cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bacterial Vaginosis and Vulovvaginal Candidiasis Among Women Complaining Genital Tract Infections at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College and Family Guidance Association of Ethiopian Model Clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016
Creators: name: Abebaw, Yeshiwork
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Background: Bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis are major health problems associated with gynecologic complications Objective: To determine the prevalence bacterial vaginosis and vulovvaginal candidiasis among women complaining genital tract infection at SPHMMC and FGAEMC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A health facility based cross sectional study was conducted from February,2016 to July, 2016. Demographic variables were collected using a structured questionnaire. Two vaginal swab specimens were collected from each participant. For diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis ,gram stain Nugent score was used. All fungal and bacterial pathogens were isolated and characterized by employing conventional techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacterial isolates was Performed using disc diffusion technique as per the standard Kirby-Bauer method. The results were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Result: The overall vaginal infection was 70% .The overall prevalence of bacterial vagnosis was 102(48.6%).Bacterial vaginosis was statistically significant associated with odor (p=0.007), frequency vaginal bathing (p=0.045) and frequency of changing of pants (p=0.01). The overall prevalence of vulvovaginal candiasis was 87(41.4%).Vulvovaginal candidiasis was statistically significantly associated with illiterate patients (p=0.021), number of life time male sex partner (p=0.037), number of sex partner in the last 12 months (p=0.001) and with previous bacterial vaginosis (p= 0.004). A total 151 bacterial isolates were recovered, of which 105(69.5%) of the isolates were gram negative and 46 (30.5%) isolates were gram positive bacteria. The overall drug resistance rates of gram negative bacterial isolates ranged from 14.3% to Amikacin 77.3% to Tetracycline. The overall drug resistance rates of gram positive bacterial isolates ranged from 0% to vancomycin and 67.4% to penicillin. Conclusion and recommendation: Both bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis was high and hence many such types of studies are recommended to be conducted across the country. Keywords: Bacterial Vaginosis and Fungi isolate
Characterization of the high-temperature behavior of PBF-EB/M manufactured γ titanium aluminides
Creators: name: Teschke, M.
name: Moritz, J.
name: Telgheder, L.
name: Marquardt, A.
name: Leyens, C.
name: Walther, F.
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Additive manufacturing
subject: Electron powder bed fusion
subject: PBF-EB titanium aluminides
subject: Mechanical properties
subject: Tensile test
subject: 660
subject: Rapid Prototyping
subject: Selektives Laserschmelzen
subject: Titanaluminide
subject: Mechanische Eigenschaft
subject: Zugversuch
subject: Werkstoffprüfung

description: Due to their high specific strength and temperature resistance, γ-titanium aluminides (γ-TiAl) have a growing importance for automotive and aerospace applications. However, conventional processing is very challenging due to the inherent brittleness of the material. Therefore, new manufacturing techniques and methods have to be established. Additive manufacturing techniques such as electron powder bed fusion (PBF-EB/M) are favored, since they enable near net shape manufacturing of highly complex geometries. The high preheating temperatures, which typically occur during PBF-EB/M, can significantly improve the processability of TiAl and facilitate the fabrication of complex parts. In this study, a previously optimized material condition of the β-solidifying TNM alloy TNM-B1 (Ti-43.5Al-4Nb-1Mo-0.1B) was manufactured by PBF-EB/M. The resulting microstructure, defect distribution and morphology, and mechanical properties were characterized by means of characterization methods, e.g., CT, SEM, light microscopy, hardness measurements, and tensile tests. A special focus was on the mechanical high-temperature behavior. The pronounced sensitivity of the material to defects and internal notches, e.g., due to lack of fusion defects (misconnections) which were found in the as-built condition, was identified as a main cause for premature failure below the yield point due to the low ductility. This failure was analyzed and potential improvements were identified.
description: Progress in additive manufacturing;7(3)
Metabolic adaptations associated with locomotion in the emu : dromaius novaehollandiae-Latham, a giant flightless bird
Creators: name: Patak., Annette E.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Majorana box qubits
Creators: name: Plugge, Stephan
name: Rasmussen, Asbjørn
name: Egger, Reinhold
name: Flensberg, Karsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum information protected by the topology of the storage medium is expected to exhibit long coherence times. Another feature are topologically protected gates generated through braiding of Majorana bound states. However, braiding requires structures with branched topological segments which have inherent difficulties in the semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures now believed to host Majorana bound states. In this paper, we construct quantum bits taking advantage of the topological protection and non-local properties of Majorana bound states in a network of parallel wires, but without relying on braiding for quantum gates. The elementary unit is made from three topological wires, two wires coupled by a trivial superconductor and the third acting as an interference arm. Coulomb blockade of the combined wires spawns a fractionalized spin, non-locally addressable by quantum dots used for single-qubit readout, initialization, and manipulation. We describe how the same tools allow for measurement-based implementation of the Clifford gates, in total making the architecture universal. Proof-of-principle demonstration of topologically protected qubits using existing techniques is therefore within reach.
