cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
In or out? The paradoxical position of socially responsible black gay men in the black community
Creators: name: Wise, Sheila Jacqueline
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This study explores and analyzes the lived experiences of successful, black gay men and how those experiences influence their choices about social responsibility toward other black people. The men's discussion of sexuality, gender and community reveals the rigid constructs of gender and sexuality as well as the internal mechanisms that are in place for those who differ from the expected "norm." This research gives "voice" and action to those who have been, in a sense, silenced because of their sexual orientation. In doing so, this research provides insight into the dynamics of intra-group variance and the social construction of gender. This research was framed by two theoretical concepts: declaration of sexuality and secondary marginalization. Similarly, a theoretical emphasis on sexuality can generate textured and significant data on intra-group difference. Exploring homosexuality among black men allows for a deeper investigation of the assumed connection between sexuality and gender. Through the voices and experiences of the men in this study I will examine their ideas about their sexuality and gender as separate and distinct. I would also like to explore how and why certain ideas of manhood are perpetuated and revered. Data were collected by fifteen in-depth interviews and participant observation from successful, black gay men ranging in age from 30 to over 70 years old. Their professions were just as diverse. The various data collection techniques I used provided a system of checks and balances and at the same time, served as a comprehensive account. The archival data provided background specific to the black gay experience in Washington, D.C. Participant observation made it possible to see what people did compared to what they said they did in the in-depth interviews. Videotaping made the men and the issues more real by putting a "face" on the often discussed topic of homosexuality. Videotaping also exposed as well as educated black gays and non-gays to everyday knowledge and experiences of black gay men. The combination of these methods remains distinctly anthropological because they complement and strengthen ethnographic fieldwork. Equally important is the fact that through these various techniques the "voices" of socially responsible, black gay men will be articulated and analyzed as a basis for understanding their place within the larger black community.
Chrysobothris dentipes
Creators: name: Hallinen, Marie J.
name: Steffens, Wayne P.
name: Schultz, Jennifer L.
name: Aukema, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Chrysobothris
Chrysobothris dentipes

description: 67. Chrysobothris dentipes (Germar, 1824)
 County Records (n = 103): Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Goodhue, Hennepin, Itasca, Lake, Olmsted, Ramsey, and St. Louis.
Collection Dates: 28 May–26 August.
 Minnesota Hosts: Adults collected on Larix laricina and Pinus strobus. Larval hosts recorded as Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., L. laricina, and P. strobus.
 Collection Method: On L. laricina logs and P. strobus, in Lindgren funnel trap on P. banksiana, and as C. fumipennis prey.
description: Published as part of Hallinen, Marie J., Steffens, Wayne P., Schultz, Jennifer L. & Aukema, Brian H., 2021, The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Minnesota, with a Discussion of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, pp. 173-190 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1) on page 182, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.173, http://zenodo.org/record/4837088
Shadow genealogies: Memory and identity among urban Muslims in Macedonia
Creators: name: Ellis, Burcu Akan
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study is an exploration of the encounters between everyday life and intense sociopolitical transformations that lead to an emotional re-ordering of identities. Building on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in six different towns in Macedonia, this dissertation chronicles the life histories of the Sehirli, the urban Muslims of Macedonia, as they crafted themselves into Turks and Albanians throughout the establishment years of former Yugoslavia. As these Muslim communities struggled between the options of permanent migration to Turkey or uneasy adaptation into new identity categories, their previously shared social culture transformed into shadow genealogies, which continue to influence urban Muslims' identity choices and survival strategies in contemporary Macedonia. This study explores "way of life" as an emotionally significant source of collective identity and discusses the implications of political and social downfall on identity formation among urban Muslims, whose lives were embedded in the culture of an empire that did not fit easily within the limited discourses of national identity.
Sustainable impact of organic farming: a social constructivist perspective
Creators: name: Kehar Khan Khoso
name: Thanaporn Buarod
name: Juthamas Kaewpijit
Publisher: name: Silpakorn University Research Innovation and Creativity Administration Office
Year: 2021
Subjects: Community development
constructive learning
organic farming
SDGs
societal benefits

description: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies, 21, 1, 150-161
Shadow genealogies: Memory and identity among urban Muslims in Macedonia
Creators: name: Ellis, Burcu Akan
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This study is an exploration of the encounters between everyday life and intense sociopolitical transformations that lead to an emotional re-ordering of identities. Building on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in six different towns in Macedonia, this dissertation chronicles the life histories of the Sehirli, the urban Muslims of Macedonia, as they crafted themselves into Turks and Albanians throughout the establishment years of former Yugoslavia. As these Muslim communities struggled between the options of permanent migration to Turkey or uneasy adaptation into new identity categories, their previously shared social culture transformed into shadow genealogies, which continue to influence urban Muslims' identity choices and survival strategies in contemporary Macedonia. This study explores "way of life" as an emotionally significant source of collective identity and discusses the implications of political and social downfall on identity formation among urban Muslims, whose lives were embedded in the culture of an empire that did not fit easily within the limited discourses of national identity.
