cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Level of satisfaction among primary health care workers in Kosovo
Creators: name: Kamberi, Haxhi
name: Tanushi, Vanesa
name: Kadrija, Muhamet
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: The objective of this study was to assess the extent and selected corelates of work satisfaction among primary healthcare professionals in Kosovo. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in selected regions of Kosovo during the period May-June 2022 including a representative sample of 500 primary healthcare workers (209 men and 291 women; overall mean age: 42.0±12.3 years). A structured 9-item questionnaire was administered to all participants aiming at assessing the level of satisfaction among primary healthcare workers (each item ranging from 1 [high] to 5 [low]). A summary score was calculated for all 9 items related to satisfaction level ranging from 9 (the highest satisfaction level) to 45 (the lowest satisfaction level). Binary logistic regression was used to assess the association of satisfaction level (dichotomized into “satisfied” vs. “unsatisfied”, based on median value of the summary score) with selected demographic factors and work characteristics of primary healthcare workers. Results: Mean summary score of the 9 items related to the satisfaction level of primary healthcare workers was about 23±5; median score was 23 (interquartile range: 20-26). In multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models, the level of satisfaction was not significantly related to any demographic factor, but positively associated with the years of working experience of primary healthcare workers [OR(for 1 year increment in the work experience)=1.03, 95%CI=1.00-1.05]. Conclusion: The evidence from this study conducted in Kosovo indicates no significant relationships of the level of satisfaction with demographic factors of primary healthcare workers, but a strong association with their working experience. Policymakers in Kosovo and in other countries should be aware of the importance of working conditions and working environment in order to gradually increase the level of satisfaction of the staff, which is a basic prerequisite for quality improvement of service delivery at primary healthcare level.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XIX, 2022
Black Carbon Loading in Sputum and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Macrophages as a Biomarker of Air Pollution Exposure
Creators: name: Tillery, Anna
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Previous literature has proven that black carbon (BC) can be used as a biomarker for long-term personal exposures to particulate matter air pollution from measurements of particulates within airway macrophages (Macs). Macs can be collected by, Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) and Sputum. Sputum samples are preferred within research because they are inexpensive and less-invasive compared to BAL. Due to the differences in location of Macs collected in the lungs from the two collection types, there is the potential for differential BC deposition and uptake by Macs. To fill this gap in research, we are interested in observing thedifferences in BC content between Macs derived from sputum samples versus BAL through image analysis to determine if both are equally viable forms of collection for use as a biomarkerfor air pollution exposure through BC assessment. ANOVA testing showed that there were little significant differences between BC content in Macs collected from Sputum and BAL. Becauseresults have shown no significant differences in BC uptake between Sputum and BAL Macs, sputum sample results are equally viable to research as BAL results.
S-process enrichment in the planetary nebula NGC 3918. Results from deep echelle spectrophotometry
Creators: name: García-Rojas, J.
name: Madonna, S.
name: Luridiana, V.
name: Sterling, N. C.
name: Morisset, C.
name: Delgado-Inglada, G.
name: Cipriano, L. Toribio San
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (Abridged) The chemical content of the planetary nebula NGC 3918 is investigated through deep, high-resolution UVES at VLT spectrophotometric data. We identify and measure more than 750 emission lines, making ours one of the deepest spectra ever taken for a planetary nebula. Among these lines we detect very faint lines of several neutron-capture elements (Se, Kr, Rb, and Xe), which enable us to compute their chemical abundances with unprecedented accuracy, thus constraining the efficiency of the s-process and convective dredge-up in the progenitor star of NGC 3918. We find that Kr is strongly enriched in NGC 3918 and that Se is less enriched than Kr, in agreement with the results of previous papers and with predicted s-process nucleosynthesis. We also find that Xe is not as enriched by the s-process in NGC 3918 as is Kr and, therefore, that neutron exposure is typical of modestly sub-solar metallicity AGB stars. A clear correlation is found when representing [Kr/O] vs. log(C/O) for NGC 3918 and other objects with detection of multiple ions of Kr in optical data, confirming that carbon is brought to the surface of AGB stars along with s-processed material during third dredge-up episodes, as predicted by nucleosynthesis models. We also detect numerous refractory element lines (Ca, K, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu). We compute physical conditions from a large number of diagnostics. Thanks to the high ionization of NGC 3918 we detect a large number of recombination lines of multiple ionization stages of C, N, O and Ne. The abundances obtained for these elements by using recently-determined state-of-the-art ICF schemes or simply adding ionic abundances are in very good agreement, demonstrating the quality of the recent ICF scheme for high ionization planetary nebulae.
