cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Is the impact of adiposity on taste perceptions moderated by chronic physical exercise? An overview of the data from NHANES 2013-2014.
Creators: name: Gauthier, Alexandre-Charles
name: Frasnelli, Johannes
name: Drapeau, Vicky
name: Chagnon, Miguel
name: Mathieu, Marie-Eve
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Taste is a key sensory modulator of eating behaviour and thus energy intake. The effect of acute exercise has recently been confirmed especially regarding sweet and salty taste qualities. Physical activity is a safe and effective countermeasure to certain types of chemosensory loss, especially in older populations. Knowing that taste can be impaired with increased adiposity, it is unknown if the adoption of an active lifestyle on a regular basis can mitigate such impairments. Methods: Data were extracted from NHANES 2013-2014 database. Perception of salt and bitter taste for Tongue Tip Test and Whole Mouth Test, physical activity levels over an 8-9-day period and adiposity were analyzed. Moderation analyses were used to study the impact of adiposity on taste perceptions, with physical activity level as the moderator. Results: The 197 participants (130 males) included in this project had a mean±standard deviation age of 49.1±5.2 years, a mean body fat percentage of 31.7±7.6% and mean daily physical activity levels of 11 084±3531 MIMS. The positive association between adiposity and both bitter Tongue Tip Test and overall result (salt+bitter) of Tongue Tip Test were moderated by the adoption of an active lifestyle, with better taste scores observed in individuals achieving higher physical activity levels. When moderation analysis were stratified for gender, the effect of physical activity was no longer significant. Perspectives: This study is the first to evaluate the influence of an active lifestyle to preserve some taste perceptions across a wide range of adiposity levels. While differences in taste can be observed regarding body fat percentage, physical activity moderate that relation only when men and women are analysed together.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Cooperation Theory and the Environment: A Case Study of Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
Creators: name: Lewis, Evan Scot
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4101
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Climate change and ozone depletion are instructive examples of the difficulties that must be overcome to achieve cooperation in the global commons. Several factors affect the prospects of cooperation for global environmental issues. Broadly defined, these economic, political ecological and geopolitical factors are important to understand why and how cooperative outcomes emerge in an anarchic world system in which the incentives for free-riding are numerous. The purpose of this thesis is to better understand why these factors matter and to construct an appropriate theoretical framework for the purpose of detailed analysis.
Populations of double white dwarfs in Milky Way satellites and their detectability with LISA
Creators: name: Korol, V.
name: Toonen, S.
name: Klein, A.
name: Belokurov, V.
name: Vincenzo, F.
name: Buscicchio, R.
name: Gerosa, D.
name: Moore, C. J.
name: Roebber, E.
name: Rossi, E. M.
name: Vecchio, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Milky Way dwarf satellites are unique objects that encode the early structure formation and therefore represent a window into the high redshift Universe. So far, their study was conducted using electromagnetic waves only. The future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has the potential to reveal Milky Way satellites in gravitational waves emitted by double white dwarf (DWD) binaries. We investigate gravitational wave (GW) signals detectable by LISA as a possible tool for the identification and characterisation of the Milky Way satellites. We use the binary population synthesis technique to model the population of DWDs in dwarf satellites and we assess the impact on the number of LISA detections when making changes to the total stellar mass, distance, star formation history and metallicity of satellites. We calibrate predictions for the known Milky Way satellites on their observed properties. We find that DWDs emitting at frequencies $\gtrsim 3\,$mHz can be detected in Milky Way satellites at large galactocentric distances. The number of these high frequency DWDs per satellite primarily depends on its mass, distance, age and star formation history, and only mildly depends on the other assumptions regarding their evolution such as metallicity. We find that dwarf galaxies with $M_\star>10^6\,$M$_{\odot}$ can host detectable LISA sources with a number of detections that scales linearly with the satellite's mass. We forecast that out of the known satellites, Sagittarius, Fornax, Sculptor and the Magellanic Clouds can be detected with LISA. As an all-sky survey that does not suffer from contamination and dust extinction, LISA will provide observations of the Milky Way and dwarf satellites galaxies valuable for Galactic archaeology and near-field cosmology.