Quantum information processing using Josephson junctions coupled through cavities
Creators: name: Zhu, Shi-Liang
name: Wang, Z. D.
name: Yang, Kaiyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Josephson junctions have been shown to be a promising solid-state system for implementation of quantum computation. The significant two-qubit gates are generally realized by the capacitive coupling between the nearest neighbour qubits. We propose an effective Hamiltonian to describe charge qubits coupled through the cavity. We find that nontrivial two-qubit gates may be achieved by this coupling. The ability to interconvert localized charge qubits and flying qubits in the proposed scheme implies that quantum network can be constructed using this large scalable solid-state system.
description: 5 pages, to appear in Phys Rev A; typos corrected, solutions in last eqs. corrected
The baccalaureate origins of Latino doctorates in science and engineering: 1983--1997
Creators: name: Baker, Maricel Quintana
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems

description: The purpose of this exploratory study was to document the baccalaureate origins of Latino doctorates in science and engineering (S&E), and create institutional profiles for the institutions responsible for the highest production of future S&E doctorates. The study consisted of a quantitative phase and a descriptive phase. Individual records from the Doctorate Records File from 1983--97 were analyzed to create baseline data for this population and to develop a productivity index of institutions. Based on this productivity index, qualitative methods were used to explore the role that campus environment, recruitment strategies, and retention programs may play in relation to such productivity. An institutional profile was created for each institution studied in the descriptive phase.
Causality Violation in Non-local Quantum Field Theory
Creators: name: Jain, Ambar
name: Joglekar, Satish D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the causality violation in the non-local phi ^{4}-theory (as formulated by Kleppe and Woodard) containing a finite mass scale Lambda . Starting from the Bogoliubov-Shirkov criterion for causality, we construct and study combinations of S-matrix elements that signal the violation of causality in the one loop approximation. We find that the causality violation in the exclusive process ϕ+ϕ--> ϕ+ϕgrows with energy, but the growth with energy, (for low to moderate energies) is suppressed to all orders compared to what one would expect purely from dimensional considerations. We however find that the causality violation in other processes such as ϕ+ϕ--> ϕ+ϕ+ϕ+ϕgrows with energy as expected from dimensional considerations at low to moderate energies. For high enough energies comparable to the mass scale Lambda, however, we find a rapid (exponential-like) growth in the degree of causality violation. We suggest a scenario, based on an earlier work, that will enable one to evade a large theoretical causality violation at high energies, should it be unobserved experimentally.
description: 17 pages Latex, 1 figure;Appendix added;typos corrected;minor changes in section 4 and 5;This version to appear in Int.Jour. Mod.Phys.A(2004)
Chrysobothris femorata
Creators: name: Hallinen, Marie J.
name: Steffens, Wayne P.
name: Schultz, Jennifer L.
name: Aukema, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Chrysobothris
Chrysobothris femorata

description: 68. Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790)
 County Records (n = 204): Anoka, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Lac qui Parle, Lake, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Ramsey, St. Louis, Steele, Washington, Winona, and Wright.
Collection Dates: 5 May–19 August.
 Minnesota Hosts: Adults collected on Larix laricina and Quercus sp. Larval hosts recorded as Acer negundo, A. rubrum, A. saccharinum, Amelanchier arborea, Carpinus caroliniana, Celtis occidentalis, Crataegus sp., Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Juglans cinerea, J. nigra, Malus sp., Populus tremuloides, Prunus domestica L., Quercus alba, Sorbus americana Marsh. (Rosaceae), Tilia americana L. var. americana (Malvaceae), and Ulmus americana.
