cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spatial and Spectral Modeling of the Gamma-ray Distribution in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Foreman, Gary
name: Chu, You-Hua
name: Gruendl, Robert
name: Hughes, Annie
name: Fields, Brian
name: Ricker, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform spatial and spectral analyses of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) gamma-ray emission collected over 66 months by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. In our spatial analysis, we model the LMC cosmic-ray distribution and gamma-ray production using observed maps of the LMC interstellar medium, star formation history, interstellar radiation field, and synchrotron emission. We use bootstrapping of the data to quantify the robustness of spatial model performance. We model the LMC gamma-ray spectrum using fitting functions derived from the physics of $π^0$ decay, bremsstrahlung, and inverse Compton scattering. We find the integrated gamma-ray flux of the LMC from 200 MeV to 20 GeV to be $1.38 \pm 0.02 \times 10^{-7}$ ph cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, of which we attribute about 10% to inverse Compton scattering and 40% to bremsstrahlung. From our work, we conclude that the spectral index of the LMC cosmic-ray proton population is 2.4$\pm$0.2, and we find that cosmic-ray energy loss through gamma-ray production is concentrated within a few hundred pc of acceleration sites. Assuming cosmic-ray energy equipartition with magnetic fields, we estimate LMC cosmic rays encounter an average magnetic field strength ~3 $μ$G.
description: 20 pages, 12 figures, published in ApJ
Exploration of synergistic and redundant information sharing in static and dynamical Gaussian systems
Creators: name: Barrett, Adam B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: To fully characterize the information that two `source' variables carry about a third `target' variable, one must decompose the total information into redundant, unique and synergistic components, i.e. obtain a partial information decomposition (PID). However Shannon's theory of information does not provide formulae to fully determine these quantities. Several recent studies have begun addressing this. Some possible definitions for PID quantities have been proposed, and some analyses have been carried out on systems composed of discrete variables. Here we present the first in-depth analysis of PIDs on Gaussian systems, both static and dynamical. We show that, for a broad class of Gaussian systems, previously proposed PID formulae imply that: (i) redundancy reduces to the minimum information provided by either source variable, and hence is independent of correlation between sources; (ii) synergy is the extra information contributed by the weaker source when the stronger source is known, and can either increase or decrease with correlation between sources. We find that Gaussian systems frequently exhibit net synergy, i.e. the information carried jointly by both sources is greater than the sum of informations carried by each source individually. Drawing from several explicit examples, we discuss the implications of these findings for measures of information transfer and information-based measures of complexity, both generally and within a neuroscience setting. Importantly, by providing independent formulae for synergy and redundancy applicable to continuous time-series data, we open up a new approach to characterizing and quantifying information sharing amongst complex system variables.
description: 29 pages, 4 figures, in press Physical Review E, minor revisions to original version in response to peer review
Gravity Waves From Non-Minimal Quadratic Inflation
Creators: name: Pallis, Constantinos
name: Shafi, Qaisar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss non-minimal quadratic inflation in supersymmetric (SUSY) and non-SUSY models which entails a linear coupling of the inflaton to gravity. Imposing a lower bound on the parameter cR, involved in the coupling between the inflaton and the Ricci scalar curvature, inflation can be attained even for subplanckian values of the inflaton while the corresponding effective theory respects the perturbative unitarity up to the Planck scale. Working in the non-SUSY context we also consider radiative corrections to the inflationary potential due to a possible coupling of the inflaton to bosons or fermions. We find ranges of the parameters, depending mildly on the renormalization scale, with adjustable values of the spectral index ns, tensor-to-scalar ratio r=(2-4)x10^-3, and an inflaton mass close to 3x10^13 GeV. In the SUSY framework we employ two gauge singlet chiral superfields, a logarithmic Kahler potential including all the allowed terms up to fourth order in powers of the various fields, and determine uniquely the superpotential by applying a continuous R and a global U(1) symmetry. When the Kahler manifold exhibits a no-scale-type symmetry, the model predicts ns=0.963 and r=0.004. Beyond no-scale SUGRA, ns and r depend crucially on the coefficient involved in the fourth order term, which mixes the inflaton with the accompanying non-inflaton field in the Kahler potential, and the prefactor encountered in it. Increasing slightly the latter above (-3), an efficient enhancement of the resulting r can be achieved putting it in the observable range. The inflaton mass in the last case is confined in the range (5-9)x10^13 GeV.
description: Final version
Narceus americanus
Creators: name: Shelley, Rowland M.
name: Snyder, Bruce A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Spirobolida
Spirobolidae
Narceus
Narceus americanus

description: Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817)
Published Record. Minnesota: Lyon Co., no further locality (Shelley et al. 2006).