THE INFLUENCE OF INPUT SUPPLY AND OUTPUT DEMAND ON INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Creators: name: Hastings, Steven E.
name: Goode, Frank M.
name: Hastings, Steven E.
name: Goode, Frank M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Industrial Organization

description: An important concept in location theory is the availability of intermediate inputs. This paper presents a conceptualization of intermediate input supply and suggests a variable to operationalize this concept. The variable is empirically implemented to test the relationship between the availability of intermediate inputs, market access and industrial growth in rural communities.
Association between MIMS/day and metabolic syndrome risk factors: NHANES 2011-2014
Creators: name: Aguiar, Elroy
name: Pleuss, James
name: Turner, Dusty
name: Zheng, Peixuan
name: Ducharme, Scott
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Physical Activity Monitor (PAM) data for 2011–2014 were recently released. Therein, physical activity was reported as a novel PAM metric known as Monitor Independent Movement Summary (MIMS) units. Currently, limited information exists regarding the relationship between daily MIMS and cardiometabolic risk factors. Purpose: To determine the association between MIMS/day and Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) risk factors using a nationally representative dataset for US adults aged 18-65 years. Methods: NHANES PAM data were collected using a tri-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+; 80Hz, 24/7 wear-time protocol on non-dominant wrist). Valid wear-time was considered ≥10h/day and ≥4 valid days. MetS risk factors included: waist circumference, triglycerides, HDL-C, blood pressure, fasting glucose. Simple linear regression (accounting for survey sample weights) was performed to determine the relationship between increasing number of risk factors and MIMS/day. Results: The analytical sample comprised n=4578 individuals with valid wear-time (mean±SD; 22.1±1.9 h/day, 6.7±0.7 days). MIMS/day was negatively associated (p<0.001) with increasing number of risk factors. Physical activity level decreased -557 MIMS/day (β-coefficient) for every one-unit increase in the number of risk factors. Mean [95%CI] for risk factor levels were: no risk factors (13792 [13643–14358]); 3 risk factors (11863 [11709–12312]), all 5 risk factors 10425 [10159,11771] MIMS/day. Conclusions: Higher MIMS/day values were associated with absence of risk factors, with a progressive decline as number of MetS risk factors increased. These MIMS/day values may be considered preliminary benchmark values associated with cardiometabolic risk for the US adult population.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
The resistible effects of Coulomb interaction on nucleus-vapor phase coexistence
Creators: name: Moretto, L. G.
name: Elliott, J. B.
name: Phair, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the effects of Coulomb interaction upon the nuclear liquid vapor phase transition. Because large nuclei (A>60) are metastable objects, phases, phase coexistence, and phase transitions cannot be defined with any generality and the analogy to liquid vapor is ill-posed for these heavy systems. However, it is possible to account for the Coulomb interaction in the decay rates and obtain the coexistence phase diagram for the corresponding uncharged system.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Kaluza-Klein modes of $U(1)$ gauge vector field on brane with codimension-$d$
Creators: name: Fu, Chun-E
name: Zhong, Yuan
name: Guo, Heng
name: Zhao, Li
name: Chen, Zi-Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From the paper [JHEP 01 (2019) 021], it is known that the effective action of a massless $U(1)$ gauge vector field on a codimension-2 brane is gauge invariant due to the coupling between the vector Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes with two types of scalar KK modes. It is interesting to generalize this result to a brane world model with an arbitrary number of extra dimensions. In this work, we first investigate the case with three extra dimensions. After KK decomposition, there are three types of scalar KK modes. In addition to the mutual coupling between these scalar modes, there are also coupling between the scalar and the vector KK modes. The coupling constants are not all independent. The relationships between the coupling constants enable us to obtain a gauge invariant effective action, from which we can see that the masses of the vector KK modes depend on all the three extra dimensions. The masses of the scalar modes, however, depend only on two of the three extra dimensions. Then we generalize the results into branes with codimension $d$ ($d=1, 2...$), and find that $d$ will directly affect the masses of the KK modes. But there is always a gauge invariant effective action for the massive vector KK modes.
description: Extended the discussions to a model with $d$ extra dimensions, references added, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
Use of leadership by teachers to improve classroom discipline in senior high schools
Creators: name: Baish, Charles Francis
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: Teacher training institutions have provided excellent textbooks on educational psychology, school administration, classroom subject matter, and numerous topics involved in school teaching. Volumes of material have been studied by student teachers in their research for knowledge. Teacher training institutions, however, have not fully understood the problems of classroom discipline as it confronted a beginning teacher. A textbook as big as the largest educational psychology textbook, should have been written on the subject of classroom discipline. Such a book should have been used in a required course to instruct and guide teachers in the use of leadership. The author's purpose, therefore, has been to develop in this thesis a clear understanding and application of leadership, good behavior, and discipline.
