cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Orientational Distribution of an Active Brownian Particle: an analytical study
Creators: name: Sinha, Supurna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Fokker Planck equation as a starting point for studying the orientational probability distribution of an Active Brownian Particle (ABP) in $(d+1)$ dimensions. This Fokker Planck equation admits an exact solution in series form which is, however, unwieldly to use because of poor convergence for short and intermediate times. A truncated version of this series is a reasonable approximation for long times. In this paper, we present an analytical closed form expression, which gives a good approximate orientational probability distribution, which is derived using saddle point methods for short times. However, it works well even for intermediate times. Thus, we have simple analytical forms for the ${\it entire}$ range of time scales for the orientational probability distribution of an ABP. Our predictions can be tested against future experiments and simulations probing orientational probability distribution of an ABP.
description: Submitted for publication; three figures added; references added
Atropacarus (Atropacarus) striculus
Creators: name: Akrami, Mohammad Ali
name: Shahedi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae
Atropacarus
Atropacarus striculus

description: Atropacarus (Atropacarus) striculus (Koch, 1835)
 Sample code: Z1, P1, B7, D10, T28, D17.
 Global distribution: Semi-cosmopolitan (Holarctic, Oriental, Northern Neotropical, Australian and Madagascar).
 Distribution in Iran: Fars, Razavi Khorasan, East & West Azerbaijan, Mazandaran, Kerman and Zanjan provinces.
 Notes: This is the first record of the genus for Yazd province.
description: Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Shahedi, Alireza, 2020, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records, pp. 141-160 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2) on page 146, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955, http://zenodo.org/record/4644976
Primordial tensor non-Gaussianities from general single-field inflation with non-Bunch-Davies initial states
Creators: name: Akama, Shingo
name: Hirano, Shin'ichi
name: Kobayashi, Tsutomu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been found that the primordial non-Gaussianity of the curvature perturbation in the case of non-Bunch-Davies initial states can be enhanced compared with those in the case of the Bunch-Davies one due to the interactions among the perturbations on subhorizon scales. The purpose of the present paper is to investigate whether tensor non-Gaussianities can also be enhanced or not by the same mechanism. We consider general gravity theory in the presence of an inflaton, and evaluate the tensor auto-bispectrum and the cross-bispectrum involving one tensor and two scalar modes with the non-Bunch-Davies initial states for tensor modes. The crucial difference from the case of the scalar auto-bispectrum is that the tensor three-point function vanishes at the flattened momentum triangles. We point out that the cross-bispectrum can potentially be enhanced at non-trivial triangle shapes due to the non-Bunch-Davies initial states.
description: 9 pages
title: Konzeption und Realisierung einer Anwendung zur Erstellung und Verwaltung von Server-Konfigurationen
Creators: name: Leonhardt, Jannis
Publisher: name: Hochschule Hannover
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 004 Informatik

description: Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit behandelt die Konzeption und Realisierung einer Anwendung zur Erstellung und Verwaltung von Server-Konfigurationen der Firma Hacon. Hierzu werden im Rahmen einer Anforderungsanalyse der Ist- und Soll-Zustand ermittelt sowie generelle Design-Prinzipien und Usability-Ziele aufgestellt. Nach der Auswahl der Architektur werden wesentliche Funktionalitäten der Anwendung umgesetzt und zuletzt die aufgestellten Anforderungen und Ziele mithilfe eines Usability-Tests evaluiert.
description: This bachelor thesis deals with the conception and implementation of an application for the creation and administration of server configurations of the company Hacon. For this purpose, the actual and target state is determined in the context of a requirements analysis, and general design principles and usability goals are established. After selecting the architecture, essential functionalities of the application are implemented and finally the established requirements and goals are evaluated with the help of a usability test.
Optimal Swimming at low Reynolds numbers
Creators: name: Avron, J. E.
name: Gat, O.
