cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Myocardial Segmentation of Cardiac MRI Sequences with Temporal Consistency for Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis
Creators: name: Chen, Yutian
name: Xu, Xiaowei
name: Zeng, Dewen
name: Shi, Yiyu
name: Yuan, Haiyun
name: Zhuang, Jian
name: Dong, Yuhao
name: Jia, Qianjun
name: Huang, Meiping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death globally, and its diagnosis is usually based on manual myocardial segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequences. As the manual segmentation is tedious, time-consuming and with low applicability, automatic myocardial segmentation using machine learning techniques has been widely explored recently. However, almost all the existing methods treat the input MRI sequences independently, which fails to capture the temporal information between sequences, e.g., the shape and location information of the myocardium in sequences along time. In this paper, we propose a myocardial segmentation framework for sequence of cardiac MRI (CMR) scanning images of left ventricular cavity, right ventricular cavity, and myocardium. Specifically, we propose to combine conventional networks and recurrent networks to incorporate temporal information between sequences to ensure temporal consistent. We evaluated our framework on the Automated Cardiac Diagnosis Challenge (ACDC) dataset. Experiment results demonstrate that our framework can improve the segmentation accuracy by up to 2% in Dice coefficient.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
Effect of a pharmacologically induced decrease in core temperature in rats resuscitated from cardiac arrest
Creators: name: Gordon, Christopher J.
name: Lambert, Brice H.
name: Katz, Laurence M.
name: Frank, Jonathan E.
name: Glickman, Lawrence T.
name: Jr, Gerald McGwin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Hypothermia is recommended by international guidelines for treatment of unconscious survivors of cardiac arrest to improve neurologic outcomes. However, temperature management is often underutilized because it may be difficult to implement. The present study evaluated the efficacy of pharmacologically induced hypothermia on survival and neurological outcome in rats resuscitated from cardiac arrest.
MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR MONITORING MICROPLASTICS POLLUTION IN THE SURFACE WATERS
Creators: name: Iuliia Bakhteeva
name: Medvedeva, Irina
name: Filinkova, Marina
name: Byzov, Ilia
name: Uimin, Mikhail
name: Tseitlin, Evgeny
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: nanoparticles
microplastics
preconcentration
aqueous suspensions
magnetic sedimentation

description: The accumulation of plastic waste in the world's oceans is a growing public concern, under the action of water and solar radiation, the macroscopic plastic objects break down into micro- and nano-sized particles. The amount of microplastics in natural waters is currently unknown because of the difficulties of their quantification in water. It is proposed to use the method of the preconcentration of micro- and nanoplastic particles in water using two main approaches, such as the addition of composite magnetic nanoseeds that form aggregates with detectable plastic particles, and the subsequent separation of these hetertoaggregates from water by magnetic separation. In order to concentrate polyethylene (PE, 20-100 μm) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET, 10-20μm) particles from water, the magnetic Fe-C-NH2 nanoseeds (10 nm) were added to the water, afterward, the magnetic sedimentation of the formed heteroaggregates in a gradient magnetic field was conducted. The effect of magnetic nanoparticles concentration in suspension, the time expose for the heteroaggregation on the efficiency magnetic preconcentration have been investigated.
Improving quantum gate performance through neighboring optimal control
Creators: name: Peng, Yuchen
name: Gaitan, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Successful implementation of a fault-tolerant quantum computation on a system of qubits places severe demands on the hardware used to control the many-qubit state. It is known that an accuracy threshold $P_{a}$ exists for any quantum gate that is to be used in such a computation. Specifically, the error probability $P_{e}$ for such a gate must fall below the accuracy threshold: $P_{e} < P_{a}$. Estimates of $P_{a}$ vary widely, though $P_{a}\sim 10^{-4}$ has emerged as a challenging target for hardware designers. In this paper we present a theoretical framework based on neighboring optimal control that takes as input a good quantum gate and returns a new gate with better performance. We illustrate this approach by applying it to all gates in a universal set of quantum gates produced using non-adiabatic rapid passage that has appeared in the literature. Performance improvements are substantial, both for ideal and non-ideal controls. Under suitable conditions detailed below, all gate error probabilities fall well below the target threshold of $10^{-4}$.
description: 27 pages; 11 figures; 13 tables; to appear in Phys. Rev. A
Audiovisual Saliency Prediction in Uncategorized Video Sequences based on Audio-Video Correlation
Creators: name: Butt, Maryam Qamar
name: Rahman, Anis Ur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Substantial research has been done in saliency modeling to develop intelligent machines that can perceive and interpret their surroundings. But existing models treat videos as merely image sequences excluding any audio information, unable to cope with inherently varying content. Based on the hypothesis that an audiovisual saliency model will be an improvement over traditional saliency models for natural uncategorized videos, this work aims to provide a generic audio/video saliency model augmenting a visual saliency map with an audio saliency map computed by synchronizing low-level audio and visual features. The proposed model was evaluated using different criteria against eye fixations data for a publicly available DIEM video dataset. The results show that the model outperformed two state-of-the-art visual saliency models.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables
LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RUSSIA’S PRIORITIES
Creators: name: Muslim Eskiev
name: Satueva, Laila
name: Aishat Baysangurova
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: national climate policy
climate initiatives
climate change
environmental problems
environmental protection
global warming

