cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Burying the deposed: Commemoration of Edward II, Richard II and Henry VI
Creators: name: Oliver, Daniel G.V.
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medieval, Edward II, Richard II, Henry VI, commemoration, ritual, burial, memory,

description: This study seeks to examine how the unusual and complex situation of a death of a deposed monarch was dealt with by the new ruler and how it was reacted to and in some instances used by wider elements of political society. Depositions of this manner were an English phenomenon in the later medieval period and this study will look at the cases of Edward II, Richard II and Henry VI, who ruled England across the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Dealing with a deposed monarch created a number of issues; overarching all of these was the question of what position the former king was believed to have held at their time of death. Did they still retain their royal status, and therefore it would be expected that they would be treated in death as a king, or had they lost this when their political rule had been ended? In this scenario their position was much more ambiguous and so what was to be done with them following their death was also ambiguous. With there being no definitive way in which the question could be answered, the issue was initially decided on an ad hoc basis depending on how the new king wished to represent their predecessor. The funeral and burial were a way to prominently present the status that was being attributed to the deceased and the presence or absence of royal elements made very clear whether they were being considered as a royal or not. How customs and practices of royal commemoration could be flexible and adaptable to react to the unusual circumstances is a subject that will be examined. Furthermore, this study will examine how the afterlives of the deposed monarchs could be taken out of royal control and could become the subject of popular beliefs which had little to do with any royal promotion, and in some cases there were royal attempts to supress the belief. This created a situation where the new ruler, or possibly even their successor, had to once again engage with their deposed predecessor. As well as considering how this status was represented and used, there is also the question of why new kings chose to represent their predecessor in the way they did. The familial relationship between the two as well as the political circumstances of the deposition will be examined to attempt to find answers to this question. A final area for examination is whether the status initially attributed to the deceased was permanent or if it could change over time or in reaction to specific events. Popular beliefs such as survival rumours or cults and events such as reburials suggest that the deposed monarch could be recreated in a different light and the circumstances and reasons behind why this occurred will be looked at.
Measuring eccentricity of binary black holes in GWTC-1 by using inspiral-only waveform
Creators: name: Wu, Shichao
name: Cao, Zhoujian
name: Zhu, Zong-Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we estimate the eccentricity of the 10 BBHs in GWTC-1 by using the inspiral-only BBH waveform template EccentricFD. Firstly, we test our method with simulated eccentric BBHs. Afterwards we apply the method to the real BBH gravitational wave data. We find that the BBHs in GWTC-1 except GW151226, GW170608 and GW170729 admit very small eccentricity. Their upper limits on eccentricity range from 0.033 to 0.084 with 90% credible interval at the reference frequency 10 Hz. For GW151226, GW170608 and GW170729, the upper limits are higher than 0.1. The relatively large eccentricity of GW151226 and GW170729 is probably due to ignoring the effective spin and low signal-to-noise ratio, and GW170608 is worthy of follow-up research. We also point out the limitations of the inspiral-only non-spinning waveform template in eccentricity measurement. The measurement of BBH eccentricity helps to understand its formation mechanism. With the increase in the number of BBH gravitational wave events and the more complete eccentric BBH waveform template, this will become a viable method in the near future.