New Records. None.
Remarks. Aside from this record, Narceus has never been reported from Minnesota, although localities in Wisconsin and Iowa (Keeton 1960; Watermolen 1995a, b; Shelley et al. 2006) indicate occurrence in the southeast along the Mississippi River. Shelley et al. (2006) thought that it might represent an allopatric population and suggested occurrence in the eastern fringe of South Dakota, which still seems plausible though we did not encounter the milliped. Gonopodal, cyphopodal, and somatic illustrations are available in Keeton (1960), Shelley (1978, 1988, 2002b), and Filka and Shelley (1980).
description: Published as part of Shelley, Rowland M. & Snyder, Bruce A., 2012, Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia, pp. 1-17 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (239) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174370
Die Goebbels-Tagebücher 1932-1941
Creators: name: Hockerts, Hans Günter
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 13 Nr. 6 (1984): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 13, Heft 6
In Vitro Biocompatibility and Antibacterial Efficacy of a Degradable Poly(l-lactide-co-epsilon-caprolactone) Copolymer Incorporated with Silver Nanoparticles
Creators: name: Monteiro-Riviere, Nancy A.
name: Mente, Peter
name: Samberg, Meghan E.
name: King, Martin W.
name: He, Ting
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Silver nanoparticles (Ag-nps) are currently used as a natural biocide to prevent undesired bacterial growth in clothing, cosmetics and medical products. The objective of the study was to impart antibacterial properties through the incorporation of Ag-nps at increasing concentrations to electrospun degradable 50:50 poly(L-lactide-co-epsilon-caprolactone) scaffolds for skin tissue engineering applications. The biocompatibility of the scaffolds containing Ag-nps was evaluated with human epidermal keratinocytes (HEK); cell viability and proliferation were evaluated using Live/Dead and alamarBlue viability assays following 7 and 14 days of cell culture on the scaffolds. Significant decreases in cell viability and proliferation were noted for the 1.0 mg(Ag) g(scaffold)−1 after 7 and 14 days on Ag-nps scaffolds. After 14 days, scanning electron microscopy revealed a confluent layer of HEK on the surface of the 0.0 and 0.1 mg(Ag) g(scaffold)−1. Both 0.5 and 1.0 mg(Ag) g(scaffold)−1 were capable of inhibiting both Gram positive and negative bacterial strains. Uniaxial tensile tests revealed a significant (p < 0.001) decrease in the modulus of elasticity following Ag-nps incorporation compared to control. These findings suggest that a scaffold containing between 0.5 and 1.0 mg(Ag) g(scaffold)−1 is both biocompatible and antibacterial, and is suitable for skin tissue engineering graft scaffolds.
Flux-tunable Josephson Effect in a Four-Terminal Junction
Creators: name: Prosko, Christian G.
name: Huisman, Wietze D.
name: Kulesh, Ivan
name: Xiao, Di
name: Thomas, Candice
name: Manfra, Michael J.
name: Goswami, Srijit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a phase-tunable four-terminal Josephson junction formed in an InSbAs two-dimensional electron gas proximitized by aluminum. By embedding the two pairs of junction terminals in asymmetric DC SQUIDs we can control the superconducting phase difference across each pair, thereby gaining information about their current-phase relation. Using a current-bias line to locally control the magnetic flux through one SQUID, we measure a nonlocal Josephson effect, whereby the current-phase relation across two terminals in the junction is strongly dependent on the superconducting phase difference across two completely different terminals. In particular, each pair behaves as a $ϕ_0$-junction with a phase offset tuned by the phase difference across the other junction terminals. Lastly, we demonstrate that the behavior of an array of two-terminal junctions replicates most features of the current-phase relation of different multiterminal junctions. This highlights that these signatures alone are not sufficient evidence of true multiterminal Josephson effects arising from hybridization of Andreev bound states in the junction.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Phylogeny and Classification of Paris (Melanthiaceae) Inferred from DNA Sequence Data
Creators: name: ZHOU, ZHEKUN
name: FRITSCH, PETER W.
name: JI, YUNHENG
name: XIAO, TIAOJIANG
name: LI, HENG
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: • Background and Aims Paris (Melanthiaceae) is a temperate genus of about 24 perennial herbaceous species distributed from Europe to eastern Asia. The delimitation of the genus and its subdivisions are unresolved questions in the taxonomy of Paris. The objective of this study is to test the generic and infrageneric circumscription of Paris with DNA sequence data.
