cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Characterization of High-polarization Stars and Blazars with DIPOL-1 at Sierra Nevada Observatory
Creators: name: Otero-Santos, J.
name: Piirola, V.
name: Pedrosa, J. Escudero
name: Agudo, I.
name: Morcuende, D.
name: Sota, A.
name: Casanova, V.
name: Aceituno, F. J.
name: Santos-Sanz, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report here the performance and first results of the new multiband optical polarimeter DIPOL-1, installed at the Sierra Nevada Observatory 90 cm T90 telescope (SNO, Granada, Spain). DIPOL-1 is equipped with a plane parallel calcite plate and $λ$/2 retarder for modulating the intensity of two perpendicularly polarized beams, and a high readout speed CMOS camera that allows for fast, time-dense coverage. We characterize the performance of this instrument through a series of tests on zero- and high-polarization standard stars. The instrumental polarization in the Nasmyth focus was well determined, with a very stable contribution of 4.0806% $\pm$ 0.0014% in the optical $R$ band. For bright high-polarization standards ($m_{R}<8$) we reach precisions $<$0.02% in polarization degree and 0.1$^{\circ}$ in polarization angle for exposures of 2$-$4 minutes. The polarization properties of these stars have been constrained, providing more recent results also about possible variability for future studies on some of the most used calibrators. Moreover, we have tested the capability of observing much fainter objects, in particular through blazar observations, where we reach a precision $<$0.5$-$0.6% and $<$0.5$^{\circ}$ for faint targets ($m_{R}\sim16.5$) with exposures of $\sim$1 hour. For brighter targets ($m_{R}\sim14.5-15$), we can aim for time-dense observations with errors $<$$0.2-0.4$% and $<$$1-1.5^{\circ}$ in 5-20 minutes. We have successfully performed a first campaign with DIPOL-1, detecting significant polarized emission of several blazars, with special attention to the highest ever polarization degree measured from blazar 3C~345 at $\sim$32%.
description: Accepted in AJ
Prevalence of Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients admitted at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa City, Sidama, Ethiopia: Retrospective study
Creators: name: Israel Tsige
name: Dawit Yihdego
name: Musa Mohammed
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Drug resistance

description: Antibiotic resistant forms of Staphylococcus aureus have grown in frequency overtime raising serious concerns in hospital environments. Vancomycin, a glycopeptide antibiotic, isa last resort for severe methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections. Its rising use amongchronically and critically ill patients is linked to the increasing frequency of MRSA. This trend hascontributed to the emergence of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA). According to the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), S. aureus pathogenicity and resistance patterns represent a majorglobal health risk. To date, there has been limited investigation of the frequency and distributionof VRSA in clinical isolates in Ethiopia, especially in the region covered by this study. Therefore,this study aims to determine the prevalence of VRSA in clinical isolates over the year 2019 to2023 in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (HUCSH), Hawassa City,Sidama, Ethiopia.
The mutual patterning between the developing nephron and its covering tissues—valid reasons to rethink the search for traces left by impaired nephrogenesis
Creators: name: Minuth, Will W.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: After 175 dynamic years the name Springer stands for a globally active publisher dedicated to the advancement of science, putting its authors and editors at the heart of the company’s publishing activities.
Confidence in Claims
Creators: name: Baron, Richard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: This book is about claims that experts make in various academic disciplines, and about how features of disciplines should affect our confidence in the correctness of those claims. Our field of study is work in the full range of disciplines, covering mathematics, the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities. Disciplines differ from one another in several ways. Quantification and mathematical argument are the norm in some disciplines, but are rare in others. Some disciplines use experiments, while others rely on sources. And so on. But disciplines also have things in common. These include both the aspiration to get things right, and fundamental principles like respect for evidence and a requirement to argue rationally. We seek to lay out the differences and the commonalities in detail, and to assess the effects on our confidence. We also explore reasons why disciplines have their features.
