cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nesothrips barrowi Eow 2014, sp.n.
Creators: name: Eow, Li-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Nesothrips
Nesothrips barrowi

description: Nesothrips barrowi sp.n.
(Figs 49, 60, 65)
 Female aptera. Body and legs uniformly brown, abdomen darker toward apex, tube dark brown; antennal segments uniformly brown, III with pedicel yellow; major setae pale.
Head longer than wide, not projecting in front of eyes, cheeks sinuate, vertex without sculpture except near margins (Fig. 49); ocelli absent; postocellar and postocular setae well developed, acute; compound eyes with about 20 ommatidia, smaller ventrally; maxillary stylets wide V-shaped, not retracted as deeply as postocular setae (Fig. 49); maxillary palp segment I about as long as wide, segment II about 3 times as long as I, without transverse lines, terminal sensorium setaceous. Antennal segment III elongate, sensoria relatively short, VIII slightly constricted at base (Fig. 60). Pronotum transverse, weakly reticulate near margins, notopleural sutures complete; with 3 pairs of long, stout, acute major setae, am and aa small; mesopresternum crescent-shaped, posterior margin curved; mesoeusternal anterior margin incomplete medially; metathoracic sternopleural sutures absent. Meso and metanotum reticulate, fore wing lobe not developed. Metanotal median setae small and acute, widely spaced. Pelta broadly triangular, extending less than 80% across anterior border of tergite II (Fig. 65); tergites with no wing retaining setae, median transverse row of 8–10 small discal setae; tergite IX setae acute, longer than tube, tube shorter than head.
 Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 3250. Head, length 360; width 260; postocellar setae 60; po setae 130. Pronotum, length 195; width 330; major setae am 20, aa 15, ml 70, epim 150, pa?. Tergite IX setae S1 370, S2 330. Tube length 280. Antennal segments III–VIII length 150, 125, 115, 100, 55, 35.
 Specimens studied. Holotype female. Western Australia, Barrow Island, iv.2005 (Jonathan Majer)
 Comments. This species is very similar to badius in structure but is much larger, with an unusually large head, the third antennal segment elongate and the mesoeusternal anterior margin discontinuous medially. The absence of metathoracic sternopleural sutures is a character state shared with badius as well as with oahuensis, the type species of Nesothrips.
description: Published as part of Eow, Li-Xin, 2014, Australian species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genera Carientothrips and Nesothrips (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae), pp. 193-221 in Zootaxa 3821 (2) on page 215, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4919972
Corridor Redesign of Chancellor Boulevard : Final Design Report
Creators: name: Lubberding, Mackenzie
name: McPherson, Tamara
name: Stewart, Andy
name: Leung, Max
name: Hill, George
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The transportation infrastructure that currently exists in the Chancellor Boulevard Corridor is either in a state of disrepair or it is not meeting the safety and functional needs of its users. The problem with upgrading this corridor is that as it is owned by the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure; UBC SEEDS must have a design that is able to prioritize safety, pedestrians and alternate transportation in the most cost effective manner possible in order to receive cost sharing. According to our modelling and research, a mix of modifications and upgrades to the corridor will significantly increase the safety, usage and efficiency of the corridor in a cost effective way. To address the problems outlined above, Three-Way Engineering proposes the following: 1. Reduction of Traffic Speeds: Through the reduction in the number of lanes for motorized vehicles, there will no longer be vehicles travelling at higher speeds as they attempt to pass others. A posted speed limit of 50km/h is also planned to reduce overall speeds. 2. Increased Safety/Priority of Pedestrians, Cyclists and Buses: The conversion of the north set of lanes through the corridor into a pedestrian and cyclist pathway will separate the vehicle traffic and cyclists, making the corridor significantly safer and more desirable for the cyclists travelling to the University. By constructing bus stop pull-outs we are able to give buses the space they require without disrupting flow. 3. Increased Efficiency (Less stop-and-go): The removal of the signals at Hamber Road and the construction of a large raised traffic circle means that traffic will flow without stoppage, and at “rush hour” periods there will be less overall congestion due to signals. 4. Future Demand: Every aspect of the modifications and upgrades in the corridor have been designed with the future expected usage of the corridor in mind. The final product will be able to handle the next 10 years of traffic with minor needs for typical roadway repairs. In order to successfully complete this project with minimal disruptions to traffic and produce a final product that will have the ability to meet current and future demands, a budget of approximately $6,600,000 is required. 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.”
