cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Gaussian-Like Immersed Boundary Kernels with Three Continuous Derivatives and Improved Translational Invariance
Creators: name: Bao, Yuanxun
name: Kaiser, Alexander D.
name: Kaye, Jason
name: Peskin, Charles S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 74F10, 76D05

description: The immersed boundary (IB) method is a general mathematical framework for studying problems involving fluid-structure interactions in which an elastic structure is immersed in a viscous incompressible fluid. In the IB formulation, the fluid described by Eulerian variables is coupled with the immersed structure described by Lagrangian variables via the use of the Dirac delta function. From a numerical standpoint, the Lagrangian force spreading and the Eulerian velocity interpolation are carried out by a regularized, compactly supported discrete delta function, which is assumed to be a tensor product of a single-variable immersed-boundary kernel. IB kernels are derived from a set of postulates designed to achieve approximate grid translational invariance, interpolation accuracy and computational efficiency. In this note, we present new 5-point and 6-point immersed-boundary kernels that are $\mathscr{C}^3$ and yield a substantially improved translational invariance compared to other common IB kernels.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures. This is an updated manuscript to the published version with a new 5-point kernel
Tip-tilt anisoplanatism in MCAO-assisted astrometric observations
Creators: name: Carlà, Giulia
name: Busoni, Lorenzo
name: Plantet, Cédric
name: Agapito, Guido
name: Arcidiacono, Carmelo
name: Ciliegi, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new era of ground-based observations, either in the infrared with the next-generation of 25-40m extremely large telescopes or in the visible with the 8m Very Large Telescope, is going to be assisted by multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) to restore the unprecedented resolutions potentially available for these systems in absence of atmospheric turbulence. Astrometry is one of the main science drivers, as MCAO can provide good quality and uniform correction over wide field of views ($\sim$ 1 arcmin) and offer a large number of reference sources with high image quality. The requirements have been set to very high precisions on the differential astrometry (e.g. 50$μ$as for MICADO/MORFEO - formerly known as MAORY - at the Extremely Large Telescope) and an accurate analysis of the astrometric error budget is needed. In this context, we present an analysis of the impact of MCAO atmospheric tip-tilt residuals on relative astrometry. We focus on the effects of the scientific integration time on tip-tilt residuals, that we model through the temporal transfer function of the exposure. We define intra- and inter-exposure tip-tilt residuals that we use in the estimation of the centroiding error and the differential tilt jitter error within the astrometric error budget. As a case study, we apply our results in the context of the MORFEO astrometric error budget.
(102402) Arthur George Overton
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Mobile technology: a study on the impact on the role of the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) tutor
Creators: name: Ayres, Daniel
name: Tyrrell, Christopher
name: Poon, Kokhung
Publisher: name: University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
Year: 2013
Subjects: iPad
Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
applications
school-based training
emerging technologies

description: This article examines an attempt by a team of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) tutors at the University of East London to evaluate the impact of mobile technology, and iPads in particular, on their role in the professional development of teachers. The study focused on the impact the iPads had on the tutor’s own role as well as considering outcomes for trainee teachers undertaking school-based placements. The study found that the use of iPads raised issues to challenge and enhance established practice and procedures within the team, as well as issues of a technical nature relating to the possibilities and limitations of the hardware and software trialled.
Dietary Linolenic Acid and Adjusted QT and JT Intervals in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study
Creators: name: Rautaharju, Pentti
name: Arnett, Donna
name: Ellison, R. Curtis
name: Province, Michael
name: Eckfeldt, John
name: Djoussé, Luc
name: Whitsel, Eric
name: Hopkins, Paul
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to examine whether higher consumption of total linolenic acid was associated with rate-adjusted QT and JT intervals (QTrr and JTrr, respectively). BACKGROUND Higher intake of fish omega-3 fatty acids and plant omega-3 such as alpha-linolenic acid is associated with lower risk of myocardial infarction. While long-chain omega-3 can inhibit ventricular arrhythmia, it is not known whether alpha-linolenic acid influences ventricular repolarization. METHODS We studied 3,642 subjects from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart study who were free of myocardial infarction, left ventricular hypertrophy, pacemaker, and with QRS <120 ms. We used the 95th percentile of the gender-specific distribution of QTrr and JTrr to define abnormally prolonged repolarization. Within each gender, we created age-and energy-adjusted tertiles of linolenic acid and used regression models for analyses. RESULTS Mean age was 50 years, and average intake of total linolenic acid was 0.74 g/day. There was an inverse association between consumption of linolenic acid and QTrr and JTrr (p for trend 0.001 and 0.0005, respectively). From the lowest (reference) to the highest gender-, age-, and energy-adjusted tertile of linolenic acid, multivariable adjusted odds ratios for prolonged QTrr were 1.0, 0.74 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57 to 0.96), and 0.59 (95% CI 0.44 to 0.77), respectively (p for trend 0.0003). Corresponding values for JTrr were 1.0, 0.73 (95% CI 0.52 to 1.03), and 0.59 (95% CI 0.40 to 0.87), respectively (p for trend 0.009). Exclusion of subjects taking drugs known to influence QT did not influence this association. CONCLUSIONS Higher intake of dietary linolenic acid might be associated with a reduced risk of abnormally prolonged repolarization in men and women.
