cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Developmental coordination disorder questionnaire – translation and adaptation into Danish
Creators: name: Topor, Marta
name: Henriksen, Anne Husted
name: Rohde, Rasmus Ahmt
name: Bugge, Anna
name: Fals, Emma Bundgård
name: Jacobsen, Ida
name: Andersen, Keenie
name: Wienecke, Jacob
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Developmental Coordination Disorder is a commonly occurring, but poorly recognised developmental condition characterised by difficulties with motor functions. Danish tests of children’s motor functioning, which are currently available, are outdated and only applicable up to the age of seven years old. New tools are needed to enable easy and efficient screening of motor difficulties experienced by children living in Denmark. We translated and adapted the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ’07) into Danish and aimed to evaluate its utility. A team of translators prepared the Danish version of the DCDQ’07 – DCDQ-DK. In total, 36 parents completed the questionnaire. The children completed fine and gross motor tests. Concurrent validity was tested using Pearson correlation on the DCDQ-DK and motor performance scores. Internal consistency was tested using Cronbach’s alpha. The results show good concurrent validity (r = .311) and internal consistency (α = .80). DCDQ-DK is well suited for use with Danish-speaking parents. The tool will aid early assessment of motor difficulties in children of Danish-speaking parents. DCDQ-DK can be used by occupational therapists, educational and health professionals as well as researchers in national and international contexts.
Some Polycubes Have No Edge Zipper Unfolding
Creators: name: Demaine, Erik D.
name: Demaine, Martin L.
name: Eppstein, David
name: O'Rourke, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.2.2; G.2.2
subject: 52B10, 52C99

description: It is unknown whether every polycube (polyhedron constructed by gluing cubes face-to-face) has an edge unfolding, that is, cuts along edges of the cubes that unfolds the polycube to a single nonoverlapping polygon in the plane. Here we construct polycubes that have no *edge zipper unfolding* where the cut edges are further restricted to form a path.
description: 11 pages, 10 figures, 9 references. Updated to match the version that will appear in the Canad. Conf. Comput. Geom., Aug. 2020
Heterotrissocladius marcidus
Creators: name: Stasiukynas, Laurynas
name: Laurindo da Silva, Fabio
name: Havelka, Jekaterina
name: Podėnas, Sigitas
name: Lekoveckaitė, Aistė
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Heterotrissocladius
Heterotrissocladius marcidus

description: Heterotrissocladius marcidus (Walker, 1856)
Notes
Morpho identification. New record for Lithuania.
description: Published as part of Stasiukynas, Laurynas, Laurindo da Silva, Fabio, Havelka, Jekaterina, Podėnas, Sigitas & Lekoveckaitė, Aistė, 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Šventoji and Žeimena sub-basins in Lithuania, pp. e 130218 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e130218, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e130218
Dynamic AI Models for Real-Time ICU Monitoring
Creators: name: Researchscholar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The increasing complexity and data-intensity of modern Intensive Care Units (ICUs) necessitate advanced solutions for timely, accurate, and reliable patient monitoring. This paper explores the development and implementation of dynamic Artificial Intelligence (AI) models specifically designed for real-time ICU environments. Unlike static models, dynamic AI frameworks—such as Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, and attention-based architectures—are capable of processing time-series data and adapting to rapidly changing patient conditions. The study delves into the challenges of ICU monitoring, including data heterogeneity, alarm fatigue, and the limitations of threshold-based systems. Through a detailed analysis of data sources, preprocessing strategies, and model architectures, the paper presents how AI systems can provide early warning signals, support predictive diagnostics, and improve clinical decision-making. Real-world case studies, such as Deep SOFA and AI Clinician, are examined to illustrate the practical impact of these systems on patient outcomes. While the benefits are substantial—ranging from reduced response time to enhanced situational awareness—the paper also discusses critical limitations, including model interpretability, ethical considerations, and deployment hurdles. Looking ahead, it outlines promising directions such as federated learning, wearable sensor integration, and personalized AI models. The paper concludes that with responsible design and clinical collaboration, dynamic AI models have the potential to redefine critical care delivery and significantly enhance patient safety in ICUs.
Allelopathic potential of Citrus reticulata peel extract for weed control
Creators: name: Duangporn Suwanagul
Publisher: name: Rangsit University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Citrus reticulata, Echinochloa crus-galli, peel extract, weed control, allelopathy

description: Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences, 6, 1
Experiences of postnatal mothers with quality of care including water, sanitation and hygiene amenities during the outbreak of COVID - 19 in Ghana: An institutional cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Alhassan, Robert Kaba
name: Duti, Vida
name: Dubik, Stephen Dajaan
name: Amegah, Kingsley E.
name: Ashinyo, Mary Eyram
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023