Lifelong Learning Participations of Rural People and Their Related Variables
Creators: name: Ma, Sangjin
name: Ma, Sangjin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: rural residents
subject: lifelong learning
subject: learning participation

description: This study was to analyze the lifelong learning participation and to identify the related variables of lifelong learning participation and investment in rural areas. For the purpose, this study carried out a survey on 507 rural residents. Survey results indicated that residents in remote rural areas had higher needs of lifelong learning for their limited learning opportunities than residents in suburban areas. Investigating barriers of lifelong learning and mainly accessed institutes in rural residents suggested that relevant learning information and rural residents-specific learning program design considering time and distance barriers were required for the expansion of lifelong learning participation in rural areas. The main factors of lifelong learning participation and investment of rural residents were the computer-utilizing ability and learning needs, which implied a shortage of lifelong learning infrastructure and a requirement of more public input for lifelong learning opportunities in rural areas.
The Impact of Trade with Mexico on US Manufacturing Industries in Light of Production Networks
Creators: name: Franks, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: In 1994, with NAFTA going into effect, many people were concerned that increased import competition from Mexico would harm US industry, especially in manufacturing. In reality this didn’t manifest for the most part, and it is largely thought that NAFTA had a small positive effect on the US economy. However, the vast majority of past work on the topic has ignored sectoral linkages when considering the question, which past work on the topic has shown can have a major effect on the results. Here I reconsider the impact of trade with Mexico after NAFTA’s passage through the lens of production networks by looking at how this affected the employment, value-added, and labor productivity of US manufacturing industries from 1994 to 2018 (note that it is not, however, the effect of NAFTA, as no data from before its passage is included). Additionally, I will only be considering trade between the US and Mexico, as Canada’s economy has a very similar structure to that of the US (and hence there was little threat of major rearrangements of industry in the US due to increased contact with them), and because the US and Canada largely already had free trade before NAFTA came into effect.
A 3-Year Longitudinal Study Examining the Effect of Resilience on Suicidality in Veterans
Creators: name: Beckham, Jean
name: Youssef, Nagy
name: Elbogen, Eric
name: Green, Kimberly
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: This study evaluated the correlation and role of resilience and resilience factors in predicting suicidal ideation and attempts in veterans.
Additional file 2: of Linear IgA bullous dermatosis in adults and children: a clinical and immunopathological study of 38 patients
Creators: name: Genovese, Giovanni
name: Venegoni, Luigia
name: Fanoni, Daniele
name: Muratori, Simona
name: Berti, Emilio
name: Marzano, Angelo
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Table S2. Summary of the main studies on linear IgA bullous dermatosis including study design, patientsâ   number, clinical features and laboratory findings. (DOCX 25 kb)
title:  Denaro linguistico e plusvalore ideologico. Estensione dell’omologia fra economia e semiotica
Creators: name: D’Urso  ,  Andrea
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2014

description: Abstract:

Il nostro contributo intende riprendere l’idea di denaro linguistico, così come è stata formulata da Rossi-Landi nel quadro della sua teoria dell’omologia tra produzione linguistica e produzione materiale. Ci proponiamo di ricordare le più importanti teorie del valore del segno che sono state influenzate dalle teorie economiche del valore, ed anche le critiche che ad esse ha rivolto Rossi-Landi. Mostreremo come queste critiche possano essere estese nei confronti di altri teorici degli anni Settanta. Estenderemo poi al concetto di plusvalore l’omologia rossi-landiana, nell’ottica della sua semiotica, ma sulla scia dell’analisi marxiana del valore e della produzione del plusvalore.

Abstract:

Our contribution intends to recall the idea of linguistic money as it was formulated by Rossi-Landi in his theory of the homology between linguistic production and material production. We will resume the most important linguistic theories of value that were influenced by economic theories of value, and the critique that Rossi-Landi addressed to them all. We will show how it can be extended to other theorists of the Seventies. Then, we will extend Rossi-Landian homology to the concept of plus-value, according to his semiotics, but by following Marx’s analysis of the value and of the production of plus-value.
description: KRYPTON – VOL.4 – 2014 – DENARO
Algebraic entropy of an extended Hietarinta-Viallet equation
Creators: name: Kanki, Masataka
name: Mase, Takafumi
name: Tokihiro, Tetsuji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37K10, 39A12, 39A20

description: We introduce a series of discrete mappings, which is considered to be an extension of the Hietarinta-Viallet mapping with one parameter. We obtain the algebraic entropy for this mapping by obtaining the recurrence relation for the degrees of the iterated mapping. For some parameter values the mapping has a confined singularity, in which case the mapping is equivalent to a recurrence relation between irreducible polynomials. For other parameter values, the mapping does not pass the singularity confinement test. The properties of irreducibility and co-primeness of the terms play crucial roles in the discussion.
