cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluation von sozialen Innovationsprojekten
Creators: name: Dotterweich, Christoph
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evaluation
subject: Meta-Evaluation
subject: Soziale Innovation
subject: 330
subject: Sozialinnovation
subject: Evaluation

description: Soziale Innovationen nehmen eine immer dominanter werdende Rolle in der akademischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Debatte ein. Trotz einer zunehmenden Subventionierung durch die Exekutive in Zeiten angespannter Staatshaushalte, bleibt die Frage unbeantwortet, ob es „erfolgsversprechende“ im Sinne von „förderwürdigere“ soziale Innovationsprojekte gibt. Zur Beantwortung dieser Forschungsfrage nach einem Evaluationsdesign zur Beurteilung von sozialen Innovationen wird auf das Repertoire der Evaluationsforschung zurückgegriffen, nach der der Forscher (Evaluator) ein aus empirischen Daten abgeleitetes Werturteil fällt. Das Evaluationsobjekt dieser Dissertation ist tu>startup, ein lokales Projekt in der Metropolregion Dortmund. Anhand einer theoretisch-konzeptionellen Aufarbeitung werden mit dem „Nutzen“, der „Diffusion“ und der „Wirkung“ drei Evaluationskriterien abgeleitet. Das multiperspektivische und -methodische Evaluationsdesign setzt sich aus vier Evaluationsstudien zusammen, die dem komplexen Projektkontext Rechnung tragen: eine Benchmarking-Evaluation, eine Teilnehmer-Evaluation, eine Stakeholder-Evaluation und eine qualitative Evaluation. Anschließend werden diese vier Primärstudien für die Durchführung einer Meta-Evaluation selbst zum Bewertungsobjekt.
Internal structure of a quantum soliton and classical excitations due to trap opening
Creators: name: Castin, Yvan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analytically solve two problems that may be useful in the context of the recent observation of matter wave bright solitons in a one-dimensional attractive atomic Bose gas. The first problem is strictly beyond mean field: From the Bethe ansatz solution we extract the internal correlation function of the particle positions in the quantum soliton, that is for a fixed center of mass position. The second problem is solved in the limit of a large number of particles, where the mean field theory is asymptotically correct: It deals with the number of excitations created by the opening of the trap, starting from a pure soliton in a weakly curved harmonic potential.
description: 12 pages; 2 figures added ; a few typos corrected
The Symmetric Sugeno Integral
Creators: name: Grabisch, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We propose an extension of the Sugeno integral for negative numbers, in the spirit of the symmetric extension of Choquet integral, also called \Sipos\ integral. Our framework is purely ordinal, since the Sugeno integral has its interest when the underlying structure is ordinal. We begin by defining negative numbers on a linearly ordered set, and we endow this new structure with a suitable algebra, very close to the ring of real numbers. In a second step, we introduce the Möbius transform on this new structure. Lastly, we define the symmetric Sugeno integral, and show its similarity with the symmetric Choquet integral.
Flavor Changing Neutral Currents in the Lee-Wick Standard Model
Creators: name: Dulaney, Timothy R.
name: Wise, Mark B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently an extension of the standard model (the Lee-Wick standard model) based on ideas of Lee and Wick (LW) was introduced. It does not contain quadratic divergences in the Higgs mass and hence solves the hierarchy puzzle. The LW-standard model contains new heavy LW-resonances at the TeV scale that decay to ordinary particles. In this paper we examine in more detail the flavor structure of the theory. We integrate out the heavy LW-fermions at tree level and find that this induces flavor changing Z boson couplings. However, these flavor changing neutral currents are acceptably small since they are automatically suppressed by small Yukawa couplings. This is the case even though the theory does not satisfy the principle of minimal flavor violation. New couplings of the charged W bosons to quarks and leptons are also induced. We also integrate out the LW-Higgs and examine the four-fermion operators induced.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures
AdS_3, Black Holes and Higher Derivative Corrections
Creators: name: David, Justin R.
name: Sahoo, Bindusar
name: Sen, Ashoke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using AdS/CFT correspondence and the Euclidean action formalism for black hole entropy Kraus and Larsen have argued that the entropy of a BTZ black hole in three dimensional supergravity with (0,4) supersymmetry does not receive any correction from higher derivative terms in the action. We argue that as a consequence of AdS/CFT correspondence the action of a three dimensional supergravity with (0,4) supersymmetry cannot receive any higher derivative correction except for those which can be removed by field redefinition. The non-renormalization of the entropy then follows as a consequence of this and the invariance of Wald's formula under a field redefinition.