A Truly Minimal Left-Right Symmetric Extension of the Standard Model
Creators: name: Siringo, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By invoking the existence of a general custodial O(2) symmetry, a minimal Left-Right symmetric model based on the gauge group G=SU(2)L SU(2)R U(1)BL is shown to require the existence of only two physical Higgs bosons. The lighter Higgs is predicted to have a small mass which could be evaluated by standard perturbation theory. The fermionic mass matrices are recovered by insertion of ad hoc fermion-Higgs interactions. The model is shown to be undistinguishable from the standard model at the currently reachable energies.
description: 1 figure in a separate ps file
PBS-Calculus: A Graphical Language for Coherent Control of Quantum Computations
Creators: name: Clément, Alexandre
name: Perdrix, Simon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce the PBS-calculus to represent and reason on quantum computations involving coherent control of quantum operations. Coherent control, and in particular indefinite causal order, is known to enable multiple computational and communication advantages over classically ordered models like quantum circuits. The PBS-calculus is inspired by quantum optics, in particular the polarising beam splitter (PBS for short). We formalise the syntax and the semantics of the PBS-diagrams, and we equip the language with an equational theory, which is proved to be sound and complete: two diagrams are representing the same quantum evolution if and only if one can be transformed into the other using the rules of the PBS-calculus. Moreover, we show that the equational theory is minimal. Finally, we consider applications like the implementation of controlled permutations and the unrolling of loops.
description: 55 pages. This is the full version of a paper published at MFCS'20
Effect of major life events on travel behaviours: a scoping review
Creators: name: Larouche, Richard
name: Charles Rodriguez, Ulises
name: Nayakarathna, Ransi
name: Scott, David
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Previous research suggests that major life events may be “windows of opportunity” for travel behaviour change. Purpose: Our scoping review examined the effects of seven events (transitions to secondary school, post-secondary studies, labour market, marriage, parenthood, retirement, and relocation) on travel behaviours. Methods: We searched five databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, SportDISCUS and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses) for articles/theses published by April 2020. After removing duplicates, 3,061 potentially-relevant articles/theses were screened independently by two researchers. Original prospective and retrospective studies reporting travel behaviours before and after the transition were eligible. Eighty articles met inclusion criteria. Results: Relocating to compact neighbourhoods (with shorter commute distance or travel time, greater walkability, and better access to destinations) was associated with shifts towards sustainable travel modes (e.g., walking, cycling, and transit). Relocation may be an opportune period to implement interventions to promote sustainable transportation because all six interventions with sufficient statistical power were effective. Entering the labour market was generally associated with declines in sustainable transportation and increased car use. Qualitative studies suggested that attitudes towards cycling may worsen during adolescence, while attitudes towards driving improve. Changes in travel behaviour for other events were less consistent. Conclusion: These findings suggest that major life events are indeed “windows of opportunity” for travel behaviour change. Urban planners and policymakers should develop compact and walkable neighbourhoods in an effort to facilitate healthy and sustainable travel behaviours. Research in developing countries remain scarce and further intervention research is needed to enhance quality of evidence. Funding: Study funded by start-up research funds from the University of Lethbridge.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Historical Review of Education for Girls in Japan
Creators: name: Shaw, Anita H.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 4405
subject: Gender studies

description: Today, a twenty-nine hour flight from our West Coast cities brings us to our back-door neighbor, Japan. It seems unbelievable that for the first century of our history, United States ignored this neighbor completely. We studied European languages, history and culture; some of us visited Europe, and most of us traced our ancestry to Europe. We were not at all interested in Japan.Rather than being disturbed by our oversight, Japan abetted this policy.
Environmental efficiency of smallholder rubber production
Creators: name: Holtkamp, A.M.
name: Brummer, B.
name: Holtkamp, A.M.
name: Brummer, B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: The economic benefits of Indonesia's rubber production are increasingly questioned because of their associated problematic effects on the environment, such as disturbances of the native ecosystem through alien and invasive organisms and overall negative effects on biodiversity. In order to reconcile economic benefits and threats to ecological functions, the exact nature of the interaction between rubber production and the surrounding ecosystems needs to be analyzed so that adequate policy interventions could be devised. In this paper, we focus on the trade-off relationship between rubber output and the ecosystem disturbance, proxied by the prevalence of invasive plants. Our approach is based on a directional output distance function, which allows the simultaneous estimation of efficiency and of the determinants of environmental efficiency. We apply this model to a household level socioeconomic data set and a plot-level environmental data set, from Jambi in 2012. Our results point towards a concave trade-off curve, indicating that an increase in rubber output is accompanied by an increase in ecosystem disturbance. Farm specific efficiency estimates indicate subdued level of efficiency, illustrating the possibility to reduce ecosystem disturbance while simultaneously increasing rubber output. The inefficiency levels are found affected by several management related variables, e.g., the glyphosate application. Acknowledgement :
Managing phosphorous runoff in a heterogeneous landscape: Welfare Implications of Spatially Targeted Policies
Creators: name: Liu, H.
