cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: CD38 expression is up-regulated on memory B- and T-cell subsets in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Creators: name: Ostendorf, Lennard
name: Hiepe, Falk
name: Alexander, Tobias
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: The resistance of long-lived plasma cells (PC) to immunosuppressive and B-cell depleting therapy constitutes a therapeutic challenge in antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Novel approaches targeting PC, e.g. anti-CD38 therapy, have therefore[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
Magnetic fields facilitate DNA-mediated charge transport
Creators: name: Wong, Jiun Ru
name: Lee, Kee Jin
name: Shu, Jian-Jun
name: Shao, Fangwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Exaggerate radical-induced DNA damage under magnetic fields is of great concerns to medical biosafety and to bio-molecular device based upon DNA electronic conductivity. In this report, the effect of applying an external magnetic field (MF) on DNA-mediated charge transport (CT) was investigated by studying guanine oxidation by a kinetics trap (8CPG) via photoirradiation of anthraquinone (AQ) in the presence of an external MF. Positive enhancement in CT efficiencies was observed in both the proximal and distal 8CPG after applying a static MF of 300 mT. MF assisted CT has shown sensitivities to magnetic field strength, duplex structures, and the integrity of base pair stacking. MF effects on spin evolution of charge injection upon AQ irradiation and alignment of base pairs to CT-active conformation during radical propagation were proposed to be the two major factors that MF attributed to facilitate DNA-mediated CT. Herein, our results suggested that the electronic conductivity of duplex DNA can be enhanced by applying an external MF. MF effects on DNA-mediated CT may offer a new avenue for designing DNA-based electronic device, and unraveled MF effects on redox and radical relevant biological processes.
Cost-effective service excellence
Creators: name: Zeithaml, Valarie
name: Wirtz, Jochen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: This article integrates relevant literature to develop a conceptual model on the potential avenues to achieve service excellence at low unit costs, which we term cost-effective service excellence (CESE). To gain a deeper understanding of these strategies, their applicability and interrelatedness, we analyze how 10 organizations have achieved CESE. Our findings show that CESE can be achieved through three core strategies. First, a dual culture strategy provides a comprehensive set of high-quality services at low cost, largely driven by leadership ambidexterity and contextual ambidexterity. Second, an operations management approach reduces process variability and thereby allows the increased use of systems and technology to achieve CESE. Third, a focused service factory strategy can enable CESE through a highly specialized operation, typically delivering a single type of service to a highly focused customer segment. The use of the three approaches ranges from “pure” (e.g., mostly pursuing a dual culture strategy) to combinations of the latter two approaches with the dual culture strategy (e.g., a focused service factory strategy combined with dual culture). Our conceptual model provides an integrated view of the strategic options available to organizations that aim to pursue a strategy of CESE.
title: Circadian rhythms of immune cells in healthy individuals and patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Wilantri, Siska
name: Strehl, Cindy
name: Abdirama, Dimas
name: Gaber, Timo
name: Buttgereit, Frank
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: Clinical symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), such as join stiffness, swelling and pain, manifest in circadian pattern with the highest intensity occurs at early dawn. This is known to correlate with the circadian expression of IL-6, which peaks before the onset of the symptom. Despite[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
title: Active vitamin D hormone inhibits anti-osteogenic effects of TNF-alpha on human osteoblasts
Creators: name: Oelzner, Peter
name: Franke, Sybille
name: Löffler, Ivonne
name: Hofmann, Gunther
name: Wolf, Gunter
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: Suppression of osteoblast (OB) differentiation and function by proinflammatory cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) is an important mechanism of inflammation associated bone loss. Vitamin D deficiency is frequently observed in chronic inflammatory diseases. In rheumatoid[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
title: Metabolic changes of human ex vivo naïve and memory CD4+ T cells during aging
Creators: name: Chen, Yuling
name: Löwe, Pelle
name: Wu, Hao
name: Buttgereit, Frank
name: Gaber, Timo
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: Age-related decline in immune cell functions (immunosenescence), such as a decrease in T-cell function, may contribute to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In aged people, senescent T cells produce low amounts of pro-inflammatory cytokines and tend to proliferate on low level[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
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Creators: name: zheng, siming
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Computer Engineering

