cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Separation of K- and a-caseins by gel filtration
Creators: name: Nakahori, Chuichi
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Studies were conducted to observe the changes in gel filtration elution profiles of casein fractions due to temperature, pH, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) concentrations, and salts. Prom these results, the optimum conditions for separation were: I) elution with 5xI0ˉ³M borate buffer at pH 10 and room temperature to separate K-casein from acid casein; 2) elution with IxIO ˉ²M phosphate buffer at pH II and 4 C to separate K-casein from skimmilk; 3) elution with IxIOˉ³M SDS solution at room temperature to separate K- casein from acid casein and skimmilk; 4) elution with 5x10ˉ⁴M SDS solution at room temperature to separate α[subscript]si-casein from acid casein. Casein fractions were characterized for purity by acrylamide gel electrophoresis, sedimentation velocity centrifugation, stability of casein fractions in the presence of calcium ions, and sialic acid content. Compared to chemical preparations of casein fractions a reasonably pure K-casein fraction was obtained by gel filtration when eluted with buffers at pH 10 and pH II. Casein fractions obtained by SDS elution yielded α[subscript]si and K-caseins almost as pure as chemically prepared and purified caseins. However, considerable decrease in stabilizing ability was observed in K-casein eluted with SDS solution. It is possible that the decrease in stability is due to a binding of SDS with casein as the sulfur content of casein fractions prepared by the SDS methods was higher than that of chemically prepared casein fractions. There was slight variation in the sialic acid content of K-casein obtained by the different methods of preparations.
Structural relaxation in the hydrogen-bonding liquids N-methylacetamide and water studied by optical Kerr-effect spectroscopy
Creators: name: Turton, David A.
name: Wynne, Klaas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Structural relaxation in the peptide model N-methylacetamide (NMA) is studied experimentally by ultrafast optical Kerr-effect spectroscopy over the normal-liquid temperature range and compared to the relaxation measured in water at room temperature. It is seen that in both hydrogen-bonding liquids, beta relaxation is present and in each case it is found that this can be described by the Cole-Cole function. For NMA in this temperature range, the alpha and beta relaxations are each found to have an Arrhenius temperature dependence with indistinguishable activation energies. It is known that the variations on the Debye function, including the Cole-Cole function, are unphysical, and we introduce two general modifications: one allows for the initial rise of the function, determined by the librational frequencies, and the second allows the function to be terminated in the alpha relaxation.
An evaluation study of web monitoring : web monitoring vs. web crawling
Creators: name: Kim, YS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Nowadays people use web search engines to find information. Even though these engines endeavour to provide information in a complete and timely manner, there are significant delays and under-coverage in their services. However, people sometimes want to obtain new information from personally selected web pages without missing anything and with little delay. Web monitoring tries to fulfil this goal by revisiting the selected web pages frequently. Initially, web monitoring focused on the monitoring method, but then the research emphasis changed in order to address the problem of information overload and scheduling under limited resources. This dissertation focuses on the following research problems to improve the efficiency of web monitoring systems. Firstly, it analyses how efficiently a document classification system that uses an incremental knowledge acquisition method, called MCRDR (Multiple Classification Ripple-Down Rules), was used to resolve individual information overload problems. Secondly, it discusses how MCRDR knowledge bases, standard web search engines, and appropriate¬¨‚àë web page locating heuristics can be employed in unison to locate relevant monitoring web pages. Thirdly, it demonstrates that the web monitoring system exhibits better performance in respect of service coverage and delay than commercial web search engines. Lastly, it proposes a monitoring web page prioritization method that decides the orders of monitoring sequence using the estimated service coverage and delay of web search engines obtained by using various predictor variables identified from the web crawling policies and statistical regression methods.
Additional file 10 of MRE11:p.K464R mutation mediates olaparib resistance by enhancing DNA damage repair in HGSOC
Creators: name: Zhuang, Xucui
name: Xiao, Rourou
name: Fu, Yu
name: Yang, Bin
name: Fan, Junpeng
name: Lu, Funian
name: Qin, Tianyu
name: Yang, Xiaohang
name: Hu, Xingyuan
name: Yin, Jingjing
name: Li, Wenting
name: Kang, Xiaoyan
name: Chen, Gang
name: Hu, Dianxing
name: Sun, Chaoyang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 10
The kth Upper Bases of Primitive Non-powerful Signed Digraphs
Creators: name: Shao, Yanling
name: Shen, Jian
name: Gao, Yubin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C20, 05C50, 15A48