name: Kenneth, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Efficient swimming at low Reynolds numbers is a major concern of microbots. To compare the efficiencies of different swimmers we introduce the notion of ``swimming drag coefficient'' which allows for the ranking of swimmers. We find the optimal swimmer within a certain class of two dimensional swimmers using conformal mappings techniques.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures and one movie. Minor revisions and improved figures
Neuroevolution of Self-Interpretable Agents
Creators: name: Tang, Yujin
name: Nguyen, Duong
name: Ha, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Inattentional blindness is the psychological phenomenon that causes one to miss things in plain sight. It is a consequence of the selective attention in perception that lets us remain focused on important parts of our world without distraction from irrelevant details. Motivated by selective attention, we study the properties of artificial agents that perceive the world through the lens of a self-attention bottleneck. By constraining access to only a small fraction of the visual input, we show that their policies are directly interpretable in pixel space. We find neuroevolution ideal for training self-attention architectures for vision-based reinforcement learning (RL) tasks, allowing us to incorporate modules that can include discrete, non-differentiable operations which are useful for our agent. We argue that self-attention has similar properties as indirect encoding, in the sense that large implicit weight matrices are generated from a small number of key-query parameters, thus enabling our agent to solve challenging vision based tasks with at least 1000x fewer parameters than existing methods. Since our agent attends to only task critical visual hints, they are able to generalize to environments where task irrelevant elements are modified while conventional methods fail. Videos of our results and source code available at https://attentionagent.github.io/
description: To appear at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2020) as a full paper
Optimizing the performance of thermionic devices using energy filtering
Creators: name: Humphrey, T. E.
name: Linke, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Conventional thermionic power generators and refrigerators utilize a barrier in the direction of transport to selectively transmit high-energy electrons. Here we show that the energy spectrum of electrons transmitted in this way is not optimal, and we derive the ideal energy spectrum for operation in the maximum power regime. By using suitable energy filters, such as resonances in quantum dots, the power of thermionic devices can, in principle, be improved by an order of magnitude.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures
title: The Management of Corporate Social Responsibility in the UK Rail Sector
Creators: name: Johnson, Barry
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: There is increasing interest from the public and private sector in not only how companies do business in financial and commercial terms, but also in the way they take into account the impacts they have on the communities, stakeholders, and environments in which they operate. There is increasing evidence from these sectors that companies that actively manage social, environmental, health and safety issues, demonstrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), will do better financially and in share price valuation. Companies that take this CSR initiative are also rated in surveys as companies where people want to work and do business. To date there has been little previous research carried out on CSR in the UK rail sector. This thesis therefore examines the evolution of the relationship between CSR and the UK rail sector, assesses the significance of the relationship between CSR and the corporate success of UK rail sector organisations and appraises the efficacy of the implementation and use of CSR management in UK rail organisations. Using results and findings taken from a questionnaire-based survey, supported by personal interviews, of the experience of a sample of UK rail sector managers with responsibility for CSR, and an analysis of documentation from a literature review, a case is presented for the proposal that effective CSR management can improve stakeholder perception. Specifically, the research reported in this thesis addresses the proposition that the management of CSR is essential in successful UK rail organisations and that the implementation of CSR could help reduce the impact from catastrophic incidents such as rail fatalities at pedestrian level crossings and derailments.
Morphology of TeV gamma-ray emission from the kpc scale jets in radio galaxies
Creators: name: Bednarek, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: TeV gamma rays are observed from a few nearby radio galaxies whose jets are viewed at relatively large angles towards the observer. This emission can be produced in the kpc scale jets whose Lorentz factors are decelerated from values of the order of several at the parsec scale distances. We consider in detail the model in which TeV gamma-ray emission is produced by the relativistic electrons in the kpc scale jet which comptonize strongly beamed radiation from the inner (parsec scale) jet. As an example, we study morphology of the TeV gamma-ray emission from the decelerated kpc scale jet in the nearby radio galaxy Cen~A. It is shown that TeV gamma-ray emission can extend throughout the kpc scale distances, being relatively smoothly distributed along the jet for some parameters of the considered model. Investigation of the morphological structure of such specific gamma-ray emission by the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (e.g. CTA) should provide important constraints on the content and dynamics of the kpc scale jet in Cen~A.
description: 20 pages, 14 figures, ApJ, accepted
Spectral order and isotonic differential operators of Laguerre-Polya type
Creators: name: Borcea, Julius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 47D06; Secondary 26C05, 30C15, 47B60

description: The spectral order on $\bR^n$ induces a natural partial ordering on the manifold $\calH_{n}$ of monic hyperbolic polynomials of degree $n$. We show that all differential operators of Laguerre-Pólya type preserve the spectral order. We also establish a global monotony property for infinite families of deformations of these operators parametrized by the space $\li$ of real bounded sequences. As a consequence, we deduce that the monoid $\calA'$ of linear operators that preserve averages of zero sets and hyperbolicity consists only of differential operators of Laguerre-Pólya type which are both extensive and isotonic. In particular, these results imply that any hyperbolic polynomial is the global minimum of its $\calA'$-orbit and that Appell polynomials are characterized by a global minimum property with respect to the spectral order.
