cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Site details for Hawequas MCA / La Motte, site 3319CC/4
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Hawequas MCA
La Motte

description: This is a scanned copy of a document noting the site details for Hawequas MCA / La Motte, site 3319CC/4. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Dietary strategies for improving iron status: balancing safety and efficacy
Creators: name: Spieldenner, Jorg
name: Pereira, Dora
name: Wegmuller, Rita
name: Cerami, Carla
name: Prentice, Andrew M.
name: Constable, Anne
name: Mendoza, Yery A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: In light of evidence that high-dose iron supplements lead to a range of adverse events in low-income settings, the safety and efficacy of lower doses of iron provided through biological or industrial fortification of foodstuffs is reviewed. First, strategies for point-of-manufacture chemical fortification are compared with biofortification achieved through plant breeding. Recent insights into the mechanisms of human iron absorption and regulation, the mechanisms by which iron can promote malaria and bacterial infections, and the role of iron in modifying the gut microbiota are summarized. There is strong evidence that supplemental iron given in nonphysiological amounts can increase the risk of bacterial and protozoal infections (especially malaria), but the use of lower quantities of iron provided within a food matrix, ie, fortified food, should be safer in most cases and represents a more logical strategy for a sustained reduction of the risk of deficiency by providing the best balance of risk and benefits. Further research into iron compounds that would minimize the availability of unabsorbed iron to the gut microbiota is warranted.
title: Motion-based Interaction for Head-Mounted Displays
Creators: name: Xu, Wenge
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2021

description: Recent advances in affordable sensing technologies have enabled motion-based interaction (MbI) for head-mounted displays (HMDs). Unlike traditional input devices like the mouse and keyboard, which often offer comparatively limited interaction possibilities (e.g., single-touch interaction), MbI does not have these constraints and is more natural because they reflect more closely people do things in real life. However, several issues exist in MbI for HMDs due to the technical limitations of the sensing and tracking devices, higher degrees of freedom afforded to users, and limited research in the area due to the rapid advancement of HMDs and tracking technologies. This thesis first outlines four core challenges in the design space of MbI for HMDs: (1) boundary awareness for hand-based interaction, (2) efficient hands-free head-based interface for HMDs, (3) efficient and feasible full-body interaction for general tasks with HMDs, and (4) accessible full-body interaction for applications in HMDs. Then, this thesis presents an investigation into the contributions of these challenges in MbI for HMDs. The first challenge is addressed by providing visual feedback during interaction tailored for such technologies. The second challenge is addressed by using a circular layout with a go-and-hit selection style for head-based interaction using text entry as the scenario. In addition, this thesis explores additional interaction mechanisms that leverage the affordances of these techniques, and in doing so, we propose directional full-body motions as an interaction approach to perform general tasks with HDMs as an example to address the third challenge. The last challenge is addressed by (1) exploring the differences between performing full-body interaction for HMDs and common displays (i.e., TV) and (2) providing a set of design guidelines that are specific to current and future HMDs. The results of this thesis show that: (1) visual methods for boundary awareness can help with mid-air hand-based interaction in HMDs; (2) head-based interaction and interfaces that take advantages of MbI, such as a circular interface, can be very efficient and low error hands-free input method for HMDs; (3) directional full-body interaction can be a feasible and efficient interaction approach for general tasks involving HMDs; (4) full-body interaction for applications in HMDs should be designed differently than for traditional displays. In addition to these results, this thesis provides a set of design recommendations and takeaway messages for MbI for HMDs.
Undoubtable signs of CP-violation in Higgs decays at the LHC run 2
Creators: name: Fontes, Duarte
name: Romão, Jorge C.
name: Santos, Rui
name: Silva, João P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider the high energy physics community's attention has now turned to understanding the properties of the Higgs boson, together with the hope of finding more scalars during run 2. In this work we discuss scenarios where using a combination of three decays, involving the 125 GeV Higgs boson, the Z boson and at least one more scalar, an indisputable signal of CP-violation arises. We use a complex two-Higgs doublet model as a reference model and present some benchmark points that have passed all current experimental and theoretical constraints, and that have cross sections large enough to be probed during run 2.
description: 16 pages
The association of calcium supplementation and incident cardiovascular events in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Creators: name: Szklo,
name: Frazier-Wood,
name: Agarwal,
name: Raffield,
name: de Boer,
name: Hsu,
name: Burke,
name: Siscovick,
name: Ix,
name: Herrington,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Many US adults use calcium supplements to address inadequate dietary intake and improve bone health. However, recent reports have suggested that use of calcium supplements may elevate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. In this study, we examined associations between baseline calcium supplement use and incident myocardial infarction (MI) (n=208 events) and CVD events (n=641 events) over 10.3 years in men and women from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort (n=6,236), with dietary calcium intake at baseline also examined as a supplementary objective.
EXP123
Creators: name: li, yali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 70204 Animal Nutrition
subject: FOS: Animal and dairy science
subject: 70203 Animal Management