description: In this paper, we study the kth upper bases of primitive non-powerful signed digraphs. A bound on the kth upper bases of all primitive non-powerful signed digraphs is obtained, and the equality case of the bound is characterized. We also show that there exists "gap" in the kth upper base set of primitive non-powerful signed digraphs.
description: 8 Pages
The Toric Geometry of Triangulated Polygons in Euclidean Space
Creators: name: Howard, Benjamin
name: Manon, Christopher
name: Millson, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D20, 53D30, 14M25

description: Speyer and Sturmfels [SpSt] associated Gröbner toric degenerations $\mathrm{Gr}_2(\C^n)^{\tree}$ of $\mathrm{Gr}_2(\C^n)$ to each trivalent tree $\tree$ with $n$ leaves. These degenerations induce toric degenerations $M_{\br}^{\tree}$ of $M_{\br}$, the space of $n$ ordered, weighted (by $\br$) points on the projective line. Our goal in this paper is to give a geometric (Euclidean polygon) description of the toric fibers as stratified symplectic spaces and describe the action of the compact part of the torus as "bendings of polygons." We prove the conjecture of Foth and Hu [FH] that the toric fibers are homeomorphic to the spaces defined by Kamiyama and Yoshida [KY].
description: 41 pages, 10 figures
Ultimobranchial origin of calcitonin : a study based on ultimobranchial gland extracts.
Creators: name: Kueh, Yankoon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Acid extracts of the ultimobranchial glands of domestic fowl Gallus domestica and the dogfish Squalus suckleyi had a very potent hypocalcemic effect when injected into young rats, while extracts of the corresponding thyroid glands were devoid of such activity. The log. dose response paralleled that obtained with mammalian calcitonin preparations. The data indicate that the ultimobranchial gland, rather than the thyroid, is the source of calcitonin in these species.
Guest editors’ introduction to the special issue on procurement and public policy
Creators: name: Allen, Barbara
name: Hudon, PA
name: Schwartz, S
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: No description supplied
In Silico study of pyrazinamide derivatives in Mycobacterium tuberculosis PanD
Creators: name: Alvarado-Huayhuaz, Jesús Antonio
name: Rocio Ramirez Panti
name: Paucar, Christian Aliaga
name: Negron, Ana Cecilia Valderrama
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: PanD
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Molecular dynamics
Pyrazinamide
Pyrazinoic acid

description: Recent studies show the coupling of pyrazinoic acid in PanD from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, as the end goal of the pro-drug pyrazinamide. We have coupled pyrazinamide derivatives with PanD by means of docking and molecular dynamics, to evaluate the energetic effect and intermolecular interactions in the active site of this protein.
description: 5to Foro Internacional en Biología Computacional UNIANDES-FIBC5
Fibonacci numbers modulo cubes of primes
Creators: name: Sun, Zhi-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B39, 11B65, 05A10, 11A07

description: Let $p$ be an odd prime. It is well known that $F_{p-(\frac p5)}\equiv 0\pmod{p}$, where $\{F_n\}_{n\ge0}$ is the Fibonacci sequence and $(-)$ is the Jacobi symbol. In this paper we show that if $p\not=5$ then we may determine $F_{p-(\frac p5)}$ mod $p^3$ in the following way: $$\sum_{k=0}^{(p-1)/2}\frac{\binom{2k}k}{(-16)^k}\equiv\left(\frac{p}5\right)\left(1+\frac{F_{p-(\frac {p}5)}}2\right)\pmod{p^3}.$$ We also use Lucas quotients to determine $\sum_{k=0}^{(p-1)/2}\binom{2k}k/m^k$ modulo $p^2$ for any integer $m\not\equiv0\pmod{p}$; in particular, we obtain $$\sum_{k=0}^{(p-1)/2}\frac{\binom{2k}k}{16^k}\equiv\left(\frac3{p}\right)\pmod{p^2}.$$ In addition, we pose three conjectures for further research.
description: 21 pages. Final published version
Lasing in metamaterial nanostructures
Creators: name: Fang, Anan
name: Koschny, Thomas
name: Soukoulis, Costas M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A self-consistent computational scheme is presented for one dimensional (1D) and two dimensional (2D) metamaterial systems with gain incorporated into the nanostructures. The gain is described by a generic four-level system. The loss compensation and the lasing behavior of the metamaterial system with gain are studied. A critical pumping rate exists for compensating the losses of the metamaterial. There exists a wide range of input signals where the composite system behaves linearly. Nonlinearities arise for stronger signals due to gain depletion. The retrieved effective parameters are presented for one layer of gain embedded in two layers of Lorentz dielectric rods and split ring resonators with two different gain inclusions: (1) gain is embedded in the gaps only and (2) gain is surrounding the SRR. When the pumping rate increases, there is a critical pumping rate that the metamaterial system starts lasing.
description: 18 pages, 19 figures, submitted to Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
Stability of Multipole-mode Solitons in Thermal Nonlinear Media
Creators: name: Dong, Liangwei
name: Ye, Fangwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the stability of multipole-mode solitons in one-dimensional thermal nonlinear media. We show how the sample geometry impacts the stability of mutlipole-mode solitons and reveal that the tripole and quadrupole can be made stable in their whole domain of existence, provided that the sample width exceeds a critical value. In spite of such geometry-dependent soliton stability, we find that the maximal number of peaks in stable multipole-mode solitons in thermal media is the same as that in nonlinear materials with finite-range nonlocality.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. A
MPEC 2023-Y37 : 2023 XE18
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 XE18