description: Final version. 11 pages, 7 figures
U.S. presence – interest in the Mediterranean Sea - Historical and Political Analysis. United States and Cyprus (Cold War – 1974 Turkish invasion). The case of East Med pipeline (U.S. attitude, newer perspective due to Russian Ukrainian war and energy interdependence)
Creators: name: Παναγιωταράς, Γεώργιος
name: Panagiotaras, George
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mediterranean Sea
subject: East Med pipeline
subject: Russian Ukrainian war
subject: Energy interdependence

description: Το αμερικανικό δόγμα της Ελεύθερης Θάλασσας και του Ελεύθερου Εμπορίου ήταν ζωτικής σημασίας για την εξωτερική πολιτική των ΗΠΑ. Οι ΗΠΑ εγγυήθηκαν την ελευθερία της Μεσογείου, απελευθερώνοντας την περιοχή από την απειλή των πειρατών. Από τον 18ο έως τον 21ο αιώνα οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες αποτελούν τον κύριο παράγοντα σταθερότητας στην περιοχή, απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση για την ευημερία των χωρών της Μεσογείου. Στις μέρες μας το κύριο ενδιαφέρον επικεντρώνεται στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο, όπου τα ενεργειακά ζητήματα φαίνεται να διαταράσσουν την ασφάλεια στην περιοχή. Οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες για άλλη μια φορά καλούνται να αντιμετωπίσουν την κατάσταση προσφέροντας ασφάλεια και ενεργειακή ανεξαρτησία στην Ευρώπη. Είναι ένα δύσκολο εγχείρημα που οι ΗΠΑ φαίνεται να διαχειρίζονται με πολύ αποφασιστικό και επιδέξιο τρόπο ως ισχυρό κράτος στον διπλωματικό, στρατιωτικό και οικονομικό τομέα.
Luttrell of Arran, no. 10
Creators: name: Lever, Charles, 1806-1872
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Irish--Social life and customs
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/978919
subject: Irish
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/978902
subject: Social conflict
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1122378

description: One of Irish novelist's later works, and last to be illustrated by Phiz. Illustrated by Charles Dicken's usual illustrator Hablot Knight Browne (also known as "Phiz").
Tricondyla (Tricondyla) ledouxi : Naviaux 2002
Creators: name: Wiesner, Jürgen
name: Bandinelli, Aligi
name: Matalin, Andrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Tricondyla
Tricondyla ledouxi

description: 3.  Tricondyla (Tricondyla) ledouxi Naviaux, 2002 (Fig. 3, 200) Tricondyla ledouxi: Naviaux 2002: 38. Tricondyla (Tricondyla) ledouxi: Naviaux 2002: 38. Published data. CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Lam Dong (Djiring) (Naviaux 2002: 38); SOUTHEAST: Dong Nai (Nam Cat Tien National Park) (Fedorenko and Matalin 2011: 128 as T. stricticeps). New records. CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Gia Lai, ~ 40 km NEE of Pleiku, N14 o 12’ 11” E108 o 18’ 54”, Kon Ka Kinh National Park, 890m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 9-22.v.2016, 1 male (MPU), Lam Dong, Lang Bian, leg. Dembicky and Pacholatko, v./ vi.1994, 1 male (JWGC), Lam Dong, 35 km NNW of Bao Loc, near Loc Bao, N11 o 50’ 12” E107 o 38’ 25”, 650m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 17-22.iv.2012, 1 male (SIEE); SOUTHEAST: Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Con Son Isl., Con Dao National Park, N8 o 41’ 30” E106 o 38’ 00”, day collecting, leg. J. Constant and J. Bresseel, 17-24.vi.2012, 1 male (IRSNB), Dong Nai, Nam Cat Tien National Park, leg. N. Belyaeva, 7-20.xii.2005, 1 male (MPU). Distribution. Vietnam (Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Lam Dong). Remarks. New provincial records for Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Dong Nai and Gia Lai.
