cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Screening for prenatal depression
Creators: name: Patel-Dilwali, Komal
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Purpose: The purpose of this project was to identify early signs of postpartum depression in women during a third trimester prenatal visit. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to screen women both prenatally and at the six-week postpartum visit. Women who had a positive screen for depression were referred to mental health services. Methodology: This Quality Improvement project was conducted at an outpatient obstetrics and gynecology private practice in Northern New Jersey. A chart review was performed on the medical records of women who had delivered in the 3 months prior to the project implementation, this included the scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) which is done routinely at the six-week post-partum visit. Next, an educational presentation was provided to the staff on the importance of screening for prenatal depression during the third trimester of pregnancy using the EPDS, as well as during the post-partum visit. During implementation of this project which lasted 12 weeks, the office staff provided the EPDS to all adult pregnant women between the gestational ages of 36-40 weeks before being seen by their Ob/Gyn. The provider scored their scale and discussed the results with the patient. When necessary, patients were referred to mental health services. Chart reviews were then conducted on these patient records. Results: The results were not statistically significant when using the EPDS prenatally (n=9) and therefore no difference was seen in the postpartum results in postimplementation period. Three patients screened positive for depression in the preimplmentation group (n=10). Use of the EPDS during pregnancy in the postimplementation group identified one person at risk for depression who was no longer depressed, at the post-partum visit and one person who had a mild to moderate depression risk in the postpartum period but was not at risk for depression prenatally. While not significant, the results made the provider more aware of the mental health of her patients. Implications: This change in practice could provide useful information to providers. They could identify women at risk for post-partum depression and address their psychological well-being before they give birth. Identifying and addressing this risk prior to the birth of their child may reduce their risk for postpartum depression by providing mental health care prior to the postpartum period.
A CMOS high temperature auto-zeroed amplifier
Creators: name: Finvers, Ivars Gunar
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: TK 7871.58 O6 F56 1994
subject: Operational amplifiers
subject: Integrated circuits
subject: Electronic circuit design
subject: Frequency stability

description: Bibliography: p. 184-189.
description: A precision operational amplifier has been developed which has input offset voltage and current of less than 15 ?V and 0.6 nA, respectively, over an operating temperature range of 2 5 - 200 °C. Low input offset voltage is maintained across the broad temperature range by using an auto-zeroing architecture. This topology uses two internal amplifiers. One amplifier always remains in the signal path, thereby ensuring continuous time processing of the input signal. The other amplifier cyclically zeros it own off set voltage and then zeros the off set voltage of the main amplifier. The primary difficulty in adapting the auto-zeroing topology for high temperature applications relates to leakage currents. A new input switch topology is presented which significantly reduces the leakage current induced input offset current. Degradation of the offset correction voltage that is stored on the internal sample and hold circuitry is reduced by storing the correction signal differentially, reducing switch leakage by using a donut shaped layout, using large external hold capacitors, and by optimizing the auxiliary signal path gain. A comprehensive theory of the operation of the auto-zeroed amplifier is developed, including optimization for minimum offset, frequency stability, and transient behaviour. Periodically switched netiii work analysis is applied to predict the low frequency noise performance. Design equations are presented which link noise performance and system level parameters such as open loop gain, bandwidth, and clock frequency. Five variations of a high temperature auto-zeroed amplifier are implemented and tested. These include three versions of the auxiliary input stage through which the offset correction voltage is applied. The best performance is achieved using an auxiliary input stage based on a parallel differential pair. The amplifiers are all fabricated in a standard 1.2 ?m N-well CMOS process. General specifications (2 5 - 200 °C) are: operation from a single 5 V supply voltage, power dissipation of 5.5 mW, input common mode range includes the negative supply voltage, a CMRR and PSRR of greater than 92 dB, a slew rate of at least 4.5 V /?S, and a unity gain bandwidth of at least 2.2 MHz.
Duty and sacrifice: wooing prairie women into war
Creators: name: Fry, Karen Lynn
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: FC 582 F79 1994
subject: World War, 1939-1945 - Canada - Propaganda
subject: Women and war - Canada
subject: Propaganda, Canadian
subject: World War, 1939-1945 - Women - Canada
subject: Canadian newspapers - Prairie Provinces - History
subject: Information theory