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Termination and storage requirements in a model for parallel computations
Creators: name: Schnapp, Ivan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This paper deals with a graph-theoretic model for parallel computations as formulated by Karp and Miller. A necessary condition and a sufficient condition for self-termination of loops with unit loop gain are presented. For the special case that W=U the necessary and sufficient condition is derived. A direct procedure for testing termination properties of strongly connected graphs is presented. A method due to Reiter, for determining the maximum storage required for a computation graph, is extended to cover the general case.
The basic paradoxes of statistical classical physics and the quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Kupervasser, Oleg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Statistical classical mechanics and quantum mechanics are developed and well-known theories that represent a basis for modern physics. The two described theories are well known and have been well studied. As these theories contain numerous paradoxes, many scientists doubt their internal consistencies. However, these paradoxes can be resolved within the framework of the existing physics without the introduction of new laws. To clarify the paper for the inexperienced reader, we include certain necessary basic concepts of statistical physics and quantum mechanics in this paper without the use of formulas. Exact formulas and explanations are included in the Appendices. The text is supplemented by illustrations to enhance the understanding of the paper. The paradoxes underlying thermodynamics and quantum mechanics are also discussed. The approaches to the solutions of these paradoxes are suggested. The first approach is dependent on the influence of the external observer (environment), which disrupts the correlations in the system. The second approach is based on the limits of the self-knowledge of the system for the case in which both the external observer and the environment are included in the considered system. The concepts of observable dynamics, ideal dynamics, and unpredictable dynamics are introduced. The phenomenon of complex (living) systems is contemplated from the point of view of these dynamics.
description: 168 pages,32 figures, text is written in English and in Russian. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:0911.2610, arXiv:nlin/0508025
Developing a coastal policy : a study of the Sorell coastal area
Creators: name: Millington, RJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This report seeks to develop a policy for the sound environmental management of an area of the Sorell Coastline in South East Tasmania. The basic philosophy of such a policy is discussed and appropriate environmental data specific to the area is presented, along with an assessment of future environmental hazards. Particular attributes of the Sorell Coastal Area are highlighted and information pertinent to the administrative setting, within which such a policy must be implemented, is given. A future scenario for the Sorell Coastal Area is developed and general and site specific recommendations compatible with such a role are prescribed together with some guidance on policy implementation.
Pathway of D$^{+}$ in Sequential Double Ionization of D$_2$ in an Intense Laser Pulse
Creators: name: Vafaee, Mohsen
name: Shokri, Babak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the details of the pathway for dissociative ionization process of ground electronic state of aligned D$^{+}_{2}$ due to first ionization of D$_2$ in short ($\thicksim$100 fs) and intense ($4.0\times10^{14}$ W cm$^{-2}$) 480 nm laser pulses. The initial vibrational state of D$^{+}_{2}$ comes from the vertical transformation of the ground state of D$_{2}$. The initial wavepacket in the ground electronic state of D$_{2}^{+}$ is outgoing through dissociation-ionization channel accompanied by a strong coupling between $1s σ_{g}$ and $2p σ_{u}$ electronic states. We show explicitly that the transition from the coupling states $1s σ_{g}$ and $2p σ_{u}$ to the ionization state is not a direct transition but takes place through other intermediate states with some dissociation energy that results in the internuclear distribution of the ionization to move considerably to larger internuclear distances.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
Review: C. Mitch, E. Sri, Ewangelia według św. Mateusza. Katolicki Komentarz do Pisma Świętego (orig. The Gospel According to St Matthew: Catholic Commentary to the Holy Scriptures), trans. E. Litak, W drodze, Poznań 2019, pp. 428
Creators: name: Rosik, Mariusz
Publisher: name: Wrocław Theological Review
Year: 2020