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Broken selection rule in the quantum Rabi model
Creators: name: Forn-Díaz, P.
name: Romero, G.
name: Harmans, C. J. P. M.
name: Solano, E.
name: Mooij, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Understanding the interaction between light and matter is very relevant for fundamental studies of quantum electrodynamics and for the development of quantum technologies. The quantum Rabi model captures the physics of a single atom interacting with a single photon at all regimes of coupling strength. We report the spectroscopic observation of a resonant transition that breaks a selection rule in the quantum Rabi model, implemented using an $LC$ resonator and an artificial atom, a superconducting qubit. The eigenstates of the system consist of a superposition of bare qubit-resonator states with a relative sign. When the qubit-resonator coupling strength is negligible compared to their own frequencies, the matrix element between excited eigenstates of different sign is very small in presence of a resonator drive, establishing a sign-preserving selection rule. Here, our qubit-resonator system operates in the ultrastrong coupling regime, where the coupling strength is 10\% of the resonator frequency, allowing sign-changing transitions to be activated and, therefore, detected. This work shows that sign-changing transitions are an unambiguous, distinctive signature of systems operating in the ultrastrong coupling regime of the quantum Rabi model. These results pave the way to further studies of sign-preserving selection rules in multiqubit and multiphoton models.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
Advances in spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) broodstock management
Creators: name: Superio, Joshua
name: Grebstad, M. Caroline
name: Galindo-Villegas, Jorge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Aquaculture, Reproduction, Broodstock, Sperm, Extenders, Cryopreservation, Hormones, Nord University
subject: 10.5281/zenodo.8280186