description: Final version, to appear in Ark. Mat.; 21 pages, no figures, LaTeX2e
Diffusions in random environment and ballistic behavior
Creators: name: Schmitz, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60K37; 82D30

description: This article is accepted for publication in the "Annals I.H.P. Prob. & Stat.". We investigate the ballistic behavior of diffusions in random environment. We introduce conditions in the spirit of (T) and (T') of the discrete setting, cf. Sznitman \cite{szn01}, \cite{szn02}, that imply in higher dimensions a strong law of large numbers with non-vanishing limiting velocity (which we refer to as 'ballistic behavior') and a functional central limit theorem with non-degenerate covariance matrix. As an application of our results, we consider the class of diffusions where the diffusion matrix is the identity, and give a concrete criterion on the drift term under which the diffusion in random environment exhibits ballistic behavior. This criterion provides new examples of ballistic diffusions in random environment.
description: accepted for publication in the "Annals I.H.P. Prob. & Stat."; 41 pages
Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) lentulus
Creators: name: Akrami, Mohammad Ali
name: Shahedi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae
Phthiracarus
Phthiracarus lentulus

description: Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) lentulus (Koch, 1841)
 Sample code: D25, T24, A8, D6, T28, D26, D11, T1, A6
 Global distribution: Holarctic (Palearctic and Neartic), Ethiopian (Angola and Madagascar) and southeastern China.
 Distribution in Iran: Yazd (Abarkouh), Fars, East & West Azerbaijan, Mazandaran, Guilan, Kerman, Zanjan and Esfahan provinces.
description: Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Shahedi, Alireza, 2020, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records, pp. 141-160 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2) on page 146, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955, http://zenodo.org/record/4644976
Validation of Gender Friendly Breastfeeding Knowledge scale among young adults
Creators: name: GUPTA, ARTI
name: Aravindakshan, Rajeev
name: S, Sathiyanarayanan
name: NAIDU, NAVYA KRISHNA
name: N K S Santhoshi, Komakula
name: KAKKAR, RAKESH
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Breastfeeding is the most effective intervention to improve child health. Young adults, both genders play an important role in society supporting breastfeeding as they will be stepping towards parenthood in the near future. Bringing awareness and busting the myths among them is essential. This study aimed to develop a Gender Friendly Breastfeeding Knowledge scale based on a conceptual framework that reflected the knowledge of young adults and evaluates its validity and reliability. Methodology: Development of the questionnaire for Conceptual framework and item generation was done using PubMed, Google Scholar, other sources and expert opinion. The type of measurement was structured as a 5-point Likert scale. The Lawshe technique to assess the content validity ratio. A cross-sectional survey in graduation colleges situated in Mangalagiri or within the radius of 30 km of Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India was conducted in 2020. 1400 Adult males and females aged 20-25 years and perusing full-time graduation course were recruited. For each item in the Gender Friendly Breastfeeding Awareness scale, we assessed individual item characteristics and item-test correlation. To check to construct validity, we performed exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Expert panel retained 23 items from initially 30 items. The content validity index score for the each of 23-items in the scale was more than 0.80. A four-factor structure perfectly fitted the data and illustrated 54 percent of the variation in knowledge of breastfeeding. Four stages of CFA were completed. The chi-square = 860.534 was significantly above the 0.01 level. Cronbach's a = 0.787 based on standardized items reflected the overall internal consistency of the gender-friendly breastfeeding awareness scale. Conclusion: Gender-friendly breastfeeding knowledge scale is a valid and reliable tool, it is recommended that this scale be used in communities, educational institutions, and in relevant research to assess breastfeeding knowledge among young adults of both genders, thereby promoting breastfeeding practices in the future.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021): 2021624
Italian nurses' COVID-19 experiences from mass media interviews: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Zanini, Milko
name: Catania, Gianluca
name: Hayetr, Mark
name: Dasso, Nicoletta
name: Ottonello, Giulia
name: Aleo, Giuseppe
name: Sasso, Loredana
name: Bagnasco, Annamaria
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is heavily hitting healthcare systems around the world, and nurses are battling in the front line. Previous studies have reported nurses’ responses to catastrophic situations, but also interviews released by Italian nurses to the main mass media channels could bear important messages for policy makers and stakeholders.This study describes Italian front-line nurses’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic through television interviews. Methods: This is a descriptive qualitative study. Data were collected through purposive sampling from Italian front-line nurses’ interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic. Publicly available interviews between 7th and 29th March 2020 were collected from the websites of national and regional television stations. Thematic content analysis was used to describe, summarize, and classify data into macro themes. The study is compliant with Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research. Results: A total of 21 television interviews were collected from front-line clinical nurses, nursing managers, nursing trade union representatives and representatives of the Nursing Regulator. Thematic analysis yielded four macro-themes: psycho-social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health professionals; altered patient relationships; personal safety; recognition and promotion of the profession. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated some problems already present, such as the shortage of nurses, but has also turned the spotlight on the nursing profession. Highly involved and affected by the pandemic, nurses have become better known by the public and often also protagonists of public discussions. It is important that nurses’ value as allies of the public emerges stronger from this dramatic situation.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021): 2021624
Dark-field signal extraction in propagation-based phase-contrast imaging
Creators: name: Gureyev, T. E.