description: 22 pages
Public versus Private: Economic Inequality Within Educational Access
Creators: name: Seufert-Navarro, Roger Dale
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Since the late 1970’s, economic inequality in modern postindustrial countries has been on the rise. This occurred after its steady decline following the Great Depression. Explanations for this phenomenon have identified multiple factors facilitating this reversal of trends. Within this framework, economic transitions of the last few decades have played a key role. Previously Fordist-organized economies of the advanced capitalist world – most of Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States – deindustrialized into knowledge-based economies. In conjunction, and as a result, education has become ever more important for labor market integration. Therefore, education, or lack thereof, is a central mechanism underpinning levels of inequality. But what of different methods of educational access – namely, public and private education? This work examines what influence, if any, either method has on economic inequality. Using cross-national data between 1995 and 2016 within 19 postindustrial countries, this paper finds that heavier reliance on private education results in greater levels of market income inequality and wage dispersion. Conversely, higher levels of public education spending are associated with lower levels of both measures. Additionally, these findings show a mixed association between tertiary educational attainment and wage dispersion. This work sheds additional light on contemporary determinants of rising economic inequality and further advances the importance of social investment and a human capital framework. In particular, this work stresses the relevance of not just any source of investment, but in public social investment.
Antral atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and preneoplastic markers in Mexican children with Helicobacter pylori–positive and Helicobacter pylori–negative gastritis
Creators: name: Mackinnon, Alexander Craig
name: Stoll, Kathryn Anne
name: Zhu, Hongtu
name: Villarreal-Calderon, Rodolfo
name: Aragón-Flores, Mariana
name: Cross, Janet V.
name: Luévano-González, Arturo
name: Iczkowski, Kenneth A.
name: Xiang, Qun
name: Yan, Benjamin
name: Yuan, Ying
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Chronic inflammation and infection are major risk factors for gastric carcinogenesis in adults. As chronic gastritis is common in Mexican children, diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori and other causes of gastritis are critical for the identification of children who would benefit from closer surveillance. Antral biopsies from 82 Mexican children (mean age 8.3±4.8y) with chronic gastritis (36 H. pylori +, 46 H. pylori -) were examined for gastritis activity, atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and immunohistochemical expression of gastric carcinogenesis biomarkers CDX2, ephrin type-B receptor 4, matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3), macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), p53, β-catenin, and E-cadherin. Atrophy was diagnosed in 7/82 (9%) and intestinal metaplasia in 5/82 (6%) by routine histology, while 6 (7%) additional children (3 H. pylori +) exhibited aberrant CDX2 expression without intestinal metaplasia. Significant positive correlations were seen between EphB4, MMP3, and MIF (p<0.0001). Atrophy and follicular pathology were more frequent in H. pylori + biopsies (p<0.0001), while intestinal metaplasia and CDX2 expression showed no significant correlation with H. pylori status. Antral biopsies demonstrating atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and/or aberrant CDX2 expression were seen in 21.95 % (18/82) of the children, potentially identifying those who would benefit from closer surveillance and preventive dietary strategies. Biomarkers CDX2, EphB4, MMP3, and MIF may be useful in the work-up of pediatric gastritis.
Older US Emergency Department Patients Are Less Likely to Receive Pain Medication Than Younger Patients: Results From a National Survey
Creators: name: McLean, Samuel A.
name: Esserman, Denise A.
name: Platts-Mills, Timothy F.
name: Bortsov, Andrey V.
name: Brown, D. Levin
name: Sloane, Philip D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: The purpose of this study is to determine whether older adults presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with pain are less likely to receive pain medication than younger adults.
Malnutrition Among Cognitively Intact, Noncritically Ill Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Creators: name: Pereira, Greg F.
name: Platts-Mills, Timothy F.
name: Holland, Wesley C.
name: Bulik, Cynthia M.
name: Weaver, Mark A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: We estimate the prevalence of malnutrition among older patients presenting to an emergency department (ED) in the southeastern United States and identify subgroups at increased risk.
