cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Compiler-directed program-fault coverage for highly available Java internet services
Creators: name: Fu, Chen
name: Martin, Richard P.
name: Nagaraja, Kiran
name: Nguyen, Thu
name: Ryder, Barbara G.
name: Wonnacott, David
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2003

description: We present a new approach that uses compiler-directed fault-injection for coverage testing of recovery code in Internet services, to evaluate their robustness to operating system and I/O hardware faults. We define a set of program-fault coverage metrics that enable quantification of Java catch blocks exercised during fault-injection experiments. We use compiler analyses to instrument application code in two ways: to direct fault injection to occur at appropriate points during execution, and to measure the resulting coverage. As a proof of concept for these ideas, we have applied our techniques manually to Muffin, a proxy server; we obtained a high degree of coverage of catch blocks, with on average 85% of the expected faults per catch being experienced as caught exceptions.
Organizational support for frontline harm reduction and systems navigation work among workers with living and lived experience: qualitative findings from British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Greer, Arthur G.
name: Buxton, Jane A.
name: Pauly, D. (Daniel)
name: Bungay, Vicky
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background The inclusion of people with lived and living experience of substance use is essential to effective and client-centered harm reduction services and strategies. The aim of this study is to critically examine and characterize peer worker roles and the definition, recognition, and support for these roles within harm reduction organizations. Methods Fifteen interviews were conducted with peer workers—people with lived and living experience of substance use engaged in harm reduction service delivery—in British Columbia, Canada. An interpretive descriptive approach to data analysis was used to generate themes that best illustrated the roles of peer workers. Findings Two interrelated and overarching themes are presented: (1) peer work in practice; (2) organizational support. Our findings illustrate that peer work is incredibly complex and demanding, requiring peers to be at the forefront of support within their communities while simultaneously navigating the oppressive structures within which they work. While peer workers found a high degree of purpose and meaning in their day-to-day work, their roles lacked definition within organizations, which produced feelings of ineffectiveness and being undervalued. A lack of organizational understanding and recognition of their roles was evident from unclear "peer" role titles, a lack of role communication and expectations, the representation of experiential knowledge, and a lack of role support and training. Conclusions These findings may help harm reduction organizations understand peer work and worker roles which may inform and promote equity in future harm reduction initiatives that include people with living and lived experience of substance use.
Assessment of Self-Archiving in Institutional Repositories: Depositorship and Full-Text Availability
Creators: name: Xia, Jingfeng
name: Sun, Li
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Institutional repositories
Self-archiving
IR
Open access publishing

description: This research evaluates the success of open access self-archiving in several well-known institutional repositories. Two assessment factors have been applied to examine the current practice of self-archiving: depositorship and the availability of full text. This research discovers that the rate of author self-archiving is low and that the majority of documents have been deposited by a librarian or administrative staff. Similarly, the rate of full-text availability is relatively low, except for Australian repositories. By identifying different practices of self-archiving, repository managers can create new strategies for the operation of their repositories and the development of archiving policies.
title: Phytochemical Screening, Total Phenolic and Flavonoid Contents, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities from Twig Crude Extracts of Bouea burmanica Griff.
Creators: name: Pattawat Seekhaw
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Phytochemicals
Antioxidant activity
Cytotoxicity
Bouea burmanica Griff.

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 1.-14.
A conceptual model for tracking the provenance of activities in knowledge organization systems
Creators: name: Choi, Inkyung
name: Cheng, Yi-Yun
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2024
Subjects: provenance
Knowledge Organization Systems
conceptual model
Dewey Decimal Classification

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual model, ProvKOS, for tracking the provenance of change activities in a Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS). By extending current provenance practices, this model represents dynamic changes in a KOS more effectively.
description: Design/methodology/approach: We take a 5-step approach to develop the conceptual model, including content analysis of KOS editorial data, environmental scan of existing provenance models, development of persona-specific provenance questions, and a participatory design with stakeholders to ensure the model's utility.
description: Findings: We introduce: (1) a taxonomy of editorial activities for a KOS; (2) a conceptual model ProvKOS, which extends existing models PROV and SKOS. We also provide detailed data dictionaries for the entities, activities, and warrants classes proposed in the model. A use case on 'Gender Dysphoria' in Dewey Decimal Classifications is provided to illustrate the implementation of ProvKOS. This shows ProvKOS's ability to capture KOS changes effectively, and to link external resources relating to the changes.
description: Originality: The proposed model is novel in two ways: one, its ability to represent dynamic change activities in a KOS which has not been discussed anywhere else; two, it supports the inter-connectivity across KOSs by providing a 'Warrant' class to substantiate the context of changes.
description: *Both authors contributed equally to this work.
COVID-19 Bibliometrics 27th July - 2nd Aug 2020
Creators: name: Covid19bibliometrics
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: COVID-19
Medicine and Health
Science and Engineering
Social Science, Humanities and Public Policy
novel Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
2019-nCoV