description: The national climate policy of Russia against the international background has been developing quite slowly. Its development entered an active phase in the 2010s with the adoption of the Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation at the end of 2009, and is now detailed in action plans aimed at achieving the goals of reducing GHG emissions and adapting to climate change. The climate doctrine has secured the priority of national interests in the development and implementation of climate policy, but the driver of its current development is the international agenda and climate initiatives of Russia's main trading partners (primarily the EU). According to a VTsIOM survey from September 202067, the majority of Russians agree that climate change is taking place on the planet (93% of respondents), and notes that they have an impact on their lives (57%). At the same time, if 52% of the Russians surveyed consider global warming to be a really serious problem, then 40% characterize this problem as far-fetched and inflated (8% found it difficult to answer). Russians are generally not ready to pay more for goods and services, even if these funds are used to introduce alternative energy sources or improve energy efficiency (62%–76% of respondents, depending on the product or service). Russian business is also against the introduction of additional climate fees. Strengthening the national climate policy in Russia is supported by the majority of the scientific community (although there are also climate skeptics in Russia) and by a number of experts who point to a significant potential increase in costs associated with both the need to adapt to climate change and the further spread of climate initiatives in the world. Thus, the climate policy in Russia can be attributed to one of the most controversial and difficult areas to develop.
First Law of Black Hole Mechanics as a Condition for Stationarity
Creators: name: McCormick, Stephen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 83C99

description: In earlier work [arXiv:1302.1237], we provided a Hilbert manifold structure for the phase space for the Einstein-Yang-Mills equations, and used this to prove a condition for initial data to be stationary. Here we use the same phase space to consider the evolution of initial data exterior to some closed 2-surface boundary, and establish a condition for stationarity in this case. It is shown that the differential relationship given in the first law of black hole mechanics is exactly the condition required for the initial data to be stationary; this was first argued non-rigorously by Sudarsky and Wald in 1992. Furthermore, we give evidence to suggest that if this differential relationship holds then the boundary surface is the bifurcation surface of a bifurcate Killing horizon.
description: 20 pages
Ground state, collective mode, phase soliton and vortex in multiband superconductors
Creators: name: Lin, Shi-Zeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This article reviews theoretical and experimental work on the novel physics in multiband superconductors. Multiband superconductors are characterized by multiple superconducting energy gaps in different bands with interaction between Cooper pairs in these bands. The discovery of prominent multiband superconductors $\mathrm{MgB_2}$ and later iron-based superconductors has triggered enormous interests in multiband superconductors. Most recently discovered superconductors exhibit multiband features. The multiband superconductors possess novel properties that are not shared by their single-band counterpart. Examples include the time-reversal symmetry broken state in multiband superconductors with frustrated interband couplings, the collective oscillation of number of Cooper pairs between different bands, known as the Leggett mode, the phase soliton and fractional vortex, which are the main focus of this review. This review presents a survey of a wide range of theoretical exploration and experimental investigations of novel physics in multiband superconductors. Vast information derived from these studies is shown to highlight unusual and unique properties of multiband superconductors, and to reveal the challenges and opportunities in the research on the multiband superconductivity.
description: review article with 34 pages and 24 figures. Comments and suggestions are welcome
RETINAL FEATURES PREDICTIVE OF PROGRESSIVE STAGE 4 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY
Creators: name: MCCOLM, JANET R.
name: HARTNETT, M. ELIZABETH
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: To determine the retinal features predictive of progressive stage 4 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) after laser treatment for threshold ROP.
FIBROVASCULAR ORGANIZATION IN THE VITREOUS FOLLOWING LASER FOR ROP: Implications for Prognosis
Creators: name: MCCOLM, JANET R.
name: HARTNETT, M ELIZABETH
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: To study associations between surgical outcome and mean postmenstrual age (PMA) when fibrovascular organization is detected between vascular and avascular retina following laser for acute retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
General-relativistic hydrodynamics of non-perfect fluids: 3+1 conservative formulation and application to viscous black-hole accretion
Creators: name: Chabanov, Michail
name: Rezzolla, Luciano
name: Rischke, Dirk H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the relativistic hydrodynamics of non-perfect fluids with the goal of determining a formulation that is suited for numerical integration in special-relativistic and general-relativistic scenarios. To this end, we review the various formulations of relativistic second-order dissipative hydrodynamics proposed so far and present in detail a particular formulation that is fully general, causal, and can be cast into a 3+1 flux-conservative form, as the one employed in modern numerical-relativity codes. As an example, we employ a variant of this formulation restricted to a relaxation-type equation for the bulk viscosity in the general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics code $\texttt{BHAC}$. After adopting the formulation for a series of standard and non-standard tests in 1+1-dimensional special-relativistic hydrodynamics, we consider a novel general-relativistic scenario, namely, the stationary, spherically symmetric, viscous accretion onto a black hole. The newly developed solution $-$ which can exhibit even considerable deviations from the inviscid counterpart $-$ can be used as a testbed for numerical codes simulating non-perfect fluids on curved backgrounds.
description: 54 pages, 5 figures, matches accepted version in MNRAS
METHOD OF STUDYING THE REDUCTION AND SEQUESTRATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES ON CARBON FARMS
Creators: name: Mashkov, Sergey
name: Kheda Murtazova
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: carbon polygons
greenhouse
carbon farms
agricultural ecosystems
environmental protection
carbon dioxide