Evolution in Cardiovascular Care for Elderly Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results From the CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initiative
Creators: name: GIBLER, W. Brian
name: ALEXANDER, Karen
name: OHMAN, E. Magnus
name: POLLACK, Charles
name: CHEN, Anita
name: BODEN, William
name: LYTLE, Barbara
name: ROE, Matthew
name: CRUSADE Investigators
name: FOODY, Joanne
name: SMITH, Sidney
name: PETERSON, Eric
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the impact of age on care and outcomes for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS). BACKGROUND Recent clinical trials have expanded treatment options for NSTE ACS, now reflected in guidelines. Elderly patients are at highest risk, yet have previously been shown to receive less care than younger patients. METHODS In 56,963 patients with NSTE ACS at 443 U.S. hospitals participating in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines (CRUSADE) National Quality Improvement Initiative from January 2001 to June 2003, we compared use of guidelines-recommended care across four age groups: <65, 65 to 74, 75 to 84, and ≥85 years. A multivariate model tested for age-related differences in treatments and outcomes after adjusting for patient, provider, and hospital factors. RESULTS Of the study population, 35% were ≥75 years old, and 11% were ≥85 years old. Use of acute anti-platelet and anti-thrombin therapy within the first 24 h decreased with age. Elderly patients were also less likely to undergo early catheterization or revascularization. Whereas use of many discharge medications was similar in young and old patients, clopidogrel and lipid-lowering therapy remained less commonly prescribed in elderly patients. In-hospital mortality and complication rates increased with advancing age, but those receiving more recommended therapies had lower mortality even after adjustment than those who did not. CONCLUSIONS Age impacts use of guidelines-recommended care for newer agents and early in-hospital care. Further improvements in outcomes for elderly patients by optimizing the safe and early use of therapies are likely.
Research in Teacher Education: Volume 4, No.1, April 2014
Creators: name: Garby-Czerniawski, Gerry
name: Morris, David
name: Ayres, Daniel
name: Theodotou, Evgenia
name: Lewis, Elicia
name: Torbrand, Pepita
name: Etherington, Margaret
name: Wray, David
name: Miyata, Cathy
name: Trushell, John
name: Gordon, Shearon
name: Trimmer-Platman, T.
name: King, Grant
Publisher: name: The School of Education and Communities, University of East London
Year: 2014

description: The Research in Teacher Education publication is published twice a year by the School of Education and Communities, University of East London, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ. The periodical offers a forum for informed debate and discussion on all aspects of teacher education. The publication showcases work from the teacher education teams at the School of Education and Communities and the wider teacher education community in the UK.

The definition of ‘research’, in its broadest sense includes any gathering of data, information and ‘facts’ designed to advance knowledge. While nurturing and publicising the creative talent within teacher education the periodical seeks to stimulate, provoke and extend discussion and debate with other professionals associated with this field. In addition to contributions from the team of teacher educators at the School, each edition of Research in Teacher Education will publish research findings, book reviews and/or opinion pieces from guest writers associated with the School of Education and Communities.