Three-dimensional imaging of single atoms in an optical lattice via helical point-spread-function engineering
Creators: name: Legrand, Tangi
name: Winkelmann, Falk-Richard
name: Alt, Wolfgang
name: Meschede, Dieter
name: Alberti, Andrea
name: Weidner, Carrie A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a method for determining the three-dimensional location of single atoms in a quantum gas microscopy system using a phase-only spatial light modulator to modify the point-spread function of the high-resolution imaging system. Here, the typical diffracted spot generated by a single atom as a point source is modified to a double spot that rotates as a function of the atom's distance from the focal plane of the imaging system. We present and numerically validate a simple model linking the rotation angle of the point-spread function with the distance to the focal plane. We show that, when aberrations in the system are carefully calibrated and compensated for, this method can be used to determine an atom's position to within a single lattice site in a single experimental image, extending quantum simulation with microscopy systems further into the regime of three dimensions.
description: Accepted version
Color-octet nonrelativistic QCD matrix elements for heavy quarkonium decays in the refined Gribov-Zwanziger theory
Creators: name: Chung, Hee Sok
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine color-octet nonrelativistic QCD matrix elements for quarkonium decays from moments of the two-point correlation function of the QCD field-strength tensor computed in the refined Gribov-Zwanziger theory. We find that a tree-level calculation in the refined Gribov-Zwanziger theory can give a suitable description of the QCD field-strength correlation function at both short and long distances, which leads to moments that are infrared finite and can be properly renormalized. By using the color-octet matrix elements we obtain, we quantitatively improve the nonrelativistic effective field theory description of quarkonium decay rates, especially for the $χ_{QJ}$ and $η_Q$ states, where $Q =c$ or $b$.
description: 21 pages, 3 figures, minor revisions, version published in Phys. Rev. D
Projects and Values
Creators: name: Baron, Richard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: This book puts forward an ethic, a foundation for our values. The ethic goes beyond what can be derived from the facts of nature, without being supernatural. It makes our values as strong a guide to action as our science, but it does not reduce our values to scientific facts.
Taguchi’s optimization technique for water deflouridation through electrocoagulation
Creators: name: Mukkanti, Veera Brahmam
name: Tembhurkar, A. R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Excess fluoride in drinking water is posing serious health concern to humankind. Electrocoagulation is an emerging technique for water defluoridation, and recent research is focused on the optimization of process variables for achieving maximum fluoride removal. As such, the Taguchi optimization technique is adopted to arrive at optimum values process parameters which can provide maximum fluoride removal with more accuracy and fewer experimental runs. In the present research a laboratory-scale batch EC reactor with four aluminum electrodes (98% pure) connected to a DC supply for a wide range of fluoride concentrations which were not studied in earlier researches. Taguchi’s L16 orthogonal array was applied for optimization of the process variable It revealed maximum efficiency of 86.67% for defluoridation at optimum conditions of process variables with pH: 6 ± 0.1, initial adsorbate concentration: 5 mg/L, EC time: 45 min, voltage: 25 V, and IED: 2 cm. The percentage contribution of process variables was obtained by ANOVA in descending order as initial adsorbate concentration (45.31%) > pH (33.83%) > voltage (13.68%) > EC time (4.2%) > IED (2.98%). Freundlich isotherm and second-order kinetic models were found to be the best suitable for water defluoridation using the EC process. FTIR and XRD analysis for EC sludge also confirmed the fluoride sorption onto Al(OH)3 flocs. The electrode consumption of 0.263 kg/m3, and total operational cost of USD 0.6004/m3 were estimated for water defluoridation using the EC process.
How Far Are We? The Triumphs and Trials of Generative AI in Learning Software Engineering
Creators: name: Choudhuri, Rudrajit
name: Liu, Dylan
name: Steinmacher, Igor
name: Gerosa, Marco
name: Sarma, Anita
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Conversational Generative AI (convo-genAI) is revolutionizing Software Engineering (SE) as engineers and academics embrace this technology in their work. However, there is a gap in understanding the current potential and pitfalls of this technology, specifically in supporting students in SE tasks. In this work, we evaluate through a between-subjects study (N=22) the effectiveness of ChatGPT, a convo-genAI platform, in assisting students in SE tasks. Our study did not find statistical differences in participants' productivity or self-efficacy when using ChatGPT as compared to traditional resources, but we found significantly increased frustration levels. Our study also revealed 5 distinct faults arising from violations of Human-AI interaction guidelines, which led to 7 different (negative) consequences on participants.
description: 13 pages, ICSE 2024
IN03184 Ambasthala Cetiya Flagstone Inscription
Creators: name: Paranavitana, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: IN03184
Epigraphia Zeylanica
Mihintale

description: IN03184 Ambasthala Cetiya Flagstone Inscription - Transcript and Translation Source: Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 17. Seven Sinhalese Inscriptions of the Seventh and Eighth Centuries,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, pp. 146–148, no. 17, V.