description: Methodological approaches to the formation of a unified National system for monitoring and recording the balance of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions are considered, as well as the purpose, typification, requirements for the spatial distribution of "carbon" landfills, assessment of the carbon absorption capacity of forests and agricultural ecosystems of the Russian Federation, a standard methodology recommended by the international community for assessment of carbon stocks in soils, which should be applied in the Russian Federation to ensure comparability of greenhouse gas accounting results between countries, determination of carbon absorption capacity of natural ecosystems and soils. The carbon uptake potential of agricultural soils is shown. A list of indicators for assessing soil carbon according to the methodology of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories) is given.
Introducing Advanced Paramedics into the rural general practice team in Ireland – general practitioners attitudes
Creators: name: FEERICK, FINTAN
name: O'Connor, Chris
name: HAYES, PETER
name: KELLY, DERVLA
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introduction: As Ireland’s population increases and chronic disease becomes more prevalent, demand on limited general practice services will increase. Nursing roles within general practice are now considered to be standard, yet alternative allied health professional roles are under explored within an Irish context. Allied health personnel such as Advanced Paramedics (APs) may have the capability to provide support to general practice. Aim: To explore General Practitioners’ (GPs) attitudes and opinions of integrating Advanced Paramedics (APs) into rural general practice in Ireland. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed methodology was adopted. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to a purposeful sample of GPs attending a rural conference followed by semi-structured interviews. Data was recorded and transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Results: In total n=27 GPs responded to the survey and n=13 GPs were interviewed. The majority of GPs were familiar with APs and were receptive to the concept of closely collaborating with APs within a variety of settings including out-of-hours services, home visits, nursing homes and even roles within the general practice surgery. Conclusion: General Practitioner and Advanced Paramedic clinical practice dovetail within many facets of primary care and emergency care. GPs recognise that current rural models are unsustainable and realise the potential of integrating APs into the general practice team to help support and sustain the future of rural general practice services in Ireland. These interviews provided an exclusive, detailed insight into the world of general practice in Ireland that has not been previously documented in this way.
Strong Chromatic Microlensing in HE0047-1756 and SDSS1155+6346
Creators: name: Rojas, Karina
name: Motta, Verónica
name: Mediavilla, Evencio
name: Falco, Emilio
name: Jiménez-Vicente, Jorge
name: Muñoz, José Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use spectra of the double lensed quasars HE0047-1756 and SDSS1155+6346 to study their unresolved structure through the impact of microlensing. There is no significant evidence of microlensing in the emission line profiles except for the Ly$α$ line of SDSS1155+6346, which shows strong differences in the shapes for images A and B. However, the continuum of the B image spectrum in SDSS1155+6346 is strongly contaminated by the lens galaxy and these differences should be considered with caution. Using the flux ratios of the emission lines for image pairs as a baseline to remove macro-magnification and extinction, we have detected strong chromatic microlensing in the continuum measured by CASTLES (http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/castles/), in both lens systems, with amplitudes $0.09 (λ16000) \lesssim |Δm |\lesssim 0.8 (λ5439)$ for HE0047-1756, and $0.2 (λ16000) \lesssim |Δm |\lesssim 0.8 (λ5439)$ for SDSS1155+6346. Using magnification maps to simulate microlensing, and modeling the accretion disk as a Gaussian source (I $\propto$ exp(-R$^{2}$/2r$^2_s$)) of size r$_{s}$ $\propto$ $ λ^{p} $ we find, r$_{s}$ = 2.5$_{-1.4}^{+3.0}$ $\sqrt{M/0.3M_{\odot}}$ light days and p = 2.3 $\pm$ 0.8, at the rest frame for $λ$ = 2045, for HE0047-1756 (log prior), and r$_{s}$ = 5.5$_{-3.3}^{+8.2}$ $\sqrt{M/0.3M_{\odot}}$ light days and p = 1.5 $\pm$ 0.6 at the rest frame of $λ$ = 1398, for SDSS1155+6346 (log prior). Contrary to other studied lens systems, the chromaticity detected in HE0047-1756 and SDSS1155+6346 is large enough to fulfill the thin disk prediction. The inferred sizes, however, are very large compared to the predictions of this model, especially in the case of SDSS1155+6346.
description: 31 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
METHODOLOGY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEMS CAUSED BY RESERVOIRS ON THE SEASHORE
Creators: name: Matchavariani, Lia
name: Metreveli, Giorgi
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: abrasion
beach
sediment quarry
silting prism
silting tail