description: 36 pages, 12 Figures, 17 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Supermultiplets of the N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in the continuum limit
Creators: name: Bergner, Georg
name: Giudice, Pietro
name: Montvay, Istvan
name: Münster, Gernot
name: Piemonte, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spectrum of N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, calculated on the lattice, is presented. The masses have been determined on three different lattice spacings and extrapolated towards vanishing gluino mass. We present the extrapolation to the continuum limit which is consistent with the formation of degenerate supermultiplets.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures; Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2015), 14-18 July 2015, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan
A study on risk perception, cognitive awareness and emotional responses to identify unmet training needs of frontline health care workers for COVID-19 containment in India
Creators: name: Dobe, Madhumita
name: Sahu, Monalisha
name: Taklikar, Chandrashekhar
name: Dutta, Shibani
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: Frontline Health Care Workers (FLHCWs) are the key workforce in the fight against ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. They hail from the community and are responsible for supporting the health system in generating awareness, implementing preventive strategies, contact tracing and isolating potential cases. In their job responsibilities, FLHCWs thus may perceive heightened risk of exposure to the virus, leading to overwhelming emotional response and psychological distress. The objective of this study was to investigate risk perception, cognitive awareness and emotional responses among FLHCWs trained to deal with Covid 19, to identify unmet needs of this training in India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a total of 131 frontline workers selected by a multistage sampling process from two states (Odisha and Himachal Pradesh) of India. The FLHCWs were interviewed personally (when feasible) with the help of a predesigned pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The findings suggested that majority (90%) of the FLHCWs perceived that they are susceptible to nCoV-19 infection and 77.1% of FLHCWs felt high probability of them getting infected with the nCoV-19. Almost 90% of them responded that it is something they think about all the time and 41% of FLHCWs admitted that they feel helpless in the situation. About 63% of FLHCWs perceived that the nCoV-19 infection was a severe illness and 35% perceived it to be very severe and life threatening. Although most of them had received some unstructured and non-uniform training on preventive measures against COVID-19, yet only 38% felt that the knowledge was adequate to protect themselves from the nCoV-19 infection. The training sessions lacked psychological component for capacitating them with coping skills to address their emotional and psychological responses. Conclusion: The FLHCWs experienced heightened risk perception and symptoms of emotional distress in significant numbers even after trainings. A more inclusive public health policy dialogue to address the emotional and psychological coping skills is needed for capacitation of these frontline workers to address the challenges of Pandemic response now and in future. Conflicts of interests: None declared. Acknowledgments: We would like to thank all participants to our study, whose time is even more precious in this difficult situation for all the country, who participated.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XIX, 2022
Determinants of low birth weight in the health district of Bounkiling in Senegal
Creators: name: Bop, Martial Coly
name: Diop, Cheikh Tacko
name: Diarra, Bou
name: Gueye, Boubacar
name: Ka, Ousseynou
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: Low birth weight (LBW), 9.1 million deaths per year, is a global health issue. The proportion of LBW in Senegal is estimated at 12% (in 2017) and is at 11.7% (in 2017) in the region of Sedhiou. In this regard, rigorous management is required to address this issue, especially in rural areas. The objective of the study was to identify the determinants of LBW. Methodology: This is a case-control study which has been conducted in the district of Bounkiling. Socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers, their obstetrical and medical history, and information on the health status of the newborn in the case group were compared with that of the controls. Bivariate and multivariate analyses are performed using Epi info 7 software to identify the determinants. Results: Low-weights accounted for 97.05% of LBW. The sex ratio was 0.87 in favor of girls. The Apgar score at birth was not good for 31.4% of newborns. Teenage mothers accounted for 17.08%. The multivariate analysis showed that the determinants of LBW (p < 0.05) were the female sex of the newborn, the Apgar score at birth, the maternal age <=19 years, the household income < 83.96 USD, maternal history of low birth weight and physical labor during pregnancy. Conclusion: Strengthening communication on early marriages and pregnancies, empowering women and improving pregnancy monitoring would be levers to counter the determinants of low birth weight. Coflicts of interests: None declared.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XIX, 2022
Syndromic surveillance in early detection of outbreaks of infectious diseases
Creators: name: Tomini, Eugena
name: Simaku, Artan
name: Kureta, Elona
name: Vasili, Adela
name: Bino, Silva
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: Motivated by the threat of infectious diseases and bioterrorism, syndromic surveillance systems are being developed and implemented around the world. The aim of the study was to describe the early warning surveillance system in Albania. Methods: Syndromic surveillance is a primary health care-facility- and emergency room (ER)-based syndromic surveillance system aiming at detecting outbreaks and undertaking public health actions. It is based on weekly notifications of nine syndromes by over 1,600 General Practitioners (GPs) in the 36 districts of Albania. Data is aggregated by district epidemiologists (DE) and centralized by the national Institute of Public Health. Results: A syndrome is “a set of symptoms or conditions that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease or an increased chance of developing the disease.” In the context of syndromic surveillance, a syndrome is a set of non-specific pre-diagnosis medical and other information that may indicate the release of a bioterrorism agent or natural disease outbreak. Since its inception, syndromic surveillance has mainly focused on early event detection: gathering and analysing data in advance of diagnostic case confirmation to give early warning of a possible outbreak. Conclusion: The system is useful for detecting and responding to natural disease outbreaks such as seasonal and pandemic flu, and thus they have the potential to significantly advance and modernize the practice of public health surveillance.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 4, 2022: Health status of the populations and health sector reforms in Albania and Kosovo
The Author Recognition Task: Does Presentation Matter?
