cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Commercial Truck Driver Fatigue, Alertness, and Countermeasures Survey
Creators: name: Federal Highway Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Highway Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/0473rr271
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1999
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91882
subject: Alertness
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91813
subject: Fatigue (Physiological condition)
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90604
subject: Trucking safety
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91741
subject: Commercial drivers
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91748
subject: Truck drivers

description: A survey was designed and conducted, to extend prior work discussed in the Driver Fatigue and Alertness Study literature review, by collecting additional data about commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers and their job characteristics. It also sought to determine the prevalence of factors that may contribute to fatigue in CMV drivers and to identify and assess the methods used by drivers to alleviate fatigue or its symptoms. This tech brief summarizes the methods and results of that survey. 4 p.
Absence of percolation in graphs based on stationary point processes with degrees bounded by two
Creators: name: Jahnel, Benedikt
name: Tóbiás, András
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::510 Mathematik::510 Mathematik
subject: bidirectional k‐nearest neighbor graph
subject: continuum percolation
subject: degree bounds
subject: deletion‐tolerance
subject: stationary point processes

description: We consider undirected graphs that arise as deterministic functions of stationary point processes such that each point has degree bounded by two. For a large class of point processes and edge‐drawing rules, we show that the arising graph has no infinite connected component, almost surely. In particular, this extends our previous result for signal‐to‐interference ratio graphs based on stabilizing Cox point processes and verifies the conjecture of Balister and Bollobás that the bidirectional k‐nearest neighbor graph of a two‐dimensional homogeneous Poisson point process does not percolate for k=2.
An in-depth view of the microscopic dynamics of Ising spin glasses at fixed temperature
Creators: name: Janus Collaboration
name: Belletti, F.
name: Cruz, A.
name: Fernandez, L. A.
name: Gordillo-Guerrero, A.
name: Guidetti, M.
name: Maiorano, A.
name: Mantovani, F.
name: Marinari, E.
name: Martin-Mayor, V.
name: Monforte, J.
name: Sudupe, A. Muñoz
name: Navarro, D.
name: Parisi, G.
name: Perez-Gaviro, S.
name: Ruiz-Lorenzo, J. J.
name: Schifano, S. F.
name: Sciretti, D.
name: Tarancon, A.
name: Tripiccione, R.
name: Yllanes, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the dedicated computer Janus, we follow the nonequilibrium dynamics of the Ising spin glass in three dimensions for eleven orders of magnitude. The use of integral estimators for the coherence and correlation lengths allows us to study dynamic heterogeneities and the presence of a replicon mode and to obtain safe bounds on the Edwards-Anderson order parameter below the critical temperature. We obtain good agreement with experimental determinations of the temperature-dependent decay exponents for the thermoremanent magnetization. This magnitude is observed to scale with the much harder to measure coherence length, a potentially useful result for experimentalists. The exponents for energy relaxation display a linear dependence on temperature and reasonable extrapolations to the critical point. We conclude examining the time growth of the coherence length, with a comparison of critical and activated dynamics.
description: 38 pages, 26 figures
Tai Aiton (Assam, India) – Language Snapshot
Creators: name: Kakoty, Deepmoni
Publisher: name: Language Documentation and Description
Year: 2020

description: The Tai Aiton are one of six Tai communities of North-East India, along with Ahom, Turung, Khamti, Khamyang, and Phake. They are Buddhists by religion, and are commonly called ‘Shyams’, or the people from Siam, i.e. Thailand, by their Assamese neighbours. According to Morey (2005), this term comes from written Burmese hyam, which is the source of the word pronounced ‘Shan’ in English. The Tai Aton live in small villages in the state of Assam and the names of their villages are directly translatable into modern Thai, as both sound and meaning correspond. The language belongs to the Southwestern branch of Tai, within the Tai-Kadai language family. The Aiton are multilingual, and can speak Tai, Assamese, English, and Hindi. They speak Aiton within the family and among community members, and generally use Assamese with others. Hakasam (2009) discusses the life style and the language system of Aiton. The Aiton people are very conscious about their language, culture and traditions. They are very small in number compared to the larger, dominating communities of the state. They try to pass on their culture and tradition to their younger generations. Tai Aiton can be considered a endangered language, according to the endangerment ...
description: Language Documentation and Description, Vol. 17 (2020)
Domain prediction with grouped income data
Creators: name: Walter, Paul
name: Groß, Marcus
name: Schmid, Timo
name: Tzavidis, Nikos
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: data confidentiality
subject: interval-censored data
subject: nested error regression model
subject: small area estimation
subject: survey response burden
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::330 Wirtschaft