Impaired Endothelial Function in Coronary Heart Disease Patients With Depressive Symptomatology
Creators: name: Waugh, Robert
name: Blumenthal, James
name: Watkins, Lana
name: Hinderliter, Alan
name: Sherwood, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess whether depressive symptomatology was associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). BACKGROUND In patients with CHD, the presence of depression is associated with a two to four times increased risk of mortality, but the disease pathways involved are uncertain. Endothelial dysfunction is an established risk factor for cardiovascular events in patients with CHD. METHODS Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery, a measure of endothelial function, was assessed in 143 patients (99 men, 44 women), ages 40 to 84 years (mean age, 63 ± 10 years), with documented CHD. RESULTS Patients with significant depressive symptomatology, as indicated by a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score ≥10 (n = 47) showed attenuated FMD (p = 0.001) compared with patients that were not depressed (BDI <10 n = 96). The use of antidepressant medication was associated with improved FMD (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The increased risk of cardiovascular events in CHD patients with elevated symptoms of depression may be mediated, in part, by endothelial dysfunction.
Spatiotemporal statistics of the turbulent piston-removed phase and Zernike coefficients for two distinct beams
Creators: name: Plantet, Cédric
name: Carlà, Giulia
name: Agapito, Guido
name: Busoni, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the context of adaptive optics for astronomy, one can rely on the statistics of the turbulent phase to assess a part of the system's performance. Temporal statistics with one source and spatial statistics with two sources are well-known and are widely used for classical adaptive optics systems. A more general framework, including both spatial and temporal statistics, can be useful for the analysis of the existing systems and to support the design of the future ones. In this paper, we propose an expression of the temporal cross power spectral densities of the turbulent phases in two distinct beams, that is from two different sources to two different apertures. We either consider the phase as it is, without piston, or as its decomposition on Zernike modes. The general formulas allow to cover a wide variety of configurations, from single-aperture to interferometric telescopes equipped with adaptive optics, with the possibility to consider apertures of different sizes and/or sources at a finite distance. The presented approach should lead to similar results with respect to existing methods in the Fourier domain, but it is focused on temporal frequencies rather than spatial ones, which might be convenient for some aspects such as control optimization. To illustrate this framework with a simple application, we demonstrate that the wavefront residual due to the anisoplanatism error in a single-conjugated adaptive optics system is overestimated when it is computed from covariances without taking into account the temporal filtering of the adaptive optics loop. We also show this overestimation in the case of a small-baseline interferometer, for which the two beams are significantly correlated.
description: \c{opyright} 2021 Optica Publishing Group. Users may use, reuse, and build upon the article, or use the article for text or data mining, so long as such uses are for non-commercial purposes and appropriate attribution is maintained. All other rights are reserved
Research in Teacher Education: Volume 11, No.2, November 2021
Creators: name: Garby-Czerniawski, Gerry
name: Brown-Wilsher, Paulet
name: Ahmed, F.
name: Williams, G.
name: Balmforth, Nicholas
name: Stephens, Karen
name: James, M.
Publisher: name: The School of Education and Communities, University of East London
Year: 2021

description: The Research in Teacher Education publication is published twice a year by the School of Education and Communities, University of East London, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ. The periodical offers a forum for informed debate and discussion on all aspects of teacher education. The publication showcases work from the teacher education teams at the School of Education and Communities and the wider teacher education community in the UK.

The definition of ‘research’, in its broadest sense includes any gathering of data, information and ‘facts’ designed to advance knowledge. While nurturing and publicising the creative talent within teacher education the periodical seeks to stimulate, provoke and extend discussion and debate with other professionals associated with this field. In addition to contributions from the team of teacher educators at the School, each edition of Research in Teacher Education will publish research findings, book reviews and/or opinion pieces from guest writers associated with the School of Education and Communities.
Broken translational and rotational symmetry via charge stripe order in underdoped YBCO
Creators: name: Comin, R.
name: Sutarto, R.
name: Neto, E. H. da Silva
name: Chauviere, L.
name: Liang, R.
name: Hardy, W. N.
name: Bonn, D. A.
name: He, F.
name: Sawatzky, G. A.
name: Damascelli, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Following the early discovery of stripe-like order in La-based copper-oxide superconductors, charge ordering instabilities were observed in all cuprate families. However, it has proven difficult to distinguish between uni- (stripes) and bi-directional (checkerboard) charge order in Y- and Bi-based materials. Here we use resonant x-ray scattering (RXS) to measure the two-dimensional structure factor in YBCO, in reciprocal space. Our data reveal the presence of charge stripe order, i.e. locally unidirectional density waves, suggesting it as the true microscopic nature of charge modulations in cuprates. At the same time, we find that the well-established competition between charge order and superconductivity is stronger for charge correlations across than along the stripes, which provides additional evidence for the intrinsic unidirectional nature of the charge order.