name: Paganin, D. M.
name: Arhatari, B.
name: Taba, S. T.
name: Lewis, S.
name: Brennan, P. C.
name: Quiney, H. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: A method for extracting the dark-field signal in propagation-based phase-contrast imaging is proposed. In the case of objects consisting predominantly of a single material, or several different materials with similar ratios of the real decrement to the imaginary part of the complex refractive index, the proposed method requires a single image for extraction of the dark-field signal in two-dimensional projection imaging. In the case of three-dimensional tomographic imaging, the method needs only one image to be collected at each projection angle. A preliminary example demonstrates that this method can improve the visualization of microcalcifications in propagation-based X-ray breast cancer imaging. It is suggested that the proposed approach may be useful in other forms of biomedical imaging, where it can help one to obtain additional small-angle scattering information without increasing the radiation dose to the sample.
Nothrus anauniensis Canestrini & Fanzago 1877
Creators: name: Akrami, Mohammad Ali
name: Shahedi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Nothridae
Nothrus
Nothrus anauniensis

description: Nothrus anauniensis Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877
 Sample code: S5, T20, G1, M9, D22, T23, T16, D11, T22, S1, B7, A8, T28, D26, R2, F1.
 Global distribution: Cosmopolitan (except Antarctic).
 Distribution in Iran: Yazd (Abarkouh), Hamadan, Khuzestan, Fars, East & West Azerbaijan, Mazandaran, Guilan, Kerman, Zanjan, Lorestan, Markazi, Kurdistan, Tehran and Kermanshah provinces.
description: Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Shahedi, Alireza, 2020, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records, pp. 141-160 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2) on page 146, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955, http://zenodo.org/record/4644976
Additional file 1 of Mother And late Preterm Lactation Study (MAPLeS): a randomised controlled trial testing the use of a breastfeeding meditation by mothers of late preterm infants on maternal psychological state, breast milk composition and volume, and infant behaviour and growth
Creators: name: Dib, Sarah
name: Wells, Jonathan C. K.
name: Fewtrell, Mary
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Main hypotheses and statistical analysis plan.
Pneumococcal infections and homelessness
Creators: name: Tran Duc Anh, Ly
name: Perieres, Lauren
name: Hoang, Van Thuan
name: Dao, Thi Loi
name: Gautret, Philippe
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2022

description: Objectif. To assess the prevalence of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage, the role of potential risk factors, and vaccination against invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) among sheltered homeless persons (HP) in Marseille, France. Methods. In 2015–2018, we enrolled 571 sheltered homeless males and 54 non-homeless controls. Streptococcus pneumoniae was directly searched form nasal/pharyngeal samples using PCR. Results. The HPs were predominantly middle-aged, mostly migrants originating from African countries. Pneumococcal vaccination rate was low (3.1%). The overall pneumococcal carriage rate was 13.0% and was significantly higher in HPs (15.3% in 2018) than in controls (3.7%), with p=0.033. Among HPs, being aged ≥65 years (OR=1.97, p=0.048), living in one specific shelter (OR=1.80, p=0.028), and presenting respiratory symptoms and signs at the time of enrolment (OR=2.55, p<10-4) were independent factors associated with pneumococcal carriage. Conclusion. Pneumococcal vaccination should be systematically considered for sheltered HPs in France, as has been the case in Canada since 2008.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021): 2021624
Single shot cathode transverse momentum imaging in high brightness photoinjectors
Creators: name: Huang, Peng-Wei
name: Qian, Houjun
name: Chen, Ye
name: Filippetto, Daniele
name: Gross, Matthias
name: Isaev, Igor
name: Koschitzki, Christian
name: Krasilnikov, Mikhail
name: Lal, Shankar
name: Li, Xiangkun
name: Lishilin, Osip
name: Melkumyan, David
name: Niemczyk, Raffael
name: Oppelt, Anne
name: Sannibale, Fernando
name: Shaker, Hamed
name: Shu, Guan
name: Stephan, Frank
name: Tang, Chuanxiang
name: Vashchenko, Grygorii
name: Wan, Weishi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In state of the art photoinjector electron sources, thermal emittance from photoemission dominates the final injector emittance. Therefore, low thermal emittance cathode developments and diagnostics are very important. Conventional thermal emittance measurements for the high gradient gun are time-consuming and thus thermal emittance is not measured as frequently as quantum efficiency during the lifetime of photocathodes, although both are important properties for the photoinjector optimizations. In this paper, a single shot measurement of photoemission transverse momentum, i.e., thermal emittance per rms laser spot size, is proposed for photocathode RF guns. By tuning the gun solenoid focusing, the electrons transverse momenta at the cathode are imaged to a downstream screen, which enables a single shot measurement of both the rms value and the detailed spectra of the photoelectrons transverse momenta. Both simulations and proof of principle experiments are reported.