description: 13 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables, accepted by MNRAS
Improving active ageing and wellbeing in urban environments: laying the groundwork for solution-building through citizen science
Creators: name: Wood, Grace
name: Pykett, Jessica
name: King, Abby
name: Banchoff, Ann
name: Stathi, Afroditi
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Community-engaged citizen science recognises older adults as key stakeholders in designing, implementing, and evaluating initiatives that support age-friendly urban environments. Purpose: To engage older adults and other stakeholders in identifying actionable urban characteristics influencing active ageing in Birmingham, UK. Methods: Participants aged 60 and over were recruited via local community organisations and services. Experts in urban planning and ageing-well services were recruited via targeted e-mail invitations. Online group discussions were conducted. Data was thematically analysed and checked by interviewees. Results: Four older adult (n=17; Mean age= 72(7.5 SD); 11 women) and two stakeholder (n=11; 7 women) online group discussions identified 13 barrier and 8 facilitator themes. Ageism, winter, and safety were identified as barriers by both groups whereas outdoor spaces and infrastructure, transportation, community facilities, and the Covid-19 pandemic were identified as barriers and/or facilitators. Older adults identified ageing as a key barrier and diversity of the city, health and mobility and technology as facilitators. For stakeholders, key barriers were: deprivation and poverty, gender differences, and race and ethnicity whereas age inclusive activities were a key facilitator Conclusion: The range and interaction of urban characteristics acting as barriers and facilitators highlights the potential importance of community-engaged citizen science in developing place-based changes to promote active ageing. In the context of a global pandemic, employing online discussion groups allowed meaningful first-stage engagement of citizen scientists to begin generating community-driven solutions for improving community health. Funding: University of Birmingham.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 32 of Effectiveness of long-term using statins in COPD – a network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yongbin Lu
name: Ruixia Chang
name: Yao, Jia
name: Xinni Xu
name: Yongjun Teng
name: Cheng, Ning
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Rank probability analysis of TG with using statins in COPD patients. (PDF 177 kb)
Lenora Grube 1878
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Amphinomida
Amphinomidae
Lenora

description: Lenora Grube, 1878
 (= Amphinome Bruguière, 1789) philippinensis Grube, 1878: Aibuhit, Palau. MPW 295 (= Amphinome philippinensis fide Hartman 1959; for correction of locality, see www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339350)
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
OPTIMAL RESIDUAL NITRATE NITROGEN LEVELS FOR IRRIGATED CORN AND EFFECTS OF NITROGEN LIMITATIONS
Creators: name: Stoccker, A.L.
name: Onken, A.B.
name: Stoccker, A.L.
name: Onken, A.B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agribusiness
Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: Optimal use of applied nitrogen on irrigated corn on clay loam soils where accumulation of residual nitrate N occured was insensitive to changes in interest rates and fertilizer/crop price ratio changes. Soil tests are necessary to determine the correct N application. Deviations from the profit maximizing level affect both current and future profits.
Objectively measuring the association between the built environment and physical activity-identifying the gaps: a systematic review and reporting framework
Creators: name: Pontin, Francesca
name: Jenneson, Victoria
name: Lomax, Nik
name: Clarke, Graham
name: Morris, Michelle
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: We know the environment in which we live and interact plays an important role in our opportunity for and ability to be physically active. However, studies investigating the strength and direction of these objectively measured relationships find conflicting outcomes. Different reporting practices and standards between disciplines and countries cause problems for study comparability, and subsequent difficulty in concluding the level of influence of built environment on physical activity. Purpose: To summarise the current body of knowledge and knowledge gaps around the impact of objectively measure built environment metrics on physical activity levels in adults and to devise a reporting framework for the evaluation of current studies and to improve future inter-study comparability. Methods: A systematic review was conducted on multiple health, geography, transportation, and social sciences databases. Study characteristics, methods of objectively recording physical activity and built environment were recorded and study outcomes compared. These findings were used to devise a reporting framework. Results: Following PRISMA guidelines 100 papers, composed of 66 unique studies, were included in the final review. Studies spanned 17 OECD countries and ranged between 10 to 65,967 participants. The range of built environment metrics and physical activity definitions used across the included studies were visualised to identify reporting gaps. Moreover, each study was scored against the reporting framework criteria to assess reproducibility and comparability. Conclusions: The introduction of a framework that allows comparability of studies, whilst also introducing a consistent reporting structure, is highly advantageous in identify key gaps in reporting and improving future comparability. Funding: ESRC: Data Analytics and Society Centre for Doctoral Training (ES/R501062/1).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Nanoengineered Astronomical Optics
Creators: name: Borra, E. F.
name: Ritcey, A. M.
name: Bergamasco, R.
name: Laird, P.
name: Gingras, J.
name: Dallaire, M.
name: Da Silva, L.
name: Yockell-Lelievre, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a technology for the fabrication of inexpensive and versatile mirrors through the use of a new type of nanoengineered optical material composed by the spreading of a self-assembling reflective colloidal film spread at the surface of a liquid. These new reflecting liquids offer interesting possibilities for astronomical instrumentation. For example, they can replace mercury in conventional rotating liquid mirrors. The main advantages offered include extremely low cost and, by coating a viscous liquid, the possibility of tilting the mirror by a few tens of degrees. We also have coated ferromagnetic liquids with these reflecting films. The resulting surfaces can be shaped by the application of a magnetic field, yielding reflecting surfaces that can have complicated shapes that can rapidly shift with time. These inexpensive and versatile optical elements could have numerous scientific and technological applications. Among possible astronomical applications, they could be used to make large inexpensive adaptive mirrors exhibiting strokes ranging from nanometers to several millimeters.
