cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Foreground Emission
Creators: name: Bennett, C.
name: Hill, R. S.
name: Hinshaw, G.
name: Nolta, M. R.
name: Odegard, N.
name: Page, L.
name: Spergel, D. N.
name: Weiland, J. L.
name: Wright, E. L.
name: Halpern, M.
name: Jarosik, N.
name: Kogut, A.
name: Limon, M.
name: Meyer, S. S.
name: Tucker, G. S.
name: Wollack, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Full sky maps are made in five microwave frequency bands to separate the temperature anisotropy of the CMB from foreground emission. We define masks that excise regions of high foreground emission. The effectiveness of template fits to remove foreground emission from the WMAP data is examined. These efforts result in a CMB map with minimal contamination and a demonstration that the WMAP CMB power spectrum is insensitive to residual foreground emission. We construct a model of the Galactic emission components. We find that the Milky Way resembles other normal spiral galaxies between 408 MHz and 23 GHz, with a synchrotron spectral index that is flattest (beta ~ -2.5) near star-forming regions, especially in the plane, and steepest (beta ~ -3) in the halo. The significant synchrotron index steepening out of the plane suggests a diffusion process in which the halo electrons are trapped in the Galactic potential long enough to suffer synchrotron and inverse Compton energy losses and hence a spectral steepening. The synchrotron index is steeper in the WMAP bands than in lower frequency radio surveys, with a spectral break near 20 GHz to beta < -3. The modeled thermal dust spectral index is also steep in the WMAP bands, with beta ~ 2.2. Microwave and H alpha measurements of the ionized gas agree. Spinning dust emission is limited to < ~5% of the Ka-band foreground emission. A catalog of 208 point sources is presented. Derived source counts suggest a contribution to the anisotropy power from unresolved sources of (15.0 +- 1.4) 10^{-3} microK^2 sr at Q-band and negligible levels at V-band and W-band.
description: Replaced with version accepted by ApJ. One of 13 companion papers on first-year WMAP results. 42 pages with 13 figures; a version with higher quality figures is at http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Valuing Automobile Fuel Economy Over Time
Creators: name: Espey, Molly
name: Walker, John E.
name: Espey, Molly
name: Walker, John E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Many aspects of automobile markets have changed significantly over the past decade, from vehicle weigh and power to technology for improvements in fuel economy, fundamentally altering tradeoffs among vehicle characteristics. Further, several significant laws were passed mandating increases in vehicle fuel economy. To understand the impact of such legislation, it is critical to know how consumers value fuel economy and other vehicle characteristics. While previous research has estimated the value of automobile fuel economy using hedonic analysis, this research adds to this literature by examining how this value changes over time, in particular in light of changing fuel prices over time, and highlights the significance of uncertainty in fuel economy measures in making such as estimation.
Care Team Utilization of the GINA Guidelines to Improve Quality of Pediatric Asthma Care
Creators: name: Cloud, Brandy
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Purpose: Asthma is a chronic condition that affects millions of people, many of whom are children. There is a significant amount of evidence detailing best evidence step-by-step treatments based on severity, yet many children still have uncontrolled asthma. The comprehensive management of asthma is essential to improve health outcomes for children with asthma.
Methods: This project evaluated the implementation of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines and assessed the barriers and facilitators present in a pediatric clinic which impact care delivery. This project Involved the implementation of an educational intervention based on the GINA guidelines to facilitate a team-based approach to asthma management.
Results: Eight staff members participated in the project. The most significant changes were 75% of staff reported an increase in their knowledge of the GINA guideline recommendations, staff reported a 25% increase in team member participation in asthma care, and staff reported a 12.5% increase in their feelings of support for the use of team-based implementation of the GINA guidelines from leadership. The results of this quality improvement project support the use of Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations model as a theoretical framework to support implementation of a team-based approach to the use of the GINA guidelines in a pediatric clinic.
Conclusions: Education on evidence-based guidelines improves clinic staff knowledge and utilization of the guidelines. However, factors such as leadership involvement, clinic infrastructure, and standardized clinical tools are essential for successful implementation of a team-based approach to asthma management.
Reissner Nordström Background Metric in Dynamical Co-ordinates: Exceptional Behaviour of Hadamard States
Creators: name: Barve, Sukratu
name: Prasanna, A. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We cast the Reissner Nordstrom solution in a particular co-ordinate system which shows dynamical evolution from initial data. The initial data for the $E
Evidence-Based Interventions: Improving Influenza Vaccination Rate Among Health Care Workers (HCWs) Targeting Direct Care-Givers
Creators: name: Fraser-Johnson, Jennelyn
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Background: Influenza is a contagious disease affecting over three million people every year. It is associated with yearly seasonal outbreaks which increases the risk of mortality among immune-compromised, hospitalized clients, clients in long-term care facilities and also enhances the risk of infection in healthcare workers (HCWs). Nosocomial infections and employees’ absenteeism are often associated with the flu. A high influenza vaccination rate in health care professionals reduces the risk of influenza infection as well as being a cost- effective strategy to reduce lost work hours. A Joint Commission criterion for accreditation for healthcare facilities is to achieve a 90% or better vaccination rate by 2020. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was, to educate and increase HCWs awareness of the impact of influenza, remove barriers to taking the vaccine, consequently improving vaccination rate. Methods: This project evaluated the impact of a comprehensive educational program guided by the Health Belief Model (HBM), and a leadership-modeled intervention; administering pre and post-questionnaires to a group of HCWswho either worked in acute or long-term care facility or declined the flu vaccine in 2016/17 season. Results/conclusion: There was a 45% increase in vaccination rate in acute and 36.3% increase in LTC among N= 110 participants.Vaccination rate for the organization improved from 66% to 82.2%. Use of education and active leadership support increased HCWs understanding of influenza illness, and removed important barriers that affected decisions to be vaccinated.
Keywords: Influenza vaccine, health behaviors, healthcare workers, vaccination rate, hospital.
Risk and Social Democracy
Creators: name: Quiggin, John
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Risk and uncertainty