 Collection Method: On dying L. laricina, in window traps in damaged Quercus sp., in bait trap, breeding cages, at light, Malaise trap, in Lindgren funnel trap on Pinus banksiana, and as C. fumipennis prey.
description: Published as part of Hallinen, Marie J., Steffens, Wayne P., Schultz, Jennifer L. & Aukema, Brian H., 2021, The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Minnesota, with a Discussion of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, pp. 173-190 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1) on page 182, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.173, http://zenodo.org/record/4837088
Numerical solution of the dynamical mean field theory of infinite-dimensional equilibrium liquids
Creators: name: Manacorda, Alessandro
name: Schehr, Grégory
name: Zamponi, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a numerical solution of the dynamical mean field theory of infinite-dimensional equilibrium liquids established in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 015902 (2016)]. For soft sphere interactions, we obtain the numerical solution by an iterative algorithm and a straightforward discretization of time. We also discuss the case of hard spheres, for which we first derive analytically the dynamical mean field theory as a non-trivial limit of the soft sphere one. We present numerical results for the memory function and the mean square displacement. Our results reproduce and extend kinetic theory in the dilute or short-time limit, while they also describe dynamical arrest towards the glass phase in the dense strongly-interacting regime.
description: 27 pages, 6 figures
The Evolution of Male-Female Wages Differentials in Canadian Universities: 1970-2001
Creators: name: Warman, Casey
name: Woolley, Frances
name: Worswick, Christopher
name: Warman, Casey
name: Woolley, Frances
name: Worswick, Christopher
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Financial Economics
International Development

description: In this paper, we use a unique data set containing detailed information on all fulltime teachers at Canadian universities over the period 1970 through 2001. The individual level data are collected by Statistics Canada from all universities in Canada and are used to analyze the evolution of male-female wage differentials of professors in Canadian universities. The long time series aspect of this data source along with the detailed administrative information allow us to provide a more complete and more accurate portrait of the wage gap than is available in most other studies. The results of a cohortbased analysis indicate that the male salary advantage among university faculty has declined for more recent birth cohorts. This has been driven not so much by an increase in the real salaries of female professors but from a cross cohort decline in the earnings of male professors and the fact that female professors have not experienced a similar cross cohort decline. Also important to note is the fact that the differences across cohorts appear to be permanent. There is no clear pattern of changes in these cohort differences with age.
Stochastic Cluster Series expansion for quantum spin systems
Creators: name: Louis, Kim
name: Gros, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we develop a cluster-variant of the Stochastic Series expansion method (SCSE). For certain systems with longer-range interactions the SCSE is considerably more efficient than the standard implementation of the Stochastic Series Expansion (SSE), at low temperatures. As an application of this method we calculated the T=0-conductance for a linear chain with a (diagonal) next nearest neighbor interaction.
description: 5 pages, 7 figures
Additional file 1 of Comparison of two biosimilarity studies of FKB327 with the adalimumab reference product: randomized phase 1 studies of single-blind, single-dose subcutaneous injection in healthy Japanese male participants
Creators: name: Yonemura, Takuma
name: Yazawa, Rie
name: Haranaka, Miwa
name: Kawakami, Kazuki
name: Takanuma, Masayuki
name: Kanzo, Takumi
name: Stefanidis, Dimitris
name: Arai, Yasumasa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Market Conditions and Worker Training: How Does it Affect and Whom?
Creators: name: Majumdar, Sumon
name: Majumdar, Sumon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Firm-sponsored training
subject: labor market tightness
subject: hold-up

description: This paper analyses the impact of labor market conditions on a firm’s incentive to train its workers. In an equilibrium model of the labor market in which firms use both untrained and in-house-trained workers, we show that the incidence of training increases with the tightness of the labor market. In a multi-sector framework, the usual threat of hold-up by a trained worker is more severe for workers who change their sector of work; during downturns, this serves to bias firms’ incentives in imparting training away from such workers and towards workers already in the firm and those new workers coming from the same sector. Evidence from the NLSY confirms both predictions – the incidence and duration of company-sponsored training is adversely a􀀞ected by higher unemployment rates; furthermore, this negative e􀀞ect is much stronger for workers who change industries as compared to those who do not.
The baccalaureate origins of Latino doctorates in science and engineering: 1983--1997
Creators: name: Baker, Maricel Quintana
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this exploratory study was to document the baccalaureate origins of Latino doctorates in science and engineering (S&E), and create institutional profiles for the institutions responsible for the highest production of future S&E doctorates. The study consisted of a quantitative phase and a descriptive phase. Individual records from the Doctorate Records File from 1983--97 were analyzed to create baseline data for this population and to develop a productivity index of institutions. Based on this productivity index, qualitative methods were used to explore the role that campus environment, recruitment strategies, and retention programs may play in relation to such productivity. An institutional profile was created for each institution studied in the descriptive phase.
