cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maximum Error Modeling for Fault-Tolerant Computation using Maximum a posteriori (MAP) Hypothesis
Creators: name: Lingasubramanian, Karthikeyan
name: Alam, Syed M.
name: Bhanja, Sanjukta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The application of current generation computing machines in safety-centric applications like implantable biomedical chips and automobile safety has immensely increased the need for reviewing the worst-case error behavior of computing devices for fault-tolerant computation. In this work, we propose an exact probabilistic error model that can compute the maximum error over all possible input space in a circuit specific manner and can handle various types of structural dependencies in the circuit. We also provide the worst-case input vector, which has the highest probability to generate an erroneous output, for any given logic circuit. We also present a study of circuit-specific error bounds for fault-tolerant computation in heterogeneous circuits using the maximum error computed for each circuit. We model the error estimation problem as a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate, over the joint error probability function of the entire circuit, calculated efficiently through an intelligent search of the entire input space using probabilistic traversal of a binary join tree using Shenoy-Shafer algorithm. We demonstrate this model using MCNC and ISCAS benchmark circuits and validate it using an equivalent HSpice model. Both results yield the same worst-case input vectors and the highest % difference of our error model over HSpice is just 1.23%. We observe that the maximum error probabilities are significantly larger than the average error probabilities, and provides a much tighter error bounds for fault-tolerant computation. We also find that the error estimates depend on the specific circuit structure and the maximum error probabilities are sensitive to the individual gate failure probabilities.
Track Recognition for the $ΔE-E$ Telescopes with Silicon Strip Detectors
Creators: name: Guan, Fenhai
name: Wang, Yijie
name: Diao, Xinyue
name: Qin, Yuhao
name: Qin, Zhi
name: Guo, Dong
name: Wu, Qianghua
name: Si, Dawei
name: Xiao, Sheng
name: Zhang, Boyuan
name: Zhang, Yaopeng
name: Zhao, Xuan
name: Xiao, Zhigang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For the high granularity and high energy resolution, Silicon Strip Detector (SSD) is widely applied in assembling telescopes to measure the charged particles in heavy ion reactions. In this paper, we present a novel method to achieve track recognition in the SSD telescopes of the Compact Spectrometer for Heavy Ion Experiment (CSHINE). Each telescope consists of a single-sided silicon strip detector (SSSSD) and a double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSSD) backed by $3 \times 3$ CsI(Tl) crystals. Detector calibration and track reconstruction are implemented. Special decoding algorithm is developed for the multi-track recognition procedure to deal with the multi-hit effect convoluted by charge sharing and the missing signals with certain probability. It is demonstrated that the track recognition efficiency of the method is approximately 90\% and 80\% for the DSSSD-CsI and SSSSD-DSSSD events, respectively.
description: 24 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables, 2 pages appendix
title: Neural Networks and the Natural Gradient
Creators: name: Bastian, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: Neural network training algorithms have always suffered from the problem of local minima. The advent of natural gradient algorithms promised to overcome this shortcoming by finding better local minima. However, they require additional training parameters and computational overhead. By using a new formulation for the natural gradient, an algorithm is described that uses less memory and processing time than previous algorithms with comparable performance.