description: 9 pages, 15 figures
Infrared Spectroscopy plausible
Creators: name: Schulz, Petra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rotation vibration spectra of small molecules can be described mathematically completely. Unfortunately, no vivid interpretation of the observed transitions exists. A qualitative interpretation attempt is undertaken for symmetric top molecules as example. For the first time the rotation changes in the case of parallel and vertical bands are explained mechanistically. A plausible photon model is represented simultaneously. ----- Die Rotations-Schwingungs-Spektren kleiner Molekuele lassen sich mathematisch vollstaendig beschreiben. Was fehlt, ist eine anschauliche Deutung der beobachteten Uebergaenge. Es wird ein qualitativer Deutungsversuch unternommen am Beispiel von symmetrischen Kreiselmolekuelen. Parallel- und Senkrecht-Schwingungen mit den zugehoerigen Rotationsuebergaengen in und quer zur Figurenachse samt einem Photonenmodell werden erstmals plausibel dargestellt.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures, in German
Production of Pentaquark States in pp Collisions within the Microcanonical Ensemble
Creators: name: Liu, F. M.
name: Stoecker, H.
name: Werner, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The microcanonical statistical approach is applied to study the production of pentaquark states in pp collisions. We predict the average multiplicity and average transverse momentum of Theta^{+}(1540) and Xi(1860) and their antiparticles at different energies.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Aleurodamaeus setosus
Creators: name: Akrami, Mohammad Ali
name: Shahedi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Aleurodamaeidae
Aleurodamaeus
Aleurodamaeus setosus

description: Aleurodamaeus setosus (Berlese, 1883)
 Sample code: D17.
 Global distribution: Southern Palearctic and Mexico.
 Distribution in Iran: Fars, Razavi Khorasan, East & West Azerbaijan, Mazandaran and Esfahan provinces.
 Notes: This is the first record of the family for Yazd province.
description: Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Shahedi, Alireza, 2020, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records, pp. 141-160 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2) on page 148, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955, http://zenodo.org/record/4644976
UBC Food System Project Excecutive Summary 2007
Creators: name: Richer, Liska
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Health care-associated infections, including device-associated infections, and antimicrobial resistance in Iran: The national update for 2018
Creators: name: Masoudifar, Maryam
name: Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi
name: Pezeshki, Zahra
name: Eshrati, Babak
name: Afhami, Shirin
name: Rahnamaye Farzami, Marjan
name: Seifi, Arash
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2022

description: Introduction. Surveillance of health care-associated infections (HAIs) is an essential part of an efficient healthcare system. This study is an update on incidence and mortality rates of HAIs in Iran in 2018. Methods. Almost all hospitals across the country (940 hospitals) entered the data of HAIs and denominators to the Iranian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (INIS) software. Statistics were derived from INIS. Results. From 9,607,213 hospitalized patients, 127,953 suffered from HAI, 15.65% of whom died. The incidence rate of HAI was calculated as 4.2 per 1000 patient-days. Considering relative frequencies among HAIs, Pneumonia (29.1%) and UTIs (25.6%) were the most common types of infection. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was the most frequent device-associated infection (DAI) 25.66 per 1000 ventilator-days, and had the highest mortality rate (43.08%). Incidence density of other DAIs was 5.43 for catheter-associated UTI and 2.86 for catheter-associated BSI per 1000 device-days. Medical ICUs had the highest incidence and percentage of deaths (15.35% and 37.63%, respectively). The most causative organisms were Escherichia coli, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Klebsiella pneumonia. The rate of methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing bacteria was about 49%, 57%, and 58% respectively. Conclusion. The findings indicate that HAIs in Iran require special attention, and further studies are needed to evaluate them more accurately, identify risk factors and preventive interventions.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021): 2021624
Adaptive control for hindlimb locomotion in a simulated mouse through temporal cerebellar learning
Creators: name: Jensen, T. P.