Post-1-Newtonian equations of motion for systems of arbitrarily structured bodies
Creators: name: Racine, Étienne
name: Flanagan, Éanna É.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a surface integral derivation of post-1-Newtonian translational equations of motion for a system of arbitrarily structured bodies, including the coupling to all the bodies' mass and current multipole moments. The derivation requires only that the post-1-Newtonian vacuum field equations are satisfied in weak-field regions between the bodies; the bodies' internal gravity can be arbitrarily strong. The derivation extends previous results of Damour, Soffel and Xu (DSX) for weakly self-gravitating bodies for which the post-1-Newtonian field equations are satisfied everywhere. The derivation consists of a number of steps: (i) The definition of each body's current and mass multipole moments and center-of-mass worldline in terms of the behavior of the metric in a weak-field region surrounding the body. (ii) The definition for each body of a set of gravitoelectric and gravitomagnetic tidal moments, again in terms of the behavior of the metric in a weak-field region surrounding the body. For the special case of weakly self-gravitating bodies, our definitions of these multipole and tidal moments agree with definitions given previously by DSX. (iii) The derivation of a formula, for any given body, of the second time derivative of its mass dipole moment in terms of its other multipole and tidal moments and their time derivatives. This formula was obtained previously by DSX for weakly self-gravitating bodies. (iv) A derivation of the relation between the tidal moments acting on each body and the multipole moments and center-of-mass worldlines of all the other bodies. A formalism to compute this relation was developed by DSX; we simplify their formalism and compute the relation explicitly. (v) The deduction from the previous steps of the explicit translational equations of motion, whose form has not been previously derived.
description: Erratum added
Super-resolution of multispectral satellite images using convolutional neural networks
Creators: name: Müller, M. U.
name: Ekhtiari, N.
name: Almeida, R. M.
name: Rieke, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.4.3
subject: 68-06

description: Super-resolution aims at increasing image resolution by algorithmic means and has progressed over the recent years due to advances in the fields of computer vision and deep learning. Convolutional Neural Networks based on a variety of architectures have been applied to the problem, e.g. autoencoders and residual networks. While most research focuses on the processing of photographs consisting only of RGB color channels, little work can be found concentrating on multi-band, analytic satellite imagery. Satellite images often include a panchromatic band, which has higher spatial resolution but lower spectral resolution than the other bands. In the field of remote sensing, there is a long tradition of applying pan-sharpening to satellite images, i.e. bringing the multispectral bands to the higher spatial resolution by merging them with the panchromatic band. To our knowledge there are so far no approaches to super-resolution which take advantage of the panchromatic band. In this paper we propose a method to train state-of-the-art CNNs using pairs of lower-resolution multispectral and high-resolution pan-sharpened image tiles in order to create super-resolved analytic images. The derived quality metrics show that the method improves information content of the processed images. We compare the results created by four CNN architectures, with RedNet30 performing best.
description: To be published in the ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences: https://www.isprs.org/publications/annals.aspx, proceedings of the XXIV ISPRS Congress, 14-20 June 2020, Nice, France
Supplemental Figure and Table from Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia plateau
Creators: name: Carney, Molly
name: Tushingham, Shannon
name: McLaughlin, Tara
name: Guedes, Jade D'Alpoim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S1: Radiocarbon age plot calibrated using OxCal 4.4.1 with the IntCal 20 curve (1, 2); Table S1: Results of the pairwise Mann-Whitney U tests and effect size (η2) for temporal periods and modern comparative leaf scale data. The final four rows contain immature and mature camas U values and effect sizes for comparisons with temporal periods.
Simple (but effective) tests of long memory versus structural breaks
Creators: name: Shimotsu, Katsumi
name: Shimotsu, Katsumi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: long memory
subject: fractional integration
subject: structural breaks
subject: realized volatility

description: This paper proposes two simple tests that are based on certain time domain properties of I(d) processes. First, if a time series follows an I(d) process, then each subsample of the time series also follows an I(d) process with the same value of d. Second, if a time series follows an I(d) process, then its dth differenced series follows an I(0) process. Simple as they may sound, these properties provide useful tools to distinguish the true and spurious I(d) processes. In the first test, we split the sample into b subsamples, estimate d for each subsample, and compare them with the estimate of d from the full sample. In the second test, we estimate d, use the estimate to take the d th difference of the sample, and apply the KPSS test and Phillips-Perron test to the differenced data and its partial sum. Both tests are applicable to both stationary and nonstationary I(d) processes. Simulations show that the proposed tests have good power against the spurious long memory models considered in the literature. The tests are applied to the daily realized volatility of the S&P 500 index.