description: Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, pp. 1-131 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (589) on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169363
description: {"references": ["Naviaux, R. 2002. Les Tricondylina (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), Revision des genres Tricondyla Latreille et Derocrania Chaudoir et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Memoires de la Societe entomologique de France 5: 1 - 106.", "Fedorenko, D. N., and A. V. Matalin. 2011. 7. On two seasonal aspects of a tiger beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae). P. 125 - 130. In (Tiunov, A. V. Ed.): Structure and functions of soil communities of a monsoon tropical forest (Cat Tien National Park, South Vietnam). M.: KMK Scientific Press. 2011. 277 p. (in Russian, with English summary)."]}
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice About Bio-Medical Waste Management and Associated Factors Among Health Care Workers at Debre Markos Town Health Care Facilities, Northwest Ethiopia
Creators: name: Deress, Teshiwal
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Healthcare activities restore health and save lives; however, they inevitably generate wastes and by products which may be hazardous to human beings or environment. Generation and disposal of biomedical wastes has become an emerging problem worldwide. Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers affect outcomes of biomedical waste management and yet they are less investigated. Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice about bio-medical waste management and associated factors among health care workers at Debre Markos town health care facilities, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was employed from November 20, 2016 to June 12, 2017 among health care workers at Debre Markos town health care facilities. Data were collected through structured self-administered, interviewer administered questionnaires and observational checklists. Data were coded and entered into Epi-data 3.1 software and then exported into SPSS version 20 for analysis. Descriptive statistics was computed through cross tabulation. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis were computed to identify predictor variables significantly associated with the outcome variables. All variables with p value ≤ 0.2 in bivariate analysis were entered into multi-variable logistic regression model to adjust possible confounders. Variables with p value of <0.05 in the final analysis were considered to explain presence of association. Chronbach's Alpha internal consistency reliability test was used. Result: A total of 351 health care workers were studied among 14 health care facilities. Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and adequate practice scores of health care workers' were found to be 193(55%), 218(62.1%) and 277(78.9%) respectively. Regarding associated factors, having >10-year work experience was 4.28 times more likely contribute for adequate knowledge score than study participants with 1-5 years work experience. Working 8 and more than 8 hours per day were 7 and 6.6 times, respectively, more likely to contribute for positive attitude than working less than 8 hours per day. Similarly, presence of all three color coded bins in the department/ health care delivery sections were 4.55 times more lkkely contribute for health care professionals' adequate practice score. Similarly, working hours per day (p= 0.014) and attitude scores (p=0.034) significantly associated with cleaners' practice score. Conclusion and Recommendation: In this study knowledge, attitude and practice scores were low. Regular training and supervision with special emphasis for cleaners is necessary. There is should be supply of sufficient personal protective equipment. Key words: Biomedical waste, waste management, knowledge, attitude, practice, health care worker
Tricondyla (Tricondyla) distincta Fleutiaux 1893
Creators: name: Wiesner, Jürgen
name: Bandinelli, Aligi
name: Matalin, Andrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Tricondyla
Tricondyla distincta

description: 5.  Tricondyla (Tricondyla) distincta Fleutiaux, 1893 (Fig. 5, 202) Tricondyla macrodera distincta: Horn 1929: 21. Tricondyla (Tricondyla) distincta: Naviaux 2002: 42, 43. Published data. SOUTHEAST: Tay Ninh (Horn 1929: 21). New records. CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Lam Dong, Bao Loc, leg. Dembicky and Pacholatko, v./ vi.1994, 2 males, 2 females (JWGC), Lam Dong, Bi Doup-Nui Ba National Park, near Long Lanh, N12 o 10’ 44” E108 o 40’ 44”, 1400-1600m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 20-21.iv.2008, 1 male (SIEE), Lam Dong, Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, N12 o 26’ E108 o 30’, leg. J. Constant and J. Bresseel, 21-25.vii.2014, 2 males (IRSNB), Lam Dong, Bi Doup National Park, N12 o 10’ 55.2” E108 o 40’ 48”, 1456m, L. G. Bezark, 6-10.vi.2015, 1 male (JWGC), Lam Dong, Cat Tien Distr., Nam Cat Tien National Park, Headquarter aerea, 120m, leg. L. Bartolozzi, G. Chelazzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach, V. Sbordoni, 11-15.vi.2015, 1 female (MZUF); SOUTHEAST: Dong Nai, Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve N11 o 18’ E107 o 06’, night collecting, leg. J. Constant and J. Bresseel, 25.vi.-6.vii.2012, 1 male (IRSNB). Distribution. Vietnam (Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Tay Ninh), Laos (Xiengkhuang). Remarks. New provincial records for Dong Nai and Lam Dong.
description: Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, pp. 1-131 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (589) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169363
description: {"references": ["Fleutiaux, E. 1893. Remarques sur quelques Cicindelidae et descriptions d'especes nouvelles. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 62: 483 - 502.", "Horn, W. 1929. Bausteine zur Kenntnis der Cicindelinen-Fauna des Ostens der orientalischen Region. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 24: 17 - 22.", "Naviaux, R. 2002. Les Tricondylina (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), Revision des genres Tricondyla Latreille et Derocrania Chaudoir et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Memoires de la Societe entomologique de France 5: 1 - 106."]}
Synthesis, structure and reactivity of some alkyne-substituted transition metal clusters
Creators: name: Paravagna., Olga Maree
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Tunable metasurfaces via subwavelength phase shifters with uniform amplitude
Creators: name: Colburn, Shane
name: Zhan, Alan
name: Majumdar, Arka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Metasurfaces with tunable spatial phase functions could benefit numerous applications. Currently, most approaches to tuning rely on mechanical stretching which cannot control phase locally, or by modulating the refractive index to exploit rapid phase changes with the drawback of also modulating amplitude. Here, we propose a method to realize phase modulation at subwavelength length scales while maintaining unity amplitude. Our device is inspired by an asymmetric Fabry-Perot resonator, with pixels comprising a scattering nanopost on top of a distributed Bragg reflector, capable of providing a nearly 2π nonlinear phase shift with less than 2% refractive index modulation. Using the designed pixels, we simulate a tunable metasurface composed of an array of moderately coupled nanopost resonators, realizing axicons, vortex beam generators, and aspherical lenses with both variable focal length and in-plane scanning capability, achieving nearly diffraction-limited performance. The experimental feasibility of the proposed method is also discussed.
