cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Best Practice in Clinical Facilitation of Undergraduate Nursing Students: The Perspectives of Clinical Facilitators
Creators: name: Needham, Judith
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Clinical Facilitators
subject: Best Practice, Nursing students
subject: Learning to facilitate
subject: Assessing learning
subject: Facilitating effectively

description: This study sought to investigate what constituted best practice in clinical facilitation of undergraduate nursing students from the perspectives of those who undertake this role in health care agencies. Understanding clinical facilitation is important for maintaining quality of care, staff and student retention with an emphasis on employment and educational practices. The clinical facilitators reflected on their role highlighting aspects of the role and influences that either help or hinder them in achieving best practice. The study is important and unique educationally because what constitutes best practice in clinical facilitation can potentially inform both educational and management strategies for clinical facilitation. Importantly, this knowledge could strengthen opportunities for recruitment and retention of these members of the nursing workforce. A case study using an interpretive, naturalistic approach was conducted to identify best practice in clinical facilitation of undergraduate nursing students from the clinical facilitators’ perspective. Data included focus group discussions, individual interviews and concept maps produced by focus group participants. Participants were recruited from the Griffith University School of Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Facilitator Database with data collected at a time and place of mutual convenience. Thematic analysis, with constant comparison of focus group discussions, interview data and concept maps was used to identify three common themes and ten subthemes.
On the Combinatorial Structure of Primitive Vassiliev Invariants, III - A Lower Bound
Creators: name: Dasbach, Oliver T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25, 05C10

description: We prove that the dimension of the space of primitive Vassiliev invariants of degree n grows - as n tends to infinity - faster than Exp(c Sqrt(n)) for any c < Pi Sqrt (2/3). The proof relies on the use of the weight systems coming from the Lie algebra gl(N). In fact, we show that our bound is - up to multiplication with a rational function in n - the best possible that one can get with gl(N)-weight systems.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
Shear-induced dynamics of polymeric globules at adsorbing homogeneous and inhomogeneous surfaces
Creators: name: Radtke, Matthias
name: Netz, Roland
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik

description: The dynamics and adsorption behavior of a single collapsed homopolymer on a surface in shear flow is investigated by means of Brownian hydrodynamics simulations. We study different homogeneous and inhomogeneous surface models and determine dynamic state diagrams as a function of the cohesive strength, the adhesive strength, and the shear rate. We find distinct dynamical adsorbed states that are classified into rolling and slipping states, globular and coil-like states, as well as isotropic and prolate states. We identify two different cyclic processes based on trajectories of the polymer stretching and the polymer separation from the surface. For adsorption on an inhomogeneous surface consisting of discrete binding sites, we observe stick-roll motion for highly corrugated surface potentials. Although the resulting high surface friction leads to low drift velocities and reduced hydrodynamic lift forces on such inhomogeneous surfaces, a shear-induced adsorption is not found in the presence of full hydrodynamic interactions. A hydrodynamically stagnant surface model is introduced for which shear-induced adsorption is observed in the absence of hydrodynamic interactions.
Probabilistic reasoning and learning for answer set programming
Creators: name: Tuckey, David
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2023

description: Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a specific type of logic programming capable of solving complex combinatorial problems. ASP programs may accept multiple models, thus supporting two notions of entailment: brave and cautious. Therefore, the Distribution Semantics (DS) (underpinning Probabilistic Logic Programming (PLP)) is not directly applicable to Probabilistic Answer Set Programming (PASP). Among few proposed semantics, the Credal Semantics (CS) has regained attention. However, no solver has been proposed for inference and learning under the CS. This semantics has the property of allowing uncertainty on computed probabilities, stemming from the brave and cautious entailment in ASP. This thesis provides four main contributions. We propose the Probabilistic Approximate SOlver for the Credal Semantics (PASOCS), the first solver for PASP under the CS. It leverages large computation clusters and showcases 10 folds speedups. We then introduce the CredalFOIL system, the first system for structure learning under the CS, capable of learning normal clauses. This system solves a new class of learning task: the notion of coverage of examples is defined based on their “lower” and “upper” probability. This, although appropriate for the CS and PASP, makes the system not easily applicable in real-world scenarios. We therefore introduce, as third contribution of this thesis, a novel semantics called Incomplete Knowledge Semantics (IKS), which introduces a notion of optimism in order to support probabilistic inference in the presence of uncertainty. Our IKS allows the user to “control” the probabilities of queries as a function of a given level of optimism, selecting the probability distribution that best matches the user’s context. Finally, we propose a new learning task for the IKS, and present the exact learner Probabilistic Abductive Inductive Learning (PAIL). PAIL demonstrates the impact that the different levels of optimism have on the learning of optimal solutions.
On the families of orthogonal polynomials associated to the Razavy potential
Creators: name: Finkel, Federico
name: Gonzalez-Lopez, Artemio
name: Rodriguez, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that there are two different families of (weakly) orthogonal polynomials associated to the quasi-exactly solvable Razavy potential $V(x)=(\z \cosh 2x-M)^2$ ($\z>0$, $M\in\mathbf N$). One of these families encompasses the four sets of orthogonal polynomials recently found by Khare and Mandal, while the other one is new. These results are extended to the related periodic potential $U(x)=-(\z \cos 2x -M)^2$, for which we also construct two different families of weakly orthogonal polynomials. We prove that either of these two families yields the ground state (when $M$ is odd) and the lowest lying gaps in the energy spectrum of the latter periodic potential up to and including the $(M-1)^{\rm th}$ gap and having the same parity as $M-1$. Moreover, we show that the algebraic eigenfunctions obtained in this way are the well-known finite solutions of the Whittaker--Hill (or Hill's three-term) periodic differential equation. Thus, the foregoing results provide a Lie-algebraic justification of the fact that the Whittaker--Hill equation (unlike, for instance, Mathieu's equation) admits finite solutions.
description: Typeset in LaTeX2e using amsmath, amssymb, epic, epsfig, float (24 pages, 1 figure)
Single-molecule detection of alpha-synuclein proteins using nanopores
Creators: name: Liu, Yaxian
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2023