description: This compendium expounds upon the evolutions and innovations observed within broodstock management, encompassing the domains of sperm collection, evaluation of sperm quality, storage, and its subsequent use to fertilize eggs.
title: Invariant natural killer T cells sind funktionseingeschränkt bei Patienten mit Systemischer Sklerose
Creators: name: Pecher, Ann-Christin
name: Kettemann, Felix
name: Schmid, Hannes
name: Duerr-Stoerzer, Silke
name: Henes, Jörg
name: Schneidawind, Corina
name: Schneidawind, Dominik
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Einleitung: Evaluation der Anzahl und Funktion bzw. Funktionsdefizite von invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT-Zellen) und anderen Lymphozytensubgruppen bei Patienten mit Systemischer Sklerose (SSc), sowie deren Assoziation mit Krankheitsparametern. Methoden: Es wurden die iNKT-Zellen und weitere[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
Ultrahard spectra of PeV neutrinos from supernovae in compact star clusters
Creators: name: Bykov, A. M.
name: Ellison, D. C.
name: Gladilin, P. E.
name: Osipov, S. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Starburst regions with multiple powerful winds of young massive stars and supernova remnants are favorable sites for high-energy cosmic ray acceleration. A supernova shock colliding with a fast wind from a compact cluster of young stars allows the acceleration of protons to energies well above the standard limits of diffusive shock acceleration in an isolated SN. The proton spectrum in such a wind-supernova PeV accelerator is hard with a large flux in the high-energy-end of the spectrum producing copious gamma-rays and neutrinos in inelastic nuclear collisions. We argue that SN shocks in the Westerlund 1 cluster in the Milky Way may accelerate protons to about 40 PeV. Once accelerated, these CRs will diffuse into surrounding dense clouds and produce neutrinos with fluxes sufficient to explain a fraction of the events detected by IceCube Observatory from the inner Galaxy.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, MNRAS v.453, p.113-121, 2015
Beverage Choices of Adolescents and Their Parents Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Mixed Methods Analysis
Creators: name: Dunsmore, Julie C.
name: Davy, Brenda M.
name: Estabrooks, Paul A.
name: Hill, Catelyn
name: Frisard, Madlyn I.
name: Dietrich, Andrea M.
name: Riebl, Shaun K.
name: Savla, Jyoti
name: MacDougal, Carly
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Added sugar intake in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) has been considered a contributor to weight gain and cardiometabolic dysfunction in adults and youth. Adolescents are some of the highest consumers of added sugars, taking in ~16% of their total calories from added sugars with ~40% of these calories coming from SSB. Youth’s food preferences and self-regulation of dietary intake can be influenced by parents.
title: Role of anti-alpha-adrenoceptor autoantibodies and leukocytic alpha-adrenoceptors in primary Raynaud’s phenomenon
Creators: name: Frahm, Catharina
name: Kerstein, Anja
name: Pitann, Silke
name: Comdühr, Sara
name: Heidecke, Harald
name: Müller, Antje
name: Lange, Tanja
name: Riemekasten, Gabriela
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: α2C-adrenoceptors expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells recognize circulating norepinephrine and in this way contribute to local and systemic cold-induced vasoconstriction. Primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (pRP) is being considered as exaggerated cold-induced vasoconstriction.[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
Strong competition between $Θ_{II}$-loop-current order and $d$-wave charge order along the diagonal direction in a two-dimensional hot spot model
Creators: name: de Carvalho, Vanuildo S.
name: Kloss, Thomas
name: Montiel, Xavier
name: Freire, Hermann
name: Pépin, Catherine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the fate of the so-called $Θ_{II}$-loop-current order that breaks both time-reversal and parity symmetries in a two-dimensional hot spot model with antiferromagnetically mediated interactions, using Fermi surfaces relevant to the phenomenology of the cuprate superconductors. We start from a three-band Emery model describing the hopping of holes in the CuO$_{2}$ plane that includes two hopping parameters $t_{pp}$ and $t_{pd}$, local on-site Coulomb interactions $U_{d}$ and $U_{p}$ and nearest-neighbor $V_{pd}$ couplings between the fermions in the copper [Cu$(3d_{x^{2}-y^{2}})$] and oxygen [O$(2p_{x})$ and O$(2p_{y})$] orbitals. By focusing on the lowest-energy band, we proceed to decouple the local interaction $U_{d}$ of the Cu orbital in the spin channel using a Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation to arrive at the interacting part of the so-called spin-fermion model. We also decouple the nearest-neighbor interaction $V_{pd}$ to introduce the order parameter of the $Θ_{II}$-loop-current order. In this way, we are able to construct a consistent mean-field theory that describes the strong competition between the composite order parameter made of a quadrupole-density-wave and $d$-wave pairing fluctuations proposed in Efetov \emph{et al.} [Nat. Phys. \textbf{9}, 442 (2013)] with the $Θ_{II}$-loop-current order parameter that is argued to be relevant for explaining important aspects of the physics of the pseudogap phase displayed in the underdoped cuprates.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures. v2: minor revisions, references added. The magnetic moment per unit-cell associated with the $\Theta_{II}$-loop-current-phase is calculated and compared with experimental results. Accepted for publication in Physical Review B
title: Different expression of TNF and interleukin 8 in polymorphic neutrophils (PMN) of SAPHO patients due to interleukin 17 blocking agent
Creators: name: Assmann, Gunter
name: Chrystophyllakis, Konstantinos
name: Schormann, Claudia
name: Tajali, Awal
name: Pfreundschuh, Michael
name: Neumann, Frank
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: The characteristic defining symptoms of SAPHO syndrome are synovitis, acne, palmoplantar pustolosis, and hyperostosis with osteitis. The SAPHO syndrome has to be considered as a rare subtype of the disease entity of seronegative spondyloarthritis (SpA). The etiology of SAPHO remains unclear[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 46. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh), 32. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Rheumatologie (DGORh), Wissenschaftliche Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie (GKJR)
Trends in Energy Intake from Alcoholic Beverages among US Adults by Sociodemographic Characteristics, 1989-2012
Creators: name: Poti, Jennifer M.
name: Butler, Lauren
name: Popkin, Barry M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Long term US trends in alcoholic beverage calorie intakes remain unexamined, particularly with respect to changes in population subgroup-specific patterns over time.
COLLECTE DES AÉROSOLS PAR LES GOUTTES : IMPACT DU PHÉNOMÈNE DE CAPTURE ARRIÈRE EN RÉGIME LAMINAIRE STATIONNAIRE
Creators: name: E.  BELUT
Publisher: name: Association Française d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Aérosols (ASFERA)
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: épuration
subject: aérosol
subject: goutte
subject: capture arrière
subject: aerosol scavenging
subject: drop
subject: rear capture