description: Bibliography: p. 221-226.
description: This thesis seeks to contribute to a growing body of research that believes that historical practices can play a significant role in the formulation of communication theory. The work underlines the importance of including the study of propaganda within communication scholarship in Canada. This Canadian propaganda study employs a historical/comparative methodology to determine whether the Canadian government implemented propaganda in newspapers as a matter of policy to enlist the support of rural women during World War Two. It examines the ways in which two prairie newspapers, The Calgary Herald and Farm and Ranch Review promoted and propagandized war slogans and campaigns to their women readers, during the years 1939 - 1946.
A quality improvement project: evaluation of digital and visual aid birth control education amongst young adult women between the ages of 18-30 years old
Creators: name: Chima, Chidera
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Purpose of Project: The purpose of this project was to increase contraceptive use knowledge and comprehension amongst young adult women 18-30 years of age. Methodology: This quality improvement project was conducted in East Orange, NJ, and included implementing new visual aid tools into practice to improve contraceptive understanding and awareness among millennial-aged women. A three-month retrospective and prospective chart review were managed and included evaluations on age, race/ethnicity, education level, and relationship status. Results: A total of 40 pre-and post-surveys were distributed. A total of 20 pre-and post-surveys were returned finished, reviewed, and used for data analysis. Although an increase in knowledge, use of birth control, and comfortability with birth control were seen. No statistical significance was found when analyzing knowledge increase on contraception amongst young adult women after applying Bedsider digital and visual aid tools, p=0.625, p= 0.250, p=1.00. Implications for Practice: Lack of access, health literacy, awareness, and lack of comprehensive education have been obstacles to providing adequate birth control information and understanding on national, state, and local levels. This quality improvement project serves as a link to bridge the gap and supplement current standard birth control education as a means of improving the standard of care provided for all contraceptive visits worldwide.
Stability and a-complementation of M15 B-galactosidase from escherichia coli
Creators: name: Gallagher, Clare
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: QP 603 G3 G35 1994
subject: Beta-galactosidase
subject: Escherichia coli - Genetics
subject: Complementation

description: Bibliography: p. 198-205.
description: M15 B-Galactosidase from Escherichia coli is an inactive variant of B­galactosidase with a deletion of residues 11-41. The protein can become active by the addition of a peptide derived from the N-terminal end of the wild type protein, by a process termed a-complementation. A fusion protein system was developed which allowed for the production and purification of a-peptide. This significantly decreased the time required to obtain pure peptide. The peptide produced in this way was also found to complement to a higher activity than the chemically cleaved (by cyanogen bromide) peptide from wild type B-galactosidase. Factors which affected the a-complementation of M15 B-galactosidase were investigated for their effects on activation (a-complementation). It was found that NaCl and B-mercaptoethanol increased the activation. Mg2+ increased the activity at low concentration but inhibited activation at high concentrations. The equilibrium between monomers and dimers was investigated. From experiments done at a series of protein concentrations, the Kd for monomer-dimer equilibrium was found to be 2.78 ± 0.76 x 10-7 M. The concentration of the protein was important in the equilibrium. Mg2+, NaCl and B-mercaptoethanol were shown to lower the Kd. The pH also affected the monomer-dimer equilibrium. The stability of M15 B-galactosidase was examined by thermal denaturation. The uncomplemented protein was found to have a lower temperature of activity loss than wild type protein. The complemented protein was more stable to heat than the uncomplemented M15 B-galactosidase if Mg2+ was present. The complemented enzyme lost activity non-cooperatively. The conformational stability of the M15 B-galactosidase protein was examined by urea denaturation. Unfolding intermediates of wild type B­galactosidase were stabilized by Mg2+ and NaCl. For the M15 B­galactosidase, NaCl stabilizes the intermediate structures but there was minimal stabilization by Mg2+. Complementation of the M15 B-galactosidase did not appear to increase the AG(H2O). The binding of a-peptide to the protein was found to be a 1:1 ratio of peptide per monomer ofM15 B-galactosidase with both dimers and tetramers. It was also shown that the peptide derived from the fusion protein formed distinct states of tetramers. The a-complementation process did not alter the binding of substrate to enzyme. The catalytic activity was, however, altered.
Soliton cellular automaton associated with $G_2^{(1)}$ crystal base
Creators: name: Misra, Kailash C.
name: Okado, Masato
name: Wilson, Evan A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the combinatorial $R$ matrix for all elements of $\mathcal{B}_l\otimes \mathcal{B}_1$ where $\mathcal{B}_l$ denotes the $G_2^{(1)}$-perfect crystal of level $l$, and then study the soliton cellular automaton constructed from it. The solitons of length $l$ are identified with elements of the $A_1^{(1)}$-crystal $\tilde{\mathcal{B}}_{3l}$. The scattering rule for our soliton cellular automaton is identified with the combinatorial $R$ matrix for $A_1^{(1)}$-crystals.
Jahresbericht der Bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege 1960, 1961, 1962
Creators: name: Röder, Josef
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Jahresbericht der Bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege 1960, 1961, 1962
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 163 (1963): Bonner Jahrbücher
M.-E. Mariën, La période de La Tène en Belgique. Le Groupe de la Haine
Creators: name: Hinz, Hermann
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: M.-E. Mariën, La période de La Tène en Belgique. Le Groupe de la Haine. Monographies d’Archéologie Nationale. Brussel 1961. 211 Seiten, 77 Abbildungen, 3 Farbtafeln.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 163 (1963): Bonner Jahrbücher
Revolutionaries and spies on trees and unicyclic graphs
Creators: name: Cranston, Daniel W.
name: Smyth, Clifford D.
name: West, Douglas B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A team of $r$ {\it revolutionaries} and a team of $s$ {\it spies} play a game on a graph $G$. Initially, revolutionaries and then spies take positions at vertices. In each subsequent round, each revolutionary may move to an adjacent vertex or not move, and then each spy has the same option. The revolutionaries want to hold an {\it unguarded meeting}, meaning $m$ revolutionaries at some vertex having no spy at the end of a round. To prevent this forever, trivially at least $\min\{|V(G)|,\FL{r/m}\}$ spies are needed. When $G$ is a tree, this many spies suffices. When $G$ is a unicyclic graph, $\min\{|V(G)|,\CL{r/m}\}$ spies suffice, and we characterize those unicyclic graphs where $\FL{r/m}+1$ spies are needed. \def\FL#1{\lfloor #1 \rfloor} \def\CL#1{\lceil #1 \rceil}
description: 9 pages
Anmerkungen zu Steuertips für Eigentümer von Baudenkmälern
Creators: name: Faust, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Burgen und Schlösser - Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: -
description: Burgen und Schlösser - Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 31 Nr. 2 (1990): Burgen und Schlösser - Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege
Alternative assessment in pre-licensure health professional education: A scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Doi, Carolyn
name: Zakher, Bernadette
name: Tekatch, Sarah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Education
subject: alternative assessment
subject: assessment
subject: evaluation
subject: grading
subject: health professional education