description: Wrocław Theological Review, Vol 28 No 1 (2020)
Compton scattering off elementary spin 3/2 particles
Creators: name: Delgado-Acosta, E. G.
name: Napsuciale, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate Compton scattering off an elementary spin 3/2 particle in a recently proposed framework for the description of elementary high spin fields based on the projection onto eigen-subspaces of the Casimir operators of the Poincare group. We also calculate this process in the conventional Rarita-Schwinger formalism. Both formalisms yield the correct Thomson limit but the predictions for the angular distribution and total cross section differ beyond this point. We point out that the average squared amplitudes in the forward direction for Compton scattering off targets with spin s = 0, 1/2, 1 are energy-independent and have the common value 4e^4. As a consequence, in the rest frame of the particle the differential cross section for Compton scattering in the forward direction is energy independent and coincides with the classical squared radius. We show that these properties are also satisfied by a spin 3/2 target in the Poincare projector formalism but not by the Rarita-Schwinger spin 3/2 particle.
Sustainable harvest of lobster pueruli : a way forward for rock lobster aquaculture
Creators: name: Mills, DJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: A major impediment to the development of spiny lobster aquaculture has been the inability to rear lobsters from eggs, through the delicate larval stages, to the settling puerulus stage. An alternative is to harvest pueruli from the wild for commercial on-growing. However, wild harvest of pueruli can potentially have a deleterious effect on the adult lobster fishery. Research presented here investigates both the feasibility and sustainability of an industry based on the harvest of southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) pueruli. Pueruli were found to settle on a diverse range of substrata. Cheap, lightweight puerulus collectors constructed from readily available materials, such as trawl netting and shade cloth, proved to be significantly more cost-effective for large-scale harvest than collectors currently in use for scientific monitoring of puerulus settlement. A system of 'reseeding' wild habitat with hatchery-reared juveniles was evaluated as a method of ensuring sustainability of wild populations. Reseeding involves the release of a portion of ongrown ( na'ive) juveniles after one year to compensate for those that would have survived in the wild, and its success is predicated on high survival among released juveniles. Naive juvenile lobsters tracked acoustically behaved in a similar manner to wild animals, sheltering in appropriate hides during the day, often co-habiting with wild conspecifics, and then moving at night. The highest levels of activity occurred in the 12 h following release, while the distances moved by individual lobsters declined rapidly after this initial period. Stomach contents of tracked lobsters recaptured after 11 days revealed that na'ive lobsters adapted well to wild food sources, although their diet differed from that of wild lobsters. Mortality rates of tethered juvenile lobsters varied substantially between sites in southeastern Tasmania. However, these differences were not significant once results were corrected for experimental artefacts associated with differences in the predator assemblages among sites. Video footage of tethering trials showed that large wrasse and small octopus were the major predators of juvenile lobsters. Crabs and large lobsters also captured tethered juveniles, however experiments in a mesocosm showed that these captures were artefacts of tethering. Survival of naive lobsters estimated from mark-recapture trials was generally equivalent to that of tagged wild lobsters. An exception was where lobsters were released onto a small area of isolated patch-reef. Here, naive lobsters tended to ignore reef boundaries, moving away from shelter and onto sand. These results suggest that by following simple criteria in the selection of release sites, mortality among released naive lobsters is minimal, and equivalent to that of wild juveniles at the same stage. The overall conclusion is that reseeding is an effective method of compensating for puerulus harvest.
Review: T. Tułodziecki, Tożsamość nowego Izraela w Księdze Zachariasza (New Israel’s Identity in the Book of Zechariah), serie: Scripta Theologica Thoruniensia 33, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2014, pp. 342
Creators: name: Rosik, Mariusz
Publisher: name: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
Year: 2020