description: LaTeX file, 12 pages; v2: reference added
The support of the limit distribution of optimal Riesz energy points on sets of revolution in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$
Creators: name: Brauchart, J. S.
name: Hardin, D. P.
name: Saff, E. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 11K41, 70F10, 28A78

description: Let A be a compact set in the right-half plane and $Γ(A)$ the set in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ obtained by rotating A about the vertical axis. We investigate the support of the limit distribution of minimal energy point charges on $Γ(A)$ that interact according to the Riesz potential 1/r^{s}, 0
title: An evaluation of the English language teaching provision in a Libyan University
Creators: name: Esgaiar, E
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2021

description: The limited English language skills among Libyan learners threatens their ability to interact with the international environment. Therefore, improvement in the provision of foreign language programmes is imperative, and can be carried out using different methods such as evaluation to critically examine a programme in order to improve its effectiveness. This study aims to evaluate the current English language teaching (ELT) provision provided by the English department in the faculties of education at Zawia University in Libya. It seeks to establish whether the current English language programme has ever been validated or updated, and to what extent it is fit for purpose in terms of preparing the graduates for the world of work. Moreover, this research analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the current ELT provision. This study employed both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect the data, which were gathered through a questionnaire, semi-structured interviews and document analysis. The quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences programme, while content analysis was applied to the quantitative data. Furthermore, this evaluative case study is based on the context, input, process and product model of evaluation. The evaluation of the current English as a foreign language programme at Zawia University revealed a number of inadequacies in terms of the course design, teaching resources, delivery and the balance of language skills taught. Moreover, the findings revealed a level of dissatisfaction reported by the lecturers and alumni with some aspects of the programme including the teaching resources, the assessment method, the absence of evaluation and the neglect of students’ needs in the context of designing the teaching materials. Additionally, the findings revealed that the stakeholders are not satisfied with the content of the courses, as they do not apply equal attention to the four language skills, with greater emphasis placed on developing the reading and writing skills as opposed to the aural and oral skills that is, listening and speaking. This study concludes by presenting a number of recommendations targeting the decision makers and key stakeholders (i.e. the lecturers, students and alumni) of Zawia University in order to improve the English language programme moving forward.
แนวทางการใช้วิธีอณูพันธุศาสตร์เพื่อตรวจสอบย้อนกลับในเนื้อสัตว์และผลิตภัณฑ์เนื้อสัตว์Approach of using molecular genetic methods for traceability in meat and meat products
Creators: name: พิชญานิภา กล่อมทอง,  มนต์ชัย ดวงจินดา
Publisher: name: Genetics Society of Thailand
Year: 2014
Subjects: ดีเอ็นเอ, การตรวจสอบย้อนกลับ, ชนิดสัตว์, พันธุ์สัตว์, สัตว์รายตัว, DNA, traceability, species, breed, individual

description: 3, 7, Thai Journal of Genetics
Additional file 1 of Evaluation of treatment-related problems in hemodialysis patients in Egypt: a prospective observational study
Creators: name: Helmy, Noha H.
name: Hussein, Amal
name: Sadek, Eman Mohamed
name: Alarfaj, Sumaiah J.
name: El Minshawy, Osama
name: Wahsh, Engy A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 1.
Regularity of the optimal shape for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian with volume and inclusion constraints
Creators: name: Briançon, Tanguy
name: Lamboley, Jimmy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the well-known following shape optimization problem: $$λ_1(Ω^*)=\min_{\stackrel{|Ω|=a} {Ω\subset{D}}} λ_1(Ω), $$ where $λ_1$ denotes the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, and $D$ is an open bounded set (a box). It is well-known that the solution of this problem is the ball of volume $a$ if such a ball exists in the box $D$ (Faber-Krahn's theorem). In this paper, we prove regularity properties of the boundary of the optimal shapes $Ω^*$ in any case and in any dimension. Full regularity is obtained in dimension 2.
Investigation of the Gravitational Potential Dependence of the Fine-Structure Constant Using Atomic Dysprosium
Creators: name: Ferrell, S. J.
name: Cingöz, A.
name: Lapierre, A.
name: Nguyen, A. -T.
name: Leefer, N.
name: Budker, D.
name: Flambaum, V. V.
name: Lamoreaux, S. K.