description: One popular small area estimation method for estimating poverty and inequality indicators is the empirical best predictor under the unit-level nested error regression model with a continuous dependent variable. However, parameter estimation is more challenging when the response variable is grouped due to data confidentiality concerns or concerns about survey response burden. The work in this paper proposes methodology that enables fitting a nested error regression model when the dependent variable is grouped. Model parameters are then used for small area prediction of finite population parameters of interest. Model fitting in the case of a grouped response variable is based on the use of a stochastic expectation–maximization algorithm. Since the stochastic expectation–maximization algorithm relies on the Gaussian assumptions of the unit-level error terms, adaptive transformations are incorporated for handling departures from normality. The estimation of the mean squared error of the small area parameters is facilitated by a parametric bootstrap that captures the additional uncertainty due to the grouping mechanism and the possible use of adaptive transformations. The empirical properties of the proposed methodology are assessed by using model-based simulations and its relevance is illustrated by estimating deprivation indicators for municipalities in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
title: Risk-based Evaluation of Commercial Motor Vehicle Roadside Violations: Process and Results
Creators: name: Federal Highway Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Highway Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/0473rr271
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1999
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/89704
subject: Commercial vehicle operations
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88812
subject: Risk management
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90701
subject: Roadside hazards
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90731
subject: Crash risk forecasting
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90602
subject: Highway safety

description: As a part of its risk management efforts, the Office of Motor Carriers sponsored a risk-based evaluation of roadside violations. This tech brief summarizes the study final report. The evaluation sought to categorize each commercial motor vehicle (CMV) roadside violation according to the potential risk posed by the conditions covered by the violation. Risk was defined as the likelihood that a violation would be a contributing factor to a crash or hazardous material (HM) release or exposure. The resulting categorization was designed to distinguish among violations that contribute to a significant, immediate risk of a crash or HM incident; violations that pose less significant risks; and violations that pose little or no risk. 4 p.
Kalasha (Pakistan) – Language Snapshot
Creators: name: Hussain, Qandeel
name: Mielke, Jeff
Publisher: name: Language Documentation and Description
Year: 2020

description: Kalasha is an endangered Dardic language spoken by around 3,000-5,000 speakers in the remote valleys (Birir, Bumburet, Jinjiret, Rumbur, and Urtsun) of Chitral, Northern Pakistan. The Kalasha community is multilingual. In addition to Kalasha, the younger generation is fluent in several other languages of the area (Khowar, Kati, Pashto, and Urdu). The language is acquired by children and also taught at local schools in the valleys but there is ongoing language shift to Khowar and other neighboring languages (see Torwali, this volume). The community members are very active in the learning, teaching, and preservation of their language. It is used in day-to-day conversation, marriage and funeral ceremonies, and annual festivals. There are two main dialect clusters of Kalasha: Northern (spoken in Birir, Bumburet, and Rumbur valleys) and Southern (Jinjiret and Urtsun valleys). Recent years have seen an upsurge in the documentation of Kalasha, particularly from a purely linguistic perspective. The authors are involved in the phonetic and phonological documentation of Kalasha dialects spoken in Birir, Bumburet, and Rumbur valleys and developing tools for the automatic segmentation of the stories, narratives, and other spontaneous speech data.
description: Language Documentation and Description, Vol. 17 (2020)
title: A Qualitative Assessment of the Role of Shippers and Others in Driver Compliance with Federal Safety Regulations
Creators: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01jt5mq34
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1998
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88571
subject: Hours of labor
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/89704
subject: Commercial vehicle operations
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91741
subject: Commercial drivers
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88887
subject: Policy
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90604
subject: Trucking safety