Long non-coding RNA LINC00958 promotes colorectal cancer progression by enhancing the expression of LEM domain containing 1 via microRNA miR-3064-5p
Creators: name: Luo, Zhaoxia
name: Hao, Shunxin
name: Yuan, Jian
name: Zhu, Kai
name: Liu, Shuo
name: Zhang, Jing
name: Yao, Lei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology

description: Colorectal cancer is a common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Thus, there is an urgent need to determine the mechanism of progression of colorectal cancer. In this study, we investigated the function and mechanism of long non-coding RNA LINC00958, providing a new biomarker for colorectal cancer. The expression of LINC00958, miR-3064-5p, and LEM domain containing 1 (LEMD1) in colorectal cancer tissues and cell lines was analyzed using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The interaction between LINC00958, miR-3064-5p, and LEMD1 was assessed using the luciferase assay. The viability, proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis of colorectal cancer cells with silenced LINC00958, miR-3064-5p, and LEMD1 were investigated using the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), 5′-Bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU), flow cytometry, wound healing, and transwell assays. Phosphorylated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (p-PI3K) and phosphorylated protein kinase B (p-AKT) protein levels were measured by western blotting. LINC00958 and LEMD1 were found to have increased, while the expression of miR-3064-5p was decreased in colorectal cancer tissues and cell lines. Silencing of LINC00958 hampered cell viability, proliferation, migration, and invasion, while enhancing the apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. Notably, LINC00958 inhibited miR-3064-5p and promoted LEMD1; the miR-3064-5p inhibitor abrogated the effect of LINC00958 silencing in colorectal cancer cells. Additionally, LEMD1 knockdown inhibited the activation of PI3K/AKT signaling. Our analyses have shown that LINC00958 could facilitate the progression of colorectal cancer by sponging miR-3064-5p and releasing LEMD1, leading to the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. Thus, LINC00958 may be considered as an effective biomarker for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
Effects of Rhizobium and Caballeronia sordidicola inoculation on growth and foliar nitrogen content of intercropped field pea and poplar
Creators: name: Siddamsetty, Sandhyarani
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Sustainable agriculture emphasizes the necessity of enhanced nitrogen management in agroforestry. Using nitrogen-fixing legumes and plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) is vital for increasing plant nitrogen accessibility and reducing chemical fertilizer reliance. Endophytic diazotrophic bacteria, which reside within plant tissues, may serve as an underexplored source of nitrogen input. This study investigates the co-inoculation of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae and Caballeronia sordidicola LS-S2r in field peas (Pisum sativum) and poplar (Populus spp.) to enhance foliar nitrogen content and growth under nutrient-poor conditions. These bacterial strains were isolated from the root zones of field peas and poplar and assessed for their effects on foliar nitrogen and plant biomass. Co-inoculation with both bacterial strains did not significantly improve field peas growth compared to the Rhizobium treatment (T2), with no notable increases in shoot or root biomass. Poplar exhibited minimal growth improvements with co-inoculation, suggesting host-specific effects. However, poplar root biomass was enhanced by inoculating Caballeronia sordidicola LS-S2r alone, suggesting other beneficial growth-promoting mechanisms. Notably, Caballeronia sordidicola LS-S2r did not form endophytic associations in either species but enhanced nutrient availability in their rhizospheric colonization. Co-inoculated field peas and poplar enhanced foliar nitrogen contents by 3.9% and 1.18%, compared to uninoculated controls. These results suggest that microbial inoculants could enhance nitrogen dynamics and plant growth promoting benefits in agroforestry systems and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
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Year: 2017
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Hard (State) Problems
Creators: name: Tomsick, John A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For microquasars, the one time when these systems exhibit steady and powerful jets is when they are in the hard state. Thus, our understanding of this state is key to learning about the disk/jet connection. Recent observational and theoretical results have led to questions about whether we really understand the physical properties of this state, and even our basic picture of this state is uncertain. Here, I discuss some of the recent developments and possible problems with our understanding of this state. Overall, it appears that the strongest challenge to the standard truncated disk picture is the detection of broad iron features in the X-ray spectra, and it seems that either there is a problem with the truncated disk picture or there is a problem with the relativistic reflection models used to explain the broad iron features.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures, invited talk at the VII Microquasar Workshop, 2008 September 1-5, Foca, Turkey
title: Using Static and Dynamic Measures to Estimate Reading Difficulty for Hispanic Children