Creators: name: Reeder, Liz C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The Author Recognition Task (ART) developed by Stanovich and West in 1989 is a common measure of print exposure used in language research. The task has high construct validity as it correlates strongly with reading comprehension, vocabulary, observations of natural reading behavior, reading rate, and other reading related skills (Acheson, Wells, & MacDonald, 2008; Martin-Chang & Gould, 2008; Moore & Gordon, 2014; West, Stanovich, & Mitchell 1993; Payne, Goa, Noh, Anderson, & Stine-Morrow, 2012). We investigate if presentation matters in the ART; specifically, we ask if presenting the names one at a time (Serial-View) would 1) produce higher scores than presenting the names in a columned list (List-View), and 2) be a more valid measure of print exposure than List-View. A 2x2 within-subjects design was of presentation (Serial-View vs List-View) and stimulus set (Set 1 vs Set 2 of authors and foils) was employed. This experimented was completed by UNC students in a laboratory setting and by participants online via Amazon Mechanical Turk.
The experiment was repeated with new stimulus sets for Experiment 2.
  Results suggested that while Serial-View does produce higher scores, the effect is only present under certain stimulus set and order conditions. There is evidence that both Serial-View and List-View have construct validity. MTurk participants scored higher on ART and vocabulary measures than UNC students, likely due to age and thus higher exposure to print. Serial-View was the more valid presentation mode for Experiment 1, MTurk and Experiment 2, UNC; List-View was more valid for Experiment 1, UNC and Experiment 2, MTurk. These inconsistent findings suggest that both modes are valid, though the scores themselves vary.
NASA Open-Source Science Initiative
Creators: name: Crawford, Steven
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Poster from DASH Meeting 2023 The Open Source Science Initiative implements the ambitious, open science vision outlined in the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s “Strategy for Data Management and Computing for Groundbreaking Science 2019-2024.” OSSI includes the recently updated Scientific Information Policy (SPD-41a) that includes updated requirements, compliant with the recent OSTP memo on “ Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research”, for sharing data, publications, and software produced from SMD’s research activities. The Initiative further aims to increase accessibility, inclusion, and reproducibility in Earth and Space Sciences through a range of activities including training in open science, development of Open Science technologies, and grants to support Open Science. NASA’s Transform to Open Science, a program to train 20,000 scientists over the next 5 years in Open Science and broaden participation from historically excluded groups, kicked off with the Year of Open Science in 2023. NASA had provided over $6 million to sustaining and scientific software as well as to support innovate open science projects. The latest developments include a range of new infrastructure to support open science. This includes the Science Discovery Engine providing cross divisional data search and the Science Explorer, an expansion of the Astrophysics Data Service to include the other divisions in SMD. With the release of the core services strategy, SMD is laying out a path to enable groundbreaking science through cloud and high performance computing access and services.
Quantum Algorithm for Triangle Finding in Sparse Graphs
Creators: name: Gall, François Le
name: Nakajima, Shogo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a quantum algorithm for triangle finding over sparse graphs that improves over the previous best quantum algorithm for this task by Buhrman et al. [SIAM Journal on Computing, 2005]. Our algorithm is based on the recent $\tilde O(n^{5/4})$-query algorithm given by Le Gall [FOCS 2014] for triangle finding over dense graphs (here $n$ denotes the number of vertices in the graph). We show in particular that triangle finding can be solved with $O(n^{5/4-ε})$ queries for some constant $ε>0$ whenever the graph has at most $O(n^{2-c})$ edges for some constant $c>0$.
description: 13 pages
Measuring Innovation
Creators: name: Pryzant, Lauren-Kristine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This thesis examines the innovation premium metric to determine how well it
measures the innovation potential of companies, as determined by investor
sentiment. The innovation premium is the proportion of a company’s market
capitalization that exceeds the net present value of the company’s cash flows from
its current products in its current markets. Through the use of the annual Forbes
lists of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, a stock analysis is conducted to
test the validity of the innovation premium measure. High innovation premium
values indicate an increased likelihood of innovation occurring and higher
probability of success, but even for companies with the highest innovation
premiums, there remains a large risk of failure. This thesis investigates the
innovation premium values of both innovative companies and a control group in
order to draw conclusions about the validity of the innovation premium metric.