description: There is widespread perception among various trucking industry representatives and observers that commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators are frequently forced to violate the Federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations because of the tightness of their schedules. HOS regulations specify how long a CMV driver may drive continuously, and the length and number of breaks a driver must take. This concern was identified as one of the top 10 safety issues at the 1995 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) National Truck and Bus Safety Summit. In addition, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that the FHWA undertake a rulemaking to prohibit shipment schedules that would require that a driver exceed regulations in order to complete a deadline. Congress has also recommended action on this subject. In accordance with Congressional intent, the Office of Motor Carriers conducted a focus group study to determine the scope, nature, and extent of shipper involvement with violations of safety regulations. This Tech Brief summarizes the study final report (FHWA-MC-98-049). 4 p.
Drifting solitary waves in a reaction-diffusion medium with differential advection
Creators: name: Yochelis, Arik
name: Sheintuch, Moshe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Propagation of solitary waves in the presence of autocatalysis, diffusion, and symmetry breaking (differential) advection, is being studied. The focus is on drifting (propagating with advection) pulses that form via a convective instability at lower reaction rates of the autocatalytic activator, i.e. the advective flow overcomes the fast excitation and induces a drifting fluid type behavior. Using spatial dynamics analysis of a minimal case model, we present the properties and the organization of such pulses. The insights underly a general understanding of localized transport in simple reaction-diffusion-advection models and thus provide a background to potential chemical and biological applications.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
MPEC 2023-K127 : 2023 KJ2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KJ2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Strategies to deal with Judicialization of Health Care: A Protocol for a Scoping Review
Creators: name: Nogueira, Vania dos Santos
name: Leite, Mauro Salles Ferreira
name: Puga, Maria Eduarda
name: Simionato, Luiz Eduardo Gonçalves
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111709 Health Care Administration
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Introduction: The judicialization of health is a phenomenon characterized by the process in which individuals turn to the judicial system to access medicines and other health goods and services. Objective: The main objective of this review is to evaluate the strategies developed by the health systems, as well as by the government, the judiciary in Brazil and abroad, to deal with the phenomenon of the judicialization of health, in order to rationalize public spending and the financial aspects associated. Methods: A scope review will be carried out according to the methodology of Joanna Briggs Institute, and primary and / or secondary studies will be included, as well as texts, regulations, guidelines, notes on the implementation of the strategies to deal with the negative aspects of judicialization of health. The concept then will be the judicialization of health, and the context will be in both private and public health systems. All existing literature, including published and unpublished studies, will be considered. Opinion articles and text will also be considered for inclusion in this scope review. The search strategy will aim to locate published and unpublished studies. Two reviewers will independently select eligible studies and extract data from included studies.
title: Biometric Identification Standards Research
Creators: name: Federal Highway Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Highway Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/0473rr271
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1998
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/96718
subject: Biometrics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/89458
subject: Identification systems
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91741
subject: Commercial drivers
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88949
subject: Driver licensing
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91748
subject: Truck drivers

description: A "biometric" technology is an automatic method for the identification, or identity verification, of an individual based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. The primary objective of the study summarized in this tech brief was to make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation for the establishment of minimum uniform standards for a biometric identification system to ensure identification of commercial vehicle drivers. The commercial driver's licensing program needed to ensure that CMV drivers did not have more than one commercial driver's license. Researchers sought to review the current status of biometric technologies to determine their ability to meet the needs of the commercial drivers licensing program and to determine the cost-effectiveness of the most promising technologies and systems for large-scale applications. 4 p.
MPEC 2023-K128 : 2023 JR7
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 JR7

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Star formation in the intragroup medium and other diagnostics of the evolutionary stages of compact groups of galaxies
Creators: name: Torres-Flores, S.
name: de Oliveira, C. Mendes
name: de Mello, D. F.
name: Amram, P.
name: Plana, H.
name: Epinat, B.
name: Iglesias-Paramo, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: Compact groups of galaxies are entities that have high densities of galaxies and serve as laboratories to study galaxy interactions, intergalactic star formation and galaxy evolution. Aims: The main goal of this study is to search for young objects in the intragroup medium of seven compact groups of galaxies: HCG 2, 7, 22, 23, 92, 100 and NGC 92 as well as to evaluate the stage of interaction of each group. Methods: We used Fabry-Perot velocity fields and rotation curves together with GALEX NUV and FUV images and optical R-band and HI maps. Results: (i) HCG 7 and HCG 23 are in early stages of interaction, (ii) HCG 2 and HCG 22 are mildly interacting, and (iii) HCG 92, HCG 100 and NGC 92 are in late stages of evolution. We find that all three evolved groups contain populations of young blue objects in the intragroup medium, consistent with ages < 100 Myr, of which several are younger than < 10 Myr. We also report the discovery of a tidal dwarf galaxy candidate in the tail of NGC 92. These three groups, besides containing galaxies that have peculiar velocity fields, also show extended HI tails. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the advanced stage of evolution of a group, together with the presence of intragroup HI clouds, may lead to star formation in the intragroup medium. A table containing all intergalactic HII regions and tidal dwarf galaxies confirmed to date is appended.
description: 26 pages, 19 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fiche de stage M2 Année Universitaire 2022-2023 "Actualisation d'un modèle conceptuel de l'obésité et maladies chroniques en Tunisie"
Creators: name: Traissac, Pierre
name: Lepiller, Olivier
name: Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer
name: El Ati, J
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tunisia, obesity, non communicable disease, conceptual model