name: Torgerson, J. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radio-frequency E1 transitions between nearly degenerate, opposite parity levels of atomic dysprosium were monitored over an eight month period to search for a variation in the fine-structure constant. During this time period, data were taken at different points in the gravitational potential of the Sun. The data are fitted to the variation in the gravitational potential yielding a value of $(-8.7 \pm 6.6) \times 10^{-6}$ for the fit parameter $k_α$. This value gives the current best laboratory limit. In addition, our value of $k_α$ combined with other experimental constraints is used to extract the first limits on k_e and k_q. These coefficients characterize the variation of m_e/m_p and m_q/m_p in a changing gravitational potential, where m_e, m_p, and m_q are electron, proton, and quark masses. The results are $k_e = (4.9 \pm 3.9) \times 10^{-5}$ and $k_q = (6.6 \pm 5.2) \times 10^{-5}$.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Explaining the extended GeV gamma-ray emission adjacent to HESS J1825-137
Creators: name: Collins, T.
name: Rowell, G.
name: Mitchell, A. M. W.
name: Voisin, F.
name: Fukui, Y.
name: Sano, H.
name: Alsulami, R.
name: Einecke, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HESS J1825-137 is one of the most powerful and luminous TeV gamma-ray pulsar wind nebulae (PWN). To the south of HESS J1825-137, Fermi-LAT observation revealed a new region of GeV gamma-ray emission with three apparent peaks (termed here, GeV-ABC). This study presents interstellar medium (ISM) data and spectral energy distribution (SED) modelling towards the GeV emission to understand the underlying particle acceleration. We considered several particle accelerator scenarios - the PWN associated with HESS J1825-137, the progenitor SNR also associated with HESS J1825-137, plus the gamma-ray binary system LS\,5039. It was found that the progenitor SNR of HESS J1825-137 has insufficient energetics to account for all GeV emission. GeV-ABC may be a reflection of an earlier epoch in the history of the PWN associated with HESS\,1825-137, assuming fast diffusion perhaps including advection. LS\,5039 cannot meet the required energetics to be the source of particle acceleration. A combination of HESS J1825-137 and LS 5039 could be plausible sources.
description: Submitted to MNRAS: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stab983/6219862
The Choquet integral for the aggregation of interval scales in multicriteria decision making
Creators: name: Labreuche, Christophe
name: Grabisch, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper addresses the question of which models fit with information concerning the preferences of the decision maker over each attribute, and his preferences about aggregation of criteria (interacting criteria). We show that the conditions induced by these information plus some intuitive conditions lead to a unique possible aggregation operator: the Choquet integral.
2-D constrained Navier-Stokes equation and intermediate asymptotics
Creators: name: Caglioti, E.
name: Pulvirenti, M.
name: Rousset, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce a modified version of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation, preserving energy and momentum of inertia, which is motivated by the occurrence of different dissipation time scales and related to the gradient flow structure of the 2-D Navier-Stokes equation. The hope is to understand intermediate asymptotics. The analysis we present here is purely formal. A rigorous study of this equation will be done in a forthcoming paper.
Chemical Abundances and Kinematics in Globular Clusters and Local Group Dwarf Galaxies and Their Implications for Formation Theories of the Galactic Halo
Creators: name: Geisler, Doug
name: Wallerstein, George
name: Smith, Verne V.
name: Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review Galactic halo formation theories and supporting evidence, in particular kinematics and detailed chemical abundances of stars in some relevant globular clusters as well as Local Group dwarf galaxies. Outer halo red HB clusters tend to have large eccentricities and inhabit the area populated by dwarf spheroidal stars, favoring an extraGalactic origin. Old globulars show the full range of eccentricities, while younger ones seem to have preferentially high eccentricities, again hinting at their extraGalactic origin. We compare detailed abundances of a variety of elements between the halo and all dwarf galaxies studied to date, including both dwarf spheroidals and irregulars. The salient feature is that halo abundances are essentially unique. In particular, the general alpha vs. [Fe/H] pattern of 12 of the 13 galaxies studied are similar to each other and very different from the Milky Way. Sagittarius appears to be the only possible exception. It appears very unlikely that a significant fraction of the metal-rich halo could have come from disrupted dwarf galaxies of low mass. However, at least some of the metal-poor halo may have come from typical dwarfs, and a portion of the intermediate metallicity halo may have come from very massive systems. The chemical differences between the dwarfs and the halo are due to a combination of a low star formation efficiency and a high galactic wind efficiency in the former. The formation problem may be solved if the majority of halo stars formed within a few, very massive satellites accreted very early. However, any such satellites must either be accreted MUCH earlier than postulated, before the onset of SNe Ia , or star formation must be prevented to occur in them until only shortly before they are accreted.
description: 38 pages, 14 figures, Invited Review to appear in PASP
A Spectroscopic Study of Supernova Remnants with the Infrared Space Observatory
Creators: name: Millard, Matthew J.
name: Ravi, Aravind P.