Open-Source Science Funding Opportunities from the NASA Science Mission Directorate
Creators: name: Paseka, Rachel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Poster from DASH Meeting 2023 NASA’s Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI) supports the adoption and sustainment of open science practices across the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) to increase the accessibility, inclusivity, and reproducibility of NASA science. This initiative includes several cross-divisional solicitations to support open-source science activities offered through NASA Research Opportunities in Earth and Space Sciences (ROSES). We will highlight solicitations for proposals to advance open science in heliophysics or cross-disciplinary proposals to include additional SMD divisions. Some programs support the development of new open-source tools, software, frameworks, data formats, and libraries to streamline the sharing of scientific information (F.15 High Priority Open-Source Science) and the maintenance of existing tools with significant value to the SMD community (F.7 Support for Open Source Tools, Frameworks and Libraries). Investigators who already have current ROSES funding may submit proposals for supplemental awards to add an open science component to an existing award (F.8 Supplements for Open-Source Science) or to obtain support for cloud computing (F.16 Supplement for Scientific Software Platforms). We will also highlight an upcoming solicitation to support proposals for open science events (Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences) and a recently solicited program that supports open science curriculum development and capacity building efforts (F.14 Transform to Open Science Training). Finally, we will highlight resources that support ROSES proposers in incorporating open science practices into their proposals, including a guide to SMD’s requirements for open science and templates for developing a proposal Open Science and Data Management Plan (OSDMP).
Universal quantum gates for photon-atom hybrid systems assisted by bad cavities
Creators: name: Wang, Guan-Yu
name: Liu, Qian
name: Wei, Hai-Rui
name: Li, Tao
name: Ai, Qing
name: Deng, Fu-Guo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present two deterministic schemes for constructing a CNOT gate and a Toffoli gate on photon-atom and photon-atom-atom hybrid quantum systems assisted by bad cavities, respectively. They are achieved by cavity-assisted photon scattering and work in the intermediate coupling region with bad cavities, which relaxes the difficulty of their implementation in experiment. Also, bad cavities are feasible for fast quantum operations and reading out information. Compared with previous works, our schemes do not need any auxiliary qubits and measurements. Moreover, the schematic setups for these gates are simple, especially that for our Toffoli gate as only a quarter wave packet is used to interact the photon with each of the atoms every time. These atom-cavity systems can be used as the quantum nodes in long-distance quantum communication as their relatively long coherence time is suitable for multi-time operations between the photon and the system. Our calculations show that the average fidelities and efficiencies of our two universal hybrid quantum gates are high with current experimental technology.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, one column
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Quality: A Systematic Review Study
Creators: name: Dahu, Butros M.
name: Aburayya, Ahmad
name: Shameem, Beenish
name: Shwedeh, Fanar
name: Alawadhi, Maryam
name: Aljasmi, Shaima
name: Salloum, Said A.