description: A scoping review of the literature on alternative assessment in pre-licensure health professional education programs.
Family strengths in households of young handicapped and non-handicapped children: a comparative study
Creators: name: Charles, Holly Faith Cottel
Publisher: name: Social Work
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: HQ 773.6 C49 1994
subject: Handicapped children - Family relationships
subject: Family
subject: Parent and child
subject: Family social work

description: Bibliography: p. 66-75.
Friedrich II.: Architektur und Skulptur im 13. Jahrhundert Tagung anläßlich des Todestages am 13. Dezember 1250
Creators: name: Die Redaktion
Publisher: name: Burgen und Schlösser - Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: -
description: Burgen und Schlösser - Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 41 Nr. 1 (2000): Burgen und Schlösser - Zeitschrift für Burgenforschung und Denkmalpflege
Random billiards with wall temperature and associated Markov chains
Creators: name: Cook, Scott
name: Feres, Renato
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60, 82, 37

description: By a random billiard we mean a billiard system in which the standard specular reflection rule is replaced with a Markov transition probabilities operator P that, at each collision of the billiard particle with the boundary of the billiard domain, gives the probability distribution of the post-collision velocity for a given pre-collision velocity. A random billiard with microstructure (RBM) is a random billiard for which P is derived from a choice of geometric/mechanical structure on the boundary of the billiard domain. RBMs provide simple and explicit mechanical models of particle-surface interaction that can incorporate thermal effects and permit a detailed study of thermostatic action from the perspective of the standard theory of Markov chains on general state spaces. We focus on the operator P itself and how it relates to the mechanical/geometric features of the microstructure, such as mass ratios, curvatures, and potentials. The main results are as follows: (1) we characterize the stationary probabilities (equilibrium states) of P and show how standard equilibrium distributions studied in classical statistical mechanics, such as the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and the Knudsen cosine law, arise naturally as generalized invariant billiard measures; (2) we obtain some basic functional theoretic properties of P. Under very general conditions, we show that P is a self-adjoint operator of norm 1 on an appropriate Hilbert space. In a simple but illustrative example, we show that P is a compact (Hilbert-Schmidt) operator. This leads to the issue of relating the spectrum of eigenvalues of P to the features of the microstructure;(3) we explore the latter issue both analytically and numerically in a few representative examples;(4) we present a general algorithm for simulating these Markov chains based on a geometric description of the invariant volumes of classical statistical mechanics.
GPS integrated systems for precision farming
Creators: name: Gehue, Hazen L. (Hazen Leslie)
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: S 494.5 R4 G44 1994
subject: Global positioning system
subject: Agriculture - Remote sensing
subject: Soils - Maps
subject: Salinity
subject: Crop yields
subject: Fertilizer