name: Rho, Jeonghee
name: Park, Sangwook
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy of supernova remnants (SNRs) based on the archival data of the Infrared Space Observatory ($ISO$) taken with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS). Our sample includes previously unpublished profiles of line and continuum spectra for 20 SNRs in the Galaxy and Magellanic Clouds. In several SNRs including G21.5-0.9, G29.7-0.3, the Crab Nebula, and G320.4-1.2, we find evidence for broad [O I], [O III], [N II], and [C II] lines with velocity dispersions up to a few 10$^3$ km s$^{-1}$, indicating that they are associated with high-velocity SN ejecta. Our detection of Doppler-broadened atomic emission lines and a bright FIR continuum hints at the presence of newly formed dust in SN ejecta. For G320.4-1.2, we present the first estimate of an ejecta-dust mass of 0.1 - 0.2 M$_\odot$, which spatially coincides with the broad line emission, by applying a blackbody model fit with components of the SNR and background emission. Our sample includes raster maps of 63, 145 $μ$m [O I] and 158 $μ$m [C II] lines toward SNRs Kes 79, CTB 109, and IC 443. Based on these line intensities, we suggest interacting shock types in these SNRs. Finally, we compare our LWS spectra of our sample SNRs with the spectra of several HII regions, and discuss their FIR line intensity ratios and continuum properties. Follow-up observations with modern instruments (e.g. $JWST$ and $SOFIA$) with higher spatial and spectral resolution are encouraged for an extensive study of the SN ejecta and the SN dust.
description: 37 pages, 33 Figures, 11 tables, accepted for publication in ApJS
Gravitational lensing by stable C-field wormhole
Creators: name: Rahaman, F.
name: Kalam, M.
name: Chakraborty, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been recently shown that Hoyle-Narlikar's C-field theory admits wormhole geometry. We derive the deflection angle of light rays caused by C-field wormhole in the strong field limit approach of gravitational lensing theory. The linearized stability of C-field wormhole under spherically symmetric perturbations about static equilibrium is also explored.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures. Submitted in Chin.J.phys. after minor revisions, some references added
TOF-SIMS Analysis of Decoherence Sources in Nb Superconducting Resonators
Creators: name: Murthy, Akshay A.
name: Lee, Jae-Yel
name: Kopas, Cameron
name: Reagor, Matthew J.
name: McFadden, Anthony P.
name: Pappas, David P.
name: Checchin, Mattia
name: Grassellino, Anna
name: Romanenko, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconducting qubits have emerged as a potentially foundational platform technology for addressing complex computational problems deemed intractable with classical computing. Despite recent advances enabling multiqubit designs that exhibit coherence lifetimes on the order of hundreds of $μ$s, material quality and interfacial structures continue to curb device performance. When niobium is deployed as the superconducting material, two-level system defects in the thin film and adjacent dielectric regions introduce stochastic noise and dissipate electromagnetic energy at the cryogenic operating temperatures. In this study, we utilize time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) to understand the role specific fabrication procedures play in introducing such dissipation mechanisms in these complex systems. We interrogated Nb thin films and transmon qubit structures fabricated by Rigetti Computing and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology through slight variations in the processing and vacuum conditions. We find that when Nb film is sputtered onto the Si substrate, oxide and silicide regions are generated at various interfaces. We also observe that impurity species such as niobium hydrides and carbides are incorporated within the niobium layer during the subsequent lithographic patterning steps. The formation of these resistive compounds likely impact the superconducting properties of the Nb thin film. Additionally, we observe the presence of halogen species distributed throughout the patterned thin films. We conclude by hypothesizing the source of such impurities in these structures in an effort to intelligently fabricate superconducting qubits and extend coherence times moving forward.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Vortex-nucleus interaction in the inner crust of neutron stars
Creators: name: Avogadro, P.
name: Barranco, F.
name: Broglia, R. A.
name: Vigezzi, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structure of a vortex in the inner crust of neutron stars is calculated within the framework of quantum mean field theory taking into account the interaction with the nuclei composing the Coulomb lattice. Making use of the results obtained with different nuclear interactions, the pinning energy, relevant in the study of glitches, is worked out. Quantal size and density dependent effects are found to be important.