MOTIVATING ADOPTION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: IMPLICATIONS FOR COST EFFECTIVENESS
Creators: name: Killingsworth, Donald G.
name: Matulich, Scott C.
name: Killingsworth, Donald G.
name: Matulich, Scott C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Land Economics/Use

description: The traditional cost effectiveness framework was broadened to incorporate some key motivations underlying the adoption of erosion control practices in irrigated agriculture. Selected financial factors were found to be important determinants of adoption. Failure to incorporate such factors promotes overestimation of cost effectiveness, improper ranking of BMPs, and ultimately faulty policy prescriptions.
Trends and inequalities of leisure-time physical activity among 535,145 adults from six South American countries
Creators: name: Werneck, André
name: Barboza, Luciana
name: Araujo, Raphael
name: Silva, Ellen
name: Da Silva, Danilo
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The surveillance of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) is highlighted, considering its protective association with different chronic diseases and mental disorders. Purpose: To explore time trends and sociodemographic inequalities of LTPA among adults from six South American countries. Methods: We used data from 18 nationally representative surveys from six South American countries (Argentina: 2009, 2013 and 2018; Bolivia: 2008 and 2016; Brazil: 2008, 2013, 2015 and 2019; Chile: 2003, 2009 and 2016; Colombia: 2005, 2010 and 2015; Peru: 2007, 2009 and 2011), comprising 535,145 participants (18-64 years). Data on LTPA practice (yes or not) as well as education (categorized into quintiles), gender (male or female) and age group (18-34, 35-49 or 50-64 years) were collected through self-reported questionnaires. Specific sampling weights were used in all analyzes. Results: In general, the prevalence of LTPA increased over the years, with the highest increases in Brazil (2008:27.2%; 95%CI:26.9-27.5 vs. 2019:42.9%; 95%CI:42.3-43.6) and Peru (2007:24.0%; 95%CI:23.0-25.0 vs. 2011:40.4%; 95%CI:39.0-41.7). However, the highest increases were among people in the quintiles 4 and 5 of education, which consequently increased the inequalities in LTPA, and the highest increases were in Chile (Q5-Q1: 2003:16.7pp vs. 2009:31.6pp). The inequalities for gender and age group were relatively stable, with a higher practice among men and younger adults. Conclusions: While LTPA increased over the years, the inequalities increased or persisted. Policies for the stimulation of LTPA focused on risk groups are warranted to decrease the inequalities of LTPA practice in South American countries. Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. AW is supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) with a PhD scholarship (FAPESP process: 2019/24124-7). RA is supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) with a PhD scholarship (CAPES process: 88887.605034/2021-00).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Beta decays as sensitive probes of lepton flavor universality
Creators: name: Crivellin, Andreas
name: Hoferichter, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nuclear $β$ decays as well as the decay of the neutron are well-established low-energy probes of physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). In particular, with the axial-vector coupling of the nucleon $g_A$ determined from lattice QCD, the comparison between experiment and SM prediction is commonly used to derive constraints on right-handed currents. Further, in addition to the CKM element $V_{us}$ from kaon decays, $V_{ud}$ from $β$ decays is a critical input for the test of CKM unitarity. Here, we point out that the available information on $β$ decays can be re-interpreted as a stringent test of lepton flavor universality (LFU). In fact, we find that the ratio of $V_{us}$ from kaon decays over $V_{us}$ from $β$ decays (assuming CKM unitarity) is extremely sensitive to LFU violation (LFUV) in $W$-$μ$-$ν$ couplings thanks to a CKM enhancement by $(V_{ud}/V_{us})^2\sim 20$. From this perspective, recent hints for the violation of CKM unitarity can be viewed as further evidence for LFUV, fitting into the existing picture exhibited by semi-leptonic $B$ decays and the anomalous magnetic moments of muon and electron. Finally, we comment on the future sensitivity that can be reached with this LFU violating observable and discuss complementary probes of LFU that may reach a similar level of precision, such as $Γ(π\toμν)/Γ(π\to eν)$ at the PEN and PiENu experiments or even direct measurements of $W\toμν$ at an FCC-ee.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures; journal version
1909-09-03 G.V. Black to McKay
Creators: name: Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1909
Subjects: Dental Fluorosis
Tooth Abnormalities
Fluoridation
Colorado

description: Title: G.V. Black to McKay Container: c02 id: level:
Use of leadership by teachers to improve classroom discipline in senior high schools
Creators: name: Baish, Charles Francis
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Teacher training institutions have provided excellent textbooks on educational psychology, school administration, classroom subject matter, and numerous topics involved in school teaching. Volumes of material have been studied by student teachers in their research for knowledge. Teacher training institutions, however, have not fully understood the problems of classroom discipline as it confronted a beginning teacher. A textbook as big as the largest educational psychology textbook, should have been written on the subject of classroom discipline. Such a book should have been used in a required course to instruct and guide teachers in the use of leadership. The author's purpose, therefore, has been to develop in this thesis a clear understanding and application of leadership, good behavior, and discipline.