name: Tata, S.
name: Ijspeert, A. J.
name: Tolu, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Human beings and other vertebrates show remarkable performance and efficiency in locomotion, but the functioning of their biological control systems for locomotion is still only partially understood. The basic patterns and timing for locomotion are provided by a central pattern generator (CPG) in the spinal cord. The cerebellum is known to play an important role in adaptive locomotion. Recent studies have given insights into the error signals responsible for driving the cerebellar adaptation in locomotion. However, the question of how the cerebellar output influences the gait remains unanswered. We hypothesize that the cerebellar correction is applied to the pattern formation part of the CPG. Here, a bio-inspired control system for adaptive locomotion of the musculoskeletal system of the mouse is presented, where a cerebellar-like module adapts the step time by using the double support interlimb asymmetry as a temporal teaching signal. The control system is tested on a simulated mouse in a split-belt treadmill setup similar to those used in experiments with real mice. The results show adaptive locomotion behavior in the interlimb parameters similar to that seen in humans and mice. The control system adaptively decreases the double support asymmetry that occurs due to environmental perturbations in the split-belt protocol.
description: To be published in NICE '20: Proceedings of the 8th Annual Neuro-inspired Computational Elements Workshop. 8 pages, 13 figures
Additional file 1 of Proportion of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders attributable to personal and occupational factors: results from the French Pays de la Loire study
Creators: name: Aboubakari Nambiema
name: Bertrais, Sandrine
name: Bodin, Julie
name: Fouquet, Natacha
name: Aublet-Cuvelier, Agnès
name: Evanoff, Bradley
name: Descatha, Alexis
name: Roquelaure, Yves
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1 : Appendix A. Comparison of baseline characteristics of workers with follow-up and workers without follow-up. Appendix B. Comparison of baseline characteristics, outcome and working conditions between respondents with complete and missing data. Appendix C. Characteristics and working conditions of the study population at baseline according to gender.
Prevalence of gestational diabetes and its association with stillbirth, preterm birth, macrosomia, abortion and cesarean delivery among pregnant women: a national prevalence study of 11 provinces in Iran
Creators: name: Darbandi, Mitra
name: Rezaeian, Shahab
name: Dianatinasab, Mostafa
name: Yaghoobi, Halime
name: Soltani, Maryam
name: Etemad, Koorosh
name: Valadbeigi, Tannaz
name: Taherpour, Niloufar
name: Hajipour, Mahmoud
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2022

description: Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common metabolic disorders during pregnancy that significantly affects perinatal outcomes. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of GDM and its relation with the incidence of stillbirth, preterm birth, macrosomia, abortion and cesarean section (C-section) delivery in pregnant women. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 3675 pregnant women in 11 provinces across Iran. Cluster sampling was used to select samples from mothers covered by health plans in 11 provinces of Iran. Prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm delivery, type of delivery, macrosomic preterm birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and birth weight were measured, using family record and face-to-face interviews. Data were analyzed by logistic regression, using STATA14.2 software. Results: About four percent of Iranian pregnant women had GDM during pregnancy. Prevalence of C-section was significantly higher in diabetic women than in the non-diabetic ones (53.19 vs 46.81, respectively, P <0.001). Abortion in diabetic mothers was more than twice that of the non-diabetic mothers (P <0.001). In the adjusted logistic regression model, the odds of stillbirth in mothers with GDM were 1.8 (95% CI: 1.11, 2.91, P = 0.018) times higher than that of the non-diabetics. The odds of macrosomia in diabetic women was about 7 times higher than the non-diabetic women (95% CI: 2.81, 17.14, P <0.001). The odds of GDM had an increasing trend according to the BMI (p <0.001). The risk of GDM were significantly lower, according to the daily physical activity (PA) (p <0.001). Conclusion: The GDM prevalence has a decreasing trend in Iran. It increases the adverse pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth, neonatal deaths, macrosomia, preterm birth, abortion and C-section delivery. As, some of these consequences like macrosomia are not treatable, thus early prevention is very crucial.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021): 2021624
EDUCATION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT– THE CASE OF GREECE
Creators: name: Hyz, Alina
name: Hyz, Alina
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Human Capital
subject: Regional Development
subject: Tertiary Education

description: The contribution of human capital is well recognized in organization’s and society’s prosperity. Thus, the competitiveness of global economies is dependable not only on financial issues and assets but also on organisation’s and more particularly on employees’ level of knowledge and experience. It is also widely recognized that the economic success of local, regional and national economies depends increasingly on education and skills. In recent years, various countries across the world have introduced a series of deep reaching reforms to their education and training systems. The prime motivation has been the belief that the development of an economy’s human capital is one of the most, if not the most, effective routes to improve national economic performance. The institutions of higher education contribute in social, cultural and economic growth of the region in which they are located. This paper focuses on the examination of the effects of the existence of the institutions of higher education on the GDP of the region. The research was focused on the west part of Greece.