description: Dans de nombreux procédés ou phénomènes physiques naturels, des gouttes d'eau en chute libre dans l'air collectent les particules d'aérosol en suspension. Nous étudions dans cet article, à l'aide de simulations numériques à l'échelle de la goutte, l'impact exact du phénomène de capture arrière, dû au retour des particules prises dans la recirculation en aval de la goutte. Les simulations réalisées ne mettent pas en évidence une contribution notable du phénomène de capture arrière pour les particules du minimum de Greenfield, pour des Reynolds de goutte compris entre 20 et 400 et pour des particules d'aérosol soumises à la force de traînée et au mouvement brownien uniquement. Nous observons en revanche qu'une quantité notable d'aérosols peut être entrainée dans le sillage de la goutte sans être capturées, aussi convient-il de distinguer ce stockage temporaire de la capture elle-même, afin d'éviter les biais d'interprétation.
Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder Fitted with Hearing Aids Applying the American Academy of Audiology Pediatric Amplification Guideline: Current Practice and Outcomes
Creators: name: McCreery, Ryan
name: Spratford, Meredith
name: Walker, Elizabeth
name: Roush, Patricia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Up to 15% of children with permanent hearing loss have auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD), which involves normal outer hair cell function and disordered afferent neural activity in the auditory nerve or brainstem. Given the varying presentations of ANSD in children, there is a need for more evidence-based research on appropriate clinical interventions for this population.
DeepSaliency: Multi-Task Deep Neural Network Model for Salient Object Detection
Creators: name: Li, Xi
name: Zhao, Liming
name: Wei, Lina
name: Yang, Ming-Hsuan
name: Wu, Fei
name: Zhuang, Yueting
name: Ling, Haibin
name: Wang, Jingdong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A key problem in salient object detection is how to effectively model the semantic properties of salient objects in a data-driven manner. In this paper, we propose a multi-task deep saliency model based on a fully convolutional neural network (FCNN) with global input (whole raw images) and global output (whole saliency maps). In principle, the proposed saliency model takes a data-driven strategy for encoding the underlying saliency prior information, and then sets up a multi-task learning scheme for exploring the intrinsic correlations between saliency detection and semantic image segmentation. Through collaborative feature learning from such two correlated tasks, the shared fully convolutional layers produce effective features for object perception. Moreover, it is capable of capturing the semantic information on salient objects across different levels using the fully convolutional layers, which investigate the feature-sharing properties of salient object detection with great feature redundancy reduction. Finally, we present a graph Laplacian regularized nonlinear regression model for saliency refinement. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in comparison with the state-of-the-art approaches.
description: To appear in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), Project Website: http://www.zhaoliming.net/research/deepsaliency
Development of an Objective Autism Risk Index Using Remote Eye Tracking
Creators: name: Eng, Charis
name: Klingemier, Eric W.
name: Manos, Michael J.
name: Markowitz, Leslie
name: Youngstrom, Eric A.
name: Speer, Leslie
name: Frazier, Thomas W.
name: Delahunty, Carol
name: Ahuja, Veena
name: Hardan, Antonio Y.
name: Schulte, Elaine
name: Beukemann, Mary
name: Giuliano, Kimberly
name: Parikh, Sumit
name: Wexberg, Steven
name: Strauss, Mark S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Abnormal eye gaze is a hallmark characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and numerous studies have identified abnormal attention patterns in ASD. The primary aim of the present study was to create an objective, eye tracking-based autism risk index.
Scalp melanoma – clinical and histological features, prognosis and mortality
Creators: name: Xie, Chen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: It is well known that there are site-specific differences in melanoma characteristics and prognosis. Scalp melanoma has been described to have a worse prognosis than melanoma elsewhere, though the reasons for this are poorly understood. Furthermore, the clinical and histological features of scalp melanoma are not well described. Objectives: This thesis aims to describe the features of scalp melanoma (including epidemiology, clinical presentation, histological characteristics and patient survival), to determine if there are any differences between these features and features of other head and neck melanoma, and to determine if scalp location is independently associated with survival in cutaneous head and neck melanoma. Methods: Firstly, a narrative review was conducted examining all existing literature on scalp melanoma. Secondly, a cross-sectional study was conducted of all cases of cutaneous head and neck melanoma seen at a multidisciplinary melanoma clinic in Melbourne, Australia