description: Nanopore technology has emerged as a key tool for label-free biosensing at the single-molecule level, showing great promise in analytical and diagnostic applications, particularly for early-stage disease detection. This research focuses on enhancing the sensitivity and specificity of nanopipette-based nanopore sensing using carrier strategies. The goal is to address current limitations and establish nanopores as crucial in early molecular-level disease detection, which could revolutionize diagnostics by providing fast and accurate results essential for effective treatment. The first project phase successfully utilized a DNA carrier attached to an α-Syn aptamer for specific detection of α-Syn oligomers, key in diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases. This approach overcame challenges in distinguishing similar-sized analytes and facilitated the accurate identification of α-Syn oligomers in amyloid diseases. The study introduced detailed subpeak analysis to understand oligomer size diversity and assembly, proving crucial for understanding these diseases. Next, the research demonstrated the application of nanopore technology with a molecular carrier in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to differentiate Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients from healthy individuals. This was achieved without complex sample preparation, using DNA carrier signal patterns to identify α-Syn aggregation indicative of PD. This correlation between nanopore readings and clinical diagnoses suggests a new marker for monitoring PD progression and could lead to better diagnostics and treatment for α-Syn related disorders. Additionally, the study explored amyloid protein aggregation, using a real-time, label-free technique to monitor secondary nucleation. By analyzing α-Syn monomers' interactions with preformed seeds, the research provided detailed insights into the nucleation process at the molecular level, highlighting the role of nanoclusters in neurodegenerative diseases. In summary, this research advances nanopore technology in medical research, offering a new nanopore-based DNA carrier method for accurate α-Syn oligomer detection. This method shows potential for clinical diagnosis and contributes significantly to understanding neurodegenerative diseases, particularly in identifying therapeutic targets.
title: Rise up Suns: A Longitudinal Study of Sport Fan Development
Creators: name: Doyle, Jason Patrick
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Psychological Continuum Model (PCM)
subject: Sport fan loyalty
subject: Team identification
subject: Sport fans

description: Sport fans are key stakeholders for professional sport teams. Fans contribute both indirectly and directly to revenue streams and thus help teams to remain sustainable. However, the sport marketplace is an increasingly competitive landscape where a growing number of teams compete to attract, retain and develop fans. Such competition necessitates research that better outlines how and why individuals become team fans. Building on this opportunity, the current research investigates how the process of team identification can be used to understand fan development. Overall, this research contributes to existing theory by detailing the factors and processes that underpin fan development. The Psychological Continuum Model (PCM) was used as the theoretical framework to guide this research. The PCM provides a developmental framework that can be used to understand the progression of psychological connections with sport objects. Specifically, the PCM conceptualises how an individual may move from simply being aware of a team through three additional stages of team connection, culminating in team allegiance. The current research advances the PCM as a fan development framework by incorporating social identity theory into the model. In doing so, team identification was identified as a construct that can be used to examine the processes that lead to fan development. To better understand the processes that explain fan development, three studies were conducted. These studies gathered both quantitative (Study 1) and qualitative (Study 2 and Study 3) data, providing the researcher with cross-sectional and longitudinal data relevant to the investigation. All data were collected from fans of a new professional sport team located in Australia.
Eunicea Lamouroux 1816
Creators: name: Sánchez, Juan Armando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Eunicea