description: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol 28 No 1 (2020)
Evolution and Nucleosynthesis of Extremely Metal Poor & Metal-Free Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars I: Stellar Yield Tables and the CEMPs
Creators: name: Campbell, S. W.
name: Lattanzio, J. C.
name: .
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [Abridged] We calculate the structural evolution and nucleosynthesis of a grid of models covering the metallicity range: -6.5 < [Fe/H] < -3.0 (plus Z=0), and mass range: 0.85 < M < 3.0 Msun, amounting to 20 stars in total. In this paper, the first of a series describing and analysing this large data set, we present the resulting stellar yields. Many of the models experience violent nuclear burning episodes not seen at higher metallicities. We refer to these events as `Dual Flashes'. These events have also been reported by previous studies. Some of the material processed by the Dual Flashes is dredged up causing significant surface pollution with a distinct chemical composition. We also analyse the yields in terms of C and N, comparing them to the observed CEMP abundances. At the lowest metallicities ([Fe/H] < -4.0) we find the yields to contain ~1 to 2 dex too much carbon, in agreement with all previous studies. At higher metallicities ([Fe/H] = -3.0), where the observed data set is much larger, all our models produce yields with [C/Fe] values consistent with those observed in the most C-rich CEMPs. However it is only the low-mass models that undergo the Dual Shell Flash (which occurs at the start of the TPAGB) that can best reproduce the C and N observations. Normal Third Dredge-Up can not reproduce the observations because at these metallicities intermediate mass models (M > 2 Msun) suffer HBB which converts the C to N thus lowering [C/N] well below the observations, whilst if TDU were to occur in the low-mass (M < 1 Msun) models (we do not find it to occur in our models), the yields would be expected to be C-rich only, which is at odds with the `dual pollution' of C and N generally observed in the CEMPs.
description: 8 pages, Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Yield tables are freely available at the CDS via this link: http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/A+A/490/769/
Obtaining the Time Evolution for Spherically Symmetric Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi Models Given Data on Our Past Light Cone
Creators: name: Araujo, M. E.
name: Stoeger, W. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A rigorous demonstration that given appropriate data on our past light cone leads to the determination of the metric functions and all their time derivatives on our past light cone is presented, thus showing how to evolve the solution we obtain from data on the light cone off it in a well-defined and straightforward way. It also automatically gives a procedure for constructing the solution for all spherically symmetric, inhomogeneous cosmological Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi models in observational coordinates as a Taylor series in time of however many terms we need. Our procedure takes into account the essential data giving the maximum of the observer area (angular-diameter) distance, and the redshift $z_{max}$ at which that occurs. This enables the determination of the vacuum-energy density $μ_Λ$, which would otherwise remain undetermined.
description: 21 pages
Interview with Elena Andresen, Ph.D.
Creators: name: Oregon Health & Science University
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: Epidemiology
Chronic Disease
Disability Studies
Aging
Organization and Administration
Oregon--Portland

description: Elena Andresen, Ph.D., reflects on her upbringing in Seattle and the foundational education that first led her to oceanography, then to studying Spanish and history. She shifted to epidemiology partly by chance after applying to a research assistant position at the University of Washington because it provided the enticing benefit of health insurance. Beating out other applicants who already had been educated epidemiology, she stood out due to her real-world background in managing research and gathering data. From this experience, she went on to pursue a Ph.D. in epidemiology, focusing her career on and aging and the outcomes--rather than solely the prevention of--chronic diseases and disabilities. In addition to being an educator and mentor, Andresen has served in administrative leadership roles, including as interim dean of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and as the provost of OHSU.
title: Becoming Immune to the Competition: Global Trade Flow and Characteristics of Major Exporters of Immunological Products
Creators: name: Tellios, Demi
name: Letostak, Maureen
name: Catalano, Jennifer
Publisher: name: United States International Trade Commission
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05hsggr76
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2022