Creators: name: Petersen, Douglas B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: This study investigated the validity of measures that were hypothesized to account for significant variance in English reading ability. During kindergarten, 63 bilingual Hispanic children completed letter identification, English and Spanish phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, and sentence repetition static assessment tasks. They also completed a dynamic assessment nonsense-word decoding task that yielded pretest to posttest gain score, response to decoding strategy, and temporally related working memory information. One week prior to kindergarten, information was gathered regarding socioeconomic status, preschool attendance, English and Spanish language dominance, and language ability. At the end of first grade, the same children completed word identification, decoding, and reading fluency tasks designed to represent the narrow view of reading. Reliability, content relevancy, construct validity, and predictive evidence of validity were examined. The letter identification task, the English-only and Spanish-only tasks, and a composite of the participants' best English and Spanish scores accounted for significant variance in first-grade word-level reading. However, the Spanish and BLS static measures did not account for significant, unique variance over and above English-only static measures, and the English-only static measures did not account for significant, unique variance over and above the letter identification static measure. The dynamic assessment measure pertaining to the response to reading strategy instruction accounted for equivalent variance in first-grade word-level reading when compared to a combination of letter identification and BLS static measures. The dynamic assessment measure yielded the highest classification accuracy, with sensitivity and specificity at or above 80% for all three formative criterion reading measures, including 100% sensitivity for two out of the three first-grade measures. The dynamic assessment of reading strategy surfaced as a parsimonious, valid means of predicting first-grade word-level reading ability for Hispanic, bilingual children. When compared to multiple English, Spanish, and BLS static measures, the dynamic measure accounted for equivalent variance in the majority of first-grade reading measures and had superior classification accuracy.
title: Feasibility of Extending an Artificial Salmon Spawning Stream, Marx Creek Near Hyder, Alaska
Creators: name: Nelson, Tom
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: Marx Creek, near Hyder in southeast Alaska, is a groundwater-fed, artificial salmon-spawning stream that was constructed to enhance the habitat of the atypically large chum salmon. The success of the upper Marx Creek has been limited primarily by the infiltration of silty water from the Salmon River through its flood-control dike, which results in a turbid stream environment that is not conducive to salmon spawning. The purpose of this project was to determine whether baseflow from the groundwater system is sufficient to support a proposed 1,000-foot extension of Marx Creek. The extension would be constructed approximately 500 feet east of the existing channel, and would connect with the existing Marx Creek at a point downstream of the sediment-settling stream cell. The location of the new channel would prevent the turbid water from reaching the new channel, as it would flow into and settle out in the existing Marx Creek. In order to accomplish this purpose, 20 monitoring wells were installed. Water level data were collected in each of the monitor wells. Slug and pumping tests were performed to determine the hydraulic conductivity at each of the well locations. Discharge measurements were also collected in July 2006 and July 2007. These data were used to create a three-dimensional groundwater flow model using Visual MODFLOW. The model was calibrated to hydraulic head measurements and Marx Creek discharge. After achieving model calibration, three predictive simulations were run. In the first simulation the proposed extension was added to the calibrated model. The result was that baseflow to the extension significantly exceeded baseflow to Marx Creek, and that the addition of the proposed extension reduced baseflow to Marx Creek by 17%. In the second simulation, Marx Creek was removed from the model, while the proposed extension remained. The result was that discharge in the extension increased by 5%. In the third simulation a 1.06-foot drop in the model's hydraulic head was simulated, and the result was that discharge in the extension decreased by 18%. Based on these results, it is likely that baseflow to the proposed extension would be sufficient to provide habitat conducive to salmon spawning.
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title: A laboratory experiment on cognitive modelling the reality of a large company
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name: ÐÐ°Ð³ÑÐ°Ð½Ð¾Ð²ÑÐºÐ°Ñ, ÐÐ½Ð½Ð°
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Publisher: name: ÐÐÐÐÐ¢ÐÐ¥-ÐÐ ÐÐ¡Ð¡
Year: 2023
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strategy
cognitive maps
net promoter score

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description: The paper describes an experiment on extracting information from open sources about the activities of a large trading company in a participative cognitive mapping by postgraduate students and simulating the process of forming a shared vision on the implementation of the strategy of this company. The insights from the experiment are then compared with the insider's view of the company's critical success factors and performance. Among others, the problem of the relevance of the NPS (Net Promoter Score) is discussed.