description: Cette fiche de stage décrit le stage de M2 proposé dans le cadre de la JEAI TANIT sur le sujet "Actualisation d’un modèle conceptuel de l’obésité et maladies chroniques en Tunisie". Un étudiant du département Nutrition-Santé Internationale de l'université Senghor (Université de la Francophonie à Alexandrie, Egypte) a été sélectionné pour ce stage qui aura lieu d'avril à septembre 2023.
Utilization of drugs with reports on potential efficacy or harm on COVID-19 before, during, and after the first pandemic wave
Creators: name: Enners, Salka
name: Gradl, Gabriele
name: Kieble, Marita
name: Böhm, Michael
name: Laufs, Ulrich
name: Schulz, Martin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: COVID-19
subject: drug utilization
subject: hydroxychloroquine
subject: pandemic
subject: pharmacy claims
subject: renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system
subject: statins
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Purpose Conflicting information on potential benefits of drugs as well as reports on hypothetical harm of commonly used drugs in COVID-19 treatment have challenged clinicians and healthcare systems. We analyzed the change in ambulatory drug utilization before, during, and after the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. Methods We explored dispensing data of nearly 19 000 pharmacies at the expense of the statutory health insurance funds covering 88% of Germany's population. We analyzed utilization of publicly discussed drugs with conflicting information. Drug utilization as number of packages dispensed per week from January to June 2020, reflecting 314 million claims, was compared with 2019. Results Utilization of hydroxychloroquine increased +110% during March 2020 and then slightly decreased until week April 13–19. Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors and simvastatin/atorvastatin increased, +78% and +74%, respectively, and subsequently decreased below 2019 levels. Utilization of azithromycin and all systemic antibiotics decreased continuously from March 2–8 until June to levels considerably lower compared to 2019 (June 22–28: azithromycin: −55%, all systemic antibiotics: −27%). Pneumococcal vaccines utilization initially increased +373%, followed by supply shortages. Paracetamol utilization showed an initial increase of +111%, mainly caused by an increase of over-the-counter dispensings. Conclusions Apart from the pandemic itself, the data suggest that dissemination of misinformation and unsound speculations as well as supply shortages influenced drug prescribing, utilization, and purchasing behavior. The findings can inform post-pandemic policy to prevent unfounded over- and underprescribing and off-label use as well as drug shortages during a public health crisis.
The evidence for pharmacist care in outpatients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Schumacher, Pia M.
name: Becker, Nicolas
name: Tsuyuki, Ross T.
name: Griese-Mammen, Nina
name: Koshman, Sheri L.
name: McDonald, Michael A.
name: Bouvy, Marcel
name: Rutten, Frans H.
name: Laufs, Ulrich
name: Schulz, Martin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Heart failure
subject: Outpatients
subject: Pharmacist care
subject: Systematic review
subject: Meta-analysis
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Aims Patients with heart failure (HF) have poor outcomes, including poor quality of life, and high morbidity and mortality. In addition, they have a high medication burden due to the multiple drug therapies now recommended by guidelines. Previous reviews, including studies in hospital settings, provided evidence that pharmacist care improves outcomes in patients with HF. Because most HF is managed outside of hospitals, we aimed to synthesize the evidence for pharmacist care in outpatients with HF. Methods and results We conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and integrated the evidence on patient outcomes in a meta-analysis. We found 24 RCTs performed in 10 countries, including 8029 patients. The data revealed consistent improvements in medication adherence (independent of the measuring instrument) and knowledge, physical function, and disease and medication management. Sixteen RCTs were included in meta-analyses. Differences in all-cause mortality (odds ratio (OR) = 0.97 [95% CI, 0.84–1.12], Q-statistic, P = 0.49, I2 = 0%), all-cause hospitalizations (OR = 0.86 [0.73–1.03], Q-statistic, P = 0.01, I2 = 45.5%), and HF hospitalizations (OR = 0.89 [0.77–1.02], Q-statistic, P = 0.11, I2 = 0%) were not statistically significant. We also observed an improvement in the standardized mean difference for generic quality of life of 0.75 ([0.49–1.01], P < 0.01), with no indication of heterogeneity (Q-statistic, P = 0.64; I2 = 0%). Conclusions Results indicate that pharmacist care improves medication adherence and knowledge, symptom control, and some measures of quality of life in outpatients with HF. Given the increasing complexity of guideline-directed medical therapy, pharmacists' unique focus on medication management, titration, adherence, and patient teaching should be considered part of the management strategy for these vulnerable patients.
title: Impact of Local/Short Haul Operations on Driver Fatigue: Focus Group Summary and Analysis [TechBrief]
Creators: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01jt5mq34
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1998
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91813
subject: Fatigue (Physiological condition)
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88002
subject: Short haul
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/87999
subject: Haul distance
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90604
subject: Trucking safety
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91711
subject: Focus groups
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90602
subject: Highway safety