Ülevaade : Eesti Aastamuld 2019 on madalsoomuld
Creators: name: Kõlli, Raimo
name: Tõnutare, Tõnis
Publisher: name: Agraarteadus
Year: 2019
Subjects: year soil
classification of fen soils
fen soils
Eutric Histosol
composite soil matrix
peat soil cover
soil species
soil variety
annual cycling of carbon
drained peatland
article

description: By the Estonian Soil Sciences Society for the Year 2014 Soils the Leached soils, for 2015 – Limestone rendzinas, for 2016 – Bog soils, for 2017 – Typical podzols, for 2018 – Pseudopodzolic soils, and for 2019 – Fen soils (M) were elected. As the Year Soil of 2019 was not previously introduced in the Journal of Agricultural Science, in the actual overview was necessary to treat their classification, ecological conditions of their forming and functioning, hydro-physical and ecological properties, association of them with other soil species, distribution and conversion their names into WRB system. In the review, the main morphological properties of fen soils and the principles of their dividing into soil species (identified by soil genesis) and varieties (divided on basis of peat decomposition stage) are treated. Besides that, the fen soils' productivity, peculiarities of their paludification processes, distribution in Estonia and the data about their chemical properties are presented. In the overview, as well, the estimations of organic carbon stocks and assessments of annual organic carbon fluxes in peaty soil cover are presented and discussed. In the final part, the problems connected with environmentally sustainable use in agriculture and forestry and protection of fen soils are treated.
Lipid management across Europe in the real-world setting: a rapid evidence review
Creators: name: Barrios, Vivencio
name: Soronen, Jarkko
name: Carter, Angela M.
name: Anastassopoulou, Anastassia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: To provide a contemporary overview of recent real-world lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) practices and outcomes in patients with hypercholesterolemia/dyslipidemia at high/very high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Europe. A structured literature review of recent (July 2015–July 2020) real-world studies reporting lipid management and outcomes was conducted using a rapid evidence synthesis. Outcomes included patient characteristics, LLT treatment practices, adherence and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal attainment. Fifty-three real-world observational studies in high/very high risk patients were selected after screening 5664 records (n = 50 national [sample size range 38–237,279] and n = 3 multinational studies [sample size range 6648–8456]). Mean age ranged from 33 to 77 years; hypertension, diabetes and obesity were commonly reported comorbidities. Statins were the most common LLT; patients without familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) mostly received high or moderate intensity statins/LLT, while patients with FH mostly received high intensity statins/LLT. The proportion of patients receiving ezetimibe was low overall (ezetimibe + statin use in those with and without familial hypercholesterolemia [FH] range 5%–59% and 1%–22%, respectively). Overall, the use of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 inhibitor (PCSK9i) therapy was limited. Adherence to LLT therapies was defined variably and ranged from 46%–92%. LDL-C goal attainment was suboptimal, irrespective of LLT (overall range in goal attainment with oral LLT was 2%–73% [FH: 2%–23%] and with PCSK9i was 20%–65%). LDL-C control is suboptimal and the available LLT armamentarium, most importantly combination therapy, is being underutilized in high/very high risk patients leading to inadequate management of cardiovascular risk.
Time course of oxidative damage in different brain regions following transient cerebral ischemia in gerbils
Creators: name: Candelario-Jalil, E.
name: Mhadu, N. H.
name: Al-Dalain, S. M.
name: Martinez, G.
name: Leon, O. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The time course of oxidative damage in different brain regions was investigated in the gerbil model of transient cerebral ischemia. Animals were subjected to both common carotid arteries occlusion for 5 min. After the end of ischemia and at different reperfusion times (2, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96 h and 7 days), markers of lipid peroxidation, reduced and oxidized glutathione levels, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and copper/zinc containing SOD (Cu/ZnSOD) activities were measured in hippocampus, cortex and striatum. Oxidative damage in hippocampus was maximal at late stages after ischemia (48-96 h) coincident with a significant impairment in glutathione homeostasis. MnSOD increased in hippocampus at 24, 48 and 72 h after ischemia, coincident with the marked reduction in the activity of glutathione-related enzymes. The late disturbance in oxidant-antioxidant balance corresponds with the time course of delayed neuronal loss in the hippocampal CA1 sector. Cerebral cortex showed early changes in oxidative damage with no significant impairment in antioxidant capacity. Striatal lipid peroxidation significantly increased as early as 2 h after ischemia and persisted until 48 h with respect to the sham-operated group. These results contribute significant information on the timing and factors that influence free radical formation following ischemic brain injury, an essential step in determining effective antioxidant intervention.