Coplas glosadas en décimas y trovos muy discretas y entretenidas: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Hyperfine and Zeeman interactions in ultracold collisions of molecular hydrogen with atomic lithium
Creators: name: Jóźwiak, Hubert
name: Tscherbul, Timur V.
name: Wcisło, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a rigorous quantum scattering study of the effects of hyperfine and Zeeman interactions on cold Li - H$_{2}$ collisions in the presence of an external magnetic field using a recent ab initio potential energy surface. We find that the low-field-seeking states of H$_{2}$ predominantly undergo elastic collisions: the ratio of elastic-to-inelastic collisions exceeds 100 for collision energies below 1.5 K. Furthermore, we demonstrate that most inelastic collisions conserve the space-fixed projection of the nuclear spin. We show that the anisotropic hyperfine interaction between the nuclear spin of H$_{2}$ and the electron spin of Li can have a significant effect on inelastic scattering in the ultracold regime, as it mediates two processes: the electron spin relaxation in lithium, and the nuclear spin - electron spin exchange. Given the predominance of elastic collisions and the propensity of inelastic collisions to retain H$_{2}$ in its low-field-seeking states, our results open up the possibility of sympathetic cooling of molecular hydrogen by atomic lithium, paving the way for future exploration of ultracold collisions and high-precision spectroscopy of H$_{2}$ molecules.
description: The following article has been accepted by The Journal of Chemical Physics. After it is published, it will be found at https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp
A novel coalescing material for high efficiency oil-water separation
Creators: name: Cunying, Wang
name: Congcong, Li
name: Fuxiang, Ge
name: Wei, Tian
name: Mian, Wu
name: Li, Xiaobing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Among numerous oil-water separation materials, coalescence materials have received widespread attention. In this work, we prepared a lotus leaf-shaped Janus coalescing material by physically mixing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) first, pressing it into sheets, then single-face hydrophilic modifying by chemical oxidation method, followed by pressing into a lotus leaf shape. Finally, holes were physically punched at the upper and lower sides of the coalescing material to let the oil drops pass through freely, greatly reducing the time for oil droplets to float. The shape of lotus leaves could provide more opportunities for oil droplets to collide and coalesce. The coalescing materials had asymmetric wettability, with specific surfaces that were oleophilic on the one hand and hydrophilic on the other. The oil droplets adhered to the oleophilic side of the coalescing material, coalesced and grew, then floated up and passed through the coalescing sheet layer by layer until they reached the oil collecting port to realize oil-water separation. The structural parameters of the coalescing material were progressively optimized. The obtained coalescing material exhibited a high oil-water separation efficiency of 99.40 ± 0.5% with good stability during a 48 h continuous oil-water separation, which provided a reference for the development of efficient coalescing materials. A lotus leaf-shaped Janus coalescing material was prepared by physically mixing PE and PP, and then hydrophilic modifying by chemical oxidation method, which resulted in the asymmetric wetting performance. Additionally, the coalescing material could maintain good performance during a 48 h continuous oil-water separation. The lotus leaf shape could greatly increase the chance of oil droplets colliding and coalescing. The coalescing material displayed asymmetric wetting performance, which was oleophilic on one side and hydrophilic on the other. The optimum parameters of the coalescing material were simulated by computer software. The obtained coalescing material exhibited a high oil-water separation efficiency of 99.40% with good stability during a 48 h continuous oil-water separation.