description: Geological, demographic, climatic (present-day eustasy) and anthropogenic (reservoirs, urban loadings) factors play an active role in the formation of the coastal zone. The anthropogenic factor acts against the background of natural factors and depending on the direction of their vectors increases or decreases. In such circumstances, it is expedient to create a long-term forecast of coastal dynamics using proven methods. In contrast to them, in order to study the anthropogenic factor, i.e., the impact of the reservoir on the state of coastal beaches, a new method for studying the limiting volume of the silting prism of a reservoir has been proposed. Therefore, for the long-term prediction of the dynamics of a specific section of the seashore under the influence of the reservoir, a methodology should be used, that, together with it, combines the research methods of the factors operating in the region. Such a technique has been first tested on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, in the Chorokhi delta, where the sea threatened the city of Batumi with complete destruction after river sediments were blocked in recent years by a cascade of six reservoirs. According to the forecast made by this technique, the coast of the city will no longer receive beach-forming sediments within a millennium. Taking into consideration that the sea annually carries away a large amount of beach-building material from the delta, the city of Batumi and the entire delta are threatened with a complete abrasive collapse. The long-term forecast created using the new method makes it possible to determine timely the duration of the impact of reservoirs on the coast, the risks of natural disasters, and start permanent artificial backfilling of the coast with sediments and its strengthening with appropriate anti-abrasive structures.
The Philosophy Pop-Up Shop
Creators: name: Goodman, Andrew
name: Laird, Tessa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190502 Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting)
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 190599 Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified

description: An exhibition that satirically explores the relationship between contemporary art practice and its reliance on philosophy, including artists' talks and events.
MODELING OF REGIMES WITH SUDDEN CHANGE
Creators: name: Mustafayev, Islam
name: Aminagha Sadigov
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: modeling
complex systems
theory of catastrophes
sudden change
uncertainty
risk

description: The existing concepts of risk and uncertainty for regimes with sudden changes are described. Analyzed what opportunities can be identified and used as possible risks of uncertainty. The main objective of the work is to strengthen the capacity in study of uncertainty impact on security of complex systems for which standard modeling methods are inadequate. The regimes with sudden, discontinuous changes that cause the instability have been modeling for a wide range of different complex systems from economics and ecology to sociology and biology.
METHODS OF INCREASING RELIABILITY TO REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION RISKS OF HIGH-RISE MONOLITHIC REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
Creators: name: Farzaliyev, Sahib
name: Shaig Guluzadeh
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: reliability
expert assessment
high-rise
monolithic reinforced concrete
construction production
organizational-technological problems
quality control