description:
Objective: To investigate the experiences and perceptions of postnatal mothers with quality of healthcare including WASH amenities among postnatal mothers in Ghana during the COVID-19 outbreak. Study design: The study was an institutional cross-sectional. Methods: The survey was conducted in six (6) regions across the northern, middle, and coastal belts of Ghana among postnatal mothers (n = 424). Eligible respondents accessed antenatal care (ANC) in 12 healthcare facilities (primary level and secondary level) during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Univariate ordered logistic regression analysis was conducted to predict determinants of overall perceived quality of healthcare and experiences with WASH amenities in healthcare facilities visited. Findings: Privacy and confidentiality (mean score = 3.07) were the most highly rated quality indicator while the least rated indicator was dignity and respect of clients (mean score = 2.13). Approximately 50% of postnatal mothers reported paying out-of-pocket for essential ANC medications. Perceived quality of healthcare was positive among those who accessed care at a district/municipal hospital (Coef. = 1.29; 95%CI 0.45, 2.13, p = 0.003); co-habiting with a partner (Coef. = 1.64; 95%CI 0.64, 2.65, p = 0.001), and resident in an urban location (Coef. = 2.30; 95%CI 0.30, 3.30, p = 0.001). Mothers who accessed care at a district or municipal hospital (Coef. = 1.81; 95%CI 0.83, 2.78, p = 0.001); were co-habiting with a partner (Coef. = 1.92; 95%CI 0.76, 3.07, p = 0.001), and had a private health insurance cover (Coef. = 3.18; 95%CI 0.69, 5.67, p = 0.012) were more likely to rank WASH amenities better than their comparators. Conclusion: Overall perception of postnatal mothers of healthcare quality including WASH amenities after outbreak of COVID-19 was good, but with significant concerns about dignity and respect accorded them during care and having to pay out-of-pocket for some ANC medications. Relevant managers, service providers and regulatory institutions are encouraged to initiate and sustain policy dialogues and stakeholder consultations on the healthcare quality care gaps established in this study. There is the need for more investments in WASH amenities in the health sector as a quality assurance strategy, especially for maternal and child health services.
title: Mobile Computing in der Grundwasserbewirtschaftung
Creators: name: Rüppel, Uwe
name: Meißner, Iris
name: Gutzke, Thomas
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Grundwasser
subject: Bewirtschaftung
subject: Modellierung
subject: Datenerfassung
subject: 620

description: Die Bewirtschaftung von Grundwasser umfasst zum einen die Nutzungserfordernisse und Versorgungsbedürfnisse und zum andern den Schutz des Grundwassers als Bestandteil des Naturhaushaltes. Die Verwendung von Informations- und Kommunikationsmethoden zur numerischen Grundwassermodellierung und zur Verwaltung von großflächigen qualitativen und quantitativen Grundwasserinformationen eröffnen die Möglichkeit einer nachhaltigen wasserwirtschaftlichen Planung sowie einer gezielten Steuerung der Auswirkungen von Grundwasserentnahmen und -versickerungen. Im Rahmen des Pilotprojektes Grundwasser-Online im Hessischen Ried (www.grundwasser-online.de) wurden gezielt die Arbeitsabläufe bei der Erfassung der Daten zur Grundwasserbewirtschaftung sowie der anschließenden Verarbeitung analysiert, bewertet und software-technisch umgesetzt. Ein wichtiger Aspekt dabei ist die Datenerfassung an den räumlich verteilten Grundwassermessstellen. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt auf, wie mobile EDV Geräte mit einer geeigneten Software die Arbeitsabläufe beim Einsatz vor Ort effizienter gestalten und die Einhaltung der Messvorgaben unterstützen können. Durch die Minimierung von Fehlerquellen kann dabei eine Qualitätsverbesserung des Datenbestandes erreicht werden. Es wird ein Konzept zur mobilen Erfassung von Grundwasserdaten unter Verwendung von GPS-Positionsdaten und Plausibilitätsprüfungen vorgestellt. Die Technologien und Herausforderungen bei der prototypischen Umsetzung werden aufgezeigt.
description: Internationales Kolloquium über Anwendungen der Informatik und Mathematik in Architektur und Bauwesen : 10. bis 12.06.2003, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, vol. 16, 2003
OAH - CanadARThistories TESS2021 - slides
Creators: name: Amos, Johanna
name: Anne Cavaliere, Elizabeth
name: Buis, Alena
name: Kennedy, Jen
name: Smith, Sarah E.K.
name: Smither, Devon
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: Open Art Histories introduces CanadARThistories at TESS (Technology and Education Seminar and Showcase) Conference.
Loss, liberation, and agency: Patient experiences of methadone treatment at opioid treatment programs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Starrels, Joanna L
name: Pierz, Amanda
name: Masyukova, Mariya
name: Nahvi, Shadi
name: Peterson, Meghan
name: López-Castro, Teresa
name: Kodali, Sruthi
name: Jakubowski, Andrea
name: Arnsten, Julia H
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023