description: This is a compilation of COVID-19 research insights published from 27th July - 2nd Aug 2020 in these fields: Medicine and Health Science and Engineering Social Science, Humanities and Public Policy About www.covid19bibliometrics.org
 Introduction: The number of confirmed cases during the current Covid-19 pandemic is escalating exponentially. At the same time, the public are constantly being inundated with a formidable quantity of information, from innumerable sources, and containing both genuine as well as fake news. The Covid-19 “infodemic” is here. Health professionals including medical doctors and nurses are busy fighting the virus on the front line in our communities and hospitals and struggling to treat the ever-growing number of cases. Scientists and technicians at their bench-tops and computers in their research laboratories, are racing to find solutions, create new protective equipment, and ideally develop a vaccine. They all need accurate, timely and reliable information upon which they can make their decisions, find solutions, and help defeat this pandemic. This initiative aims to provide reliable and timely (initially at least twice a week) web updates on the relevant published literature. “Reliable” and “timely” means that it can be trusted and it is up to date; “relevant” and “published” means that it is focused on what health professionals and scientists need when facing both the pandemic and the infodemic, and it can be trusted as sound science. We plan to make the material succinct and accessible, and to provide key bibliometric indices such as source and citation.
 Objectives: 1. To update the global scientific community on current Covid-19 related published papers in an accessible, timely and trusted format
 2. To analyse the published papers for trends and to provide insights
 3. To identify gaps in research
 4. To promote international research collaboration with a view to overcoming Covid-19 and promoting recovery Methodology:  Covid-19 related publications to be searched using the Scopus database using as a minimum the following keywords: 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19, novel Coronavirus. Papers then to be categorized according to topic, research fields, institutions, countries, etc. Abstracts and papers to be reviewed for findings, trends, key insights, etc.
description: More information, please go to https://www.covid19bibliometrics.org/
title: The Estimation of Land Surface Temperature (LST) for Studying Urban Heat Island (UHI) A Case Study of Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan Province
Creators: name: Narathip Phengphit
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Remote sensing
Urban heat island
Land surface temperature

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 15.-33.
Endometriosis of the Perineum: a rare diagnosis usually associated with episiotomy
Creators: name: Heller, Debra
name: Lespinasse, Pierre
name: Mirani, Neena
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Perineum
Vulva
Episiotomy
Endometriosis

description: Endometriosis of the perineum is rare, and is usually associated with prior episiotomy.
In stark contrast to widespread declines along the Scotia Arc, a survey of the South Sandwich Islands finds a robust seabird community
Creators: name: Lynch, Heather J.
name: White, Richard
name: Black, Andy
name: Meixler, Marcia S.
name: Fagan, William F.
name: Naveen, Ron
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Population estimate
Chinstrap Penguin
Macaroni Penguin
Adélie Penguin
King Penguin
Zavodovski Island

description: The South Sandwich Islands, deep in the southernmost reaches of the Atlantic Ocean, are a major biological hotspot for penguins and other seabirds, but their remoteness and challenging coastlines preclude regular biological censuses. Here we report on an extensive faunal survey of the South Sandwich Islands completed through a combination of direct counting, GPS mapping, and interpretation of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery. We find that the South Sandwich Islands hosts 27% of the world’s chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) population (1.4 million breeding pairs), as well as c. 95,000 breeding pairs of macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus), several thousand breeding pairs of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), and an unexpectedly large (≥125,000 breeding pairs) population of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). Additionally, we report that nearly 1,900 pairs of southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) breed in the South Sandwich Islands, 4% of the global population, almost all of which are found on Candlemas Island. Our detailed account of the archipelago’s seabirds and seals, the first in this region since the late 1990s, demonstrates that the South Sandwich Islands have not experienced the same changes in penguin abundance and distribution as the western Antarctic Peninsula.
title: Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth, Yield and Curcuminoid Content in Turmeric
Creators: name: Phakpen Poomipan
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Curcuminoid
Turmeric