Our Natural Resources: A Study Guide, by The Conservation Committee of The Garden Club of America, 4th Edition, 1953
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Garden Club of East Hampton
Year: 1953
Subjects: Gardening
Social organizations
Events
East Hampton
Gardens

description: Our Natural Resources: A Study Guide, by The Conservation Committee of The Garden Club of America, 4th Edition, 1953
Stars quenching stars: how photoionization by local sources regulates gas cooling and galaxy formation
Creators: name: Cantalupo, Sebastiano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Current models of galaxy formation lack an efficient and physically constrained mechanism to regulate star formation (SF) in low and intermediate mass galaxies. We argue that the missing ingredient could be the effect of photoionization by local sources on the gas cooling. We show that the soft X-ray and EUV flux generated by SF is able to efficiently remove the main coolants (e.g., HeII, OV and FeIX) from the halo gas via direct photoionization. As a consequence, the cooling and accretion time of the gas surrounding star-forming galaxies may increase by one or two orders of magnitude. For a given halo mass and redshift, the effect is directly related to the value of the star formation rate (SFR). Our results suggest the existence of a critical SFR above which "cold" mode accretion is stopped, even for haloes with virial masses well below the critical shock-heating mass suggested by previous studies.The evolution of the critical SFR with redshift, for a given halo mass, resembles the respective steep evolution of the observed SFR for z<1. This suggests that photoionization by local sources would be able to regulate gas accretion and star formation, without the need for additional, strong feedback processes.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
title: Does Empathic Accuracy Mediate the Relationships Between Individual Psychological Characteristics and Adolescent Romantic Relationship Functioning?
Creators: name: Bentley, Charles George
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: This study investigated empathic accuracy in adolescent romantic relationships. The project examined the relationships between psychological characteristics and relationship outcomes (i.e., satisfaction and aggression) to determine if the relationships were mediated by empathic accuracy. Participants were 92 heterosexual couples aged 14-18 years old who lived in rural areas in Utah and Arizona. Couple members completed surveys assessing attitudes and behaviors in their relationships and a video-recall procedure in which partners rated their own and their partner's behaviors during problem-solving discussion. Empathic accuracy was generally not related to psychological characteristics or outcomes. It became apparent that there were limitations with the methodology used to measure empathic accuracy. Due to the very strong correlations between participants' ratings of themselves and their ratings of their partners, ratings of self and partner were collapsed for each interaction variable to capture interpretations/biases employed by the participants in evaluating aspects of their interactions. The global video-recall ratings were then analyzed to determine if they mediated the relationships between psychological characteristics and outcomes. Rejection sensitivity emerged as an important psychological characteristic, and interpretations of conflict and sarcasm mediated the relationship between rejection sensitivity and outcomes of aggression and satisfaction.
title: Comparison of Agricultural Area Source Ammonia Gas Concentration and Flux Measurements
Creators: name: Reese, Emyrei
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: This study was conducted in order to compare and evaluate a variety of ammonia (NH3) measurement techniques for determination of ambient gas phase concentration and evaluation of system fluxes. This was accomplished by measuring NH3 emitted from area sources within two dairies, one located in south-central Idaho and another in central California. The measurement techniques utilized included: an array of passive diffusion samplers, a single annular denuder system, a single or paired Fourier transform infrared spectrometer(s) (FTIR), a paired (upwind and downwind) set of differential optical absorption spectrometers (DOAS), and a portable wind tunnel in conjunction with a chemiluminescence monitor. The concentrations measured were manipulated by methods of inverse modeling using the ISCST3, AERMOD, and WindTrax models to yield estimated emission rates for individual sources, as well as an overall dairy emission rate. Furthermore, a comparison of the different techniques took place, and it was concluded that in the context of measuring agricultural area sources, the spectroscopy techniques, FTIR and DOAS, were likely the most desirable systems. This conclusion was based on the systems' ability to yield high precision, path integrated concentration measurements that do not require actual collection of sample. However, as long as a proper deployment scheme is utilized, the passive diffusion samplers also offered a viable option, especially when funding is limited.