Species Distribution and in vitro Antifungal Susceptibility of Oropharyngeal Yeast Isolates from HIV Patients in Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Moges, Birhan
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background: Oropharyngeal Candidiasis (OPC) is the most frequent opportunistic fungal infection of the oral cavity in HIV infected patients. OPC is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients. However, data on Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility profiles of yeast isolated from HIV-infected patients in Ethiopia is limited. Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the spectrum of Oropharyngeal yeast isolates from HIV patients and to evaluate antifungal drug susceptibility profile of yeast isolates to commonly used antifungal drugs. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted in Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa. Oral swabs were collected from 224 HIV patients and cultured on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar with chloramphenicol. All the isolates were characterized to a species level following standard microbiological techniques. The antifungal susceptibility profiles of all yeast were determined using disk diffusion method. Result: Of 224 HIV patients screened, 139 (62.1%) were colonized by yeasts. The rate of colonization is higher in patients that non HAART than HAART initiated (72.3% versus 51.8%). A total of 155 yeasts were isolated of which 153 (98.7%) were accounted by Candida consisting of five species and 2(1.3%) non-candida yeasts. Out of all isolates C. albicans was the most frequently isolated species accounting 68.4% followed by C. glabrata (15.5%) and C. tropicalis (11%). The Antifungal susceptibility pattern of the yeast isolates for Fluconazole, ketoconazole, Amphotericin B, Clotrimazole, Nystatin and Miconazole showed a resistance of 12.3%, 8.4%, 5.8%, 2.6%, 1.3%, and 0.6% respectively. C. albicans were 5.7% resistant to ketoconazole and 6.6% resistant to Fluconazole. C. glabrata and C. tropicalis were 12.5% and 17.6% resistant to ketoconazole and 16.6% and 35.3% resistant to fluconazole respectively Conclusion: The spectrum of yeast isolated in the present study was relatively high even if C. albicans was the predominantly isolated yeast. The results of this study also revealed that development of drug resistance by yeast isolates were considerable. Isolation, characterization and evaluating drug susceptibility pattern of the isolates in this hospital in particular and in health institutions through out of the country in general is recommended.
Unified Treatment of the Luminosity Distance in Cosmology
Creators: name: Yoo, Jaiyul
name: Scaccabarozzi, Fulvio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Comparing the luminosity distance measurements to its theoretical predictions is one of the cornerstones in establishing the modern cosmology. However, as shown in Biern & Yoo, its theoretical predictions in literature are often plagued with infrared divergences and gauge-dependences. This trend calls into question the sanity of the methods used to derive the luminosity distance. Here we critically investigate four different methods --- the geometric approach, the Sachs approach, the Jacobi mapping approach, and the geodesic light cone (GLC) approach to modeling the luminosity distance, and we present a unified treatment of such methods, facilitating the comparison among the methods and checking their sanity. All of these four methods, if exercised properly, can be used to reproduce the correct description of the luminosity distance.
description: 25 pages, no figures, published in JCAP
Tricondyla (Tricondyla) mourzinei : Naviaux 2002
Creators: name: Wiesner, Jürgen
name: Bandinelli, Aligi
name: Matalin, Andrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Tricondyla
Tricondyla mourzinei

description: 6.  Tricondyla (Tricondyla) mourzinei Naviaux, 2002 (Fig. 6, 203) Tricondyla (Tricondyla) mourzinei: Naviaux 2002: 44. Published data. SOUTHEAST: Dong Nai (Ma Da forest) (Naviaux 2002: 44). New records. NORTHEAST: Cao Bang, Mt. Pia Oac, 1600-2000m, leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach, 14-16.vi.2012, 1 female (MZUF), 1 female (EOIC), Cao Bang, Nguyen Binh, Phu Tho, Pia Oac Nature Reserve, 1400m, leg. E. Orbach, 14-16.vi.2012, 1 male, 2 females (EOIC); CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Dak Lak, Chu Yang Sin National Park, N12 o 25’ 25” E108 o 21’ 53”, upper flow of Krong Kmar River, 970m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 15-30.v.2014, 1 female (SIEE); SOUTHEAST: Binh Phuoc, Bu Gia Map National Park, N12 o 11’ 37” E107 o 12’ 21”, 350-540m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 16-17.iv.2009, 1 male (SIEE), Dong Nai, Cat Tien National Park, N11 o 26’ 59” E107 o 25’ 40”, E. Orbach, 12.vi.2015, 1 female (EOIC). Distribution. Vietnam (Binh Phuoc, Cao Bang, Dak Lak, Dong Nai). Remarks. New provincial records for Binh Phuoc, Cao Bang and Dak Lak.