description: Submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters. 18 pages, 4 figures
Relaxation dynamics of the three-dimensional Coulomb Glass model
Creators: name: Bhandari, Preeti
name: Malik, Vikas
name: Kumar, Deepak
name: Schechter, Moshe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of the Coulomb Glass lattice model in three dimensions near a local equilibrium state by using mean-field approximations. We specifically focus on understanding the role of localization length ($ξ$) and the temperature ($T$) in the regime where the system is not far from equilibrium. We use the eigenvalue distribution of the dynamical matrix to characterize relaxation laws as a function of localization length at low temperatures. The variation of the minimum eigenvalue of the dynamical matrix with temperature and localization length is discussed numerically and analytically. Our results demonstrate the dominant role played by the localization length on the relaxation laws. For very small localization lengths we find a crossover from exponential relaxation at long times to a logarithmic decay at intermediate times. No logarithmic decay at the intermediate times is observed for large localization lengths.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
The Glass Transition Temperature of Water: A Simulation Study
Creators: name: Giovambattista, Nicolas
name: Angell, C. Austen
name: Sciortino, Francesco
name: Stanley, H. Eugene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a computer simulation study of the glass transition for water. To mimic the difference between standard and hyperquenched glass, we generate glassy configurations with different cooling rates and calculate the $T$ dependence of the specific heat on heating. The absence of crystallization phenomena allows us, for properly annealed samples, to detect in the specific heat the simultaneous presence of a weak pre-peak (``shadow transition''), and an intense glass transition peak at higher temperature. We discuss the implications for the currently debated value of the glass transition temperature of water. We also compare our simulation results with the Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan phenomenological model.
description: submitted to Phys. Rev
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AND NUMBER PATTERN RECOGNITION IN SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS
Creators: name: Bennett, Betsy Kraus
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study is an investigation of the relationships among mathematics anxiety, algebraic pattern recognition, use of algebraic patterns to facilitate recall of a list of numbers and mathematics achievement. Instruments designed to measure these variables were administered individually to each of 60 sixth grade students. The Iowa Basic Skills Test scores were used as measures of general and mathematics achievement. Performance on equivalent forms of the algebraic pattern recognition test and the number recall task by a subsample of 25 students indicates that these instruments are reliable. The evidence from this study does not support the hypotheses that among sixth graders mathematics anxiety is highly negatively correlated with pattern recognition, successful recall of lists of numbers or mathematics achievement. Correlations, tests for independence of variables and a principal factor analysis support the conclusion that mathematics skills achievement, use of algebraic patterns in a recall task and successful recall of a meaningless list of numbers are the three major, relatively independent performance factors described by the variables considered. Mathematics anxiety showed no significant correlation with any of these descriptors. While the distributions on most of the variables measured were not significantly different for the male and female subsamples, sex differences were observed in the correlations involving the recall test scores, suggesting that males and females tend to employ different strategies when asked to recall lists of numbers. This study indicates that the strong negative correlation between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement observed among college students is not evident among college-bound sixth grade students. This researcher concludes that employment of a rote memory strategy rather than a search for the algebraic pattern in the number recall task is a factor likely to predict both lower mathematics achievement and greater mathematics anxiety when the student undertakes the study of more advanced mathematics. If this conclusion is supported by a longitudinal study, it would seem that early training in both pattern recognition and employment of algebraically expressible patterns might alleviate some of the mathematics anxiety and avoidance which tend to occur during the high school years.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AND NUMBER PATTERN RECOGNITION IN SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS
Creators: name: Bennett, Betsy Kraus
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education