description: ‘Risk’ has become a central theme in 21st-century policy thinking. The fact that individuals and families are vulnerable to a wide range of social, economic and other risks, and that collective action is needed to help reduce and manage these risks, has long been important in social democratic thinking. The aim of this paper is to show how an improved understanding of risk can contribute to the development of a modernised social democratic model.
Measuring the Impact: A RE-AIM Framework for Evaluation of a Needle Exchange Program
Creators: name: Novacek, Lindsay
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Background: Needle exchange programs (NEPs) have been widely documented over the past three decades as an effective and economic approach to controlling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As of July 1st, 2016, these programs have been legalized in North Carolina. Purpose: To perform stage 1 of an evaluation of a needle exchange program in North Carolina by utilizing a public health framework: the Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM). Methods: First, the RE-AIM framework was used to create a plan for a program evaluation of a local NEP. Then, the first stage of the evaluation was completed. NEP program participants were interviewed to discuss their motivations, barriers, and use of the program’s services. Additionally, a survey was distributed to local law enforcement officers to assess their experiences, knowledge and attitudes of needle exchange and the laws governing it in North Carolina. Results: Generally, program participants believe the NEP provides a non-judgmental atmosphere and a sense of community. They also wish for alternate hours and more advertising regarding programs that are offered. Twenty three percent of area police incorrectly believe possession of syringes and other supplies from a needle exchange is illegal. Conclusions: The NEP should concentrate on increasing awareness of the programs they offer and investigate providing alternate hours of operation. Furthermore, local area police may need additional training regarding the legality of needle exchange in this area, including how to respond to scenarios that impact drug users. Implications for Practice: The RE-AIM framework was provided to the NEP for further evaluation. Offering training for local area police may increase their knowledge of the law and improve relations with participants of the NEP. More flexible hours at the NEP site may make their services more accessible to a variety of people.
Beyond Stop/Go? Explaining Australia's Long Boom
Creators: name: Bell, Stephen
name: Quiggin, John
name: Bell, Stephen
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Financial Economics
Political Economy

description: The pattern of boom and bust that characterised the Australian economy from the early 1970s to the early 1990s currently seem to be a thing of the past as Australia enters its sixteenth year of uninterrupted expansion. The expansion has lasted twice as long as those of the 1970s and 1980s, which raises the question — why has it happened? one way of simplifying our approach to this question is to identify the major factors that previously precipitated major slumps or recessions. The major recessions of the mid 1970s, the early 1980s and the early 1990s, were induced by monetary policy and a determination by of the Treasury and Reserve Bank to slow an overheated economy. The first two policy-induced recessions were aimed primarily at fighting inflation. The recession of the early 1990s was a product of policy attempts to slow the economy in the face of a combined current account crisis and domestic financial overheating, particularly the credit-fuelled asset price inflation of the late 1980s. Our main task in this paper is to try and explain why these earlier recessionary drivers have thus far largely abated during the current expansion. This involves tracing two processes, the economic problems in question, and the policy responses to them, especially the monetary policy responses
Breakthrough opportunities and competitive advantages of FMCG markets in India
Creators: name: Muramalla, Venkata Sai Srinivasa Rao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 150501 Consumer-Oriented Product or Service Development