EVALUATION OF FOOD CONSUMPTION PROGRAMS: A NEW APPROACH
Creators: name: West, Donald A.
name: Hunter, Leon J.
name: Travieso, Charlotte B.
name: West, Donald A.
name: Hunter, Leon J.
name: Travieso, Charlotte B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1980
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Microsimulation modeling allows the effects of food programs and changing socioeconomic and demographic characteristics on household food consumption to be estimated for future time periods. The paper presents the methodology, data base, and specifications needed to develop a framework for assessment of current and proposed food and nutrition programs.
Socioeconomic differences in associations between the built environment and walking following residential relocation
Creators: name: Christie, Chelsea
name: Friedenreich, Christine
name: Vena, Jennifer
name: Turley, Liam
name: McCormack, Gavin
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) may modify associations between the neighborhood built environment and physical activity, however, study results are contradictory. Purpose: The study aims were to: 1) estimate the associations between changes in overall neighborhood walkability and individual built characteristics with changes in walking, and 2) test for effect modification by individual-level SES indicators (education and household low-income status). Methods: We linked two waves of data from 703 adults who had relocated neighborhood (Alberta’s Tomorrow Project; 2008-2015) with neighborhood built environment data. We created a walkability index from population counts, street connectivity, and destination diversity within 400m of participants’ homes. Items from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) measured walking. Fixed-effects linear regression models estimated the associations between changes in walkability or individual built characteristics and changes in minutes walked per week. We also assessed whether SES modified these associations. Results: Percent change in walkability was positively associated with change in minutes walked per week (b = 0.003, 95% CI: 0.00, 0.01). There were no statistically significant associations between changes in individual built characteristics and changes in walking for the overall sample. However, relocating to a neighborhood with greater destination diversity was associated with a decrease in walking among adults from low-income households (b = -25.53, 95% CI: -45.61, -1.45). Conclusions: Our results suggest relocating to a neighborhood with greater destination diversity may negatively affect walking among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Further longitudinal research is needed. Funding: This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
The Post Correspondence Problem and equalisers for certain free group and monoid morphisms
Creators: name: Ciobanu, Laura
name: Logan, Alan D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 20-06, 20E05, 20F10, 20M05, 68R15

description: A marked free monoid morphism is a morphism for which the image of each generator starts with a different letter, and immersions are the analogous maps in free groups. We show that the (simultaneous) PCP is decidable for immersions of free groups, and provide an algorithm to compute bases for the sets, called equalisers, on which the immersions take the same values. We also answer a question of Stallings about the rank of the equaliser. Analogous results are proven for marked morphisms of free monoids.