description:
BACKGROUND: Despite its safety and effectiveness, methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) remains highly stigmatized, and stringent opioid treatment program (OTP) attendance requirements create barriers to retention for many patients. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a shift in federal regulations governing methadone, including a blanket exemption permitting increased take-home doses of methadone. We studied the impact of these changes upon established patients' experiences of OTP care. METHOD: We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 18 OTP patients who met our criteria of having established OTP care (i.e., enrolled at the OTP for at least 12 weeks) and were administered methadone three to six days weekly prior to the March 2020 blanket exemption. Interviews centered on how COVID-19 had affected their experiences of receiving treatment at an OTP. RESULTS: We identified three interconnected themes relevant to transformation of OTP care by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants described mourning therapeutic OTP relationships and structure (1. loss), yet feeling more satisfaction with fewer in-person OTP visits (2. liberation), and appreciating more opportunities to self-direct their OUD care (3. agency). DISCUSSION: Structural changes made to OTP care early in the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in loss of community and structure. Increasing the availability of take-home methadone also improved patient experience and sense of agency. Our findings join a diverse body of converging evidence in support of policy changes allowing for more flexible dosing and individualized OTP care.
Comparative studies on assessment of corrosion rates in pipelines as semi-probabilistic and fully stochastic values
Creators: name: Opeyemi, David A.
name: Patelli, Edoardo
name: Beer, Michael
name: Timashev, Sviatoslav A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Reduction of pipeline carrying capacity and safety are often caused by corrosion and its potential damaging effects. Simple techniques which can be used to evaluate both current and the time-dependent change in the pipeline’s reliability are needed since reliability analysis is recognized as a powerful decision-making tool for risk-based design and maintenance. The prediction of future sizes of growing defects and the pipeline remaining life time are obtained by using consistent assessments of their Corrosion Rates (CRs); and these CRs may be considered as deterministic, semi-probabilistic or fully stochastic values. The idea of predicting future sizes of growing defects and corrosion rates as semi-probabilistic and fully stochastic values is considered with a comparison of the results conducted and implemented on a real life pipeline. In this contribution, a probabilistic method based on the imprecise probability approach is presented to predict the remaining life time and the failure probability of pipelines with corrosion defects by using the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) method implemented in OpenCossan; the open source engine of COSSAN software for uncertainty quantification and risk management. The results obtained from deterministic, semi-probabilistic and probabilistic methods are compared using B31G, Modified B31G and DNV-101 pressure failure models. The proposed probabilistic method of assessment can be applied for the design of new systems as well as assessing of existing pipelines in operation.
title: Internetbasiertes Management von Bauprojekten auf der Basis eines dynamischen Workflow-Frameworks
Creators: name: Rüppel, Uwe
name: Klauer, Thomas
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Bauablaufplanung
subject: Management
subject: Internet
subject: 620