description: Researchers sought to determine if fatigue is an equally important factor in influencing the safety of local/short haul truck operations as it is in influencing the safety of long-haul commercial vehicle operations. Accordingly, researchers conducted focus groups in eight cities, across five states. The purpose of these sessions was to gain an understanding of the general safety concerns related to the local/short haul trucking industry and specifically, if fatigue is a safety-critical issue in local/short haul trucking. 4 p.
MPEC 2023-K129 : 2023 KK2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KK2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Negative Interactions in Irreversible Self-Assembly
Creators: name: Doty, David
name: Kari, Lila
name: Masson, Benoit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.1.1; F.1.1; F.1.m; F.m; J.2

description: This paper explores the use of negative (i.e., repulsive) interaction the abstract Tile Assembly Model defined by Winfree. Winfree postulated negative interactions to be physically plausible in his Ph.D. thesis, and Reif, Sahu, and Yin explored their power in the context of reversible attachment operations. We explore the power of negative interactions with irreversible attachments, and we achieve two main results. Our first result is an impossibility theorem: after t steps of assembly, Omega(t) tiles will be forever bound to an assembly, unable to detach. Thus negative glue strengths do not afford unlimited power to reuse tiles. Our second result is a positive one: we construct a set of tiles that can simulate a Turing machine with space bound s and time bound t, while ensuring that no intermediate assembly grows larger than O(s), rather than O(s * t) as required by the standard Turing machine simulation with tiles.
title: Role of Driver Hearing in Commercial Motor Vehicle Operation: An Evaluation of the FHWA Hearing Requirement
Creators: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01jt5mq34
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1998
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/89704
subject: Commercial vehicle operations
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91344
subject: Noise
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91741
subject: Commercial drivers

description: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) currently requires that all commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers have a specified minimum level of hearing to drive in interstate commerce. This tech brief summarizes an FHWA study of the same title that evaluates the validity of the current CMV driver hearing requirements and the ability to hear as a critical requirement for driving. The study sought to answer many of the questions concerning truck driver hearing, noise exposure, and hearing-critical tasks. 4 p.
Competition between singlet and triplet superconductivity
Creators: name: De Cao, Tian
name: Wang, Tie Bang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The competition between singlet and triplet superconductivity is examined in consideration of correlations on an extended Hubbard model. It is shown that the triplet superconductivity may not be included in the common Hubbard model since the strong correlation favors the singlet superconductivity, and thus the triplet superconductivity should be induced by the electron-phonon interaction and the ferromagnetic exchange interaction. We also present a superconducting qualification with which magnetism is unbeneficial to superconductivity.
description: 7pages
Studies on a Bi-periodic X-band Structure for SPARC
Creators: name: D. Alesini
name: A.Bacci
name: M.Migliorati
name: A.Mostacci
name: L.Palumbo
name: B.Spataro
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2003

description: The paper presents the design of a compact bi-periodic accelerating section, operating at the frequency of 11.424 GHz, for linearizing the longitudinal phase space in the Frascati Linac Coherent Light Source (SPARC). The structure operates on the p/2 standing wave mode with axial coupled cavities, and it is designed to obtain a 5 MV accelerating voltage. The proposed accelerating section represents an alternative design to the standard p-mode cavity, having some advantages as discussed in the paper. Numerical simulations have been carried out with SUPERFISH, OSCARD2D and ABCI codes, in frequency and in time domain. The study includes: field profile optimization, quality factor and shunt impedance calculation, analysis of the generator-cavity coupling and thermal analysis.
Countering the challenges of globalization faced by endangered languages of North Pakistan
Creators: name: Torwali, Zubair
Publisher: name: Language Documentation and Description
Year: 2020