Additional file 1 of Choroidal changes and associations with visual acuity in diabetic patients
Creators: name: Marques, João Heitor
name: Marta, Ana
name: Castro, Catarina
name: Baptista, Pedro Manuel
name: José, Diana
name: Almeida, Daniel
name: Ribeiro, António
name: Barbosa, Irene
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Detailed imaging protocol.
Physical activity patterns and breast cancer mortality among postmenopausal females: Findings from the NHIS 1990 to 1991
Creators: name: Bumpass, Tiffin Lea
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The author used data from the 1990 and 1991 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to examine the association between self-reported leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and breast cancer mortality. This cohort study included 16,009 women 55 years of age and older; during an average 8 years of follow-up, 149 deaths occurred attributed to breast cancer. Mortality was determined through the linking of the NHIS and the National Death Index (NDI). Conditional logistic regression analysis was used to estimate odds ratio (ORs) and 95 percent confidence intervals (95% CI). After adjustment for potential confounding factors (age, race, marital status, education, health status, body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption, and smoking), LTPA was associated with a reduced mortality of breast cancer in a dose-response manner. OR for breast cancer for women who participated in LTPA 1--2 times per week was 0.90 (95% CI = 0.51, 1.58), for women who participated 3--4 times per week was 0.69 (95% CI = 0.44, 1.07) and for women who participated 5 or more times per week or vigorous 3 times or more was 0.51 (95% CI = 0.28, 0.91), as compared to women that were inactive. Breast cancer mortality was also associated with levels of education and health status. Women with less than a high school education had reduced mortality of breast cancer (ORs 0.50; 95% CI = 0.32, 0.79) when compared to those women who had more than a high school education. Women who self-reported a poor or fair health status had an increased mortality of breast cancer, ORs 4.26, 95% CI = 1.91, 9.49 and ORs 2.04, 95% CI = 1.02, 4.06 respectively. No association was found in age, race, BMI, alcohol consumption, and smoking. The finding support a protective effect of LTPA on breast cancer mortality in postmenopausal women.
Causes and Responses to the Opioid Epidemic: A Policy Analysis
Creators: name: Staples, Rita Torres
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: opioids
subject: health intervention
subject: overdose
subject: epidemic
subject: USA
subject: Opiate Overdose
subject: Public Policy

description: The opioid epidemic has become one of the largest public health crises of our time. The most important and devastating element of this crisis is the number of fatalities.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 130 Americans die from an opioid overdose on a daily basis. Data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that between 1999 and 2017 there have been more than 400,000 deaths attributed to an opioid overdose. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates that 10.3 million people misused prescription opioids in 2018 alone. This number does not include the number of people using heroin in the U.S. In 2016 roughly 948,000 Americans reported using heroin in the past year. About 170,000 Americans reported first time heroin use in 2016. Compare this number to the 90,000 first time users in 2006 and it becomes clear how significant the rise in heroin use is. There is now a rising incidence of newborns experiencing withdrawal syndrome due to opioid use and misuse during pregnancies. This means that the opioid epidemics impact will continue to be felt for generations to come. It is imperative that interventions are developed now to reduce this ripple effect and eventually end this decades-long problem.
Effective theory for self-interacting dark matter and massive spin-2 mediators
Creators: name: Kang, Yoo-Jin
name: Lee, Hyun Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the effective theory for self-interacting dark matter with arbitrary spin and go beyond the previous discussion in the literature by introducing a massive spin-2 particle as the mediator for the dark matter self-scattering. We present the effective self-interactions for dark matter in the leading order expansions with the momentum transfer and the dark matter velocity. We compare between the Born cross section and the non-perturbative cross section in the leading order approximation of the effective Yukawa interaction. As a result, we find that there is a wide range of dark matter and spin-2 particle masses for a velocity-dependent self-scattering to solve small-scale problems at galaxies as well as satisfy the bounds from galaxy clusters at the same time.
description: 35 pages, 3 figures, published version
Additional file 4 of Effect of contact with podiatry in a team approach context on diabetic foot ulcer and lower extremity amputation: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Blanchette, Virginie
name: Brousseau-Foley, Magali
name: Cloutier, Lyne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Study (author, country, year), Exclusion criteria, Details.