description: Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, pp. 1-131 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (589) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169363
description: {"references": ["Naviaux, R. 2002. Les Tricondylina (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), Revision des genres Tricondyla Latreille et Derocrania Chaudoir et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Memoires de la Societe entomologique de France 5: 1 - 106."]}
Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Neisseria meningitides Isolates from Asymptomatic Carriers in Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Mulatu, Fikerte
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Neisseria meningitides represents a pathogen of great public health importance in both developed and developing countries. Resistance to some antimicrobial agents used either for therapy of invasive infections or for prophylaxis of case contacts has long been recognized. However, there is a limited data in relation with the antimicrobial resistance pattern of Neisseria meningitides in Ethiopia. Therefore; the aim of this study was to assess drug susceptibility pattern of Neisseria meningitides isolates from asymptomatic carrierers of all age groups at Meskan and Mareko Districts, Gurage Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State Ethiopia. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted on 187 Neisseria meningitides isolates obtained from MenAfricar project.A total of 4110 study participants from Meskan and Mareko Districts, Gurage Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia were screened for Neisseria meningitides by the project. Antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) was done on stored Neisseria meningitides isolates.The activity of ten antimicrobial agents used for treatment and prophylaxis of meningococcal disease was investigated. The AST was performed for Neisseria meningitides isolates according to the criteria of the CLSI guide line by disk diffusion method. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 20.0 software. Results: From 187 Neisseria meningitides isolates 8(4.28%) were serogroup X, 24(12.83%) were serogroup Y, 1(0.53%) was serogroup W135 and 154(82.35%) were non determinant (ND). Resistance for Cotrimoxazol was high accounting 116(62%) followed by Ciprofloxacine 112(60%), Cefotaxime 26(14%), Ceftriaxone 24(13%) , Meropenenem 21(11%) , Minocycline 15(8%), Rifampine 14(7.5%), Azithromycine 10(5%), Chloramphenicol 7(4%),Levofloxacin 6(3%) . 102(54.5%) isolates were resistance for more than one drug. Conclusions: An antimicrobial resistance for Neisseria meningitides isolates from asymptomatic carriers for the present study is high. Continued surveillance of meningococci for antimicrobial resistance is necessary to monitor early detection of changes in susceptibility patterns that might affect recommendations for chemoprophylaxis and treatment. Key words: Neisseria meningitides, serogroups, sensitivity pattern, drug resistance
Hash2Vec, Feature Hashing for Word Embeddings
Creators: name: Argerich, Luis
name: Zaffaroni, Joaquín Torré
name: Cano, Matías J
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we propose the application of feature hashing to create word embeddings for natural language processing. Feature hashing has been used successfully to create document vectors in related tasks like document classification. In this work we show that feature hashing can be applied to obtain word embeddings in linear time with the size of the data. The results show that this algorithm, that does not need training, is able to capture the semantic meaning of words. We compare the results against GloVe showing that they are similar. As far as we know this is the first application of feature hashing to the word embeddings problem and the results indicate this is a scalable technique with practical results for NLP applications.
description: ASAI 2016, 45JAIIO
MAX_676598 D7.5 First report on dissemination
Creators: name: Neri, Luisa
name: Ferretti, Adrea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Materials modelling
HCP
exascale

description: This Document reports about the dissemination actions put in place by the MaX CoE in the first 18 months of activity (from September 2015 to February 2017). MaX dissemination includes actions aimed at researchers and academia, as well as dedicated actions targeting industrial endusers. Scientific achievements have been published in internationally recognised, peer-reviewed scientific journals. The efforts towards researchers, graduate students and (potential) academic users has also taken advantage of typical Conference and Workshop channels. MaX members have given invited and contributed talks to conferences, workshops, and seminars, covering all range of subjects related to the CoE activity (from methodological developments to improvement of HPC performances and technology exploitation, to cutting edge computational studies of scientific test cases). The above activities represent the bulk of the dissemination actions of MaX. Other dissemination activities are the organization of a large scale conference in the field of electronic structure (XVIII Total ENergy and Force Methods Conference, Trieste, IT), as well as a number of training events related to the flagship codes, also allowing for dissemination of recent methodological and software developments. In January 2017, a general MaX meeting was organized in Trieste, in connection with the Total Energy conference. Dissemination actions specifically directed to industry --especially individual meetings and the industry-specific website-- are described in deliverable D5.3 on industrial outreach, which covers the same time period of the present document.