Threat Analysis of Industrial Internet of Things Devices
Creators: name: Liebl, Simon
name: Lathrop, Leah
name: Raithel, Ulrich
name: Söllner, Matthias
name: Aßmuth, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As part of the Internet of Things, industrial devices are now also connected to cloud services. However, the connection to the Internet increases the risks for Industrial Control Systems. Therefore, a threat analysis is essential for these devices. In this paper, we examine Industrial Internet of Things devices, identify and rank different sources of threats and describe common threats and vulnerabilities. Finally, we recommend a procedure to carry out a threat analysis on these devices.
description: 7 pages
Coplas glosadas en décimas y trovos muy discretos y entretenidos: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2022), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Coplas glosadas en décimas y trovos muy discretas y entretenidas: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Effective models for dense vortex lattices in the Kitaev honeycomb model
Creators: name: Alspaugh, David J.
name: Fuchs, Jean-Noël
name: Ritz-Zwilling, Anna
name: Vidal, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce low-energy effective models for dense configurations of vortices in the Kitaev honeycomb model. Specifically, we consider configurations of vortices in which vortex-free plaquettes form triangular lattices against a vortex-full background. Depending on the vortex density, these "dual" configurations belong to either one of two families classified by translation and inversion symmetry. As a function of a time-reversal symmetry breaking term, one family exhibits gapped phases with even Chern numbers separated by extended gapless phases, while the other exhibits gapped phases with even or odd Chern numbers, separated by critical points. We construct an effective model for each family, determine the parameters of these models by fitting the integrated density of states, and reproduce energy spectra and Chern numbers of the Kitaev honeycomb model. We also derive phase diagrams and determine these models' validity.
description: 15 pages, 14 figures, published version
COST ANALYSIS FOR THE MS4 PERMITS
Creators: name: Deng, Xinping
name: Houghton, Nicholas
name: Li, Haoran
name: Weiler, Joseph
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2025

description: Stormwater runoff is the number one pollutant of water bodies in the United States. As runoff flows over impervious surfaces, it picks up pollutants and discharges directly to
nearby water bodies such as lakes or rivers. The United States Environmental Protection Agency regulates stormwater runoff pollution through the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, or MS4, permit. Currently, Massachusetts stormwater is regulated through a 2003 MS4 permit. However, a new permit is anticipated to be issued in 2014. The goal of our project was to estimate the cost of implementing the new upcoming permit. We found the estimated cost of implementing the upcoming new permit for four case study towns with different population, area, and impervious surface area.
Deliberation and Reason
Creators: name: Baron, Richard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: This book is about the thinking in which we engage when we reflectively decide what to do, and when we reflectively reach conclusions as to the correct answers to questions. Some philosophers separate our choices of action from our adoptions of belief, on the ground that we have choices as to what to do, but no choice as to what to believe. I treat the two together when considering processes of deliberation, but separately when considering the rationality of conclusions. The main objective is to identify a way of looking at ourselves and at our deliberations that is adequate to our lives. It must accommodate both our conception of ourselves as free, rational and self-directed subjects, and our feeling that we deliberate freely. It must also identify a place for us that will feel like home, doing justice to our status as subjects, within the world as we relate to it when we practise the natural sciences. The central claims are not about how we are, but about how we should look at ourselves. A key task is to show that this limited ambition, which is forced on us by the need to avoid metaphysical implausibility, nonetheless allows us to develop a position that has sufficient strength to do its work. The aim is to show something that is all too easily taken for granted. This is that we can limit ourselves to a strictly naturalistic ontology, while still having access to a generous idiom that allows us to speak of ourselves as free in the exercise of our rationality.
Host galaxy and nuclear properties of IR-selected AGNs with and without outflow signatures
Creators: name: Oio, Gabriel A.
name: Dai, Y. Sophia
name: Bornancini, C. G.
name: Li, Zi-Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Active galactic nucleus (AGN) driven outflows can have a significant impact on the evolution of the host galaxy. In this work, we compare the properties of galaxies that hosts AGNs with and without outflows. Our sample consists of 103 AGNs identified by mid-IR color-color selection, and confirmed with optical spectroscopy at a redshift range of 0.3 $\lesssim$ z $\lesssim$ 0.9. We fit the [OIII] $λ$5007 line using spectra from the zCOSMOS survey to identify and to study the occurrence of outflows. We find that ionized outflows are present in $\sim$25\% of our sample, with the largest incidence at the highest [OIII] and X-ray luminosity bins. The fastest outflows are found in the more extended and massive galaxies. We do not observe a difference in the star formation rate of AGNs with outflows compared to AGNs without outflows. From visual inspection and non-parametric morphological studies, we obtain that outflows are preferentially observed in galaxies with elliptical morphologies.