description: Bibliography: p. 117-123.
description: The consequences of homogenous treatments of agricutlural fields is investigated and quantified for several farm scale test sites throughout Alberta. A series of integrated data collection systems using GPS to locate and map information such as salinity and yield are discussed in stages of design, software, hardware and implementation. Results from the spatial data analysis produced a prescription map describing the fertilizer inputs for specified regions of the field. To fulfill the variable input requirements, a real time differential GPS system integrated with a variable rate air seeder was designed and implemented at each of the test sites. The theory and preformance of the GPS equipment and techniques used to verify the accuracy and repeatability of the derived positions are discussed and results from analysis software developed are presented.
A temperature behavior of the frustrated translational mode of adsorbate and the nature of the "adsorbate-substrate" interaction
Creators: name: Ignatyuk, V. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A temperature behavior of the frustrated translational mode (T-mode) of a light particle, coupled by different regimes of ohmicity to the surface, is studied within a formalism of the generalized diffusion coefficients. The memory effects of the adsorbate motion are considered to be the main reason of the T-mode origin. Numerical calculations yield a thermally induced shift and broadening of the T-mode, which is found to be linear in temperature for Ohmic and super-Ohmic systems and nonlinear for strongly sub-Ohmic ones. We obtain analytical expressions for the T-mode shift and width at weak coupling for the systems with integer "ohmicity" indexes n=0-2 in zero temperature and high temperature limits. We provide an explanation of the experimentally observed blue- or red-shifts of the T-mode on the basis of a comparative analysis of two typical times of the system evolution: a time of decay of the "velocity-velocity" autocorrelation function, and a correlation time of the thermal bath random forces. A relation of the T-mode to the multiple jumps of the adsorbate is discussed, and generalization of conditions of the multiple hopping to the case of quantum surface diffusion is performed.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
Holocene and latest Pleistocene paleoenvironments of the Mission Mountains, northwestern Montana
Creators: name: Gerloff, Lisa M.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: QE 741.3 G47 1994
subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene
subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
subject: Paleoclimatology - Montana - Mission Range
subject: Palynology - Montana - Misssion Range
subject: Climate changes - Montana - Mission Range

description: Bibliography: p. 73-80.
Gradient of the Casimir force between Au surfaces of a sphere and a plate measured using atomic force microscope in a frequency shift technique
Creators: name: Chang, C. -C.
name: Banishev, A. A.
name: Castillo-Garza, R.
name: Klimchitskaya, G. L.
name: Mostepanenko, V. M.
name: Mohideen, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present measurement results for the gradient of the Casimir force between an Au-coated sphere and an Au-coated plate obtained by means of an atomic force microscope operated in a frequency shift technique. This experiment was performed at a pressure of 3x10^{-8} Torr with hollow glass sphere of 41.3 mcm radius. Special attention is paid to electrostatic calibrations including the problem of electrostatic patches. All calibration parameters are shown to be separation-independent after the corrections for mechanical drift are included. The gradient of the Casimir force was measured in two ways with applied compensating voltage to the plate and with different applied voltages and subsequent subtraction of electric forces. The obtained mean gradients are shown to be in mutual agreement and in agreement with previous experiments performed using a micromachined oscillator. The obtained data are compared with theoretical predictions of the Lifshitz theory including corrections beyond the proximity force approximation. An independent comparison with no fitting parameters demonstrated that the Drude model approach is excluded by the data at a 67% confidence level over the separation region from 235 to 420 nm. The theoretical approach using the generalized plasma-like model is shown to be consistent with the data over the entire measurement range. Corrections due to the nonlinearity of oscillator are calculated and the application region of the linear regime is determined. A conclusion is made that the results of several performed experiments call for a thorough analysis of the basics of the theory of dispersion forces.
description: 35 pages, 14 figures, 1 table; to appear in Phys. Rev. B
Discovering self and the development of positive body image
Creators: name: Giffin, Theresa M. (Theresa Marie)
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: BF 697.5 B63 G54 1994
subject: Body image
subject: Self-perception in women
subject: Women - Psychology
subject: Women - Attitudes