Insight into the interface between Fe$_3$O$_4$(001) surface and water overlayers through multiscale molecular dynamics simulations
Creators: name: Liu, Hongsheng
name: Bianchetti, Enrico
name: Siani, Paulo
name: Di Valentin, Cristiana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we investigate the Fe$_3$O$_4$(001) surface/water interface by combining several theoretical approaches, ranging from a hybrid functional method (HSE06) to density-functional tight-binding (DFTB) to molecular mechanics (MM). First, we assess the accuracy of the DFTB method to reproduce correctly HSE06 results on structural details and energetics and available experimental data for the adsorption of isolated water, dimers, trimers, etc. up to a water monolayer. Secondly, we build two possible configurations of a second and a third overlayer and perform molecular dynamics simulations with DFTB, monitoring the water orientation, the H-bond network, and ordered water structures formation. To make our models more realistic, we then build a 12-nm thick water multilayer on top of the Fe$_3$O$_4$(001) surface slab model, which we investigate through MM molecular dynamics. The water layers structuring, revealed by the analysis of the atomic positions from a long MM-MD run for this large MM model, extends up to about 6-7 Å and nicely compares with that observed for a water trilayer model. However, MM and DFTB MD simulations show some discrepancy due to the poor description of the Fe--OH2 distance in MM that calls for further work in the parametrization of the model.
Fungal contamination of indoor public swimming pools and their dominant physical and chemical properties
Creators: name: Raiesi, Omid
name: Rezaei, Nasrin
name: Dabiri, Sorush
name: Getso, Muhammad
name: Damani, Elham
name: Jafari Modrek, Mohammad
name: Parandin, Fatemeh
name: Raissi, Vahid
name: Yarahmadi, Mohammad
name: Shamsaei, Sina
name: Soleimani, Ameneh
name: Karami, Sahar
name: Arghavan, Bahareh
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2022

description: Introduction: Considering to the existence of both parasitic and fungal pathogens in the indoor public swimming pools and non-utilization of suitable filtration and disinfection systems in these places, this research aimed to determine the relationship between the indoor public swimming pools and possible pollution with parasitic and fungal agents, as well as physical and chemical characteristics of these pools and compare the results with national standards. Methods: In this study, 11 active indoor swimming pools of Zahedan city were sampled, using plastic pumps techniques, at the middle of winter to the late summer season. A total of 88 water samples (eight water samples from each pool) were examined to determine the residual chlorine, contamination with parasitic and fungal agents, using culture media and slide culture techniques. Results were analyzed with SPSS software (V16) and, Microsoft Excel (V2010). Results: The findings revealed parasitic fungal contamination with Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus, etc. and the physicochemical factors comply with the minimum standards had which indicates the need for continuous monitoring and control of water filtration and disinfection of water is swimming. Conclusion: The results show reasonable derangement of physicochemical and microbial factors of the evaluated pools. Efforts shall be made by the concerned authorities to provide health education to users, quality water at the pools and to maintain the safety and quality of the water through proper and adequate chlorination.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021): 2021624
Compact Gasification and Synthesis for Flexible Production of Transport Fuels and Heat - Webinar
Creators: name: Kurkela, Esa
name: Tuomi, Sanna
name: Kihlman, Johanna
name: Balzer, Harald
name: Frilund, Christian
name: Rollin, Benjamin
name: Boeltken, Tim
name: Wuokko, Mikko
name: Jenčík, Jan
name: Tota, Vincenzo
name: Dietrich, Ralph-Uwe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: gasification, biofuels, FT-synthesis, TEA, catalytic reforming, hot filtration

description: On January 19, 2021, FLEXCHX and COMSYN H2020 funded projects organized an online joint webinar themed “Compact Gasification and Synthesis for Flexible Production of Transport Fuels and Heat”. The webinar highlighted the following themes: Concepts for distributed primary biomass conversion and central final refining Biomass gasification technologies for small-to-medium scale plants Hot filtration, reforming and sorbent-based final cleaning Compact Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Techno-economics and case studies of developed concepts