description: 16 pages, final version incorporating referees comments
UBC Food Services : Increasing Food Skills in Residence
Creators: name: Cvoric, Stefan
name: Fan, Jenna
name: Gibbard, Marissa
name: Lentz, Britney
name: Moore, Kelsey
name: Nguyen, Lan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: This intervention aimed to improve nutritional well being among students at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The target population was upper year students living in Walter Gage Residence (Gage) at UBC in Vancouver. The intervention was originally proposed by Melissa Baker, Manager, Nutrition and Wellbeing for UBC’s Student Housing & Hospitality Services and Katherine MacGregor, Residence Life Manager (RLM) of Gage. This project used Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to assist in achieving the main objective of this intervention which was to create an instructional manual for residence advisors (RAs) to facilitate community kitchens (CKs) in Gage that improved attendees’ cooking capability, while building community. Prior to beginning work on the project, a literature review was conducted to assess levels of food insecurity amongst university students, and to gain insight into effective interventions and programs of interest to the target population. Primary research (interviews) was conducted to assess the current level of food skills and knowledge of Gage residents. We found a combination of environmental, interpersonal and individual aspects that facilitate and mediate students’ food choices, and despite limited research, food insecurity among university students is present, and there is a need for increased food knowledge and skills in this population (Melissa Baker, personal communication, January 24, 2018). Project outputs consisted of a CK manual to aid RAs in running CK programs in Gage and a post-intervention survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing cooking confidence. The manual and survey will be passed along to community stakeholders for further analysis and used for expansion of this intervention to other residences. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Escape Clause and Peril Point: Aspects of Tariff Administration, 1953-1958
Creators: name: Hall, Jr., Chester G.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This year, for the eleventh time since its inception in the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the reciprocal trade program is up for Congressional renewal. This program, for which the avowed purpose has been to promote new markets for United States exports by tariff concessions that are carefully chosen so as to cause no injury to protected American interests, will die, with its 1955 extension, on June 30, unless Congress prolongs it by specific legislation.President Eisenhower has made extension of this program a major positive element in his 1958 Administration policy, starting with his State of the Union Message. It has also been the subject of a message to Congress and of legislative proposals, as well as of various press conferences and remarks and of an address to the March bipartisan rally of the National Conference on International Trade. The President's stated reason for the essentiality of the program is the national welfare, and his Cabinet and other Administration officials have followed his lead in a high-powered public effort to induce Congress to enact the desired legislation.
The fate of star clusters near the Galactic center I: Analytic considerations
Creators: name: McMillan, Steve
name: Zwart, Simon Portegies
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A star cluster in a galactic nucleus sinks toward the galactic center due to dynamical friction. As it spirals inward, the cluster loses mass due to stellar evolution, relaxation driven evaporation, and tidal stripping, eventually dissolving in the galactic tidal field. We model the inspiral of dense young star clusters near the center of our Galaxy to study the extent of the region of parameter space in which the cluster can reach the inner parsec of the Galaxy within a few million years. Since we neglect changes in cluster structure due to internal evolution, the present study is most applicable to star clusters less than about one initial relaxation time old. We find that only star clusters with initial masses $\apgt 10^5$ {\msun} can reach the Galactic center from an initial distance of $\apgt 60$ pc within one initial relaxation time or a few million years, whichever is smaller.
description: 16 pages, submitted to ApJ
CRITERIA FOR MODEL SPECIFICATION OF DEMAND SYSTEMS
Creators: name: Capps, Oral
name: Havlicek, Joseph
name: Capps, Oral
name: Havlicek, Joseph
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: Four general principles are formulated as criteria for model specification of demand systems. The concepts shed light on systems credibility, validation, strengths, and weaknesses. The principles are used to judge the empirical performance of the S 1 -branch system.
ShineLA: How diverse Los Angeles communities are addressing urban safety challenges in public recreation spaces
Creators: name: Finster, Laurel
name: Shirazipour, Celina
name: Hutchison, Hayden
name: Gresham, Gillian
name: Surani, Zul
name: Israel, Vicki
name: Shull, Michael
name: Salvy, Sarah-Jeanne
name: Haile, Robert