description: Bibliography: p. 227-248.
description: This study addressed the development of positive body image in women who had a history of body image dissatisfaction. The intent was to understand what enables women to develop positive body image. A series of in-depth interviews was carried out with four women aged 19-50 who had experienced a positive change in their attitudes and feelings towards their body. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using grounded theory methodology developed by Glaser and Strauss (1967) . The analysis of data produced three major categories: Embodying the Self, Disembodying the Self and Re-embodying the Self and 10 subcategories which illustrate the characteristics of the major categories. The analysis also delineated a core category, "Discovering Self', defined as a basic psychosocial process (BPSP). Understanding body image change as a process of self-discovery may be useful in therapy with women presenting with body image concerns.
Product Lines for Service Oriented Applications - PL for SOA
Creators: name: ter Beek, Maurice H.
name: Gnesi, Stefania
name: Njima, Mercy N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: PL for SOA proposes, formally, a software engineering methodology, development techniques and support tools for the provision of service product lines. We propose rigorous modeling techniques for the specification and verification of formal notations and languages for service computing with inclinations of variability. Through these cutting-edge technologies, increased levels of flexibility and adaptivity can be achieved. This will involve developing semantics of variability over behavioural models of services. Such tools will assist organizations to plan, optimize and control the quality of software service provision, both at design and at run time by making it possible to develop flexible and cost-effective software systems that support high levels of reuse. We tackle this challenge from two levels. We use feature modeling from product line engineering and, from a services point of view, the orchestration language Orc. We introduce the Smart Grid as the service product line to apply the techniques to.
description: In Proceedings WWV 2011, arXiv:1108.2085
Chaucer's The book of the Dutchess: transcriptions of MS Bodley 638, MS Tanner 346, and Thynne's print edition of 1532, with collation and proposed stemma
Creators: name: Hoffos, Christine
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: PR 1863 H64 1994
subject: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Booke of the Duchesse

description: Bibliography: p. 319-321.
Specialty Optical Fibers for THz Generation: A Review
Creators: name: Ajanta Barh
name: R. K. Varshney
name: G. P. Agrawal
name: B. M. A. Rahman
name: B. P. Pal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: THz source
microstructured optical fiber
plastic fiber
nonlinear optics
four-wave mixing

description: This chapter describes the state-of-the-art sources of terahertz (THz) radiation, with focus on all-optical fiber-based sources for THz generation. THz technology based on the optical fiber platform is expected to be most attractive for day-to-day applications. Though optical fibers have been considered before for low-loss guidance of THz radiation, their nonlinear effects can also be exploited for THz generation. We discuss how a glass-based legacy step index fiber can be used to make a THz source. However, high absorption losses of silica glass in the THz regime and a small overlap between the modes at the optical and THz frequencies limit the THz generation efficiency to a level below 0.01%. Next, we discuss our design of a THz source based on a plastic fiber. By exploiting the nonlinear parametric process of four-wave mixing (FWM) in an appropriately designed microstructured-core double-clad plastic fiber (MC-DCPF), both the loss and the modal overlap issues can be overcome to a great extent. The microstructure geometry of this fiber allows for fine tuning of the required phase matching condition, group-velocity dispersion, and nonlinear properties at the optical pump wavelength. By using such a MC-DCPF, we show that a THz wave at a frequency near 3 THz can be generated by using two commercially available high-power lasers. The high-power CO2 laser acts as the pump and a CO laser of much lower power acts as a seed for the FWM process. Numerical simulations reveal that more than 30 W of THz power within a bandwidth of 2.13 GHz can be generated at the end of a 65 m long fiber when 1 kW of CO2 laser power is launched together with 20 W of CO laser power. A conversion efficiency of 30% is possible for a loss-less configuration, but efficiency of > 10% is achievable even in the presence of material losses. Recent results show that further optimization of such plastic microstructured fibers can provide conversion efficiencies close to 45%. As an alternative, we have focused on the use of plastic fibers and discussed a design criterion that is promising for realizing large output powers with a relatively high efficiency.
3-D physical seismic modeling study of a lower cretaceous channel in Southern Alberta
Creators: name: Hrabi, Kelly Dale
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: TN 269.8 H73 1994a
subject: Additional Copy: TN 269.8 H73 1994
subject: Seismic prospecting - Alberta

description: Bibliography: p. 132-134.
Interactions between Coronal Mass Ejections Viewed in Coordinated Imaging and In Situ Observations
Creators: name: Liu, Ying D.
name: Luhmann, Janet G.
name: Mostl, Christian
name: Martinez-Oliveros, Juan C.
name: Bale, Stuart D.
name: Lin, Robert P.
name: Harrison, Richard A.
name: Temmer, Manuela
name: Webb, David F.
name: Odstrcil, Dusan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The successive coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from 2010 July 30 - August 1 present us the first opportunity to study CME-CME interactions with unprecedented heliospheric imaging and in situ observations from multiple vantage points. We describe two cases of CME interactions: merging of two CMEs launched close in time and overtaking of a preceding CME by a shock wave. The first two CMEs on August 1 interact close to the Sun and form a merged front, which then overtakes the July 30 CME near 1 AU, as revealed by wide-angle imaging observations. Connections between imaging observations and in situ signatures at 1 AU suggest that the merged front is a shock wave, followed by two ejecta observed at Wind which seem to have already merged. In situ measurements show that the CME from July 30 is being overtaken by the shock at 1 AU and is significantly compressed, accelerated and heated. The interaction between the preceding ejecta and shock also results in variations in the shock strength and structure on a global scale, as shown by widely separated in situ measurements from Wind and STEREO B. These results indicate important implications of CME-CME interactions for shock propagation, particle acceleration and space weather forecasting.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
China's urban childhood education during the cultural revolution, 1966-1976
Creators: name: Huang, Cen
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: LA 1131.82 H83 1994
subject: Education - China - History - 20th century
subject: Educational change - China - History - 20th century
subject: Education and state - China - History - 20th century
subject: China - History - Cultural revolution, 1966-1969