description: Since the construction of high-rise monolithic reinforced concrete buildings is a complex and dynamic system and it is influenced by a large number of factors, the quantitative indicator of organizational and technological reliability is probabilistic in nature, their assessment can be solved by mathematical statistics by interviewing experts. In our republic, the volume of construction of high-rise monolithic reinforced concrete buildings has reached a record level. Statistics show that the construction of monolithic reinforced concrete buildings in the republic is 86.0% in housing construction. This makes it relevant to study and develop methods for improving the organizational and technological reliability of high-rise monolithic reinforced concrete buildings. The assessment of the organizational and technological reliability of the construction of monolithic reinforced concrete buildings includes such issues as the probability of completion of construction, that is, the implementation of a construction project on time and within budget, with the necessary quality. Thus, it is necessary to analyze in more detail the factors determining the reliability of the construction of monolithic reinforced concrete buildings using the methods of probability theory and mathematical statistics.
NATURAL HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING
Creators: name: Zelimkhan Musostov
name: Berkaeva, Albina
name: Basnukaev, Isa
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: natural hazards
natural disasters
environmental solutions
disaster prevention
ecology
green economy

description: Natural hazards have been in wait for mankind in all periods of its existence, leading to the destruction of material values and the death of people. Despite significant scientific achievements in the field of forecasting and preventing natural disasters, it is not possible to completely prevent their occurrence. Against the background of active human intervention in the environment and the associated climate change, the number of natural disasters is significantly increasing. This necessitates the transformation of the economic system, the development of new models of "green" growth, which implies harmonious relations between man and the biosphere. The article presents a modern assessment of natural hazards and the risks of their occurrence, as well as developed directions for making environmental decisions to minimize them.
One definite note and the anarchic share of listening
Creators: name: Goodman, Andrew
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 220399 Philosophy not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 190409 Musicology and Ethnomusicology
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 190407 Music Performance

description: No description supplied
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS IN OIL AND GAS WORKERS IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC
Creators: name: Syurin, Sergei
name: Kizeev, Aleksei
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: oil and gas industry
health risks
occupational diseases
Russian Arctic

description: To study the occupational health risks in oil and gas industry in the Russian Arctic in order to plan and guide further occupational disease prevention programs. We studied and analyzed the data of "Working conditions and occupational morbidity" dataset with regard to the population of the Nenets and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs in 2007-2021. Noise (38.9%), cooling microclimate (12.3%), non-ionizing electromagnetic fields and radiation (10.7%) were the most prevalent hazards in the oil and gas industry in the Russian Arctic. Combined effect of two hazards was observed in 19.0% of workers. During 15 years of follow-up, 54 new cases of occupational disease were identified in 50 employees, including sensorineural deafness (46.3%), radiculopathy (18.5%) and vibration disease (13.0%). Occupational diseases were mainly found in harmful classes 3.1 and 3.2 (85.1%) due to outdated technological processes and equipment design flaws (75.9%). In 2007-2021, occupational disease cases in the oil and gas industry made 14.8% of their overall count in the region. The mean rate of occupational morbidity was 0.426 cases / 10,000 employees, five times less than elsewhere in the industry (1,939 cases / 10,000 employees). The risk to obtain an occupational disease otherwise was higher compared to the oil and gas enterprises (RR=4.55; 95% CI 3.40-197.2; p<0.001). The risk to gain an occupational disease in oil and gas production in the Russian Arctic was lower compared to other industries. This may be due to better working conditions, but can also result from incomplete existing diseases verification or still from some other yet unknown reasons.
ON ONE APPROACH TO NON-DESTRUCTIVE CONTROL OVER THE STATE OF PIPELINE SYSTEMS
Creators: name: Reshad Ismibayli
name: Ashrafova, Yegana
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: In the process of long-term operation of pipeline systems for the transport of hydrocarbons (oil
gas) and other liquids
leaks occur in some of its sections over time. An important role of timely detection of leaks is occupied by methods of indestructible control over the state of pipeline systems that do not require the production of any technical actions. Non-destructive testing methods are based
as a rule
on mathematical methods and modern computer technologies. In this paper
using the example of the problem of determining the locations of fluid leaks
an approach is proposed based on solving an inverse problem with respect to a system of differential equations with partial derivatives that describes the process of fluid flow.

description: In the process of long-term operation of pipeline systems for the transport of hydrocarbons (oil, gas) and other liquids, leaks occur in some of its sections over time. An important role of timely detection of leaks is occupied by methods of indestructible control over the state of pipeline systems that do not require the production of any technical actions. Non-destructive testing methods are based, as a rule, on mathematical methods and modern computer technologies. In this paper, using the example of the problem of determining the locations of fluid leaks, an approach is proposed based on solving an inverse problem with respect to a system of differential equations with partial derivatives that describes the process of fluid flow.
ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS FOR FUZZY SETS ASSOCIATED WITH RISKS
Creators: name: Reshad Ismibayli
name: Pünar Guliyeva
name: Ahmadli, Nigar
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: fuzzy sets
membership function
method of penalty function
approximation