description: SUBGENUS (EUNICEA) LAMOUROUX, 1816
 Diagnostic character: Surface layer sclerites enlarged clubs (>> 0.1 mm) with the handle thin, conic, and multiple transversal ornamented rows.
 EUNICEA PINTA BAYER & DEICHMANN, 1958
(FIG. 1A)
 Eunicea pinta Bayer & Deichmann, 1958: 232 (holotype: USNM 50563).
 Eunicea pinta: Shi et al., 2002.
Letters refer to some scanning electron micrograph images from Figure 2 as examples when necessary, see also the Supporting Information.
Scale of calyx low <ring <lip <long lip <long, low is near absent and long is up to 10 mm and usually tubular, lip is when the lower part is longer than the upper, and ring is low but uniform.
 Description: Colonies up to 80 cm in height with cylindrical (circular in cross section) elongated branches (2–2.5 mm diameter) (1A). Colour in alcohol or dry specimens pale beige. Branches grow continuously without ramifications up to 50 cm. No calyx in the polyp aperture, just a small prominence around the aperture. Middle layer of interpolyp coenenchyme with ornamented spindle sclerites about 1 mm long, in some instances up to 1.8 mm (Bayer & Deichmann, 1958). Inner layer, or axial sheath, with purple sclerites exhibiting conic, stubby, and prominent lateral ornamentations. Superficial layer with abundant club sclerites (torch-like) up to 0.24 mm long, thin handle and much acute ornamentation in the head.
 Diagnostic features: The anthocodial sclerites are flat rods of several sizes with some deformations. These rods are placed either on the base of the polyp or on the tentacles (Bayer, 1961).
 Distribution and habitat: Lesser Antilles, Florida, Bahamas, San Andrés I. (Colombia), and Bermuda. Oceanic reefs in depths between 40 and 70 m.
 Examined material: USNM 50563. Holotype, (70% ETOH), North Atlantic Ocean; Bahamas, Great Bahaman Bank, between Andros and Great Exuma Islands (23° 34′ 00″N, 076° 33′ 00″W), 65 m, USFC, 12.iv.1886, Albatross R / V. USNM 57999 (70% ETOH), North Atlantic Ocean; Bermuda, Bermuda Island (32° 06′ 00″N, 065° 05′ 00″W), 55 m, 31.vii.1964, Pillsbury R / V, University of Miami. Without catalogue number USNM, Jamaica, Discovery Bay, R. Kinzie, 1970, 45 m.
description: Published as part of Sánchez, Juan Armando, 2009, Systematics of the candelabrum gorgonian corals (Eunicea Lamouroux; Plexauridae; Octocorallia; Cnidaria), pp. 237-263 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2) on pages 239-241, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00515.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5443702
Singular elliptic problems with unbalanced growth and critical exponent
Creators: name: Kumar, Deepak
name: Radulescu, V. D.
name: Sreenadh, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article, we study the existence and multiplicity of solutions of the following $(p,q)$-Laplace equation with singular nonlinearity: \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{rllll} -Δ_{p}u-\baΔ_{q}u & = \la u^{-\de}+ u^{r-1}, \ u>0, \ \text{ in } \Om \\ u&=0 \quad \text{ on } \pa\Om, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} where $\Om$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary, $1< q< p p$ and $\la,\, \ba>0$ are parameters. We prove existence, multiplicity and regularity of weak solutions of $(P_\la)$ for suitable range of $\la$. We also prove the global existence result for problem $(P_\la)$.
description: 37 pages
title: Antimicrobial Peptides and Skin
title: A Paradigm of Translational Medicine
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Korting, H. C.
name: Schöllmann, C.
name: Stauss-Grabo, M.
name: Schäfer-Korting, M.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Antimicrobial peptides
subject: Skin
subject: Skin diseases
subject: Tyrothricin
subject: Translational medicine
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::615 Pharmakologie, Therapeutik