description: Published in ApJ, 23 pages, 16 figures
Analyzing the Attack Surface and Threats of Industrial Internet of Things Devices
Creators: name: Liebl, Simon
name: Lathrop, Leah
name: Raithel, Ulrich
name: Aßmuth, Andreas
name: Ferguson, Ian
name: Söllner, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The growing connectivity of industrial devices as a result of the Internet of Things is increasing the risks to Industrial Control Systems. Since attacks on such devices can also cause damage to people and machines, they must be properly secured. Therefore, a threat analysis is required in order to identify weaknesses and thus mitigate the risk. In this paper, we present a systematic and holistic procedure for analyzing the attack surface and threats of Industrial Internet of Things devices. Our approach is to consider all components including hardware, software and data, assets, threats and attacks throughout the entire product life cycle.
description: 12 pages
Maternal immune activation induces GAD1 and GAD2 promoter remodeling in the offspring prefrontal cortex
Creators: name: Labouesse, Marie Anaïs
name: Erbo Dong
name: Grayson, Dennis Robert
name: Guidotti, Alessandro
name: Meyer, Urs
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring. In addition to its influence on other neuronal systems, this early-life environmental adversity has been shown to negatively affect cortical γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) functions in adult life, including impaired prefrontal expression of enzymes required for GABA synthesis. The underlying molecular processes, however, remain largely unknown. In the present study, we explored whether epigenetic modifications represent a mechanism whereby maternal infection during pregnancy can induce such GABAergic impairments in the offspring. We used an established mouse model of prenatal immune challenge that is based on maternal treatment with the viral mimetic poly(I:C). We found that prenatal immune activation increased prefrontal levels of 5-methylated cytosines (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylated cytosines (5hmC) in the promoter region of GAD1, which encodes the 67-kDa isoform of the GABA-synthesising enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD67). The early-life challenge also increased 5mC levels at the promoter region of GAD2, which encodes the 65-kDa GAD isoform (GAD65). These effects were accompanied by elevated GAD1 and GAD2 promoter binding of methyl CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2) and by reduced GAD67 and GAD65 mRNA expression. Moreover, the epigenetic modifications at the GAD1 promoter correlated with prenatal infection-induced impairments in working memory and social interaction. Our study thus highlights that hypermethylation of GAD1 and GAD2 promoters may be an important molecular mechanism linking prenatal infection to presynaptic GABAergic impairments and associated behavioral and cognitive abnormalities in the offspring.
Architects coping with continuous fragmentation
Creators: name: Norell, Mathilda
name: Stehn, Lars
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: ‘Fragmentation’ is a word often used to characterize the construction industry. Fragmentation can adversely impact project outcomes, hinder the adoption of innovative technologies, and obstruct the transition toward sustainable practices. It has also been viewed as a cause of significant changes in the architect’s profession. Yet no research has studied fragmentation from a profession-perspective, specifically a profession with early participation in building projects. With interpretative methods and drawing from sociological concepts, we aim to understand how architects perceive their professional role, and analyze this alongside fragmentation to answer the question: how are architects coping with the effects of fragmentation? The study consists of 23 focus group sessions, where architects constituted the core and other actors participated occasionally, and five deep interviews with architects. Our first contribution shows how architects are coping with fragmentation through a dynamic social process, making small adjustments in role adaptation to maintain their professional identity, and how this way of coping with fragmentation can actually contribute to continuous fragmentation. Secondly, our study challenges earlier suggested solutions for handling fragmentation by showing how they simply cause fragmentation earlier in the design phase. The implications of ‘design fragmentation’ for the professional architect and the outcome of a building project are discussed.