(102400) Llewellyn Overton
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Transitioning to Online Teaching and Learning: A Discussion of Barriers Faced by Educators and Students in Higher Education during a Global Pandemic
Creators: name: Brown-Wilsher, Paulet
Publisher: name: The School of Education and Communities, University of East London
Year: 2021

description: The Coronavirus pandemic and the resulting interruption of global education systems in more than 195 nations affected almost 1.8 billion students at all education levels. Strict measures including immediate lockdown and social- and self-distancing measures and policies were implemented. This sudden move has had a devastating and direct impact on schools, colleges and higher education institutions (HEIs), which led to closures (Huang et al., 2020), resulting in a 95% move from face-to-face teaching to online teaching and learning (Adnan & Anwar, 2020). This paper highlights some of the early educational barriers resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic by exploring them through Scholssberg et al. (1984) transition theory of 'moving in', 'moving through' and 'moving out' of a situation, which is, in this case, the pandemic.
Echocardiographic Image Quality Assessment Using Deep Neural Networks
Creators: name: Labs, Robert B.
name: Zolgharni, Massoud
name: Loo, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Echocardiography image quality assessment is not a trivial issue in transthoracic examination. As the in vivo examination of heart structures gained prominence in cardiac diagnosis, it has been affirmed that accurate diagnosis of the left ventricle functions is hugely dependent on the quality of echo images. Up till now, visual assessment of echo images is highly subjective and requires specific definition under clinical pathologies. While poor-quality images impair quantifications and diagnosis, the inherent variations in echocardiographic image quality standards indicates the complexity faced among different observers and provides apparent evidence for incoherent assessment under clinical trials, especially with less experienced cardiologists. In this research, our aim was to analyse and define specific quality attributes mostly discussed by experts and present a fully trained convolutional neural network model for assessing such quality features objectively.
Reconstruction of small-scale galaxy cluster substructure with lensing flexion
Creators: name: Cain, Benjamin
name: Bradac, Marusa
name: Levinson, Rebecca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a reconstructions of galaxy-cluster-scale mass distributions from simulated gravitational lensing data sets including strong lensing, weak lensing shear, and measurements of quadratic image distortions -- flexion. The lensing data is constructed to make a direct comparison between mass reconstructions with and without flexion. We show that in the absence of flexion measurements, significant galaxy-group scale substructure can remain undetected in the reconstructed mass profiles, and that the resulting profiles underestimate the aperture mass in the substructure regions by $\sim25-40\%$. When flexion is included, subhaloes down to a mass of $\sim3\times10^{12}$ M$_\odot$ can be detected at an angular resolution smaller than 10\arcsec. Aperture masses from profiles reconstructed with flexion match the input distribution values to within an error of $\sim13\%$, including both statistical error and scatter. This demonstrates the important constraint that flexion measurements place on substructure in galaxy clusters and its utility for producing high-fidelity mass reconstructions.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Submitted to MNRAS
The Implications of Blood Transfusions for Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results From the CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initiative
Creators: name: BRINDIS, Ralph
name: PETERSON, Eric
name: ALEXANDER, Karen
name: CHEN, Anita
name: RAO, Sunil
name: OHMAN, E. Magnus
name: ROE, Matthew
name: GIBLER, W. Brian
name: CRUSADE Investigators
name: XIN YANG
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: In a large contemporary population of patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS), we sought to describe blood transfusion rates (overall and in patients who did not undergo coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]), patient characteristics and practices associated with transfusion, variation among hospitals, and in-hospital outcomes in patients receiving transfusions.The use of antithrombotic agents and invasive procedures reduces ischemic complications but increases risks for bleeding and need for blood transfusion in patients with NSTE ACS.We evaluated patient characteristics and transfusion rates in the overall population (n = 85,111) and determined outcomes and factors associated with need for transfusion in a subpopulation of patients who did not undergo CABG (n = 74,271) from 478 U.S. hospitals between January 1, 2001, and March 31, 2004.A total of 14.9% of the overall and 10.3% of the non-CABG population underwent transfusion during their hospitalization. Renal insufficiency and advanced age were strongly associated with the likelihood of transfusion. Interhospital transfusion rates varied significantly. Non-CABG patients who received transfusions had a greater risk of death (11.5% vs. 3.8%) and death or reinfarction (13.4% vs. 5.8%) than patients who did not undergo transfusion.Transfusion is common in the setting of NSTE ACS, and patients who undergo transfusion are sicker at baseline and experience a higher risk of adverse outcomes than their nontransfused counterparts. Given the wide variation in transfusion practice, further efforts to understand patient and process factors that result in bleeding and need for transfusion in NSTE ACS are needed.