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 34.-46.
Least absolute deviation estimates in stable autoregression
Creators: name: Gross, S.
name: Steiger, William L.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1977
Subjects: Least absolute deviation
Autoregression
Infinite variance

description: We consider an L_1 analogue of the least squares estimator for the parameters of a stationary, finite order autoregressive scheme based on stable random variables. This estimator, the least absolute deviation (LAD), is shown to be strongly consistent via a result that may have independent interest. Finally, the sampling properties are compared to those of least squares. Together with a known convergence rate result for least squares, this provides evidence for a conjecture concerning the rate of convergence of LAD estimators.
Cooperative computing for distributed embedded systems
Creators: name: Iyer, Deepa
name: Kang, Porlin
name: Saxena, Akhilesh
name: Iftode, Liviu
name: Borcea, Cristian
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2002

description: Dynamically connected. Although these systems will penetrate every possible domain of our daily life, the expectation is that they will operate outside our normal cognizance, requiring far less attention from the human users than the desktop computers today. The networked embedded computing era will challenge our ways of thinking and computing far more than the PC revolution did in the past. The current software and network architectures and their associated programming models were not designed for these scenarios. Traditional parallel and distributed computing models are based on a distribution of tasks across a stable cluster of similar processing units. In networks of embedded systems however, nodes have properties such as location or functionality that make them only partially substitutable in a specific task. Tasks need to execute on specific nodes to achieve prescribed objectives, necessitating the location of target nodes in a manner that allows partial substitution. We propose a computing model and a system architecture for distributed embedded systems where nodes “cooperate” by providing their computing and communication resources to distributed tasks. The system architecture for cooperative computing is based on Smart Messages (SM), which can be viewed as intelligent carriers of data in a network. Smart Messages are collections of code and mobile data that migrate through the network, a single network hop at a time, executing at each step. Smart Messages are responsible for their own routing. To validate the model we have implemented two previously proposed applications, Directed Diffusion and SPIN, for data collection and data dissemination in sensor networks. We have developed a simulator that executes Cooperative Computing applications and allows us to evaluate the performances by measuring both execution and communication time.
title: Effects of Zinc-amino Acid Complex Supplementation on Productive Performance of Broiler Chicken
Creators: name: Phongthorn Kongmun
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Organic trace minerals
Zinc
Production performance
Broiler chickens

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 47.-63.
Menopause status and climacteric symptoms in a birth cohort of mid-life New Zealand women
Creators: name: McLeod, G. F. H.
name: Cleland, L.
name: Welch, J.
name: Spittlehouse, J. K.
name: Fenton, A.
name: Boden, J. M.
name: Horwood, L. J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: There is little current research on the transition to natural menopause among contemporary groups of mid-life women at age 40 years. This study reports on female members of the Christchurch Health and Development Study cohort. This research aimed to: document the menopause status, reproductive outcomes and climacteric symptoms of the women at age 40 years; examine the associations between menopause status and concurrent measures of psychosocial and economic well-being; and document the associations between menopause status and potential predictors of menopause reflecting childhood, family and individual factors prior to age 40 years. The Christchurch Health and Development Study is a longitudinal, representative, prospective cohort of 1265 babies (630 females) born in New Zealand in 1977. At age 40 years, 470 women (who had not experienced surgical menopause) were interviewed on their menopause status, climacteric symptoms and associated factors. The majority of women were premenopausal, around 20% were perimenopausal and 2% were postmenopausal. Statistically significant associations were found reflecting higher rates of diagnosed reproductive disorder, climacteric symptoms, low occupational status, non-heterosexual sexuality and exposure to childhood sexual abuse amongst both perimenopausal and postmenopausal women at age 40 years. These data will inform directions for future data collection and analyses.
title: Surprise!—Clarifying the link between insight and prediction error
Creators: name: Becker, Maxi
name: Wang, Xinhao
name: Cabeza, Roberto
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Insight
subject: Prediction error
subject: Aha experience
subject: Surprise
subject: Compound remote associates
subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The AHA experience, a moment of deep understanding during insightful problem-solving involving feelings of certainty, pleasure, and surprise, has captivated psychologists for more than a century. Recently, a new theoretical framework has proposed a link between the AHA experience and prediction error (PE), a popular concept in decision-making and reinforcement learning. This framework suggests that participants maintain a meta-cognitive prediction about the time it takes to solve a problem and the AHA experience arises when the problem is solved earlier than expected, resulting in a meta-cognitive PE . In our preregistered online study, we delved deeper into this idea, investigating whether prediction errors also pertain to participants’ predictions regarding the solvability of the problem itself, and which dimension of the AHA experience aligns with the meta-cognitive PE. Utilizing verbal insight problems, we found a positive association between the AHA experience and the meta-cognitive PE, specifically in regards to problem solvability. Specifically, the element of surprise, a critical AHA dimension, emerged as a key indicator of the meta-cognitive PE, while other dimensions—such as pleasure, certainty, and suddenness—showed no signs for similar relationships, with suddenness exhibiting a negative correlation with meta-cognitive PE. This new finding provides further evidence that aspects of the AHA experience, surprise in particular, correspond to a meta-cognitive PE. The finding also underscores the multifaceted nature of this phenomenon, linking insights with learning theories and enhancing our understanding of this intriguing phenomenon.
title: Product Development of Low-Calorie Instant Coffee-Infused Brown Rice Beverage
Creators: name: Khanittha Punchuklang
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Instant beverage powder
Sangyod brown rice
Coffee
Antioxidant
Anthocyanins