description: In Exp. 1, a total of 650 growing pigs (32.21 ± 0.33 kg), were allocated to 5 dietary treatments with SID Lys designed at 0.75, 0.85, 0.94, 1.03, and 1.13%, respectively. The lowest feed to gain ratio (F:G) was obtained by pigs fed the 1.03% Lys diet and F:G showed both linear and quadratic reduction with increasing Lys. Broken-line models described the Lys levels for the maximum average daily gain (ADG) was 0.83 and for minimum F:G was 0.88%. Based on quadratic models, Lys levels to maximize ADG and minimize F:G were 0.97 and 0.99%, respectively. In Exp. 2, 650 finishing pigs (57.24 ± 2.00 kg) were allotted to 5 dietary treatments providing SID Lys of 0.63, 0.71, 0.79, 0.87, and 0.95%, respectively. The highest final bodyweight was achieved by pigs fed the 0.79% Lys diet. With increasing Lys supply, final bodyweight showed a quadratic increase and tended to increase linearly. The highest ADG and average daily feed intake (ADFI) was achieved by pigs consuming the 0.87% Lys diet. In addition, ADG increased linearly and quadratically while ADFI increased in a quadratic manner and a tendency to increase. There was a linear and quadratic improvement in F:G, and the lowest F:G was obtained by pigs fed the 0.79 and 0.87% Lys diet. The breakpoint for ADG and F:G both occurred at 0.79% SID Lys. In addition, the quadratic analysis estimated the optimum Lys as 0.83 and 0.84% for ADG and F:G, respectively. In Exp. 3, 600 late finishing pigs (92.22 ± 2.41 kg), were divided into 5 treatments providing Lys levels of 0.53, 0.60, 0.66, 0.73, and 0.79%. Results showed that daily Lys intake increased linearly as SID Lys increased. The estimated Lys breakpoint for ADG was 0.56 and for F:G was 0.59% based on broken-line models while the maximum ADG and minimum F:G was achieved at 0.67 and 0.69% using quadratic models.
Deformed Covariant Quantum Phase Spaces as Hopf Algebroids
Creators: name: Lukierski, Jerzy
name: Skoda, Zoran
name: Woronowicz, Mariusz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the general D=4 (10+10)-dimensional kappa-deformed quantum phase space as given by Heisenberg double \mathcal{H} of D=4 kappa-deformed Poincare-Hopf algebra H. The standard (4+4) -dimensional kappa - deformed covariant quantum phase space spanned by kappa - deformed Minkowski coordinates and commuting momenta generators ({x}_{μ},{p}_{μ}) is obtained as the subalgebra of \mathcal{H}. We study further the property that Heisenberg double defines particular quantum spaces with Hopf algebroid structure. We calculate by using purely algebraic methods the explicite Hopf algebroid structure of standard kappa - deformed quantum covariant phase space in Majid-Ruegg bicrossproduct basis. The coproducts for Hopf algebroids are not unique, determined modulo the coproduct gauge freedom. Finally we consider the interpretation of the algebraic description of quantum phase spaces as Hopf algebroids.
description: 14 pages,v4; this version appeared in Physics Letters B
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the Cathedral Peak Weir 07 station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Cathedral Peak
Hydrological
Pressure transducer CS
Streamflow
Water temperature