Universal quantum gates based on both geometric and dynamic phases in quantum dots
Creators: name: Yang, Kaiyu
name: Zhu, Shi-Liang
name: Wang, Z. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A large-scalable quantum computer model, whose qubits are represented by the subspace subtended by the ground state and the single exciton state on semiconductor quantum dots, is proposed. A universal set of quantum gates in this system may be achieved by a mixed approach, composed of dynamic evolution and nonadibatic geometric phase.
description: 4 pages, to appear in Chin. Phys. Lett
Additional file 1 of A consensus-based framework for conducting and reporting osteoarthritis phenotype research
Creators: name: Spil, W. E. Van
name: S. M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra
name: L. A. Deveza
name: N. K. Arden
name: A.-C. Bay-Jensen
name: V. Byers Kraus
name: L. Carlesso
name: R. Christensen
name: M. Van Der Esch
name: P. Kent
name: J. Knoop
name: C. Ladel
name: C. B. Little
name: R. F. Loeser
name: E. Losina
name: K. Mills
name: A. Mobasheri
name: A. E. Nelson
name: T. Neogi
name: G. M. Peat
name: A.-C. Rat
name: M. Steultjens
name: M. J. Thomas
name: A. M. Valdes
name: D. J. Hunter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1. Overview of the statements and panel scores for every Delphi round.
Intrinsic Business Cycles with Pro-Cyclical R&D
Creators: name: Francois, Patrick
name: Lloyd-Ellis
name: Francois, Patrick
name: Lloyd-Ellis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: Recent empirical work Þnds that R&D expenditures are quite procyclical, even for Þrms that are not credit-constrained during downturns. This has been taken as strong evidence against Schumpeterian-style theories of business cycles that emphasize the idea that downturns in production may be good times to allocate labor towards innovative activities. Here we argue that the procyclicality of R&D investment is, in fact, quite consistent with at least one of these theories. In our analysis, we emphasize three key features of R&D investment relative to other types of innovative activity: (1) it uses knowledge intensively, (2) it is a long-term investment with uncertain applications and (3) it suffers from diminishing returns over time.
Physical activity patterns and breast cancer mortality among postmenopausal females: Findings from the NHIS 1990 to 1991
Creators: name: Bumpass, Tiffin Lea
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: The author used data from the 1990 and 1991 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to examine the association between self-reported leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and breast cancer mortality. This cohort study included 16,009 women 55 years of age and older; during an average 8 years of follow-up, 149 deaths occurred attributed to breast cancer. Mortality was determined through the linking of the NHIS and the National Death Index (NDI). Conditional logistic regression analysis was used to estimate odds ratio (ORs) and 95 percent confidence intervals (95% CI). After adjustment for potential confounding factors (age, race, marital status, education, health status, body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption, and smoking), LTPA was associated with a reduced mortality of breast cancer in a dose-response manner. OR for breast cancer for women who participated in LTPA 1--2 times per week was 0.90 (95% CI = 0.51, 1.58), for women who participated 3--4 times per week was 0.69 (95% CI = 0.44, 1.07) and for women who participated 5 or more times per week or vigorous 3 times or more was 0.51 (95% CI = 0.28, 0.91), as compared to women that were inactive. Breast cancer mortality was also associated with levels of education and health status. Women with less than a high school education had reduced mortality of breast cancer (ORs 0.50; 95% CI = 0.32, 0.79) when compared to those women who had more than a high school education. Women who self-reported a poor or fair health status had an increased mortality of breast cancer, ORs 4.26, 95% CI = 1.91, 9.49 and ORs 2.04, 95% CI = 1.02, 4.06 respectively. No association was found in age, race, BMI, alcohol consumption, and smoking. The finding support a protective effect of LTPA on breast cancer mortality in postmenopausal women.
Chrysobothris pusilla Gory and Laporte 1837
Creators: name: Hallinen, Marie J.
name: Steffens, Wayne P.
name: Schultz, Jennifer L.
name: Aukema, Brian H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Chrysobothris
Chrysobothris pusilla

description: 72. Chrysobothris pusilla Gory and Laporte, 1837
 County Records (n = 4): Cook.
 Collection Dates: 12–27 August (trap interval). Minnesota Hosts: Unspecified in collection records. Larval hosts recorded as Pinus rigida and Tsuga canadensis. Adults on P. banksiana and P. strobus.