over 20 years; clinical and histological features of all scalp melanoma cases were compared with other cutaneous head and neck melanoma cases. Finally, a retrospective cohort study was undertaken of all patients with invasive cutaneous head and neck melanoma seen at the same clinic over the same period, with follow-up mortality data obtained; survival of all scalp melanoma cases were compared to survival of other cutaneous head and neck melanoma cases, and multivariable survival analysis performed. Results: Invasive scalp melanoma was associated with male sex, increasing age, amelanosis, rapid growth rate, and being noticed by a person other than self, relative/spouse or doctor. Histologically, scalp melanoma had greater Breslow thickness than melanoma elsewhere in the head and neck, and was independently associated with satellite metastases, nodular and desmoplastic subtypes. Scalp melanoma had poorer overall and melanoma-specific survival compared to other cutaneous head and neck melanoma, but after taking into account patient age, sex and tumour histological features, scalp location was no longer associated with survival. Conclusions: Scalp melanoma appears to be clinically and histologically distinct from other head and neck melanoma. It occurs in predominantly in older men, is frequently non-pigmented, rapidly-growing, and is often overlooked by patients, their families and doctors. Not only should clinicians routinely examine the scalp for melanoma, they should also adjust their diagnostic criteria to accommodate this distinctive spectrum of clinical presentation. Due to the increased frequency of high risk histological features in scalp melanoma, careful histological assessment of scalp melanoma excision specimens is required.. Scalp melanoma patients had poorer survival than patients with other head and neck melanoma, which may be explained by tumour Breslow thickness and higher proportion of male patients.
Lifshitz transitions and zero point lattice fluctuations in sulfur hydride showing near room temperature superconductivity
Creators: name: Bianconi, Antonio
name: Jarlborg, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Emerets's experiments on pressurized sulfur hydride have shown that H3S metal has the highest known superconducting critical temperature Tc=203K. The Emerets data show pressure induced changes of the isotope coefficient between 0.25 and 0.5, in disagreement with Eliashberg theory which predicts a nearly constant isotope coefficient. We assign the pressure dependent isotope coefficient to Lifshitz transitions induced by pressure and zero point lattice fluctuations. It is known that pressure could induce changes of the topology of the Fermi surface, called Lifshitz transitions, but were neglected in previous papers on the H$_3$S superconductivity issue. Here we propose that H3S is a multi-gap superconductor with a first condensate in the BCS regime (in the large Fermi surface with high Fermi energy) which coexists with a second condensates in the BCS-BEC crossover regime (located on a small Fermi surface spots with small Fermi energy) near the $Γ$ and M point. We discuss the need of Bianconi-Perali-Valletta (BPV) superconductivity theory for superconductivity in H3S. It includes both the correction of the chemical potential due to pairing and the configuration interaction between different condensates, neglected by the Eliashberg theory. Here the shape resonance in superconducting gaps, similar to Feshbach resonance in ultracold gases, gives a relevant contribution to amplify the critical temperature. Therefore this work provides some key tools needed in the search for new room temperature superconductors.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures
Entropy and thinning of discrete random variables
Creators: name: Johnson, Oliver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We describe five types of results concerning information and concentration of discrete random variables, and relationships between them, motivated by their counterparts in the continuous case. The results we consider are information theoretic approaches to Poisson approximation, the maximum entropy property of the Poisson distribution, discrete concentration (Poincaré and logarithmic Sobolev) inequalities, monotonicity of entropy and concavity of entropy in the Shepp--Olkin regime.
description: Draft for Proceedings of IMA theme year in Discrete Structures
Cannabis Use and Disorder From Childhood to Adulthood in a Longitudinal Community Sample With American Indians
Creators: name: Shanahan, Lilly
name: Costello, E. Jane
name: Hill, Sherika
name: Copeland, William E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Recent changes in DSM criteria require new documentation of the prevalence and developmental sequences of cannabis use disorder. Our goal was to study the early course of DSM-5 cannabis use disorder (CUD) and its overlap with DSM-IV and consumption constructs in a community-representative sample with American Indians.
TORSIONAL VIBRATION ANALYSIS AND ALGORITHM-BASED CONTROL FOR DRIVELINE RELIABILITY IN TRUCKS
Creators: name: Parshall, Evan Paul
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: Dynamics, vibration and vibration control