description: Indigenous communities living in the mountainous terrain and valleys of the region of Gilgit-Baltistan and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan, speak over 30 languages. Some of these are Balti, Bateri, Burushaski, Chilloso, Dameli, Dumaki, Gawarbati, Gawri, Indus Kohistani, Kalasha, Khowar, Palula, Shina, Torwali, Ushojo, Wakhi, and Yidgha. According to Moseley (2010), all these languages are considered to be endangered because of a number of challenges the communities speaking them face: lack of political organization, suppressed identities, no written tradition, marginalization and globalization, impact of dominant languages over these languages, life in a difficult ecology, poverty, and migration. The cultural, political, linguistic, and ecological milieu is leading to language and cultural loss among these communities. Notwithstanding these extremely tough challenges, there are some good initiatives being carried out privately by community members that are focused on reversing language and cultural loss by documentation, transmission to the coming generation, and trying to make the languages relevant in pedagogical settings.1
description: Language Documentation and Description, Vol. 17 (2020)
Feynman graphs, and nerve theorem for compact symmetric multicategories (extended abstract)
Creators: name: Joyal, André
name: Kock, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 18D50, 81Q30

description: We describe a category of Feynman graphs and show how it relates to compact symmetric multicategories (coloured modular operads) just as linear orders relate to categories and rooted trees relate to multicategories. More specifically we obtain the following nerve theorem: compact symmetric multicategories can be characterised as presheaves on the category of Feynman graphs subject to a Segal condition. This text is a write-up of the second-named author's QPL6 talk; a more detailed account of this material will appear elsewhere.
description: 9 pages. Written for the "Quantum Physics and Logic VI" proceedings
Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
Creators: name: Arnold, Laura
Publisher: name: Language Documentation and Description
Year: 2020

description: Salawati, Batta, Biga, and As are four undocumented Austronesian languages belonging to the Raja Ampat-South Halmahera branch of South Halmahera-West New Guinea, spoken in West Papua province, Indonesia. Salawati, Batta, and Biga are spoken in the Raja Ampat archipelago, just off the western tip of the Bird’s Head peninsula of New Guinea, and As is spoken nearby on the New Guinea mainland. All four languages are to some degree endangered, as speakers shift to Papuan Malay, the local lingua franca: Biga is the most vital of the four languages, in that children are still acquiring it, whereas As is moribund, with only a handful of speakers remaining. Very little previous literature is available for any of the languages.
description: Language Documentation and Description, Vol. 17 (2020)
Intellectual Property Policy in Solomon Islands: Who is Really Playing the Tune?
Creators: name: Forsyth, Miranda
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Year: 2015

description: This In Brief explores the drivers behind intellectual property policy in the Pacific Islands region through examining World Intellectual Property Day 2015 in Solomon Islands. It argues that this event, and the related official statements, illustrate the problematic way in which the plight of musicians and artists is used to further entrench Pacific Island countries into the global intellectual property regime (GIPR).
R&D Mechanical Studies of the Photon Detector Microcells and Modules for the EUSO Experiment
Creators: name: M. Ameri
name: F. Cadoux
name: R. Cereseto
name: G. Corti
name: S. Cuneo
name: P. Musico
name: E. Pace
name: A. Petrolini
name: P. Pollovio
name: F. Pratolongo
name: F. Siccardi
name: A. Vinci
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2003

description: During the phase A of the EUSO experiment 5),6), extensive R&D studies have been done to optimise the mechanical arrangement of the photon multipliers on the focal surface. The activity has been focused on micro-cell and photon detector module sub-assemblies, the modular units that should tessellate the focal surface of the instrument. Alternative solutions have been investigated, simulations have been performed, prototypes built and tested. All that activity allowed to check the compliance of several features with the space environment, thus identifying those that could be applied in the final design.
Qlasa: A Computer Code For Quench Simulation In Adiabatic Multicoil Superconducting Windings
Creators: name: Rossi, Lucio
name: Sorbi, Massimo
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2004

description: Prediction of the quench evolution is an important task in designing superconducting magnets. Especially when different coils are coupled together, with possibility of energy exchange among them, very dangerous situation may happen, not easy to predict with simple analytical evaluation. The code QLASA described in this report is originated from the codes DYNQUE and QLASA in use at the superconducting magnet group of the LASA laboratory (University and INFN-Milan): it is mainly intended for adiabatic multiple solenoids, with different power supplies, but can now deal partially with different geometries. It can be used as a design tool, since it allows to control many parameters, it treats the windings as a medium of average properties (that may differ along the three dimensions) and it is coupled with an extensive custom library of cryogenic properties, although its main use has been restricted so far to NbTi and Nb3Sn conductors. It is particularly useful when internal voltages and internal temperatures need to be computed. The report describes the winding modeling, all steps of thermal and electrical computations and how they are separated as well as the coupling with the cryogenic library. The limitations of the codes, written in F77, are explained and underlined, as well as the suggestion to use it in geometry different from the axis-symmetric. Finally a few examples of input files are given and comparisons among predictions and experiments are reported.
Examining racial attitudes, ethnicity and inequality through the UK Data Service
Creators: name: Appleyard, Rodney
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Racial Equality, data research, IASSIST, UK Data Service, diversity