 Collection Method: All specimens collected in Lindgren funnel trap on P. banksiana.
description: Published as part of Hallinen, Marie J., Steffens, Wayne P., Schultz, Jennifer L. & Aukema, Brian H., 2021, The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Minnesota, with a Discussion of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, pp. 173-190 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1) on page 182, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.173, http://zenodo.org/record/4837088
Physics of the linear collider
Creators: name: Richard, Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This presentation intends to illustrate the specific capabilities of an e$^+$e$^-$ sub-TeV collider to provide answers on the basic issues in physics: origin of mass, hierarchy of masses, cosmological problems. Some foreseeable scenarios are discussed with a possible synergy with LHC.
description: 20 pages, 16 figures
Supplemental Figure 1.; Supplemental Table 1 from Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia plateau
Creators: name: Carney, Molly
name: Tushingham, Shannon
name: McLaughlin, Tara
name: Guedes, Jade D'Alpoim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Radiocarbon age plot calibrated using OxCal 4.4.1 with the IntCal 20 curve (1, 2); Results of the pairwise Mann-Whitney U tests and effect size (η2) for temporal periods and modern comparative leaf scale data. The final four rows contain immature and mature camas U values and effect sizes for comparisons with temporal periods.
Research of Gravitation in Flat Minkowski Space
Creators: name: Trencevski, Kostadin
name: Celakoska, Emilija G.
name: Balan, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper it is introduced and studied an alternative theory of gravitation in flat Minkowski space. Using an antisymmetric tensor, which is analogous to the tensor of electromagnetic field, a non-linear connection is introduced. It is very convenient for studying the perihelion/periastron shift, deflection of the light rays near the Sun and the frame dragging together with geodetic precession, i.e. effects where angles are involved. Although the corresponding results are obtained in rather different way, they are the same as in the General Relativity. The results about the barycenter of two bodies are also the same as in the General Relativity. Comparing the derived equations of motion for the $n$-body problem with the Einstein-Infeld-Hoffmann equations, it is found that they differ from the EIH equations by Lorentz invariant terms of order $c^{-2}$.
description: 28 pages
Development of a passively Q -switched *Nd:YAG microchip laser for use in the Satellite Laser Ranging 2000 project
Creators: name: Gompers, Samuel Leo
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
classificationCode: 5102
subject: Atomic, molecular and optical physics

description: Presently, NASA is designing a replacement for its existing satellite laser ranging systems. These systems are used to measure Earth-satellite distances, tectonic plate movement, variations in rotational motion and other geodetic phenomena. Satellite Laser Ranging 2000 (SLR2000) is envisioned as a fully automated, sub-centimeter accuracy, eye-safe, low-cost replacement to the current SLR systems. It is expected to overcome present limitations by operating autonomously; being free of optical, chemical or electrical hazards; and having a greater average time between failures. Expected shot range precision is about one centimeter with normal point precision of better than three centimeters. This system will have twenty-four hour tracking coverage. SLR2000 specifications dictate operation at visible wavelengths with eye-safe energies on the order of one hundred microjoules and repetition rates on the order of two kilohertz. The optical subsystem of SLR2000 includes a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microlaser. Passive Q-switching will be achieved using a saturable absorber and offers a number of advantages over the mode-locked lasers currently used in ranging stations: no need for long resonators with tight thermal control; no electro-optic switch required for single pulse selection; saturable absorbers precluding the use of carcinogenic dyes and solvents; and RF drive frequency electronics not tied to the resonator length of the laser cavity. The presented work describes the research and development of a prototype laser used to produce the energies, repetition rates and pulsewidths required for SLR2000. Optimization theories and models were applied to the laser design in order to accurately predict and assess performance characteristics of both gain medium and saturable absorber. Data were obtained which illustrated the affect of pump laser saturation and thermal lensing of the gain medium. Important laboratory skills and techniques were acquired in the design and construction of passively Q-switched microlasers.