Dynamic Actuation of DNA-Assembled Plasmonic Nanostructures in Microfluidic Cell-Sized Compartments
Creators: name: Goepfrich, Kerstin
name: Urban, Maximilian J.
name: Frey, Christoph
name: Platzman, Ilia
name: Spatz, Joachim P.
name: Liu, Na
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular motor proteins form the basis of cellular dynamics. Recently, notable efforts have led to the creation of their DNA-based mimics, which can carry out complex nanoscale motion. However, such functional analogues have not yet been integrated or operated inside synthetic cells toward the goal of realizing artificial biological systems entirely from the bottom-up. In this Letter, we encapsulate and actuate DNA-assembled dynamic nanostructures inside cell-sized microfluidic compartments. These encapsulated DNA nanostructures not only exhibit structural reconfigurability owing to their pH-sensitive molecular switches upon external stimuli but also possess optical feedback enabled by the integrated plasmonic probes. In particular, we demonstrate the power of microfluidic compartmentalization for achieving on-chip plasmonic enantiomer separation and substrate filtration. Our work exemplifies that the two unique tools, droplet-based microfluidics and DNA technology, offering high precision on the microscale and nanoscale, respectively, can be brought together to greatly enrich the complexity and diversity of functional synthetic systems.
Twentieth-century pageants : word, music, and drama in inter-war Britain
Creators: name: Gordon, Parker
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 2021
Subjects: Pageants
Music
Collaboration
Twentieth-century British history
Literature

description: This thesis investigates the understudied genre of twentieth-century British pageants and highlights their literary, musical, dramatic, cultural, and political significance. Contributing methodologies and readings to pageant studies and to single author and composer studies, this study focuses on works by Virginia Woolf, Hugh Walpole, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, Martin Shaw, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Critical research on pageants, despite the interdisciplinary nature of the genre, remains divided by discipline-specific boundaries. This thesis, therefore, adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing especially on Word and Music studies, and examines the sometimes-close collaborations between writers, composers, and directors. The study examines three different types of pageant texts—pageant novels, pageant plays, and pageants—each foregrounded by a different methodology: close reading, reconstructive archival research, and intertextual analysis. The introduction begins with a brief overview of the critical work on pageants, focusing on the way pageants were described in the twentieth century and in recent scholarship and proposing a standardised terminology before discussing the relevant literature on pageants and outlining the thesis structure. Chapter I offers an overview of the social history of pageants in twentieth-century Britain. Chapter II examines Woolf’s and Walpole’s pageant novels Between the Acts (1941) and The Inquisitor (1935), demonstrating both writers’ knowledge of and engagement with pageants. Chapter III analyses the pageant play The Rock (1934), tracing Eliot’s and Shaw’s collaborative creative process. Chapter IV interrogates Forster’s and Vaughan Williams’s The Pageant of Abinger (1934) and England’s Pleasant Land (1938), identifying textual and musical intertexts and tracing the collaborative process. The Afterword examines pageant afterlives and pageants in the twenty-first century.
Phase transitions of the ferroelectric $(\mathrm{ND}_4)_2\mathrm{FeCl}_5\cdot\mathrm{D}_2\mathrm{O}$ under a magnetic field
Creators: name: Li, Shaozhi
name: Fishman, Randy S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81-10

description: Due to the strong coupling between magnetism and ferroelectricity, $(\mathrm{ND}_4)_2\mathrm{FeCl}_5\cdot\mathrm{D}_2\mathrm{O}$ exhibits several intriguing magnetic and electric phases. In this letter, we include high-order onsite spin anisotropic interactions in a spin model that successfully captures the ferroelectric phase transitions of $(\mathrm{ND}_4)_2\mathrm{FeCl}_5\cdot\mathrm{D}_2\mathrm{O}$ under a magnetic field and produces the large weights of high-order harmonic components in the cycloid structure that are observed from neutron diffraction experiments. Moreover, we predict a new ferroelectric phase sandwiched between the FE II and FE III phases in a magnetic field. Our results emphasize the importance of the high-order spin anisotropic interactions and provide a guideline to understand multiferroic materials with rich phase diagrams.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
A Taiwanese study on real-world evidence with vortioxetine in patients with major depression in Asia (TREVIDA)
Creators: name: Yang, Yen Kuang
name: Chen, Cheng-Sheng
name: Tsai, Chia-Fen
name: Chang, Chia-Ming
name: Lai, Te-Jen
name: Lee, Chun-Te
name: Lin, Chih-Chien
name: Lan, Tsuo-Hung
name: Herr, Keira Joann
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The TREVIDA study aimed to evaluate vortioxetine for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in Taiwanese adults. Patients with active depressive episode were recruited in this non-interventional, prospective, multi-site study conducted between June 2019 and August 2020 in Taiwan. Patient eligibility was independent of the physician’s decision to prescribe vortioxetine for an MDD episode. Vortioxetine was initiated on the first visit. Depression severity, cognitive function, work productivity, functioning and safety were evaluated over 3 months. Overall, 242 patients were analyzed. At baseline, 70.7% and 90.4% of patients had moderately severe-to-severe depression based on PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and TDQ (Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire), respectively. By Month 3, significant improvements from baseline in depression severity (mean [SD] changes in PHQ-9, TDQ and CGI-S [Clinical Global Impression–Severity]: −6.3 [7.3]; −13.2 [14.0]; −1.5 [1.3], respectively), cognitive function (mean [SD] change in PDQ-D: −8.0 [17.5]), functioning (mean [SD] change in SDS: −5.4 [7.6]), and presenteeism (38.9% from 56.3%), work productivity loss (40.9% from 58.7%) and activity impairment (43.2% from 61.0%) were observed (p Vortioxetine reduced depression severity and improved cognitive function, work productivity, and functioning in Taiwanese patients with MDD in the real-world setting. Vortioxetine was well-tolerated in this Taiwanese population.