description: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small, cationic, amphiphilic peptides with broad-spectrum microbicidal activity against both bacteria and fungi. In mammals, AMPs form the first line of host defense against infections and generally play an important role as effector agents of the innate immune system. The AMP era was born more than 6 decades ago when the first cationic cyclic peptide antibiotics, namely polymyxins and tyrothricin, found their way into clinical use. Due to the good clinical experience in the treatment of, for example, infections of mucus membranes as well as the subsequent understanding of mode of action, AMPs are now considered for treatment of inflammatory skin diseases and for improving healing of infected wounds. Based on the preclinical findings, including pathobiochemistry and molecular medicine, targeted therapy strategies are developed and first results indicate that AMPs influence processes of diseased skin. Importantly, in contrast to other antibiotics, AMPs do not seem to propagate the development of antibiotic-resistant micro-organisms. Therefore, AMPs should be tested in clinical trials for their efficacy and tolerability in inflammatory skin diseases and chronic wounds. Apart from possible fields of application, these peptides appear suited as an example of the paradigm of translational medicine for skin diseases which is today seen as a ‘two-way road’ – from bench to bedside and backwards from bedside to bench.
Investigation of resonant polarization radiation of relativistic electrons in gratings at small angles
Creators: name: Aleinik, A. N.
name: Chefonov, O. V.
name: Kalinin, B. N.
name: Naumenko, G. A.
name: Potylitsyn, A. P.
name: Saruev, G. A.
name: Sharafutdinov, A. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Resonant Optical Polarization Radiation (ROPR) in the Smith-Purcell geometry and the one from the inclined grating at the Tomsk synchrotron and 6-MeV microtron have been investigated. The polarization radiation was observed at 4.2o from the 200 MeV electron beam and at 5o from the 6.2 MeV electron beam. Two methods of measurement of ROPR maxima in these two cases have been used. In the first case (the experiment on synchrotron) we have fixed the wavelength of radiation using an optical filter; the orientation dependence of this radiation was measured. In this dependence we have observed two peaks of radiation from electrons in gold foil grating of 0.1 mm period. The first large peak is a zeroth order peak in direction of specular reflection, and the second one is the 1-st order peak of resonant polarization radiation. In the experiment on microtron the spectra of ROPR from aluminum foil strip grating of 0.2 mm period in the Smith-Purcell geometry were measured, and the peak of the 1-st order Smith-Purcell radiation in these spectra was observed. The comparison of data obtained with the simulation results has been performed.
Silicon reagents for direct amidation
Creators: name: Davies, Josh
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2023

description: An investigation into novel methods for amide and peptide bond formation is herein reported. Firstly, methyltrimethoxysilane (MTM) has been demonstrated as a reagent for the direct amidation of carboxylic acids and amines. It has been shown that a range of different amides can be formed in moderate to high yields, where the work-up consists of just an aqueous base and acid wash to provide pure amides. Moreover, certain secondary amides can be isolated as crystalline solid by a simple filtration protocol of the reaction mixture. This investigation also explores the use of MTM for di- and tripeptide formation, demonstrating that tripeptides can be formed as a single diastereomer and isolated pure without the requirement for chromatography. This thesis also explores the use of trimethylsilyl chloride (TMSCl). It has been shown that TMSCl cannot promote room temperature amidation of carboxylic acids with amines. Through the authentic synthesis of the proposed trimethylsilyl ester, it has been shown that TMSCl does not promote conversion of carboxylic acids to TMS esters. However, the reaction of TMSCl with DMF provides an in-situ Vilsmeier salt which can formylate amines at ambient temperature, and therefore offers a novel method for formamide formation. The last section of this thesis explores the use of a thianthrene and N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) combination for a stepwise amidation of carboxylic acids and amines. It has been shown that addition of a carboxylic acid to a solution of thianthrene and NCS will result in acid chloride formation, which will form amide on addition of amine.
title: How does Asia view the EU?
title: Security in an interpolar world
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Stumbaum, May-Britt U.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::327 Internationale Beziehungen

description: Eff ective multilateralism has always been a goal the EU has pursued by promoting its norms and paradigms in international relations. As the world becomes more interdependent and multipolar- what is often characterized as ‘interpolar’- Asian powers are increasingly gaining signifi cance. The EU has worked with China and India, two emerging key players, with growing intensity. However, has the EU’s approach worked? Have these and other Asian countries adopted EU norms, adapted to them, or possibly even rejected them? What are the reasons behind their responses? What shapes Asian perceptions of the EU? In an attempt to explore these questions, the following NFG Working Paper outlines the research agenda of the NFG Research Group “Asian Perceptions of the EU”.
Weak C* Hopf Symmetry
Creators: name: Rehren, K. -H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weak C* Hopf algebras can act as global symmetries in low-dimensional quantum field theories, when braid group statistics prevents group symmetries. Possibilities to construct field algebras with weak C* Hopf symmetry from a given theory of local observables are discussed.
description: 8 pages, Latex2e, with .sty-file included; report-no added, minor make-up
title: Continuing Work on a 3-D City Model for Architectural Education
Creators: name: Dokonal, Wolfgang
name: Martens, Bob
name: Plösch, Reinhard
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2001
Subjects: 3D City Modeling
City of Graz
Urban Modeling
Architectural Education
Collaboration

description: This paper describes continuing experiences with the creation of a 3D-City Model at Graz University of Technology. It presents an innovative approach in establishing a city model with the substantial support of students in the study fields of architecture and surveying. Doubtlessly other projects already revealed similar issues, but so far without direct collaborative input by students.
Developing a lower-limb soft exosuit for human rehabilitation and space application
Creators: name: Khan, Shamas
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2023

