cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thrombocytopenia model with minimal manipulation of blood cells allowing whole blood assessment of platelet function
Creators: name: Skipper, Mette Tiedemann
name: Rubak, Peter
name: Larsen, Ole Halfdan
name: Anne-Mette Hvas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry

description: In vitro models of thrombocytopenia are useful research tools. Previously published models have shortcomings altering properties of platelets and other blood components. The aim of the present study was to develop a whole blood method to induce thrombocytopenia with minimal manipulation, and to describe platelet function in induced thrombocytopenia in individuals with healthy platelets. Hirudin anticoagulated blood was obtained from 20 healthy volunteers. One part of the blood was gently centrifuged at 130g for 15 minutes. The platelet-rich plasma was replaced with phosphate-buffered saline to establish thrombocytopenia. Various levels of thrombocytopenia were achieved by combining different volumes of baseline whole blood and thrombocytopenic blood. Platelet counts were measured by flow cytometry (Navios, Beckman Coulter) and routine haematological analyser (Sysmex XE-5000). Platelet function was analysed by impedance aggregometry (Multiplate® Analyzer, Roche) and by flow cytometry (Navios, Beckman Coulter) using collagen, adenosine diphosphate, thrombin receptor activating peptide-6 and ristocetin as agonists. Median baseline platelet count was 227×109/l. The in vitro model yielded median platelet counts at 51×109/l (range 26–93×109/l). We observed minor, yet significant, changes in platelet size and maturity from baseline to modelled thrombocytopenia. In the thrombocytopenic samples, significant and positive linear associations were found between platelet count and platelet aggregation across all agonists (all p-values<0.001). Platelet function assessed by flow cytometry showed minimal alterations in the thrombocytopenic samples. A new whole blood-based model of thrombocytopenia was established and validated. This new model serves as a useful future tool, particularly to explore platelet function in patients with thrombocytopenia.
ВЛИЯНИЕ ХИМИЧЕСКОГО И БИОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО СОСТАВА ПОТРЕБЛЯЕМОЙ ПИТЬЕВОЙ ВОДЫ НА ОРГАНЫ И СИСТЕМЫ ОРГАНИЗМА
Creators: name: Султонова, Лола
name: Тулаев, Анвар
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В данной статье среди внешних воздействий одним из наиболее часто встречающихся в настоящее время является потребляемая вода различного состава, доказано, что избыточное количество солей, макро-и микроэлементов, химический и биологический состав воды негативно влияет на органы и системы организма.
IN03186 Anurādharpura Stone Canoe Inscription
Creators: name: Paranavitana, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: IN03186
Epigraphia Zeylanica
Anuradhapura

description: IN03186 Anurādharpura Stone Canoe Inscription - Transcript and Translation Source: Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 17. Seven Sinhalese Inscriptions of the Seventh and Eighth Centuries,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, 149–150, no. 17, VII.
Electron Transport along Screw Dislocations in a Strong Topological Insulator
Creators: name: Sakaguchi, Tatsuro
name: Takane, Yositake
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a three-dimensional strong topological insulator, gapless helical surface states appear everywhere on its surface. In the presence of a screw dislocation, gapless helical modes also appear in the vicinity of the corresponding dislocation line. Let us focus on a case where a pair of screw dislocations connects the top and bottom surfaces of a strong topological insulator with a shape of rectangular parallelepiped. The dislocation-induced helical modes are expected to act as one-dimensional conduction channels connecting the top and bottom surfaces. To examine this expectation, we calculate the two-terminal conductance between a pair of electrodes placed on the top and bottom surfaces. We found that the dislocation-induced helical modes and the helical surface states on the side surface contribute to the two-terminal conductance. The contribution of the dislocation-induced helical modes becomes more dominant than that of the helical surface states in certain situations.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Cerium oxide nanoparticles induce oxidative stress in the sediment-dwelling amphipod Corophium volutator
Creators: name: Yuktee Dogra
name: Arkill, Kenton P.
name: Elgy, Christine
name: Stolpe, Bjorn
name: Lead, Jamie
name: Valsami-Jones, Eugenia
name: Tyler, Charles R.