title: Deuten und deuten lassen. Subjektpositionen des Interpretierens als Wissens- und Lehrpraxis literaturwissenschaftlicher Seminare
Creators: name: König, Hannes
name: Lehndorf, Helen
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Hochschullehre
subject: Literaturwissenschaft
subject: Literaturdidaktik
subject: Unterrichtsforschung
subject: Fachlichkeit
subject: Subjektivierung
subject: Interpretation
classificationCode: 302
subject: Soziale Interaktion
classificationCode: 378
subject: Hochschulbildung
classificationCode: 306
subject: Kultur und Institutionen

description: Der Beitrag untersucht explorativ das Adressierungsgeschehen in einem literaturwissenschaftlichen Seminar. Es zeigt sich, wie im Zusammenspiel der fachlichen Wissenspraxis des Interpretierens sowie der universitären Lehrpraxis des Seminars spezifische Subjektpositionen sowohl für die Studierenden als auch für den Dozierenden erzeugt werden. Während aus literaturdidaktischer Perspektive vor allem sichtbar wird, wie das Seminar das Einüben einer ästhetischen Haltung gegenüber dem Werk ermöglicht, wird aus Sicht einer rekonstruktiven Unterrichtsforschung eine spezifisch seminaristische Asymmetrie im Subjektverhältnis zwischen Studierenden und Dozierendem deutlich.
title: Doctoral thesis recital (collaborative piano) : lecture : Manuel M. Ponce, Poesies chinoises : historical background and performer's guide
title: Manuel M. Ponce, Poesies chinoises : historical background and performer's guide
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Gallardo, Betty Lin
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ponce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948. Poésies chinoises

description: Not available
Core shift in parabolic accelerating jets
Creators: name: E., Nokhrina E.
name: B, Pushkarev A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The core shift method is a powerful method to estimate the physical parameters in relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei. The classical approach assumes a conical geometry of a jet and a constant plasma speed. However, recent observations showed that neither may hold close to the central engine, where plasma in a jet is effectively accelerating, and the jet geometry is quasi-parabolic. We modify the classical core shift method to account for these jet properties. We show that the core shift index may assume values in the range 0.8-1.2 or 0.53-0.8 depending on the jet geometry and viewing angle, with the indices close to both values are indeed being observed. We obtain the expressions to estimate jet magnetic field and a total magnetic flux in a jet. We show that the obtained magnetic field value can be easily recalculated down to the gravitational radius scales. For M 87 and NGC 315 these values are in good agreement with the ones obtained by different methods.
description: 11 pages, 4 tables, 1 figure, accepted by MNRAS
Additional file 1 of The development and validation of tour guides internalized occupational stigma scale (TIOSS)
Creators: name: Fan, Zhiguang
name: Shi, Xiaoli
name: Liu, Li
name: Yang, Shuhan
name: Li, Li
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Swing: Short-cutting Rings for Higher Bandwidth Allreduce
Creators: name: De Sensi, Daniele
name: Bonato, Tommaso
name: Saam, David
name: Hoefler, Torsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: C.2.4; C.2.2

description: The allreduce collective operation accounts for a significant fraction of the runtime of workloads running on distributed systems. One factor determining its performance is the distance between communicating nodes, especially on networks like torus, where a higher distance implies multiple messages being forwarded on the same link, thus reducing the allreduce bandwidth. Torus networks are widely used on systems optimized for machine learning workloads (e.g., Google TPUs and Amazon Trainium devices), as well as on some of the Top500 supercomputers. To improve allreduce performance on torus networks we introduce Swing, a new algorithm that keeps a low distance between communicating nodes by swinging between torus directions. Our analysis and experimental evaluation show that Swing outperforms by up to 3x existing allreduce algorithms for vectors ranging from 32B to 128MiB, on different types of torus and torus-like topologies, regardless of their shape and size.
PROFESSOR READING ORIENTATIONS IN TEACHER PREPARATION: THE TEACHERS WHO TEACH TEACHERS TO TEACH READING
Creators: name: Bortz, Suzanna M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: dyslexia
structured literacy
science-based reading instruction

description: Almost 30% of American high school seniors graduate virtually unable to read, disproportionately from low-income homes or students of color. These students face higher rates of unemployment, depression, incarceration, and suicide. In American schools, three methods of reading instruction vie for dominance: structured literacy, balanced literacy, and whole language. Science-based reading research indicates that beginning readers, English language learners, and struggling readers require structured literacy to read. This qualitative study investigated the gap between science-based reading research and university preparation for general education and special education teacher candidates and teachers seeking a Master's of Literacy. Areas of focus were reading differences, dyslexia, and factors influencing teacher preparation curricula. Semistructured interviews with 13 professors from six state universities provided data, augmented by syllabi and university websites. Analysis was conducted using deductive and inductive coding. Findings revealed that intervention for reading differences related to professors' reading orientation, dyslexia was not mentioned in most programs, professors claimed autonomy in creating curricula, and the impetus for change in reading instruction originated from parents, then teachers, but not from universities. Universities lag in the execution of science-based research to the detriment of students who require structured literacy to read. Universities must hire professors knowledgeable about structured literacy and their own reading biases, and the topic of dyslexia must be embedded in teacher preparation curricula. Future studies could compare these findings with teacher preparation in research-based universities and private colleges.