description: This thesis presents a novel design for a lower limb soft exosuit that employs pennate-style actuators and shape memory polymers to enhance resistive exercise regimens with particular consideration for astronaut-specific needs . An essential issue during extended periods of space travel and habitation is the degradation of the musculoskeletal, cardiological and neurological systems. In designing the exosuit, the goal is to address the musculoskeletal system's degradation. The present study identifies and fills a significant gap in space research based on an extensive literature review. By exploring recent advancements and established understandings in soft robotics, space medicine, and materials science, astronauts will gain a comprehensive understanding of the musculoskeletal challenges they are likely to encounter in microgravity environments. In light of this solid foundation of understanding, a novel exosuit design is presented. Using a pennate-style actuator, the exosuit design may provide sufficient resistance and actuation efficiency, mimicking the architecture and operation of human muscles. Furthermore, the exosuit design utilises shape memory polymers, which provide morphological adaptability and energy efficiency. The suit is made from materials that conform to the specific physical characteristics of the user and respond to the demands of exercise. At this stage, the thesis outlines a conceptual design of the exosuit without implementing prototypes or experimenting with it. Consequently, it lays the foundation for subsequent research to bring to life this concept by elucidating potential methodologies for these future steps. For prolonged and deeper space missions, astronauts are challenged to maintain their health, which is a pressing issue. Its comprehensive exploration and innovative design lays the foundation for future research in space biomechanics, soft robotics, and astronaut physiology.
Kirchhoff's Rule for Quantum Wires
Creators: name: Kostrykin, Vadim
name: Schrader, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 81U20; 47A40; 34L25; 82D20; 82D60

description: In this article we formulate and discuss one particle quantum scattering theory on an arbitrary finite graph with $n$ open ends and where we define the Hamiltonian to be (minus) the Laplace operator with general boundary conditions at the vertices. This results in a scattering theory with $n$ channels. The corresponding on-shell S-matrix formed by the reflection and transmission amplitudes for incoming plane waves of energy $E>0$ is explicitly given in terms of the boundary conditions and the lengths of the internal lines. It is shown to be unitary, which may be viewed as the quantum version of Kirchhoff's law. We exhibit covariance and symmetry properties. It is symmetric if the boundary conditions are real. Also there is a duality transformation on the set of boundary conditions and the lengths of the internal lines such that the low energy behaviour of one theory gives the high energy behaviour of the transformed theory. Finally we provide a composition rule by which the on-shell S-matrix of a graph is factorizable in terms of the S-matrices of its subgraphs. All proofs only use known facts from the theory of self-adjoint extensions, standard linear algebra, complex function theory and elementary arguments from the theory of Hermitean symplectic forms.
description: 40 pages
Additional file 1 of Comparative and functional analysis of the digital mucus glands and secretions of tree frogs
Creators: name: Langowski, Julian K.A.
name: Saranshu Singla
name: Nyarko, Alex
name: Schipper, Henk
name: Berg, Frank T. Van Den
name: Sukhmanjot Kaur
name: Astley, Henry C.
name: Gussekloo, Sander W.S.
name: Dhinojwala, Ali
name: Leeuwen, Johan L. Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary material â Tree_frog_glands_and_mucus. (PDF 3030 kb)
D1.5 INTERMEDIATE REPORT ON LIGHTHOUSE CUSTOMERS AND ADVISORY BOARD FEEDBACK AND ACTIONS TAKEN
Creators: name: Syropoulou, Panagiota
name: Delioglani, Dafni
name: Efthimioy, George
name: Tomaz Bokan
name: Copot, Daniel
name: Kocet, Aleksandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This deliverable (D1.5 Intermediate report on Lighthouse Customers and Advisory Board feedback and actions taken) is the first version of the intervals with the Lighthouse Customers (LHCs) and Advisory Board (AB). The scope of this deliverable is to describe the intervals with the specific groups and present the interactions of both boards. This first version will include and illustrate the meetings that were organised and held with the respective stakeholders. Specifically, a kick-off event was organised focusing on Paying Agecies, including the existing LHCs and the potential ones of the ENVISION project. The second kick-off meeting was for the Advisory Board members in order to introduce them with the ENVISION project, to get to know them and inform them about the up-to-now progress. This deliverable is a living document in which information will be made available on a more detailed level, through updates as the implementation of the ENVISION project progresses and when significant changes occur.
Solving the riddle of the bright mismatches: hybridization in oligonucleotide arrays
Creators: name: Naef, Felix
name: Magnasco, Marcelo O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: HDONA technology is predicated on two ideas. First, the differential between high-affinity (perfect match, PM) and lower-affinity (mismatch, MM) probes is used to minimize cross-hybridization. Second, several short probes along the transcript are combined, introducing redundancy. Both ideas have shown problems in practice: MMs are often brighter than PMs, and it is hard to combine the pairs because their brightness often spans decades. Previous analysis suggested these problems were sequence-related; publication of the probe sequences has permitted us an in-depth study of this issue. Our results suggest that fluorescently labeling the nucleotides interferes with mRNA binding, causing a catch-22 since, to be detected, the target mRNA must both glow and stick to its probe: without labels it cannot be seen even if bound, while with too many it won't bind. We show that this conflict causes much of the complexity of HDONA raw data, suggesting that an accurate physical understanding of hybridization by incorporating sequence information is necessary to perfect microarray analysis.
description: 4 figures
Disturbed by the Dissonance: A Phenomenological Study of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care
Creators: White-Tennant, Gambi Sanita
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Early childhood education
Grandmothers--Family relationships
Caregivers
Toddlers--Care