name: Galloway, Tamara S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) exhibit fast valence exchange between Ce(IV) and Ce(III) associated with oxygen storage and both pro and antioxidant activities have been reported in laboratory models. The reactivity of CeO2 NPs once they are released into the aquatic environment is virtually unknown, but this is important to determine for assessing their environmental risk. Here, we show that amphipods (Corophium volutator) grown in marine sediments containing CeO2 NPs showed a significant increase in oxidative damage compared to those grown in sediments without NPs and those containing large-sized (bulk) CeO2 particles. There was no exposure effect on survival, but significant increases in single-strand DNA breaks, lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase activity were observed after a 10-day exposure to 12.5 mg L−1 CeO2. Characterisation of the CeO2 NPs dispersed in deionised or saline exposure waters revealed that more radicals were produced by CeO2 NPs compared with bulk CeO2. Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) analysis revealed that both CeO2 NPs were predominantly Ce(III) in saline waters compared to deionised waters where they were predominantly Ce(IV). In both types of medium, the bulk CeO2 consisted mainly of Ce(IV). These results support a model whereby redox cycling of CeO2 NPs between Ce(III) and Ce(IV) is enhanced in saline waters, leading to sublethal oxidative damage to tissues in our test organism.
Photonic Quantum Chromo-Dynamics
Creators: name: Saito, Shinichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Vortexed photons with finite orbital angular momentum have a distinct mode profile with topological charge at the centre of the mode, while propagating in a certain direction. Each mode with different topological charge of $m$ is orthogonal, in the sense that the overlap integral vanishes among modes with different values of $m$. Here, we theoretically consider a superposition state among 3 different modes with left- and right-vorticies and a Gaussian mode without a vortex. These 3 states are considered to be assigned to different quantum states, thus, we have employed the $\mathfrak{su}(3)$ Lie algebra and the associated SU(3) Lie group to classify the photonic states. We have calculated expectation values of 8 generators of the $\mathfrak{su}(3)$ Lie algebra, which should be observable, since the generators are Hermite. We proposed to call these parameters as Gell-Mann parameters, named after the theoretical physicist, Murray Gell-Mann, who established Quantum Chromo-Dynamics (QCD) for quarks. The Gell-Mann parameters are represented on the 8-dimensional hypersphere with its radius fixed due to the conservation law of the Casimir operator. We have discussed a possibility to explore photonic QCD in experiments and classified SU(3) states to embed the parameters in SO(6) and SO(5).
CORBEL Final Stakeholder Meeting
Creators: name: Gaber, Sabrina
name: Battaglia, Serena
name: Schmidt-Tremmel, Friederike
name: Blomberg, Niklas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Life Science Research Infrastructures
Stakeholder engagement
User engagement

description: During the final meeting, the CORBEL consortium members presented solutions for harmonising user access to the European life science research infrastructures (LS RIs). Topics covered included access, data, quality management, training, ELSI, innovation support, and more. Presentations by scientists from the biological and medical user communities illustrated how concerted access to multiple RIs advanced their projects, thus demonstrating the benefit of CORBEL for European life science research. The one-day meeting was open to European scientists from the biological and medical field, potential users of the CORBEL common services as well as other stakeholders generally interested in CORBEL and the European life science RIs. This document provides summaries of the presentations made at the Final AGM, including key takeaways. It also provides summaries of the discussions following the individual presentations (the question/answer periods), as well as the panel discussion. As such, the document provides minutes, while highlighting select information (main ideas, proposals for development, and so on).
RJI Event: ANALISA JOURNAL GOES TO SCOPUS
Creators: name: Faizal Risdianto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: scopus, csab team, titlesuggestion, readyforscopus, readyforscopus.com

description: 8 Strategi minimalis mengantarkan jurnal agar bisa terindeks scopus 1. Perhatikan H-index penulis, semakin tinggi H-Index scopus id nya semakin baik. misalnya ada author H-Index 15 boleh lah dikasih fasilitas gratis APC. 2. Perhatikan H-index Editor harus lebih tinggi daripada reviewernya. ada pandangan umum bahwa di Indonesia itu reviewer itu lebih tinggi kedudukannya dari editor sedangkan di luar negeri berbeda. misalnya di Journal of Pragmatics yang Q1 : https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pragmatics isinya adalah editor dan jika ada reviewer dibahasakan review editor. 3. H-index/sitasi jurnal 4. Keunikan focus and scope jurnal/super specialis. team CSAB Scopus biasa mereject jurnal yang aim and scope sudah ada contohnya di jurnal yang terindeks scopus. 5. Konsistensi antara focus in scope dan artikel yg diterbitkan. Misalnya disebutkan sebuah jurnal adalah kajian hukum Islam di asia tenggara tetapi author hanya dari indonesia; berarti tidak sesuai yang dinyatakan di deskripsi jurnal dan focus and scope dengan kenyataannya. 6. Perwakilan editor minimal dari 3 benua (tips dr Prof. Istadi) 7. Artikel yang diterbitkan dalam Bahasas Inggris wajib di-proofread oleh native speaker. Google translate, Grammarly, Quillbot saja tidak cukup. Perlu human editor. 8. Berdoa, tahajjud, dan banyak sedekah. source:http://www.pegiatjurnal.com/2021/11/8-strategi-minimalis-mengantarkan.html
Switching from usual brand cigarettes to a tobacco-heating cigarette or snus: Part 2. Biomarkers of exposure
Creators: name: Ogden, Michael W.
