different particle distribution functions. Despite the fact that HRG contains both mesons and baryons, Landau quantization of its net magnetothermodynamic phase space reveals meson- or boson-dominated quantum modification. That is why the quantum modification of HRG results reveals the opposite trend from that of massless quark matter, which faces fermionic quantum modification.
description: 9 Pages, 7 Figures, 1 Tables (Published in PRC)
Newly-Arrived Refugees in Durham, North Carolina: Evaluating Methods for Assessing and Increasing Health Literacy Levels
Creators: name: Huff, Jennifer Scoville
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: More than 58,000 refugees were resettled in the United States in 2012 according to statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2013), and up to 70,000 people are slated to be resettled by the end of 2013. These numbers will likely increase as those fleeing persecution from areas such as Syria, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo begin a new life here (UNHCR, 2013). The state of North Carolina received 2203 refugees in 2012 (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2013), and was allotted resources to resettle approximately 4000 people in 2013 (Office of Refugee Resettlement, 2013). North Carolina's refugee population continues to grow, with resettlement and state agencies struggling to secure adequate resources and develop programs to keep pace with increased needs. The refugee resettlement process is complicated and fraught with challenges for both refugees and for the agencies involved in their resettlement. There is much to accomplish during a short time, making the resettlement process intense. The State Department funds a ninety-day period during which resettlement agencies assist refugee clients in becoming self-sufficient. These agencies work with refugee clients to cultivate skills in financial literacy, housing, English skills, employment, and health care. While there are common barriers across areas, each area has unique challenges as well. Barriers to health care for refugees include but are not limited to language, availability of interpreter services, financial costs, transportation, issues of insurance, cultural barriers, and issues of health literacy. For many refugee clients in North Carolina, improved health literacy is essential to improving both personal health and the ability to navigate the North Carolina health care system. Improved health in the refugee population benefits both the individual and the community. Resettlement agencies are working on innovative ways to address and improve health literacy for their clients, as effective methods will become even more important as North Carolina's refugee population increases. The use of health classes or health workshops is one such effective method for improving health literacy. In this paper I will examine the methods implemented by a Durham, North Carolina resettlement agency to improve refugee health literacy and will provide recommendations for further development.
Rank-width: Algorithmic and structural results
Creators: name: Oum, Sang-il
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 05C75, 05C85

description: Rank-width is a width parameter of graphs describing whether it is possible to decompose a graph into a tree-like structure by `simple' cuts. This survey aims to summarize known algorithmic and structural results on rank-width of graphs.
description: 14 pages; minor revision
Realizing Artin-Schreier Covers with Minimal $a$-numbers in Positive Characteristic
Creators: name: Abney-McPeek, Fiona
name: Berg, Hugo
name: Booher, Jeremy
name: Choi, Sun Mee
name: Fukala, Viktor
name: Marinov, Miroslav
name: Müller, Theo
name: Narkiewicz, Paweł
name: Pries, Rachel
name: Xu, Nancy
name: Yuan, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11G20, 11T06, 14D15, 14H40, 15A04

description: Suppose $X$ is a smooth projective connected curve defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$ and $B \subset X$ is a finite, possibly empty, set of points. Booher and Cais determined a lower bound for the $a$-number of a $\mathbf{Z}/p \mathbf{Z}$-cover of $X$ with branch locus $B$. For odd primes $p$, in most cases it is not known if this lower bound is realized. In this note, when $X$ is ordinary, we use formal patching to reduce that question to a computational question about $a$-numbers of $\mathbf{Z}/p\mathbf{Z}$-covers of the affine line. As an application, when $p=3$ or $p=5$, for any ordinary curve $X$ and any choice of $B$, we prove that the lower bound is realized for Artin-Schreier covers of $X$ with branch locus $B$.
description: parts from PROMYS 2019; typos fixed and numbering-style modified to match journal
title: Comparison of image optical density and accuracy of long bone shaft fractures obtained by digitization photographed and scanned radiographs.
Creators: name: Glinkowski, Wojciech
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Extremities
subject: Bones
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Digital radiography
subject: CAD
subject: Acceptance testing
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Image registration
subject: Image verification
subject: Trauma