name: Aburayya, Hamza
name: Aburayya, Ihssan
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Background: The purpose of this article was to review the published literature and evaluate the association between air quality/air pollution and the lockdown/stay-at-home orders during COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal is to identify the various environmental factors, such as urban and rural air quality, which were affected by the lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: We searched PubMed (2000–2021) for eligible articles using the following: (1) Aerosol[Title/Abstract], AND (2) air quality[Title/Abstract] OR air pollution[Title/Abstract] AND (3) COVID-19[Title/Abstract]. A total of 39 articles were identified through the search conducted in PubMed. We first screened the title and the abstract of those 39 articles for eligibility. A total of 24 articles did not meet the eligibility criteria and were excluded based on the title and the abstract review. The 15 remaining articles were assessed in full text for eligibility and data extraction. After a full-text review, 3 articles were excluded. Finally, a total of 12 selected articles were confirmed for data extraction. Results: Among the 12 studies, 5 articles focused on the effect of the air pollution, fine particulate matter, and air pollutants of COVID-19 pandemic’s lockdown, while 1 article targeted the relationship between the weather/air quality and COVID-19 death rate during lockdown. In addition, 5 papers focused on the association between the environmental factors, air pollution and air quality and COVID-19 mortality rate. Finally, 1 research study paper aimed to study the COVID-19 positivity rate and the effect of air quality during the stay-at-home order or the lockdown which was occurred in March 2020. It is important to note that it has been found that an increase in the average PM2.5 concentration was correlated with a relative increase in the COVID-19 test positivity rate. This explains the increase in the number of COVID cases during the period of the wildfire smoke from August to October 2020 (1). Conclusion: The findings indicate that the COVID-19 lockdown has significant impact on the air quality across the world. The lockdown significantly reduces the air pollutants such as NO2, CO, O3 and Particulate Matter PM2.5 and PM10. This reduction led to a much healthier and safer outdoor air and hence improved the air quality during the lockdown/stay-at-home orders. More research is needed to validate that the air pollutants (NO2, CO, O3, PM2.5 and PM10) have a significant impact on the COVID-19 mortality and fatality rates.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 5, 2022: Modern Health Systems Developments In the United Arab Emirates
Maximally entangled states in pseudo-telepathy games
Creators: name: Mančinska, Laura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A pseudo-telepathy game is a nonlocal game which can be won with probability one using some finite-dimensional quantum strategy but not using a classical one. Our central question is whether there exist two-party pseudo-telepathy games which cannot be won with probability one using a maximally entangled state. Towards answering this question, we develop conditions under which maximally entangled states suffice. In particular, we show that maximally entangled states suffice for weak projection games which we introduce as a relaxation of projection games. Our results also imply that any pseudo-telepathy weak projection game yields a device-independent certification of a maximally entangled state. In particular, by establishing connections to the setting of communication complexity, we exhibit a class of games $G_n$ for testing maximally entangled states of local dimension $Ω(n)$. We leave the robustness of these self-tests as an open question.
description: In addition to the published material this version contains results on self testing
ENERGY-CONSERVING EQUIVARIANT GNN FOR ELASTICITY OF LATTICE ARCHITECTED METAMATERIALS
Creators: name: Grega, I
name: Batatia, I
name: Csányi, G
name: Karlapati, S
name: Deshpande, VS
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2024

description: Lattices are architected metamaterials whose properties strongly depend on their geometrical design. The analogy between lattices and graphs enables the use of graph neural networks (GNNs) as a faster surrogate model compared to traditional methods such as finite element modelling. In this work, we generate a big dataset of structure-property relationships for strut-based lattices. The dataset is made available to the community which can fuel the development of methods anchored in physical principles for the fitting of fourth-order tensors. In addition, we present a higher-order GNN model trained on this dataset. The key features of the model are (i) SE(3) equivariance, and (ii) consistency with the thermodynamic law of conservation of energy. We compare the model to non-equivariant models based on a number of error metrics and demonstrate its benefits in terms of predictive performance and reduced training requirements. Finally, we demonstrate an example application of the model to an architected material design task. The methods which we developed are applicable to fourth-order tensors beyond elasticity such as piezo-optical tensor etc.
Nonoperative management for major blunt hepatic trauma in a 3-year-old child
Creators: name: Cela, Dritan
name: Abilaliaj, Valmira
name: Shpuza, Aldo
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Based on hemodynamic stability, non-operative management of low- and high-grade liver injury is the first treatment choice over surgical treatment. Small clinics are still preferring primary operative approach instead of nonoperative one. Presentation of the case: We are presenting a case (3-year-old male child) of nonoperative treatment of a grade IV blunt liver trauma (lacero-contusive injury of V, VI and VII segments) with massive hemoperitoneum. The patient was put into a conservative treatment with antibiotics, fluids and ½ unit of blood. The results of Computed Tomography showed significant amounts of perihepatic and periileal fluid between the bowels and in the Douglas pouch, which persisted for five days. Laboratory alterations ​​of Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase, Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase, and Total Bilirubin reached their maximum values on third day, persisting in decline until fifth day and returned to normal after tenth day. The hospital stay was 11 days, the length of time necessary for the complete conservatory treatment and full recovery of the trauma. Discussion: More than 80%-90% of liver injuries are managed with nonoperative intervention. Early and late complication can be managed by interventional radiology procedures when it is possible. Success rate of conservative treatment is over 80%. Conclusion: If no other abdominal injuries are evident and patient is hemodynamically stable nonoperative management for major blunt hepatic trauma in children is the best choice of treatment
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 4, 2022: Health status of the populations and health sector reforms in Albania and Kosovo
The Architecture and Functionality of HERMES Core and Instrument Python Packages
Creators: name: Robbertz, Andrew
name: Rager, Amy C.
name: Barrous-Dume, Damian
name: Skeberdis, Daniel
name: Christe, Steven
name: Kreisler, Steve
name: Mercer, Tony
name: Paterson, William R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The Heliophysics Environmental and Radiation Measurement Experiment Suite (HERMES) Science Operation Center (SOC) team has developed a series of python packages to enable easier access to heliophysics measurement data. The HERMES core package contains Python interfaces for the loading, calibrating, plotting, validating, and saving of measurement data through Common Data Format (CDF) files. Additional packages are created for HERMES instruments to provide specific calibration and processing functionality. The abstraction of intricate, high heritage, data formats, such as CDF files, in Python enables easier analysis and opens doors for greater participation in heliophysics science.