description: Torsional vibrations, resulting from the interaction between the engine, transmission, and other components, can lead to reduced driveline performance, increased fatigue, and compromised vehicle reliability. Thus, understanding and effectively managing these vibrations are crucial for ensuring optimal truck operation and safety. This thesis investigates the phenomenon of torsional vibrations in trucks and proposes an algorithm-based approach for detecting natural frequencies and controlling vibrations along the driveline.
Degree distribution of position-dependent ball-passing networks in football games
Creators: name: Narizuka, Takuma
name: Yamamoto, Ken
name: Yamazaki, Yoshihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a simple stochastic model describing the position-dependent ball-passing network in football games. In this network, a player on a certain area in the divided fields is a node, and a pass between two nodes corresponds to an edge. Our model is characterized by the consecutive choice of a node dependent on its intrinsic fitness. We derive the explicit expression of the degree distribution, and find that the derived distribution reproduces the real data quit well.
description: 20 pages, 7 figures
Concept Identification for Complex Data Sets
Creators: name: Lanfermann, Felix
Publisher: name: Universität Bielefeld
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000

description: Large and complex data sets play an essential role in many engineering and computer science applications. Revealing structures within data sets, such as groups of similar data samples or correlations between feature values, is often desirable. But generating such insights is far from trivial. The field of concept identification targets to automatically find groups of data samples in large and complex data sets which share common properties. Such concepts provide useful knowledge, for example, in the engineering design domain. They open the route for further refinement of specific design variants that exhibit promising characteristic features. Moreover, for multi-criteria decision making problems, concepts can uncover general proximity relations between data samples, and support a decision-maker by illuminating trade-off relations among several objectives. However, the definition and identification of concepts in complex data sets is an open and difficult scientific question. It is addressed within this work by presenting an approach to define and assess meaningful and consistent concepts for any type of data set. A novel concept quality metric is proposed, which assigns an objective numeric value to a given definition of concepts. It incorporates several important aspects, such as the overlap between concepts and the consistency of the associated samples across multiple partitions of the full feature set. Additionally, user preferences, given as samples of particular interest, or a desired overall extent of the concepts, can be specified and integrated into the assessment. A concept identification process is defined by employing a numerical optimization procedure, which maximizes the concept quality measure, thereby identifying an optimal distribution of concepts. In a series of application examples, the usefulness of the metric is demonstrated by illustrating how the developed method leads to intuitively reasonable concept distributions for various complex data sets based on applications from engineering design, dynamical systems, controller configuration, and energy management.
High Speed Peltier Calorimeter for the Calibration of High Bandwidth Power Measurement Equipment
Creators: name: Frost, Damien F.
name: Howey, David A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accurate power measurements of electronic components operating at high frequencies are vital in determining where power losses occur in a system such as a power converter. Such power measurements must be carried out with equipment that can accurately measure real power at high frequency. We present the design of a high speed calorimeter to address this requirement, capable of reaching a steady state in less than 10 minutes. The system uses Peltier thermoelectric coolers to remove heat generated in a load resistance, and was calibrated against known real power measurements using an artificial neural network. A dead zone controller was used to achieve stable power measurements. The calibration was validated and shown to have an absolute accuracy of +/-8 mW (95% confidence interval) for measurements of real power from 0.1 to 5 W.
Development of Alcohol and Drug Use in Youth With Manic Symptoms
Creators: name: Findling, Robert L.
name: Youngstrom, Eric A.
name: Arnold, L. Eugene
name: Fristad, Mary A.
name: Frazier, Thomas W.
name: Storfer-Isser, Amy
name: Horwitz, Sarah McCue
name: Birmaher, Boris
name: Young, Andrea S.
name: Taylor, H. Gerry
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: This analysis examined alcohol and drug use over a six-year follow-up of children in the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) study.
Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment: The Association of Pretreatment Use and the Role of Drinking Goal
Creators: name: Berger, Lisa
name: Fisher, Michael
name: Garbutt, James C.
name: Brondino, Michael
name: Gwyther, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: In a recent study conducted in a family medicine setting, the medication acamprosate was found not to be efficacious in the treatment of alcohol dependence, but a drinking goal of abstinence was found to have positive effects on alcohol use outcomes. The purpose of this secondary analysis was to further understand which patients with an alcohol use disorder may be most successfully treated in a primary care setting.

METHODS: The study was exploratory and used a trajectory-based approach based on data from the acamprosate treatment trial of 100 participants (recruited mostly by advertisement) who were randomly assigned to receive either acamprosate or a matching placebo. Post hoc trajectories of alcohol use before treatment were identified to examine whether trajectory classes and their interactions with treatment arm (acamprosate or placebo), pretreatment drinking goal (abstinence or a reduction), and time predicted alcohol use outcomes.

RESULTS: Three distinct trajectory classes were identified: frequent drinkers, nearly daily drinkers, and consistent daily drinkers. Consistent daily drinkers with a goal of abstinence significantly improved over time on the primary outcome measure of percent days abstinent when compared with frequent and nearly daily drinkers. In addition, all participants with a goal of abstinence, regardless of trajectory class, significantly reduced their percentage of heavy drinking days over time.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with an alcohol use disorder who have a drinking goal of abstinence, in particular consistent daily drinkers, may maximally benefit from alcohol use disorder treatment, including the use of medication, in a primary care setting.
Patient Navigators Connecting Patients to Community Resources to Improve Diabetes Outcomes
Creators: name: Turner, Tamela J.
name: Tsai, Adam G.
name: Cherrington, Andrea L.
name: Michael Harrington,
name: Pace, Wilson D.
name: Fisher, Edwin B.
name: LaCruz, Debby M.
name: Loskutova, Natalia Y.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: Despite the recognized importance of lifestyle modification in reducing risk of developing type 2 diabetes and in diabetes management, the use of available community resources by both patients and their primary care providers (PCPs) remains low. The patient navigator model, widely used in cancer care, may have the potential to link PCPs and community resources for reduction of risk and control of type 2 diabetes. In this study we tested the feasibility and acceptability of telephone-based nonprofessional patient navigation to promote linkages between the PCP office and community programs for patients with or at risk for diabetes.