description: The paper analyzes the methods for constructing membership functions on the example of fuzzy sets associated with risks using expert information. Methods of approximation and interpolation are used. The influence of noise in expert data on the accuracy of the obtained membership functions is analyzed.
Additional file 1 of Advanced analytical methods to assess physical activity behaviour using accelerometer raw time series data: a protocol for a scoping review
Creators: name: Rastogi, Tripti
name: Backes, Anne
name: Schmitz, Susanne
name: Fagherazzi, Guy
name: Hees, Vincent Van
name: Malisoux, Laurent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P) Checklist
Quantum transitions from superfluid to insulating phases in disordered Bose systems
Creators: name: Syromyatnikov, A. V.
name: Timkovskii, F. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By the example of Heisenberg $d$-dimensional disordered non-frustrated antiferromagnets, we discuss quantum transitions at $d\ge2$ from magnetically ordered (superfluid) to various disorder-induced insulating phases (Bose-glass, Mott-glass, etc.) in Bose systems with quenched disorder. We perform a scaling consideration as well as a discussion based on the hydrodynamic description of long-wavelength excitations and on the assumption that the ordered part of the system shows fractal properties near the transition point. We propose that the scaling ansatz for the singular part of the free energy suggested before for the transition to the Bose-glass phase is applicable also for other transitions if the quenched disorder does not produce a local imbalance in sublattices magnetizations. We show using the scaling consideration that $η=2-z$ and $β=νd/2$, where $η$, $β$, and $ν$, are critical exponents of the correlation function, the order parameter, and the correlation length, respectively, and $z$ is the dynamical critical index. These relations were missed in previous analytical discussions of Bose-glass and Mott-glass phases. They signify, in particular, that $z=d/2$ for the transition to the Mott-glass phase and that the density of states of localized excitations shows a superuniversal (i.e., independent of $d$) behavior near the transitions. Being derived solely from the scaling analysis, the above relations for $η$ and $β$ are valid also for the transition to the random-singlet phase.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 2 of A snapshot of Plasmodium falciparum malaria drug resistance markers in Sudan: a pilot study
Creators: name: Mohamed, Nouh S.
name: Abdelbagi, Hanadi
name: Osman, Hussam A.
name: Ahmed, Abdallah E.
name: Yousif, Alaa M.
name: Yusraa B. Edris
name: Osman, Eman Y.
name: Aahd R. Elsadig
name: Siddig, Emmanuel E.
name: Madinna Mustafa
name: Mohammed, Ammar A.
name: Ali, Yousif
name: Osman, Maha M.
name: Ali, Mohamed S.
name: Omer, Rihab A.
name: Ahmed, Ayman
name: Sibley, Carol H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Statistical significance of Pfcrt K76T frequency distribution across the different previous studies conducted in Sudan. Table S2. Statistical significance of Pfmdr-1 N86Y frequency distribution across the different previous studies conducted in Sudan. Table S3. Statistical significance of Pfdhfr N51I and S108N double haplotype frequency distribution across the different previous studies conducted in Sudan. Table S4. Statistical significance of Pfdhps A437G and K540E double haplotype frequency distribution across the different previous studies conducted in Sudan. Table S5. Statistical significance of Pfmdr-1 N86Y and Y184F double haplotype frequency distribution across the different previous studies conducted in Sudan.
ergm 4: New features
Creators: name: Krivitsky, Pavel N.
name: Hunter, David R.
name: Morris, Martina
name: Klumb, Chad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Other Statistics (stat.OT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The ergm package supports the statistical analysis and simulation of network data. It anchors the statnet suite of packages for network analysis in R introduced in a special issue in Journal of Statistical Software in 2008. This article provides an overview of the new functionality in the 2021 release of ergm version 4. These include more flexible handling of nodal covariates, term operators that extend and simplify model specification, new models for networks with valued edges, improved handling of constraints on the sample space of networks, and estimation with missing edge data. We also identify the new packages in the statnet suite that extend ergm's functionality to other network data types and structural features and the robust set of online resources that support the statnet development process and applications.
description: Computational improvements discussion in the previous version was split out into another preprint; 30 pages, 2 figures
Molecular Characterisation of a Novel and Highly Divergent Passerine Adenovirus 1
Creators: name: Athukorala Vidanalage Ajani Priyadarshan ATHUKORALA
name: JK Forwood
name: DN Phalen
name: Sarker, Subir
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70712 Veterinary Virology
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Wild birds harbour a large number of adenoviruses that remain uncharacterised with respect to their genomic organisation, diversity, and evolution within complex ecosystems. Here, we present the first complete genome sequence of an atadenovirus from a passerine bird that is tentatively named Passerine adenovirus 1 (PaAdV-1). The PaAdV-1 genome is 39,664 bp in length, which was the longest atadenovirus to be sequenced, to the best of our knowledge, and contained 42 putative genes. Its genome organisation was characteristic of the members of genus Atadenovirus; however, the novel PaAdV-1 genome was highly divergent and showed the highest sequence similarity with psittacine adenovirus-3 (55.58%). Importantly, PaAdV-1 complete genome was deemed to contain 17 predicted novel genes that were not present in any other adenoviruses sequenced to date, with several of these predicted novel genes encoding proteins that harbour transmembrane helices. Subsequent analysis of the novel PaAdV-1 genome positioned phylogenetically to a distinct sub-clade with all others sequenced atadenoviruses and did not show any obvious close evolutionary relationship. This study concluded that the PaAdV-1 complete genome described here is not closely related to any other adenovirus isolated from avian or other natural host species and that it should be considered a separate species.
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING HARMFUL EMISSIONS IN HIGH-PARAMETER POWER UNITS
Creators: name: Jamala Mammadova
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: steam turbine
temperature
pressure
ecology
fuel
harmful emissions
risk minimization
carbon dioxide