On the pointwise entangled ergodic theorem
Creators: name: Eisner, Tanja
name: Kunszenti-Kovács, Dávid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present some twisted compactness conditions for almost everywhere convergence of one-parameter entangled ergodic averages of Dunford-Schwartz operators $T_0,\ldots, T_a$ on a Borel probability space of the form $$ \sum_{n=1}^N T_a^n A_{a-1}T_{a-1}^nA_{a-1}\cdot \ldots \cdot A_0 T_0^nf$$ for $f\in L^p(X,μ)$, $p\geq 1$. We also discuss examples and present a continuous version of the result.
description: 18 pages, minor changes of the revised version incorporating referee's suggestions, where the results are formulated and proved for Dunford-Schwartz operators instead of Koopman operators
Innovation’s Changing Landscape: Do Innovative Firms Engage in Sustainability-Inspired Innovation?
Creators: name: Farrell, Christina
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Innovation fuels new horizon growth. However, little research exists on
whether firms that are innovative engage in sustainability-oriented innovation
compared to sustainability-centered firms. Through content analysis of
sustainability reporting, this study provides information on how many B Corps
and Forbes Most Innovative companies (Forbes companies) use proxies that could
indicate the presence of sustainability-oriented innovation in their sustainability
reporting.
From our research, it is clear that many companies that are traditionally
good at sustainability may not be expanding this core competency into an
innovation driver. More than half B Corps did not have proxies indicating the
interaction of innovation and sustainability within their sustainability reporting.
Comparatively, more of the Forbes companies had proxies indicating interactions
between sustainability and innovation. From our results, innovation capabilities
among a firm type seemed to indicate that firm type would display larger
percentages of firms with interactions between sustainability and innovation.
Level of satisfaction and socio-demographic correlates among users of primary health care services in Kosovo
Creators: name: Kamberi, Haxhi
name: Tanushi, Vanesa
name: Kadrija, Muhamet
name: Kamberi, Safete ,
name: Jerliu, Naim
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the level and socio-demographic correlates of satisfaction with services among adult primary health care users in Kosovo. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Kosovo during the period May-June 2022 including a representative sample of 510 adult users (238 men and 272 women) of primary health care services in Kosovo (mean age: 44.6±19.2 years). In addition to socio-demographic data, a structured 23-item questionnaire aiming at assessing the level of satisfaction with primary health care services was administered to all participants (each item ranging from 1 [high] to 5 [low]). A summary score was calculated for all 23 items related to satisfaction level ranging from 23 (the highest satisfaction level) to 115 (the lowest satisfaction level). General linear model was used to assess the association between the summary score of satisfaction level with primary health care services and socio-demographic factors of study participants. Results: Mean summary score of the 23 items related to the satisfaction level with primary health care services was 49.8±13.0; median score was 49 (interquartile range: 41-57). In multivariable-adjusted models, the level of satisfaction with primary health care services was significantly higher among participants with a lower educational attainment, individuals with e lower income level, and ethnic Albanian participants. Conclusion: This study identified important socio-demographic correlates of the level of satisfaction with primary health care services in the adult population of Kosovo. Findings from this study should raise the awareness of policymakers and decision-makers in Kosovo and elsewhere in order to improve the quality of primary health care services.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 4, 2022: Health status of the populations and health sector reforms in Albania and Kosovo
title: Introduction of wild MAP species into the field culture
Creators: name: Dušková, Elena
name: Dušek, Karel
name: Smékalová, Kateřina
name: Orságová, Marie
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: field nursery
subject: Althea
subject: Dracocephalum
subject: Gentiana
subject: Rhodiola
subject: Valeriana

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv 253
description: Althea officinalis L., Dracocephalum moldavica L., Gentiana lutea L., Rhodiola rosea L., and Valeriana officinalis L. are the species of wild medicinal plants which are not very commonly grown in field culture. The methods and practical experiences of their multiplication and growing in a field nursery in Olomouc (the Czech Republic) are explained and shown in the manuscript.