description: In the United States, most of the Family, Friend, and Neighbor providers are the grandmothers of the child in care. Parental preference for Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care for infants and toddlers is consistent across race, class, and ethnicity. Although FFN providers care for the largest number of infants and toddlers in the United States, they are not considered part of the childcare milieu. This exclusion means FFN providers are not, typically, the recipient of important childcare information and resources as formal childcare providers who provide care to the smallest number of infants and toddlers. The small number of studies on Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care often refers to these providers as "invisible." It is in direct response to this sense of invisibility that this study is presented. Using a phenomenological methodology to bring forward the essence of FFN care, this study hopes to broaden the Field of Early Care and Education to include this group of diverse providers of care to young children. Instead of policy makers, funders, and early childhood professional development systems viewing "childcare" exclusively as formal and regulated this study serves to challenge this limited perspective by offering a richer perspective.
On inner product in modular tensor categories. II. Inner product on conformal blocks and affine inner product identities
Creators: name: Kirillov, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Primary 81R50, 05E35, 18D10; Secondary 57M99

description: This is the second part of the paper (the first part is published in Jour. of AMS, vol.9, 1135--1170, q-alg/9508017). In the first part, we defined for every modular tensor category (MTC) inner products on the spaces of morphisms and proved that the inner product on the space $\Hom (\bigoplus X_i\otimes X^*_i, U)$ is modular invariant. Also, we have shown that in the case of the MTC arising from the representations of the quantum group $U_q \sln$ at roots of unity and $U$ being a symmetric power of the fundamental representation, this inner product coincides with so-called Macdonald's inner product on symmetric polynomials. In this paper, we apply the same construction to the MTC coming from the integrable representations of affine Lie algebras. In this case our construction immediately gives a hermitian form on the spaces of conformal blocks, and this form is modular invariant (Warning: we cannot prove that it is positive definite). We show that this form can be rewritten in terms of asymptotics of KZ equations, and calculate it for $sl_2$, in which case the formula is a natural affine analogue of Macdonald's inner product identities. We also formulate as a conjecture similar formula for $sl_n$.
description: 21 pp., AmsTeX, 3 figures (require epsf)
Diversification of Caenorhabditis elegans motor neuron identity via selective effector gene repression
Creators: Kerk, Sze Yen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cholinergic mechanisms
subject: Caenorhabditis elegans
subject: Repressors, Genetic
subject: Neurons
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental biology

description: A common organizational feature of any nervous system is the existence of groups of neurons that share a set of common traits but that can be further divided into individual neuron types and subtypes. Understanding the mechanistic basis of neuron type and subtype diversification processes will constitute a major step toward understanding brain development and evolution. In this dissertation, I have explored the mechanistic basis for the specification of motor neuron classes in the nematode C. elegans which serves as a paradigm for neuron diversification processes. Cholinergic motor neurons in the C. elegans ventral nerve cord share common traits, but are also comprised of many distinct classes, each characterized by unique patterns of effector gene expression (e.g. motor neuron class-specific ion channels, signaling molecules, and neurotransmitter receptors). Both the common as well as class-specific traits are directly activated by the terminal selector of cholinergic motor neuron identity, the EBF/COE-like transcription factor UNC-3. Via forward genetic screens to identify mutants that are defective in class specification, I have discovered that the diversification of UNC-3/EBF-dependent cholinergic motor neurons is controlled by distinct sets of phylogenetically conserved, motor neuron class-specific transcriptional repressors. One such repressor is in fact a novel gene previously uncharacterized in C. elegans or any nervous systems and is now named bnc-1. By molecularly dissecting the cis-regulatory region of effector genes, I found that the repressor proteins prevent UNC-3/EBF from activating class-specific effector genes in specific motor neuron subsets via discrete binding sites that are adjacent to those of UNC-3/EBF. And by using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering to tag repressor proteins with inducible degrons, I demonstrate that these repressors share the important feature of being continuously required throughout the life of the animal to counteract, in a class-specific manner, the function of the UNC-3/EBF terminal selector that is active in all motor neuron classes. I propose that the strategy of antagonizing the activity of broadly acting terminal selectors of neuron identity in a neuron subtype-specific manner may constitute a general principle of neuron subtype diversification.
On the Mean Residual Life of Cantor-Type Distributions: Properties and Economic Applications
Creators: name: Leonardos, Stefanos
name: Melolidakis, Costis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60A99, 26A30