(102401) Gladys K Overton
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Educational Psychology in the Virtual World: A Small Study on Practice Adaptations During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Potential Benefits for Future Services
Creators: name: Greenblatt, Reiss
name: Gumbs, Stephanie
name: Lemboye, Sophie
name: Blanchard, Jo
name: Bunn, Helena
Publisher: name: School of Psychology, University of East London
Year: 2021

description: Educational psychologists (EPs) have made significant adaptations to their practice during the COVID-19 pandemic due to educational and practice restrictions in England. These adaptations, whilst facing many challenges, have also presented opportunities for growth within the profession. The current study gained a small group of EPs’ views of their experiences of working remotely through the completion of an online questionnaire. Subsequent data analysis found that EPs increased their confidence working remotely and using technology during the pandemic. The main changes reported by the participating EPs related to how they accessed clients and adapted their practice to suit remote working. Personal and professional successes were identified, and many EPs indicated it would be useful to continue some elements of remote working following the pandemic. An important area for future exploration would be to further investigate the benefits of remote working and gain the views of other stakeholders regarding their experiences of remote EP practice.
Individual project on theme " Matricaria L " (MOOC: CompTech in biology)
Creators: name: Potapova Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Данный кейс является результатом реализации индивидуального проекта Потаповой Анны по теме " Matricaria L " в рамках онлайн курса "Компьютерные технологии в биологии" (автор – А.В. Ваганов) (https://stepik.org/course/60859/promo)
CSI-COP Main Dissemination and Exploitation Event
Creators: name: Shah, Huma
name: Winter, Jaimz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Citizen Science
Citizen Scientists,
CSI-COP
GDPR

description: CSI-COP main dissemination and exploitation event held in Brussels presented the diverse group of male and female privacy champions, aged 18-over 65 to variety of stakeholders. The event also provided an opportunity to demonstrate the second iteration of the searchable, web-based repository of trackers in websites and apps innovated from the investigations by the project’s citizen scientists (Repository – csi-cop). Held across the week 23-26 May, CSI-COP consortium hosted sessions offering ten languages to online and in-person attendees learning about GDPR compliance in website cookie notices and app permissions. This deliverable report presents pictures from the vibrant event showcasing the importance of online personal data protection to members of the public from all walks of life. Stakeholders attending included Amit Ashkenazi (Legal Advisor of The Israel National Cyber Directorate which includes both the National Cyber Bureau and the National Cyber Security Authority in the Prime Minister's Office), Tzanetos Karantzis (the Ambassador for Greece in Brussels), Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou (Greek MEP in Brussels), Joan Raventós, (journalist from Catalan TV), Erika Gutmane and Tom Scott Redford (members of CEPIS: https://cepis.org/), Lenka Procházková, (Head of the Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research in Brussels: CZELO), Nathalie Marchand (of EBN: https://ebn.eu/), and Gabriella Leo (EU policymaker).
description: This deliverable presents CSI-COP main results dissemination and exploitation event in Brussels 23-26 May 2023. It featured the project's citizen scientists talking with stakeholders, and practical demonstrations of the repository tool - database of citizen scientists and researchers website and app investigations for GDPR compliance with respect to transparency and informed consent in cookie notices and privacy policies.