description: Steam-turbine units operating with above-critical parameters of water vapor have been studied. Researches show that when steam in power units moves from critical to high, supercritical and ultra-supercritical parameters, the initial parameters of the initial steam increase, the thermal efficiency of the steam energy cycle and the efficiency raise, the specific fuel consumption decreases, resulting in harmful emissions into the atmosphere (NOx, SOx and greenhouse gases CO2) are reduced, which reduces the environmental burden.
Additional file 1 of A snapshot of Plasmodium falciparum malaria drug resistance markers in Sudan: a pilot study
Creators: name: Mohamed, Nouh S.
name: Abdelbagi, Hanadi
name: Osman, Hussam A.
name: Ahmed, Abdallah E.
name: Yousif, Alaa M.
name: Yusraa B. Edris
name: Osman, Eman Y.
name: Aahd R. Elsadig
name: Siddig, Emmanuel E.
name: Madinna Mustafa
name: Mohammed, Ammar A.
name: Ali, Yousif
name: Osman, Maha M.
name: Ali, Mohamed S.
name: Omer, Rihab A.
name: Ahmed, Ayman
name: Sibley, Carol H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Numbers and drug molecular markers genotypes of P. falciparum isolates from Sudan 1989 – 2018.
Study 1: Appearance Enhancement (Ⅰ)
Creators: name: Hao-Tian Zhang
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Arts and Humanities
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: In Study 1, we aimed to examine lay people’s moral attitudes and perceived identity change towards body implants within physical enhancement. Moreover, we also explored the role of naturalness perception in moral judgment.
Measurement properties of scales assessing new graduate nurses' clinical competence: a systematic review of psychometric properties
Creators: name: Charette, Martin
name: McKenna, Lisa
name: MA Maheu-Cadotte
name: MF Deschênes
name: L Ha
name: S Merisier
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: © 2020 Background: New graduate nurses’ competence is a concern for all healthcare organizations. Previous reports show heterogeneous levels of competency amongst them. As a positive association between competency and quality of care in clinical settings has been suggested, it is essential for researchers and clinicians to select valid, reliable, and responsive scales to assess new nurses’ competence. However, a systematic evaluation of the measurement properties of scales measuring new nurses’ competence had yet to be published. Objective: To analyse, evaluate and synthesize the measurement properties of scales used to assess new nurses’ clinical competence. Design: A systematic psychometric review based on the COnsensus‐based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methods. Data sources: The search strategy included a combination of keywords and thesaurus terms related to new graduate nurses, clinical competence, and competence assessment. Five databases were searched: Embase, CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Science. The search was limited to full-text papers published in English or French, from 2010 to 2019. Review methods: Two independent reviewers screened eligible papers, extracted data related to validity, reliability, and responsiveness of each scale, and evaluated the quality of their measurement properties as well as risk of bias in their psychometric evaluation. Divergences were solved through discussion. Results: Ten scales were included: eight original scales, one culturally adapted and one modified. Of these scales, eight were developed or adapted in the 2010s decade and the other two scales were developed earlier. Most scales are divided into 6 to 8 subscales and use an adjectival scale with either 4, 5 or 7 points. The content validity study of all scales in this review was deemed to be doubtful or inadequate quality. Reliability was almost exclusively assessed by calculating the internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficient which gives no information on equivalence or stability of the measure. Responsiveness was never properly assessed in the reviewed studies. Conclusions: There is little evidence on the measurement properties for each scale regarding their validity and reliability; responsiveness was not assessed for any scale. Every scale evaluated in this review had different characteristics (length, subscales, response options). Therefore, selection of the most appropriate scale depends on the context and purpose of the assessment. Prospero registration number: CRD42018109711 TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Systematic review of scales measuring new nurses’ competence: we must do better and conduct more validity/reliability testing of existing scales.
A strongly heated neutron star in the transient Z source MAXI J0556-332
Creators: name: Homan, Jeroen
name: Fridriksson, Joel K.
name: Wijnands, Rudy
name: Cackett, Edward M.
name: Degenaar, Nathalie
name: Linares, Manuel
name: Lin, Dacheng
name: Remillard, Ronald A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Swift observations of the quiescent neutron star in the transient low-mass X-ray binary MAXI J0556-332. Observations of the source made during outburst (with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer) reveal tracks in its X-ray color--color and hardness--intensity diagrams that closely resemble those of the neutron-star Z sources, suggesting that MAXI J0556-332 had near- or super-Eddington luminosities for a large part of its ~16 month outburst. A comparison of these diagrams with those of other Z sources suggests a source distance of 46+/-15 kpc. Fits to the quiescent spectra of MAXI J0556-332 with a neutron-star atmosphere model (with or without a power-law component) result in distance estimates of 45+/-3 kpc, for a neutron-star radius of 10 km and a mass of 1.4 Msun. The spectra show the effective surface temperature of the neutron star decreasing monotonically over the first ~500 days of quiescence, except for two observations that were likely affected by enhanced low-level accretion. The temperatures we obtain for the fits that include a power-law (kT_eff=184-308 eV) are much higher than those seen for any other neutron star heated by accretion, while the inferred cooling (e-folding) timescale (~200 days) is similar to other sources. Fits without a power-law yield higher temperatures (kT_eff=190-336 eV) and a shorter e-folding time (~160 days). Our results suggest that the heating of the neutron-star crust in MAXI J0556-332 was considerably more efficient than for other systems, possibly indicating additional or more efficient shallow heat sources in its crust.
description: Accepted for publication: 2014, ApJ, 795, 131 (13 pages)
OPTIMAL POLLUTION CONTROL ENVIRONMENT
Creators: name: Chupin, Alexander
name: Priymenko, Alexander
name: Ukhanov, Alexey
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: risks
environmental
mathematics
dust pollution