description: Die Baubranche zeichnet sich durch eine sehr starke Arbeitsteilung aus, die hohe Ansprüche an die Koordination der Prozesse und auch an die Qualität der auszutauschenden Informationen stellt. Trotz der gegenwärtigen informationstechnologischen Möglichkeiten gibt es in der Bauwirtschaft noch keine umfassende Lösung, um diesen Anforderungen gerecht zu werden. Insbesondere sind Modelle zur durchgängigen Koordinierung der Prozesse und Arbeitsabläufe (Workflows) im Informations- und Kommunikationsverbund für die baupraktischen Belange noch nicht entwickelt worden. Die Abbildung der dynamischen Aspekte der Workflows zwischen Bauherren, Projektleitung, Fachplanern, Bauaufsichtsbehörde und Bauunternehmen können zu einer Erhöhung der Termin- und Kostensicherheit führen. Vorhandene Software-Produkte im Bereich des Workflow-Managements erfüllen die Anforderungen der vernetzt-kooperativen Planung bzw. Ausführung im Bauwesen nicht durchgängig und sind nicht in einen internetbasierten Projektraum integrierbar. Die Grundlage des hier vorgestellten Systems bildet ein so genanntes Workflow-Framework, dem alle Fachinformationen, wie Kosten, Termine, Gebäudestruktur und (Plan-) Dokumente untergeordnet sind. Dieses Framework stellt eine auf die Anforderungen des Bauwesens ausgerichtete Anwendung dar, mit deren Hilfe die Beteiligten und deren Aktivitäten, die Fachinformationen und die zu verwendenden Fachapplikationen koordiniert und überwacht werden können. Mit dieser Anwendung, die in den internetbasierten Projektraum Baukom-Online integriert ist, kann zum einen die Projektleitung bzw. der Projektsteuerer bei der Koordination, Steuerung und Überwachung der Bauprojektabwicklung in technischer, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Hinsicht unterstützt werden. Zum anderen ermöglicht es den Beteiligten in Planung, Genehmigung und Ausführung, ihre Arbeitsabläufe im Hinblick auf eine fristgerechte und wirtschaftliche Abwicklung effizienter zu gestalten.
description: Internationales Kolloquium über Anwendungen der Informatik und Mathematik in Architektur und Bauwesen : 10. bis 12.06.2003, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, vol. 16, 2003
OAH - CanadARThistories TESS2021 - slides
Creators: name: Amos, Johanna
name: Anne Cavaliere, Elizabeth
name: Buis, Alena
name: Kennedy, Jen
name: Smith, Sarah E.K.
name: Smither, Devon
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: Open Art Histories introduces CanadARThistories at TESS (Technology and Education Seminar and Showcase) Conference.
Pothole Detection Based on Disparity Transformation and Road Surface Modeling
Creators: name: Fan, Rui
name: Ozgunalp, Umar
name: Hosking, Brett
name: Liu, Ming
name: Pitas, Ioannis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Pothole detection is one of the most important tasks for road maintenance. Computer vision approaches are generally based on either 2D road image analysis or 3D road surface modeling. However, these two categories are always used independently. Furthermore, the pothole detection accuracy is still far from satisfactory. Therefore, in this paper, we present a robust pothole detection algorithm that is both accurate and computationally efficient. A dense disparity map is first transformed to better distinguish between damaged and undamaged road areas. To achieve greater disparity transformation efficiency, golden section search and dynamic programming are utilized to estimate the transformation parameters. Otsu's thresholding method is then used to extract potential undamaged road areas from the transformed disparity map. The disparities in the extracted areas are modeled by a quadratic surface using least squares fitting. To improve disparity map modeling robustness, the surface normal is also integrated into the surface modeling process. Furthermore, random sample consensus is utilized to reduce the effects caused by outliers. By comparing the difference between the actual and modeled disparity maps, the potholes can be detected accurately. Finally, the point clouds of the detected potholes are extracted from the reconstructed 3D road surface. The experimental results show that the successful detection accuracy of the proposed system is around 98.7% and the overall pixel-level accuracy is approximately 99.6%.
description: 12 pages, 15 figures, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
title: Definition of a bridge deck geometrical modelling process to automate design graphical representations
Creators: name: Sampaio, Alcinia Zita
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Brückenbau
subject: CAD
subject: Dreidimensionales Modell
subject: 620

description: The construction of a new building interferes with the existent environment. A careful aesthetic study must be made at an early stage in the design and the visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model of the structure is the best way to analyse it. As some structures presents a complex shape is difficult to execute a 3D model as well as the specific drawings. Using traditional graphical systems, the execution of deck specific drawings is extremely time consuming and the 3D deck model gives an approximation only of the exterior shape of the deck. The modelling scheme proposed here allows the automation of the geometric design phases related to the deck bridge element using as a means of integration a geometric database representative of the real deck shape. This concept was implemented in a computer program. This application is an important support in the process design namely at the conceptual and graphical stages. The computer application provides an important tool to the bridge designer particularly at the conceptual stage, as it allows aesthetic and structural evaluation of the bridge at an early stage in the design. The geometric modelling process and graphical results of a case study are presented.
description: Internationales Kolloquium über Anwendungen der Informatik und Mathematik in Architektur und Bauwesen : 10. bis 12.06.2003, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, vol. 16, 2003
Hydroxychloroquine for pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in health care workers: a randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes of Hydroxychloroquine (HERO-HCQ)
Creators: name: Anderson, Deverick J.
name: Cahuayme-Zuniga, Lizbeth
name: Currier, Judith
name: Anstrom, Kevin J.
name: HERO Research Program
name: Olson, Rachel E.
name: Rothman, Russell L.
name: Shostak, Jack
name: Garg, Jyotsna
name: Turner, Kisha Batey
name: Cohen, Lauren W.
name: Friedland, Anne
name: Naggie, Susanna
name: Milstone, Aaron
name: Lakshmi, Seetha
name: Woods, Christopher W.
name: Shenkman, Elizabeth
name: George, Anoop
name: Mulder, Hillary
name: Hernandez, Adrian F.
name: Fraulo, Elizabeth
name: O'Brien, Emily C.
name: Castro, Mario
name: Collins, Sean P.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023