Vertical transverse transport induced by hidden in-plane Berry curvature in two dimensions
Creators: name: Kim, Kyoung-Whan
name: Jeong, Hogyun
name: Kim, Jeongwoo
name: Jin, Hosub
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of Berry curvature (BC) has spurred a tremendous surge of research into various quantum phenomena such as the anomalous transport of electrons and the topological phases of matter. In two-dimensional crystalline systems, the conventional definition of the BC lacks the in-plane components and thus it cannot explain the transverse transport along the plane-normal direction. Here, we modify the BC to newly provide in-plane components in two dimensions, giving rise to the vertical Hall effects that describe out-of-plane transports in response to in-plane perturbations and their Onsager reciprocity. Our first-principles calculations show that a large in-plane BC can appear even in an atomic-thick GdAg2 monolayer, and a hexagonal BiAg2 monolayer can host a large BC dipole known to vanish in the conventional BC. The quantum transports driven by the hitherto-hidden BC will become more significant in recently emerging two-dimensional platforms, including van der Waals heterostructures.
description: 16+11 pages
Methods for Chemical Vapor Deposition and Peparation of Conformal Titanium-Based Films US Pat. 6,090,709
Creators: name: Kaloyeros, Alain E.
name: Arkles, Barry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000

description: Titanium and titanium nitride layers can be produced by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes conducted at temperatures below 475 °C. The layers may serve as diffusion and adhesion barriers for ultra-large scale integration (ULSI) microelectronic applications. The processes use a titanium halide precursor, such as titanium tetraiodide, and hydrogen or hydrogen in combination with nitrogen, argon, or ammonia to either produce pure titanium metal films, titanium films which alloy with the underlying silicon, or titanium nitride films. The deposition of titanium metal from titanium halide and hydrogen or the deposition of titanium nitride from titanium halide with nitrogen and hydrogen is achieved with the assistance of a low energy plasma. The process allows smooth and reversible transition between deposition of films of either titanium metal or titanium nitride by introduction or elimination of nitrogen or ammonia.
The financial burden of treating patients presenting with acute and chronic cough
Creators: name: Birring, Surinder S.
name: Currie, Craig J.
name: Holden, Sarah E.
name: Jenkins-Jones, Sara
name: Berni, Ellen R.
name: Jones, Bethan
name: Berni, Thomas R.
name: Langerman, Haya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Coughing is a common symptom and responsible for a large number of healthcare visits. This study aimed to characterize healthcare resource use and associated financial costs in people with acute or chronic cough. A retrospective cohort study using routine data from the UK National Health Service. Adults (≥18 years) were selected if they had a cough record between 1 March 2014 and 28 February 2015 and were classified by duration. A cohort of 150,231 patients was identified, of whom 12,513 (8.3%) had chronic cough, 38,599 (25.7%) had an acute cough with more than one cough event, and 99,119 (66.0%) had acute cough with one event in the study year. Resource use and combined costs of all healthcare contacts differed between cough groups. The healthcare cost per person-year in patients with a single record of acute cough was £739; for those with chronic cough, the cost was £3,663. Patients with cough represented a substantial financial burden to the NHS. It was difficult to discern the specific portion of treatment associated with cough itself. However, people with chronic cough were associated with substantially increased healthcare use and costs than were those with acute cough.
The circulation and internal tide of Indian Arm, B.C.