Identification of a new locus and validation of previously reported loci showing differential methylation associated with smoking. The REGICOR study
Creators: name: Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi
name: Lluís-Ganella, Carla
name: Subirana, Isaac
name: Salas, Lucas A
name: Vilahur, Nadia
name: Corella, Dolores
name: Muñoz, Dani
name: Segura, Antonio
name: Jimenez-Conde, Jordi
name: Moran, Sebastián
name: Soriano-Tárraga, Carolina
name: Roquer, Jaume
name: Lopez-Farré, Antonio
name: Marrugat, Jaume
name: Fitó, Montse
name: Elosua, Roberto
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Smoking increases the risk of many diseases and could act through changes in DNA methylation patterns. The aims of this study were to determine the association between smoking and DNA methylation throughout the genome at cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) site level and genomic regions. A discovery cross-sectional epigenome-wide association study nested in the follow-up of the REGICOR cohort was designed and included 645 individuals. Blood DNA methylation was assessed using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip. Smoking status was self-reported using a standardized questionnaire. We identified 66 differentially methylated CpG sites associated with smoking, located in 38 genes. In most of these CpG sites, we observed a trend among those quitting smoking to recover methylation levels typical of never smokers. A CpG site located in a novel smoking-associated gene (cg06394460 in LNX2) was hypomethylated in current smokers. Moreover, we validated two previously reported CpG sites (cg05886626 in THBS1, and cg24838345 in MTSS1) for their potential relation to atherosclerosis and cancer diseases, using several different approaches: CpG site methylation, gene expression, and plasma protein level determinations. Smoking was also associated with higher THBS1 gene expression but with lower levels of thrombospondin-1 in plasma. Finally, we identified differential methylation regions in 13 genes and in four non-coding RNAs. In summary, this study replicated previous findings and identified and validated a new CpG site located in LNX2 associated with smoking.
Do infants discriminate non-linguistic vocal expressions of positive emotions?
Creators: name: Soderstrom, Melanie
name: Reimchen, Melissa
name: Disa Sauter
name: Morgan, James L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Adults are highly proficient in understanding emotional signals from both facial and vocal cues, including when communicating across cultural boundaries. However, the developmental origin of this ability is poorly understood, and in particular, little is known about the ontogeny of differentiation of signals with the same valence. The studies reported here employed a habituation paradigm to test whether preverbal infants discriminate between non-linguistic vocal expressions of relief and triumph. Infants as young as 6 months who had habituated to relief or triumph showed significant discrimination of relief and triumph tokens at test (i.e. greater recovery to the unhabituated stimulus type), when exposed to tokens from a single individual (Study 1). Infants habituated to expressions from multiple individuals showed less consistent discrimination in that consistent discrimination was only found when infants were habituated to relief tokens (Study 2). Further, infants tested with tokens from individuals from different cultures showed dishabituation only when habituated to relief tokens and only at 10–12 months (Study 3). These findings suggest that discrimination between positive emotional expressions develops early and is modulated by learning. Further, infants' categorical representations of emotional expressions, like those of speech sounds, are influenced by speaker-specific information.
Ultrasonic and microwave effects in polyethylene glycol-bound metal nitrate initiated nitration of aromatic compounds under acid free conditions
Creators: name: K. C. Rajanna
name: P. Srinivas
name: M. Venkateswarlu
name: K. Ramesh
name: K. Rajendar Reddy
name: V. Sudhakar Chary
name: M. Satish Kumar
name: G. Krishnaiah
name: P. Venkanna
name: B. Suresh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biochemistry

description: ABSTRACTUltrasonic and microwave-assisted practical methods have been developed for the nitration of phenols using metal nitrates in aqueous polyethylene glycol (PEG) media. Solvent is recycled three times for reproducibility. It was recycled with minimum loss and decomposition. Developed protocols were cost effective, simple and efficient, which afforded nitration products in good to excellent yields. The observed hyperchromic/hypochromic shifts in the UV/VIS spectra of metal nitrates in PEG solutions could be due to the plausible in situ formation of “PEG-bound M(II) nitrate” and thereby the release of nitronium ion () during the course of reaction when metal nitrate [M(II)nitrate] is added to PEG. Nitronium thus formed most likely is captured by aromatic compound to afforded nitro aromatics.