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Safe recreation spaces are essential for a community’s physical, social, and mental health. Across North America, urban safety challenges (e.g. public drug use, unhoused individuals, gang activity) are significant barriers to promoting usage of recreation and parks (RAP) spaces, often limiting a neighborhood’s physical activity (PA) and community engagement. Purpose: To explore how Los Angeles (LA) RAP centers, each serving diverse communities, promote park usage and PA programming, withstanding urban safety challenges and the city mandate to increase PA participation in the lead up to the 2028 LA Olympic and Paralympic Games. Methods: We conducted qualitative case studies of seven LA RAP centers, across the social gradient, interviewing two to three staff at each center. We performed a reflexive thematic analysis to explore approaches in promoting engagement, as well as compared strategies for addressing urban safety challenges based on neighborhood characteristics. Results: Findings highlight key strategies used by RAP centers, including (a) multisectoral partnerships (e.g. city departments, schools, local businesses, and corporate sponsorships); (b) investing in equipment to promote family involvement; (c) verbal and non-verbal understandings with individuals (e.g. gang members) who influence perceptions of safety; and (d) hosting community events. However, while some centers are finding success, others face difficulties based on location and neighborhood demographics (e.g. socioeconomic status, changing cultural climates). Conclusions: Best practices must be shared across communities so all may benefit from improved engagement in recreation programming, in particular as increased PA and park usage are emphasized as preparation for the 2028 LA Olympics and Paralympics begin.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Associations between neighbourhood walkability and health-related fitness in adults
Creators: name: McCormack, Gavin
name: Frehlich, Levi
name: Blackstaffe, Anita
name: Turin, Tanvir
name: Doyle-Baker, Patricia
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Improving physical fitness lowers the risk of chronic disease. Evidence suggests the neighbourhood built environment is important for physical activity however, few studies have investigated the contribution of the built environment to fitness levels. Purpose: To estimate associations between objectively-determined and self-reported neighbourhood walkability and overall and specific components of perceived health-related fitness (cardiorespiratory, muscular strength, and flexibility). Methods: We recruited a random sample of adults (n=592) from two adjacent southeast neighbourhoods and nine adjacent southwest neighbourhoods in Calgary (Canada). Participants completed an online questionnaire that captured perceived cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular strength (MSt), flexibility, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), strength training, and sociodemographic characteristics. Participant’s perceptions of neighbourhood walkability (Physical Activity Neighborhood Environment Scale; PANES) and physical activity supportiveness of neighbourhood parks (Park Perceptions Index; PPI) were also captured. Walk Score® was linked to participant’s household addresses. Covariate-adjusted linear regression estimated the associations between Walk Score®, PANES, and PPI and CRF, MSt, flexibility, and overall fitness. Results: The average age of participants was 46.6±14.8 years. Participants, on average, participated in at least 30-minutes of MVPA on 3.4±2.1 days/week and undertook strength training 2.0±1.8 days/week. Walk Score® was not associated with any fitness variables. The PANES was positively associated (p
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Acaronychoidea Grandjean 1932
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes

description: Superfamily Acaronychoidea
 Family Acaronychidae
 Acaronychus grandjeani Lange, 1975
 Deutonymph: Lange 1975 (figure of bothridial seta only)
 Acaronychus traegardhi Grandjean, 1932
 Larva: Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1954b (Ds, FB, FGn, LSF)
 Protonymph: Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1954b (Ds, FB, FGn, LSF)
 Deutonymph: Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1954b (Ds, FB, FGn, FLg, LSF)
 Tritonymph: Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1954b (Ds, FB, LSF)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134
Signatures of TeV Scale Gravity in High Energy Collisions
Creators: name: Nicolaidis, A.
name: Sanchez, N. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In TeV scale unification models, gravity propagates in 4+d dimensions while gauge and matter fields are confined to a four dimensional brane, with gravity becoming strong at the TeV scale. For a such scenario, we study strong gravitational interactions in a effective Schwarzschild geometry. Two regimes appear. For large impact parameters, the ratio rho=(Rs/ro)1+d, (with Rs the Schwarzschild radius and ro the closest approach to the black hole), is small and the deflection angle is proportional to rho (like Rutherford-type scattering).For small impact parameters, the deflection angle develops a logarithmic singularity and becomes infinite for rho=rho crit= 2/(3+d). This singularity is reflected into a strong enhancement of the backward scattering (like a glory-type effect). We suggest a distinctive signature of black hole formation in particle collisions at TeV energies, the observation of the backward scattering events and its associated diffractive effects.
description: Expanded version, references added, 8 pages, no figures
Local Lagrangian for Exponentially Large Extra Dimensions
Creators: name: May, Michael J.
name: Sundrum, Raman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We write an explicit local action for a large extra dimensions stabilization scenario due to Arkani-Hamed, Hall, Smith and Weiner (AHSW). Our action allows the AHSW proposal to be generalized to non-Poincare invariant configurations, supersymmetric extensions, quantum effective field theory, and cosmological scenarios. The central step in constructing the action is working in terms of the four form gauge field which is the "electric-magnetic" dual to the "magnetic" scalar of AHSW. The action is manifestly invariant under higher general coordinate invariance.