name: Marano, Kristin M.
name: Bobbette A. Jones
name: Morgan, Walter T.
name: Stiles, Mitchell F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: A randomized, multi-center study of adult cigarette smokers switched to tobacco-heating cigarettes, snus or ultra-low machine yield tobacco-burning cigarettes (50/group) was conducted, and subjects’ experience with the products was followed for 24 weeks. Differences in biomarkers of tobacco exposure between smokers and never smokers at baseline and among groups relative to each other and over time were assessed. Results indicated reduced exposure to many potentially harmful constituents found in cigarette smoke following product switching. Findings support differences in exposure from the use of various tobacco products and are relevant to the understanding of a risk continuum among tobacco products. Trial registration:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02061917.
Probabilistic environmental risk assessment of five nanomaterials (nano-TiO2, nano-Ag, nano-ZnO, CNT, and fullerenes)
Creators: name: Coll, Claudia
name: Notter, Dominic
name: Gottschalk, Fadri
name: Tianyin Sun
name: Som, Claudia
name: Nowack, Bernd
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The environmental risks of five engineered nanomaterials (nano-TiO2, nano-Ag, nano-ZnO, CNT, and fullerenes) were quantified in water, soils, and sediments using probabilistic Species Sensitivity Distributions (pSSDs) and probabilistic predicted environmental concentrations (PECs). For water and soil, enough ecotoxicological endpoints were found for a full risk characterization (between 17 and 73 data points per nanomaterial for water and between 4 and 20 for soil) whereas for sediments, the data availability was not sufficient. Predicted No Effect Concentrations (PNECs) were obtained from the pSSD and used to calculate risk characterization ratios (PEC/PNEC). For most materials and environmental compartments, exposure and effect concentrations were separated by several orders of magnitude. Nano-ZnO in freshwaters and nano-TiO2 in soils were the combinations where the risk characterization ratio was closest to one, meaning that these are compartment/ENM combinations to be studied in more depth with the highest priority. The probabilistic risk quantification allows us to consider the large variability of observed effects in different ecotoxicological studies and the uncertainty in modeled exposure concentrations. The risk characterization results presented in this work allows for a more focused investigation of environmental risks of nanomaterials by consideration of material/compartment combinations where the highest probability for effects with predicted environmental concentrations is likely.
Dual Anti-inflammatory and Selective Inhibition Mechanism of Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase/Aminopeptidase: Insights from Comparative Molecular Dynamics and Binding Free Energy Analyses
Creators: name: Appiah-Kubi, Patrick
name: Soliman, Mahmoud E.S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: Human Leukotriene A4 hydrolase/aminopeptidase (LTA4H) is a zinc metalloenzyme with a dual catalytic activity; conversion of LTA4 into LTB4 and degradation of chemotactic tripeptide Pro-Gly-Pro (PGP). Existing inhibitors, such as SC-57461A, block both catalytic activities of the enzyme, leading to drug failures. Recently, a novel compound, ARM1, was reported to selectively inhibit the hydrolase activity of LTA4H whilst sparing its aminopeptidase activity. However, the molecular understanding of such preferential inhibitory mechanism remains obscure. The discovery of ARM1 prompted us to further explore its binding theme as well as provide more insight into the structural and dual mechanistic features of LTA4H protein. To accomplish this, we embarked on wide-range of computational tools including comparative molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and post-dynamic analyses for LTA4H and in complex with ARM1, PGP, ARM1-PGP and SC-57461A. MD analysis reveals that the binding of ARM1 exhibits a more stable active site and overall stable protein conformation when compared to the non-selective inhibitor SC-57461A. In addition, MM-GBSA binding free energy calculation also reveals that ARM1 exhibit a lower binding affinity, when compared to the non-selective inhibitor SC-57461A – which is in a great agreement with experimental data. Per-residue energy decomposition analysis showed that Phe314, Val367, Tyr378, Trp311, Pro382 and Leu369, are key residues critical for the selective inhibition of the epoxide hydrolase activity of LTA4H by ARM1.Findings from this report will not only provide more understanding into the structural, dynamic and mechanistic features of LTA4H but would also assist towards the rational design of novel and selective hydrolase inhibitors of LTA4H as anti-inflammatory drugs.
Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 Results: Cosmology from Cosmic Shear Power Spectra
Creators: name: Dalal, Roohi
name: Li, Xiangchong
name: Nicola, Andrina
name: Zuntz, Joe
name: Strauss, Michael A.
name: Sugiyama, Sunao
name: Zhang, Tianqing
name: Rau, Markus M.
name: Mandelbaum, Rachel
name: Takada, Masahiro
name: More, Surhud
name: Miyatake, Hironao
name: Kannawadi, Arun
name: Shirasaki, Masato
name: Taniguchi, Takanori
name: Takahashi, Ryuichi
name: Osato, Ken
name: Hamana, Takashi
name: Oguri, Masamune
name: Nishizawa, Atsushi J.
name: Malagón, Andrés A. Plazas
name: Sunayama, Tomomi
name: Alonso, David
name: Slosar, Anže
name: Armstrong, Robert
name: Bosch, James
name: Komiyama, Yutaka
name: Lupton, Robert H.
name: Lust, Nate B.
name: MacArthur, Lauren A.
name: Miyazaki, Satoshi
name: Murayama, Hitoshi
name: Nishimichi, Takahiro
name: Okura, Yuki
name: Price, Paul A.
name: Tait, Philip J.
name: Tanaka, Masayuki
name: Wang, Shiang-Yu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure weak lensing cosmic shear power spectra from the three-year galaxy shear catalog of the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program imaging survey. The shear catalog covers $416 \ \mathrm{deg}^2$ of the northern sky, with a mean $i$-band seeing of 0.59 arcsec and an effective galaxy number density of 15 $\mathrm{arcmin}^{-2}$ within our adopted redshift range. With an $i$-band magnitude limit of 24.5 mag, and four tomographic redshift bins spanning $0.3 \leq z_{\mathrm{ph}} \leq 1.5$ based on photometric redshifts, we obtain a high-significance measurement of the cosmic shear power spectra, with a signal-to-noise ratio of approximately 26.4 in the multipole range $300<\ell<1800$. The accuracy of our power spectrum measurement is tested against realistic mock shear catalogs, and we use these catalogs to get a reliable measurement of the covariance of the power spectrum measurements. We use a robust blinding procedure to avoid confirmation bias, and model various uncertainties and sources of bias in our analysis, including point spread function systematics, redshift distribution uncertainties, the intrinsic alignment of galaxies and the modeling of the matter power spectrum. For a flat $Λ$CDM model, we find $S_8 \equiv σ_8 (Ω_m/0.3)^{0.5} =0.776^{+0.032}_{-0.033}$, which is in excellent agreement with the constraints from the other HSC Year 3 cosmology analyses, as well as those from a number of other cosmic shear experiments. This result implies a $\sim$$2σ$-level tension with the Planck 2018 cosmology. We study the effect that various systematic errors and modeling choices could have on this value, and find that they can shift the best-fit value of $S_8$ by no more than $\sim$$0.5σ$, indicating that our result is robust to such systematics.
description: 35 pages, 18 figures, 6 tables, for coordinated submission to PRD with other HSC Y3 weak lensing cosmology papers - see https://hsc-release.mtk.nao.ac.jp/doc/index.php/wly3/
MPEC 2025-H26 : 2021 LM1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

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.
EXTRAÇÃO DE TERCEIROS MOLARES: ACIDENTES E COMPLICAÇÕES ASSOCIADAS
Creators: name: Vitória Letícia Reis FARIAS
name: Maria Rita Chaves LOPES
name: Vânia de Cássia Souza da SILVA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Complicações
Extração
Terceiros molares
Parestesia
Edema

description: RESUMO

O artigo aborda os acidentes e possíveis complicações relacionadas à extração de terceiros molares. Apesar de ser uma intervenção comum, a extração desses dentes pode resultar em diversos problemas, incluindo alveolite, dor, edema, trismo e danos nos nervos, como a parestesia. A incidência dessas complicações pode ser influenciada por vários fatores, como a habilidade do cirurgião-dentista, o grau de impactação dos dentes e o estado de saúde do paciente. Diversas modalidades terapêuticas são sugeridas para tratar essas complicações, incluindo laserterapia, uso de medicamentos e fisioterapia. Estratégias preventivas, como a aplicação de gelo e a administração de antibióticos profiláticos, também são discutidas. A compreensão dessas complicações e a adoção de medidas preventivas e terapêuticas adequadas são essenciais para garantir o sucesso da cirurgia de extração de terceiros molares e minimizar o desconforto pós-operatório dos pacientes.