Additional file 1 of Cytomegalovirus lumbosacral polyradiculitis in patients with long-term use of an oral corticosteroid: a case report
Creators: name: Yun, Jung Hae
name: Hsiao, Ming-Yen
name: Boudier-Revéret, Mathieu
name: Chang, Min Cheol
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
title: Drivers of Plant Population Dynamics in Three Arid to Subhumid Ecosystems
Creators: name: Zachmann, Luke J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: Understanding the relative importance of density-dependent and density-independent factors in driving population dynamics is one of the oldest challenges in ecology, and may play a critical role in predicting the effects of climate change on populations. We used long-term observational data to describe patterns in plant population regulation for 57 forb and grass species from three different ecosystems (arid desert grassland, semiarid sagebrush steppe, and subhumid mixed-grass prairie). Using a hierarchical partitioning approach, we (i) quantified the relative influence of conspecific density, heterospecific composition, and climate on temporal variation in population growth rates, and (ii) asked how the relative importance of these drivers depends on site aridity, species growth form and life expectancy, and abundance and spatial patterns. The data from one of the sites in this analysis are presented in one of the chapters of this thesis. We found that density-dependence had the strongest effect on species. Climate often had a significant effect, but its strength depended on growth form. Community composition rarely explained significant variation in growth rates. The relative importance of density, composition, and climate did not vary among sites, but was related to species' life histories: compared to forbs, grasses were more sensitive to climate drivers. Abundance and spatial clustering were negatively correlated with the importance of density dependence, suggesting that local rarity is a consequence of self-limitation. Our results show that interspecific interactions play a weaker role than intraspecific interactions and climate variability in regulating plant populations. Forecasting the impacts of climate change on populations may require understanding how changes in climate variables will affect the strength of density-dependence, especially for rare species.
Additional file 8 of FBXO22 promotes leukemogenesis by targeting BACH1 in MLL-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia
Creators: name: Zhu, Xiao-Na
name: Wei, Yu-Sheng
name: Yang, Qian
name: Liu, Hao-Ran
name: Zhi, Zhe
name: Zhu, Di
name: Xia, Li
name: Hong, Deng-Li
name: Yu, Yun
name: Chen, Guo-Qiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 8. Figure S6. BACH1 suppresses MLLr AML progression. A, B 32D cells infected with EV or Bach1 and indicated proteins were immunoblotted with β-actin as loading control (A), cell proliferation was examined by CCK-8 assay at the indicated days (B). C Colony-forming assay (left) for the indicated 32D cells, and colony numbers at day 7 after plating were counted (right, n=3). D, E Lin− BM cells from wild-type mice infected with EV or Bach1 and indicated proteins were immunoblotted with β-actin as loading control (D), cells were seeded in indicated methylcellulose medium for the quantification of CFU-GEMM, CFU-GM, CFU-pre-B and CFU-E colonies (E, n=3). F MV4-11 cells were infected with Flag-tagged BACH1 or EV, indicated proteins were immunoblotted with β-actin as loading control. The asterisk represents a nonspecific band. G Representative images (left) of colonies and colony numbers (right, n=3) formed by MV4-11 cells infected with Flag-tagged BACH1 or EV. H Apoptosis analysis of MV4-11 cells infected with Flag-tagged BACH1 or EV. I Schematic strategy of evaluation of the in vivo effect of Bach1 overexpression in mouse AML cells. Error bars denote mean ± SD. Statistical significance was determined by two-tailed unpaired t test (C, E and G, H), two-way ANOVA (B) and the P values were shown. All experiments were repeated at least three times with similar results
title: The Role of Single Positive Cultures in Presumed Aseptic Total Hip and Knee Revision Surgery—A Systematic Review of the Literature
Creators: name: Schwarze, Jan
name: Möllenbeck, Burkhard H. M.