name: Gopalakrishnan, S.
name: Liu, H.
name: Gopalakrishnan, S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Nutrient and pesticide runoff from agricultural lands affect water quality through eutrophication and harmful algal blooms, causing serious concerns for the society. Complex tradeoffs between agricultural decisions and water quality that emerge due to the intertemporal nature of phosphorus accumulation from heterogeneous landscapes need to be addressed by incorporating both spatial and temporal nature of the problem. In this paper, we develop a spatial-dynamic model of agricultural decisions in a simulated watershed to examine welfare gains for targeted policies in heterogeneous landscapes. We find the socially optimal fertilizer input for every combination of spatially heterogeneous features for a representative farm and derive the optimal tax to correct private farmers behaviors to achieve the socially optimal outcome. Results show that the welfare gains from spatially targeted policies increase with higher levels of heterogeneity. In the case where policy implementation costs are proportional to the level of heterogeneity of policies, we show that there is an optimal level for implementing spatially targeted policy. Finding the optimal level for targeted agricultural management policy based on heterogeneous physical features provides policy insight that can help design cost-effective long-term optimal agricultural policies in spatially heterogeneous landscapes. Acknowledgement :
Evidence for a magnetic-field induced ideal type-II Weyl state in antiferromagnetic topological insulator Mn(Bi1-xSbx)2Te4
Creators: name: Lee, Seng Huat
name: Graf, David
name: Zhu, Yanglin
name: Yi, Hemian
name: Ciocys, Samuel
name: Choi, Eun Sang
name: Basnet, Rabindra
name: Fereidouni, Arash
name: Wegner, Aaron
name: Zhao, Yi-Fan
name: Min, Lujin
name: Verlinde, Katrina
name: He, Jingyang
name: Redwing, Ronald
name: Gopalan, V.
name: Churchill, Hugh O. H.
name: Lanzara, Alessandra
name: Samarth, Nitin
name: Chang, Cui-Zu
name: Hu, Jin
name: Mao, Z. Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of Weyl semimetals (WSMs) has fueled tremendous interest in condensed matter physics. WSMs require breaking of either inversion symmetry (IS) or time-reversal symmetry (TRS); they can be categorized into type-I and type-II WSMs, characterized by un-tilted and strongly tilted Weyl cones respectively. Type-I WSMs with breaking of IS or TRS and type-II WSMs with IS breaking have been realized experimentally, but TRS-breaking type-II WSM still remains elusive. In this article, we report an ideal TRS-breaking type-II WSM with only one pair of Weyl nodes observed in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator Mn(Bi1-xSbx)2Te4 under magnetic fields. This state is manifested by a large intrinsic anomalous Hall effect, a non-trivial $\mathrm{π}$ Berry phase of the cyclotron orbit and a large positive magnetoresistance in the ferromagnetic phase at an optimal sample composition. Our results establish a promising platform for exploring the physics underlying the long-sought, ideal TRS breaking type-II WSM.
description: 28 Pages, 5 Figures
Additional file 1 of The impact of additive or substitutive clinical study design on the negotiated reimbursement for oncology pharmaceuticals after early benefit assessment in Germany
Creators: name: C. M. Dintsios
name: I. Beinhauer
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Table Input data regression models.
On the Speed of Gravity and the $v/c$ Corrections to the Shapiro Time Delay
Creators: name: Samuel, Stuart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a relatively simple method, I compute the v/c correction to the gravitational time delay for light passing by a massive object moving with speed v. It turns out that the v/c effects are too small to have been measured in the recent experiment involving Jupiter and quasar J0842+1845 that was used to measure the speed of gravity.