description: Bibliography: p. 280-292.
CLS INFRA D6.3 Standards beyond TEI / Extended Transformation Matrix / Alternative Formats
Creators: name: Ďurčo, Matej
name: Charvát, Vera Maria
name: Resch, Stefan
name: Börner, Ingo
name: Plank, Lukas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Computational Literary Studies
Literary Corpora
Metadata
Formats
Standards
Data Modelling

description: This deliverable builds on and further extends the findings of D6.1 "Inventory of existing data sources and formats" surveying the landscape of literary corpora, as well as D8.1 "Tools for NLP" cataloguing the set of tools in the context of CLS. Focusing on the wealth of formats used when encoding and processing text, it offers a comprehensive overview of common formats for encoding textual data, beyond the "lingua franca", TEI, both in the domain of computational literary studies and computational linguistics, highlighting potential discrepancies in the approach between these two areas of research. The overview reveals a very heterogeneous landscape with a plethora of formats, devised for differing tasks, from philological encoding of historical text material, to computational annotation and processing of text.
Considering interoperability an indispensable key to reusability, the deliverable explores the challenges and approaches converting between formats.
This information compilation is considered input for further developing the Transformation Matrix, introduced in D6.1, which shall serve as a conceptual framework to consolidate existing solutions for format conversion in the Transformation Toolbox to be delivered by the end of the project (D6.2). The Transformation Matrix shall allow to capture information about specific data structures (features) present in datasets as well as data structures required or produced by tools. This requires a sufficiently expressive formalised description, which is proposed in the CLSCor data model.
The Hubble constant and dark energy
Creators: name: Mould, Jeremy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Hubble Constant measured from the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is shown to be independent of small changes from the standard model of the redshift dependence of dark energy. Modifications of the Friedmann equation to include phantom power (w < -1), textures (w = -2/3) and curvature are considered, and constraints on these dark energy contributors from supernova observations are derived. Modified values for the density of matter inferred from cosmic density perturbations and from the CMB under these circumstances are also estimated, as exemplified by 2df and SDSS.
description: PASP accepted; PASP September 2011
Effect of cement fineness and limestone additions on mortar properties
Creators: name: Jiang, Jixing
Publisher: name: Engineering
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: TA 437 J53 1994
subject: Cement - Testing
subject: Mortar - Testing
subject: Cement - Additives
subject: Limestone
subject: Particle size determination

description: Bibliography: p. 120-125.
description: The influences of cement fineness on compressive and flexural strength development and durability of mortars and heat of hydration were studied at 23°C and 50°C curing temperatures with six cements manufactured from a single clinker but with different finenesses ranging from 3100 to 4650 cm2/g. The effects of 2-10% limestone addition to cement on strength development and sulphate expansion were also investigated. Compressive strength was significantly increased by higher fineness at all ages up to 180 days, while flexural strength was increased only at early ages. Finer cement had less strength increase after 24 hour heat curing at 50°C and more strength reduction at 28 days than coarser cement. Heat curing was not beneficial for cement containing CaCO3. Higher fineness showed no significant influence on chloride permeability and freezing and thawing resistance. Limestone addition reduced chloride permeability and sulphate expansion of mortars. Among all the fineness tests used, the standard Blaine specific surface area exhibited the best correlation with mortar strength development.
Detection of Campylobacter spp. in broiler production using metagenomic analysis of air samples.
Creators: name: Haverkamp, Thomas H.A
name: Spilsberg, Bjørn
name: Johannessen, Gro S.
name: Torp, Mona
name: Sekse, Camilla
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Poultry
High-throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
foodborne pathogen
Campylobacterales
Limit of detection