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 64.-78.
Impact of non-hip fractures in elderly women: a narrative review
Creators: name: Charles, A.
name: Mugisha, A.
name: Iconaru, L.
name: Baleanu, F.
name: Benoit, F.
name: Surquin, M.
name: Bergmann, P.
name: Body, J. J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: The association of hip fractures with adverse outcomes is well established, but for non-hip fractures this association still needs to be further investigated. The objective of this narrative review is to describe the state of the art with regards to the health impact of clinically relevant non-hip fracture locations in postmenopausal women. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched from January 2010 until December 2020. Studies were included when the crude rates and/or relative risk of 1-year subsequent fractures and/or mortality were reported as well as the precise fracture site. Twenty-three studies met the inclusion criteria. Regarding mortality rates, there was a high variability between studies, with higher rates for vertebral, proximal humerus and pelvic fractures. There was a small or no impact of wrist, ankle or tibia fractures. The mortality rate increased with age after vertebral, proximal humerus and wrist fractures. Moreover, proximal humerus and vertebral fractures were associated with a higher mortality risk. This narrative review indicates that, besides fractures of the hip, fractures of the vertebrae, proximal humerus or pelvis deserve more attention when trying to prevent adverse outcomes of osteoporosis. More studies on the topic of non-hip fractures are urgently needed.
Understanding the perceived value of the IT Project Management Office (IT PMO)
Creators: name: Arumugam, Siddhartha
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research project has helped develop an understanding of the perceived value of the IT Project Management Office; whilst at the same time assisting IT PMO teams in this study address their lack of perceived value. In addition to ascertaining the significance of the IT PMO team’s service performance to its perceived value, this research also establishes significant relationships between the perceived value of the IT PMO, the effectiveness of the IT PMO team’s engagement and relationships with stakeholders, the expectations and perceptions of its service performance, and its management of tensions.
title: Using TIS 2677-2558 to Enhance Chemical Safety Management in Laboratory Case Study: Pediatric Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
Creators: name: Suphara Manowong
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Laboratory standards
Chemical management
Safety

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 79.-91.
Organizing Middle Earth, or, The Lord of the Rings Meets FRBR
Creators: name: Vellucci, Sherry
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2005
Subjects: FRBR
authority control
bibliographic relationships

description: This presentation was given in New Zealand in 2005 as a public lecture. It describes the Functional Requirements of the Bibliographic Record and its application in library catalogs.
A Tragic Solution to the Collective Action Problem: Implications for Corruption, Conflict and Inequality
Creators: name: Nieva, Ricardo
name: Nieva, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Heterogeneity
subject: Corruption
subject: Collective Contests
subject: Inequality
subject: Selective Incentives

description: We study the role of an enforcer in the effectiveness of selective incentives in solving the collective action problem when groups take part in a contest. Cost functions exhibit constant elasticity of marginal effort costs. If prize valuations are homogeneous, our source of heterogeneity induces full cost-sharing and the first-best individual contributions; further, the group probability of winning goes up. With heterogeneity in prize valuations, an increase in the effectiveness of the enforcer in conflict increases the group probability of winning only if the prize valuation of the enforcer is lower than de Lehmer mean of those of the other players; however, the induced partial cost sharing is not group efficient. If effectiveness "tends to infi nity", the collective action problem is solved with partial cost-sharing if that prize valuation is not too low. Tragically, if productivity is low (if the prize is private in our set up) this occurs with corrupt coalitions which have been shown to form together with conflict and inequality endogenously; otherwise, this occurs with non corrupt coalitions. Further, even if such valuation is too low the group winning probability goes up. In this latter case, over cost-sharing yields group efficiency.
title: Effect of Leg Exercise Machine on Leg Muscle Strength in Elderly People with Problem in Lower Limb Movement: RCT
Creators: name: Phuwarin Namdaeng
Publisher: name: Research Division
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Leg exercise machine
Leg muscle strength
Elderly