description: This study is an investigation of the relationships among mathematics anxiety, algebraic pattern recognition, use of algebraic patterns to facilitate recall of a list of numbers and mathematics achievement. Instruments designed to measure these variables were administered individually to each of 60 sixth grade students. The Iowa Basic Skills Test scores were used as measures of general and mathematics achievement. Performance on equivalent forms of the algebraic pattern recognition test and the number recall task by a subsample of 25 students indicates that these instruments are reliable. The evidence from this study does not support the hypotheses that among sixth graders mathematics anxiety is highly negatively correlated with pattern recognition, successful recall of lists of numbers or mathematics achievement. Correlations, tests for independence of variables and a principal factor analysis support the conclusion that mathematics skills achievement, use of algebraic patterns in a recall task and successful recall of a meaningless list of numbers are the three major, relatively independent performance factors described by the variables considered. Mathematics anxiety showed no significant correlation with any of these descriptors. While the distributions on most of the variables measured were not significantly different for the male and female subsamples, sex differences were observed in the correlations involving the recall test scores, suggesting that males and females tend to employ different strategies when asked to recall lists of numbers. This study indicates that the strong negative correlation between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement observed among college students is not evident among college-bound sixth grade students. This researcher concludes that employment of a rote memory strategy rather than a search for the algebraic pattern in the number recall task is a factor likely to predict both lower mathematics achievement and greater mathematics anxiety when the student undertakes the study of more advanced mathematics. If this conclusion is supported by a longitudinal study, it would seem that early training in both pattern recognition and employment of algebraically expressible patterns might alleviate some of the mathematics anxiety and avoidance which tend to occur during the high school years.
Additional file 28 of Effectiveness of long-term using statins in COPD – a network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yongbin Lu
name: Ruixia Chang
name: Yao, Jia
name: Xinni Xu
name: Yongjun Teng
name: Cheng, Ning
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Rank probability analysis of TC with using statins in COPD patients. (PDF 177 kb)
Gravitational Waves from Axisymmetric, Rotational Stellar Core Collapse
Creators: name: Ott, Christian D.
name: Burrows, Adam
name: Livne, Eli
name: Walder, Rolf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have carried out an extensive set of two-dimensional, axisymmetric, purely-hydrodynamic calculations of rotational stellar core collapse with a realistic, finite-temperature nuclear equation of state and realistic massive star progenitor models. For each of the total number of 72 different simulations we performed, the gravitational wave signature was extracted via the quadrupole formula in the slow-motion, weak-field approximation. We investigate the consequences of variation in the initial ratio of rotational kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy and in the initial degree of differential rotation. Furthermore, we include in our model suite progenitors from recent evolutionary calculations that take into account the effects of rotation and magnetic torques. For each model, we calculate gravitational radiation wave forms, characteristic wave strain spectra, energy spectra, final rotational profiles, and total radiated energy. In addition, we compare our model signals with the anticipated sensitivities of the 1st- and 2nd-generation LIGO detectors coming on line. We find that most of our models are detectable by LIGO from anywhere in the Milky Way.
description: 13 pages, 22 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ (v600, Jan. 2004). Revised version: Corrected typos and minor mistakes in text and references. Minor additions to the text according to the referee's suggestions, conclusions unchanged
Notopygos Grube 1855
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Amphinomida
Amphinomidae
Notopygos

description: Notopygos Grube, 1855 cirratus Horst, 1911: N Ubian Islands, Malaysia. NML 1005 hispida Hoagland, 1920: Lanang Point, Gulf of Davao, Philippines. USNM 18954 labiatus McIntosh, 1885: Basilian Strait, Philippines. NHM AN01 1885.12.1.14, AN01 1921.5.1.4582 mitsukurii Izuka, 1910: Naha, Okinawa. UMUT, type probaly lost sibogae Horst, 1911: N Salomakiee Island; Atjatunging; Nusa Island. NML 1010.5, 1010.1–4 supragigas Uschakov & Wu, 1962: Xisha Islands, South China Sea. IOCAS [no number, shelving position IA3]
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
John Hamilcar Hollister
Creators: name: Pius, Mary
Publisher: name: Galter Health Science Library & Learning Center
Year: 2016

description: Oil on canvas portrait of Dr. James Hamilcar Hollister by artist Sister Mary Pius. Photo of framed portrait, measuring 86 cm H x 71 cm W x 8 cm D, housed in Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. The plaque, measuring 10.2 cm H x 15.2 W x 2.5 cm D reads: James Hamilcar Hollister, MD Founder and Professor of Medicine 1859-1895 Northwestern University Medical School. The portrait was unveiled at the dedication of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building in June 1927 and added to the collection of the Archibald Church Library. (Source: p. 47-49 IN: Dedication of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, Northwestern University Medical School, Alexander McKinlock Memorial Campus, Chicago, c.1929, Northwestern University Medical School)
An Evaluation of "Hire the Handicapped" Appeals on Radio and Television: 1957
Creators: name: Posner, Bernard
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In the land of opportunity that is America, there is at least one group of citizens for whom opportunity still is a dream unfulfilled. For countless thousands of handicapped men and women, equal opportunity for employment has been denied-too often not because of their inability to work, but because of the inability of employers to consider them as they really are, as men and women with the same talents and abilities as all humankind.