description: This package contains supporting information for the hydrological data collected at Cathedral Peak's Weir 07 station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Behaviors and motivations for weight loss in children and adolescents: Weight Loss Behaviors and Motivations in Children
Creators: name: Skinner, Asheley Cockrell
name: Brown, Callie Lambert
name: Perrin, Eliana M.
name: Skelton, Joseph A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Examine the association between weight loss behaviors and motivations for weight loss in children and adolescents and the association of weight status with these behaviors and motivations in a nationally representative sample.
Numerical investigation of isolated filament motion in a realistic tokamak geometry
Creators: name: Walkden, N. R.
name: Dudson, B. D.
name: Easy, L.
name: Fishpool, G.
name: Omotani, J. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a numerical investigation of isolated filament dynamics in a simulation geometry representative of the scrape-off layer (SOL) of the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) previously studied in [N.R.Walkden et.al, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 55 (2013) 105005]. This paper focuses on the evolution of filament cross-sections at the outboard midplane and investigates the scaling of the centre of mass velocity of the filament cross-section with filament width and electron temperature. By decoupling the vorticity equation into even and odd parity components about the centre of the filament in the bi-normal direction parallel density gradients are shown to drive large velocities in the bi-normal (approximately poloidal) direction which scale linearly with electron temperature. In this respect increasing the electron temperature causes a departure of the filament dynamics from 2D behaviours. Despite the strong impact of 3D effects the radial motion of the filament is shown to be relatively well predicted by 2D scalings. The radial velocity is found to scale positively with both electron temperature and cross-sectional width, suggesting an inertially limited nature. Comparison with the two-region model [J. R. Myra et.al, Phys.Plasmas, 13 (2006) 112502] achieves reasonable agreement when using a corrected parallel connection length due to the neglect of diamagnetic currents driven in the divertor region of the filament. Analysis of the transport of particles due to the motion of the filament shows that the background temperature has a weak overall effect on the radial particle flux whilst the filament width has a strong effect.
description: Submitted to Nuclear Fusion
Cardiovascular disease risk by assigned treatment using the 2013 and 1998 obesity guidelines: Evaluation of Obesity Guidelines
Creators: name: Cui, Zhaohui
name: Erber-Oakkar, Eva
name: Stevens, June
name: Wormser, David
name: Virani, Salim S.
name: Di Angelantonio, Emanuele
name: Cai, Jianwen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The 1998 and the 2013 guidelines on management of overweight and obesity in adults provided algorithms for identification of patients to be treated with weight loss. To date the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the groups recommended or not recommended for weight loss treatment have not been estimated and compared.
New York Times Upshot/Siena College: 2020 North Carolina Poll Wave 2
Creators: name: New York Times
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2023

description: Likelihood of voting (1); 2020 presidential election (9); method of voting (3); vote for or against candidates (10); republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (11); democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (6); libertarian candidate Jo Jorgenson (4); Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins (4); 2020 U.S. Senate election (2); 2020 gubernatorial election (2); President Donald Trump job approval (1); favorability of politicians or political movements (6); republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence (2); democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris (2); Amy Coney Barrett (2); coronavirus pandemic (4); U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominations (2); presidential debate (3); vice presidential debate (2); voted in previous elections (2); democratic candidate Cal Cunningham (3); republican candidate Thom Tillis (3); libertarian candidate Shannon Bray (2); Constitution Party candidate Kevin Hayes (2); democratic candidate Roy Cooper (2); republican candidate Dan Forest (2); libertarian candidate Steven DiFiore II (2); Constitution Party candidate Al Pisano (2).
Retroperitoneal hematoma secondary to spontaneous rupture of ovarian artery pseudoaneurysms: case report and review of literature
Creators: name: Zorrilla, Astrid M.
name: Fein, Lydia A.
name: James, Kristen
name: Alhman, Preeti P.
name: Mohan, Prasoon P.
name: Carvajal, Sabrina M. Pastor
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Retroperitoneal hematoma secondary to spontaneous rupture of ovarian artery pseudoaneurysms: case report and review of literature
CMB all-scale blackbody distortions induced by linearizing temperature
Creators: name: Notari, Alessio
name: Quartin, Miguel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments, such as WMAP and Planck, measure intensity anisotropies and build maps using a linearized formula for relating them to the temperature blackbody fluctuations. However, this procedure also generates a signal in the maps in the form of y-type distortions which is degenerate with the thermal Sunyaev Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect. These are small effects that arise at second-order in the temperature fluctuations not from primordial physics but from such a limitation of the map-making procedure. They constitute a contaminant for measurements of: our peculiar velocity, the tSZ and primordial y-distortions. They can nevertheless be well-modeled and accounted for. We show that the distortions arise from a leakage of the CMB dipole into the y-channel which couples to all multipoles, mostly affecting the range $\ell$ < ~400. This should be visible in Planck's y-maps with an estimated signal-to-noise ratio of about 12. We note however that such frequency-dependent terms carry no new information on the nature of the CMB dipole. This implies that the real significance of Planck's Doppler coupling measurements is actually lower than reported by the collaboration. Finally, we quantify the level of contamination in tSZ and primordial y-type distortions and show that it is above the sensitivity of proposed next generation CMB experiments.
description: v3: Some corrections and clarifications, including revised S/N of the effect and a new figure. Matches published version. 8 pages, 4 figures
Population Dynamics of Protea holosericea in Langeberg, site 3319DA/1/1
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Hawequas