Ultracool white dwarfs and the age of the Galactic disc
Creators: name: Gianninas, A.
name: Curd, B.
name: Thorstensen, John R.
name: Kilic, Mukremin
name: Bergeron, P.
name: Andrews, Jeff J.
name: Canton, Paul
name: Agüeros, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present parallax observations and a detailed model atmosphere analysis of 54 cool and ultracool ($T_{\rm eff}$ < 4000 K) white dwarfs (WDs) in the solar neighbourhood. For the first time, a large number of cool and ultracool WDs have distance and tangential velocities measurements available. Our targets have distances ranging from 21 pc to >100 pc, and include five stars within 30 pc. Contrary to expectations, all but two of them have tangential velocities smaller than 150 km s$^{-1}$ thus suggesting Galactic disc membership. The oldest WDs in this sample have WD cooling ages of 10 Gyr, providing a firm lower limit to the age of the thick disc population. Many of our targets have uncharacteristically large radii, indicating that they are low mass WDs. It appears that we have detected the brighter population of cool and ultracool WDs near the Sun. The fainter population of ultracool CO-core WDs remain to be discovered in large numbers. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope should find these elusive, more massive ultracool WDs in the solar neighbourhood.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
A Preliminary Study on Using the “Little Box of Big Questions (2012)” for Children With Social, Emotional, Behavioural and Moderate Learning Needs
Creators: name: Robinson, Nina
name: Bunn, Helena
name: Gersch, Irvine
Publisher: name: School of Psychology, University of East London
Year: 2017

description: Listening to children is comprehensively acclaimed and embedded in Educational Psychology practice and moral, pragmatic and legal perspectives, and professional guidance exist to enforce this practice. Whilst a variety of tools have been explored for listening to children using various techniques, research is yet to focus on using philosophical/spiritual listening approaches with children with special educational needs. This paper targets this specific area by exploring the experiences and impact of using a spiritual listening tool, The Little Box of Big Questions (2012), and follow-up questions to enable reflection opportunities. Data was collected over four sessions with four children aged 13 to 14 with social, emotional, behavioural and moderate learning needs who attended a specialist school for moderate learning needs. Semi-structured interviews, alongside a teacher focus group, informed the thematic analysis, with findings suggesting that relationships, education and feelings about themselves and others not only play a role in students’ lives but are also areas of perceived improvements following the sessions. Implications for educational psychologists were discussed, including a greater understanding of the use and impact of The Little Box of Big Questions with children with special educational needs to elicit aspirations, enable goal setting and motivate change.
Acute Clopidogrel Use and Outcomes in Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Creators: name: Mehta, Rajendra
name: Cannon, Christopher
name: Pollack, Charles
name: Roe, Matthew
name: Smith, Sidney
name: Ferguson, T. Bruce
name: Mulgund, Jyotsna
name: Peterson, Eric
name: Ohman, E. Magnus
name: Gibler, W. Brian
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize patterns of clopidogrel use before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and examine the drug's impact on risks for postoperative transfusions among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS). BACKGROUND Adherence in community practice to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for clopidogrel use among NSTE ACS patients has not been previously characterized. METHODS We evaluated 2,858 NSTE ACS patients undergoing CABG at 264 hospitals participating in the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines) Initiative. We examined the patterns of acute clopidogrel therapy and its association with bleeding risks among those having early CABG ≤5 days and again among those having late surgery >5 days after catheterization. RESULTS Within 24 h of admission, 852 patients (30%) received clopidogrel. In contrast to national guidelines, 87% of clopidogrel-treated patients underwent CABG ≤5 days after treatment. Among those receiving CABG within ≤5 days of last treatment, the use of clopidogrel was associated with a significant increase in blood transfusions (65.0% vs. 56.9%, adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10 to 1.68) as well as the need for transfusion of ≥4 U of blood (27.7% vs. 18.4%, OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.32 to 2.19). In contrast, acute clopidogrel therapy was not associated with higher bleeding risks if CABG was delayed >5 days (adjusted OR 1.18, 95% CI 0.54 to 2.58). CONCLUSIONS Despite guideline recommendations, the overwhelming majority of NSTE ACS patients treated with acute clopidogrel needing CABG have their surgery within ≤5 days of treatment. A failure to delay surgery is associated with increased blood transfusion requirements that must be weighed against the potential clinical and economic impacts of such delays.