Stellar masks and bisector's shape for M-type stars observed in the GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG
Creators: name: Rainer, Monica
name: Borsa, Francesco
name: Affer, Laura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The HARPS/HARPS-N Data Reduction Software (DRS) relies on the cross-correlation between the observed spectra and a suitable stellar mask to compute a cross-correlation function (CCF) to be used both for the radial velocity (RV) computation and as an indicator of stellar lines asymmetry, induced for example by the stellar activity. Unfortunately the M2 mask currently used by the HARPS/HARPS-N DRS for M-type stars results in heavily distorted CCFs. We created several new stellar masks in order to decrease the errors in the RVs and to improve the reliability of the activity indicators as the bisector's span. We obtained very good results with a stellar mask created from the theoretical line list provided by the VALD3 database for an early M-type star (T$_{\mathrm{eff}}$=3500~K and $\log{g}=4.5$). The CCF's shape and relative activity indicators improved and the RV time-series allowed us to recover known exoplanets with periods and amplitudes compatible with the results obtained with HARPS-TERRA.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures Accepted for publication in Experimental Astronomy
G4 DNA present at human telomeric DNA contributes toward reduced sensitivity to γ-radiation induced oxidative damage, but not bulky adduct formation
Creators: name: Ray, Ujjayinee
name: Sharma, Shivangi
name: Kapoor, Indu
name: Kumari, Susmita
name: Gopalakrishnan, Vidya
name: Vartak, Supriya V.
name: Kumari, Nitu
name: Varshney, Umesh
name: Raghavan, Sathees C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: DNA, the hereditary material of a human cell generally exists as Watson-Crick base paired double-stranded B-DNA. Studies suggest that DNA can also exist in non-B forms, such as four stranded G-quadruplexes (G4 DNA). Recently, our studies revealed that the regions of DNA that can fold into G-quadruplex structures are less sensitive to ionizing radiation (IR) compared to B-DNA. Importantly, we reported that the planar G-quartet of a G4 structure is shielded from radiation induced DNA breaks, while the single- and double-stranded DNA regions remained susceptible. Thus, in the present study, we investigate whether telomeric repeat DNA present at the end of telomere, known to fold into G4 DNA can protect from radiation induced damages including strand breaks, oxidation of purines and bulky adduct formation on DNA. For plasmid irradiation assay, plasmids containing human telomeric repeat DNA sequence TTAGGG (0.8 kb or 1.8 kb) were irradiated with increasing doses of IR along with appropriate control plasmids and products were resolved on 1% agarose gel. Radioprotection was evaluated based on extent of conversion of supercoiled to nicked or linear forms of the DNA following irradiation. Formation of G-quadruplex structure on supercoiled DNA was evaluated based on circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy studies. Cleavage of radiation induced oxidative damage and extent of formation of nicks was further evaluated using base and nucleotide excision repair proteins. Results from CD studies showed that the plasmid DNA harboring human telomeric repeats (TTAGGG) can fold into G-quadruplex DNA structures. Further, results showed that human telomeric repeat sequence when present on a plasmid can protect the plasmid DNA against IR induced DNA strand breaks, unlike control plasmids bearing random DNA sequence. Human telomeric repeat sequence when present on plasmids can fold into G-quadruplex DNA structures, and can protect the DNA against IR induced DNA strand breaks and oxidative damage. These results in conjunction with our previous studies suggest that telomeric repeat sequence imparts less sensitivity to IR and thus telomeres of chromosomes are protected from radiation.
Belba (Belba) bulanovae Subias 2016
Creators: name: Akrami, Mohammad Ali
name: Shahedi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Damaeidae
Belba
Belba bulanovae

description: Belba (Belba) bulanovae Subías, 2016
 Sample code: D17.
 Global distribution: Southern Palearctic (Romania and Central-West Asia).
 Notes: This is the first record of this species for mite fauna of Iran and the first record of the family for Yazd province.
description: Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Shahedi, Alireza, 2020, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records, pp. 141-160 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2) on page 148, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955, http://zenodo.org/record/4644976