The prevalence of suicidality in autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Huntjens, Anne
name: van der Gaag, Mark
name: Huibers, M.J.H.
name: Sizoo, Bram
name: Kerkhof, Ad
name: van den Bosch, Wies
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: autism
subject: Meta-analyze
subject: prevalence
subject: suicidal attempt
subject: Suicidal behavior
subject: suicidal ideation

description: Suicidal ideation, self-harm, and suicide attempts are relatively prevalent in autism spectrum disorders. Studies about ASD and suicidality reported prevalence rates to range widely. However, there is a gap of a synthesised overview of the prevalence of suicidality in ASD. This meta-analyse aims to summarise the prevalence of suicidal behaviour from recent systematic reviews included studies published between 1995 and 2020 Better prevalence estimates are needed for more research on the effectiveness of prevention strategies and treatment interventions on suicidal behaviour in patients with autism.
Open-Source Analysis Platform for Solar Energetic Particles provided by SERPENTINE
Creators: name: Gieseler, Jan
name: Palmroos, Christian
name: Dresing, Nina
name: Morosan, Diana M.
name: Price, Daniel J.
name: Yli-Laurila, Aleksi
name: Asvestari, Eleanna
name: Valkila, Saku
name: Vainio, Rami
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The recently expanded heliospheric spacecraft fleet gives unique opportunities to investigate solar eruptive processes like coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar energetic particles (SEPs) from multiple viewpoints. But combining all these distinct observations from various instruments onboard different spacecraft is a bothersome task. To achieve maximal impact for exploitation of this data by the wider scientific community, the EU Horizon 2020 project SERPENTINE aims at providing a versatile set of tools. They are provided as open-source Python Jupyter Notebooks and are aimed at non well-versed programming scientists. Next to extensive examples on how to use the multi-spacecraft spatial configuration and solar magnetic connection plotter Solar-MACH, an analysis platform for studying the energetic particle component of the in-situ observations of SEP events has been developed. This analysis platform consists of plotting tools (e.g., energetic particle time series or dynamic spectra) as well as analysis software that allow to automatically derive SEP onsets or estimate the path length and injection time of these particles using a time-shift analysis approach. In this poster, we will give an overview on the already available set of tools and instructions on how to use them, which is also possible completely in the cloud on SERPENTINE’s own JupyterHub server.
Eigenvalues of Toeplitz minimal systems of finite topological rank
Creators: name: Durand, Fabien
name: Frank, Alexander
name: Maass, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article we characterize measure theoretical eigenvalues of Toeplitz Bratteli-Vershik minimal systems of finite topological rank which are not associated to a continuous eigenfunction. Several examples are provided to illustrate the different situations that can occur.
Assessment of mother-to-child HIV prevention program in Albania
Creators: name: Prifti, Enkeleda
name: Vrapi, Enxhi
name: Dervishi, Marjeta
name: Shpuza, Aldo
name: Kowalska, Justyna D
name: Harxhi, Arjan
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is one of the recognized routes of HIV transmission. This study aims to assess MCTC among HIV positive pregnant women in Albania. Methods: This was a retrospective study that included a case series of 14 pregnant women in Albania diagnosed with HIV between 2014 and 2020 who were enrolled in HIV care ambulatory centre. The following variables were analysed: epidemiological characteristics (age, HIV diagnoses in regard to pregnancy), clinical characteristics such as use of antiretrovirals, adherence to treatment, CD4 cell count, viral loads, mode of delivery, gestational age at delivery) and the HIV status of the infant. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the variables in the data sample. Results: Eight women (57.2%) were aware of their HIV status prior to the pregnancy, while for the other 6 women (42.8%) an HIV diagnosis was done during the pregnancy as part of the antenatal testing. Only two women (14.28%) had a viral load of >1000 copies/ml before delivery. The mean time from diagnosis to initiation of antiretroviral therapy was 3.83 weeks +2.4 SD (range 1-7 weeks). Adherence was calculated to be good, with 92.9% of women reporting taking the medication precisely as directed. No mother to child transmission cases were reported among the women in our cohort. Conclusion: Gaps in prenatal screening for HIV and viral load measurements were identified in this study conducted in Albania. Thus, educating the providers, in this case the obstetricians, to offer first trimester HIV screening to all pregnant woman and to enhance testing, would reduce vertical transmission.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 4, 2022: Health status of the populations and health sector reforms in Albania and Kosovo
Sun Neural Radiance Fields (SuNeRFs): From Images to 4D Models of the Solar Atmosphere
Creators: name: Tremblay, Benoit
name: Jarolim, Robert
name: Munoz-Jaramillo, Andrés
name: Bintsi, Kyriaki-Margarita
name: Jungbluth, Anna
name: Santos, Miraflor
name: Vourlidas, Angelos
name: Mason, James P.