description: Evidence-based research into racial inequalities, racism and racial prejudice has the potential to support and drive policy development and reform that will help bring ethnic or racial equality. This poster for this presentation will highlight key data in the UK Data Service collection that have been vital in building a picture of the circumstances of ethnic minority populations and their relationships to the ethnic majority population in the UK - and important national research using our data collections.

 Impactful research using UK Data Service:

 - Homelessness and Black and Minoritised Ethnic Communities in the UK, Nov 2022

 - Falling Faster Amidst a Cost-of-Living Crisis: Poverty, Inequality and Ethnicity in the UK, Runnymede Trust, October 2022

 - Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to Covid-19, May 2020

 Key data

 - Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) - UK’s first and largest survey to document the impact of Covid-19, and the lockdowns, on the lives of ethnic and religious minority people, available in languages, Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) - Expected research access, April 2023.

 - The Ethnic Minority Young People: Differential Treatment in the Youth Justice System, 2006 study examines how teenagers are treated by the youth justice system in the UK and highlights clear patterns of under- and over-representation of ethnic minority groups.

 - NatCen’s 2017 report on racial prejudice in Britain today, used the British Social Attitudes Survey – a series run in most years since 1983, designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements in Great Britain.

 - British Integration Survey, 2019, - data on levels of diversity in respondents’ networks, their interactions with people from different backgrounds, and attitudes towards different social groups.

 - British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010 - an investigation of the political views and behaviours of Britain’s ethnic minority populations.
Impact of angiotensin receptor blocker product recalls on antihypertensive prescribing in Germany
Creators: name: Rudolph, Ulrike Maria
name: Enners, Salka
name: Kieble, Marita
name: Mahfoud, Felix
name: Böhm, Michael
name: Laufs, Ulrich
name: Schulz, Martin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: drug shortages
subject: skin-cancer
subject: valsartan
subject: risk
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: In Germany, similar to 8 million patients take angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and 2.25 million of them valsartan. In 2018, contamination of generic ARBs with probable carcinogenic nitrosamines resulted in more than 30 recalls. The impact of such a huge recall has never been explored in Europe. We analyzed the utilization of valsartan, all ARBs, and other alternative antihypertensive drugs in Germany. We used our database of anonymized dispensing data from >80% of community pharmacies at the expense of the statutory health insurance (SHI) funds from January 2017 to December 2019. We analyzed 290.8 million prescriptions, including all oral mono- and fixed-dose combinations of ARBs and plausible alternatives, i.e. ACE inhibitors (ACEi), beta-blockers (BB), and calcium channel blockers (CCB). Utilization was calculated by defined daily doses per 1000 SHI-insured persons per day (DID). Valsartan use decreased substantially after the recalls in July 2018 from 39.0 to 14.2 DID (-64%) in the second quarter of 2019 and to 16.9 DID (-57%) in the fourth quarter of 2019. Simultaneously, the use of alternative ARBs increased from 77.7 DID in the second quarter of 2018 to 121.9 DID (+57%) in the fourth quarter of 2019, mainly due to an increase of candesartan dispensing to 99.8 DID (+73%). There were no changes in the utilization of ACEi, BB, or CCB. The majority of recalled generic valsartan products were replaced by other ARBs, predominantly candesartan, despite documented drug shortages. In contrast to previous safety warnings/recalls, our data do not suggest an under-prescription of antihypertensives during this period.
Three-dimensional simulations of ion dynamics in the plasma of an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source
Creators: name: Mironov, V.
name: Beijers, J. P. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ion production in an ECRIS is modelled using a particle-in-cell Monte-Carlo collision code in a three-dimensional geometry. Only the heavy particles (ions and atoms) are tracked, with the electron density determined from the requirement of quasi-neutrality, and the electron temperature is a free parameter. The electric fields in the plasma are assumed to be negligibly small, and the ion confinement due to a "potential dip" is neglected. It is found that experimentally observed features of ECRIS plasma are closely reproduced by the code, including the charge-state-distributions of extracted ion beams and sputtering patterns inside the source. The isotope anomaly is observed for the mixture of 20Ne + 22Ne isotopes, and some explanation for the effect is given. Possible connection between the wall-coating effect and parameters of the fast atoms created in collisions of the ions with the walls is discussed.
description: 29 pages, 13 figures
Long Term Monitoring of Cosmic Ray Flux And Atmospheric Pressure: Estimation of the Barometric Coefficient by a Simple Geiger Counter
Creators: name: Famoso, Barbara
name: Rocca, Paola La
name: Riggi, Francesco
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2004