description: In this article, pollution is defined as the stock or flow of physical substances that diminish one's ability to enjoy life. In this definition, pollution includes a wide range of phenomena. The authors identify the following elements of pollution: natural waste, pollution of air and water pollution, depletion of soil from excessive use, radiation, intensive use of natural resources, exceeding the rate of their renewal. The authors have identified a fundamental similarity between tasks that at first glance appear to be different. The structure of control theory enables us to apply its apparatus to simple models of production and consumption. Optimal pollution control may require reducing some consumption, limiting the use of some production processes, and perhaps even limiting population growth. Pollution problems are problems of processes that change over time; this fact The problems of pollution are time-varying processes; this fact emphasizes the need to apply a dynamic control theory approach.
POLLUTION AND RISKS IN PAMIRO-TIENSHEN-BURIAL GROUNDS OF URANIUM AND OBSOLETE PECTICIDES
Creators: name: Hadjamberdiev, Igor
name: Ibragimjon Domulajanov
name: Ikromjon Mamadov
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: uranium burial ground
obsolete pesicides
immunity
health
radioactivity

description: There are huge environmental problems in Central Asia (CA) due to dozens of former USSR uranium tailings and abandoned obsolete pesticides warehouses. 17% of TienShan-Pamir territory (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) is considered to be the worst polluted areas. We studied radioactivity in uranium area and radiation absorbed by humans in these areas. We have determined the other harmful toxicants obsolete pesticides which still being used illegally. It has been concludes that immunity system are very vulnerable to combined harmful impacts mentioned above. Scientific studies were conducted in local settlements school workshops in local languages including videos, presentations and leaflets.
PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
Creators: name: Deshy Musostova
name: Dzobelova, Valentina
name: Markaryan, Varvara
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2022
Subjects: risk
risk management
project risks
project management
project risk management

description: In modern conditions, an increasing number of organizations are implementing a project management method, in which each unique business process is considered as a separate project that has phases of initiation, preparation, implementation and completion. Each project generates certain financial flows and at the same time provokes the risks associated with them. The technology of risk management in the project has certain specifics, which determines the relevance of its comprehensive study.