METHODS: This was a mixed-methods interventional prospective cohort study conducted between November 2012 and August 2013. We included adult patients with and at risk for type 2 diabetes from six primary care practices. Patient-level measures of glycemic control, diabetes care, and self-efficacy from medical records, and qualitative interview data on acceptability and feasibility, were used.

RESULTS: A total of 179 patients participated in the study. Two patient navigators provided services over the phone, using motivational interviewing techniques. Patient navigators provided regular feedback to PCPs and followed up with the patients through phone calls. The patient navigators made 1028 calls, with an average of 6 calls per patient. At follow-up, reduction in HbA1c (7.8 ± 1.9% vs 7.2 ± 1.3%; P = .001) and improvement in patient self-efficacy (3.1 ± 0.8 vs 3.6 ± 0.7; P < .001) were observed. Qualitative analysis revealed uniformly positive feedback from providers and patients.

CONCLUSIONS: The patient navigator model is a promising and acceptable strategy to link patient, PCP, and community resources for promoting lifestyle modification in people living with or at risk for type 2 diabetes.
The Cost to Successfully Apply for Level 3 Medical Home Recognition
Creators: name: Madeline Mitchell,
name: Gabbard, Wilson M.
name: Reiter, Kristin
name: Mottus, Kathleen
name: Donahue, Katrina E.
name: Gush, Kimberly
name: Halladay, Jacqueline R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition program provides practices an opportunity to implement Medical home activities. Understanding the costs to apply for recognition may enable practices to plan their work.
Data Stewardship at the University of Vienna: Building Capacity for Open Science
Creators: name: Kalová, Tereza
name: Kate, Emily
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: data steward
data stewardship
RDM
research data management
FAIR

description: A talk titled "Data Stewardship at the University of Vienna: Building Capacity for Open Science" presented at the IFLA ARL Webinar: Open science policies and practices on October 11, 2023
The Performance of Fertility Awareness-based Method Apps Marketed to Avoid Pregnancy
Creators: name: White, Amina
name: Contreras, Alison
name: Duane, Marguerite
name: Jensen, Elizabeth T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: INTRODUCTION: In recent years there has been an explosion in the development of medical apps, with more than 40,000 apps now available. Nearly 100 apps allow women to track their fertility and menstrual cycles and can be used to avoid or achieve pregnancy. Apps offer a convenient way to track fertility biomarkers. However, only some use evidence-based fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs), which with ideal use have rates of effectiveness similar to those of commonly used forms of hormonal birth control. Since having a baby or preventing a pregnancy are important responsibilities, it is critical that women and couples have access to reliable, evidence-based apps that allow them to accurately track their fertility.

METHODS: We developed a tool to evaluate and rate fertility apps. This tool is specifically designed to help couples avoid pregnancy.

RESULTS: Results showed that the majority of fertility apps are not based on evidence-based FABMs or include a disclaimer discouraging use for avoiding pregnancy. However, at least 1 app in each FABM category (except symptohormonal methods) had a perfect score on accuracy.

CONCLUSION: Relying solely on an app to use an FABM, without appropriate training in the method, may not be sufficient to prevent pregnancy.
Factors Related to Implementation and Reach of a Pragmatic Multisite Trial: The My Own Health Report (MOHR) Study
Creators: name: Rohweder, Catherine L.
name: Heurtin-Roberts, Suzanne
name: Olmos-Ochoa, Tanya T.
name: Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld
name: Krasny, Sarah
name: Fair, Kayla
name: Stange, Kurt C.
name: Balasubramanian, Bijal A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: BACKGROUND: Contextual factors relevant to translating healthcare improvement interventions to different settings are rarely collected systematically. This study articulates a prospective method for assessing and describing contextual factors related to implementation and patient reach of a pragmatic trial in primary care.

METHODS: In a qualitative case-series, contextual factors were assessed from the My Own Health Report (MOHR) study, focused on systematic health risk assessments and goal setting for unhealthy behaviors and behavioral health in nine primary care practices. Practice staff interviews and observations, guided by a context template were conducted prospectively at three time points. Patient reach was calculated as percentage of patients completing MOHR of those who were offered MOHR and themes describing contextual factors were summarized through an iterative, data immersion process.These included practice members' motivations towards MOHR, practice staff capacity for implementation, practice information system capacity, external resources to support quality improvement, community linkages, and implementation strategy fit with patient populations.