description:
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is safe and effective at preventing COVID-19 infections among health care workers (HCWs). METHODS: In a 1: 1 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group, superiority trial at 34 US clinical centers, 1360 HCWs at risk for COVID-19 infection were enrolled between April and November 2020. Participants were randomized to HCQ or matched placebo. The HCQ dosing included a loading dose of HCQ 600 mg twice on day 1, followed by 400 mg daily for 29 days. The primary outcome was a composite of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 clinical infection by day 30, defined as new-onset fever, cough, or dyspnea and either a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction test (confirmed) or a lack of confirmatory testing due to local restrictions (suspected). RESULTS: Study enrollment closed before full accrual due to recruitment challenges. The primary end point occurred in 41 (6.0%) participants receiving HCQ and 53 (7.8%) participants receiving placebo. No difference in the proportion of participants experiencing clinical infection (estimated difference of -1.8%, 95% confidence interval -4.6-0.9%, P = 0.20) was identified nor any significant safety issues. CONCLUSION: Oral HCQ taken as prescribed appeared safe among HCWs. No significant clinical benefits were observed. The study was not powered to detect a small but potentially important reduction in infection. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04334148.
On interweaving relations
Creators: name: Miclo, Laurent
name: Patie, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Interweaving relations are introduced and studied here in a general Markovian setting as a strengthening of usual intertwining relations between semigroups, obtained by adding a randomized delay feature. They provide a new classification scheme of the set of Markovian semigroups which enables to transfer from a reference semigroup and up to an independent warm-up time, some ergodic, analytical and mixing properties including the $φ$-entropy convergence to equilibrium, the hyperboundedness and when the warm-up time is deterministic the cut-off phenomena. We also present several useful transformations that preserve interweaving relations. We provide a variety of examples of interweaving relations ranging from classical, discrete, and non-local Laguerre and Jacobi semigroups to degenerate hypoelliptic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroups and some non-colliding particle systems
Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with quality of life: A cross-sectional study of older-age people with and without HIV in rural Uganda
Creators: name: Seeley, Janet
name: Saylor, Deanna
name: Sentongo, Ruth
name: Flavia, Atwiine
name: Asiimwe, Stephen
name: Siedner, Mark J
name: Reynolds, Zahra
name: Tsai, Alexander C
name: Meyer, Ana-Claire
name: Tindimwebwa, Edna
name: Kohrt, Emma
name: Tong, Yao
name: Quach, Lien T
name: Paul, Robert
name: Nakasujja, Noeline
name: Hoeppner, Susanne S
name: Olivieri-Mui, Brianne
name: Ritchie, Christine
name: Okello, Samson
name: Greene, Meredith
Publisher: name: International Society of Global Health
Year: 2023

description:
Background: COVID-19-related lockdowns and other public health measures may have differentially affected the quality of life (QOL) of older people with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in rural Uganda. Methods: The Quality of Life and Aging with HIV in Rural Uganda study enrolled people with and without HIV aged over 49 from October 2020 to October 2021. We collected data on COVID-19-related stressors (behavior changes, concerns, interruptions in health care, income, and food) and the participants' QOL. We used linear regression to estimate the associations between COVID-19-related stressors and QOL, adjusting for demographic characteristics, mental and physical health, and time before vs after the lockdown during the second COVID-19 wave in Uganda. Interaction between HIV and COVID-19-related stressors evaluated effect modification. Results: We analyzed complete data from 562 participants. Mean age was 58 (standard deviation (SD) = 7); 265 (47%) participants were female, 386 (69%) were married, 279 (50%) had HIV, and 400 (71%) were farmers. Those making ≥5 COVID-19-related behavior changes compared to those making ≤2 had worse general QOL (estimated linear regression coefficient (b) = - 4.77; 95% confidence interval (CI) = -6.61, -2.94) and health-related QOL (b = -4.60; 95% CI = -8.69, -0.51). Having access to sufficient food after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (b = 3.10, 95% CI = 1.54, 4.66) and being interviewed after the start of the second lockdown (b = 2.79, 95% CI = 1.30, 4.28) were associated with better general QOL. Having HIV was associated with better health-related QOL (b = 5.67, 95% CI = 2.91,8.42). HIV was not associated with, nor did it modify the association of COVID-19-related stressors with general QOL. Conclusions: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in an HIV-endemic, low-resource setting, there was reduced QOL among older Ugandans making multiple COVID-19 related behavioral changes. Nonetheless, good QOL during the second COVID-19 wave may suggest resilience among older Ugandans.
Light(ly)-coupled Dark Matter in the keV Range: Freeze-In and Constraints
Creators: name: Chang, Jae Hyeok
name: Essig, Rouven
name: Reinert, Annika
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dark matter produced from thermal freeze-out is typically restricted to have masses above roughly 1 MeV. However, if the couplings are small, the freeze-in mechanism allows for production of dark matter down to keV masses. We consider dark matter coupled to a dark photon that mixes with the photon and dark matter coupled to photons through an electric or magnetic dipole moment. We discuss contributions to the freeze-in production of such dark matter particles from standard model fermion-antifermion annihilation and plasmon decay. We also derive constraints on such dark matter from the cooling of red giant stars and horizontal branch stars, carefully evaluating the thermal processes as well as the bremsstrahlung process that dominates for masses above the plasma frequency. We find that the parameters needed to obtain the observed relic abundance from freeze-in are excluded below a few tens of keV, depending on the value of the dark gauge coupling constant for the dark photon portal model, and below a few keV, depending on the reheating temperature for dark matter with an electric or magnetic dipole moment. While laboratory probes are unlikely to probe these freeze-in scenarios in general, we show that for dark matter with an electric or magnetic dipole moment and for dark matter masses above the reheating temperature, the couplings needed for freeze-in to produce the observed relic abundance can be probed partially by upcoming direct-detection experiments.
description: 25 pages + appendices and references, 8 figures. v2: Contains corrections and clarifications. Version accepted by JHEP. v3: Fixed errors in figures
Isolation of Bacillus cereus C042 capable of producing polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by using unhydrolysed waste from rice bran oil production as carbon source
Creators: name: Wimol Chobchuenchom
Publisher: name: Rangsit University
Year: 2016
Subjects: polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), biopolymer, native rice bran waste materials