Insights into sialic acid aldolase
Creators: name: Ooi., Hua Chee
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Energy spectrum of a Langevin oscillator
Creators: name: Mishin, Y.
name: Hickman, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive analytical solutions for the autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions of the kinetic, potential and total energy of a Langevin oscillator. These functions are presented in both the time and frequency domains and validated by independent numerical simulations. The results are applied to address the long-standing issue of temperature fluctuations in canonical systems.
Prevalence and Genotype distribution of High Risk Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical cytology abnormalities at Selected Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Eshetu, Kirubel
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: Cervical cancer is a preventable disease affecting an estimated 530,000 women each year and leading to nearly 275,000 deaths. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been recognized as an important cause of cervical cancer and it is implicated in 99.7% of cervical squamous cell cancer cases in the world. It is recognized as the third most common type of cancer in women worldwide and the second most prevalent cancer type and cause of cancer-related mortality in women in developing countries. In Ethiopia, every year 7095 women diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4732 die from the disease. Very low screening practice and inadequate screening coverage in the country makes cervical cancer as one of the major public health concern in Ethiopia. There is also insufficient data on the prevalence of HR-HPV and cervical cytology abnormalities as a nationwide basis. Objective: To assess the prevalence and genotype distribution of High Risk Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical Cytology abnormalities among women attending selected Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics, of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Method: Institutional based cross sectional study design was used in three selected Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, Addis Ababa; from 15th June to 10th October 2015. Cervical samples were collected from the os of the cervix using Abbott cervi-cyt collection material for HR HPV DNA and cyto-brush for Pap smear screening. A Structured Interview based questionnaire was administered to assess the associated risk factors. A total of 366 participants were enrolled based on the set inclusion criteria. High Risk HPV DNA was analyzed using Abbott Real Time PCR and cervical cytology screening using conventional Pap smear techniques. Data entry was performed using Epi-data version 3.1 and data analysis was performed by using STATA version 11.0. Result: The overall HR HPV prevalence was 13.7% (50/366), with 76% (38/50) of Other HR HPV genotypes. Abnormal cytology was observed in 13.1% (48/366) with 81.3%, 12.5%, and 6.3%, are LSIL, ASCUS and HSIL respectively. HR HPV DNA PCR and Conventional Pap smear cytology screening methods showed overall agreement of 78% with kappa value of 0.12, 95% CI (0.00-0.243). Conclusion and Recommendation In this study, Non-16/18 genotypes contributed the largest proportion of the overall HR HPV. The highest frequency of HR HPV positives was women without cervical cytology abnormality. The HR HPV with Pap smear co-screening in women whose age is >30 shall be in place. Further evaluation between the two screening methods against a perfect reference method shall be performed. Key Words High Risk Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Cytology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prevalence, distribution, PCR, LSIL, ASCUS, HSIL
Momentum of superconducting electrons and the explanation of the Meissner effect
Creators: name: Hirsch, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Momentum and energy conservation are fundamental tenets of physics, that valid physical theories have to satisfy. In the reversible transformation between superconducting and normal phases in the presence of a magnetic field, the mechanical momentum of the supercurrent has to be transferred to the body as a whole and vice versa, the kinetic energy of the supercurrent stays in the electronic degrees of freedom, and no energy is dissipated nor entropy is generated in the process. We argue on general grounds that to explain these processes it is necessary that the electromagnetic field mediates the transfer of momentum between electrons and the body as a whole, and this requires that when the phase boundary between normal and superconducting phases is displaced, a flow and counterflow of charge occurs in direction perpendicular to the phase boundary. This flow and counterflow does not occur according to the conventional BCS-London theory of superconductivity, therefore we argue that within BCS-London theory the Meissner transition is a `forbidden transition'. Furthermore, to explain the phase transformation in a way that is consistent with the experimental observations requires that (i) the wavefunction $and$ charge distribution of superconducting electrons near the phase boundary extend into the normal phase, and (ii) that the charge carriers in the normal state have hole-like character. The conventional theory of superconductivity does not have these physical elements, the theory of hole superconductivity does.
description: Appendix B added in response to reviewer's comments
The relationship between the vineyard environment and within-block variability in winegrape yield and composition
Creators: name: Oke., Alison M.C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Specific-heat exponent and modified hyperscaling in the 4D random-field Ising model
Creators: name: Fytas, N. G.
name: Martin-Mayor, V.
name: Picco, M.