name: Gosheger, Georg
name: Pützler, Jan Frederik
name: Deventer, Niklas
name: Kalisch, Tobias
name: Schneider, Kristian Nikolaus
name: Klingebiel, Sebastian
name: Theil, Jan-Christoph
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: Background: Prior to revision hip (THA) or knee arthroplasty (TKA), periprosthetic low-grade infection (PJI) should be ruled out. Despite advances in preoperative diagnosis, unsuspected positive cultures (UPCs) may occur in initially planned aseptic revisions. Particularly, single UPCs pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma, as their impact on outcome is unclear and recommendations are heterogeneous. This review investigates the frequency of single UPCs and their impact on implant survivorship. Methods: In July 2022, a comprehensive literature search was performed using PubMed and Cochrane Library search. In total, 197 articles were screened. Seven retrospective studies with a total of 5821 cases were able to be included in this review. Results: Based on the cases included, UPCs were found in 794/5821 cases (14%). In 530/794 cases (67%), the majority of the UPCs were single positive. The most commonly isolated pathogens were coagulase negative Staphylococci and Cutibacterium acnes. Five of seven studies reported no influence on revision- or infection-free survival following a single positive culture. In two studies, single UPCs following THA revision were correlated with subsequent re-revision for PJI. Conclusions: Single UPCs of a non-virulent pathogen following presumed aseptic TKA revision may be interpreted as contaminants. A single UPC following THA revision may be a risk factor for subsequent PJI. The role of systemic antibiotic treatment remains unclear, but it should be considered if other risk factors for PJI are present.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
title: Latter-day Saint Religiosity and Attitudes towards Sexual Minorities
Creators: name: Myler, Cory John
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: Existing research has revealed a robust relationship between high religiosity and negative attitudes towards sexual minorities. To date, however, there have been few studies investigating this relationship within the membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church). The unique history, doctrine, and organization of this religion, along with its large size, rapid growth, and sizable influence, indicate that a study of homophobia among church members will provide additional information about the relationship between religiosity and negative attitudes. These data will shed additional light on the make-up and nature of homophobia, offer insight into the relationship between religious and homophobic attitudes and behaviors, and better inform mental health professionals working with individuals identifying as members of the LDS Church, as members of a sexual minority, or as members of both groups. The following research includes the administration of a survey to college-age LDS church members gathering data regarding several dimensions of LDS religiosity, several dimensions of attitudes towards sexual minorities, and demographic data. Subsequent analysis of the gathered data has clarified the nature of the relationship between the measured dimensions of LDS religiosity and homophobia, specifically, that overall LDS religiosity correlates positively with negative attitudes towards sexual minorities, and that some individual dimensions of religiosity, particularly commitment to the LDS Church, are particularly predictive of negative attitudes.
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title: Salinity Inventory and Tolerance Screening in Utah Agriculture
Creators: name: Hawks, Austin McCoy
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2009

description: Soil salinity, a yield-limiting condition, has plagued crop production for centuries by reducing crop productivity. Research has introduced methods for successfully managing soil salinity. This research discusses the adaptation of established management methods to create new soil salinity management techniques. One adapted technique is an automated crop screening apparatus. A new design was created and successfully used in rapidly screening two strawberry cultivars to determine their tolerance to salinity. Screening crops and determining their tolerance to yield-limiting conditions are essential in managing soil salinity. Another salinity management tool used in this research was electromagnetic induction (EMI). EMI was used to complete a basin-scale inventory over an 18,000 ha study area in Cache County, Utah. The data obtained during the inventory were used to create EMI calibration models and a basin-scale map showing the spatial distribution of apparent soil electrical conductivity (ECa). These new methods for crop tolerance screenings and basin-scale salinity inventories will assist in successfully managing soil salinity and decrease its effect on the global food supply.