description: Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences, 6, 1
A Multi-Site Survey Study on the Association Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and United States Anesthesiology Residents’ Mental Health
Creators: name: Isaak, Robert
name: Martinelli, Susan M
name: Liu, Yutong
name: Bairde, Emily
name: Hayes, Blair H
name: Ladlie, Beth
name: Stahl, David L
name: Zisblatt, Lara
name: Willie, Chelsea
name: Licatino, Lauren K
name: Huffmyer, Julie
name: Jain, Ankit
name: Chen, Fei
name: Carter, Tekuila
name: Martin, Timothy W
name: Marshall, Julie M
name: Afroze, Farzana
name: Mulaikal, Teresa A
name: Hindle, Anna K
name: Diachun, Carol
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2023

description:
BACKGROUND:  At the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, anesthesiology residency programs were impacted differently due to various factors such as the local severity of COVID-19, exposure to patient suffering, and inability to complete rotations. We sought to investigate the impact of local-level pandemic severity on the well-being of anesthesiology residents. METHODS:  This multi-site study surveyed postgraduate year two residents from 15 United States (US) anesthesiology programs using the Perceived Stress Scale, Mini-Z, Patient Health Questionnaire-9,WHO-5 Well-Being Index,and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support before the pandemic (baseline survey) and during the first COVID-19 surge (post survey). RESULTS:  A total of 144 (65%) residents responded to the initial baseline survey; 73 (33%) responded to the post survey, and 49 (22%) completed both surveys. There was not a statistically significant difference in any well-being outcomes of participants between the surveys, nor was there a significant difference based on the severity of COVID-19 impact at the program's hospital. Male participants had higher perceived stress scores (β = 4.05, 95%CI: 0.42, 7.67, P = 0.03) and lower social support from family (β = -6.57, 95%CI: -11.64, -1.51, P = 0.01) at the post survey compared to female participants after controlling for baseline scores. Additionally, married participants or those with domestic partners reported higher perceived social support in the post survey (β = 5.79, 95%CI: -0.65, 12.23, P = 0.03). CONCLUSION:  The local COVID-19 severity at a residency program did not disproportionately impact well-being scores among anesthesiology residents. Those most vulnerable to diminished well-being appeared to be male and single participants. As a result, targeted well-being interventions, including those aiming to increase social support, to higher-risk resident groups may be indicated. Future work is needed to assess the longstanding COVID-19 pandemic impacts on resident well-being.
OAH - CanadARThistories A New Course UAAC2022 - slides
Creators: name: Amos, Johanna
name: Anne Cavaliere, Elizabeth
name: Buis, Alena
name: Kennedy, Jen
name: Smith, Sarah E.K.
name: Smither, Devon
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: Open Art Histories workshop: CanadARThistories A New Course UAAC2022
Parental Perspectives on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Infant, Child, and Adolescent Development
Creators: name: Yin, H. Shonna
name: Delamater, Alan M.
name: Raffa, Brittany J.
name: Schilling, Samantha
name: Sanders, Lee
name: Rothman, Russell L.
name: Flower, Kori B.
name: Perrin, Eliana M.
name: Lampkin, Jacarra
name: Heerman, William J.
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2023

description:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to understand how families from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds perceived the impact of the pandemic on the development of their children. METHODS: We used a multimethod approach guided by Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, which identifies 5 developmental systems (micro, meso, exo, macro, and chrono). Semistructured interviews were conducted in English or Spanish with parents living in 5 geographic regions of the United States between July and September 2021. Participants also completed the COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Survey. RESULTS: Forty-eight families participated, half of whose preferred language was Spanish, with a total of 99 children ages newborn to 19 years. Most qualitative themes pertained to developmental effects of the microsystem and macrosystem. Although many families described negative effects of the pandemic on development, others described positive or no perceived effects. Some families reported inadequate government support in response to the pandemic as causes of stress and potential negative influences on child development. As context for their infant's development, families reported a variety of economic hardships on the COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Survey, such as having to move out of their homes and experiencing decreased income. CONCLUSION: In addition to negative impacts, many parents perceived positive pandemic-attributed effects on their child's development, mainly from increased time for parent-child interaction. Families described economic hardships that were exacerbated by the pandemic and that potentially affect child development and insufficient government responses to these hardships. These findings hold important lessons for leaders who wish to design innovative solutions that address inequities in maternal, family, and child health.
OAH - CanadARThistories A New Course UAAC2022 - slides
Creators: name: Amos, Johanna
name: Anne Cavaliere, Elizabeth
name: Buis, Alena
name: Kennedy, Jen
name: Smith, Sarah E.K.
name: Smither, Devon
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: Open Art Histories workshop: CanadARThistories A New Course UAAC2022
Earthmover-based manifold learning for analyzing molecular conformation spaces
Creators: name: Zelesko, Nathan
name: Moscovich, Amit
name: Kileel, Joe
name: Singer, Amit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper, we propose a novel approach for manifold learning that combines the Earthmover's distance (EMD) with the diffusion maps method for dimensionality reduction. We demonstrate the potential benefits of this approach for learning shape spaces of proteins and other flexible macromolecules using a simulated dataset of 3-D density maps that mimic the non-uniform rotary motion of ATP synthase. Our results show that EMD-based diffusion maps require far fewer samples to recover the intrinsic geometry than the standard diffusion maps algorithm that is based on the Euclidean distance. To reduce the computational burden of calculating the EMD for all volume pairs, we employ a wavelet-based approximation to the EMD which reduces the computation of the pairwise EMDs to a computation of pairwise weighted-$\ell_1$ distances between wavelet coefficient vectors.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
Limnophyes minimus
Creators: name: Stasiukynas, Laurynas
name: Laurindo da Silva, Fabio
name: Havelka, Jekaterina
name: Podėnas, Sigitas
name: Lekoveckaitė, Aistė
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Limnophyes
Limnophyes minimus

description: Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)
Notes
Morpho identification. First record for Lithuania (Grigelis 1999).
description: Published as part of Stasiukynas, Laurynas, Laurindo da Silva, Fabio, Havelka, Jekaterina, Podėnas, Sigitas & Lekoveckaitė, Aistė, 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Šventoji and Žeimena sub-basins in Lithuania, pp. e 130218 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e130218, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e130218
On standardization of the reliability basis of structural design
Creators: name: Holický, Milan
name: Retief, Johan V.
name: Diamantidis, Dimitris
name: Viljoen, Celeste
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The principles of structural reliability are sufficiently advanced to be used extensively to develop design standards even at international level. The concept of limit states is generally accepted and implemented. Present standards are however to a large extent based on past experience, rather than on quantitative reliability modeling. It appears that reliability principles and models can bridge the gap between probabilistic assessment and operational design. Representative theoretical models are presented to indicate how judgment based reliability concepts can be complemented or replaced by the use of such models. The importance of reliability levels, reference period, design working life, specified characteristic values of basic variables and methods to derive their design values from reliability procedures are demonstrated. On this basis a standardized basis of structural design can be formulated to convert the reliability principles (such as provided by ISO 2394) into operational design procedures (such as used by EN 1990 and other standards). It is concluded that reliability principles and models could contribute further to international harmonization of structural design.
Prediction of water mains failure : a Bayesian approach
Creators: name: Kabir, Golam
name: Tesfamariam, Solomon
name: Sadiq, Rehan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: To develop an effective preventive or proactive repair and replacement action plan, water utilities often rely on water main failure prediction models. However, in the prediction modeling water mains failure, uncertainty is inherent regardless of quality and quantity of data used in model-data fusion. To improve the understanding of water main failure processes, a new and effective Bayesian framework is developed for the failure prediction of water mains. To accredit the proposed framework, it is implemented to predict the failure of CI and DI pipes of the water distribution network of the City of Calgary. In this study, Bayesian model averaging method is presented to identify the influential pipe-dependent and time-dependent covariates whereas Bayesian Weibull proportional hazard model is applied to develop the survival curves and to predict the failure rates of CI and DI pipes.
Macroscopic band width inequalities
Creators: name: Räde, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C23

description: Inspired by Gromov's work on 'Metric inequalities with scalar curvature' we establish band width inequalities for Riemannian bands of the form $(V=M\times[0,1],g)$, where $M^{n-1}$ is a closed manifold. We introduce a new class of orientable manifolds we call filling enlargeable and prove: If $M$ is filling enlargeable and all unit balls in the universal cover of $(V,g)$ have volume less than a constant $\frac{1}{2}\varepsilon_n$, then $width(V,g)\leq1$. We show that if a closed orientable manifold is enlargeable or aspherical, then it is filling enlargeable. Furthermore we establish that whether a closed orientable manifold is filling enlargeable or not only depends on the image of the fundamental class under the classifying map of the universal cover.
description: Minor revisions, To appear in Algebraic and Geometric Topology
Reformen in der Forschungsbewertung - Herausforderungen und Chancen für das Berufungsmanagement
Creators: name: Kip, Miriam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Research Assessment Reform
CoARA
Appointments
Admin and Governance