name: Sourlas, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a high-precision numerical estimation of the critical exponent $α$ of the specific heat of the random-field Ising model in four dimensions. Our result $α= 0.12(1)$ indicates a diverging specific-heat behavior and is consistent with the estimation coming from the modified hyperscaling relation using our estimate of $θ$ via the anomalous dimensions $η$ and $\barη$. Our analysis benefited form a high-statistics zero-temperature numerical simulation of the model for two distributions of the random fields, namely a Gaussian and Poissonian distribution, as well as recent advances in finite-size scaling and reweighting methods for disordered systems. An original estimate of the critical slowing down exponent $z$ of the maximum-flow algorithm used is also provided.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1512.06571
Metallation reactions
Creators: name: O'Donoghue., M.F.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Protocollyris grossepunctata
Creators: name: Wiesner, Jürgen
name: Bandinelli, Aligi
name: Matalin, Andrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Protocollyris
Protocollyris grossepunctata

description: 15. Protocollyris grossepunctata (Horn, 1935) (Fig. 15, 212) Collyris Sauteri grosse-punctata: Horn 1935: 49. Published data. Tonkin (Horn 1935: 49). New records. NORTHWEST: Hoa Binh, Mai Chau distr., Hang Kia, N20 o 44’ E104 o 53’, 1300m, leg. S. Belokobylskij, 25-26.iv.2002, 1 female (MPU), Hoa Binh, Pa Co Hang Kia Nature Reserve, 700- 900m, leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Cianferoni, G. Mazza, E. Orbach, 5-7.vi.2013, 3 males, 1 female (MZUF); NORTHEAST: Cao Bang, vic. Vin Den, Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve, N22 o 33’ 53” E105 o 52’ 53”, 900-1300m, leg. A. Weigel, 1 male, (JGGC), Phu Tho, Xuan Son National Park, 500m, at light, leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach, 18-20.vi.2012, 1 male (MZUF), Tuyen Quang, Cham Chu N. R., N22 o 12’ E105 o 06’, day collecting, leg. J. Constant and J. Bresseel, 8-12.vii.2015, 1 male (IRSNB); RED RIVER DELTA: Ha Noi City, 45 km N of Hanoi, Ba Vi National Park, N21 o 04’ 33” E105 o 21’ 47”, 700m, leaf-litter, leg. D. Fedorenko, 19.vi.2014, 1 female (MPU), Ha Noi City, BaVi National Park, N21 o 4’ 4” E105 o 21’ 30”, night collecting, leg. J. Constant and J. Bresseel, 25-29.vi.2015, 1 male (IRSNB), Vinh Phuc, Tam Dao, leg. Pacholatko, 13-22.v.1989, 1 male (JWGC), Vinh Phuc, vic. Tam Dao Town, Tam Dao National Park, N21 o 27’ E105 o 38’, 700-1000m, leg. A. Skale, 2-5.v.2013, 1 specimen (ASGC), Vinh Phuc, Tam Dao Dist., Tam Dao National Park, N21 o 47 ‘ 52” E105 o 63’ 00”, 950m, E. Orbach, 1-3. vi.2013, 1 male (EOIC); Vinh Phuc, Tam Dao, 900 m, leg. O. Kabakov, 9-30.vi.1963, 1 male, 1 female (ZISP); NORTH CENTRAL COAST: Thanh Hoa, 180 km SSW of Ha Noi, 40 km SW of Thanh Hoa, Ben En National Park, 50m, leg. A. Napolov, 23.vii-2.ix.1997, 1 female (ANLC). Distribution. Vietnam (Cao Bang, Ha Noi City, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa, Vinh Phuc), China (Jiangxi), Laos (Borikhamxay, Luangnamtha, Sekong). Remarks. New provincial records for Cao Bang, Ha Noi City, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa and Vinh Phuc.
description: Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, pp. 1-131 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (589) on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169363
description: {"references": ["Horn, W. 1935. Neues uber Collyris - Formen (Cicind.). Koleopterologische Rundschau 21 (1 / 2): 49 - 54."]}
Status of Aflatoxin M1 and bacteriological quality of pasteurized milk commercialized in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Sleshi, Million
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Background: Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk and milk products is considered to pose certain hygienic risks for human health especially infants and children. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) and bacterial level in 500 ml pre-packed pasteurized milk samples commercialized in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional prospective study was conducted during February to December 2017. A total of 65 samples of pasteurized milks of different brands from a variety of supermarkets across Addis Ababa city were analyzed for the presence of AFM1 by immunoaffinity column clean-up coupled to HPLC with fluorescence detection based on the method of AOAC Official Method 2000.08 and bacteriological quality was assessed for TVBC and TCC based on the methods of US FDA and ISO 4832:2006 respectively. Result: AFM1 was found in 60/65 (92.3%) of the examined pasteurized milk samples by average concentration of 0.382μg/l and most of AFM1 concentration levels range with 95% confidence interval (CI) lays between 0.299μg/l – 0.465μg/l. The concentration of AFM1 in 37/60 (61.7%) of the samples was lower than US FDA limit (<0.5μg/l) and in 56/60 (93.3%) of the samples AFM1 concentration was greater than the maximum tolerance limit (0.05μg/l) accepted by European Union. The bacteriological analysis result revealed that the pasteurized milk samples were substandard in terms of TVBC and TCC. The ranges of TVBC and TCC with 95% CI in pasteurized milk samples were 2.1x105cfu/ml to 5.4x105cfu/ml and 1.6x102cfu/ml to 3.8x102cfu/ml respectively, and E. coli was detected in 4 out of 65 (6.2%) samples. Conclusion: The present study concluded that serious risks for public health exist from pasteurized milk consumption and the pasteurized milk commercialized in Addis Ababa city is of low quality. Hence we recommend that pasteurized milk products have to be controlled for AFM1 contamination and hygienic quality monitoring programs are urgently needed to ensure that quality pasteurized milk is produced and consumed in the city.