description: Immunological products have emerged as efficacious therapies in several fields, including autoimmune
disease and cancer. The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States defines these products as
peptides and proteins which are directly involved in immunological processes, such as monoclonal
antibodies (mAbs), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates, and antibody fragment conjugates.
Immunological products had a global export value of $161.1 billion in 2020. The top exporters in the
world by share of total exports were Switzerland (23 percent), Ireland (19 percent), and Germany (15
percent). The countries with the top trade balances as net exporters were Ireland ($27.5 billion), Switzerland ($25.8 billion), the Netherlands ($3.9 billion, possible Rotterdam effect), and Germany ($3.3 billion). The focus of this study is on the top global net exporters with the addition of the top global net importer, the United States. Analysis reveals the top net exporting country characteristics included low corporate tax rates on immunological products, investor backing, incentivizing legislation, advantageous partnerships, and the establishment of specialized manufacturing facilities.
Histochemical study of an esterase and a "Tween" lipase in arteries and other tissues under the influence of certain factors related to atherosclerosis
Creators: name: Orchard, Reynold Graham
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Nonspecific esterase, and in some cases a "Tween" lipase, were investigated histochemically in arteries and several other tissues of rats and rabbits under various conditions known to affect the development of atherosclerosis: age and sex differences, endocrine and metabolic factors (sex steroids, thyroid function, alloxan diabetes, and fasting), arterial injury, and acute and chronic lipemia. A study of the above enzymes was also made in atherosclerotic rabbit and human aortae. Of the several nonvascular tissues studied, only the enzymes of the male gonads and a male accessory sex organ (the prostate) were influenced by some of the experimental conditions tested: maturation greatly increased the activity of both enzymes in the Leydig cells of the testis, and stilbestrol markedly diminished the esterase activity in the prostate epithelium. Thus, in certain reproductive organs, the enzymes reflected the functional state of the cells under investigation. The following findings were made concerning the enzymes of the arterial wall: 1. Neither of the enzymes was influenced by ageing or sex difference in the rat, rabbit or human. 2. Neither of the enzymes was influenced by sex hormones, acute or chronic lipemia, or any of the metabolic conditions studied in the rat. 3. Esterase disappeared from the foci of acute arterial injury induced by Calciferol treatment in the rat and did not reappear six weeks after infliction of the injury. 4. Strong esterase activity appeared in the cytoplasm of lipo-phages within both human and experimental rabbit atherosclerotic lesions, in contrast to the normal arterial wall which exhibited no esterase activity at all in either species with the methods used. 5. Esterase was absent from the superficial fibrous cap of the human atherosclerotic lesion. It is concluded that: In the rat arteries, which normally exhibit appreciable esterolytic activity, this enzyme appears to be quite stable since it is not visibly modified by ageing or a series of endocrine and metabolic influences; it is, however, drastically diminished by acute vascular injury and this may account, at least in part, for the well known preferential accumulation of lipids in foci of acute arterial damage. In the rabbit arteries, which normally exhibit no histochemically demonstrable esterase, appreciable esterolytic activity appears only within the cytoplasm of cells that have taken up lipid after exposure to chromic lipemia (foam cells of atheromata). Similarly, in human atheromata esterase appeared only in foam cells and was absent from the fibrous cap of the atherosclerotic lesions; thus the absence of lipid from the cap cannot be attributed to increased enzyme activity in this part of the lesion.
Moral pressure groups and the process of value implementation : a case study of the abortion debate
Creators: name: Morehead, Alison F
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis analyses the distinctive characteristics of moral pressure groups and evaluates their contribution to the process of value implementation. The abortion debate is examined as an example of a moral debate involving the participation of moral pressure groups. The emergence of a system where values become elaborated around moral issues is outlined. The analysis begins with a review of the current literatures that deal with moral pressure groups and moral issues. The review concludes that the concepts and theoretical frameworks used in the literatures are incapable of distinguishing moral pressure groups from other types of pressure groups, despite claims within the literatures that moral pressure groups are distinct Components of Talcott Parsons' theory are discussed and it is concluded that his theory offers the researcher specific advantages for studying processes of social transformation. His concepts are used as the basis for the development of a new framework suitable for understanding the activities of moral pressure groups. An adaptation of Parsons' model of the social system is presented (Figure 2) that contains several new concepts with which to understand the distinctive characteristics of moral pressure groups and moral issues. Figure 2 locates the activities of moral pressure groups in a wider system of participation in moral debates. This model is then reformulated specifically in terms of the abortion debate (Figure 3). A discussion of the abortion debate in Australia includes an explanation of how and why abortion came to be debated as a moral issue. This discussion also identifies the major participants in the debate other than pressure groups and locates them within the model. The activities of seven Hobart abortion pressure groups are then examined at length in a case study. The case study concludes that members of these moral pressure groups are operating as moral entrepreneurs rather than as political actors. The thesis suggests how the Hobart abortion pressure groups can increase their chances of success. The applicability of the framework to other moral debates and groups is discussed. The benefits of using Parsons' theory to examine empirical processes are outlined.
Differences in internalized HIV stigma across subpopulations of people with HIV in care across the United States
Creators: name: Delaney, Joseph A.C.
name: Fredericksen, Rob J.
name: Keruly, Jeanne C.
name: Cachay, Edward
name: Ma, Jimmy
name: Johnson, Mallory O.
name: Crawford, Timothy N.
name: Bamford, Laura
name: Chander, Geetanjali
name: Moore, Richard D.
name: Nance, Robin M.
name: Christopoulos, Katerina
name: Napravnik, Sonia
name: Mixson, L. Sarah
name: Willig, Amanda L.
name: Dai, Mindy
name: Drumright, Lydia N.
name: Whitney, Bridget M.
name: Kitahata, Mari M.
name: Crane, Heidi M.
name: Saag, Michael S.
name: Eron, Joseph J.
name: Hahn, Andrew
name: Mayer, Kenneth H.
name: Ruderman, Stephanie A.
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2024