description: 6 pages
Enhanced light emission from gap plasmons in nano-strip MIM tunnel junctions
Creators: name: Kishen, Saurabh
name: Tapar, Jinal
name: Emani, Naresh Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electrical excitation of light using inelastic electron tunneling is a promising approach for the realization of ultra-compact on-chip optical sources with high modulation bandwidth. However, the practical implementation of these nanoscale light sources presents a challenge due to the low electron-to-photon transduction efficiencies. Here, we investigate designs for the enhancement of light generation and out-coupling in a periodic Ag-SiO2-Ag tunnel junction due to inelastic electron tunneling. The structure presents a unique advantage of a simple fabrication procedure as compared to the other reported structures. By efficiently coupling the gap plasmon mode and the lattice resonance, we achieve a resonant enhancement in the local density of optical states up to three orders of magnitude and enhanced radiative efficiency of ~0.53, 30% higher as compared to the uncoupled structure.
description: This is the version of the article before peer review or editing, as submitted by an author to IoP Journal of Optics. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/ababe7
Workplace Harassment and Work Quality of Tertiary Health Care Facilities in South-West Nigeria
Creators: name: Egbuta, O. U., Adeoye, S. O. & Elikwu, O. O.
Publisher: name: Seybold Report Journal
Year: 2025
Subjects: workplace harassment, Abusive supervision, workplace incivility, workplace ostracism, verbal aggression, workplace violence, work quality

description: Abstract

This study investigates the effect of workplace harassment on work quality in six tertiary healthcare facilities in South-West, Nigeria. Drawing upon Conservation of Resources (COR) theory propounded by Dr. Stevan E. Hobfoll in 1989, in the area of stress and motivation research, the main thrust of the theory lies on how organisation strives to acquire, maintain, and protect their resources in order to manage stress and promote well-being. This study offers a useful framework for analyzing the effects of workplace harassment on the work quality of health workers. This study adopted survey research design. The population was 6,359 health workers from six teaching hospitals in South-West, Nigeria. The sample size of 475 was determined using Krejcie and Morgan table. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the respondents. A structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Response rate was 100%. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient for the constructs ranged from 0.71 and 0.94. Data were analysed using inferential (multiple linear and hierarchical regression) statistics at 5% significance level. The findings revealed that workplace harassment have significant effect on work quality of the selected tertiary hospitals in South-West, Nigeria (Adj.R2= 0.101, F(5, 475) =11.668, p<0.05).  The findings highlight the role of workplace harassment dimensions: Abusive supervision, workplace incivility, workplace ostracism, verbal aggression and workplace violence on employee work quality. The results of the analysis revealed that workplace harassment have positive and significant effect on work quality of the selected tertiary hospitals in South-West, Nigeria. This indicates that workplace ostracism, abusive supervision in the workplace, workplace incivility and workplace verbal aggressions were important predictors of work quality of the selected tertiary hospitals in South-West, Nigeria. The study recommended that management should develop and enforce clear anti-harassment policies that outline unacceptable behaviors and the consequences of such actions, and ensure that these policies are communicated effectively to all employees at all levels of management.

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Workplace harassment, Abusive supervision, workplace incivility, workplace ostracism, verbal aggression, workplace violence, work quality
Fermionic state discrimination by local operations and classical communication
Creators: name: Lugli, Matteo
name: Perinotti, Paolo
name: Tosini, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the problem of local operations and classical communication (LOCC) discrimination between two bipartite pure states of fermionic systems. We show that, contrary to the case of quantum systems, for fermionic systems it is generally not possible to achieve the ideal state discrimination performances through LOCC measurements. On the other hand, we show that an ancillary system made of two fermionic modes in a maximally entangled state is a sufficient additional resource to attain the ideal performances via LOCC measurements. The stability of the ideal results is studied when the probability of preparation of the two states is perturbed, and a tight bound on the discrimination error is derived.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure
A PROPOSED MONITORING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VIOLATIONS OF CAPPER-VOLSTEAD, SECTION 2
Creators: name: Jesse, Edward V.
name: Johnson, Aaron C.
name: Jesse, Edward V.
name: Johnson, Aaron C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: This paper presents a systematic procedure for monitoring agricultural marketing cooperatives for evidence of Capper- Volstead Section 2 violations--unduly enhanced prices resulting from monopolization or restraint of trade. A screening process is proposed to identify cooperatives processing monopoly power as well as the ability to exercise monopoly power.
Neutrino mass limits from SDSS, 2dFGRS and WMAP
Creators: name: Barger, V.
name: Marfatia, Danny
name: Tregre, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate whether cosmological data suggest the need for massive neutrinos. We employ galaxy power spectrum measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Two Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), along with cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and 27 other CMB experiments. We also use the measurement of the Hubble parameter from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project. We find the sum of the neutrino masses to be smaller than 0.75 eV at 2σ(1.1 eV at 3σ).