description: One of the major causes of food-borne infections in Europe are Campylobacter spp. Thus, broiler production facilities need to be closely monitored for the presence of Campylobacter using effective methods. Recently, it was indicated that sampling of the ambient air in combination with real-time PCR to detect Campylobacter in broiler houses can be highly sensitive, cost-effective and user friendly. As part of the One Health European Joint Program project AIR-SAMPLE we tested this sampling method using metagenomics shotgun sequencing and compared it to quantitative PCR. We tested the method in two ways: 1) Using defined microbial community standards (mock communities), and 2) using real samples from two Norwegian broiler houses. In both cases we spiked gelatine membrane filters with different amounts of C. jejuni in order to determine the detection sensitivity for the two described methods. The airfilters from the broiler houses were dominated by the genera Bacteroides, Brachybacterium, Brevibacterium, Cornybacterium, Lactobacillus and Staphylococcus spp. (Mean relative abundance 4.6 ± 1.6 % of all reads). These are known taxa from both airborne particulate matter present in broiler houses and as members of broiler fecal microbiome. This indicates that the airfilters capture host-associated microbes. Campylobacter spp. could be detected in both the broiler house and the spiked microbial community standards metagenomes. Based on the community standard metagenomes we could detect a minimum of 200 colony forming units of Campylobacter spp. with a cutoff of 80 reads. Our results show that detection of Campylobacter is feasible using shotgun metagenomics of airfilter samples. In addition, by using mock communities we could identify a contaminant (Cupriavidus oxalaticus) present in the gelatine airfilter matrix representing around 10% of the reads of the real samples. Finally, we show that this approach can also be used to monitor AMR gene abundances in broiler production facilities.
description: This poster was also presented at the One Health in the 21st Century conference, Oslo, Nov 3, 2021
The chemistry of some novel 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, and 11-azasteroids and their N-chloro and B-chloro derivatives
Creators: name: Chau, Joseph H.-L.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: QD 426 C43 1994
subject: Steroids
subject: Chemical reactions
subject: Enzyme inhibitors

description: Bibliography: p. 245-259.
Experimental codes
Creators: name: Batin, M A
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Computer vision
Image processing
Deep learning

description: WheatSpikeNet is a deep convolutiona neural network model based on the popular Cascade Mask R-CNN architecture, improved with Deformable Convolution Network (DCN), Generic RoI Extractor (GRoIE) and Side Aware Boundary Localization (SABL). The model achieved bbox AP of 0.93 and mask AP of 0.9404 on the SPIKE test. WheatSpikeNet project utilizes the MMDetection object detection and instance segmentation toolbox, based on PyTorch deep learning framework. Researchers and enthusiasts can train the model on their own custom dataset as well as peform tests using the included github repo. A detailed step-by-step guide to train and test the model can be found in the readme section of the repo.
 * Training the model requires GPU with at least 12gb of VRAM with CUDA capabilities. ** Requires Weights & Biases (wandb) module for logging training metrics and losses.
ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ АНТИОКСИДАНТНОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ  ЯГОД СОРТОВ КРАСНОЙ СМОРОДИНЫ
Creators: name: Тиунов В. М.
name: Чеботок Е.М.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: В данной статье были изучены плоды красной смородины, представленные следующими сортами: «Йота», «Капиталина», «Ильинка», «Огни Урала», «Эпсилон», «Лучезарная», «Бета», «Алая Зорька», «Дзета», селекции ЮУНИИСК, находящиеся в коллекции Свердловской селекционной станции садоводства ФГБНУ УрФАНИЦ УрО РАН. Авторами установлено, что наиболее высокой дегустационной оценкой ягод отличаются сорта раннего и среднераннего сроков созревания, в среднем – 4,9 балла. Наиболее крупные ягоды у сортов «Капиталина», «Йота», «Ильинка», «Бета», средняя масса 0,8-0,9 г, максимальная до 1,8 г. Кисло-сладким вкусом обладают сорта «Ильинка», «Дзета», «Огни Урала». Десертный вкус у сортов «Эпсилон», «Йота», «Бета», «Капиталина», «Лучезарная», «Алая Зорька». Был проведен сравнительный анализ антиоксидантных показателей ягод красной смородины за 2021 и 2022 гг. Установлено, что у большей части сортов красной смородины уровень антиоксидантной активности в 2022 году снизился. Но, наиболее высоким уровнем общей антиоксидантной активности также выявлен у сортов «Лучезарная» – 11,777 и «Эпсилон» – 11,518 ммоль/л × экв. Перспективной для дальнейшего исследования является также группа сортов красной смородины «Алая зорька» – 9,889, «Бета» – 9,124, «Ильинка» – 9,145 ммоль/л × экв. Установлено, что ягоды красной смородины могут выступать в качестве источников природных биологически активных соединений и пищевого компонента, способного улучшить потребительские свойства кулинарных изделий.
Development of a user friendly computer software package for the design of optimum passive fiber optic local area networks
Creators: name: Karmacharya, Roshan Raj
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: TK 5105.7 K37 1994
subject: Local area networks (Computer networks) - Design and construction
subject: Local area networks (Computer networks) - Computer programs
subject: Fiber optics
subject: Computer software

description: Bibliography: p.286-290.
SPIKE segmentation dataset
Creators: name: Batin, M A
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Computer vision
Image processing
Deep learning

description: The dataset used to train and evaluate WheatSpikeNet model. It's derived from the original SPIKE dataset, augmented with segmentation annotations. To use the dataset, extract "SPIKE_segm.zip". The dataset is divided into train, test and val folders with a 290-15-15 split. Annotations for the segmentation masks of wheat spikes can be found in the annotation folder, included in train_coco.json, test_coco.json and val_coco.json for each split. SPIKE segmentation dataset was annotated using Roboflow Web API and the annotations were exported as Microsoft COCO format.
Production of thermal photons in viscous fluid dynamics with temperature-dependent shear viscosity
Creators: name: Peralta-Ramos, J.
name: Nakwacki, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the spectrum of thermal photons created in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV, taking into account dissipative corrections in production processes corresponding to the quark--gluon plasma and hadronic phases. To describe the evolution of the fireball we use a viscous fluid dynamic model with different parametrizations for the temperature--dependence of $η/s$. We find that the spectrum significantly depends on the values of $η/s$ in the QGP phase, and is almost insensitive to the values in the hadronic phase. We also compare the influence of the temperature--dependence of $η/s$ on the spectrum of thermal photons to that of using different equations of state in the fluid dynamic simulations, finding that both effects are of the same order of magnitude.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in Mod. Phys. Lett. A
Multi-Lepton Signals of the Higgs Boson
Creators: name: Contreras-Campana, Emmanuel
name: Craig, Nathaniel
name: Gray, Richard
name: Kilic, Can
name: Park, Michael
name: Somalwar, Sunil
name: Thomas, Scott
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possibility of searching for the Higgs boson in channels with multiple non-resonant leptons is evaluated in light of recent advances in multi-lepton search techniques at the LHC. The total multi-lepton Higgs signal exceeds the four lepton gold-plated resonant mode, but is spread over many channels with same-sign di-lepton, tri-lepton, and four lepton final states. While any individual channel alone is not significant, the exclusive combination across multiple channels is shown to provide a sensitivity competitive with other discovery level searches for the Higgs boson. We estimate that with 5 inverse femtobarn of data, existing non-optimized multi-lepton searches at the LHC could exclude the Higgs boson to 95% CL at a few times the predicted Standard Model cross section in the mass range 120-150 GeV. Refinements focused specifically on the Higgs boson signal are suggested that would further increase sensitivity. We illustrate the possibility of discerning patterns in production and decay modes using correlations across multiple channels by comparing sensitivities to Standard Model, Fermi-phobic, and b-phobic Higgs bosons.
description: 21 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables
Gene expression in age-related degeneration of the nervous system
Creators: name: Krekoski, Craig A.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: RC 346 K74 1994
subject: Nervous system - Degeneration
subject: Nervous system - Aging
subject: Degeneration (Pathology)
subject: Gene expression - Research

description: Bibliography: p. 130-157.
Trained models
Creators: name: Batin, M A
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Deep learning
Computer vision
Image processing

description: WheatSpikeNet models trained on the SPIKE segmentation  dataset. Model weights are saved as PyTorch (.pth) checkpoint file. Please refer to the mmdetection docs for converting the model to ONNX runtime for more optimized inference (especially on edge devices).
 WheatSpikNet.pth - Trained weights of the original WheatSpikeNet whose bbox AP and mask AP scores are reported as 0.93 and 0.9404, respectively. Optimal convergence was at epoch 51. WheatSpikeNet_LinLR.pth - Trained weights of WheatSpikeNet, trained with Linear Annealing LR scheduler. Reported bbox AP and mask AP scores are 0.9303 and 0.9416, respectively. Optimal convergence was at epoch 70.
More than a job: a phenomenological study of EOF students' career development
Creators: name: Anderson, Christine
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: This phenomenological study examined the career development experiences of senior-level first-generation low-income (FGLI) traditional undergraduate students enrolled in a state-funded support program at a northeast public university. The study utilized one-on-one interviews and focus groups to collect data. Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent et al., 1994) and social and cultural capital theories (Bourdieu, 1986; Yosso, 2005) were used to analyze the participants’ holistic career development experiences. This study focused on experiences during pre-college, college, and participants’ preparation for their transition from college to career. The findings of this study share a story of the participants’ unique career development experiences throughout their homes, communities, K-12, and college environments. Each of these environments impacted the participants’ career development experiences, including influencing their motivation for career choice, the development of their post-undergraduate goals and plans, and their preparation to transition from college to career. The participants faced challenges in their career development, such as pressure from family and their communities to pursue specific careers or being underprepared for college-level work, which disrupted their initial career goals. Apprehension regarding completing their degrees took precedence over preparing for their transition to their careers. To overcome these obstacles and aid in formulating their career goals and plans, participants relied on support from family, K-12 teachers, peers, university faculty, staff, and the support program team. Finally, formal career resources and experiences supported their career development and assisted them in creating both short and long-term career goals.