description: This article is on fast moving consumer goods.
Deterministic and Stochastic Research of Cubic Population Model with Harvesting
Creators: name: Gültekin, Özgür
name: Eskin, Çağatay
name: Yazıcıoğlu, Esra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A detailed examination of the effect of harvesting on a population has been carried out by extending the standard cubic deterministic model by considering a population under Allee effect with a quadratic function representing harvesting. Weak and strong Allee effect transitions, carrying capacity, and Allee threshold change according to harvesting is first discussed in the deterministic model. A Fokker Planck equation has been obtained starting from a Langevin equation subject to correlated Gaussian white noise with zero mean, and an Approximate Fokker Planck Equation has been obtained from a Langevin equation subject to correlated Gaussian colored noise with zero mean. This allowed to calculate the stationary probability distributions of populations, and thus to discuss the effects of linear and nonlinear (Holling type-II) harvesting for populations under Allee effect and subject to white and colored noises respectively.
description: 18 pages, 33 figures
Screening for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) in Veterans: A Quality Improvement Project to Change the Identification and Referral Process in Primary Care Providers.
Creators: name: Simonini, Chiara
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Background: The incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) among veterans has increased exponentially in those who served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Identification and treatment for these injuries remains difficult due to variance in screening methods, interpretation of results, and barriers to access to care. Purpose: The goal of this quality improvement project is to improve TBI screening process offered to veterans by healthcare workers and providers in an outpatient VA clinic in the northeast. Methods: Current standards of practice and provider knowledge were assessed through focus groups, pre-intervention survey, followed by educational outreach to provide information specific to TBI and screening for this condition. Data about rates of diagnoses and referrals for a 4-month period prior to intervention were measured against those during the 4-month pilot period. Effectiveness of educational interventions were measured through post-intervention survey and follow-up focus groups. Results: Retrospective data indicated that 319 veterans presented for care during the 4 months prior to the initiation of the proposed change in process. Of this number, 10 screenings were performed by the provider/staff, resulting in 2 referrals for follow up. Out of the 100 veterans who presented to the CBOC during the implementation phase, 13 screenings were performed by the DNP student, 5 of which were positive. The change in process resulted in an increase in TBI screenings being performed on veterans presenting for care in the CBOC by 10%, which can be attributed to one or more of changes in process that occurred due to this project. Results from pre-intervention and post-intervention surveys indicate an increase in knowledge base on TBI symptoms and screening process. Conclusion: The screening process for identifying traumatic brain injuries in veterans is improved by increasing the knowledge about identifying TBI among healthcare providers, increasing the frequency of evaluation in veterans, and broadening the scope of which veterans are screened. Creating more effective TBI screening procedures in primary care settings and using a well-defined and specific tool will increase rates of identification, leading to appropriate referrals, treatment, and improved health outcomes in veterans. Due to the Department of Veterans Affairs being a federally governed institution, the changes implemented during this project would require approval prior to being considered as a sustainable intervention throughout the entire organization.
Additional file 11 of Characterisation of the enzyme transport path between shipworms and their bacterial symbionts
Creators: name: Pesante, Giovanna
name: Sabbadin, Federico
name: Elias, Luisa
name: Steele-King, Clare
name: Shipway, J. Reuben
name: Dowle, Adam A.
name: Li, Yi
name: Busse-Wicher, Marta
name: Dupree, Paul
name: Besser, Katrin
name: Cragg, Simon M.
name: Bruce, Neil C.
name: McQueen-Mason, Simon J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11: Table S5. The amino acid sequences of the bacterial proteins LpsGH5_8, LpsGH11, LpsGH134a, LpsGH134b and LpsAA10A. Text in red represents the signal peptide. File format .DOCX.
Amateur content production, networked innovation and innovation policy
Creators: name: Quiggin, John
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Technical innovation
subject: cultural innovation

description: The central common feature of a number of recent technological developments (collectively referred to as Web 2.0) is collaborative production of content on an amateur basis, that is, for motives other than commercial reward. Amateur production of content generates significant external benefits that are shared by society in general. Indeed the amateur production of various types of content is probably more socially beneficial since it is typically given away free The individual and social benefits of such activity therefore justify public policy responses to the opportunity now before us.
Konstantinos Laskaris, der Matrit. 4559 und das Etymologicum Genuinum
Creators: name: Valente, Stefano
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2024
Subjects: Etymologicum Genuinum, Constantine Lascaris, Byzantine etymologica, lexicography

description: In the MS. Madrid, BN, 4559 mainly transmitting a lexicon being a mixture of Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum plus supplements from the Suda, Constantine Laskaris supplemented a bifolium (ff. 324r-326v) for integrating the alphabetic section tau, almost completely missing in the core text. In doing this, he excerpted the MS. Vat. gr. 1818, the cod. A of the Etymologicum Genuinum. Since a folium in the latter manuscript is now damaged, the Matrit. 4559 will be useful for reconstructiong the text of the Etymologicum Genuinum for this part of the text.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 14 (2024)
Unemployment Policy: Unemployment, Underemployment and Labour Market Insecurity
Creators: name: Bell, Stephen
name: Quiggin, John
name: Bell, Stephen
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Labour market
subject: unemployment

description: In this chapter we argue that Australia’s labour market features too much unemployment, underemployment or associated forms of labour market insecurity. The later term implies a weak or tenuous connection to the labour force through underemployment or involuntary casual or part-time work and/or low wages or other manifestations of weakness visà- vis employers. The direct and indirect costs of such malfunctions in the labour market are reflected in a range of economic, social, health and other costs (Watts 2000; Saunders and Taylor 2002). Estimates of the costs of unemployment and underemployment range from $20 to $40bn per annum in Australia (Watts 2000). A good deal of social policy is directed to problems emanating from the labour market and its various malfunctions. Accordingly, a good way to minimize the need for expensive and often difficult social policy interventions is to try and organize the labour market so that it provides reasonable jobs for those that seek them.
Fahrenholzia zacatecae Ferris 1922
Creators: name: Howell, Lindsey
name: Jelden, Katelyn
name: Rácz, Elizabeth
name: Gardner, Scott L.
name: Gettinger, Donald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Polyplacidae
Fahrenholzia
Fahrenholzia zacatecae

description: Fahrenholzia zacatecae Ferris
 Type host: Chaetodipus hispidus zacatecae Osgood, 1900, Valparaiso, Zacatecas, Mexico.
 Deposition, host records, and locality: HWML 91984, C. hispidus /Grama Grass 2012; HWML 101678, C.hispidus /Grama Grass 2012; HWML 101682, C.hispidus /Grama Grass 2012.
 Remarks: This species is a permanent associate with the Hispid Pocket Mouse, C. hispidus, and probably infests this host throughout its geographic range, including Mexico, Arizona, and Texas (Kim et al. 1986). Light and Hafner (2007) report a vouchered C. hispidus infested with this louse species in Hidalgo County, Texas. In Oklahoma, however, Ellis (1955) reports Fahrenholzia tribulosa Ferris, 1922, as the louse from C. hispidus.
description: Published as part of Howell, Lindsey, Jelden, Katelyn, Rácz, Elizabeth, Gardner, Scott L. & Gettinger, Donald, 2016, Arthropods infesting small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) near Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska, pp. 1-16 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (478) on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170591
Growth of Indian insurance industry in the era of liberalization
Creators: name: Muramalla, Venkata Sai Srinivasa Rao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150502 Marketing Communications
subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: 150504 Marketing Measurement
subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: 150506 Marketing Theory
subject: 150599 Marketing not elsewhere classified

description: This article shows the trend of indian insurance industry.
On-sky speckle nulling through a single-mode fiber with the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer
Creators: name: Xin, Yinzi
name: Xuan, Jerry W.
name: Mawet, Dimitri
name: Wang, Jason
name: Ruane, Garreth
name: Echeverri, Daniel
name: Jovanovic, Nemanja
name: Do O, Clarissa
name: Fitzgerald, Michael
name: Horstman, Katelyn
name: Hsu, Chih-Chun
name: Liberman, Joshua
name: Lopez, Ronald A.
name: Phillips, Caprice L.
name: Ren, Bin B.
name: Ruffio, Jean-Baptiste
name: Sappeye, Ben
Publisher: name: Proceedings of AO4ELT7 conference 2023 - Editors: Thierry Fusco and Benoit Neichel
Year: 2023
Subjects: SPECKLE NULLING
SPECKLE CONTROL
ON
SKY
SINGLE MODE FIBER
FIBER
FED SPECTROGRAPH

description: The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a series of upgrades for the Keck II Adaptive Optics system and the NIRSPEC spectrograph to enable diffraction-limited, high-resolution (R30,000) spectroscopy in the K and L bands. KPIC uses single-mode fibers to couple the adaptive optics system to NIRSPEC, and its sensitivity at small separations is limited by the leakage of stellar light into the fiber. Speckle nulling is a technique that uses a deformable mirror to destructively interfere starlight with itself. We present the first on-sky demonstration of speckle nulling through an optical fiber with KPIC, using NIRSPEC to collect exposures that measure speckle phase for quasi-real-time wavefront control while also serving as science data. We show a decrease in the on-sky stellar coupling by a factor of 2.6 to 2.8 in the targeted spectral order, at a spatial separation of 2 I/D. This corresponds to an estimated factor of 2.6 to 2.8 decrease in the required exposure time to reach a given SNR, relative to conventional KPIC observations. The performance of speckle nulling is limited by instability in the speckle phase: when the loop is opened, the null-depth degrades by a factor of 2 on the timescale of a single phase measurement. Future work includes exploring gradient-descent methods, which may be faster and thereby able to achieve deeper nulls. In the meantime, the speckle nulling algorithm demonstrated in this work can be used to decrease stellar leakage and improve the signal-to-noise of science observations.
Risk Shifts in Australia: Implications of the Financial Crisis
Creators: name: Quiggin, John
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: The Great Risk Shift
subject: Financial Crisis
subject: Australia

description: ‘Risk’ has become a central theme in 21st-century policy thinking. In particular, there has been considerable discussion of the ‘Great Risk Shift’, that is, the process by which the burden of risk has been shifted away from governments and employers and on to workers and households. The financial crisis that began in 2007 has fundamentally transformed the problem of social and economic risk management. The outcomes remain hard to discern, but the central ideas of economic liberalism, dominant since the mid-1970s have clearly failed.
Six Refuted Doctrines
Creators: name: Quiggin, John
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Financial Economics
Risk and Uncertainty

description: This article examines six widely-held doctrines concerning economic theory and economic policy that have been refuted, or at least rendered highly problematic by the global financial crisis, namely: (i) the efficient markets hypothesis; (ii) the Great Moderation; (iii) central bank independence; (iv) trickle down; (v) the case for privatization; and (vi) individual retirement accounts. Copyright (c) 2009 The Economic Society of Australia.
Additional file of Comparative genomic analyses identify common molecular pathways modulated upon exposure to low doses of arsenic and cadmium
Creators: name: Benton, Margaret Ann
name: Rager, Julia E
name: Smeester, Lisa
name: Fry, Rebecca C
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file of Comparative genomic analyses identify common molecular pathways modulated upon exposure to low doses of arsenic and cadmium
Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Insomnia in Adults
Creators: name: Christodoulou, Alexandra
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Background: Insomnia is a physically, mentally, and psychologically complicated and distressing medical condition that can affect adults with or without comorbid conditions.  Research indicates that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an underutilized, but extremely beneficial intervention that may support individuals in overcoming insomnia and other comorbid conditions, without ever ingesting a pill.  Unfortunately, CBT is underutilized due to the patient educational time requirements; therefore, medication is often prescribed as a first line of treatment for insomnia.  Adults suffering from insomnia with or without comorbid conditions such as psychiatric disorders or cancer have benefitted from CBT as opposed to oral medications such as Ambien and therefore, CBT should be the first line treatment of insomnia in the primary care setting.  Provider recommendation of CBT to treat insomnia may be increased with the addition of an online interactive CBT program, thereby decreasing the tolerance and addiction to prescribed sleep medications. Purpose: The purpose of this quality intervention project was to improve DNP and Psych NP students’ education about using CBT and SHUTi, an online CBT program to treat insomnia among the adult patient population.   Methods: DNP and Psych NP students were asked to complete a pre-test about CBT and SHUTi, watch 2 videos on CBT and SHUTi  about treating insomnia, browse the SHUTi demo product, and complete a post-test about these treatments.  Students’ knowledge about CBT and SHUTi were evaluated based on answering questions correctly in the post-test versus the pre-test.  Results: Of the 18 students surveyed, only 13 completed both the pre and post-tests.  The other 5 completed only the pre-test.  Results demonstrated that these 13 students who completed both the pre and post tests scored higher about CBT and SHUTi in the post-test versus the pre-test.  None of the students in the pre-test had heard about SHUTi, and in the post-test, most of the students stated that they were very likely to use SHUTi for future patients.  Additionally, the average score of correct questions among all participants in the post-test was 94% as opposed to 43% in the pre-test, indicating that the 13 students acquired knowledge about CBT and SHUTi to treat insomnia after the intervention.  Implications to Practice: This project demonstrates the benefit of teaching nurse practitioner students about SHUTi and CBT as the first line of treatment for insomnia in the adult population.  Teaching these students may increase the likelihood that CBT and SHUTi will be recommended to future patients suffering from insomnia.  Conclusion: Providing NP students with information about CBT and SHUTi increased their likelihood to recommend CBT and SHUTi for future patients experiencing insomnia.
An Agenda for social democracy
Creators: name: Quiggin, John
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Public Economics
subject: Social democracy
subject: global financial crisis

description: The aim of this paper is to restate the case for social democracy and to propose a policy agenda in response to the global financial crisis. The crisis is not a temporary aberration, to be followed by a return to the ‘normality’ of the late 20th century, dominated by the ideology of economic liberalism. Rather the economic and social system that emerges from the global financial crisis will be radically transformed. Social democrats face both new opportunities for reform, and new challenges and constraints resulting from the collapse of the economic order of the last three decades.
Improving Awareness of Borderline Personality Disorder in Primary Care
Creators: name: McCloskey, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Abstract
Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric disorder that falls into the Cluster B personality disorders, per the DSM-5.  Borderline personality disorder is described as a disorder that follows a path of regular emotional instability and detrimental interpersonal relationships.  Individuals who are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are often found to be difficult to manage and treat from a primary care perspective.  
The purpose of this project was to increase the awareness of primary care Nurse Practitioners (NPs) about BPD in order to increase their knowledge about BPD and provide continuity of care in a primary care setting for patients with this disorder.
Methods: The sample consisted of 18 NPs who practiced in New York State, or were recruited using the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners.  An education toolkit, developed by the National Institute of Mental Health which provided information about BPD, including signs and symptoms, was emailed to primary care NPs.  A pretest, followed by a review of the toolkit module, was then followed by a post-test.  The pre and post-tests measured the knowledge level of NP primary care providers in recognizing symptoms of borderline personality disorder.  
Results: 18 NPs were tested in 3 categories relating to BPD which included familiarity of symptoms, their overall knowledge of the disorder, and their comfort at diagnosing the disorder.  The results were compared between the pre-test and the post-test after reviewing the education module.   At the end of the project, the NPs scores in familiarity of symptoms increased by 68.4%, overall knowledge increased by 70% and overall comfort increased by 45.5%.
Conclusion: The original goal of the project was to have an overall knowledge increase by at least 25% in the three measured categories relating to BPD.  The percentage increases in the three categories exceeded the goal of 25% between the pre and post-test.  Therefore, increasing awareness and education about BPD in those surveyed resulted in an overall knowledge gain about the disorder and overall increase in mental health awareness.
    - Keywords: Borderline personality disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, fragmentation of care, referral in primary care, Borderline personality disorder suicidality, Borderline personality disorder medication, mental health statistics
Measurement of $\mathbf{q_T}$-weighted transverse-spin-dependent azimuthal asymmetries at COMPASS
Creators: name: Longo, Riccardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment in operation at the CERN North Area (SPS, M2 beam-line) since 2002. An important part of the broad physics programme of the experiment is dedicated to the exploration of the transverse spin-structure of the nucleon studying target transverse spin dependent azimuthal asymmetries (TSAs) arising in the Semi-Inclusive DIS (SIDIS) and Drell-Yan (DY) cross-sections. In addition to those measurements, COMPASS has recently studied also the TSAs weighted by powers of the hadron transverse momentum (in SIDIS) and virtual photon transverse momentum, $q_T$ (in DY). In the transverse momentum dependent (TMD) QCD approach, the conventional DY TSAs are interpreted as convolutions of the beam pion and of the transversely polarized target proton TMD parton distribution functions (PDFs), while the $q_T$-weighted TSAs can be interpreted as simple products of transverse moments of the TMD PDFs. In 2015 and 2018 COMPASS performed two years of Drell-Yan data taking with a 190 GeV/$c$ $π^-$ beam impinging on a transversely polarized NH$_3$ target. The analysis of the $q_T$-weighted TSAs performed on these two data sets is presented in this paper. The results for DY Sivers $q_T$ weighted TSA are compared with the expectations based on the studies of the weighted Sivers asymmetry measured in the SIDIS process. Combining the information from SIDIS and DY measurements, the pion Boer-Mulders TMD PDF is also studied.
description: Presented on behalf of the COMPASS Collaboration at the XXVII International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects - DIS2019 - 8-12 April, 2019 Torino, Italy
title: Generation of RF Frequency and Phase References on the FAIR Site
Creators: name: Zipfel, Bernhard
name: Klingbeil, Harald
name: Laier, Ulrich
name: Ningel, Klaus-Peter
name: Schäfer, S.
name: Thielmann, Christof
name: Hartel, Uta
name: Lens, Dieter Etienne Mia
Publisher: name: Joint Accelerator Conferences Website
Year: 2022

description: Based on the Bunch Phase Timing System (BuTiS) local analog radio frequency reference signals (RF references) like the particle revolution frequency and their multiple harmonics will be generated. These references are used to control the phase of the accelerator cavities to altering harmonics of the bunch revolution frequency. Delay or phase shifts from the FAIR-Center to references at the BuTiS endpoints are already compensated by the BuTiS receivers. Phase shifts from the RF reference generators to LLRF electronics can be compensated by controlling the output phases of the DDS modules of the RF references. However phase shift delays of multiple harmonics at the same interconnecting electrical path are not identical at the same time. Configurable electronics manage phase calibration of the RF references to their endpoints. Calibration may depend on frequency and harmonic of the RF reference, aging as well as on thermal effects. The electrical length and impedance of interconnecting cables for phase control loops can be compensated. This is an important feature, in particular if control loops are switched between different harmonic frequencies.
Galaxy threshing and the origin of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster
Creators: name: Bekki, K.
name: Couch, W. J.
name: Drinkwater, M. J.
name: Shioya, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A recent all-object spectroscopic survey centred on the Fornax cluster of galaxies, has discovered a population of sub-luminous and extremely compact members, called ``ultra-compact dwarf'' (UCD) galaxies. In order to clarify the origin of these objects, we have used self-consistent numerical simulations to study the dynamical evolution a nucleated dwarf galaxy would undergo if orbiting the center of the Fornax cluster and suffering from its strong tidal gravitational field. We find that the outer stellar components of a nucleated dwarf are removed by the strong tidal field of the cluster, whereas the nucleus manages to survive as a result of its initially compact nature. The developed naked nucleus is found to have physical properties (e.g., size and mass) similar to those observed for UCDs. We also find that although this formation process does not have a strong dependence on the initial total luminosity of the nucleated dwarf, it does depend on the radial density profile of the dark halo in the sense that UCDs are less likely to be formed from dwarfs embedded in dark matter halos with central `cuspy' density profiles. Our simulations also suggest that very massive and compact stellar systems can be rapidly and efficiently formed in the central regions of dwarfs through the merging of smaller star clusters. We provide some theoretical predictions on the total number and radial number density profile of UCDs in a cluster and their dependences on cluster masses.
description: 12 figures, 15 pages, MNRAS in press (f1.copy.jpg for better fig.1)
title: Artificial intelligence in human factors and ergonomics: an overview of the current state of research
Creators: name: Petrat, Deborah
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2025

description: The development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continues to advance. To fully exploit the potential, it is important to deal with the topics of human factors and ergonomics, so that a smooth implementation of AI applications can be realized. In order to map the current state of research in this area, three systematic literature reviews with different focuses were conducted. The seven observation levels of work processes according to Luczak and Volpert (1987) served as a basis. Overall n = 237 sources were found and analyzed. It can be seen that the research critically deals with human-centered, effective as well as efficient work in relation to AI. Research gaps, for example in the areas of corporate education concepts and participation and voice, identify further needs in research. The author postulates not to miss the transition between forecasts and verifiable facts.
Bad Politics makes bad policy: the case of Queensland's Asset Sales Program
Creators: name: Quiggin, John
name: Quiggin, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Public Economics
subject: Privatisation
subject: Queensland government

description: On 2 June 2009, the Queensland Government announced a programme of asset sales projected to realise $15 billion. In this article, the public case for privatisation put forward by the Queensland Government is shown to be wrong and, in important respects, deliberately misleading. It is argued that the presentation of a spurious case for privatisation has contributed to poor policy decisions regarding the choice of assets to be sold, the failure to restructure the rail industry to promote competition, and the adoption of inferior methods for sale. Copyright (c) 2010 The Economic Society of Australia.
Anomalies, Local Counter Terms and Bosonization
Creators: name: Fujikawa, Kazuo
name: Suzuki, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We re-examine the issue of local counter terms in the analysis of quantum anomalies. We analyze two-dimensional theories and show that the notion of local counter terms need to be carefully defined depending on the physics contents such as whether one is analyzing gauge theory or bosonization. It is shown that a part of the Jacobian, which is apparently spurious and eliminated by a local counter term corresponding to the mass term of the gauge field in gauge theory, cannot be removed by a {\it local} counter term and plays a central role by giving the kinetic term of the bosonized field in the context of path integral bosonization.
description: 24 pages, A contribution to the Hidenaga Yamagishi commemorative volume of Physics Reports, edited by E. Witten and I. Zahed. Some sentences were made more precise, and a Note Added was added
Exploring the Different States of Wild-type T-cell receptor and Mutant Conformational Changes towards Understanding the Antigen Recognition
Creators: name: Tripathi, Sunil Kumar
name: Dinakar M. Salunke
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Recognition of proteolytic peptide fragments presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on target cells by T-cell receptor (TCR) is among the most important interactions in the adaptive immune system. Several computational studies have been performed to investigate conformational and dynamical properties of TCRs for enhanced immunogenicity. Here we present the large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies of the two comprehensive systems consisting of the wild-type and mutant IG4 TCR in complex with the tumor epitope NY-ESO peptide (SLLMWITQC) and analyzed for mapping conformational changes of TCR in the states prior to antigen binding, upon antigen binding and after the antigen was released. All of the simulations were performed with different states of TCRs for each 1000 ns of simulation time, providing six simulations for time duration of 6000ns (6µs). We show that rather than undergoing most critical conformational changes upon antigen binding, the high proportion of complementarity-determining region (CDR) loops change by comparatively small amount. The hypervariable CDRα3 and CDRβ3 loops showed significant structural changes. Interestingly, the TCR β chain loops showed the least changes, which is reliable with recent implications that β domain of TCR may propel antigen interaction. The mutant shows higher rigidity than wild-type even in released state; expose an induced fit mechanism occurring from the re-structuring of CDRα3 loop and can allow enhanced binding affinity of the peptide antigen. Additionally, we show that CDRα3 loop and peptide contacts are an adaptive feature of affinity enhanced mutant TCR. The wild-type has sampled significantly larger conformational changes than the mutant even in the released state.
Bivariate Polynomial Coding for Efficient Distributed Matrix Multiplication
Creators: name: Hasircioglu, Burak
name: Gomez-Vilardebo, Jesus
name: Gunduz, Deniz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Coded computing is an effective technique to mitigate "stragglers" in large-scale and distributed matrix multiplication. In particular, univariate polynomial codes have been shown to be effective in straggler mitigation by making the computation time depend only on the fastest workers. However, these schemes completely ignore the work done by the straggling workers resulting in a waste of computational resources. To reduce the amount of work left unfinished at workers, one can further decompose the matrix multiplication task into smaller sub-tasks, and assign multiple sub-tasks to each worker, possibly heterogeneously, to better fit their particular storage and computation capacities. In this work, we propose a novel family of bivariate polynomial codes to efficiently exploit the work carried out by straggling workers. We show that bivariate polynomial codes bring significant advantages in terms of upload communication costs and storage efficiency, measured in terms of the number of sub-tasks that can be computed per worker. We propose two bivariate polynomial coding schemes. The first one exploits the fact that bivariate interpolation is always possible on a rectangular grid of evaluation points. We obtain such points at the cost of adding some redundant computations. For the second scheme, we relax the decoding constraints and require decodability for almost all choices of the evaluation points. We present interpolation sets satisfying such decodability conditions for certain storage configurations of workers. Our numerical results show that bivariate polynomial coding considerably reduces the average computation time of distributed matrix multiplication. We believe this work opens up a new class of previously unexplored coding schemes for efficient coded distributed computation.
description: To appear in "IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory: Special Issue on Coded Computing"
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters
Creators: name: Spergel, D. N.
name: Verde, L.
name: Peiris, H. V.
name: Komatsu, E.
name: Nolta, M. R.
name: Bennett, C. L.
name: Halpern, M.
name: Hinshaw, G.
name: Jarosik, N.
name: Kogut, A.
name: Limon, M.
name: Meyer, S. S.
name: Page, L.
name: Tucker, G. S.
name: Weiland, J. L.
name: Wollack, E.
name: Wright, E. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: WMAP precision data enables accurate testing of cosmological models. We find that the emerging standard model of cosmology, a flat Lambda-dominated universe seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic Gaussian fluctuations, fits the WMAP data. With parameters fixed only by WMAP data, we can fit finer scale CMB measurements and measurements of large scle structure (galaxy surveys and the Lyman alpha forest). This simple model is also consistent with a host of other astronomical measurements. We then fit the model parameters to a combination of WMAP data with other finer scale CMB experiments (ACBAR and CBI), 2dFGRS measurements and Lyman alpha forest data to find the model's best fit cosmological parameters: h=0.71+0.04-0.03, Omega_b h^2=0.0224+-0.0009, Omega_m h^2=0.135+0.008-0.009, tau=0.17+-0.06, n_s(0.05/Mpc)=0.93+-0.03, and sigma_8=0.84+-0.04. WMAP's best determination of tau=0.17+-0.04 arises directly from the TE data and not from this model fit, but they are consistent. These parameters imply that the age of the universe is 13.7+-0.2 Gyr. The data favors but does not require a slowly varying spectral index. By combining WMAP data with other astronomical data sets, we constrain the geometry of the universe, Omega_tot = 1.02 +- 0.02, the equation of state of the dark energy w < -0.78 (95% confidence limit assuming w >= -1), and the energy density in stable neutrinos, Omega_nu h^2 < 0.0076 (95% confidence limit). For 3 degenerate neutrino species, this limit implies that their mass is less than 0.23 eV (95% confidence limit). The WMAP detection of early reionization rules out warm dark matter.
description: Replaced with version accepted by ApJ. One of thirteen companion papers on first-year WMAP results; 51 pages, 17 figures; a version with higher quality figures is available at http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/