Probabilistic environmental risk assessment of five nanomaterials (nano-TiO2, nano-Ag, nano-ZnO, CNT, and fullerenes)
Creators: name: Coll, Claudia
name: Notter, Dominic
name: Gottschalk, Fadri
name: Tianyin Sun
name: Som, Claudia
name: Nowack, Bernd
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The environmental risks of five engineered nanomaterials (nano-TiO2, nano-Ag, nano-ZnO, CNT, and fullerenes) were quantified in water, soils, and sediments using probabilistic Species Sensitivity Distributions (pSSDs) and probabilistic predicted environmental concentrations (PECs). For water and soil, enough ecotoxicological endpoints were found for a full risk characterization (between 17 and 73 data points per nanomaterial for water and between 4 and 20 for soil) whereas for sediments, the data availability was not sufficient. Predicted No Effect Concentrations (PNECs) were obtained from the pSSD and used to calculate risk characterization ratios (PEC/PNEC). For most materials and environmental compartments, exposure and effect concentrations were separated by several orders of magnitude. Nano-ZnO in freshwaters and nano-TiO2 in soils were the combinations where the risk characterization ratio was closest to one, meaning that these are compartment/ENM combinations to be studied in more depth with the highest priority. The probabilistic risk quantification allows us to consider the large variability of observed effects in different ecotoxicological studies and the uncertainty in modeled exposure concentrations. The risk characterization results presented in this work allows for a more focused investigation of environmental risks of nanomaterials by consideration of material/compartment combinations where the highest probability for effects with predicted environmental concentrations is likely.
Probabilistic environmental risk assessment of five nanomaterials (nano-TiO2, nano-Ag, nano-ZnO, CNT, and fullerenes)
Creators: name: Coll, Claudia
name: Notter, Dominic
name: Gottschalk, Fadri
name: Tianyin Sun
name: Som, Claudia
name: Nowack, Bernd
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering

description: The environmental risks of five engineered nanomaterials (nano-TiO2, nano-Ag, nano-ZnO, CNT, and fullerenes) were quantified in water, soils, and sediments using probabilistic Species Sensitivity Distributions (pSSDs) and probabilistic predicted environmental concentrations (PECs). For water and soil, enough ecotoxicological endpoints were found for a full risk characterization (between 17 and 73 data points per nanomaterial for water and between 4 and 20 for soil) whereas for sediments, the data availability was not sufficient. Predicted No Effect Concentrations (PNECs) were obtained from the pSSD and used to calculate risk characterization ratios (PEC/PNEC). For most materials and environmental compartments, exposure and effect concentrations were separated by several orders of magnitude. Nano-ZnO in freshwaters and nano-TiO2 in soils were the combinations where the risk characterization ratio was closest to one, meaning that these are compartment/ENM combinations to be studied in more depth with the highest priority. The probabilistic risk quantification allows us to consider the large variability of observed effects in different ecotoxicological studies and the uncertainty in modeled exposure concentrations. The risk characterization results presented in this work allows for a more focused investigation of environmental risks of nanomaterials by consideration of material/compartment combinations where the highest probability for effects with predicted environmental concentrations is likely.
Relación de Quintana: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2022), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Professionalisierung im Praxissemester: Veränderungen von Kompetenzerleben und Überzeugungen
Creators: name: Keller-Schneider, Manuela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Kompetenzerleben
Überzeugungen
motivationale Orientierungen
Entwicklungen
Praxissemester

description: Praxiserfahrungen tragen nicht nur zur Professionalisierung von angehenden Lehrpersonen bei, sondern werden von diesen als bedeutsam erachtet und sehr geschätzt. Unbestritten ist, dass Studierende im Rahmen von Praktika Kompetenzen erwerben – wie dies geschieht und welche Faktoren dazu beitragen, ist kontrovers. Stress- und ressourcentheoretische Zugänge fokussieren auf die subjektive Wahrnehmung der Relevanz der Anforderungen, des Kompetenzerlebens und der Intensität der Auseinandersetzung mit diesen, sowie auf die Bedeutung von individuellen Ressourcen, die zur Wahrnehmung, Deutung und Bearbeitung von Anforderungen beitragen. Die vorgestellte Studie setzt an diesem Punkt an und untersucht, wie sich über die Zeitspanne des Praxissemesters das subjektive Kompetenzerleben, die Relevanz der Anforderungen sowie die Intensität der Auseinandersetzung mit Berufsanforderungen verändern und inwiefern sich Veränderungen auch in den individuellen Ressourcen wie Überzeugungen und Orientierungen widerspiegeln. Eine nach Kompetenzentwicklungsverläufen vorgenommene Typenbildung von angehenden Lehrpersonen zeigt sowohl differente Entwicklungsverläufe sowie auch tendenzielle Veränderungen in den individuellen Ressourcen. Insbesondere bei Studierenden, die sich durch ein absinkendes Kompetenzerleben von den anderen abheben, lassen sich Veränderungen in den Überzeugungen und motivationalen Orientierungen erkennen, welche die weitere Professionalisierung erschweren. Offen bleibt, inwiefern sich Kontextfaktoren sowie die Qualität der Begleitung auf das Kompetenzerleben auswirken. Der Volltext des gesamten Sammelbands ist innerhalb des Netzwerks der PH Zürich hier zugänglich.