Creators: name: De Young, Bradley
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The wintertime deepwater exchange in a silled fjord is described. Bottom-water renewal took place in the third year of the study, 1984/85. Hydraulic control of the exchange was consistent with the observations. This control is exerted over the long sill, which restricts access to the fjord. The maximum density at the sill was observed during neap tides. No distinct peaks in the velocity at the sill were observed during the inflows. During each inflow, associated with a neap tide, about 20% of the water in the fjord was replaced. These exchanges occurred over periods of 5 — 10 days. An internal tide was observed in Indian Arm in all three winters studied. In the winter of 1983/84, this internal tide was observed to change from a predominantly M₂ internal response to a predominantly K₁. This change in the response is explained as a partial resonance response of the system. During the 1983/84 winter, the resonance period steadily increased from 14 hours at the start, to 22 hours at the end. It is suggested that the enhanced internal response at the K₁ frequency, late in the winter, is due to resonance. Fitting of normal modes was done to look at the energy flux in Indian Arm. About 20 — 30% of the energy flux is found to propagate from the head of the inlet, supporting the resonance hypothesis, which requires energy to be reflected from the head. The energy sinks for the barotropic tide are investigated using a variety of data. From an analysis of the tidal data, it is estimated that a total of 10 — 15 % of the barotropic tidal energy which enters Burrard Inlet is dissipated. About 0.7 MW is lost from the barotropic tide in the vicinity of the Indian Arm sill. About 0.3 MW was found in internal waves propagating away from the sill. Of this flux about 60 % was in the internal tide, with 40 % in high frequency internal waves. The vertical diffusion coefficient (K[sub v]) is determined from an analysis of the density data. K[sub v] is found to be related to the buoyancy frequency N by the relationship, K[sub v] ∝ N[sup –o.86].Using K[sub v] and N, the amount of energy which does work against buoyancy is found to be about 100 kW. From this energy estimate, the flux Richardson number (Rf) is estimated be 0.05 — 0.1.
Additional file 7 of Combined inhibition of MET and VEGF enhances therapeutic efficacy of EGFR TKIs in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer with concomitant aberrant MET activation
Creators: name: Huang, Shanshan
name: Long, Yaling
name: Gao, Yuan
name: Lin, Wanling
name: Wang, Lei
name: Jiang, Jizong
name: Yuan, Xun
name: Chen, Yuan
name: Zhang, Peng
name: Chu, Qian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 7
Lipid management across Europe in the real-world setting: a rapid evidence review
Creators: name: Barrios, Vivencio
name: Soronen, Jarkko
name: Carter, Angela M
name: Anastassopoulou, Anastassia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: To provide a contemporary overview of recent real-world lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) practices and outcomes in patients with hypercholesterolemia/dyslipidemia at high/very high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Europe. A structured literature review of recent (July 2015 to July 2020) real-world studies reporting lipid management and outcomes was conducted using a rapid evidence synthesis. Outcomes included patient characteristics, LLT treatment practices, adherence and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal attainment. Fifty-three real-world observational studies in high/very high risk patients were selected after screening 5,664 records (n = 50 national [sample size range 38 to 237,279] and n = 3 multinational studies [sample size range 6,648 to 8,456]). Mean age ranged from 33 to 77 years; hypertension, diabetes and obesity were commonly reported comorbidities. Statins were the most common LLT; patients without familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) mostly received high or moderate intensity statins/LLT, while patients with FH mostly received high intensity statins/LLT. The proportion of patients receiving ezetimibe was low overall (ezetimibe + statin use in those with and without familial hypercholesterolemia [FH] range 5%–59% and 1%–22%, respectively). Overall, the use of PCSK9i therapy was limited. Adherence to LLT therapies was defined variably and ranged from 46%–92%. LDL-C goal attainment was suboptimal, irrespective of LLT (overall range in goal attainment with oral LLT was 2%-73% [FH: 2%–23%] and PCSK9i was 20%–65%). LDL-C control is suboptimal and the available LLT armamentarium, most importantly combination therapy, is being underutilized in high/very high risk patients leading to inadequate management of cardiovascular risk.
Early detection of fungal storage pathogens on pome fruits (EARLDETEC)
Creators: name: Persen, Ulrike
name: Gottsberger, Richard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Euphresco, plant health, diagnostics, mycology, pome fruits, Neofabraea, Colletotrichum, Penicilium, Botrytis cinerea

description: Slide of the Euphresco project 2017-A-242 'Early detection of fungal storage pathogens on pome fruits (EARLDETEC)'
description: Project funded through the Euphresco network
Coherent states of the two-dimensional non-separable supersymmetric Morse potential
Creators: name: Moran, James
name: Hussin, Véronique
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supersymmetry is a technique that allows us to extract information about the states and spectra of quantum mechanical systems which may otherwise be unsolvable. In this paper we reconstruct Ioffe's set of states for the singular non-separable two-dimensional Morse potential using supersymmetry from a non-degenerate set of states constructed for the initial separable Morse Hamiltonian. We define generalised coherent states, compute their uncertainty relations, and we find that the singularity in the partner Hamiltonian significantly affects the localisation of the coherent state wavefunction.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures