cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Weak Alfven-Wave Turbulence Revisited
Creators: name: Schekochihin, A. A.
name: Nazarenko, S. V.
name: Yousef, T. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weak Alfvenic turbulence in a periodic domain is considered as a mixed state of Alfven waves interacting with the two-dimensional (2D) condensate. Unlike in standard treatments, no spectral continuity between the two is assumed and indeed none is found. If the 2D modes are not directly forced, k^{-2} and k^{-1} spectra are found for the Alfven waves and the 2D modes, respectively, with the latter less energetic than the former. The wave number at which their energies become comparable marks the transition to strong turbulence. For imbalanced energy injection, the spectra are similar and the Elsasser ratio scales as the ratio of the energy fluxes in the counterpropagting Alfven waves. If the 2D modes are forced, a 2D inverse cascade dominates the dynamics at the largest scales, but at small enough scales, the same weak and then strong regimes as described above are achieved.
description: revtex, 5 pages, 2 figures; submitted
2019 Prince Edward Island Gambling Prevalence Study
Creators: name: MacSwain Standing, Mary-Ann
name: Kydd, Robyn
Publisher: name: Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU)
Year: 2021

description: In 2018, the Prince Edward Island (PEI) Department of Health and Wellness contracted the PEI Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU) to study the prevalence of gambling and problem gambling in Prince Edward Island. The primary purpose of this study was to provide updated prevalence estimates for gambling and at-risk gambling, examine the socio-demographic characteristics associated with at-risk gambling, and identify potential subgroups of at-risk gamblers for more in-depth study. Due to expansion of the availability of online gambling in recent years, an additional objective was to estimate the prevalence of in-person and online gambling, and to examine the socio-demographic characteristics and gambling behaviours associated with different methods of access.
Scattering Amplitudes with Open Loops
Creators: name: Cascioli, Fabio
name: Maierhöfer, Philipp
name: Pozzorini, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a new technique to generate scattering amplitudes at one loop. Traditional tree algorithms, which handle diagrams with fixed momenta, are promoted to generators of loop-momentum polynomials that we call open loops. Combining open loops with tensor-integral and OPP reduction results in a fully flexible, very fast, and numerically stable one-loop generator. As demonstrated with non-trivial applications, the open-loop approach will permit to obtain precise predictions for a very wide range of collider processes.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures; v2: Comment on ordering added after eq. (6); typos in eqs. (14,16,17) corrected; various cosmetic changes; reference added. Accepted for publication in PRL
Effects of a Paternal Diet High in Animal Protein versus Plant Protein on Offspring Metabolic and Microbial Outcomes in a Rodent Model
Creators: name: Patterson, Riley
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Metabolism
subject: Paternal Programming
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Nutrition
subject: Education--Health

description: Obesity and type 2 diabetes are influenced by genetic and environmental factors, including diet. In addition to the well-known influence of maternal nutrition on offspring health, paternal diet has also been shown recently to program lifelong disease risk in their offspring. For instance, a paternal diet high in casein protein demonstrated numerous protective effects for their offspring including reduced body fat percentage, enhanced insulin sensitivity and higher satiety hormone levels compared to paternal high fat or control diets. Based on mounting evidence of this paternal influence, as well as dietary guidance to consume more plant products, the objective of this thesis was to examine the effects of animal versus plant protein on paternal and offspring health. Five-week-old male Sprague Dawley rats (n=36) were randomized into three dietary intervention groups for 8-11 weeks: 1) control AIN-93; 2) high animal casein protein (AP); and 3) high plant pea protein (PP). They were then mated. Offspring were challenged with a high fat/sucrose diet (HFD) from 10-16 weeks of age. Metabolic and microbial outcomes assessed in the fathers and offspring included body composition (DXA), glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity (OGTT and ITT, respectively), gut microbial composition (16S rRNA sequencing), and gene expression (RT-PCR). The PP diet directly altered paternal hepatic microRNA expression and gut microbial profiles fostering improved metabolic functioning including enhanced insulin sensitivity and improved lipid metabolism and intestinal integrity depicted in decreased hepatic triglyceride and serum LPS levels, respectively. In contrast, adult offspring from fathers fed the AP diet exhibited increased adiposity, altered lipid metabolism, and dysregulated satiety hormones that were accompanied by altered miRNA expression and modified gut microbiota following 6-week exposure to a HFD. Overall, a paternal diet high in pea protein had numerous beneficial effects on the fathers’ metabolism and gut microbiota but had minimal effects on their offspring. Whereas a paternal diet high in animal protein during the preconception period had minimal effects on the fathers but programmed an increased predisposition to metabolic dysfunction in their adult offspring when unmasked by HFD exposure.
Additional file 4 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 4. Distribution of FSS-9 sum scores for integrated HCV treatmentand standard HCV treatmentgroups at baseline. Legends: The two graphsdisplay the FSS-9 sum scores for integrated HCV treatmentand standard HCV treatmentat baseline. The red lines demonstrate the distribution of the FSS-9 sum scores with skewness –0.8and –0.5and kurtoses 2.7 and 2.3. The FSS-9 sum scores ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue.
Insights into a heteromeric protein arginine N-methyltransferase complex
Creators: name: Pak, Laam
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Protein arginine N-methyltransferases (PRMTs) act in signaling pathways and gene expression by methylating arginine residues within target proteins. PRMT1 is responsible for most cellular arginine methylation activity and can work independently or in collaboration with other PRMTs. In this Ph.D. thesis I demonstrated an interaction between PRMT1 and -2 using co-immunoprecipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC). As a result of this interaction, PRMT2 stimulated PRMT1 methyltransferase activity, affecting its apparent Vmax and Km values in vitro, and increasing the production of methylarginines in cells. Active site mutations and regional deletions on PRMT1 and -2 were also investigated, which demonstrated that complex formation required full-length, active PRMT1. However, the interaction between PRMT1 and -2 proved insensitive to methylation inhibition in the absence of the PRMT2 Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, which suggests that the PRMT2 SH3 domain may mediate this interaction between PRMT1 and -2 in a methylation-dependent fashion. The role of the PRMT2 SH3 domain was investigated through screening for its associated proteins using GST-pull down assays followed by LC-MS/MS proteomic analysis. The result of this study revealed associations of the PRMT2 SH3 domain with at least 29 splicing-related proteins, suggesting a potential role of PRMT2 in regulating pre-mRNA processing and splicing. The interaction between PRMT2 and the Src substrate associated in mitosis of 68 kDa (Sam68) possibly through the PRMT2 SH3 domain was demonstrated using co-immunoprecipitation. Additionally, immunofluorescence results present herein imply that the PRMT2 SH3 domain could affect Sam68 sub-cellular localization in hypomethylated HeLa cells. The biological functions of PRMT2 and the PRMT1/2 heteromeric complex were explored by pursuing the identity of associated proteins common to both PRMT1 and -2 using mass spectrometry proteomics. Approximately 50% of the identified protein hits have reported roles in controlling gene expression, while other hits are involved in diverse cellular processes such as protein folding, degradation, and metabolism. Importantly, three novel PRMT2 binders, p53, promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML), and extra eleven nineteen (EEN) were uncovered, suggesting that PRMT2 could participate in regulation of transcription and apoptosis through PRMT2-protein interactions.
Colour reconnections in Herwig++
Creators: name: Gieseke, Stefan
name: Röhr, Christian
name: Siódmok, Andrzej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the implementation details of the colour reconnection model in the event generator Herwig++. We study the impact on final-state observables in detail and confirm the model idea from colour preconfinement on the basis of studies within the cluster hadronization model. Moreover, we show that the description of minimum bias and underlying event data at the LHC is improved with this model and present results of a tune to available data.
description: 19 pages, 21 figures, 2 tables. Matches with published version
Brane-world stars and (microscopic) black holes
Creators: name: Casadio, R.
name: Ovalle, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study stars in the brane-world by employing the principle of minimal geometric deformation and find that brane-world black hole metrics with a tidal charge are consistently recovered in a suitable limit. This procedure allows us to determine the tidal charge as a function of the black hole ADM mass (and brane tension). A minimum mass for semiclassical microscopic black holes can then be derived, with a relevant impact for the description of black hole events at the LHC.
description: LaTeX, 11 pages, 2 figures. Final version to appear in PLB
Single cell transcriptomic analysis of the identity and function of Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors in healthy and dystrophic muscle
Creators: name: Uapinyoying, Prech
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: FAPs
MSC
Skeletal muscle
scRNA-seq
Single-cell
Seurat
Transcriptomics
R

description: R scripts and Seurat objects used to produce the results and figures in the manuscript: Single cell transcriptomic analysis of the identity and function of Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors in healthy and dystrophic muscle. The scripts and data are organized into roughly the order of steps taken to process, analyze and plot figures for the manuscript.
Additional file 5 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 5. Primary end point analyses of mean and sum scores of FSS-9 at baseline and EOT12 Legends: The table displays the mean and sum scores of FSS-9 at baseline and EOT12 among participants who were included in the intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses, respectively. The FSS-9 sum score ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue. Each item was ranged on a Likert scale from 1 point, no fatigue, to 7 points, worst fatigue. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of treatment; SD: Standard deviation.
Geology and mineral deposits of the Cullen mineral field, Northern Territory.
Creators: name: Stuart-Smith, P.G.
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 1993
Subjects: GA Publication
Bulletin
geology
mineral deposits
AU-NT
Earth Sciences
Published_External

description: The Cullen Mineral Field, lying in the southern central part of the Pine Creek Geosyncline, contains early Proterozoic metasediments of the Namoona, Mount Partridge, South Alligator, and Finniss River Groups. The metasediments, originally shale, siltstone, quartz sandstone, conglomerate, greywacke, dolomite, dolarenite, dololutite and tuff, were intruded by pre-orogenic sills of Zamu Dolerite before being deformed and metamorphosed to greenschist facies between 1870 and 1780 Ma. These rocks, together with unconformably overlying felsic volcanics (El Sherana and Edith River Groups), were extensively metamorphosed by syn- to post-orogenic granitoids of the Cullen Batholith emplaced between 1830 and 1780 Ma. The Batholith contains granodiorite, several varieties of granite and leucogranite, bodies of monzonite, and younger syenite dykes. Largely undeformed Middle Proterozoic, Palaeozoic, and Mesowic strata rest on earlyProterozoic rocks with marked regional unconformity and form tablelands and plains bordering the mineral field to the southwest and southeast. The main forms of metal occurrence are: hydrothermal veins and stockworks (Sn, W, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu, Bi, As, D, and Mo); volcanogenic stratabound massive sulphide deposits (Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, and Zn); alluvial deposits (Au and Sn); and residual massive oxide deposits (Fe and Mn).The vast majority of mines have worked hydrothermal deposits which are mostly located in north to northwest-trending faults, shear zones, and associated structures within early Proterozoic metasediments and granitoids. Pyritic, dolomitic and carbonaceous strata are preferentially mineralised, especially within the Koolpin and Mount Bonnie Formations. The distribution of deposits within the contact aureole defines a zonation of uranium closest to granite, through tungsten, copper, tin, silver-lead, to gold with increasing distance from the granitoid contact. This nation probably reflects decreasing temperatures within the contact aureole at the time of generation of a variety of metal-bearing fluids, either during granitoid emplacement or later. A magmatic source for some of the metals is indicated, particularly in late-stage, highly fractionated leucogranites which form cusps peripheral to the main body of the Cullen Batholith. The Cullen Mineral Field has been a major centre of metal production, mainly for gold, silver, lead, copper, tin, tungsten and iron. Minor zinc, cadmium. bismuth, arsenic, molybdenum, uranium and limestone have also been won.
Exploring Medical Assistance in Dying and Moral Distress in Western Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nurses: An Interpretive Description Study
Creators: name: Dorman, Jennifer Denise
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Canada
subject: ethics
subject: interpretive description
subject: hospice
subject: medical assistance in dying (MAiD)
subject: moral distress
subject: nursing
subject: palliative care
subject: concept analysis
subject: integrative literature review
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: The prohibition against medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was removed from the Criminal Code in specific circumstances in Canada in 2016. Several moral and ethical questions arose from this decision. Gaps in the literature unearthed by this monumental shift in healthcare practice included how moral distress and moral uncertainty were conceptualized in the context of MAiD; what the discourse around death and dying in Canada looked like given this change; and whether hospice palliative care (HPC) nurses were experiencing moral distress when their patients requested, contemplated, or completed MAiD in a hospice setting. Methodology and methods: A simultaneous concept analysis of moral distress and moral uncertainty in the context of MAiD was undertaken, followed by an integrative literature review to better understand the discourse of dying in Canada around MAiD, as well as the relationship amongst MAiD, HPC, and suffering. An interpretive description study was completed regarding HPC nurses, MAiD, and moral distress in the setting of hospice. Semi-structured interviews were completed with 10 hospice palliative care nurses in a single province in Western Canada prior to thematic analysis and development of practice recommendations. Results: Moral distress in the context of MAiD focuses on nurses perceiving they know the right course of action to take but being unable to act in concert with their moral intuitions. Moral uncertainty centers on an inability to decide on which course of action to take or knowing what outcome is preferable. Four main themes were identified in the literature: the relationship between MAiD and HPC; suffering in the context of MAiD; moral distress and moral uncertainty in providing or not providing MAiD; and future research recommendations. HPC nurses described how MAiD requests could cause moral distress, but that moral distress was most often centered on hospice policies and procedures that influenced their relationships with and nursing practice around patients seeking MAiD. Conclusions: Hospice nurses struggle to provide high-quality HPC and participate meaningfully in MAiD due to several factors, including hospice policies and procedures. The gap between the care they want to provide and are able to provide results in moral distress. Recommendations for practice to reduce moral distress include revisiting policies and procedures, improving communication between the hospice and MAiD Teams, and supporting debriefing and further education around MAiD are offered.
Additional file 14 of Glycemic control and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated using glyburide, metformin, or insulin: a pairwise and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Dan-Qing
name: Xu, Guan-Xin
name: Teng, Xin-Yuan
name: Xu, Jing-Wei
name: Tang, Liang-Fang
name: Feng, Chun
name: Rao, Jin-Peng
name: Jin, Min
name: Wang, Li-Quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 14: Supplementary Fig. 12. Meta-analysis of treatment failure rate.
Additional file 6 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 6. Linear mixed model of ΔFSS-9 sum score from baseline to EOT12 for integrated HCV treatment (per-protocol) (number of participants = 212, number of observations: 424). Legends: The table displays a linear mixed model analysis (Restricted Maximum Likelihood) regression of the impact of integrated HCV treatment on changes in FSS-9 sum scores (ΔFSS-9 sum scores) from baseline to EOT12 (per-protocol analysis), adjusted for acheiving SVR at EOT12. The FSS-9 sum score ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of HCV treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item fatigue severity scale.
Design of stent expansion mechanisms
Creators: name: Douglas, Graeham Rees
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Stents are widely used in the treatment of vascular disease and they represent one of the most valuable medical device markets. It has been observed that the mechanical characteristics of a stent influences clinical outcomes. This thesis is concerned with the design of expansion mechanisms of balloon expandable stents based on the principles of lattice mechanics. Balloon expandable vascular stents are mesh-like, tubular structures used mainly to prop open narrowed arteries, and also to provide sealing and anchorage in a stent-graft for treatment of aneurysms or dissections. Presence of a spatially repeating geometric pattern of a `unit' or a cell is a striking feature of stents. Lattice mechanics deals with such spatially periodic materials and structures. The focus is on the plastic expansion phase of a stent from the initial crimped configuration. The elastic post-expansion phase is also considered. Eight unit cell-based stent designs are selected for this work. Their expansion characteristics are analyzed and measured. Analytical methods based on kinematics of stent expansion mechanisms are presented first which are then validated with more detailed Finite Element (FE) calculations. Analytical methods developed in this work aid rapid design calculations in selecting appropriate unit cell geometries. Three of the designs are manufactured through laser micromachining and tested for their expansion characteristics. The analytical methods were validated as they predicted similar expansion characteristics as finite element and experiment. Additionally, the study confirmed that stent designs with positive, negative, or zero axial strain over expansion is possible. Finally, the study suggest that unit cell design can be tailored to obtain desired length-diameter and pressure-diameter characteristics over the expansion phase of stenting.
Cosmic-ray antiproton constraints on light singlino-like dark matter candidates
Creators: name: Cerdeno, David G.
name: Delahaye, Timur
name: Lavalle, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The CoGeNT experiment, dedicated to direct detection of dark matter, has recently released excess events that could be interpreted as elastic collisions of $\sim$10 GeV dark matter particles, which might simultaneously explain the still mysterious DAMA/LIBRA modulation signals, while in conflict with results from other experiments such as CDMS, XENON-100 and SIMPLE. It was shown that 5-15 GeV singlino-like dark matter candidates arising in singlet extensions of minimal supersymmetric scenarios can fit these data; annihilation then mostly proceeds into light singlet-dominated Higgs (pseudo)scalar fields. We develop an effective Lagrangian approach to confront these models with the existing data on cosmic-ray antiprotons, including the latest PAMELA data. Focusing on a parameter space consistent with the CoGeNT region, we show that the predicted antiproton flux is generically in tension with the data whenever the produced (pseudo)scalars can decay into quarks energetic enough to produce antiprotons, provided the annihilation S-wave is significant at freeze out in the early universe. In this regime, a bound on the singlino annihilation cross section is obtained, $\sigv\lesssim 10^{-26}\,{\rm cm^3/s}$, assuming a dynamically constrained halo density profile with a local value of $ρ_\odot = 0.4\,{\rm GeV/cm^3}$. Finally, we provide indications on how PAMELA or AMS-02 could further constrain or detect those configurations producing antiprotons which are not yet excluded.
description: 27 pages, 14 figures. V2: additional constraints on couplings (results unchanged), explicit comparisons with more specific models, additional references (to appear in Nuclear Physics B)
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters in Millennium Gas simulations
Creators: name: Kay, Scott T.
name: Peel, Michael W.
name: Short, C. J.
name: Thomas, Peter A.
name: Young, Owain E.
name: Battye, Richard A.
name: Liddle, Andrew R.
name: Pearce, Frazer R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have exploited the large-volume Millennium Gas cosmological N-body hydrodynamics simulations to study the SZ cluster population at low and high redshift, for three models with varying gas physics. We confirm previous results using smaller samples that the intrinsic (spherical) Y_{500}-M_{500} relation has very little scatter (sigma_{log_{10}Y}~0.04), is insensitive to cluster gas physics and evolves to redshift one in accord with self-similar expectations. Our pre-heating and feedback models predict scaling relations that are in excellent agreement with the recent analysis from combined Planck and XMM-Newton data by the Planck Collaboration. This agreement is largely preserved when r_{500} and M_{500} are derived using the hydrostatic mass proxy, Y_{X,500}, albeit with significantly reduced scatter (sigma_{log_{10}Y}~0.02), a result that is due to the tight correlation between Y_{500} and Y_{X,500}. Interestingly, this assumption also hides any bias in the relation due to dynamical activity. We also assess the importance of projection effects from large-scale structure along the line-of-sight, by extracting cluster Y_{500} values from fifty simulated 5x5 square degree sky maps. Once the (model-dependent) mean signal is subtracted from the maps we find that the integrated SZ signal is unbiased with respect to the underlying clusters, although the scatter in the (cylindrical) Y_{500}-M_{500} relation increases in the pre-heating case, where a significant amount of energy was injected into the intergalactic medium at high redshift. Finally, we study the hot gas pressure profiles to investigate the origin of the SZ signal and find that the largest contribution comes from radii close to r_{500} in all cases. The profiles themselves are well described by generalised Navarro, Frenk & White profiles but there is significant cluster-to-cluster scatter.
description: 28 pages, 24 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS following minor revision. Now includes figure showing log-normal scatter in Y-M relation
Additional file 7 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 7. A linear prediction of changes in FSS-9 sum scores from baseline to EOT12. Legends: The figure displays the linear predictionincluding 95 % confidence intervals of changes in FSS-9 sum scorefrom baseline to EOT12 for integrated and standard HCV treatment groups. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of HCV treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item fatigue severity scale; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.
Arctosa tangguoi Wang, Li & Zhang 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Luyu
name: Lu, Tian
name: Cai, Ducheng
name: Barrion, Alberto Tomas
name: Heong, Kong-Luen
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Zhang, Zhisheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Lycosidae
Arctosa
Arctosa tangguoi

description: Arctosa tangguoi Wang, Li & Zhang, sp. nov. (Figs 16A–E, 17A–D, 18A–B) Type material. Holotype ♂, Lingshui County, Diaoluo Mountain Nature Reserve, 18°41.445′N, 109°52.410′E, elev. 620 m, 16.IV.2009, G. Tang leg. (IZCAS). Etymology. The specific epithet is taken from the name of Mr. Guo Tang in honour of his great contribution to Chinese arachnology; noun (name) in genitive case. Diagnosis. The new species resembles A. hainan Wang, Li & Zhang, sp. nov. (Figs 10C–F, 11A–F, 12A–B) but differs by the sword-shaped median apophysis (Figs 16B–E, 17A–B, D, 18A–B), which is slightly curved with a hook-shaped tip in the latter (Figs 10C–F, 11A–D, F, 12A–B). Terminal apophysis axe-shaped in the new species (Figs 16B–E, 17A–C, 18A– B), knife-shaped in A. hainan Wang, Li & Zhang, sp. nov. (Figs 10C–F, 11A–E, 12A–B). Embolus crescent-shaped in the new species (Figs 16B–E, 17A–C, 18A–B), longer than wide with broad tip in the latter (Figs 10C–F, 11A–E, 12A–B). Description. Male holotype (Fig. 16A) total length 4.40. Carapace 2.55 long, 1.81 wide; opisthosoma 1.91 long, 1.39 wide. Carapace black-brown. Eye region black-brown. Fovea longitudinal. Cervical groove and radial furrows indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.09, PME 0.21, PLE 0.16; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.13, PME–PLE 0.16. Clypeus height 0.06. Chelicerae brown. Labium yellow-brown. Endites yellow-brown, longer than wide. Sternum yellow-brown, with sparse brown setae. Legs yellow-brown, with brown pigmentation. Leg measurements: I 5.23 (1.65, 1.92, 1.01, 0.65); II 5.14 (1.46, 1.76, 1.13, 0.79); III 4.97 (1.39, 1.55, 1.32, 0.71); IV 7.25 (1.87, 2.27, 2.06, 1.05). Dorsum of opisthosoma black-brown, with 5 pairs of white spots, cardiac mark distinct. Ventrum yellow-brown. Palp (Figs 16B–E, 17A–D, 18A–B). Median apophysis sword-shaped, with an anterior furrow. Terminal apophysis longer than wide, distally axe-shaped. Conductor small, membranous. Embolus crescent-shaped with an outgrowth medially. Female unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Hainan Island, China.
description: Published as part of Wang, Luyu, Lu, Tian, Cai, Ducheng, Barrion, Alberto Tomas, Heong, Kong-Luen, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Zhisheng, 2021, Review of the wolf spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae: Lycosidae), pp. 16-74 in Zoological Systematics 46 (1) on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021102, http://zenodo.org/record/5366340
Organic Photovoltaics: Exploring N-annulated Perylene Diimide Derived Acceptors Through Spin-Coating to Slot-Die Coating for Indoor and Outdoor Applications
Creators: name: Nazari, Maryam
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Perylene Diimide
subject: Organic Photvoltaics
subject: Indoor Photovoltaics
subject: Energy

description: This thesis is focused on the processing and characterization of thin films of perylene diimide materials, as well as the fabrication and examination of related bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices. The first chapter begins with an introductory overview, explaining the appealing features of perylene diimide materials. It then extends its focus to include organic photovoltaics, explaining the fundamental mechanisms and highlighting the adoptability of perylene diimide materials in this field. Furthermore, it presents examples of N annulation, outlining its essential role and importance in enhancing the thin film properties. Chapter 2 centers on the impact of N annulation on the solid-state properties of various PDI materials, including PDI, tPDI2, PDIN-Hex, and t-PDI2N-Hex. Specifically, this chapter investigates how the characteristics of these materials in thin film influences key parameters in OPV devices. Chapter 3 expands on structural variations on PDIN dimer and studies compounds including tPDI2N-benzyl, tPDI2N-benzylF, and tPDI2N-benzylF5, with the aim of understanding how modifications to the side chains of PDI dimers affect solid-state morphology and, consequently, organic photovoltaic performance. In Chapter 4, the modification of side chains is extended to include tPDI2N-Glycol, tPDI2N-TriAlkoxyBenzyl, tPDI2MesitylBenzyl, and tPDI2N-EthylAdamantane, with the goal of optimizing specific device parameters crucial for practical applications, such as indoor organic photovoltaics. A scalable approach is employed in this chapter to address challenges related to the transition from laboratory-scale processes to industrial-scale applications, setting the stage for work in the subsequent chapter. To address additional scalability factors, Chapter 5 reexamines the utilization of monomers, employing PDIN-EH to attain enhanced scalability. The emphasis is placed on scalable materials and coating techniques alike, with slot-die coating serving a crucial role in facilitating the transition from laboratory-scale processes to industrial-viable applications.
On the origin of the Cold Spot
Creators: name: Inoue, Kaiki Taro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a concordant $Λ$ Cold Dark Matter ($Λ$CDM) model, large-angle Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropy due to linear perturbations in the local universe is not negligible. We explore a possible role of an underdense region (void) that may cause an anomalous Cold Spot (CS) in the CMB sky. Although the observed anomalous cold region with a surrounding hot ring can be produced by an underdense region surrounded by a massive wall, a decrement in the CMB temperature in the line-of-sight is suppressed because of blueshift of CMB photons that pass the wall. Therefore, undercompensated models give better agreement with the observed data in comparison with overcompensated or compensated models. We find that it is likely that $\sim$90 per cent of the CMB fluctuation is generated due to an overdense region surrounded by an underdense region at the last scattering surface, and the remaining $\sim 10$ per cent is produced due to a single spherical underdense region with a radius $r\sim 6\times 10^2 h^{-1}$Mpc and a density contrast $δ_m\sim -0.009$ ($2 σ$) at redshift $z\sim 1$ in the line-of-sight to the CS. The probability of chance alignment of such two structures is $\sim 0.7$ per cent if the perturbation with an underdense region at $z\sim 1$ is moderately undercompensated.
description: Version accepted for publication in MNRAS. Several typos and some expression are corrected. 7 pages, 8 figures, use style file mn2e.cls and bibliography file mn2e.bst
Depositional History and Petroleum Potential of the Middle Devonian Fort Vermilion Formation, Alberta
Creators: name: Heath, Danica Pearl
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Devonian
subject: Fort Vermilion
subject: carbonate
subject: evaporite
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Geochemistry

description: The Devonian Fort Vermilion Formation in the Swan Hills area of Alberta comprises interbedded anhydrite and carbonates. Generally interpreted as being formed subaerially in a sabkha environment, a new depositional model is proposed for this unit whereby sedimentation occurred subaqueous in a protected, variably deep, restricted basin. Based upon core examination, petrography, and various geochemical analyses, four facies assemblages representing four environments were identified: restricted and hypersaline, early diagenetic, moderately restricted, and euhaline. Three models, differing primarily on scale and proximity to the marine environment are discussed; these are: i) salina; ii) restricted lagoon; and iii) lake. The evidence garnered through this study are most consistent with deposition in a hypersaline lagoon setting, cut off from the open marine environment. Early deposition was most restricted with fluctuating water chemistry resulting in the deposition of carbonate and evaporite units. Seawater and associated ions were supplied to the system via evaporative drawdown through a seaward barrier or tidal channels. Relative sea level rise resulted in a better connection with the open ocean and the end of evaporite deposition, though salinity-restricted conditions persisted, as demonstrated by a paucity of marine biota. Following further sea level rise normal marine conditions ensued. The petroleum potential of the Fort Vermilion Formation was also investigated, though it was determined that the absence of organic matter (indicated by very low TOC values) prevented the generation of any substantial amount of hydrocarbons.
Application of multiple reflections in seismic imaging
Creators: name: Huang, Shang
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Seismic multiple reflections
subject: Seismic migration
subject: Machine learning
subject: Time-lapse monitoring
subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Multiple reflections in seismic imaging provide additional information and insights into subsurface structures. However, their practical utilization could be improved due to their complex interaction with the subsurface and interference with primary reflections and noise. This thesis aims to use multiples in seismic imaging in two contexts: classical and machine learning imaging. For the first context, I attempt to extend aperture illumination in a phase shift plus interpolation (PSPI) migration by adding scattering terms in the phase-shift wavefield propagation operator. This method iteratively adds scattering terms for each reflector as the source and receiver wavefields propagate downward into the subsurface, which helps in efficiently extending the illumination of horizontal reflector edges. In the second context, I consider improving images from reverse time migration (RTM). RTM with multiple reflections (RTMM) can improve illumination but suffers from interferences between different orders of multiples. To overcome this limitation, I proposed a method based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) and U-Nets that approximates the inverse of the Hessian similarly to least squares migration, but with less computational cost. The U-NET is trained to learn patterns representing the relation between the reflectivity obtained through RTMM and the true reflectivity. I further developed this by adding a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) input channel which provides an additional constraint that helps to enhance image resolution. Finally, as a key application of the above techniques, I consider the problem of time-lapse seismic monitoring which attempts to detect very weak signal differences produced by changes in reservoirs. This technique is affected by changes in the near-surface noise and insufficient illumination to detect the weak changes. I proposed a novel method that leverages stacked long short-term memory (SD-LSTM) and U-Net neural networks to predict and mitigate noise in monitor data. I test the method in a field dataset, DAS VSP data from the CaMI FRS project. The output provides meaningful information and prediction for CO2 injection migration within a target area. This result aligns closely with the CaMI FRS project CO2 injection plan, providing valuable insights for monitoring the CO2 migration paths for the Basal Belly River Sandstone Formation.
Probing the Scattering of Equivalent Electroweak Bosons
Creators: name: Borel, Pascal
name: Franceschini, Roberto
name: Rattazzi, Riccardo
name: Wulzer, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the kinematic conditions under which the scattering of equivalent massive spin-1 vector bosons factorizes out of the complete process. In practice, we derive the conditions for the validity of the effective W approximation, proposed long ago but never established on a firm basis. We also present a parametric estimate of the corrections to the approximation and explicitly check its validity in two examples.
description: 36 pages, 14 figures, references added
A Preliminary and Qualitative Exploration of Best Practices for Enhancing the Learning Experiences of Elementary Children with Learning Disabilities within Inclusive Classrooms
Creators: name: Russo, Gabriella Marie
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Education--Early Childhood
subject: Educational Psychology
subject: Education--Teacher Training

description: According to the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC), learning disabilities are the most common exceptionality among Canadian children (2017). Students with LD’s experience deficits in the foundational areas necessary to succeed in school and beyond and research highlights the necessity of early intervention for students with learning disabilities and other exceptionalities (Cooper et al., 2014; Johnson, 2017; Pesova et al., 2014). For educators and parents, public education is seen as one of the top priorities for Albertans (Alberta Teacher’s Association, 2023). There is a gap in the research exploring the opinions of experts in the field of learning disabilities regarding best practices for supporting elementary students with learning disabilities within inclusive classrooms in Alberta, Canada. This study explored those opinions through a Delphi-Focus Group hybrid study. Participants identified as experts in the field of learning disabilities (N=15), participated in three focus group sessions exploring their opinions on various topics. Resulting transcripts were anonymized, analyzed using qualitative content analysis (Mayring, 2022), and verified through an intercoder check. Results were organized into main categories and subcategories. Areas with approximately 50% agreement or higher among experts were identified as having more practical impacts on the field. These areas included modifications to teacher training programs (i.e., a better understanding of inclusion and how students with learning disabilities learn), greater opportunity for collaboration among more and less experienced teachers, the use of direct instruction as the primary instructional method for students with learning disabilities, the importance of connection before curriculum, advocating to government (i.e., more government funding), and addressing barriers (i.e., failure of policy and the system, increased demands on teachers, large class sizes, complex classrooms, lack of access to good resources and supports for identified students). Future directions are also discussed.
The central Blue Straggler population in four outer-halo globular clusters
Creators: name: Beccari, Giacomo
name: Lützgendorf, Nora
name: Olczak, Christoph
name: Ferraro, Francesco R.
name: Lanzoni, Barbara
name: Carraro, Giovanni
name: Stetson, Peter B.
name: Sollima, Antonio
name: Boffin, Henri M. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using HST/WFPC2 data, we have performed a comparative study of the Blue Straggler Star (BSS) populations in the central regions of the globular clusters AM 1, Eridanus, Palomar 3, and Palomar 4. Located at distances RGC > 50 kpc from the Galactic Centre, these are (together with Palomar 14 and NGC 2419) the most distant clusters in the Halo. We determine their colour-magnitude diagrams and centres of gravity. The four clusters turn out to have similar ages (10.5-11 Gyr), significantly smaller than those of the inner-Halo globulars, and similar metallicities. By exploiting wide field ground based data, we build the most extended radial density profiles from resolved star counts ever published for these systems. These are well reproduced by isotropic King models of relatively low concentration. BSSs appear to be significantly more centrally segregated than red giants in all globular clusters, in agreement with the estimated core and half-mass relaxation times which are smaller than the cluster ages. Assuming that this is a signature of mass segregation, we conclude that AM 1 and Eridanus are slightly dynamically more evolved than Pal 3 and Pal 4.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ, references updated
Additional file 8 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 8. Pen’s parades of FSS-9 sum scores at baseline and EOT12. Legends: The figures display participants who received integrated and standard HCV treatment and were included in the per-protocol analysis. The graphs demonstrate the FSS-9 sum scores at baseline/prior to the HCV treatment and EOT12. The red line represents the FSS-9 sum scores at baseline when the participants are in sorted order by FSS-9 sum scores to highestscore). The blue spikes demonstrate the FSS-9 sum score at EOT12. The length of the spikes mark the changes in the FSS-9 sum score from baseline to EOT12. Participants without spikes did not complete FSS-9 assessment at EOT12. The dotted line demonstrates the cut-off value for severe fatigue. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item Fatigue Severity Scale.