description: +repphzhbib2018A
Relación de Quintana: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Classification of width 1 lattice tetrahedra by their multi-width
Creators: name: Hamm, Girtrude
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce the multi-width of a lattice polytope and use this to classify and count all lattice tetrahedra with multi-width $(1,w_2,w_3)$. The approach used in this classification can be extended into a computer algorithm to classify lattice tetrahedra of any given multi-width. We use this to classify tetrahedra with multi-width $(2,w_2,w_3)$ for small $w_2$ and $w_3$ and make conjectures about the function counting lattice tetrahedra of any multi-width.
description: 21 pages, 4 figures
Boldness-Recalibration for Binary Event Predictions
Creators: name: Guthrie, Adeline P.
name: Franck, Christopher T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Probability predictions are essential to inform decision making across many fields. Ideally, probability predictions are (i) well calibrated, (ii) accurate, and (iii) bold, i.e., spread out enough to be informative for decision making. However, there is a fundamental tension between calibration and boldness, since calibration metrics can be high when predictions are overly cautious, i.e., non-bold. The purpose of this work is to develop a Bayesian model selection-based approach to assess calibration, and a strategy for boldness-recalibration that enables practitioners to responsibly embolden predictions subject to their required level of calibration. Specifically, we allow the user to pre-specify their desired posterior probability of calibration, then maximally embolden predictions subject to this constraint. We demonstrate the method with a case study on hockey home team win probabilities and then verify the performance of our procedures via simulation. We find that very slight relaxation of calibration probability (e.g., from 0.99 to 0.95) can often substantially embolden predictions when they are well calibrated and accurate (e.g., widening hockey predictions range from .26-.78 to .10-.91).
Switching from usual brand cigarettes to a tobacco-heating cigarette or snus: Part 2. Biomarkers of exposure
Creators: name: Ogden, Michael W.
name: Marano, Kristin M.
name: Bobbette A. Jones
name: Morgan, Walter T.
name: Stiles, Mitchell F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biochemistry

description: A randomized, multi-center study of adult cigarette smokers switched to tobacco-heating cigarettes, snus or ultra-low machine yield tobacco-burning cigarettes (50/group) was conducted, and subjects’ experience with the products was followed for 24 weeks. Differences in biomarkers of tobacco exposure between smokers and never smokers at baseline and among groups relative to each other and over time were assessed. Results indicated reduced exposure to many potentially harmful constituents found in cigarette smoke following product switching. Findings support differences in exposure from the use of various tobacco products and are relevant to the understanding of a risk continuum among tobacco products (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02061917).
Relación de Quintana: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Methods, Applications, Visionary Prospects, and Challenges
Creators: name: Zhou, Ziyuan
name: Liu, Guanjun
name: Tang, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) is a widely used Artificial Intelligence (AI) technique. However, current studies and applications need to address its scalability, non-stationarity, and trustworthiness. This paper aims to review methods and applications and point out research trends and visionary prospects for the next decade. First, this paper summarizes the basic methods and application scenarios of MARL. Second, this paper outlines the corresponding research methods and their limitations on safety, robustness, generalization, and ethical constraints that need to be addressed in the practical applications of MARL. In particular, we believe that trustworthy MARL will become a hot research topic in the next decade. In addition, we suggest that considering human interaction is essential for the practical application of MARL in various societies. Therefore, this paper also analyzes the challenges while MARL is applied to human-machine interaction.