CONCLUSIONS: Systematically assessing contextual factors prospectively throughout implementation of quality improvement initiatives helps translation to other health care settings. Knowledge of contextual factors is essential for scaling up of effective interventions.
Aqueous Hydricity of Late Metal Catalysts as a Continuum Tuned by Ligands and the Medium
Creators: name: Pitman, Catherine L.
name: Miller, Alexander J. M.
name: Brereton, Kelsey R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Aqueous hydride transfer is a fundamental step in emerging alternative energy transformations such as H2 evolution and CO2 reduction. “Hydricity,” the hydride donor ability of a species, is a key metric for understanding transition metal hydride reactivity, but comprehensive studies of aqueous hydricity are scarce. An extensive and self-consistent aqueous hydricity scale is constructed for a family of Ru and Ir hydrides that are key intermediates in aqueous catalysis. A reference hydricity is determined using redox potentiometry and spectrophotometric titration for a particularly water-soluble species. Then, relative hydricity values for a range of species are measured using hydride transfer equilibria, taking advantage of expedient new synthetic procedures for Ru and Ir hydrides. This large collection of hydricity values provides the most comprehensive picture so far of how ligands impact hydricity in water. Strikingly, we also find that hydricity can be viewed as a continuum in water: the free energy of hydride transfer changes with pH, buffer composition, and salts present in solution.
Synthetic foundations of cevian geometry, I: Fixed points of affine maps in triangle geometry
Creators: name: Minevich, Igor
name: Morton, Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Mathematics (math.GM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 51A05

description: We give synthetic proofs of many new results in triangle geometry, focusing especially on fixed points of certain affine maps which are defined in terms of the cevian triangle $DEF$ of a point $P$ with respect to a given triangle $ABC$, as well as the cevian triangle of the isotomic conjugate $P'$ of $P$ with respect to $ABC$. We prove a formula for the cyclocevian map in terms of the isotomic and isogonal maps using an entirely synthetic argument, and show that the complement $Q$ of the isotomic conjugate $P'$ has many interesting properties. If $T_P$ is the affine map taking $ABC$ to $DEF$, we show synthetically that $Q$ is the unique ordinary fixed point of $T_P$ when $P$ is any point not lying on the sides of triangle $ABC$, its anti-complementary triangle, or the Steiner circumellipse of $ABC$. We also show that $T_P(Q')=P$ if $Q'$ is the complement of $P$, and that the affine map $T_P T_{P'}$ is either a homothety or a translation which always has the $P$-ceva conjugate of $Q$ as a fixed point. Finally, we show that $P$ lies on the Steiner circumellipse if and only if $T_PT_{P'}=K^{-1}$, where $K$ is the complement map for $ABC$. This paper forms the foundation for several more papers to follow, in which the conic on the 5 points $A,B,C,P,Q$ is studied and its center is characterized as a fixed point of the map $λ=T_{P'} T_P^{-1}$.
description: 25 pages, 6 figures
Experimental Demonstration of an Electride as a 2D Material
Creators: name: Woomer, Adam H.
name: Hu, Jun
name: Kuntz, Kaci L.
name: Donley, Carrie L.
name: Alcorn, Francis M.
name: Warren, Scott C.
name: Druffel, Daniel L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Because of their loosely bound electrons, electrides offer physical properties useful in chemical synthesis and electronics. For these applications and others, nanosized electrides offer advantages, but to-date no electride has been synthesized as a nanomaterial. We demonstrate experimentally that Ca2N, a layered electride in which layers of atoms are separated by layers of a 2D electron gas (2DEG), can be exfoliated into two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets using liquid exfoliation. The 2D flakes are stable in a nitrogen atmosphere or in select organic solvents for at least one month. Electron microscopy and elemental analysis reveal that the 2D flakes retain the crystal structure and stoichiometry of the parent 3D Ca2N. In addition, the 2D flakes exhibit metallic character and an optical response that agrees with DFT calculations. Together these findings suggest that the 2DEG is preserved in the 2D material. With this work, we bring electrides into the nanoregime and experimentally demonstrate a 2D electride, Ca2N.
Black Holes in Gauss-Bonnet Gravity's Rainbow
Creators: name: Hendi, Seyed Hossein
name: Faizal, Mir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we will generalize the Gauss-Bonnet gravity to an energy dependent Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravity, which we shall call as the Gauss-Bonnet gravity's rainbow. We will also couple this theory to a Maxwell's theory. We will analyze black hole solutions in this energy dependent Gauss-Bonnet gravity's rainbow. We will calculate the modifications to the thermodynamics of black holes in the Gauss-Bonnet's gravity's rainbow. We will demonstrate that even though the thermodynamics of the black holes get modified in the Gauss-Bonnet gravity's rainbow, the first law of thermodynamics still holds for this modified thermodynamics. We will also comment on the thermal stability of the black hole solutions in this theory.
description: 12 pages with 26 figures, Accepted for publication in PRD