description: BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined which subgroups of people with HIV (PWH) carry the greatest burden of internalized HIV stigma (IHS), which may be important to care provision and interventions.
METHODS: PWH in the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) longitudinal, US-based, multisite, clinical care cohort completed tablet-based assessments during clinic visits including a four-item, Likert scale (low 1-5 high), IHS instrument. Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and IHS scores were assessed in adjusted linear regression models.
RESULTS: Twelve thousand six hundred and fifty-six PWH completed the IHS assessment at least once from February 2016 to November 2022, providing 28 559 IHS assessments. At baseline IHS assessment, the mean age was 49 years, 41% reported White, 38% Black/African American, and 16% Latine race/ethnicity, and 80% were cisgender men. The mean IHS score was 2.04, with all subgroups represented among those endorsing IHS. In regression analyses, younger PWH and those in care fewer years had higher IHS scores. In addition, cisgender women vs. cisgender men, PWH residing in the West vs. the Southeast, and those with sexual identities other than gay/lesbian had higher IHS scores. Compared with White-identifying PWH, those who identified with Black/African American or Latine race/ethnicity had lower IHS scores. Age stratification revealed patterns related to age category, including specific age-related differences by gender, geographic region and race/ethnicity.
DISCUSSION: IHS is prevalent among PWH, with differential burden by subgroups of PWH. These findings highlight the benefits of routine screening for IHS and suggest the need for targeting/tailoring interventions to reduce IHS among PWH.
A Coupled Markov Chain Approach to Credit Risk Modeling
Creators: name: Wozabal, David
name: Hochreiter, Ronald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: Portfolio Management (q-fin.PM)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We propose a Markov chain model for credit rating changes. We do not use any distributional assumptions on the asset values of the rated companies but directly model the rating transitions process. The parameters of the model are estimated by a maximum likelihood approach using historical rating transitions and heuristic global optimization techniques. We benchmark the model against a GLMM model in the context of bond portfolio risk management. The proposed model yields stronger dependencies and higher risks than the GLMM model. As a result, the risk optimal portfolios are more conservative than the decisions resulting from the benchmark model.
MPEC 2023-Y38 : 2023 YH
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 YH

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Tilted two-fluid Bianchi type I models
Creators: name: Sandin, Patrik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we investigate expanding Bianchi type I models with two tilted fluids with the same linear equation of state, characterized by the equation of state parameter w. Individually the fluids have non-zero energy fluxes w.r.t. the symmetry surfaces, but these cancel each other because of the Codazzi constraint. We prove that when w=0 the model isotropizes to the future. Using numerical simulations and a linear analysis we also find the asymptotic states of models with w>0. We find that future isotropization occurs if and only if $w \leq 1/3$. The results are compared to similar models investigated previously where the two fluids have different equation of state parameters.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures
Review: J. Merecki SDS, Osoba i dobro. Szkice o teologii i filozofii osoby Karola Wojtyły – Jana Pawła II (Person and Good. Sketches on the Theology and Philosophy of Person According to Karol Wojtyła), John Paul II Institute, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2019
Creators: name: Tupikowski, Jerzy
Publisher: name: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
Year: 2020