A Discrete Logarithm-based Approach to Compute Low-Weight Multiples of Binary Polynomials
Creators: name: Peterlongo, P.
name: Sala, M.
name: Tinnirello, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Being able to compute efficiently a low-weight multiple of a given binary polynomial is often a key ingredient of correlation attacks to LFSR-based stream ciphers. The best known general purpose algorithm is based on the generalized birthday problem. We describe an alternative approach which is based on discrete logarithms and has much lower memory complexity requirements with a comparable time complexity.
description: 12 pages
Der Auftrag des Bischofs und des Theologen angesichts der Probleme der Moral in unserer Zeit
Creators: name: Benedikt XVI., Papst
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 13 Nr. 6 (1984): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 13, Heft 6
Revista Cedepem Volume-1-Numero-3
Creators: name: Cedepem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Neste número da Revista CEDEPEM do Centro de Estudos Estratégicos e Planejamento Espacial Marinho (CEDEPEM) vemos refletido o trabalho que envolve pesquisadores de 19 instituições de todas as regiões do Brasil e da Espanha (CERES, EGN , FURG, IME, IFPE, SGM, UECE, UFCG , UFF, UFPA, UFPB, UFPE, UFPel, UFRGS, UnB, UNED, UNESA, UNIPAC, UNL) em seu labor de fomentar o conhecimento e a discussão relativa ao planejamento espacial marinho e seu papel estratégico no futuro do país e do mundo.
Systematic Reviews Published in Emergency Medicine Journals Do Not Routinely Search Clinical Trials Registries: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Creators: name: Keil, Lukas G.
name: Jones, Christopher W.
name: Platts-Mills, Timothy F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Publication bias compromises the validity of systematic reviews. This problem can be addressed in part through searching clinical trials registries to identify unpublished studies. This study aims to determine how often systematic reviews published in emergency medicine journals include clinical trials registry searches.
An Introduction to Morse Theory and an Application on Complex Grassmannians
Creators: name: Van Welzen, Ben
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Morse theory, a study in the intersection of differential geometry and algebraic topology, examines the critical points of smooth, real-valued functions on smooth manifolds. Through the simplification of these functions in neighborhoods of non-degenerate critical points, we can extract global information about the manifold's homotopy type and homology groups. In particular, Morse theory gives a homotopy equivalence between compact manifolds and CW-complexes, allowing us to use much simpler cellular homology. In this thesis we establish the fundamental theorems of Morse theory, develop some remarkable consequent results of these theorems, and provide an example on complex Grassmannians to further elucidate these far-reaching facts.
Sensitivity of Cosmological Parameter Estimation to Nonlinear Prescription from Cosmic Shear
Creators: name: Safi, Sarah
name: Farhang, Marzieh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several ongoing and upcoming large scale structure surveys aim to explore the nonlinear regime of structure formation with high precision. Making reliable cosmological inferences from these observations necessitates precise theoretical modeling of the mildly nonlinear regime. In this work we explore how the choice of nonlinear prescription would impact parameter estimation from cosmic shear measurements for a Euclid-like survey. Specifically, we employ two different nonlinear prescriptions of Haloft and the Effective Field Theory of the Large Scale Structure and compare their measurements for the three different cosmological scenarios of $Λ$CDM, $w$CDM and $(w_0,w_a)$CDM. We also investigate the impact of different nonlinear cutoff schemes on parameter estimation. We find that the predicted errors on most parameters shrink considerably as smaller scales are included in the analysis, with the amount depending on the nonlinear prescription and the cutoff scheme used. We use predictions from the Halofit model to analyze the mock data from DarkSky $N$-body simulations and quantify the parameter bias introduced in the measurements due to the choice of nonlinear prescription. We observe that $σ_8$ and $n_{\rm{s}}$ have the largest measurement bias induced by inaccuracies of the Halofit model.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Genmanipulation beim Menschen der Zukunft
Creators: name: Arranz Rodrigo, Marceliano
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 13 Nr. 6 (1984): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 13, Heft 6
Contribution of two particle-two hole final states to the nuclear response
Creators: name: Benhar, Omar
name: Lovato, Alessandro
name: Rocco, Noemi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The excitation of two particle-two hole final states in neutrino-nucleus scattering has been advocated by many authors as the source of the excess cross section observed by the MiniBooNE Collaboration in the quasi elastic sector. We analyse the mechanisms leading to the appearance of these final states, and illustrate their significance through the results of accurate calculations of the nuclear electromagnetic response in the transverse channel. A novel approach, allowing for a consistent treatment of the amplitudes involving one- and two-nucleon currents in the kinematical region in which the non relativistic approximation breaks down, is outlined.