Development of a passively Q -switched *Nd:YAG microchip laser for use in the Satellite Laser Ranging 2000 project
Creators: name: Gompers, Samuel Leo
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Presently, NASA is designing a replacement for its existing satellite laser ranging systems. These systems are used to measure Earth-satellite distances, tectonic plate movement, variations in rotational motion and other geodetic phenomena. Satellite Laser Ranging 2000 (SLR2000) is envisioned as a fully automated, sub-centimeter accuracy, eye-safe, low-cost replacement to the current SLR systems. It is expected to overcome present limitations by operating autonomously; being free of optical, chemical or electrical hazards; and having a greater average time between failures. Expected shot range precision is about one centimeter with normal point precision of better than three centimeters. This system will have twenty-four hour tracking coverage. SLR2000 specifications dictate operation at visible wavelengths with eye-safe energies on the order of one hundred microjoules and repetition rates on the order of two kilohertz. The optical subsystem of SLR2000 includes a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microlaser. Passive Q-switching will be achieved using a saturable absorber and offers a number of advantages over the mode-locked lasers currently used in ranging stations: no need for long resonators with tight thermal control; no electro-optic switch required for single pulse selection; saturable absorbers precluding the use of carcinogenic dyes and solvents; and RF drive frequency electronics not tied to the resonator length of the laser cavity. The presented work describes the research and development of a prototype laser used to produce the energies, repetition rates and pulsewidths required for SLR2000. Optimization theories and models were applied to the laser design in order to accurately predict and assess performance characteristics of both gain medium and saturable absorber. Data were obtained which illustrated the affect of pump laser saturation and thermal lensing of the gain medium. Important laboratory skills and techniques were acquired in the design and construction of passively Q-switched microlasers.
The optimum level of parent participation: A study of three intensity levels of parent involvement during three "Playtime is Science" units in three third-grade classes
Creators: name: Gooden, Kelly Lynn
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The study describes the experience of introducing three intensity levels of parent participation in three third-grade classes for science instruction using Playtime is Science; an equity curriculum that utilizes parent participation. The study sought to determine the optimum level of participation by ascertaining the most influential aspect of involvement on proficiency scores and the most important aspect of involvement to participants. The levels of participation intensity were distinguished by: (1) the number of parents in the classroom; (2) the responsibilities of the parents; (3) the training received; and (4) the number of students with whom the parents worked. Involvement at each level would potentially manifest aspects of role modeling, lowered student-to-adult instructional ratio, and parent expertise to varying degrees. The three levels of participation were introduced during explorations in three Playtime is Science units following a rotation schedule. Student proficiency was assessed through scores on pre- and post-tests, journals, and discourse. ANCOVA was used to identify main and interaction effects of the independent variables (class, unit and level) on student proficiency taking into account existing differences in groups. Participant attitudes were assessed through journals and interviews. Observations of explorations triangulated findings and assessed participant interactions. Field notes, transcripts and photographs were coded according to the aspects of parent involvement. The results showed level of parent intensity of involvement had no affect on proficiency scores. Therefore, no aspect of parent involvement was determined to be the most influential. Participants felt that lowered instructional ratio and role modeling were the most important aspects of involvement. The level of involvement that utilized the lowest ratio and the most role modeling was level III, small group facilitators. Level III was recognized as the optimum level of participation in science instruction for this study. Although no level of involvement was significantly influential for student scores, there was a main effect for units, supporting the finding that teacher conceptions of science are more influential on student proficiency than parent participation at any level. The influence of teacher conceptions was unanticipated but is critical to consider when implementing any program or methodology to improve science instruction.
Enabling the Visible Hand
Creators: name: Keay, Ian
name: Adshade, Marina
name: Keay, Ian
name: Adshade, Marina
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Financial Economics
Labor and Human Capital

description: In this paper we use data from more than 2,500 industry-years, reported by the Ohio Division of Labor Statistics, to track changes in employment and weekly wages among male and female production workers and clerical workers between 1914-1937. We find that among Ohio’s manufacturing establishments female employment and real wages were rising throughout this period, particularly within clerical occupations. Increases in women’s share of the total manufacturing workforce were nearly monotonic between 1914-1937, while after having been, at best, stagnant until the mid- 1920s, women’s relative wages increased through the last half of the 1920s and into the 1930s. After matching our employment and wage data with information from the Census of Manufactures for the state of Ohio, we estimate translog production functions which indicate that Ohio manufacturers were adopting new organizational structures and technologies that were biased in favor of female clerical labor. This non-neutrality in technological and organizational change (like the employment and wage patterns) was driven primarily by larger firms that had relatively complex production processes. A simple counterfactual exercise indicates that the adoption of non-neutral technological and organizational change over this period can explain much of the observed increase in demand and remuneration for educated female manufacturing workers. This conclusion emphasizes the role women played channeling early twentieth century organizational and technological change, in effect enabling Chandler’s “visible hand”.