description: 8 pages, LaTeX (or Latex, etc), one figure, which is also available at http://www-theory.lbl.gov/~samuel/sog_figure.pdf; Revised version is the one to appear in Phys. Rev. Letts
Dose-response association between protein content per meal and physical disability in Mexican older adults
Creators: name: Gaytán-González, Alejandro
name: López-Taylor, Juan
name: Warburton, Darren
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical disability (PD) usually increases with age. A protein content per meal ≥30 g has been associated with a lower probability of PD in older adults. However, whether a similar pattern is observed with a different protein content remains to be determined. Purpose: To determine the protein content per meal associated with a lower probability of PD in a sample of Mexican older adults. Methods: Cross-sectional study (n=187, ≥60 y, 75% female). One 24-h dietary recall was administrated to estimate the protein content per meal (categorized with cut points between 10 and 40 g) and to count the number of meals with such amounts. PD was assessed with the Lawton questionnaire. Logistic regressions adjusted for age, sex, BMI, diagnosed diseases, and total protein intake were performed. Results: Three out of five PD showed a significant association with protein content per meal (p<0.05). PD in shopping was less likely for those consuming one meal with 35 to 40 g and those consuming two meals with 25 to 30 g. Transport disability was less likely for those consuming one meal with 30 to 40 g and those consuming two meals with 20 to 30 g. Finally, medication disability was less likely for those consuming one meal with 35 to 40 g. Conclusions: A protein content of 30 to 40 g in one meal or two meals with 25 to 30 g each seems to be advisable for decreasing the probability of presenting PD. Funding: None.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Historical Review of Education for Girls in Japan
Creators: name: Shaw, Anita H.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Today, a twenty-nine hour flight from our West Coast cities brings us to our back-door neighbor, Japan. It seems unbelievable that for the first century of our history, United States ignored this neighbor completely. We studied European languages, history and culture; some of us visited Europe, and most of us traced our ancestry to Europe. We were not at all interested in Japan.Rather than being disturbed by our oversight, Japan abetted this policy.
Nesothrips capricornis Eow 2014, comb.n.
Creators: name: Eow, Li-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Nesothrips
Nesothrips capricornis

description: Nesothrips capricornis (Mound, 1974 a: 23) comb.n.
(Fig. 67)
 Although described in Bolothrips, this species was transferred to Carientothrips because of the presence of four sensoria on the fourth antennal segment (Mound, 1974b), but is here recognised as a species of Nesothrips because of the form of the maxillary palps. It remains known only from two females collected in northern Queensland, near Townsville.
 Diagnosis. Micropterous, body bicoloured with head, thorax and legs yellow in contrast to dark brown abdomen; head much longer than wide, maxillary stylets widely spaced, V-shaped, retracted to mid-dorsal setae, postocellar setae stout and broadly blunt, postocular setae long and finely blunt; pronotum with 2 pairs of large epimeral setae (Fig. 67); metanotum with no sculpture medially; pelta broadly triangular; tergites III–VI with wingretaining setae very long and straight, discal area with transverse row of about 20 small setae; tergite IX setae about 0.8 as long as tube.
description: Published as part of Eow, Li-Xin, 2014, Australian species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genera Carientothrips and Nesothrips (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae), pp. 193-221 in Zootaxa 3821 (2) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4919972
CIVIL VIOLENCE AND THE SATISFACTION OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
Creators: name: Forgette, Eloise M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: For years specialists believed economic growth would raise incomes and eliminate poverty. Recently this gave way to a new development approach, satisfying basic human needs. This research examines the basic human needs approach. Specifically, it looks at how needs satisfaction affects civil violence. Chapters 1 and 2 review literature describing basic human needs policies and theories of violence. Chapter 3 examines the relationship between needs and violence levels in twenty countries for a fifteen-year period. Needs levels are measured by a composite index, the satisfaction of basic needs index. Violence levels are measured by events data. The empirical study concludes by identifying four countries. These countries (Argentina, Philippines, Mexico, Netherlands) represent high and low levels of needs satisfaction and high and low levels of violence. A comparative study of the four countries allows more detailed consideration of causes of violence in the countries. Results indicate needs satisfaction levels have no effect on levels of violence. Yet, violence and needs satisfaction levels are related. Both result when social and political structures prevent a just distribution of material and nonmaterial needs. To successfully implement the basic needs strategy, these inequities must change. If they change, life styles can improve and civil violence will decline. The study concludes by arguing the basic needs strategy seems unlikely to succeed. Present commitment to needs satisfaction is insufficient. Financial commitment from advanced nations falls far short of needed amounts. Current aid policies emphasize strategy more than humanitarian goals. Structural changes must come from within underdeveloped countries. Needs satisfaction requires sacrifice and political will missing in current aid programs.
A Library Evolving: providing research impact and evaluation services
Creators: name: Gutzman, Karen E
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: research impact
subject: research assessment
subject: library services
subject: research evaluation
subject: American Evaluation Association
subject: Bibliometrics

description: Poster presented at the American Evaluation Association  Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL 2015. Presented on 11/11/2015.
description: In early 2014, Northwestern University's Galter Library began implementing a cohesive set of services around research evaluation and impact assessment, formally structured in the library as the Metrics and Impact Core (MIC). Many of the MIC services utilize the library's expertise in bibliographic data, which can be mined, analyzed and visualized using a variety of techniques to gain a better understanding research impact. This poster will discuss the operationalization of these services from the standpoint of a modern medical library and present the partnerships, resources and tools needed to make this vision a reality. We will discuss the types of reports and activities we've developed to suit the needs of our stakeholders using bibliographic data, and the challenges and successes we've found along the way.
description: presentation_location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Modeling the Impact of Network Connectivity on Consensus Security of Proof-of-Work Blockchain
Creators: name: Xiao, Yang
name: Zhang, Ning
name: Lou, Wenjing
name: Hou, Y. Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Blockchain, the technology behind the popular Bitcoin, is considered a "security by design" system as it is meant to create security among a group of distrustful parties yet without a central trusted authority. The security of blockchain relies on the premise of honest-majority, namely, the blockchain system is assumed to be secure as long as the majority of consensus voting power is honest. And in the case of proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain, adversaries cannot control more than 50% of the network's gross computing power. However, this 50% threshold is based on the analysis of computing power only, with implicit and idealistic assumptions on the network and node behavior. Recent researches have alluded that factors such as network connectivity, presence of blockchain forks, and mining strategy could undermine the consensus security assured by the honest-majority, but neither concrete analysis nor quantitative evaluation is provided. In this paper we fill the gap by proposing an analytical model to assess the impact of network connectivity on the consensus security of PoW blockchain under different adversary models. We apply our analytical model to two adversarial scenarios: 1) honest-but-potentially-colluding, 2) selfish mining. For each scenario, we quantify the communication capability of nodes involved in a fork race and estimate the adversary's mining revenue and its impact on security properties of the consensus protocol. Simulation results validated our analysis. Our modeling and analysis provide a paradigm for assessing the security impact of various factors in a distributed consensus system.
description: In proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2020)
Health implications associated with long-term vaping or electronic cigarette use in adults: A systematic review
Creators: name: Murphy, Brendan
name: Wytenburg, Kathryn
name: Lee, Eun-Young
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Millions of active e-cigarette users exist in a midst of a rapidly growing industry. However, its long-term effects on health are largely unknown. Purpose: To examine the health impacts of prolonged e-cigarette use. Methods: MEDLINE and google scholar were searched in December 2020. Keywords were vaping, e-cigarette, chronic, long-term, and health impacts. Inclusion criteria were 1) adults (18+years), 2) chronic e-cigarette/vape users, 3) studies published 2010-2020, and 4) written in English. Exclusion criteria included 1) reviews/editorials, 2) smoking cessation interventions, 3) studies without control population, 4) participants with pre-existing co-morbidities, and 5) studies investigated acute outcomes. Covidence software was used for screening and Microsoft Word with a predesigned coding form was used for data extraction, of which the evidence was synthesized from. Results: Based on eight studies included in this review, e-cigarette use demonstrated an independent risk associated with developing chronic illnesses when compared to combustible tobacco use. Socio-economic factors (i.e., sex/race/income/education), substance abuse, and access to healthcare were strong predictors of e-cigarette use and subsequently, the development of respiratory illness. E-cigarette users who did not smoke cigarettes were between 1.40–5.17 times more likely to report COPD than non-e-cigarette users. E-cigarette use also significantly impacted esophageal protein activity and included 14 altered pathways that were not observed in smokers. Conclusion: There was some evidence suggesting a short-term negative impact of e-cigarette use on health. However, there is an extensive need for more prospective studies that investigate the long-term effect of e-cigarette use on chronic illnesses to establish causality. Funding: None.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 3 of Specific humoral response in cancer patients treated with a VEGF-specific active immunotherapy procedure within a compassionate use program
Creators: name: Ramírez, Javier Sánchez
name: Yanelys Morera Díaz
name: Bequet-Romero, Mónica
name: Hernández-Bernal, Francisco
name: Yenima Martín Bauta
name: Katty-Hind Selman-Housein Bernal
name: Santos, Ana Victoria De La Torre
name: Iglesia, Mariela Pérez De La
name: Lorenzo, Lian Trimiño
name: Avila, Marta Ayala
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 3. Biotinylation of bevacizumab did not affect the binding to VEGF.
Dynamics of Rumor Spreading in Complex Networks
Creators: name: Moreno, Yamir
name: Nekovee, Maziar
name: Pacheco, Amalio. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the mean-field equations characterizing the dynamics of a rumor process that takes place on top of complex heterogeneous networks. These equations are solved numerically by means of a stochastic approach. First, we present analytical and Monte Carlo calculations for homogeneous networks and compare the results with those obtained by the numerical method. Then, we study the spreading process in detail for random scale-free networks. The time profiles for several quantities are numerically computed, which allow us to distinguish among different variants of rumor spreading algorithms. Our conclusions are directed to possible applications in replicated database maintenance, peer to peer communication networks and social spreading phenomena.
description: Final version to appear in PRE
Using dark states to charge and stabilise open quantum batteries
Creators: name: Quach, James Q.
name: Munro, William J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce an open quantum battery protocol using dark states to achieve both superextensive capacity and power density, with non-interacting spins coupled to a reservoir. Further, our power density actually scales with the of number of spins $N$ in the battery. We show that the enhanced capacity and power is correlated with entanglement. Whilst connected to the charger, the charged state of the battery is a steady state, stabilized through quantum interference in the open system.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, comments are welcome
Dynamics of the excitations of a quantum dot in a microcavity
Creators: name: Perea, J. I.
name: Porras, D.
name: Tejedor, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamics of a quantum dot embedded in a three-dimensional microcavity in the strong coupling regime in which the quantum dot exciton has an energy close to the frequency of a confined cavity mode. Under the continuous pumping of the system, confined electron and hole can recombine either by spontaneous emission through a leaky mode or by stimulated emission of a cavity mode that can escape from the cavity. The numerical integration of a master equation including all these effects gives the dynamics of the density matrix. By using the quantum regression theorem, we compute the first and second order coherence functions required to calculate the photon statistics and the spectrum of the emitted light. Our main result is the determination of a range of parameters in which a state of cavity modes with poissonian or sub-poissonian (non-classical) statistics can be built up within the microcavity. Depending on the relative values of pumping and rate of stimulated emission, either one or two peaks close to the excitation energy of the dot and/or to the natural frequency of the cavity are observed in the emission spectrum. The physics behind these results is discussed.
CIVIL VIOLENCE AND THE SATISFACTION OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
Creators: name: Forgette, Eloise M.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: For years specialists believed economic growth would raise incomes and eliminate poverty. Recently this gave way to a new development approach, satisfying basic human needs. This research examines the basic human needs approach. Specifically, it looks at how needs satisfaction affects civil violence. Chapters 1 and 2 review literature describing basic human needs policies and theories of violence. Chapter 3 examines the relationship between needs and violence levels in twenty countries for a fifteen-year period. Needs levels are measured by a composite index, the satisfaction of basic needs index. Violence levels are measured by events data. The empirical study concludes by identifying four countries. These countries (Argentina, Philippines, Mexico, Netherlands) represent high and low levels of needs satisfaction and high and low levels of violence. A comparative study of the four countries allows more detailed consideration of causes of violence in the countries. Results indicate needs satisfaction levels have no effect on levels of violence. Yet, violence and needs satisfaction levels are related. Both result when social and political structures prevent a just distribution of material and nonmaterial needs. To successfully implement the basic needs strategy, these inequities must change. If they change, life styles can improve and civil violence will decline. The study concludes by arguing the basic needs strategy seems unlikely to succeed. Present commitment to needs satisfaction is insufficient. Financial commitment from advanced nations falls far short of needed amounts. Current aid policies emphasize strategy more than humanitarian goals. Structural changes must come from within underdeveloped countries. Needs satisfaction requires sacrifice and political will missing in current aid programs.
Gendered associations between e-cigarette use, cigarette smoking, physical activity, and sedentary behavior among Canadian adolescents
Creators: name: Irvine, Dylan
name: Lee, Eun-Young
name: Janssen, Ian
name: Leatherdale, Scott
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: A large increase in adolescent e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking has generated concerns about how these exposures may impact adolescent health behaviors. Purpose: To examine associations between e-cigarette use, cigarette smoking, physical activity, and sedentary behavior among a large sample of Canadian adolescents (grades 9–12). Methods: Data from 55,629 students who participated in COMPASS Year 6 (2017–2018) were used. Exposures included e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking. Outcomes included meeting recommendations for moderate-to vigorous-physical activity (MVPA; 60 min/d), muscular strengthening exercises (MSE; 3 time/wk), and recreational screen time (ST; 2hr/day) and participating in sports. Logistic regressions were performed. Results: Males showed higher prevalence of e-cigarette use (40.0% vs 31.3%) and cigarette smoking (4.4% vs 2.9%) than females. Both males and females who used e-cigarettes were more likely to meet MVPA and MSE recommendations, but less likely to meet the ST recommendation than those who did not use e-cigarettes. E-cigarette use was associated with more sport participation in males, however, results among females were mixed. Current cigarette use was associated with meeting the MVPA recommendation and less participation in intramurals in males; however, in females, current cigarette smoking was associated with less participation in any sports. Former cigarette use was associated with meeting the MSE recommendation in females. Conclusions: This study found that associations between e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking with movement behaviors and sport participation are largely gendered. Identifying differential co-occurrence of risk behaviors by gender is important for future health promotion efforts targeting physical activity among adolescents. Funding: The COMPASS study has been supported by a bridge grant from the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) through the “Obesity – Interventions to Prevent or Treat” priority funding awards (OOP-110788; awarded to SL), an operating grant from the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH) (MOP-114875; awarded to SL), a CIHR Project Grant (PJT-148562; awarded to SL) and by a research funding arrangement with Health Canada (#1617-HQ000012; awarded to SL). Dr. Leatherdale (APHC201405CPP-329323-116339) is a Chair in Applied Public Health Research funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada in partnership with CIHR. The funding bodies had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, or the writing of the manuscript.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 2 of Specific humoral response in cancer patients treated with a VEGF-specific active immunotherapy procedure within a compassionate use program
Creators: name: Ramírez, Javier Sánchez
name: Yanelys Morera Díaz
name: Bequet-Romero, Mónica
name: Hernández-Bernal, Francisco
name: Yenima Martín Bauta
name: Katty-Hind Selman-Housein Bernal
name: Santos, Ana Victoria De La Torre
name: Iglesia, Mariela Pérez De La
name: Lorenzo, Lian Trimiño
name: Avila, Marta Ayala
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2. Reagents.
The stochastic behavior of market volatility implied in the prices of index options and a test of market efficiency
Creators: name: Cho, Changhyon
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Despite the strong implications of the implied volatility as an estimate of market volatility, there exists relatively little empirical research on this subject, especially at the daily level. This study examines the properties of the daily volatility implied in the S&P 100 index option prices, and investigates the effect of major scheduled macroeconomic announcements and relevant financial and real variables on volatility changes. The study also tests the efficiency of the S&P 100 option market by simulating a straddle trading strategy. In carrying out the empirical tests, accurate estimation of the implied volatility is emphasizes as well as the application of various econometric specifications that differ from those uses in previous studies. In addition, the study compares the performance of the implied volatility regression model with GARCH-type models which are generally regarded as one of the more reliable forecast tools.
Exploring Differences in Rural Household Debt between Thailand and Vietnam: Economic Environment versus Household Characteristics
Creators: name: Waibel, H.
name: Chichaibelu, B.B.
name: Waibel, H.
name: Chichaibelu, B.B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: This study aims to explore cross-country differences in credit market participation, level of household debt holding and over-indebtedness between rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Using a unique rural household survey data from Vulnerability in Southeast Asia project, it first identifies socio-economic determinants of such market outcomes for rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. It decomposes differences into a part that arise due to configuration of household characteristics or a part that arise due to differences in economic environments using three decomposition methods. Significant differences are observed in credit market participation rates and level of debt holding and indebtedness between rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Rural households in Thailand tend to participate more in the credit market and face higher risk of over-indebtedness. These observed differences arise mainly due to dissimilarity in the economic environment for households with similar characteristics. Economically disadvantaged rural households in Thailand are more likely to participate in the credit market and face higher level of indebtedness mainly because credit markets are make borrowing easy. The higher gap observed in the upper part of the debt distribution between Thailand and Vietnam can be explained by differences in credit market conditions between the two countries. Acknowledgement :
The stochastic behavior of market volatility implied in the prices of index options and a test of market efficiency
Creators: name: Cho, Changhyon
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Despite the strong implications of the implied volatility as an estimate of market volatility, there exists relatively little empirical research on this subject, especially at the daily level. This study examines the properties of the daily volatility implied in the S&P 100 index option prices, and investigates the effect of major scheduled macroeconomic announcements and relevant financial and real variables on volatility changes. The study also tests the efficiency of the S&P 100 option market by simulating a straddle trading strategy. In carrying out the empirical tests, accurate estimation of the implied volatility is emphasizes as well as the application of various econometric specifications that differ from those uses in previous studies. In addition, the study compares the performance of the implied volatility regression model with GARCH-type models which are generally regarded as one of the more reliable forecast tools.
Nesothrips carveri Mound 1974
Creators: name: Eow, Li-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Nesothrips
Nesothrips carveri

description: Nesothrips carveri Mound, 1974 a: 71
(Figs 53, 61)
 This species has been found commonly on dead branches of Eucalyptus trees around Canberra, and has also been taken around Adelaide and in Victoria. It is an extensively brown species, with only the slender base of the third antennal segment paler (Fig. 61).
 Diagnosis. Macropterous or micropterous, body, legs and antennae dark brown with base of antennal segment III yellow; head wider than long, maxillary stylets widely spaced, V-shaped, not retracted to postocular setae (Fig. 53); postocellar setae acute arising on or near tangent to posterior margin of hind ocelli; postocular setae long and pointed; maxillary palp segment I as long as wide; pronotum with 5 pairs of major setae, am and aa smaller than the other setae (Fig. 53); metanotum with no sculpture, median setae long and acute; metathoracic sternopleural sutures absent; pelta with large median lobe and broad lateral wings; tergites III–VII with wing-retaining setae weakly sigmoid (almost straight in micropterae), discal area with one pair of small setae medially and one pair laterally; tergite IX setal pair S3 as long as tube, S1 and S2 no more than 0.6 as long as tube. Male microptera pronotum with stout median apodeme, fore femora swollen, fore tarsal tooth large.
description: Published as part of Eow, Li-Xin, 2014, Australian species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genera Carientothrips and Nesothrips (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae), pp. 193-221 in Zootaxa 3821 (2) on page 217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4919972
Effect of Magnetic-Field-Induced Restructuring on the Elastic Properties of Magnetoactive Elastomers
Creators: name: Snarskii, Andrei
name: Shamonin, Mikhail
name: Yuskevich, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Composite materials where magnetic micrometer-sized particles are embedded into a compliant polymer matrix are known as magnetorheological or magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs). They are distinguished by huge variations of their physical properties in a magnetic field, which is commonly attributed to the restructuring of the filler. The process of the magnetic-field-induced restructuring in a magnetorheological elastomer is interpreted as progression towards percolation. Such a physical model was previously used to explain the dependence of the magnetic permeability and dielectric permittivity of MAEs on the magnetic field strength. Based on this hypothesis, the magnetorheological effect in MAEs is considered theoretically. The theoretical approach is built upon a self-consistent effective-medium theory for the elastic properties, extended to the variable (field dependent) percolation threshold. The proposed model allows one to describe the large variations (over several orders of magnitude) of the effective elastic moduli of these composite materials, known as the giant magnetorheological (MR) and field-stiffening effects. An existence of a giant magnetic Poisson effect is predicted. The relation of the proposed model to the existing theories of the MR effect in MAEs is discussed. The results can be useful for applications of MAEs in magnetic-field controlled vibration dampers and isolators.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures, divided into sections, new figures and information added, article name and abstract modified
Searching for Planets in the Hyades III: The Quest for Short-Period Planets
Creators: name: Paulson, D.
name: Saar, S.
name: Cochran, W.
name: Henry, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have been using the Keck I High Resolution Spectrograph (HIRES) to search for planetary companions in the Hyades cluster. We selected four stars from this sample which showed significant radial velocity variability on short timescales to search for short-period planetary companions. The radial velocities of these four stars were monitored regularly with the Hobby Eberly Telescope (HET) for approximately two months, while sparse data were also taken over ~4 months: we also obtained near-simultaneous photometric observations with one of the automatic photoelectric telescopes at Fairborn Observatory. For three of the stars, we detect photometric variability with the same period present in the radial velocity (rv) measurements, compatible with the expected rotation rates for Hyades members. The fourth star continues to show rv variations and minimal photometric variability but with no significant periodicity. This study shows that for the three stars with periodic behavior, a significant portion of the rv fluctuations are likely due primarily to magnetic activity modulated by stellar rotation rather than planetary companions. Using simple models for the rv perturbations arising from spot and plage, we demonstrate that both are likely to contribute to the observed rv variations. Thus, simultaneous monitoring of photometric (photospheric) and spectroscopic (chromospheric) variations is essential for identifying the cause of Doppler shifted absorption lines in more active stars.
description: 25 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication by AJ