description: In this document we want to discuss the possibility to observe the barometric effect and to extract an estimate of the barometric coefficient by the use of a simple and inexpensive experimental set-up. To this aim, atmospheric pressure and cosmic muon flux at sea level were continuously monitored for a period of about three months, using a small Geiger counter, together with an atmospheric pressure sensor. An accurate analysis of the data collected led to a value for the barometric coefficient of (0.051±0.015)%/mbar, in accordance with the expected value. This result showed that the study of the barometric effect does not necessarily require sophisticated apparata but can be easily carried out with equipments that even a high school could dispose of. For this reason such kind of measurements could offer to high school students a good opportunity to approach the field of experimental high-energy physics.
Paradigmatic upgrading of social innovation studies
Creators: name: Genov, Nikolai
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: paradigmatic upgrading
subject: social change
subject: social innovation
subject: social interaction
subject: sociological paradigm
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::301 Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: The guiding idea of this analysis concerns the development of social innovation theory on the paradigmatic basis of the social interaction concept. The aims of the discussion are three-fold. First, the central task is to elaborate on a multidimensional concept of social innovation, defined as organized social change. Second, the development of the social innovation concept is used to evaluate the heuristic potentials of the sociological paradigm of social interaction. Third, the paradigm of social interaction and its capacities to guide the structuration, functioning and development of knowledge about social innovations are put under close scrutiny. The conclusion is that the suggested disciplinary paradigm of sociology and the new concept of social innovation facilitate the explanatory approach to relevant social phenomena, the overcoming of theoretical and methodological dilemmas in sociology and the systematic building up of cumulative sociological knowledge.
A New Concept for Streamer Quenching in Parallel Plate Chambers
Creators: name: A. Calcaterra
name: R. De Sangro
name: G. Mannocchi
name: P. Patteri
name: P. Picchi
name: M. Piccolo
name: N. Redaelli
name: T. Tabarelli De Fatis
name: G.C. Trinchero
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2005

description: In this paper we propose a new concept for streamer quenching in Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). In our approach, the multiplication process is quenched by the appropriate design of a mechanical structure inserted between the two resistive electrodes. We show that stable performance is achieved with binary gas mixtures based on Argon and a small fraction of isobutane. Fluorocarbons, deemed responsible for the degradation of the electrode inner surface of RPC detectors, are thus fully eliminated from the gas mixture. This design also results in a much simplified assembly procedure. Preliminary results obtained with a few prototypes of "Mechanically Quenched RPCs" and some prospects for future developments are discussed.
Irrealis? Issues concerning the inflected t-form in Sylheti
Creators: name: Lau, Jonas
Publisher: name: Language Documentation and Description
Year: 2020

description: Among the discussions about cross-linguistic comparability of grammatical categories within the field of linguistic typology (cf. Cristofaro 2009; Haspelmath 2007), one in particular seems to be especially controversial: is there really such a category as irrealis? This term has been used extensively in descriptive works and grammars to name all kinds of grammatical morphemes occurring in various modal and non-modal contexts. However, cross-linguistic evidence for a unitary category that shares invariant semantic features has not been attested (Bybee 1998:266). Moreover, many scholars doubt there is a cross-linguistic functional distinction between realis and irrealis (Bybee 1998; Cristofaro 2012). The Indo-Aryan language Sylheti, like many of its relatives, features a verbal category that is often referred to in linguistic descriptions as ‘irrealis’, namely the inflected t-form (inflT). It occurs in various contexts, such as counterfactual conditionals, negations of the future tense, and before modal verbs. Furthermore, the same form is used to mark verbs in the past habitual tense. While some scholars describe this dichotomy as two separate categories (e.g. Plettner 2004), others attempt to find common features to justify the identical form (e.g. Masica 1991). This paper intends to describe and analyse the various functions of Sylheti inflT. A diachronic ...
description: Language Documentation and Description, Vol. 18 (2020): Special Issue on the Sylheti Language