Kinetic energy of He atoms in liquid $^4$He-$^3$He mixtures
Creators: name: Senesi, R.
name: Andreani, C.
name: Fielding, A. L.
name: Mayers, J.
name: Stirling, W. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering measurements on liquid $^3$He-$^4$He mixtures in the normal phase have been performed on the VESUVIO spectrometer at the ISIS pulsed neutron source at exchanged wavevectors of about $q \simeq 120.0$ Å$^{-1}$. The neutron Compton profiles J(y) of the mixtures were measured along the $T=1.96$ K isotherm for $^3$He concentrations, $x$, ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 at saturated vapour pressures. Values of kinetic energies, $$, of $^3$He and $^4$He atoms as a function of $x$, $(x)$, were extracted from the second moment of J(y). The present determinations of $(x)$ confirm previous experimental findings for both isotopes and, in the case of $^3$He, a substantial disagreement with theory is found. In particular $(x)$ for the $^3$He atoms is found to be independent of concentration yielding a value $_3(x=0.1)\simeq 12 K $, much lower than the value suggested by the most recent theoretical estimates of approximately 19 K .
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication, Physical Review B
Identification of existing audit instruments for the assessment of urban and rural physical activity environments
Creators: name: Domokos, Bruno
name: Müller, Christina
name: Paulsen, Lisa
name: Bojkowska, Izabela
name: Amersbach, Tanja
name: Bucksch, Jens
name: Wallmann-Sperlich, Birgit
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: According to a socio-ecological perspective, the neighborhood environment plays a critical role in promoting physical activity across all population groups. A comprehensive assessment of environmental characteristics is a prerequisite to the planning, implementation and evaluation of physical activity interventions. Purpose: This work aims to identify and categorize existing audit tools for the assessment of physical activity related environmental features in order to derive relevant categories and items for the German rural and urban context as well as for different population groups. Methods: We systematically searched relevant databases (e.g., PubMed) to identify existing audit tools. Based on the current evidence, we critically reviewed the instruments regarding context and relevance for population groups. Results: We identified 86 audit tools: 55 community/streetscape audits, 13 audits for parks, trails, or public open spaces, 7 audits for playgrounds or recreation facilities, and 11 digital audits. Most tools were applicable across all age groups (n = 65). In addition, we identified 9 tools for children and adolescents, 9 for seniors, and 3 for people with disabilities/chronic diseases. We found that numerous tools contain items that do not represent the German cultural context (e.g., destinations). We identified few tools developed explicitly for the rural context (n = 3). Conclusions: Our work highlights the need for an instrument reflecting urban and specifically rural peculiarities of the German context. Funding: This work is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Centre for Health Education.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Cosmic Rates of Black Hole Mergers and Pair-Instability Supernovae from Chemically Homogeneous Binary Evolution
Creators: name: Buisson, Lise du
name: Marchant, Pablo
name: Podsiadlowski, Philipp
name: Kobayashi, Chiaki
name: Abdalla, Filipe B.
name: Taylor, Philip
name: Mandel, Ilya
name: de Mink, Selma E.
name: Moriya, Takashi J.