description: Physical Review C, in press. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1312.1210
Stochastic synchronization of neural activity waves
Creators: name: Kilpatrick, Zachary P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We demonstrate that waves in distinct layers of a neuronal network can become phase-locked by common spatiotemporal noise. This phenomenon is studied for stationary bumps, traveling waves, and breathers. A weak noise expansion is used to derive an effective equation for the position of the wave in each layer, yielding a stochastic differential equation with multiplicative noise. Stability of the synchronous state is characterized by a Lyapunov exponent, which we can compute analytically from the reduced system. Our results extend previous work on limit-cycle oscillators, showing common noise can synchronize waves in a broad class of models.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Concurrent sexual partnerships among African Americans in the rural south
Creators: name: Adimora, A
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: Abstract Purpose To investigate concurrent sexual partnerships among heterosexual African Americans, 18 to 59 years old, in rural North Carolina. Methods Household interviews with persons randomly selected from the NC driver's license file were conducted to identify overlap among the 3 most recent sexual partnerships. Results Concurrency prevalence in the past 5 years was 53% (men) and 31% (women). Most (61%) respondents believed that a recent partner had had a concurrent partnership. Multivariate analysis revealed strong associations between concurrency and male gender, being unmarried, age of sexual debut, and incarceration of a sex partner. Conclusions Concurrent partnerships may increase rates of heterosexual HIV among blacks in the rural Southeastern United States. Future research should examine the context that supports this network pattern.
Endometriosis Among Women Exposed to Polybrominated Biphenyls
Creators: name: Blanck, Heidi Michels
name: Rubin, Carol
name: Tolbert, Paige
name: Hoffman, Caroline S.
name: Small, Chanley M.
name: Marcus, Michele
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: We examined the association between endometriosis and exposure to polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) among women inadvertently exposed to PBBs in 1973.
title: Geochemical studies of arsenic and some heavy metals in South-East England
Creators: name: Harnden, Susan. Mary
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2022

description: The soils of the Weald of South-East England are derived from a complex variety of sedimentary materials, which exhibit strong geochemical variation. This thesis describes detailed research into the biogeochemistry of Arsenic and other heavy metals of the Weald. A short review and introduction to the geology and soil types of the area is presented. The importance of As and human health is emphasised. Soil samples were taken along eight transects at various points across the geological boundaries and two other specific Wealden areas. The "total" concentration of As , Cu , Zn , Mn , and Fe; DTPA - extractable Cu , Mn , Zn and Fe; Bray P-1 extractable As; LOI (%) and pH were all determined using the fine earth fraction. To perform analysis for As a sensitive method of detection in the range 0-1.0 yg/g by hydride generation coupled to atomic absorption spectrophotometry was developed and refined. The majority of the Wealden soils have As contents typical of the published data for these soil types. Romney Marsh soils exhibited the highest levels of (x=15 yg/g). An examination of stream sediments indicated that localized pollution had occurred. This anomaly is rationalised in terms cf drainage and soil chemistry. A strong correlation was found for Fe-As (p<0.001). Trials performed with various plant types in As-spiked soils show a relationship between soil concentration and plant uptake. Yield decreases and plant uptake vary with soil type and crop. The effects were found to be most marked in a calcareous soil with low phosphate content. Extractions indicated Bray P-1 to be useful in determining plant availability. Abundance levels for Cu , Mn , Zn and Fe are presented. Argillaceous deposits usually contain greater concentrations than arenaceous. A strong positive correlation was found between Zn and Cu (p<0.001) for all soils. The DTPA extractions are discussed with regard to soil parent material Generally increased levels of total elements imply increases in available concentrations. A statistical analysis of the results is reported.
Heisenberg-limited metrology with information recycling
Creators: name: Haine, Simon A.
name: Szigeti, Stuart S.
name: Lang, Matthias D.
name: Caves, Carlton M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Information recycling has been shown to improve the sensitivity of atom interferometers by exploiting atom-light entanglement. In this paper, we apply information recycling to an interferometer where the input quantum state has been partially transferred from some donor system. We demonstrate that when the quantum state of this donor system is from a particular class of number-correlated Heisenberg-limited states, information recycling yields a Heisenberg-limited phase measurement. Crucially, this result holds irrespective of the fraction of the quantum state transferred to the interferometer input and also for a general class of number-conserving quantum-state-transfer processes, including ones that destroy the first-order phase coherence between the branches of the interferometer. This result could have significant applications in Heisenberg-limited atom interferometry, where the quantum state is transferred from a Heisenberg-limited photon source, and in optical interferometry where the loss can be monitored.
Participation in Research Studies: Factors Associated with Failing to Meet Minority Recruitment Goals
Creators: name: Davis, Roger B.
name: St. George, Diane Marie M.
name: Williams, Ishan Canty
name: Durant, Raegan W.
name: Corbie-Smith, Giselle M.
name: Blumenthal, Connie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: To determine the recruitment goals that investigators set for racial/ethnic minorities and the factors associated with failure to meet those goals.