On the frequency of partial quotients of regular continued fractions
Creators: name: Fan, Ai-Hua
name: Liao, Lingmin
name: Ma, Ji-Hua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider sets of real numbers in $[0,1)$ with prescribed frequencies of partial quotients in their regular continued fraction expansions. It is shown that the Hausdorff dimensions of these sets, always bounded from below by $1/2$, are given by a modified variational principle.
description: Accepted by Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Preservice early childhood educator perspectives of educator relations with primary caregivers : a survey study
Creators: name: Vese, Etovre
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: There is little research about the functional creation and maintenance of effective family and childcare relationships and less about PSECE perspectives on educator relations with primary caregivers. Little is known about what PSECE think about their future work with primary caregivers and how they come to have these perspectives, which may eventually be the basis for their practice with primary caregivers. In light of this context, this exploratory study utilized a survey to gather the views of public post-secondary Preservice Early Childhood Education students (PSECEs) (N=111) in Vancouver, B.C., concerning their perspectives on educator relations with primary caregivers. An analysis of the survey data using SPSS statistical software showed that most participants were born outside Canada. The participants' perspectives on educator relations with primary caregivers mostly aligned with traditional educator-focused interactions. The participants indicated that the Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) they learned in their Early Childhood Education (ECE) coursework significantly influenced their perspectives on educator relationships with primary caregivers. Understanding these perspectives contributes to refining a curriculum that supports PSECEs in developing the attitudes and skills necessary to create and maintain supportive relationships with primary caregivers, fostering optimal outcomes for children in childcare settings.
title: Investigating Methods to Reduce Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Visitation to Anthropogenic Food Sources: Conditioned Taste Aversion and Food Removal
Creators: name: Signor, Kari D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2009

description: Conflicts between humans and black bears (Ursus americanus) jeopardize the safety of both humans and bears, especially when bears become food-conditioned to anthropogenic food sources in areas such as campgrounds. Interest in using non-lethal techniques, such as aversive conditioning, to manage such conflicts is growing. I conducted a captive experiment at The Wildlife Science Center in Minnesota and two field experiments in the La Sal Mountains, Utah, to investigate the effects of taste aversion conditioning using thiabendazole (TBZ) with a novel flavor cue and food removal on black bear food consumption and visitation to human food sources. In 2007, I conducted food trials with 6 captive black bears (3 control, 3 treatment). Controls received 1 kg baked goods scented with a peppermint-canola oil mixture and treatments received 1 kg baked goods also scented with a peppermint-canola oil mixture but mixed with 10-20 g TBZ. In the 2007 field experiment, I baited 24 field sites with 300 g of baked goods during a baseline phase for approximately 3 weeks. Half of these sites were then treated with 10 g of TBZ and camphor during a treatment phase for 4 weeks. In 2008, I baited 22 sites with 300 g of baked goods during a baseline phase for approximately 4 weeks. I then removed food and discontinued baiting at half of the sites for 4 weeks. Infrared cameras and barbed-wire hair snags were established at field sites to document bear visitation. I did not establish taste aversion in treated bears in captivity and bears fully consumed food in the majority of trials. Treating food supplies with 10 g TBZ and camphor flavor did not significantly reduce bear visitation (P = 0.615) or food consumption at field sites (P = 0.58). However, I observed a significant reduction in bear activity at sites where food was removed (P = 0.006). Potential reasons for my failure to reduce bear visitation using thiabendazole include insufficient conditioning, reluctance of bears to desist in investigating sites that previously contained untreated food, and masking of a treatment effect due to continued encounters of sites by new individuals.