name: Langer, Norbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: During the first three observing runs of the Advanced gravitational-wave detector network, the LIGO/Virgo collaboration detected several black hole binary (BHBH) mergers. As the population of detected BHBH mergers grows, it will become possible to constrain different channels for their formation. Here we consider the chemically homogeneous evolution (CHE) channel in close binaries, by performing population synthesis simulations that combine realistic binary models with detailed cosmological calculations of the chemical and star-formation history of the Universe. This allows us to constrain population properties, as well as cosmological and aLIGO/aVirgo detection rates of BHBH mergers formed through this pathway. We predict a BHBH merger rate at redshift zero of $5.8 \, \textrm{Gpc}^{-3} \textrm{yr}^{-1}$ through the CHE channel, to be compared with aLIGO/aVirgo's measured rate of ${53.2}_{-28.2}^{+55.8} \, \text{Gpc}^{-3} \text{yr}^{-1}$, and find that eventual merger systems have BH masses in the range $17 - 43 \, \textrm{M}_{\odot}$ below the pair-instability supernova (PISN) gap, and $>124 \, \textrm{M}_{\odot}$ above the PISN gap. We investigate effects of momentum kicks during black hole formation, and calculate cosmological and magnitude limited PISN rates. We also study the effects of high-redshift deviations in the star formation rate. We find that momentum kicks tend to increase delay times of BHBH systems, and our magnitude limited PISN rate estimates indicate that current deep surveys should be able to detect such events. Lastly, we find that our cosmological merger rate estimates change by at most $\sim 8\%$ for mild deviations of the star formation rate in the early Universe, and by up to $\sim 40\%$ for extreme deviations.
description: 20 pages, 18 figures, 4 tables. References added, text clarifications added, results and figures unchanged
Program Evaluation of the Equity Enhancement Pilot Project
Creators: name: Jiang, Xiaodan (Daria)
name: Dong, Jing
name: Tran, Uyen Nhi Pham
name: Gu, Yuxuan (Jesse)
name: Fu, Yolanda
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: In a partnership with the Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS), we will be evaluating the Recreation Gaps Program, which aims to increase physical activity amongst Chinese female students at UBC. To do so, we will be using the raw data from a survey provided by SEEDS. Some of the main barriers identified by the participants are insufficient time, lack of motivation and not being interested in the health topics and activities. The change in behaviours of subjects before and after participating show that the program was successful in imparting knowledge of new forms of physical activities but had difficulty improving the time management of participants. The program was also less successful at changing the lifestyle of participants in the long-term. Our recommendations are that future pilot programs for this population should focus more on offering long-term solutions and focus the actual content of the program on activities rather than lectures. More sessions should also be offered to increase the time flexibility of the program. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Parachloeia Horst 1912
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Amphinomida
Amphinomidae
Parachloeia

description: Parachloeia Horst, 1912 marmorata Horst, 1912: Puly Sarassa, Postillon Islands; Borneo Bank, Lumu Lumu. NML 1036
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Unveiling the Intrinsic Alignment of Galaxies with Self-Calibration and DECaLS DR3 data
Creators: name: Yao, Ji
name: Shan, Huanyuan
name: Zhang, Pengjie
name: Kneib, Jean-Paul
name: Jullo, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Galaxy intrinsic alignment (IA) is both a source of systematic contamination to cosmic shear measurement and its cosmological applications, and a source of valuable information on the large scale structure of the universe and galaxy formation. The self-calibration (SC) method \citep{SC2008} was designed to separate IA from cosmic shear, free of IA modeling. It was first successfully applied to the KiDS450 and KV450 data \citep{Yao2019}. We apply the SC method to the DECaLS DR3 shear + photo-z catalog and significantly improve the IA detection to $\sim 14σ$. We find a strong dependence of IA on galaxy color, with strong IA signal ($\sim17.6σ$) for red galaxies, while the IA signal for blue galaxies is consistent with zero. The detected IA for red galaxies are in reasonable agreement with the non-linear tidal alignment model and the inferred IA amplitude increases with redshift. We address the systematics in the SC method carefully and performed several sanity checks. We discuss various caveats and possible improvements in the measurement, theory and parameter fitting that will be addressed in future works.
description: match version accepted by ApJ
High Spatial Resolution Mid-infrared Observations of Three Seyfert Galaxies
Creators: name: Soifer, B. T.
name: Bock, J. J.
name: Marsh, K.
name: Neugebauer, G.
name: Matthews, K.
name: Egami, E.