(102396) Thomas John Barnett
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Photometric and dynamic characterisation of active asteroid (248370) 2005 QN173
Creators: name: Novakovic, Bojan
name: Pavela, Debora
name: Hsieh, Henry H.
name: Marceta, Dusan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the physical and dynamical properties of the recently discovered active asteroid (248370) 2005 QN173 (aka 433P). From our observations, we derived two possible rotation period solutions of 2.7 and 4.1 hours. The corresponding light curve amplitudes computed after correcting for the effect of coma are 0.28 and 0.58 mag, respectively. Both period solutions are shorter than the critical rotation limit computed for a strengthless triaxial ellipsoid, suggesting that rotation mass shedding should at least partly be responsible for the observed activity. We confirm that the activity level is fading further, but at a very modest rate of only 0.006 mag/day, still also compatible with sublimation-driven activity. We found that 248370 likely belongs to the Themis asteroid family, making it a fourth main-belt comet associated with this group. Orbital characteristics of 248370 are also consistent with its origin in the young 288P cluster of asteroids. The 288P cluster is associated with its namesake main-belt comet, providing an exciting possibility for a comparative analysis of intriguing main-belt comets 248370 and 288P.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
What is the mass of alpha Cen B b?
Creators: name: Plavchan, Peter
name: Chen, Xi
name: Pohl, Garrett
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the possibility of constraining the sin i degeneracy of alpha Cen B b -- with orbital period P=3.24 d; a = 0.042 AU; msini = 1.1 M_earth -- to estimate the true mass of the newly reported terrestrial exoplanet in the nearest stellar system to our Sun. We present detailed numerical simulations of the dynamical stability of the exoplanet in the alpha Cen AB binary system for a range of initial inclinations, eccentricities, and semi-major axes. The system represents a benchmark case for the interplay of the Kozai mechanism, general relativistic and tidal forces. From our simulations, there is only a small boundary in initial inclinations and initial semi-major axes that result in the migration via the Kozai mechanism of alpha Cen B b to its present location. Inside this boundary, the planet orbit is stable for up to 1 Gyr against the Kozai mechanism, and outside this boundary the planet collides with alpha Cen B or is ejected. In our three simulations where the planet migrates in towards the star via the Kozai mechanism, the final inclination is 46-53 degrees relative to the AB orbital plane, lower than the initial inclination of 75 degrees in each case. We discuss inclination constraints from the formation of alpha Cen B b in situ at its present location, migration in a proto-planetary disk, or migration in resonance with additional planets. We conclude that alpha Cen B b probably has a mass of less than 2.7 M_earth, implying a likely terrestrial composition warranting future confirmation.
description: ApJ, accepted
Research in Teacher Education: Volume 1, No.2, October 2011
Creators: name: Garby-Czerniawski, Gerry
name: Lewis, Elicia
name: Amrane-Cooper, Linda
name: Meredith, Sarah
name: Woodage, Simon
name: Herrington, Neil
name: Welch, Gordon F.
name: Morrisey, Sheila
name: Gobalek, Charles
name: Coogan, Joy
name: Cattle, Erica
name: Brennan, Caroline
name: Lockwood, Daniel
Publisher: name: The School of Education and Communities, University of East London
Year: 2011

description: The Research in Teacher Education publication is published twice a year by the School of Education and Communities, University of East London, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ. The periodical offers a forum for informed debate and discussion on all aspects of teacher education. The publication showcases work from the teacher education teams at the School of Education and Communities and the wider teacher education community in the UK.

The definition of ‘research’, in its broadest sense includes any gathering of data, information and ‘facts’ designed to advance knowledge. While nurturing and publicising the creative talent within teacher education the periodical seeks to stimulate, provoke and extend discussion and debate with other professionals associated with this field. In addition to contributions from the team of teacher educators at the School, each edition of Research in Teacher Education will publish research findings, book reviews and/or opinion pieces from guest writers associated with the School of Education and Communities.