description: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol 28 No 1 (2020)
Quantum oscillations in a topological insulator Bi_{1-x}Sb_{x}
Creators: name: Taskin, A. A.
name: Ando, Yoichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied transport and magnetic properties of Bi_{1-x}Sb_x, which is believed to be a topological insulator - a new state of matter where an insulating bulk supports an intrinsically metallic surface. In nominally insulating Bi_{0.91}Sb_{0.09} crystals, we observed strong quantum oscillations of the magnetization and the resistivity originating from a Fermi surface which has a clear two-dimensional character. In addition, a three-dimensional Fermi surface is found to coexist, which is possibly due to an unusual coupling of the bulk to the surface. This finding demonstrates that quantum oscillations can be a powerful tool to directly probe the novel electronic states in topological insulators.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Immunochemical studies with natural gastrin
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter Charles Patterson
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The antral hormone gastrin has generally been regarded as a non antigenic molecule necessitating its conjugation with a large "carrier” to be an effective inducer of antibody. Such conjugation has normally taken the form of covalent binding to a highly antigenic molecule or ionic binding to an inert particle. Alternatively, some success has been achieved by the injection of impure antral extracts. This report describes four approaches to the problem of the induction of antibodies specific for gastrin. Initially, natural hog gastrin was obtained after the procedure of Gregory and Tracy (1964). The pure active hormone was modified by alkaline hydrolysis to liberate an N-terminal amino group for covalent conjugation. The modified gastrin, however, was not specifically identified or isolated in quantity. Consequently, pure and impure antral extracts, hemocyanin-bound synthetic human gastrin and latex-bound gastrin were applied to a variety of animals. Passive hemagglutination tests in ducks revealed titres of 400 to 1600 to both the pure and impure extracts but a series of four injections of pure gastrin into an antrectomized rabbit failed to raise detectable antibody. Injections of 3 mg. of SHG bound to hemocyanin was unsuccessful; antibody titre to the carrier molecule was high but no specificity appeared to be directed to the synthetic hapten. The immunization of chickens with latex-bound natural gastrin was more fruitful. Although a number of precipitin tests established the presence of antibodies to gastrin, it was apparent that the assay was inadequate as a sensitive test for the bivalent antigen. Furthermore, the antibody titre was not sufficiently high to be successfully applied to a radioimmunoassay.
Autofiction and the absent self: representing trauma in life writing
Creators: name: Caward, Clinton
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The aim of this creative-led thesis is to develop a hybrid novel informed by life writing strategies to explore the experience of living with the eye disorder congenital nystagmus. One vital characteristic of that experience is the self-consciousness and shame related to being physically stigmatised, and the desire to conceal the vulnerable emotions associated with that stigma. This thesis began by asking if it was possible, within a life-writing context, to find a narrative strategy that allowed for the social dimension of living with nystagmus to be represented, but in a form which limited the exposure of personal emotional content. Rachel Cusk’s novel Outline also began with her seeking a way to mitigate personal revelation within the memoir form. Cusk asked herself the question; how can you speak without presenting yourself as a target? How can a life-writer exploit the material details of her own life whilst remaining hidden? The exegetical component of this research analyses Cusk’s Outline to gauge the efficacy of writing a trauma narrative using a narrator who does not reveal personal emotional content. I examine Cusk’s various strategies of self-effacement and place a critique of what I have termed her ‘absent narrator’ within the broader analysis of her entire oeuvre. This exegesis constitutes the first in-depth analysis of the development of the ‘absent narrator’ throughout Cusk’s body of work, while the creative component of this thesis tests the effectiveness of this narrative perspective for telling a personal story in a life-writing context.
Systematic study of the symmetry energy coefficient in finite nuclei
Creators: name: Mei, H.
name: Huang, Y.
name: Yao, J. M.
name: Chen, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The symmetry energy coefficients in finite nuclei have been studied systematically with a covariant density functional theory (DFT) and compared with the values calculated using several available mass tables. Due to the contamination of shell effect, the nuclear symmetry energy coefficients extracted from the binding energies have large fluctuations around the nuclei with double magic numbers. The size of this contamination is shown to be smaller for the nuclei with larger isospin value. After subtracting the shell effect with the Strutinsky method, the obtained nuclear symmetry energy coefficients with different isospin values are shown to decrease smoothly with the mass number $A$ and are subsequently fitted to the relation $\dfrac{4a_{\rm sym}}{A}=\dfrac{b_v}{A}-\dfrac{b_s}{A^{4/3}}$. The resultant volume $b_v$ and surface $b_s$ coefficients from axially deformed covariant DFT calculations are $121.73$ and $197.98$ MeV respectively. The ratio $b_s/b_v=1.63$ is in good agreement with the value derived from the previous calculations with the non-relativistic Skyrme energy functionals. The coefficients $b_v$ and $b_s$ corresponding to several available mass tables are also extracted. It is shown that there is a strong linear correlation between the volume $b_v$ and surface $b_s$ coefficients and the ratios $b_s/b_v$ are in between $1.6-2.0$ for all the cases.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures
Review: M. Prusak, Bioetyka dla farmaceuty (Bioetics for Farmacist), Bernardinum, Pelplin 2018, pp. 165
Creators: name: Reroń, Tadeusz Stanisław
Publisher: name: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
Year: 2020

description: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol 28 No 1 (2020)
O. Piotr Piasecki OMI, Medytacja chrześcijańska. Antropologicznoteologiczne podstawy w perspektywie duchowości azjatyckiej, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Poznań 2008, ss. 135 [Studia i Materiały, 114].
Creators: name: Lubowicki, Kazimierz
Publisher: name: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
Year: 2020

description: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol 17 No 1 (2009)
Do the fundamental constants change with time ?
Creators: name: Kanekar, Nissim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Comparisons between the redshifts of spectral lines from cosmologically-distant galaxies can be used to probe temporal changes in low-energy fundamental constants like the fine structure constant and the proton-electron mass ratio. In this article, I review the results from, and the advantages and disadvantages of, the best techniques using this approach, before focussing on a new method, based on conjugate satellite OH lines, that appears to be less affected by systematic effects and hence holds much promise for the future.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures. This is an electronic version of an invited review article for Mod. Phys. Lett. A, published as [Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 23, No. 32, 2008, pp. 2711] (copyright World Scientific Publishing Company; http://www.worldscientific.com/)
Jacek Wojtysiak, Dlaczego istnieje raczej coś niż nic? Analiza problemu w kontekście dyskusji we współczesnej filozofii analitycznej, TN KUL, Lublin 2008, ss. 479.
Creators: name: Tupikowski, Jerzy
Publisher: name: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
Year: 2020

description: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol 17 No 1 (2009)
Jacek Kiciński CMF, Powołanie – Konsekracja – Misja. Personalistyczny aspekt teologii życia konsekrowanego we współczesnym Magisterium Kościoła, PWT, Wrocław 2008, ss. 262
Creators: name: Rychlicki, Czesław
Publisher: name: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
Year: 2020

description: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol 17 No 1 (2009)