name: Sundaresan, Sairam
name: Downs, Cooper
name: Caplan, Ronald M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Deep learning
Solar corona
Multi-viewpoint observations
Extreme ultraviolet images

description: EUV-observing instruments are limited in their numbers and have mainly been constrained to viewing the Sun from the ecliptic. For example, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO; 2010-present) provides images of the Sun in EUV from the perspective of the Earth-Sun line. Two additional viewpoints are provided by the STEREO twin satellites pulling Ahead (STEREO-A; 2006-present) and falling Behind (STEREO-B; 2006-2014) of Earth's orbit. No satellites observe the solar poles directly. However, a complete image of the 3D Sun is required to fully understand the dynamics of the Sun (from eruptive events to space weather in the solar system), to forecast EUV radiation to protect our assets in space, to relate the Sun to other stars in the universe, and to generalize our knowledge of the Sun-Earth system to other host stars. To maximize the science return of multiple viewpoints, we propose a novel approach that unifies and smoothly integrates data from multiple perspectives into a consistent 3D representation of the solar corona. More specifically, we leverage Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) which are neural networks that achieve state-of-the-art 3D scene representation and generate novel views from a limited number of input images. We adapted a Sun NeRF (SuNeRF) to generate a physically-consistent representation of the 3D Sun, with the inclusion of radiative transfer and geometric ray sampling that matches the physical reality of optically thin plasma in the solar atmosphere. SuNeRFs leverage existing multi-viewpoint observations and act as virtual instruments that can fly out of the ecliptic, that can view the poles, and that can be placed anywhere in the solar system to generate novel views. Our pipeline is an example of how novel deep learning techniques can be used to significantly enhance observational capabilities by the creation of virtual instruments.
Gbit/s Data Transmission on Carbon Fibres
Creators: name: Flick, Tobias
name: Glitza, Karl-Walter
name: Kappen, Götz C.
name: Mättig, Peter
name: Möller, Judith
name: Sanny, Bernd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Data transmission at the upgraded Large Hadron Collider experiments, foreseen for mid 2020s will be in the multi Gbit/s range per connection for the innermost detector layers. This paper reports on first tests on the possible use of carbon cables for electrical data transmission close to the interaction point. Carbon cables have the potential advantage of being light, having a low activation and easy integration into the detector components close to the interaction point. In these tests commercially available carbon cables were used, in which the filaments had a very thin nickel coating. For these cables data rates beyond 1 Gbit/s over more than 1m with an error rate of less than 10^{-12} could be transmitted. The characteristics of the cables have been measured in terms of S-parameters and could be reproduced with a Spice model. Some outlook on potential further improvements is presented.
description: 18 pages, 14 figures
PyHC-Chat Poster
Creators: name: Polson, Shawn
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: PyHC
GPT-4
Generative AI
Chatbot
LLM

description: Generative AI has taken the world by storm, revolutionizing how we work with code. As businesses race to deploy chatbots tailored to their own business data for tasks like customer service, the Python in Heliophysics Community (PyHC) has developed one to answer questions about PyHC and its core packages. This unlocks a world of knowledge previously hidden within dense, unfamiliar codebases. "PyHC-Chat" is powered by GPT-4 and leverages vector store retrieval for up-to-date knowledge on the latest versions of core PyHC packages. Attendees will be encouraged to play with the live demo.
Overview on health status of the Albanian population
Creators: name: Mone, Iris
name: Kraja, Bledar
name: Roshi, Enver
name: Burazeri, Genc
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: The Albanian population is rapidly aging (in 2020, almost 15% of the population was ≥65 years) as a result of a steady increase in life expectancy (74.4 years in men and 78.7 years in women in in 2021), a gradual decrease in fertility rate (1.6 children per woman of childbearing age in 2020), and emigration of particularly young adults. This demographic transition experienced in the past three decades has inevitably led to a significant change in the epidemiological profile of the Albanian population, characterized by a remarkable shift towards non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes. The main risk factors in the Albanian population consist of high blood pressure (top risk factor, accounting for about 34% of the overall mortality), nutritional-related risks (second, constituting about 25% of the overall mortality), and smoking (third risk factor, accounting for about 20% of the overall mortality). The national “Health Strategy, Albania 2021-2030” is a political document of the Albanian government that aims to define and achieve the objectives of the program for the protection and improvement of the health of the Albanian population. Following the national “Health Strategy, Albania 2021-2030”, two new action plans were recently developed: the “Action Plan on NCDs, Albania 2021-2030” and the “Action Plan on Health Promotion, Albania 2022-2030”.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 4, 2022: Health status of the populations and health sector reforms in Albania and Kosovo