Correlates of Toenail Zinc in a Free-Living U.S. Population
Creators: name: Satia, Jessie A.
name: Gonzalez, Alejandro
name: White, Emily
name: Lampe, Johanna W.
name: Peters, Ulrike
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: No prior studies have reported on dietary correlates of toenail zinc, an easily collected biomarker of zinc status. The study aim was to identify dietary and other factors that influence toenail zinc in a healthy population, in order to understand the usefulness of this biomarker in public health studies. Cross-sectional comparison of toenail zinc with questionnaire measures of demographic and behavioral factors, dietary intake and supplement use. Western Washington State, US. 106 men and 106 women, who are participants in a large cohort study, of whom 66% used multivitamins or individual supplements containing zinc. Increased toenail zinc concentrations were associated with increased dietary zinc intake (adjusted difference in toenail zinc between those in the highest quartile of intake vs. lowest = 11.0 ppm, p for trend = 0.03), with the association primarily among men. Borderline associations of increased toenail zinc were found with decreased vegetable intake (p=0.08) and increased body mass index (p=0.11). Supplemental zinc and intake of phytic acid, alcohol, iron (from food or supplements) did not influence toenail zinc. Toenail zinc concentrations vary with dietary zinc intake, even in a healthy population with presumably little zinc deficiency.
Tertia Optio: Evaluating the Externally-Fomented Coup d’Ètat via PBSUCCESS
Creators: name: Hoechster, Jacob
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The fomented coup d’état has been an alluring tool for American Presidents to achieve maximal policy aims at minimal cost since the dawn of the Cold War. Even prior, the coup d’état has been a constant feature of political society. Despite this, literature on the planning, prosecution, and execution of the coup d’état is sparse, and no work specifically addresses the fomented coup d’état. This thesis builds on three principal framework of the coup d’état, combined with analysis of a successfully-fomented coup, Operation PBSUCCESS: the 1954 operation to overthrow Jacobo Arbenz. The thesis produces a new framework from maximizing the likelihood of success in a fomented coup d’état by modifying and contributing to the existing literature based on lessons drawn from the historical case study.
The Phase-space analysis of scalar fields with non-minimally derivative coupling
Creators: name: Huang, Yumei
name: Gao, Qing
name: Gong, Yungui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a dynamical analysis for the exponential scalar field with non-minimally derivative coupling. For the quintessence case, the stable fixed points are the same with and without the non-minimally derivative coupling. For the phantom case, the attractor with dark energy domination exists for the minimal coupling only. For the non-minimally derivative coupling without the standard canonical kinetic term, only the de-Sitter attractor exists, and the dark matter solution is unstable.
description: v2, minor correction, EPJC in press
Anomaly detection with flow-based fast calorimeter simulators
Creators: name: Krause, Claudius
name: Nachman, Benjamin
name: Pang, Ian
name: Shih, David
name: Zhu, Yunhao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, several normalizing flow-based deep generative models have been proposed to accelerate the simulation of calorimeter showers. Using CaloFlow as an example, we show that these models can simultaneously perform unsupervised anomaly detection with no additional training cost. As a demonstration, we consider electromagnetic showers initiated by one (background) or multiple (signal) photons. The CaloFlow model is designed to generate single photon showers, but it also provides access to the shower likelihood. We use this likelihood as an anomaly score and study the showers tagged as being unlikely. As expected, the tagger struggles when the signal photons are nearly collinear, but is otherwise effective. This approach is complementary to a supervised classifier trained on only specific signal models using the same low-level calorimeter inputs. While the supervised classifier is also highly effective at unseen signal models, the unsupervised method is more sensitive in certain regions and thus we expect that the ultimate performance will require a combination of these approaches.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures
STM microscopy of the CDW in 1T-TiSe2 in the presence of single atom defects
Creators: name: Novello, A. M.
name: Hildebrand, B.
name: Scarfato, A.
name: Didiot, C.
name: Monney, G.
name: Ubaldini, A.
name: Berger, H.
name: Bowler, D. R.
name: Aebi, P.
name: Renner, Ch.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy study of the commensurate charge density wave (CDW) in 1$T$-TiSe$_2$ in the presence of single atom defects. We find no significant modification of the CDW lattice in single crystals with native defects concentrations where some bulk probes already measure substantial reductions in the CDW phase transition signature. Systematic analysis of STM micrographs combined with density functional theory modelling of atomic defect patterns indicate that the observed CDW modulation lies in the Se surface layer. The defect patterns clearly show there are no 2$H$-polytype inclusions in the CDW phase, as previously found at room temperature [Titov A.N. et al, Phys. Sol. State 53, 1073 (2011). They further provide an alternative explanation for the chiral Friedel oscillations recently reported in this compound [J. Ishioka et al., Phys. Rev. B 84, 245125, (2011)].