Additional file 1 of Neo-epitope detection identifies extracellular matrix turnover in systemic inflammation and sepsis: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Fan, YiWen
name: Moser, Jill
name: van Meurs, Matijs
name: Kiers, Dorien
name: Sand, Jannie Marie Bülow
name: Leeming, Diana Julie
name: Pickkers, Peter
name: Burgess, Janette K.
name: Kox, Matthijs
name: Pillay, Janesh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary data 1. Correlation between cytokines and neo-epitopes in septic shock patients. Figure S1.1. Correlation between IL-10 and neo-epitopes. Figure S1.2. Correlation between IL-6 and neo-epitopes. Figure S1.3. Correlation between IL-8 and neo-epitopes. Figure S1.4. Correlation between TNF and neo-epitopes. Supplementary data 2. Correlation between disease severity (APACHE II) and neo-epitopes in septic shock patients. Figure S2. Correlation between disease severity (APACHE II) and neo-epitopes.
Additional file 1 of Survivorship of the fixed-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: mean 14-year follow-up in a single medical center
Creators: name: Hung, Kung-Tseng
name: Chen, Chun‑Chieh
name: Lin, Yu-Chih
name: Lee, Sheng-Hsun
name: Hu, Chih-Chien
name: Chang, Yu-Han
name: Hsieh, Pang-Hsin
name: Shih, Hsin-Nung
name: Chang, Chih-Hsiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Impact of obesity on disability, function, and physical activity: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Creators: name: JA Batsis
name: AJ Zbehlik
name: LK Barre
name: JPW Bynum
name: D Pidgeon
name: SJ Bartels
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Medicine

description: Objectives: Older adults with obesity are at risk for osteoarthritis (OA) and are predisposed to functional decline and disability. We examined the association between obesity and disability, physical activity, and quality of life at 6 years.Method: Using data from the longitudinal Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI), we analysed older adults (age ≥ 60 years) with a body mass index (BMI) at baseline ≥ 18.5 kg/m2 (n = 2378) using standard BMI categories. Outcomes were assessed at the 6-year follow-up and included: the Late-Life Function and Disability Index (LLDI), the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), and the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE). Linear regression predicted outcomes based on BMI category, adjusting for age, sex, race, education, smoking, cohort status, radiographic knee OA, co-morbidity scores, and baseline scores when available.Results: Follow-up data were available for 1727 (71.9%) participants (mean age 67.9 ± 5.3 years; 61.6% female). At baseline, obese subjects compared to overweight and normal were on a greater number of medications (4.28 vs. 3.63 vs. 3.32), had lower gait speeds (1.22 vs. 1.32 vs. 1.36 m/s), higher Charlson scores (0.59 vs. 0.37 vs. 0.30), and higher Western Ontario and McMaster University OA Index (WOMAC) scores (right: 14.8 vs. 10.3 vs. 7.5; left: 14.4 vs. 9.9 vs. 7.5). SF-12 scores at 6 years were lower in obese patients than in overweight or normal [99.5 (95% CI 98.7–100.4) vs. 101.1 (95% CI 100.4–101.8) vs. 102.8 (95% CI 101.8–103.8)], as were PASE scores [115.1 (95% CI 110.3–119.8) vs. 126.2 (95% CI 122.2–130.2) vs. 131.4 (95% CI 125.8–137.0)]. The LLDI limitation component demonstrated differences in obese compared to overweight or normal [78.6 (95% CI 77.4–79.9) vs. 81.2 (95% CI 80.2–82.3) vs. 82.5 (95% CI 81.1–84.0)].Conclusions: Obesity was associated with worse physical activity scores, lower quality of life, and higher risk of 6-year disability.