description: Workshop slides 4. Netzwerktagung Berufungsmanagement, Universität Hamburg, 2023
IMOM MOTURIDIYNING MAʼNAVIY MEʼROSI
Creators: name: Hasanov, Raximjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Oʻzbekiston oʻzining ichki va tashqi siyosatida islom dini qobigʻida ifoda etilgan umuminsoniy qadriyatlarga katta eʼtibor berib, ularga muhim oʻrin ajratmoqda. Buning boyisi shundaki, islom dini, uning qadriyatlari xalqimizning moddiy va maʼnaviy hayotining shakllanishida, yurtimizning jahon madaniyatining yirik maskaniga aylanishida muhim ahamiyat kasb etmoqda. Mana shu jihatlar milliy gʻoya tarixini oʻrganishning muhim vazifalarini belgilaydi. “Mamlakatimizda “jaholatga qarshi–maʼrifat” degan ezgu gʻoya asosida islom dinining insonparvarlik mohiyatini, tinchlik va doʻstlik kabi olijanob maqsadlarga xizmat qilishini targʻib etish kun tartibimizdagi doimiy masalalardan biri boʻlib qoladi”.
title: Interactive project planning in construction based on virtual reality technology
Creators: name: Sampaio, Alcinia Zita
name: Henriques, Pedro
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Bauwesen
subject: CAD
subject: Optimierung
subject: 620

description: This paper describes a didactic application that is part of a research project whose main aim is to develop a computer-aided system which will assist design and construction processes. It is based on the visual simulation of construction activities. Geometric modeling and virtual reality techniques are used in the visualization of the design process and to define user-friendly interfaces in order to access construction information, which could prove useful to Civil Engineering professionals. As a first step, was developed a prototype that serves as a didactic tool for Civil Engineering students of disciplines concerned with building construction. The construction of a double brick wall is the case studied. The wall is defined as a three dimensional model formed with the several components needed to edify it. Using the wall's virtual model it is possible to show, in an interactive way, the sequence of the construction process and observe from any point of view the configurations in detail of the building components. This is then a didactic tool application in construction processes domain of great interest to Civil Engineering students.
description: Internationales Kolloquium über Anwendungen der Informatik und Mathematik in Architektur und Bauwesen : 10. bis 12.06.2003, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, vol. 16, 2003
Complexity growth rate, grand potential and partition function
Creators: name: Sun, Wei
name: Ge, Xian-Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the complexity/volume conjecture and further investigate the possible connections between complexity and partition function. The complexity/volume 2.0 states that the complexity growth rate $\mathcal{\dot{C}}\sim PV$. In the standard statistics, there is a fundamental relation among $PV$, the grand potential $Ω$ and the partition function $\mathcal{Z}$. By using this relation, we are able to construct an ansatz between complexity and partition function. The complexity/partition function relation is then utilized to study the complexity of the thermofield double state of extended SYK models for various conditions. The relation between complexity growth rate and black hole phase transition is also discussed.
description: 1+26 pages, 1 table, 4 figures, references added
Exceptional Photon Blockade: Engineering Photon Blockade with Chiral Exceptional Points
Creators: name: Huang, R.
name: Özdemir, Ş. K.
name: Liao, J. -Q.
name: Minganti, F.
name: Kuang, L. -M.
name: Nori, Franco
name: Jing, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-Hermitian spectral degeneracies, known as exceptional points (EPs), feature simultaneous coalescence of both eigenvalues and the associated eigenstates of a system. A host of intriguing EP effects and their applications have been revealed in the classical realm, such as loss-induced lasing, single-mode laser, and EP-enhanced sensing. Here we show that a purely quantum effect, known as single-photon blockade, emerges in a Kerr microring resonator due to EP-induced asymmetric coupling between the optical modes and the nonlinearity-induced anharmonic energy-level spacing. A striking feature of this photon blockade is that it emerges at two-photon resonance which in Hermitian systems will only lead to photon-induced tunneling but not to photon blockade. By tuning the system towards to or away from an EP, one can control quantum correlations, implying the potential use of our system for frequency tunable single-photon generation and an antibunching-to-bunching light switch. Our work sheds new light on EP-engineered purely quantum effects, providing unique opportunities for making and utilizing various single-photon quantum EP devices.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus
Creators: name: Stasiukynas, Laurynas
name: Laurindo da Silva, Fabio
name: Havelka, Jekaterina
name: Podėnas, Sigitas
name: Lekoveckaitė, Aistė
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Metriocnemus
Metriocnemus eurynotus

description: Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus (Holmgren, 1883)
Notes
Morpho identification. First record for Lithuania (Sæther and Spies 2005).
description: Published as part of Stasiukynas, Laurynas, Laurindo da Silva, Fabio, Havelka, Jekaterina, Podėnas, Sigitas & Lekoveckaitė, Aistė, 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Šventoji and Žeimena sub-basins in Lithuania, pp. e 130218 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e130218, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e130218