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. Only unconstrained bias fit included. References added
A MODEL FOR THE SHORT-RUN PRODUCTION AND PRICING DECISIONS OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS
Creators: name: Royer, Jeffrey S.
name: Royer, Jeffrey S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: This paper presents a model of a cooperative that pays patronage refunds. The analysis is short-run in nature. Each patron, and the cooperative, has some fixed assets. Decisions on capital structure are assumed to have been made prior to this short-run analysis, and some of these decisions place constraints or impose parameters on the short-run analysis. It is assumed that the objective of the cooperative is to maximize total profits of all member patrons. The purpose of this paper is normative: to present an explanation of how a cooperative should operate if its objective is the one assumed here. The paper presents aTositive analysis of any cooperative that has as its objective the one assumed.
Built environment in programs promoting physical activity among youth in the U.S. and Latin America
Creators: name: Sarmiento, Olga
name: Rubio, Maria
name: King, Abby
name: Serrano, Natalicio
name: Akira, Adriano
name: Hunter, Ruth
name: Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas
name: Parra, Diana
name: Salvo, Deborah
name: Jáuregui, Alejandra
name: Lee, Rebecca
name: Kohl, Harold
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: To prevent obesity among Latino children and youth living in the U.S. and in Latin America, it is necessary to understand the specific context of the interplay of physical activity (PA) and the built environment (BE). Purpose: To contribute to advancing the research agenda of BE and PA for obesity prevention among Latino youth in the U.S. and Latin America by 1) identifying environmental indicators to inform the design of interventions and policy; 2) identifying interdisciplinary methodological approaches for the study of the complex association between BE and PA; and 3) presenting case studies of physical activity-promoting BE-programs. Methods: A group of U.S. and Latin American scientists collaboratively worked to propose innovative indicators of the BE, methodological approaches for the study of the complex association between BE and PA and review case studies of physical activity-promoting BE programs in both regions. Results: The results include identified gaps in knowledge, proposed environmental indicators (e.g., landscape, street design, parks and green space, mobility patterns, crime and safety), reviewed methodological approaches (social network analysis, citizen science methods) and case studies illustrating physical activity-promoting BE-programs (i.e., play streets, active school transport, and school setting interventions). Conclusions: The prevention of obesity among Latino and Latin American youth requires to advance research on BE and PA addressing context-specific priorities and exchanging side-by-side lessons learned. Funding: CRDF Global agreement OISE-20-66868-1.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Composition Kostka functions
Creators: name: Knop, Friedrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20C08, 33D52

description: Macdonald defined two-parameter Kostka functions K_{λμ}(q,t) where λ, μare partitions. The main purpose of this paper is to extend his definition to include all compositions as indices. Following Macdonald, we conjecture that also these more general Kostka functions are polynomials in q and t^{1/2} with non-negative integers as coefficients. If q=0 then our Kostka functions are Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials of a special type. Therefore, our positivity conjecture combines Macdonald positivity and Kazhdan-Lusztig positivity and hints towards a connection between Macdonald and Kazhdan-Lusztig theory.
description: v1: 29 pages; v2: 30 pages, minor changes
A divergence center interpretation of general symmetric Kubo-Ando means, and related weighted multivariate operator means
Creators: name: Pitrik, József
name: Virosztek, Dániel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 47A64. Secondary: 15A24

description: It is well known that special Kubo-Ando operator means admit divergence center interpretations, moreover, they are also mean squared error estimators for certain metrics on positive definite operators. In this paper we give a divergence center interpretation for every symmetric Kubo-Ando mean. This characterization of the symmetric means naturally leads to a definition of weighted and multivariate versions of a large class of symmetric Kubo-Ando means. We study elementary properties of these weighted multivariate means, and note in particular that in the special case of the geometric mean we recover the weighted $\mathcal{A} \# \mathcal{H}$-mean introduced by Kim, Lawson, and Lim.
description: v2: accepted manuscript version
Archeonothridae Grandjean 1932
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Archeonothridae

description: Family Archeonothridae   Stomacarus watsoni (Travé, 1964)
 Larva: Travé 1964b (Ds, LSF)
 Zachvatkinella belbiformis Lange, 1954
 Tritonymph: Lange 1975 (FB)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134