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 33, 2, 92.-103.
Heat transfer enhancement with Ni-water nanofluid flowing through a prismatic glass louver for solar energy harvest and illumination
Creators: name: Nan, Yi
name: Cai, Yaomin
name: Guo, Zhixiong
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2023

description: Three-dimensional nickel-water nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a prismatic glass louver are analyzed under various solar irradiation conditions and different nanoparticle sizes. Our innovative louver serves for dual-purpose: solar energy harvest and illumination. To meet natural daylighting requirement, the nanofluid is extremely dilute. The solar radiation and illumination were analyzed by the Monte Carlo method and the acquired solar energy absorption distribution is input as a source in the conjugate heat convection and conduction modeling executed by COMSOL. Temperature-dependent thermophysical properties and various nanofluid models are considered. The temperature rise and distribution under various combinations of solar air-mass models, nanoparticle sizes, and flow conditions are scrutinized. It is found that the nanofluid properties are not appreciably affected by the different nanofluid models because the nanofluid considered is dilute. The harvested solar thermal power and its efficiency are strong functions of the nanoparticle diameter and the flow Reynolds number.
Effective Chemotherapy of Heterogeneous and Drug Resistant Early Colon Cancers by Intermittent Dose Schedules: A Computer Simulation Study
Creators: name: Axelrod, David E.
name: Vedula, Sudeepti
name: Obaniyi, James
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Heterogeneity
Dose schedules
Intermittent
Colon cancer
Adenoma
Crypt
Drug Resistance

description: Purpose The effectiveness of cancer chemotherapy is limited by intra-tumor heterogeneity, the emergence of spontaneous and induced drug resistant mutant subclones, and the maximum dose to which normal tissues can be exposed without adverse side effects. The goal of this project was to determine if intermittent schedules of the maximum dose that allows colon crypt maintenance could overcome these limitations, specifically by eliminating mixtures of drug resistant mutants from heterogeneous early colon adenomas while maintaining colon crypt function. Methods A computer model of cell dynamics in human colon crypts was calibrated with measurements of human biopsy specimens. The model allowed simulation of continuous and intermittent dose schedules of a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drug, as well as the drug’s effect on the elimination of mutant cells and the maintenance of crypt function. Results Colon crypts can tolerate a 10 fold greater intermittent dose than constant dose. This allows elimination of a mixture of relatively drug sensitive and drug resistant mutant subclones from heterogeneous colon crypts. Mutants can be eliminated whether they arise spontaneously or are induced by the cytotoxic drug. Conclusions An intermittent dose, at the maximum that allows colon crypt maintenance, can be effective in eliminating a heterogeneous mixture of mutant subclones before they fill the crypt and form an adenoma.
Performance and optimization of biological and chemical composite flooding system for enhanced oil recovery
Creators: name: Du, Tao
name: Gang, Hong-Ze
name: Yang, Shi-Zhong
name: Mu, Bo-Zhong
name: Liu, Jin-Feng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Biological and chemical compound flooding systems have excellent performance and broad application prospects in enhanced oil recovery. In this study, the most efficient and environmentally friendly type of bio-chemical compound alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flooding system, namely the ASP-PST85, is constructed with Na2CO3, petroleum sulfonate (NPS), biosurfactant surfactin, polyacrylamide, and Tween-85. The interfacial activity, dilution stability, adsorption stability, aging stability, temperature stability, and emulsification property of the ASP-PST85 system are evaluated. The results show that the range of interfacial tension of 10−4 mN/m between the ASP-PST85 system and crude oil is significantly expanded compared to that of the original ASP system, which is referred to as the ASP-PS system. Simultaneously, the emulsion and adsorption stability are also significantly improved. The microfluidic measurement results show that the ASP-PST85 system reaches the saturated adsorption of surfactant at the oil-water interface faster than the ASP-PS system, probably due to its higher emulsion stability. This study provides a reference for the construction of high-performance and bio-chemical compound flooding systems, providing a theoretical and methodological basis to obtain basic data of rapid adsorption kinetics at the oil-water interface.
Strategist, organize thyself
Creators: name: Barnett, Michael L.
Publisher: name: Sage
Year: 2015
Subjects: Strategic management
Strategic organization
Roadmap
Strategic Planning

description: Thousands of scholars and hundreds of millions of dollars are devoted to the study of management. What has society gained from this significant and ongoing allocation of scarce talent and money? As many of our most senior scholars have noted, less than we would like. We can do better. Through an organized process, we can develop more managerial knowledge with fewer resources. In this essay, I outline two suggestions -- roadmaps and TOMCat -- that could organize and advance management knowledge and bring us into better fit with our decreasingly munificent environment.
Flow and heat transfer inside a new diversion-type gas heating device
Creators: name: Guo, Yun
name: Guo, Zhixiong
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Heating device
Enhancement
Natural Gas
Heat Transfer

description: The present paper characterizes ethylene glycol flow and heat transfer inside a new diversion-type gas heating device. A 2-D natural convection heat transfer model was built and solved by the finite volume method with unstructured body-fitted grids. The numerical model was first validated through temperature comparison with experimental measurements in a conventional device structure. Then analyses and comparisons of the flow fields and temperature distributions with use of different guide plate structures were carried out. The numerical results show that using the guide plate structures can form better organized flow patterns that augment heat transfer. The heat required for heating up the gas passing through the heating device can be reduced by 3% via installing two guide plates.
A statistical study of ancient families of asteroids
Creators: name: Mendizábal, Ricardo Angelo Quispe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Asteroids
Machine Learning
Python

description: Koronis, Eos and Vestas are into the most prominent and oldest asteroids of the main belt. The dataset used is provided by the Light Curve Data Base (LCDB)- version 31/January/20191 The machine learning methods to this research haves a fundamental role for treatment of the data
description: More info: https://github.com/RcrdPhysics/ML_Asteroids
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Tailoring Discovery through User Testing
Creators: name: Deodato, Joseph
name: Gambrell, Khalilah
name: Frierson, Eric
Publisher: name: ALA Editions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Usability Testing
Web-Scale Discovery
User interfaces (Computer systems)
Academic Libraries

description: Implementing a web-scale discovery service can be a complex and challenging task, but the process doesn’t simply end once your service goes live. In order to ensure that your new service is meeting the needs of its users, your implementation strategy should include a plan for iterative user testing. Different library users have different needs, making it nearly impossible for any discovery product to offer a one-size-fits-all solution. Fortunately, vendors offer a variety of configuration and customization options to help libraries tailor the experience to the needs of their users. This chapter offers practical guidance on how to apply insights from user testing to the customization of your web-scale discovery tool. In particular, it describes the results of collaborative user study conducted by Rutgers University and EBSCO User Research and offers an instructive model for how libraries and vendors can work together to improve products and develop solutions that become part of future web-scale discovery offerings.
Development and validation of the RACER (Readiness for Adult Care in Rheumatology) transition instrument in youth with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Creators: name: Spiegel, Lynn
name: Tucker, Lori B.
name: Duffy, Karen W.
name: Lalloo, Chitra
name: Hundert, Amos
name: Bourre-Tessier, Josiane
name: Hazel, Elizabeth
name: Luca, Dadia
name: Mosher, Dianne
name: Nguyen, Cynthia
name: Stringer, Elizabeth
name: Victor, Charles
name: Stringer, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background Current evidence suggests that many adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) do not successfully transfer to adult care, which can result in adverse health outcomes. Although a growing number of clinical programs have been designed to support healthcare transition, there is a lack of psychometrically sound instruments to evaluate their impact on development of transition-related knowledge and skills in youth with JIA. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate RACER (Readiness for Adult Care in Rheumatology), a self-administered instrument designed to measure stages of readiness for key transition-related skills in adolescents with JIA. Methods A phased approach was used to develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of RACER. Phase 1 A was a consensus conference with 19 key stakeholders to inform instrument domains and items. Phase 1B determined initial content validity using a sample of 30 adolescents with JIA and 15 clinical and research experts. Finally, Phase 2 was a prospective cohort study with repeated measures to evaluate the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity and responsiveness of the instrument within a sample of adolescents with JIA. Results In Phase 1 A, initial item generation yielded a total of 242 items across six domains from the consensus conference, which was subsequently reduced to a 32-item instrument. Phase 1B established the content validity of the instrument in adolescents with JIA. In the Phase 2 study, with a sample of 96 adolescents, the RACER instrument exhibited good internal consistency in five of its six subscales (Cronbach’s α > 0.7), and strong test-retest reliability between the first two administrations (ICC = 0.83). It also showed robust convergent validity by highly correlating with measures of self-management (SMSAG, rho = 0.73) and transition (TRANSITION-Q, rho = 0.76). The RACER was not correlated with unrelated measures (discriminant validity; PedsQL, rho = 0.14). The RACER scores increased significantly over time as expected, supporting measure responsiveness. Conclusions The RACER is a reliable and valid instrument which is sensitive to change for assessing transition readiness in adolescents with JIA.
COVID-19 Bibliometrics 20th - 26th July 2020
Creators: name: Covid19bibliometrics
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: COVID-19
Medicine and Health
Science and Engineering
Social Science, Humanities and Public Policy
2019-nCoV
SARS-CoV-2
novel Coronavirus

description: This is a compilation of COVID-19 research insights published from 20th – 26th July 2020 in these fields: Medicine and Health Science and Engineering Social Science, Humanities and Public Policy About www.covid19bibliometrics.org
 Introduction: The number of confirmed cases during the current Covid-19 pandemic is escalating exponentially. At the same time, the public are constantly being inundated with a formidable quantity of information, from innumerable sources, and containing both genuine as well as fake news. The Covid-19 “infodemic” is here. Health professionals including medical doctors and nurses are busy fighting the virus on the front line in our communities and hospitals and struggling to treat the ever-growing number of cases. Scientists and technicians at their bench-tops and computers in their research laboratories, are racing to find solutions, create new protective equipment, and ideally develop a vaccine. They all need accurate, timely and reliable information upon which they can make their decisions, find solutions, and help defeat this pandemic. This initiative aims to provide reliable and timely (initially at least twice a week) web updates on the relevant published literature. “Reliable” and “timely” means that it can be trusted and it is up to date; “relevant” and “published” means that it is focused on what health professionals and scientists need when facing both the pandemic and the infodemic, and it can be trusted as sound science. We plan to make the material succinct and accessible, and to provide key bibliometric indices such as source and citation.
 Objectives: 1. To update the global scientific community on current Covid-19 related published papers in an accessible, timely and trusted format
 2. To analyse the published papers for trends and to provide insights
 3. To identify gaps in research
 4. To promote international research collaboration with a view to overcoming Covid-19 and promoting recovery Methodology:  Covid-19 related publications to be searched using the Scopus database using as a minimum the following keywords: 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19, novel Coronavirus. Papers then to be categorized according to topic, research fields, institutions, countries, etc. Abstracts and papers to be reviewed for findings, trends, key insights, etc.

description: More information, please go to https://www.covid19bibliometrics.org/
An investigation of the transformative potential of spirituality in the lives of Christian (ex-) prisoners and the implications for community chaplaincy
Creators: name: Waterhouse, Allison
Publisher: name: Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO)
Year: 2025

description: What Was Investigated and Why?To enable better resettlement support by community chaplaincy, more knowledge is needed of the transformative potential of Christian spirituality – the lived experience of faith – of (ex-) prisoners. This research contributes to that knowledge by presenting their voice to the tradition.How Was the Topic Investigated?Using spiritual direction as a methodology and the framework of dialogical narrative analysis, I present three prisoners’ stories of transformation, engaging in three areas of Christian experience. Firstly, traditional associations with transformation, belief, self-surrender, metanoia, and epistrophe. Secondly, the Christian narratives of cruciformity, conformity (through kenosis), and theosis with which I parallel the men’s narratives. Thirdly, anthropological spirituality, enabling dialogue with secular spiritualties.What Was Found?I argue that for (ex-) prisoners, Christian transformation (metanoia) is less concerned with sin, repentance, or atonement, than a vision of theosis, rooted in cruciformity and conformity to a kenotic way of life. The men’s ‘cruciformity’ was felt as isolation, institutionalisation, the need for identity and love, addictions, and the stigma of prison. Transformation included a changing picture of a God of love; being made in God’s image and epistrophic return to the true self. Self-giving and trustworthiness modelled by Christians encouraged conformity, contributing to theosis. Alcoholics Anonymous inspired an understanding of spirituality which the ‘church’ failed to develop thus increasing isolation. Community chaplaincy was vital to embed transformation in community.What Conclusions Were Drawn From the Evidence?Deeper engagement with the men’s spirituality – their lived experience of the faith – alongside the physical support offered by community chaplaincy is vital to this group of men. Volunteers or chaplains need spirituality and theological training to support prisoners’ Christian spiritual experience and knowledge of secular spirituality. Prison chaplaincy is effective at institutionalised support, but structures and models of living need to focus on resolving (ex-) prisoners’ challenges and reconciliation in the community. This requires knowledge of their experience of cruciformity, their theological imagery, and encouragement of a more epistrophic return to God affirming original self-worth and kenotic self-giving, enabling an understanding of ethical practices.
Energy-efficient cosmetics production
Creators: name: Fischer, Ludger J.
name: Huber, Petra
Publisher: name: Verlag für Chemische Industrie
Year: 2025
Subjects: Energy efficiency
Formulation
Scale up
Sensor technology
Quality
Decarbonization
Cosmetics
Production
Instruction
338.927: Umweltökonomie und nachhaltige Entwicklung

description: The first step on the road to decarbonization is to increase energy efficiency. To this end, three Swiss cosmetics companies, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and Kinematica AG, have developed guidelines in a two-year project with the support of SWISS SCC and SwissEnergy. This resulted in a set of instructions, which is available online as a document in German, English and French for interested parties in the cosmetics industry at Projects - Swiss SCC / www.swissscc.ch/leistungen/projekte
Cosmetic products and their manufacturing processes are complex. The authors have compiled the many years of experience of the experts involved and clearly sorted the approaches for optimizing energy consumption and resource use in cosmetics production into five efficiency concepts (EC). An introductory procedure for safe scale-up was established at the cosmetics manufacturing companies. This was accompanied by a three-stage quality check. Energy savings of around 30% were immediately achieved in the companies. These were achieved without investment and were also associated with productivity and cost savings. The companies involved to date have comprehensively expanded their internal communication between development and laboratory. SOPs now contain additional process parameters, such as shear rate and energy input. All three participating companies have significantly increased their sustainability in production as part of this project and are on the way to completely CO2 -neutral production.
Shock Graphs and Shape Matching
Creators: name: Siddiqi, Kaleem
name: Shokoufandeh, Ali
name: Dickinson, Sven J.
name: Zucker, Steven W.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1998

description: We have been developing a theory for the generic representation of 2-D shape, where structural descriptions are derived from the shocks (singularities) of a curve evolution process, acting on bounding contours. We now apply the theory to the problem of shape matching. The shocks are organized into a directed, acyclic shock graph, and complexity is managed by attending to the most significant (central) shape components first. The space of all such graphs is highly structured and can be characterized by the rules of a shock graph grammar. The grammar permits a reduction of a shock graph to a unique rooted shock tree. We introduce a novel tree matching algorithm which finds the best set of corresponding nodes between two shock trees in polynomial time. Using a diverse database of shapes, we demonstrate our system's performance under articulation, occlusion, and changes in viewpoint.
Energieeffiziente Kosmetikherstellung
Creators: name: Fischer, Ludger J.
name: Huber, Petra
Publisher: name: Verlag für Chemische Industrie
Year: 2025
Subjects: Energie
Dekarbonisierung
Kosmetikproduktion
Anleitung
338.927: Umweltökonomie und nachhaltige Entwicklung

description: Der erste Schritt auf dem Weg zur Dekarbonisierung ist die Steigerung der Energieeffizienz. Dazu haben drei Schweizer Kosmetikunternehmen, die Hochschule Luzern (HSLU), die Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW), und das Unternehmen Kinematica AG, mit Förderung der SWISS SCC und von EnergieSchweiz, in einem zweijährigen Projekt einen Leitfaden erarbeitet. Daraus entstand eine Handlungsanweisung, die als Dokument in deutscher, englischer und französischer Sprache der interessierten Kosmetikindustrie online zur Verfügung gestellt wird unter  Projekte - Swiss SCC  / www.swissscc.ch/leistungen/projekte
Kosmetikprodukte und deren Herstellprozesse sind komplex. Die Autoren haben die langjährige Erfahrung der beteiligten Experten und Expertinnen aufgearbeitet und die Ansätze zur Optimierung des Energieverbrauchs und der Ressourcennutzung in der kosmetischen Produktion übersichtlich in fünf Effizienzkonzepte (EK) sortiert. Einführend wurde ein Verfahren zum sicheren Scale-up bei den kosmetikherstellenden Unternehmen etabliert. Begleitend wurde eine dreistufige Qualitätsprüfung eingesetzt. In den Unternehmen konnten unmittelbar Energieeinsparungen von etwa 30% erzielt werden. Diese waren ohne Investitionen und zusätzlich mit Produktivitäts- und Kosteneinsparungen verbunden. Die bisher beteiligten Unternehmen haben ihre interne Kommunikation zwischen Entwicklung und Labor umfassend erweitert. SOP enthalten neu zusätzliche Prozessparameter, wie z.B. Scherrate und Energieeintrag. Alle drei beteiligten Unternehmen haben im Rahmen dieses Projektes ihre Nachhaltigkeit in der Produktion deutlich gesteigert und sind auf dem Weg zu einer vollständig CO2-neutralen Produktion.
Benign Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of the Vulva
Creators: name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Vulvar neoplasms
Vulvar diseases
Vulva

description: A variety of mass lesions may affect the vulva. These may be non-neoplastic, or represent benign or malignant neoplasms. A review of benign mass lesions and neoplasms of the vulva is presented.