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
30 Years after Reunification: Returns to Experience & the East-West Wage Gap in Germany
Creators: name: Woltersdorf, Webster
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: This senior thesis examines the impact of returns to labour market experience on the wage gap between East and West Germany. Analysing the period between 1995 and 2020 using German Socio-Economic Panel data (SOEP), we show that West German citizens are rewarded with higher returns to full-time work experience at all stages of their careers, regardless of their birthyear and industry. We show that higher West German earnings are robust when running pooled OLS, clustered OLS, random effects, and fixed effects estimations, and after the inclusion of individual time-variant and time-fixed effects. Later, we show that our OLS model underestimates average earnings for East German women, in particular, using a Heckman maximum likelihood estimation model. Moreover, we predict earnings trajectories for East-West migrants within Germany and show that a West German residence yields higher returns to experience regardless of one’s location before German reunification. We highlight that earnings convergence is materialising for younger Germans, especially for women, and discuss recommendations for further research.
HDL-Cholesterol and Incidence of Breast Cancer in the ARIC Cohort Study
Creators: name: Mink, Pamela J.
name: Shahar, Eyal
name: Alberg, Anthony J.
name: Rosamond, Wayne D.
name: Kucharska-Newton, Anna M.
name: Folsom, Aaron R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: An association of low plasma HDL-cholesterol with risk of breast cancer has been suggested by multiple studies; the evidence, however, is not conclusive. We examined the possible association of low HDL-cholesterol with incidence of breast cancer using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) cohort, a prospective study of a randomly selected sample of women and men from four US communities.
Screening Young Adults for Prevalent Chlamydial Infection in Community Settings
Creators: name: Feldblum, Paul J.
name: Leone, Peter A.
name: Stein, Cheryl R.
name: Kaufman, Jay S.
name: Miller, William C.
name: Ford, Carol A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Community-based testing may identify young adults in the general population with sexually transmitted chlamydial infection. To develop selective screening guidelines appropriate for community settings, the authors conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Wave III (April 2, 2001 – May 9, 2002).
Abacion texense
Creators: name: Shelley, Rowland M.
name: Snyder, Bruce A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Callipodida
Abacionidae
Abacion
Abacion texense

description: Abacion texense (Loomis, 1937)
Published Records. Minnesota: Minnesota in general (Hoffman 1999, Stoev et al. 2008, Stoev and Shelley 2009, McAllister and Shelley 2010). Southern Minnesota (McAllister and Shelley 2010). Rock Co., Luverne, Beaver Creek (Shelley 1984).
New Records. South Dakota: Lincoln Co., Newton Hills State Park (43 o 13' 29" N, 96 o 34' 51" W), 2FF, 7 August 2011, RM Shelley, BA Snyder (NCSM). Union Co., Union Grove State Park (42 o 55' 20" N, 96 o 46' 29" W), 2FF, 7 August 2011, RM Shelley, BA Snyder (NCSM). New State Record for the Species, Genus, Family, and Order.
Remarks. All four individuals were discovered under bark of decaying logs. While no males were encountered, the slender bodies and known occurrence in Rock Co., in southwestern Minnesota (Shelley 1984, McAllister and Shelley 2010), indicate A. texense. Shelley (1984) suggested that the species might occur in central and southwestern South Dakota, perhaps even the Black Hills, but recent data show that it does not. McAllister and Shelley (2010) stated that occurrence in southeastern South Dakota was plausible because of its moist, verdant habitats and location between Minnesota and Nebraska sites, and we confirm this prediction. Illustrations are available in Loomis (1937) and Shelley (1984).
description: Published as part of Shelley, Rowland M. & Snyder, Bruce A., 2012, Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia, pp. 1-17 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (239) on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174370
Validation of a GIS Facilities Database: Quantification and Implications of Error
Creators: name: Boone, Janne E.
name: Popkin, Barry M.
name: Gordon-Larsen, Penny
name: Stewart, James D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: To validate a commercial database of community-level physical activity facilities that can be used in future research examining associations between access to physical activity facilities and individual-level physical activity and obesity.
Additional file 2: of Discovery of a novel natural killer cell line with distinct immunostimulatory and proliferative potential as an alternative platform for cancer immunotherapy
Creators: name: Yang, Hyun Gul
name: Kang, Moon Cheol
name: Kim, Tae Yoon
name: Injung Hwang
name: Jin, Hyun Tak
name: Sung, Young Chul
name: Ki-Seong Eom
name: Kim, Sae Won
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer

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