description: 43 pages, 5 figures
Image processing methods for human brain connectivity analysis from in-vivo diffusion MRI (PhD Thesis)
Creators: name: Esteban, Oscar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 90303 Biomedical Instrumentation
subject: FOS: Medical engineering
subject: 90399 Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: 90609 Signal Processing
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The structural connectivity of the brain is considered to encode species-wise and subject-wise patterns that will unlock large areas of understanding of the human brain. Currently, diffusion MRI of the living brain enables to map the microstructure of tissue, allowing to track the pathways of fiber bundles connecting the cortical regions across the brain. These bundles are summarized in a network representation called connectome that is analyzed using graph theory. The extraction of the connectome from diffusion MRI requires a large processing flow including image enhancement, reconstruction, segmentation, registration, diffusion tracking, etc. Although a concerted effort has been devoted to the definition of standard pipelines for the connectome extraction, it is still crucial to define quality assessment protocols of these workflows. The definition of quality control protocols is hindered by the complexity of the pipelines under test and the absolute lack of gold-standards for diffusion MRI data.Here we characterize the impact on structural connectivity workflows of the geometrical deformation typically shown by diffusion MRI data due to the inhomogeneity of magnetic susceptibility across the imaged object. We propose an evaluation framework to compare the existing methodologies to correct for these artifacts including whole-brain realistic phantoms. Additionally, we design and implement an image segmentation and registration method to avoid performing the correction task and to enable processing in the native space of diffusion data.We release PySDCev, an evaluation framework for the quality control of connectivity pipelines, specialized in the study of susceptibility-derived distortions. In this context, we propose Diffantom, a whole-brain phantom that provides a solution to the lack of gold-standard data. The three correction methodologies under comparison performed reasonably, and it is difficult to determine which method is more advisable. We demonstrate that susceptibility-derived correction is necessary to increase the sensitivity of connectivity pipelines, at the cost of specificity.Finally, with the registration and segmentation tool called regseg we demonstrate how the problem of susceptibility-derived distortion can be overcome allowing data to be used in their original coordinates. This is crucial to increase the sensitivity of the whole pipeline without any loss in specificity.
Casimir-Onsager matrix for weakly driven processes
Creators: name: Nazé, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Modeling of physical systems must be based on their suitability to unavoidable physical laws. In this work, in the context of classical, isothermal, finite-time, and weak drivings, I demonstrate that physical systems, driven simultaneously at the same rate in two or more external parameters, must have the Fourier transform of their relaxation functions composing a positive-definite matrix to satisfy the Second Law of Thermodynamics. By evaluating them in the limit of near-to-equilibrium processes, I identify that such coefficients are the Casimir-Onsager ones. The result is verified in paradigmatic models of the overdamped and underdamped white noise Brownian motions. Finally, an extension to thermally isolated systems is made by using the time-averaged Casimir-Onsager matrix, in which the example of the harmonic oscillator is presented.
description: 5+1 pages
Modeling correlated uncertainties in stochastic compartmental models
Creators: name: Mamis, Konstantinos
name: Farazmand, Mohammad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37N25, 60H10

description: We consider compartmental models of communicable disease with uncertain contact rates. Stochastic fluctuations are often added to the contact rate to account for uncertainties. White noise, which is the typical choice for the fluctuations, leads to significant underestimation of the disease severity. Here, starting from reasonable assumptions on the social behavior of individuals, we model the contacts as a Markov process which takes into account the temporal correlations present in human social activities. Consequently, we show that the mean-reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process is the correct model for the stochastic contact rate. We demonstrate the implication of our model on two examples: a Susceptibles-Infected-Susceptibles (SIS) model and a Susceptibles-Exposed-Infected-Removed (SEIR) model of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, we observe that both compartmental models with white noise uncertainties undergo transitions that lead to the systematic underestimation of the spread of the disease. In contrast, modeling the contact rate with the OU process significantly hinders such unrealistic noise-induced transitions. For the SIS model, we derive its stationary probability density analytically, for both white and correlated noise. This allows us to give a complete description of the model's asymptotic behavior as a function of its bifurcation parameters, i.e., the basic reproduction number, noise intensity, and correlation time. For the SEIR model, where the probability density is not available in closed form, we study the transitions using Monte Carlo simulations. Our study underscores the necessity of temporal correlations in stochastic compartmental models and the need for more empirical studies that would systematically quantify such correlations.
description: 36 pages, 8 figures
POLYPHEM D3.1 Report on the design and specifications of filler, tank and foundations
Creators: name: Rojas, Esther
name: Rodriguez, Margarita
name: Bayon, Rocio
name: Ramirez, David
name: Caruncho, Juan Manuel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Solar Energy
Concentrated Solar Power
Solar Thermal Electricity
Thermal Energy Storage
Solar Thermal Combined Cycle
Solarized Micro Gas-Turbine
Solarized Organic Rankine Cycle
Themis Solar Tower
Decentralized Renewable Electricity Generation
TES
Jarytherm
HEATEK

description: This document is the deliverable D3.1 of the project POLYPHEM. It is planned in the framework of the Work Package 3 "R&D ON THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM". This deliverable defines the materials and sizes for storage tank walls and tank foundations.