name: Armus, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Images at 12.5 microns of nuclei of three nearby Seyfert galaxies -- NGC 1275, NGC 4151 and NGC 7469 -- have been obtained with the Keck 10-m Telescope. NGC 7469 is resolved and deconvolution delineates a structure <0.04"x0.08" or <13x26 pc at a position angle of 135deg. From a comparison with structure seen at millimeter wavelengths, this structure is interpreted as a disk aligned with the molecular gas in the central few hundred parsecs of the galaxy. NGC 1275 and NGC 4151 are not resolved; limits on the sizes of these nuclei are 0.08" and 0.16", corresponding to physical spatial scales of 28 and 10 pc. The lower limits to the brightness temperatures implied by these size limits and the measured flux densities are within ~50K of the 12 micron to 25 micron color temperatures of these systems as inferred from IRAS observations. The angular size limits are within a factor of 2.5 of the sizes required to spatially resolve thermal emission from dust heated by a central luminosity source. These sizes preclude significant contributions to the nuclear infrared emission from star forming regions.
description: 23 pages, 7 figures, A.J. in press
Reconstructing particle number distributions with convoluting volume fluctuations
Creators: name: Esumi, ShinIchi
name: Nakagawa, Kana
name: Nonaka, Toshihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose methods to reconstruct particle distributions with and without considering initial volume fluctuations. This approach enables us to correct for detector efficiencies and initial volume fluctuations simultaneously. Our study suggests such a tool could investigate the possible bimodal structure of net-proton distribution in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=$7.7 GeV a signature of first-order phase transition and critical point [arXiv:1804.04463,arXiv:1811.04456].
description: 11 pages, 12 figures; Final version accepted by NIM
Descriptive epidemiology of adolescents’ active travel to school in 31 Asian countries
Creators: name: Maulida, Rizka
name: Ikeda, Erika
name: Oni, Tolullah
name: Van Sluijs, Esther
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Rapid urbanization and dynamically changing built environments in Asia pose a challenge for their active travel to school (ATS). Little is known about prevalence of ATS in Asia. Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of adolescents’ ATS in Asia. Methods: This cross-sectional study used Global School-based student Health Survey (GSHS) data from 154,920 13-17-year-old adolescents in 31 Asian countries. Country-specific weighted percentages of self-reported ATS (0 vs. 1-7 days) were calculated, and associations of ATS with age, sex and weight category were analysed using logistic regressions. Subsequently, summary prevalence and estimates were calculated using random-effects meta-analyses. Results: Prevalence of ATS was 55%, ranging from 18% (United Arab Emirates) to 84% (Myanmar). There was limited sub-regional variation: 47% in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), 56% in South East Asia Region (SEAR), and 64% in the Western Pacific Region. Being an older adolescent (OR=1.08, 95%CI=1.00-1.16) was positively associated with ATS. This association was strongest in EMR countries. Females (0.79, 0.71-0.89) and adolescents with overweight/obesity (0.92, 0.86-0.99) were less likely to use ATS. Association with sex was strongest in EMR countries and slightly less in SEAR countries. Overall heterogeneity was considerable in all three meta-analyses. Conclusions: Prevalence of adolescent ATS in Asia varies substantially. Overall, older and male adolescents, and adolescents with normal and below normal weight category are more likely to actively travel to school. However, the main contributor to the between-country variation remains unknown. Funding: Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 24 of Effectiveness of long-term using statins in COPD – a network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yongbin Lu
name: Ruixia Chang
name: Yao, Jia
name: Xinni Xu
name: Yongjun Teng
name: Cheng, Ning
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Rank probability analysis of 6MW with using statins in COPD patients. (PDF 176 kb)
Trends in active commuting to school from 2003 to 2017 among children and adolescents from Germany: The MoMo-Study
Creators: name: Marzi, Isabel
name: Reimers, Anne K.
name: Schmidt, Steffen C. E.