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The typical evaluation include clinical evaluation, manual assessment of the mobility of the fracture fragments and interpretation of radiographs [2,6-8,10,11,14]. The fracture healing assessment based on interpretation of radiograms in a daily busy...
Criminal Justice Reform: Lessons Learned Community Involvement and Restorative Justice. Rapporteur’s Report. United Nations Programme Network Institutes Technical Assistance Workshop, Vienna Austria - April 17, 2002
Creators: name: Tkachuk, Brian
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Strafrechtsreform , Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich
subject: 340
subject: 360

description: -
Physician-level Predictors of Overuse of Cancer Screening Tests: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Glaubiger, Sam
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: A) Introduction: Guidelines exist in regard to cancer screening for the purpose of maximizing patient benefit and minimizing harms. Despite this, there still exists the ability to screen outside of the guidelines. This characterizes physician overuse of screening which might exist for a number of reasons based on the clinical scenario and characteristics of the physician and practice setting. B) Methods: I conducted a systematic review of the recent literature to show evidence of physician overtesting with regard to cancer screening. I looked further to see if there existed physician characteristics that were associated with an increased level of screening. C) Results: After reviewing 622 unique abstracts identified via search algorithm and 4 abstracts identified by hand searching, four studies met inclusion criteria. Each study investigated a different cancer (prostate, ovarian, breast, and colon). In each of the studies, a portion of the physicians surveyed were found to over screen. Three of the four studies found certain provider characteristics that were associated with an increased likelihood of over screening. D) Conclusion: In addition to identifying physician over screening for cancer, this review also has uncovered physician characteristics that may be associated with such over testing. This information, along with future investigations into physician characteristics associated with over testing will provide information to direct programs to target these physicians and to make appropriate screening guidelines more accessible.
Discovery of the massive overcontact binary VFTS 352: Evidence for enhanced internal mixing
Creators: name: Almeida, L. A.
name: Sana, H.
name: de Mink, S. E.
name: Tramper, F.
name: Soszyński, I.
name: Langer, N.
name: Barbá, R. H.
name: Cantiello, M.
name: Damineli, A.
name: de Koter, A.
name: Garcia, M.
name: Gräfener, G.
name: Herrero, A.
name: Howarth, I.
name: Apellániz, J. Maíz
name: Norman, C.
name: Ramírez-Agudelo, O. H.
name: Vink, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The contact phase expected to precede the coalescence of two massive stars is poorly characterized due to the paucity of observational constraints. Here we report on the discovery of VFTS 352, an O-type binary in the 30 Doradus region, as the most massive and earliest spectral type overcontact system known to date. We derived the 3D geometry of the system, its orbital period $P_{\rm orb}=1.1241452(4)$ d, components' effective temperatures -- $T_1=42\,540\pm280$ K and $T_2=41\,120\pm290$ K -- and dynamical masses -- $M_1=28.63\pm0.30 M_{\odot}$ and $M_2 = 28.85\pm0.30 M_{\odot}$. Compared to single-star evolutionary models, the VFTS 352 components are too hot for their dynamical masses by about 2700 and 1100 K, respectively. These results can be explained naturally as a result of enhanced mixing, theoretically predicted to occur in very short-period tidally-locked systems. The VFTS 352 components are two of the best candidates identified so far to undergo this so-called chemically homogeneous evolution. The future of VFTS 352 is uncertain. If the two stars merge, a very rapidly rotating star will be produced. Instead, if the stars continue to evolve homogeneously and keep shrinking within their Roche Lobes, coalescence can be avoided. In this case, tides may counteract the spin down by winds such that the VFTS 352 components may, at the end of their life, fulfill the requirements for long gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitors in the collapsar scenario. Independently of whether the VFTS 352 components become GRB progenitors, this scenario makes VFTS 352 interesting as a progenitor of a black hole binary, hence as a potential gravitational wave source through black hole-black hole merger.
description: 23 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
title: Imaging of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Pearls and pitfalls
Creators: name: Uppoor, Raviraj
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Paediatric
subject: Lung
subject: Acute

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1. To understand the classification of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in noenates, and to discuss the important differential diagnoses of RDS. 2. To discuss the role of imaging in differentiating various aetiologies causing respiratory...