A Reasonably Gradual Type Theory
Creators: name: Maillard, Kenji
name: Lennon-Bertrand, Meven
name: Tabareau, Nicolas
name: Tanter, Éric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Gradualizing the Calculus of Inductive Constructions (CIC) involves dealing with subtle tensions between normalization, graduality, and conservativity with respect to CIC. Recently, GCIC has been proposed as a parametrized gradual type theory that admits three variants, each sacrificing one of these properties. For devising a gradual proof assistant based on CIC, normalization and conservativity with respect to CIC are key, but the tension with graduality needs to be addressed. Additionally, several challenges remain: (1) The presence of two wildcard terms at any type-the error and unknown terms-enables trivial proofs of any theorem, jeopardizing the use of a gradual type theory in a proof assistant; (2) Supporting general indexed inductive families, most prominently equality, is an open problem; (3) Theoretical accounts of gradual typing and graduality so far do not support handling type mismatches detected during reduction; (4) Precision and graduality are external notions not amenable to reasoning within a gradual type theory. All these issues manifest primally in CastCIC, the cast calculus used to define GCIC. In this work, we present an extension of CastCIC called GRIP. GRIP is a reasonably gradual type theory that addresses the issues above, featuring internal precision and general exception handling. GRIP features an impure (gradual) sort of types inhabited by errors and unknown terms, and a pure (non-gradual) sort of strict propositions for consistent reasoning about gradual terms. Internal precision supports reasoning about graduality within GRIP itself, for instance to characterize gradual exception-handling terms, and supports gradual subset types. We develop the metatheory of GRIP using a model formalized in Coq, and provide a prototype implementation of GRIP in Agda.
description: 27pages + 2pages bibliography
Elevated Liver Enzymes in Patients with COVID-19: Look, but Not Too Hard
Creators: name: Barritt, A. Sidney
name: Moon, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2020

description: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to infection with the virus termed SARS-CoV-2, has complicated the evaluation of elevated liver enzymes. Elevated liver enzymes occur in a median of 15% [1] and up to 58% [2] of patients with COVID-19. Though the most common patterns of liver enzyme abnormalities in patients with SARS-CoV-2 include elevated aminotransferases, with aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) typically 1–2 times the upper limit of normal [2], the prognostic significance of abnormal liver biochemistries remains uncertain. There are many potential contributing etiologies to elevated liver enzymes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 including direct liver injury, associated inflammatory responses, congestive hepatopathy, hepatic ischemia, drug-induced liver injury (DILI), and muscle breakdown [3, 4]. In one meta-analysis, an estimated 3% of patients had recognized chronic liver disease at the time of COVID-19 infection [5]. As a result, consultations for abnormal liver biochemistries in patients with COVID-19 are likely common and difficult to resolve. Clarifying a diagnosis is further complicated by the desire to limit exposure of staff assisting with or performing diagnostic testing (e.g., abdominal ultrasound or liver biopsy). In this context, there is need for more information on how best to evaluate these patients.
The C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N Ratio in Diffuse Molecular Clouds
Creators: name: Ritchey, Adam M.
name: Federman, Steven R.
name: Lambert, David L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first detection of C$^{15}$N in diffuse molecular gas from a detailed examination of CN absorption lines in archival VLT/UVES spectra of stars probing local diffuse clouds. Absorption from the C$^{15}$N isotopologue is confidently detected (at $\gtrsim4σ$) in three out of the four directions studied and appears as a very weak feature between the main $^{12}$CN and $^{13}$CN absorption components. Column densities for each CN isotopologue are determined through profile fitting, after accounting for weak additional line-of-sight components of $^{12}$CN, which are seen in the absorption profiles of CH and CH$^+$ as well. The weighted mean value of C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N for the three sight lines with detections of C$^{15}$N is $274\pm18$. Since the diffuse molecular clouds toward our target stars have relatively high gas kinetic temperatures and relatively low visual extinctions, their C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N ratios should not be affected by chemical fractionation. The mean C$^{14}$N/C$^{15}$N ratio that we obtain should therefore be representative of the ambient $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N ratio in the local interstellar medium. Indeed, our mean value agrees well with that derived from millimeter-wave observations of CN, HCN, and HNC in local molecular clouds.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
Attenuation of Wind Waves and Boat Wakes Across Living Shoreline Sills
Creators: name: Carter, Joey
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Living shorelines are a nature-based shoreline protection strategy, engineered to enhance ecological functionality while attenuating waves and reducing erosion. Submerged breakwaters, or sills, can be added to living shorelines to further attenuate wave energy by inducing breaking and through dissipation due to friction. However, designing an effective living shoreline is highly dependent on the wave environment. Here, the validity of a model of wave energy dissipation based on the conservation of energy flux has been analyzed, using data from three living shorelines located along the coast of North Carolina with varying sill structures. This study evaluated and optimized representations of breaking and friction within the model to improve the representation of sill features in living shorelines given different incident wave characteristics. The results of this study will ideally aid in the evaluation and design of living shorelines and direct future research of wave energy dissipation across dynamic topography.