name: Niessner, Claudia
name: Oriwol, Doris
name: Worth, Annette
name: Woll, Alexander
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: To overcome the high prevalence of inactivity in children and adolescents different domains of physical activity such as active transport need to be targeted in intervention programs. Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, time-trend, and socio-demographic correlates of ACS in a nationwide sample of girls and boys from Germany. Methods: Self-reports on commuting to school and its socio-demographic correlates from 11,387 participants aged 4 to 17 years were analyzed at three measurement points between 2003 and 2017. The sample is representative regarding sex, age, region, migration background, and education level among children and adolescents in Germany (MoMo-Study). Results: Overall, ACS decreased from 84.4% in 2003-2006 to 78.3% in 2014-2017. The proportion of passive commuting predominantly increased in children aged 4-5, in children with low and medium SES, and in small and medium-sized towns. No gender differences were found in active commuting. Results of multinomial logistic regression identified age, migrations background and residential area as correlates of walking in boys. In girls, the chance of walking, bicycling and taking public transport compared to motorized transport increased with age. Conclusions: Intervention programs to increase active transport in children and adolescents should target different age groups and promote parental involvement to change children’s choice of transport mode. Funding: MoMo is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (funding reference number: 01ER1503) within the research program ´long-term studies` in public health research.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
On the quantum width of a black hole horizon
Creators: name: Marolf, Donald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The many low energy modes near a black hole horizon give the thermal atmosphere a divergent entropy which becomes of order $A/4G$ with a Planck scale cut-off. However, Sorkin has given a Newtonian argument for 3+1 Schwarzschild black holes to the effect that fluctuations of such modes provide the horizon with a non-zero quantum mechanical width. This width then effectively enforces a cut-off at much larger distances so that the entropy of the thermal atmosphere is negligible in comparison with $A/4G$ for large black holes. We generalize and improve this result by giving a relativistic argument valid for any spherical black hole in any dimension. The result is again a cut-off $L_c$ at a geometric mean of the Planck scale and the black hole radius; in particular, $L_c^d \sim \frac{R}{T_H} \ell_p^{d-2}$. With this cut-off, the entropy of the thermal atmosphere is again parametrically small in comparison with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the black hole. The effect of a large number $N$ of fundamental fields and the discrepancies from naive predictions of a stretched horizon model are also discussed.
description: 14 pages, JHEP style, for the Adriatic 2003 conference, minor changes
An Evaluation of "Hire the Handicapped" Appeals on Radio and Television: 1957
Creators: name: Posner, Bernard
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023

description: In the land of opportunity that is America, there is at least one group of citizens for whom opportunity still is a dream unfulfilled. For countless thousands of handicapped men and women, equal opportunity for employment has been denied-too often not because of their inability to work, but because of the inability of employers to consider them as they really are, as men and women with the same talents and abilities as all humankind.
Projective Threefolds with Holomorphic Conformal Structure
Creators: name: Jahnke, Priska
name: Radloff, Ivo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14J30

description: The authors give a complete classification of projective threefolds admitting a holomorphic conformal structure. A Corollary is the complete list of projective threefolds, whose tangent bundle is a symmetric square.
description: 10 pages, LaTeX2e
Pherecardia Horst 1886
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Amphinomida
Amphinomidae
Pherecardia

description: Pherecardia Horst, 1886 lobata Horst, 1886: Banda, Timor and other localities. NML 1070.1–3 parva Monro, 1924: Macclesfield Bank, Paracel Islands, South China Sea. NHM AN02 1925.1.28.144
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Walking and its association with the perception of the neighborhood built environment
Creators: name: Herbolsheimer, Florian
name: Mahmood, Atiya
name: Ungar, Nadine
name: Chaudhury, Habib
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Research indicates that the perception of various features of the neighborhood built environment supports walking among older adults. However, there is also an indication for the reversed direction. A walking intervention resulted in a more positive perception of the built environment. Consequently, the interpretation of the direction between walking and the perceived neighborhood built environment remains unclear. Purpose: This study examined if levels of walking in the neighborhood are related to different perceptions of the same built environment among older adults. Methods: In four neighborhoods in Metro Vancouver, Canada, and four neighborhoods in Metro Portland, United States, older adults reported their walking behavior and perception of the neighborhood built environment. Individuals were grouped if they lived 400 meters or closer to each other. The discordance between the individual and the group-wise perception of the same built environment was used as the outcome measure in linear regression models. Results: Higher walking levels were associated with increased positive evaluations of the built neighborhood environment. Older adults who walked more often for transport in the neighborhood also experienced the same neighborhood as more walkable (β = .19; p = .011) with better pedestrian infrastructure (β = .16; p = .037). Conclusions: The results support the notion that walking alters the environment’s perception. Bidirectional effects should be considered when studying the relationship between the perceived built environment and individual behavior. Funding: Study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress