cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Equine Plasma Screening for SARMs using Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Triple Quadrupole LC-MS
Creators: name: Freitag, Lucy K
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: While androgenic steroids such as testosterone have been popular in the world of sports doping, they carry negative androgenic side effects that have led to the search for a replacement. Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) have become an appealing doping agent for those looking to gain an unfair advantage. As SARMs cause stimulation in anabolic tissues without significant stimulation of androgenic tissues, they have a high potential for abuse in human and equine competition sports. With one reported case of a SARM in an equine doping control sample, laboratories must be prepared for the emergence SARMs in the horseracing of industry. This presents the need for a validated method to detect and confirm the presence of SARMs in equine plasma samples, so labs can report usage and authorities can take appropriate disciplinary action. In this study, the ease of a liquid-liquid extraction was combined with the sensitivity of triple quadrupole liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS QQQ) to produce a reliable and accurate method for the detection of SARMs Andarine, Ostarine, and LGD-4033 in equine plasma samples. Each sample was spiked with known concentrations of the drugs of interest. The sample then received internal standard solution and methyl tert-butyl ether before being mixed by rotorack. Samples were then centrifuged, and the top layer was transferred to a new tube. The top layers were dried down, reconstituted, and transferred to a well plate for analysis on LC-MS QQQ. Results showed that the extraction was successful in recovering the drugs of interest from the plasma samples. Samples were most stable when stored in frozen conditions, and extraction efficiencies were above 75% for all three SARMs. Limits of detection (LOD) were 0.0019 ng/mL for Andarine and Ostarine and 0.00039 ng/mL for LGD-4033. Quantitative requirements as set in the method validation procedure were met for all three drugs. Precision values for all three drugs at high and low concentrations stayed below 15%, and bias for all three drugs at high and low concentrations was less than 6%. Therefore, a liquid-liquid extraction procedure followed by analysis using LC-MS QQQ is a recommended screening protocol for Andarine, Ostarine, and LGD-4033 in equine plasma samples. Implementation of the protocol as outlined in this work would help to detect and prevent the use of SARMs in the horseracing industry.
A holographic model for the baryon octet
Creators: name: Fang, Zhen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By adopting the nonlinear realization of chiral symmetry, a holographic model for the baryon octet is proposed. The mass spectra of the baryon octet and their low-lying excited states are calculated, which show good consistency with experiments. The couplings of pion to nucleons are derived in two gauges and are shown to be equivalent with each other. It also shows that only derivative couplings of pion to nucleons appear in this holographic model. The coupling constant is then calculated.
description: 6 pages
Pteronotus gymnonotus Natterer 1843
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Mormoopidae
Pteronotus
Pteronotus gymnonotus

description: Pteronotus gymnonotus Natterer, 1843. In Wagner, Wiegmann's Archive Naturgesch., 9: 367. ‘ TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Cuiaba. DISTRIBUTION: S. Veracruz (Mexico) to Peru, S.W. Brazil, and Guyana. COMMENT: Includes suapurensis; see Smith, 1977, J. Mammal., 58:245. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405009002006001 as P. suapurensis.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 149, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Smith, J. D. 1977. On the nomenclatorial status of Chilonycteris gymnonotus Natterer, 1843. Journal of Mammalogy, 58: 245 - 246."]}
Problem solving in electrochemistry : variables, strategies, and teaching and learning
Creators: name: Lee., Kam-Wah
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Exploring the Basis of Practice Variation Among Experts in a Medical Specialty: A Mixed-methods Study
Creators: name: Skeith, Leslie
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: How physicians navigate the uncertainty of diagnosis and management of medical conditions with limited evidence is largely unknown. One lens to look at uncertainty in medicine is through evaluating practice variation among physicians, or their differences in their clinical management among cases where a single, acceptable answer is not known in the general medical community. The purpose of this thesis study is to (1) determine the quantity and type of practice variation that exists among thrombosis experts, (2) determine the level of acceptability of practice variation among thrombosis experts, and (3) identify any guiding principles that specialists used when making decisions in areas of clinical uncertainty. Methods: Five challenging clinical vignettes were presented to thrombosis experts in Ottawa, Canada in semi-structured interviews. The same case vignettes and all management options chosen in the interviews were included in an anonymous survey to the same experts, to delineate the acceptability of other experts’ answers. Results: Ten (100%) thrombosis specialists completed interviews and eight completed the follow-up survey. Complete consensus where all specialists recommended a management option was reached in only three (3.4%) items. Despite wide practice variation, there was a high level of acceptability of the different management options among experts. Analysis of interview data identified how experts managed clinical uncertainty, which included: (1) knowing the latest evidence or relying on colleagues’ expertise, (2) using past experiences, (3) using clinical gestalt and common sense, (4) weighing the benefits against the risks, and (5) improving the patient experience. Conclusions: By better defining the nature and acceptability of practice variation in medical specialties, insights into how to improve the instruction and assessment of learners in situations when uncertainty exists may be possible.
Queering Decline: Sexuality, Race, and the Transformation of Twentieth-Century St. Louis
Creators: name: Darnell, Ian Thomas
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The decline of many United States cities is a central theme in twentieth-century urban history. This dissertation queers “decline” by reinterpreting the history of St. Louis, a city that is an iconic and unusually stark example of the phenomenon. Focusing its analysis on the intersection of sexuality and race, the dissertation argues that St. Louis’s decline in large part amounted to a reorganization of metropolitan space jointly structured by heteronormativity and whiteness. Moreover, the dissertation queers the concept of “urban decline” itself, along with its putative opposite, “urban renewal.” Through the lenses of sexuality and race, it argues that “decline” and “renewal” were subjective, mutable, and political categories, and that the processes that they describe were often ambiguous in their consequences.
Neutral and non-neutral collisionless plasma equilibria for twisted flux tubes: The Gold-Hoyle model in a background field
Creators: name: Allanson, O.
name: Wilson, F.
name: Neukirch, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate exact one-dimensional collisionless plasma equilibria for a continuum of flux tube models, for which the total magnetic field is made up of the `force-free' Gold-Hoyle magnetic flux tube embedded in a uniform and anti-parallel background magnetic field. For a sufficiently weak background magnetic field, the axial component of the total magnetic field reverses at some finite radius. The presence of the background magnetic field means that the total system is not exactly force-free, but by reducing its magnitude the departure from force-free can be made as small as desired. The distribution function for each species is a function of the three constants of motion; namely the Hamiltonian and the canonical momenta in the axial and azimuthal directions. Poisson's Equation and Ampère's Law are solved exactly, and the solution allows either electrically neutral or non-neutral configurations, depending on the values of the bulk ion and electron flows. These equilibria have possible applications in various solar, space and astrophysical contexts, as well as in the laboratory.
Facilitating meaningful online learning for adult learners
Creators: name: Ru., Lee Po Wan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Pteronotus macleayii
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Mormoopidae
Pteronotus
Pteronotus macleayii

description: Pteronotus macleayii (Gray, 1839). Ann. Nat. Hist., 4:5. TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Habana, Guanabacoa. DISTRIBUTION: Cuba; Jamaica. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405009002003001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Pteronotus parnellii
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Mormoopidae
Pteronotus
Pteronotus parnellii

description: Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843:50. TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica. DISTRIBUTION: Peru, Brazil, Guianas, and Venezuela to Tlaxcala to S. Sonora and S. Tamaulipas (Mexico); Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Hispaniola; Trinidad; Margarita IsL; La Gonave Isl. (Haiti). ISIS NUMBER: 5301405009002004001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Fast neutron background characterization with the Radiological Multi-sensor Analysis Platform (RadMAP)
Creators: name: Davis, John R.
name: Brubaker, Erik
name: Vetter, Kai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In an effort to characterize the fast neutron radiation background, 16 EJ-309 liquid scintillator cells were installed in the Radiological Multi-sensor Analysis Platform (RadMAP) to collect data in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each fast neutron event was associated with specific weather metrics (pressure, temperature, absolute humidity) and GPS coordinates. The expected exponential dependence of the fast neutron count rate on atmospheric pressure was demonstrated and event rates were subsequently adjusted given the measured pressure at the time of detection. Pressure adjusted data was also used to investigate the influence of other environmental conditions on the neutron background rate. Using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) coastal area lidar data, an algorithm was implemented to approximate sky-view factors (the total fraction of visible sky) for points along RadMAPs route. Three areas analyzed in San Francisco, Downtown Oakland, and Berkeley all demonstrated a suppression in the background rate of over 50% for the range of sky-view factors measured. This effect, which is due to the shielding of cosmic-ray produced neutrons by surrounding buildings, was comparable to the pressure influence which yielded a 32% suppression in the count rate over the range of pressures measured.
description: 9 pages, 16 figures. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A
The use of networked computers for writing in the ESL classroom : a study investigating a face-to-face class and an networked class
Creators: name: Kivela., Ruth Jeanine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Pteronotus personatus
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Mormoopidae
Pteronotus
Pteronotus personatus

description: Pteronotus personatus (Wagner, 1843). Arch. Naturg., 9: 367. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Sao Vicente. DISTRIBUTION: N. Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Surinam to S. Sonora and S. Tamaulipas (Mexico); Trinidad. COMMENT: Includes psilotis; see Smith, 1972, Mise. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist., 56:92. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405009002005001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Smith, J. D. 1972. Systematics of the chiropteran family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 56: 1 - 132."]}
Supervised Adverse Drug Reaction Signalling Framework Imitating Bradford Hill's Causality Considerations
Creators: name: Reps, Jenna Marie
name: Garibaldi, Jonathan M.
name: Aickelin, Uwe
name: Gibson, Jack E.
name: Hubbard, Richard B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Big longitudinal observational medical data potentially hold a wealth of information and have been recognised as potential sources for gaining new drug safety knowledge. Unfortunately there are many complexities and underlying issues when analysing longitudinal observational data. Due to these complexities, existing methods for large-scale detection of negative side effects using observational data all tend to have issues distinguishing between association and causality. New methods that can better discriminate causal and non-causal relationships need to be developed to fully utilise the data. In this paper we propose using a set of causality considerations developed by the epidemiologist Bradford Hill as a basis for engineering features that enable the application of supervised learning for the problem of detecting negative side effects. The Bradford Hill considerations look at various perspectives of a drug and outcome relationship to determine whether it shows causal traits. We taught a classifier to find patterns within these perspectives and it learned to discriminate between association and causality. The novelty of this research is the combination of supervised learning and Bradford Hill's causality considerations to automate the Bradford Hill's causality assessment. We evaluated the framework on a drug safety gold standard know as the observational medical outcomes partnership's nonspecified association reference set. The methodology obtained excellent discriminate ability with area under the curves ranging between 0.792-0.940 (existing method optimal: 0.73) and a mean average precision of 0.640 (existing method optimal: 0.141). The proposed features can be calculated efficiently and be readily updated, making the framework suitable for big observational data.
Exact Scattering from a Parabolic Cylinder Coated in an Isorefractive Sheath
Creators: name: Martin, Patrick J
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The problem of an electromagnetic plane wave scattering off a perfect electrically conducting parabolic cylinder embedded in a confocal parabolic cylinder made of a material isorefractive to the surrounding space is solved and analyzed. The parabolic cylinder geometry is introduced, and a number of mathematical and physical relations required for the evaluation of the problem are discussed. A set of exact, analytic solutions of the scattering problem are derived. Utilizing these solutions, the numerical calculation of the scattered field is analyzed for realistic input parameters and asymptotic limits. Plots of the scattered wave in the far field are presented and discussed for different incident angles. In the process of generating results for the full isorefractive sheath problem, the solutions to simpler problems of the scattering from parabolic cylinders of different materials are discussed, and the near-field behaviors are plotted. This paper reveals a new, exact canonical solution to an electromagnetic scattering problem, one which can be used in benchmarking modeling software. It also presents an in-depth discussion of the convergent properties of the infinite sums which make up the expression of the scattered field, and provides a road map which can be followed in evaluating similar problems. The plots of the scattered fields prove to be interesting in their own right, but only begin to scratch the surface of the problem space. Thus, an interesting problem, which is but one of a rich field of study, is solved.
Phyllostomidae Gray 1825
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae

description: Family Phyllostomidae REVIEWED BY: J. K. Jones, Jr. (JKJ); K. F. Koopman (KFK); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRPJ(Mexico); J. R. Tamsitt (JRT). COMMENT: Includes Desmodontidae; see Jones and Carter, 1976:7. For use of this familial name rather than Phyllostomatidae, see Handley et al., 1980, Proc. Fifth Int. Bat Res. Conf., p. 10. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008000000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Jones, J. K., Jr., and D. C. Carter. 1976. Annotated checklist, with keys to subfamilies and genera. Part I. Pp. 7 - 38, in Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part I (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones, Jr., and D. C. Carter, eds.). Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, 10: 1 - 218.", "Tate, C. M., J. F. Pagels, and C. O. Handley, Jr. 1980. Distribution and systematic relationship of two kinds of short-tailed shrews (Soricidae: Blarina) in south-central Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93: 50 - 60."]}
The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury XV. The BEAST: Bayesian Extinction and Stellar Tool
Creators: name: Gordon, Karl D.
name: Fouesneau, Morgan
name: Arab, Heddy
name: Tchernyshyov, Kirill
name: Weisz, Daniel R.
name: Dalcanton, Julianne J.
name: Williams, Benjamin F.
name: Bell, Eric F.
name: Bianchi, Luciana
name: Boyer, Martha
name: Choi, Yumi
name: Dolphin, Andrew
name: Girardi, Leo
name: Hogg, David W.
name: Kalirai, Jason S.
name: Kapala, Maria
name: Lewis, Alexia R.
name: Rix, Hans-Walter
name: Sandstrom, Karin
name: Skillman, Evan D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the Bayesian Extinction And Stellar Tool (BEAST), a probabilistic approach to modeling the dust extinguished photometric spectral energy distribution of an individual star while accounting for observational uncertainties common to large resolved star surveys. Given a set of photometric measurements and an observational uncertainty model, the BEAST infers the physical properties of the stellar source using stellar evolution and atmosphere models and constrains the line of sight extinction using a newly developed mixture model that encompasses the full range of dust extinction curves seen in the Local Group. The BEAST is specifically formulated for use with large multi-band surveys of resolved stellar populations. Our approach accounts for measurement uncertainties and any covariance between them due to stellar crowding (both systematic biases and uncertainties in the bias) and absolute flux calibration, thereby incorporating the full information content of the measurement. We illustrate the accuracy and precision possible with the BEAST using data from the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury. While the BEAST has been developed for this survey, it can be easily applied to similar existing and planned resolved star surveys.
description: 20 pages, 19 figures, ApJ, in press
A policy proposal to develop and implement creative strategies to enable girls and women in the Solomon Islands to access education through the provision of a creative mobile classroom
Creators: name: Bobongie, F
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 451499
subject: Pacific Peoples education not elsewhere classified

description: "This research project investigates the way in which an alternative creative classroom may be developed for girls and women who have not completed their education through the current Solomon Islands Education System ... Research for this project is carried out in Honiara, the nation's capital ... the participants in this research project include both those who have lived in Honiara all their life and those who have made the voyage aross to Hoinara in search of what they perceive to be better opportunities for employment, education and living conditions for their families"--Abstract.
Welschbillig, Pfalzel, Deutz
Creators: name: Feldmann, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: reconstruction, Rekonstruktion, digital archeology, bauforschung, computer video, late antiquity, spaetantike, Konstantin, villa, adiute, welschbillig, trier, mediana, deutz

description: Visualization of the reconstructed imperial villa attributed to Constantine the great (see earlier paper).
First-principles prediction of mechanical and bonding characteristics of new T2 superconductor Ta5GeB2
Creators: name: Hadi, M. A.
name: Nasir, M. T.
name: Roknuzzaman, M.
name: Rayhan, M. A.
name: Naqib, S. H.
name: Islam, A. K. M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present paper, DFT (Density Functional Theory) based first-principles methods are applied to investigate the mechanical and bonding properties of newly synthesized T2 phase superconductor Ta5GeB2 for the first time. The calculated lattice constants are in reasonable agreement with the experiment. The elastic constants (Cij), bulk modulus (B), shear modulus (G), Young's modulus (Y), Poisson ratio (nu), Pugh ratio (G/B), and elastic anisotropy factor, A, of Ta5GeB2 are calculated to explore the mechanical behavior of the compound.To give an explanation of the bonding nature of this new ternary tetragonal system, the band structure, density of states, and Mulliken atomic population are investigated. The estimated Debye temperature and Vickers hardness are also used to justify both the mechanical and bonding properties of Ta5GeB2.
description: To appear in Physica Status Solidi B (2016)
Cardiovascular and Gut Microbiome Responses to Sleep Disruption in Rats
Creators: name: Maki, Katherine Anne
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The purpose of this dissertation was to determine how disrupted and fragmented sleep affect blood pressure and heart rate variability using a rat model. Epidemiological studies provide evidence that poor sleep leads to elevated cardiovascular disease risk. The study incorporated innovative microbiome and metabolomics methodologies to examine a possible role for the gut microbiome in the hypothesized link between poor sleep and the development of cardiovascular disease. Male Wistar Kyoto rats were randomized to undergo 8 hours of sleep disruption during the light-phase or to sleep undisturbed (controls) for 28 consecutive days. Rats underwent telemetric sleep and blood pressure recordings, and fecal samples were analyzed for 5 phases of the study: baseline (days -4 to -1), early sleep disruption (days 0–3), mid sleep disruption (days 6–13), late sleep disruption (days 20–27), and a recovery/rest period (days 28–34). The degree of sleep disruption predicted increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. In sleep disrupted rats, the normalized low frequency heart rate variability measure was decreased from baseline and the low frequency/high frequency ratio was increased from baseline during the recovery period, indicative of reduced parasympathetic stimulation to the heart. Short chain fatty acid- and succinate-producing bacteria were found to be differentially abundant during mid-/late- sleep disruption and recovery using 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene amplicon sequencing and nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics analysis. Elevated relative abundance of putative succinate-producing bacteria was associated with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels and eight fecal metabolites were associated with blood pressure outcomes. The link between sleep disruption and elevated blood pressure may be exacerbated or mitigated by changes in short chain fatty acid- and other metabolite-producing bacteria in the gut.
Professional development and teacher change in mathematics classrooms
Creators: name: Keast., Stephen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Ametrida Gray 1847
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Ametrida

description: Ametrida Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., p. 15. REVIEWED BY: R. Barquez (RB); J. Molinari (JML). ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008023000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Choosing the observational likelihood in state-space stock assessment models
Creators: name: Albertsen, Christoffer Moesgaard
name: Nielsen, Anders
name: Thygesen, Uffe Høgsbro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Data used in stock assessment models result from combinations of biological, ecological, fishery, and sampling processes. Since different types of errors propagate through these processes it can be difficult to identify a particular family of distributions for modelling errors on observations a priori. By implementing several observational likelihoods, modelling both numbers- and proportions-at-age, in an age based state-space stock assessment model, we compare the model fit for each choice of likelihood along with the implications for spawning stock biomass and average fishing mortality. We propose using AIC intervals based on fitting the full observational model for comparing different observational likelihoods. Using data from four stocks, we show that the model fit is improved by modelling the correlation of observations within years. However, the best choice of observational likelihood differs for different stocks, and the choice is important for the short-term conclusions drawn from the assessment model; in particular, the choice can influence total allowable catch advise based on reference points.
description: To be published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Water Lead Levels of Private Domestic Well-Supplied Homes in Three Rural Illinois Counties
Creators: name: Bressler, Jonathan Louis
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: In the wake of Flint, MI, there has been increased focus on impact of the corrosion of old service lines, premise piping, and solder on water lead levels (WLLs), and their contributions to population and community-wide lead intake. However, there has been less focus on the WLLs resulting from groundwater corrosion of private domestic wells (PDWs). Previous studies in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New York have uncovered elevated water lead levels, but have failed to characterize corrosivity. Research Question: To evaluate corrosivity and housing age as predictors of WLLs in PDW-supplied homes in rural Illinois, and develop a decision rule for local health department (LHD) testing prioritization. Design: Cross-sectional Setting: Jackson, Kane, and Peoria County, Illinois. Methods: We teamed up with LHDs to collect stagnant and flushed samples from households using PDWs. Year of home construction was determined by residents, and samples were analyzed for lead and corrosivity-related parameters (chloride, sulfate, and alkalinity). We conducted stratified bivariate analysis and logistic regression modelling to characterize relationships between WLLs, corrosivity (Larson Skold Index (LSI), Chloride to Sulfate Mass Ratio (CSMR)), and age of housing. Results: About 47% (n=97) of our first draw (stagnant) samples had detectable levels of lead, with only 3.1% exceeding EPA regulatory levels of 15 µg/L. LSI values did not vary significantly by county, while the CSMR was significantly higher in Kane than Jackson County (p<0.0001). We found significant differences in median WLLs of homes built before and after 1986 (before: 1.11, after: 0.54, p=0.01). There were statistically significant associations between LSI empirical cutoffs and lead detection and exceedance of 1.57 µg/L (67th percentile). Logistic regression modelling revealed stratum specific significant effects of lead detection (OR: 4.13, 95% CI: 1.02, 16.68) in the presence of pre-1986 homes and LSI values exceeding 0.59 (the 75th percentile). The modelled decision rule had low sensitivity (31.0%). Discussion and Conclusion: Limitations to this study include low generalizability, reliance on participant sampling and recall, corrosivity metrics limitations, and lack of direct plumbing/well inspections. Our decision rule was of limited utility, and LHDs should develop well and plumbing inspection expertise to compliment it.
An high definition view of the COSMOS Wall at z~0.73
Creators: name: Iovino, A.
name: Petropoulou, V.
name: Scodeggio, M.
name: Bolzonella, M.
name: Zamorani, G.
name: Bardelli, S.
name: Cucciati, O.
name: Pozzetti, L.
name: Tasca, L.
name: Vergani, D.
name: Zucca, E.
name: Finoguenov, A.
name: Ilbert, O.
name: Tanaka, M.
name: Salvato, M.
name: Kovac, K.
name: Cassata, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of a large filamentary structure at z~0.73 in the field of the COSMOS survey, the so-called COSMOS Wall. This structure encompasses a comprehensive range of environments from a dense cluster and a number of galaxy groups to filaments, less dense regions, and adjacent voids. It thus provides a valuable laboratory for the accurate mapping of environmental effects on galaxy evolution at a look-back time of ~6.5 Gyr, when the Universe was roughly half its present age. We performed deep spectroscopic observations with VIMOS at VLT of a K-band selected sample of galaxies in this complex structure, building a sample of galaxies complete in galaxy stellar mass down to a lower limit of log(M/M_sun)~ 9.8, which is significantly deeper than previously available data. Thanks to its location within the COSMOS survey, each galaxy benefits from a wealth of ancillary information. In this paper we detail the survey strategy and weighting scheme adopted to account for the biases introduced by the photometric pre-selection of our targets. We present our galaxy stellar mass and rest-frame magnitudes estimates together with a group catalog obtained with our new data and their member galaxies color/mass distribution. Owing to to our new sample we can perform a detailed, high definition mapping of the complex COSMOS Wall structure. The sharp environmental information, coupled with high quality spectroscopic information and rich ancillary data available in the COSMOS field, enables a detailed study of galaxy properties as a function of local environment in a redshift slice where environmental effects are important, and in a stellar mass range where mass and environment driven effects are both at work.
description: 19 pages, 16 figures, A&A accepted
Photospheric carbon and oxygen abundances of F-G type stars in the Pleiades cluster
Creators: name: Takeda, Yoichi
name: Hashimoto, Osamu
name: Honda, Satoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to investigate the carbon-to-oxygen ratio of the young open cluster M45 (Pleiades), the C and O abundances of selected 32 F-G type dwarfs (in the effective temperature range of Teff~5800-7600K and projected rotational velocity range of vesini~10-110km/s) belonging to this cluster were determined by applying the synthetic spectrum-fitting technique to C I 5380 and O I 6156-8 lines. The non-LTE corrections for these C I and O I lines were found to be practically negligible (less than a few hundredths dex). The resulting C and O abundances (along with the Fe abundance) turned out nearly uniform without any systematic dependence upon Teff or vesini. We found, however, in spite of almost solar Fe abundance ([Fe/H]~0), carbon turned out to be slightly subsolar ([C/H]~-0.1) while oxygen slightly supersolar ([O/H]~+0.1). This lead to a conclusion that [C/O] ratio was moderately subsolar (~-0.2) in the primordial gas from which these Pleiades stars were formed ~120--130 Myr ago. Interestingly, similarly young B-type stars are reported to show just the same result ([C/O]~-0.2), while rather aged (~1-10 Gyr) field F-G stars of near-solar metallicity yield almost the solar value ([C/O]~0) on the average. Such a difference in the C/O ratio between two star groups of distinctly different ages may be explained as a consequence of orbit migration mechanism which Galactic stars may undergo over a long time.
description: 22 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables (+ 1 online data table) accepted for publication in Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan [Only the metadata has been updated (correction to a typo in the name of an author, insertion of the journal name) without any change to the manuscript.]
Ametrida centurio Gray 1847
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Ametrida
Ametrida centurio

description: Ametrida centurio Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1847:15. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Para, Belem. DISTRIBUTION: Amazonian Brazil; Guyana; Surinam; Venezuela; Trinidad; Bonaire Isl. COMMENT: Includes minor; see Jones and Carter, 1976:29. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008023001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Jones, J. K., Jr., and D. C. Carter. 1976. Annotated checklist, with keys to subfamilies and genera. Part I. Pp. 7 - 38, in Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae. Part I (R. J. Baker, J. K. Jones, Jr., and D. C. Carter, eds.). Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, 10: 1 - 218."]}
Préface
Creators: name: Comte-Sponville, André
Publisher: name: Classiques Garnier
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Gestion
subject: Entreprises
subject: Histoire
subject: Philosophie
subject: Science

description: Henri Zimnovitch, dès ses études à la Sorbonne vers le milieu des années 1980, a montré que son goût pour la philosophie tenait à quelque chose de plus profond, de plus grave, de plus douloureux peut-être que la simple curiosité intellectuelle. Il concilie toujours passion et rigueur, amour de la pensée et respect du réel, enfin liberté du chercheur et responsabilité du citoyen.
Extended homologous series of Sn-O layered systems: a first-principles study
Creators: name: Govaerts, Kirsten
name: Partoens, Bart
name: Lamoen, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Apart from the most studied tin-oxide compounds, SnO and SnO2, intermediate states have been claimed to exist for more than a hundred years. In addition to the known homologous series (Seko et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 045702 (2008)), we here predict the existence of several new compounds with an O concentration between 50 % (SnO) and 67 % (SnO2). All these intermediate compounds are constructed from removing one or more (101) oxygen layers of SnO2. Since the van der Waals (vdW) interaction is known to be important for the Sn-Sn interlayer distances, we use a vdW-corrected functional, and compare these results with results obtained with PBE and hybrid functionals. We present the electronic properties of the intermediate structures and we observe a decrease of the band gap when (i) the O concentration increases and (ii) more SnO-like units are present for a given concentration. The contribution of the different atoms to the valence and conduction band is also investigated.
description: 8 pages
Ferrimagnetism in delta chain with anisotropic ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions
Creators: name: Dmitriev, D. V.
name: Krivnov, V. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider analytically and numerically an anisotropic spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ delta-chain (sawtooth chain) in which exchange interactions between apical and basal spins are ferromagnetic and those between basal spins are antiferromagnetic. In the limit of strong anisotropy of exchange interactions this model can be considered as the Ising delta chain with macroscopic degenerate ground state perturbed by transverse quantum fluctuations. These perturbations lift the ground state degeneracy and the model reduces to the basal XXZ spin chain in the magnetic field induced by static apical spins. We show that the ground state of such model is ferrimagnetic. The excitations of the model are formed by ferrimagnetic domains separated by domain walls with a finite energy. At low temperatures the system is effectively divided into two independent subsystems, the apical subsystem described by the Ising spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ chain and the basal subsystem described by the XXZ chain with infinite $zz$ interactions.
description: 18 pages, 9 figures
Towards Effective COVID-19 Medical Image Classification Using Metaheuristics and Machine Learning Approaches
Creators: name: Wang, Jiaji
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2025

description: Diagnosing life-threatening diseases like COVID-19 requires accurate and efficient methods to support timely decision-making. This research explores this possibility by introducing a new framework that combines optimisation algorithms with deep learning techniques. Hybrid optimisation methods were developed by pairing Wavelet Entropy with Artificial Bee Colony, Genetic Algorithm, and Particle Swarm Optimisation. Among these, WE-PSO achieved the best performance. It delivered an accuracy of 90.97% and an F1 score of 85.67%, effectively handling complex medical datasets. To address the limitations of traditional optimisation methods, a new model was created. This model combines the lightweight architecture of SqueezeNet with the classification capabilities of a Gaussian-kernel Support Vector Machine. It is referred to as the SGS model. The design balances efficiency and performance, making it suitable for resource-constrained environments. Experimental results demonstrated the superiority of the SGS model. It achieved an accuracy of 98.49% and an F1 score of 98.18%. This significantly outperformed WE-PSO and other methods. This research establishes a robust framework for COVID-19 detection and opens new possibilities for advancements in medical diagnostics.
title: Avant-propos
title: Le patron et le professeur
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sztarkman, Serge
Publisher: name: Classiques Garnier
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Gestion
subject: Entrepreneuriat
subject: Histoire
subject: Famille
subject: Expérience

description: Le respect qu’Henri Zimnovitch portait à son grand-père, juif émigré d’Europe centrale arrivé en France au tournant du xxe siècle, menant une activité de fripier, et à son père, son successeur dans cette entreprise, explique en bonne partie son choix de reprendre l’entreprise familiale et de suivre les études qui l’y ont préparé. Dans son activité académique, il a tiré profit de son expérience d’entrepreneur au sein d’une corporation connue pour son âpreté.
Valorization Dynamics in the Cancer Treatment Market
Creators: name: Lez E Trujillo Torres
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: My dissertation examines processes of valorization, which entail the assignment of value or worth to marketplace entities (e.g., individuals, products, institutions, relationships, or experiences) and how these processes are shaped by the interaction between individual consumption experiences and the historical sociocultural context. Using a multimethod approach, I focus on understanding how valorization takes place at the societal level through the construct of marketplace valorization (Essay 1) and at consumer level through the construct of consumer valorization (Essay 2), and where these two levels interact. The context of this dissertation is the important yet understudied consumption of health services in the cancer treatment market. These prolonged and complex consumption experiences are traumatic in nature, surrounded by urgency and uncertainty, with disease treatments resulting in value disparities related to side effects, mortality, and quality-of-life outcomes. This work makes three theoretical contributions. First, it delineates the construct of marketplace valorization- its subprocesses, influences, and implications for how hierarchies of value emerge. Second, it shows how consumer valorization changes over time under the influence of macro-societal forces, inscribing micro perspectives of value in health service consumption in their larger macro-social, cultural, and historical context. Third, overall I show that value processes are dynamic. These findings contribute to theories of value, extraordinary experiences, market dynamics, market evolution, consumption communities, and carry practical implications for how value processes emerge and shape disparities in health markets and other complex consumption contexts.
Tunnelling splitting in the phosphine molecule
Creators: name: Sousa-Silva, Clara
name: Tennyson, Jonathan
name: Yurchenko, Sergey N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Splitting due to tunnelling via the potential energy barrier has played a significant role in the study of molecular spectra since the early days of spectroscopy. The observation of the ammonia doublet led to attempts to find a phosphine analogous, but these have so far failed due to its considerably higher barrier. Full dimensional, variational nuclear motion calculations are used to predict splittings as a function of excitation energy. Simulated spectra suggest that such splittings should be observable in the near infrared via overtones of the $ν_2$ bending mode starting with $4ν_2$.
The cross cultural counselling experience : an investigation of perspectives of international students and counsellors
Creators: name: Kambouropoulos., Alexandra
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Anoura Gray 1838
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Anoura

description: Anoura Gray, 1838. Mag. Zool. Bot., 2:490. REVIEWED BY: R. Barquez (RB); T. A. Griffiths (TAG); J. Molinari (JML). COMMENT: Includes Lonchoglossa; see Cabrera, 1958:74. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405008015000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Cabrera, A. 1958. Dos felidos argentinos ineditos (Mammalia, Carnivora). Neotropica, 3 (12): 70 - 72."]}
Use of analogy in the teaching of biology concepts
Creators: name: Jolayemi., Christiana Olufunmilayo
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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