Coverage Analysis of Downlink Transmission in Multi-Connectivity Cellular V2X Networks
Creators: name: Jiao, Luofang
name: Zhang, Tianqi
name: Zhao, Jiwei
name: Xu, Yunting
name: Zhou, Haibo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: With the increasing of connected vehicles in the fifth-generation mobile communication networks (5G) and beyond 5G (B5G), ensuring the reliable and high-speed cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication has posed significant challenges due to the high mobility of vehicles. For improving the network performance and reliability, multi-connectivity technology has emerged as a crucial transmission mode for C-V2X in the 5G era. To this end, this paper proposes a framework for analyzing the performance of multi-connectivity in C-V2X downlink transmission, with a focus on the performance indicators of joint distance distribution and coverage probability. Specifically, we first derive the joint distance distribution of multi-connectivity. By leveraging the tools of stochastic geometry, we then obtain the analytical expressions of coverage probability based on the previous results for general multi-connectivity cases in C-V2X. Subsequently, we evaluate the effect of path loss exponent and downlink base station density on coverage probability based on the proposed analytical framework. Finally, extensive Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed analytical framework and the simulation results reveal that multi-connectivity technology can significantly enhance the coverage probability in C-V2X.
description: 6 pagers, 5 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2404.17823
Is there any Relationship between Handedness and Diabetes Mellitus?
Creators: name: Ijhs International Journal Of Advances In Health Sciences
name: Mandavi Agarwal, Ashish Kr Sharma
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medicine

description: ABSTRACTObjective-To find out the prevalence of left handedness in diabetic patients in Bundelkhand region and to compare the prevalence of left handedness in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. Methods- This was a cross sectional study carried out in the general medicine and diabetic outpatient department of MLB Medical College, Jhansi from May 2011 to September 2011. A total of 1000 patients were recruited in this study out of which 500 were diabetic and 500 were non diabetic. Results- The prevalence of left handedness in our study was 5.6% i.e. a total of 56 people out of 1000 were left handed. In the diabetic group 4.6% of patients were left handed while 6.6% of non diabetic patients were found to be left handed which was statistically not significant. The prevalence of left handedness in type 1 diabetics was 5.1% which was much higher as compared to type 2 diabetics (4.5%).This was statistically significant. Conclusion-No evidence of increased prevalence of left handedness could be found in diabetes in our study. However the prevalence of left handedness was considerably more in type 1 diabetics as compared to type 2 diabetics. Keywords: Handedness, Diabetes
Accretion Disc Structure of Supermassive Stars Formed by Collisions
Creators: name: Nowak, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2022
Subjects: supermassive star
accretion disc
maser
hydrodynamics
globular clusters

description: Globular clusters (GCs) display large variations in light elements; the main one being O-Na, C-N and Mg-Al anticorrelations. Additionally most GCs demonstrate multiple sequences in the colour-magnitude diagram, proving that globular clusters host multiple stellar populations. It has been suggested that the second population forms from the hot-hydrogen burning yields of the first population, which then also explains the chemical peculiarities via self-enrichment. One of the leading proposals for the polluter is a supermassive star (SMS) (≥ 103 Mꙩ), which forms via runaway collisions, simultaneously with the globular cluster [Gieles et al., 2018]. At the present time it is very hard to observe a SMS due to its location. The candidate forming massive clusters are located outside the Milky Way with very dense centers, where the SMS would be obscured by gas and dust. One way to detect it could be the use of MASER, where 22.2 GHz H2O, water masers, are in general associated with massive star formation. Gorski et al. [2018] found a very strong MASER, a kilomaser in the nearby galaxy NGC 253 associated with a young massive cluster. A SMS disc is perturbed by stellar flybys, inspiralling and colliding stars. I investigate what the predicted MASER spectrum of that disc looks like using 2D hydrodynamic simulations and compare this to the W1 kilomaser in NGC 253. The simulations are modelled using the finite volume fluid dynamics code PLUTO starting from the standard Disk-Planet problem. I derive model maser spectra from the final simulations by using the general maser model from Kartje et al. [1999] for appropriate disc temperatures against velocity along the line of sight. The model maser spectra for the most destructive case for the simulations of MSMS = 1000 Mꙩ are a good match with W1 kilomaser spectrum obtained from Gorski et al. [2018], in terms of scaling, flux values and some of the signal trends. For the more massive star of 10,000 Mʘ the spectra start to resemble megamasers from AGNs rather than stellar masers. I have also observed changes in flux values for "high-velocity" features and their outwards and inward movement due to the presence of a dense spiral arm, rotating around the central star.