Self-consistent phase determination for Wigner function reconstruction
Creators: name: Bondani, Maria
name: Allevi, Alessia
name: Andreoni, Alessandra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the reconstruction of the Wigner function of a classical phase-sensitive state, a pulsed coherent state, by measurements of the distributions of detected-photons of the state displaced by a coherent probe field. By using a hybrid photodetector operated above its photon-resolving regime, we obtained both the statistics at different values of the probe field and the values of the probe phase required to reconstruct the Wigner function.
description: submitted to JOSAB
title: Effects of Professional Development on Infusing Engineering Design Into High School Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Curricula
Creators: name: Avery, Zanj Kano
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of professional development (PD) on the infusion of engineering design into high school curricula. Four inservice teachers with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, industrial education, math, and electrical engineering participated in the 2006 National Center of Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE)-sponsored PD workshops at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and provided three sources of data that were used to answer the research question, "What are the effects of PD on infusing engineering design into high school science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula"? Three major themes emerged from the data. They were (a) incorporation of PD content, (b) challenges with incorporating PD content, and (c) benefits of incorporating PD content. It was shown that the effect that the NCETE PD had on the infusion of engineering design into high school curricula varied among each of the four teachers due to their subject area, educational backgrounds, and experiential knowledge. Implications of these findings may be used to inform the design and delivery of future STEM PD efforts.
title: The Effects of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on Social Competence: An Investigation into the First Three Months of Treatment
Creators: name: Duchoslav, Rachel L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children under 15 years of age. Despite a growing survival rate for childhood cancer, psychological research of this population has lagged behind medical advances in treatment. The research that does exist in the psycho-oncology literature is plagued with inconsistency in conclusions and methodological limitations. Focus has been given to measuring maladaptive symptoms with few firm conclusions. Conclusions in the area of social competence of children with cancer have been considerably more reliable than in other domains. Previous research suggests that children with cancer exhibit significant difficulties in the areas of social competence (peer relationships, social functioning) when compared with healthy peers. Although this phenomenon has been consistently demonstrated, it had not been investigated longitudinally or with a focus on pre- and postdiagnosis differences in functioning. This project investigated individual change in social competence in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (the most common form of childhood cancer) during their first 3 months of treatment compared to normally developing controls.
title: Seed Pool Dynamics of a Great Basin Sagebrush Community in the Context of Restoration
Creators: name: Pekas, Kristen M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2010

description: Restoration of Great Basin sagebrush communities is often attempted without understanding the potential impacts of either restoration treatments on the seed pool or the seed pool on restoration efforts. In addition, few studies have examined seed pools of the Great Basin and the role of vegetation in structuring seed pool communities. I evaluated soil seed pool dynamics of a Great Basin sagebrush community in a restoration context. In Chapter 1, I determined the relationship between the compositions of the seed pool and aboveground vegetation and the effect of shrubs (microhabitat effects) and perennial bunchgrass cover (community phase effects) on the seed pool community composition, seed density, and seed pool species richness. To evaluate the relationship between the two communities and the effects of microhabitat and community phase, the aboveground vegetation and the soil seed pools of different community phases and microhabitats were sampled prior to restoration. Similarity and distance metrics and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) were used to asses the relationship between the two communities. NMDS and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine the effects of aboveground community phase and microhabitat on the seed pool community. Results suggest that the relationship between the aboveground vegetation and seed pool community compositions varied according to the organizational level used for vegetation. In addition, microhabitat and community phase did influence seed density but not species richness. I sought to evaluate the effects of restoration treatments on the seed pool community in Chapter 3. To assess the impacts of restoration treatments, the seed pool community before and after treatments was censused. NMDS of the seed pool community and ANOVA on dominant species of the seed pool were performed to determine treatment effects. Results from this research suggest seed pool community composition and seed density varied temporally and spatially. Tebuthiuron and Plateau may have altered community composition whereas prescribed burn affected seed density. This research is applicable for land managers by helping determine the most effective restoration treatment, which will include effects on the seed pool.