description: In this paper, we consider the mean residual life (MRL) function of the Cantor distribution and study its properties. We show that the MRL function is continuous at all points, locally decreasing at all points outside the Cantor set and has a unique fixed point which we explicitly determine. These properties readily extend to the parametric family of p-singular, Cantor type distributions introduced by Mandelbrot (1983). The findings offer evidence that, contrary to common perceptions, Cantor-type distributions are tractable enough to be considered for practical applications. We provide such an example from the field of economics in which Cantor-type distributions can be used to model markets with recurrent bandwagon effects and show that earlier anticipated bandwagon effects lead to higher monopolistic prices. We conclude with a simple implementation of the algorithm by Chalice (1991) to plot Cantor-type distributions.
Additional file 1 of Effects of airway pressure release ventilation on lung physiology assessed by electrical impedance tomography in patients with early moderate-to-severe ARDS
Creators: name: Li, Ruiting
name: Wu, Yongran
name: Zhang, Hongling
name: Wang, Azhen
name: Zhao, Xin
name: Yuan, Shiying
name: Yang, Le
name: Zou, Xiaojing
name: Shang, You
name: Zhao, Zhanqi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Methods. Table S1. Exclusion criteria. Table S2. Patients’ main characteristics. Table S3. Subgroup analysis of ventilation and perfusion distribution evolution at T0, T1, T2, and T3. Fig. S1. Ventilation and perfusion measured by EIT in a representative patient at different time points.
Research News : Direct observation of neutrino oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Creators: name: Ananthanarayan, B.
name: Singh, Ritesh K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A brief description of the path-breaking evidence for the observation of neutrino oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is presented and the experimental principles and theory thereof are briefly discussed.
description: 2 pages set in RevTeX4. Errata to Version 1 added
title: Praxisworkshop Lungenfunktionstestung
Creators: name: Spieker, Alexander
name: Emmelkamp, Jetske Merel
name: Meyer-Treschan, Tanja
name: Weckmann, Gesine
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Erkrankungen der Atemwege und der Lunge gehören zu den häufigsten Beratungsanlässen in der Hausarztpraxis. Die richtige Durchführung und Interpretation von Lungenfunktionsmessungen gehört zu den Untersuchungen, die richtungweisend für die Behandlung dieser [zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 53. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin
Eunicea palmeri Bayer, Roncador Bank 1961
Creators: name: Sánchez, Juan Armando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Eunicea
Eunicea palmeri

description: EUNICEA PALMERI BAYER, 1961 (FIG. 1B)
 Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961: 129 (holotype: USNM 50747).
 Description: Colonies up to 1 m in height but usually shorter than 60 cm. External coloration ochre (Fig. 1B). Branching pattern variable from candelabrum to bushy. Some colonies with enlarged and poorly ramified branches. Terminal branches approximately 0.7 mm in diameter. Sclerites from the middle layer enlarged, and having transparent spindles up to 2 mm in length, usually thin 0.09–0.2 mm wide. Purple spindles between 0.13 and 0.5 mm in axial layer; ornamentation with simple to laterally deformed ornaments. Surface layer with dense club sclerites that resemble a torch between 0.13 and 0.35 mm in length. Polyp rods flattened and quite small.
 Diagnostic features: The calyx has two hemispheric lips, which form the aperture.
 Distribution and habitat: Caribbean province exclusive of Bermuda. Shallow water to 25 m with moderate wave exposure on reef terraces and slopes.
 Examined material: USNM 50747, holotype, col. Bayer, F.M., 18.viii.1951; (70% ETOH), North Atlantic Ocean; USA; Florida; Biscayne Bay, Soldier Key; Seaward Side of Key. USNM 50760; North Atlantic Ocean, USA, Florida, Florida Keys, Caesar Creek, between Elliott and Old Rhodes Key, col. Benedict J.E. 1901. USNM 50690, Paratype, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Florida Keys, USA; Ceasar’s Creek, col. Benedict, J.E., 1901.
description: Published as part of Sánchez, Juan Armando, 2009, Systematics of the candelabrum gorgonian corals (Eunicea Lamouroux; Plexauridae; Octocorallia; Cnidaria), pp. 237-263 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2) on pages 241-242, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00515.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5443702
Beliefs about Regular Inhaled Therapy among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
Creators: name: Kiong, Jude Siong Yip
name: Lin, Felicia Loh Ee
name: Then Shi Lee
name: Ying, Ting Ying
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Regular Inhaled Therapy
Beliefs
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPD

description: Introduction Treatment goals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are to: [1] 1)Reduce symptoms: Can be evaluated by Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea scale. 2)Reduce exacerbation risk: Can be evaluated by number of exacerbation per year. The use of regular inhaled therapy has shown to achieve such goals. However, patient’s belief is one of the factors affecting their treatment adherence. This study was carried out to determine the belief about regular inhaled therapy among COPD patients in Sibu Hospital. Materials and Methods Study Design: Cross-Sectional study Target population: Stable COPD patient Sampling method: Convenient sampling COPD specific Belief about Medicines Questionnaire. Validated questionnaire consists of 2 domains: 1.Necessity domain (7 questions, score range: 7-35): Assess patient’s belief on the necessity of their inhaled therapy. 2.Concern domain (15 questions, score range: 15-75): Assess patient’s concern on regular use of their inhaled therapy. [Refer to Poster] Results [Refer to Poster]. Discussion / Conclusion Patients with higher necessity belief seem to have better control of symptoms and less exacerbation. COPD patients may have concern regarding being dependent on inhalers especially if it has been used for more than 5 years. Hence, prescribers and pharmacists should assess patient’s concern if they have used regular inhaled therapy for more than 5 years.
Distributionally Robust Performance Analysis with Applications to Mine Valuation and Risk
Creators: Dolan, Christopher James
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Mining
subject: Mine valuation--Statistical methods
subject: Robust statistics

description: We consider several problems motivated by issues faced in the mining industry. In recent years, it has become clear that mines have substantial tail risk in the form of environmental disasters, and this tail risk is not incorporated into common pricing and risk models. However, data sets of the extremal climate behavior that drive this risk are very small, and generally inadequate for properly estimating the tail behavior. We propose a data-driven methodology that comes up with reasonable worst-case scenarios, given the data size constraints, and we incorporate this into a real options based model for the valuation of mines. We propose several different iterations of the model, to allow the end-user to choose the degree to which they wish to specify the financial consequences of the disaster scenario. Next, in order to perform a risk analysis on a portfolio of mines, we propose a method of estimating the correlation structure of high-dimensional max-stable processes. Using the techniques of (Liu Et al, 2017) to map the relationship between normal correlations and max-stable correlations, we can then use techniques inspired by (Bickel et al, 2008, Liu et al, 2014, Rothman et al, 2009) to estimate the underlying correlation matrix, while preserving a sparse, positive-definite structure. The correlation matrices are then used in the calculation of model-robust risk metrics (VaR, CVAR) using the the Sample-Out-of-Sample methodology (Blanchet and Kang, 2017). We conclude with several new techniques that were developed in the field of robust performance analysis, that while not directly applied to mining, were motivated by our studies into distributionally robust optimization in order to address these problems.
title: Journal Club ganz praktisch – wie praktisch tätige Niedergelassene und Kliniker auf dem aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft bleiben
Creators: name: Blank, Wolfgang A.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Journal Clubs werden in Kliniken und Forschungsgruppen intensiv genutzt, um aktuelle Entwicklungen zu diskutieren. Im ambulanten Bereich sowie in Kliniken der Grundversorgung werden sie kaum eingesetzt. Die Voraussetzungen für Journal Clubs sind ungünstig. Ärzte in diesem[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 53. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin
On geometry of hypersurfaces of a pseudoconformal space of Lorentzian signature
Creators: name: Akivis, Maks A.
name: Goldberg, Vladislav V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53B25, 53B20, 53A30

description: There are three types of hypersurfaces in a pseudoconformal space C^n_1 of Lorentzian signature: spacelike, timelike, and lightlike. These three types of hypersurfaces are considered in parallel. Spacelike hypersurfaces are endowed with a proper conformal structure, and timelike hypersurfaces are endowed with a conformal structure of Lorentzian type. Geometry of these two types of hypersurfaces can be studied in a manner that is similar to that for hypersurfaces of a proper conformal space. Lightlike hypersurfaces are endowed with a degenerate conformal structure. This is the reason that their investigation has special features. It is proved that under the Darboux mapping such hypersurfaces are transferred into tangentially degenerate (n-1)-dimensional submanifolds of rank n-2 located on the Darboux hyperquadric. The isotropic congruences of the space C^n_1 that are closely connected with lightlike hypersurfaces and their Darboux mapping are also considered.
description: LaTeX, 21 pages
A randomly weighted minimum spanning tree with a random cost constraint
Creators: name: Frieze, Alan
name: Tkocz, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the minimum spanning tree problem on the complete graph $K_n$ where an edge $e$ has a weight $W_e$ and a cost $C_e$, each of which is an independent copy of the random variable $U^γ$ where $γ\leq 1$ and $U$ is the uniform $[0,1]$ random variable. There is also a constraint that the spanning tree $T$ must satisfy $C(T)\leq c_0$. We establish, for a range of values for $c_0,γ$, the asymptotic value of the optimum weight via the consideration of a dual problem.