Finite volume effects on the electric polarizability of neutral hadrons in lattice QCD
Creators: name: Lujan, M.
name: Alexandru, A.
name: Freeman, W.
name: Lee, F. X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the finite volume effects on the electric polarizability for the neutron, neutral pion, and neutral kaon using eight dynamically generated two-flavor nHYP-clover ensembles at two different pion masses: 306(1) and 227(2) MeV. An infinite volume extrapolation is performed for each hadron at both pion masses. For the neutral kaon, finite volume effects are relatively mild. The dependence on the quark mass is also mild and a reliable chiral extrapolation can be performed along with the infinite volume extrapolation. Our result is $α_{K^0}^\mbox{phys}=0.356(74) \times 10^{-4} \mbox{fm}^3$. In contrast, for neutron the electric polarizability depends strongly on the volume. After removing the finite volume corrections, our neutron polarizability results are in good agreement with $χ$PT. For the connected part of the neutral pion polarizability, the negative trend persists, and it is not due to finite volume effects, but likely sea quark charging effects.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
The effects of some introduced mammals on the Tasmanian muttonbird, Puffinus Tenuirostris (Temminck)
Creators: name: Norman., Frederick Ian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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title: Σύγκριση Ανώνυμης Εταιρείας, Εταιρείας Περιορισμένης Ευθύνης και Ιδιωτικής Κεφαλαιουχικής Εταιρείας
title: Comparison of Joint Stock Company, Limited Liability Company and Private Capital Company
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Γιαννακοπούλου, Διαμάντω
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Κεφαλαιουχικές εταιρείες
subject: Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία
subject: Κεφαλαιουχικές εταιρείες
subject: Σύγκριση κεφαλαιουχικών εταιρειών
subject: Πλεονεκτήματα
subject: Μειονεκτήματα
subject: Comparison of capital companies
subject: Capital companies
subject: Advantages
subject: Disadvantages

description: Μ.Δ.Ε. 55
description: Στη συγκεκριμένη εργασία παρουσιάζονται οι τρείς εταιρικές μορφές που αποτελούν τις κεφαλαιουχικές εταιρείες και είναι αρκετά διαδεδομένες τόσο στην Ελλάδα όσο και στις υπόλοιπες χώρες του κόσμου. Πρόκειται για την Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία, την παλαιότερη μορφή μη προσωπικής εταιρείας η οποία πρωταγωνιστεί τους δυο τελευταίους αιώνες, την Εταιρεία Περιορισμένης Ευθύνης, μια παλιά αλλά ακόμα ενεργή και δημοφιλή εταιρική μορφή και την Ιδιωτική Κεφαλαιουχική Εταιρεία, μια νέα εταιρική μορφή με όλο και περισσότερες νεοσύστατες εταιρείες να την προτιμούν για τα οφέλη τα οποία προσφέρει. Αρχικά γίνεται μια προσπάθεια να παρουσιαστούν τα χαρακτηριστικά της καθεμίας βάσει της ισχύουσας νομοθεσίας όσον αφορά το θεσμικό τους πλαίσιο αναλυτικά και όλα όσα ισχύουν στην Ελλάδα για τις συγκεκριμένες εταιρικές μορφές. Στην συνέχεια πραγματοποιείται η σύγκριση μεταξύ αυτών των εταιρικών και καταλήγουμε στα συμπεράσματα.
Thermalization of particle detectors: The Unruh effect and its reverse
Creators: name: Garay, Luis J.
name: Martin-Martinez, Eduardo
name: de Ramon, Jose
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Anti-Unruh effect in general stationary scenarios. We find that, for accelerated trajectories, a particle detector coupled to a KMS state of a quantum field can cool down (click less often) as the KMS temperature increases. Remarkably, this is so even when the detector is switched on adiabatically for infinitely long times. We also show that the Anti-Unruh effect is characteristic of accelerated detectors, and cannot appear for inertially moving detectors (e.g., in a thermal bath).
description: 11 pages, 3 Figures. RevTeX 4.1. V2: Added new section IV, corrected minor typos and updated to match published version. Notice the title change to match published version