description: This is a scanned copy of a document, including diagrams, on population dynamics of Protea holosericea in Langeberg, site 3319DA/1/1. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Response to: vaginal birth in breech presentation in morbidly obese woman
Creators: name: Walker, Shawn
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Response to: vaginal birth in breech presentation in morbidly obese woman
Characterizations of higher-order convexity properties with respect to Chebyshev systems
Creators: name: Páles, Zsolt
name: Radácsi, Éva Székelyné
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 26B25, Secondary 39B62

description: In this paper various notions of convexity of real functions with respect to Chebyshev systems defined over arbitrary subsets of the real line are introduced. As an auxiliary notion, a concept of a relevant divided difference and also a related lower Dinghas type derivative are also defined. The main results of the paper offer various characterizations of the convexity notions in terms of the nonnegativity of a generalized divided difference and the corresponding lower Dinghas type derivative.
Genetic variation near IRS 1 is associated with adiposity and a favorable metabolic profile in U.S.Hispanics/Latinos: IRS1Variation, Adiposity, and Metabolic Profile
Creators: name: North, Kari E.
name: Schneiderman, Neil
name: Isasi, Carmen R.
name: Avilés-Santa, M. Larissa
name: Qi, Qibin
name: Cai, Jianwen
name: Emery, Leslie S.
name: Stilp, Adrienne
name: Louie, Tin
name: Kaplan, Robert C.
name: Gogarten, Stephanie M.
name: Loos, Ruth J.F.
name: Laurie, Cathy C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: We examined associations of IRS1 genetic variation with adiposity and metabolic profile in US Hispanic/Latino individuals of diverse backgrounds.
Line intercept in Koue Bokkeveld, Lydo, site 3319AB/1
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Koue Bokkeveld
line intercept

description: This is a scanned copy of a document of a line intercept in monitoring site 3319AB/1, in the Koue Bokkeveld. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Full Counting Statistics of a Non-adiabatic Electron Pump
Creators: name: Croy, Alexander
name: Saalmann, Ulf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-adiabatic charge pumping through a single-level quantum dot with periodically modulated parameters is studied theoretically. By means of a quantum-master-equation approach the full counting statistics of the system is obtained. We find a trinomial-probability distribution of the charge transfer, which adequately describes the reversal of the pumping current by sweeping the driving frequency. Further, we derive equations of motion for current and noise, and solve those numerically for two different driving schemes. Both show interesting features which can be fully analyzed due to the simple and generic model studied.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Complexity Heliophysics: A [new] system science that transcends the previous boundaries of our field
Creators: name: McGranaghan, Ryan
name: Datta-Barua, Seebany
name: Thayer, Jeffrey
name: Borovsky, Joseph
name: Johnson, Jay
name: Wing, Simon
name: Baker, Dan
name: Materassi, Massimo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Complex systems
Emergent phenomena
Fractals and multifractals
Probability distributions: heavy and fat-tailed
Scaling: spatial and temporal
Epistemology
Philosophy of science
Space weather
Risk and resiliency
Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions
Knowledge representation and knowledge bases
Scientific reasoning/inference
Uncertainty
Emerging informatics technologies
Team Science
Convergence Research

description: The 21st century is the time of complexity. We delineate it and its importance as necessary to solve ‘wicked problems.’ Inherently transdisciplinary, trans-scale, and interconnected to living systems, the solution to Heliophysics’ identity crisis and to unlock the next generation of scientific discovery may be to embrace complexity. With the right foresight, direction, and incentive over the next ten years, Heliophysics can become a beacon for how all of society thinks about and does complexity science.
Exome sequencing reveals novel genetic loci influencing obesity-related traits in Hispanic children: Novel Obesity Loci in Hispanic Children
Creators: name: Mishra, Pamela
name: Butte, Nancy F.
name: Sabo, Aniko
name: Muzny, Donna M.
name: Gibbs, Richard A.
name: Cole, Shelley A.
name: Kalra, Divya
name: Kent, Jack W.
name: Voruganti, V. Saroja
name: Comuzzie, Anthony G.
name: Dugan-Perez, Shannon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Perform whole exome sequencing in 928 Hispanic children and identify variants and genes associated with childhood obesity.
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the Cathedral Peak 10A station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Cathedral Peak
Meteorological
Tipping bucket
Precipitation

description: This package contains supporting information for the meteorological data collected at Cathedral Peak's 10A station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Family PArtners in Lifestyle Support (PALS): Family-Based Weight Loss for African American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Steele, Sonia P.
name: Keyserling, Thomas C.
name: Samuel-Hodge, Carmen D.
name: Holder-Cooper, Judith C.
name: Kumanyika, Shiriki K.
name: Gizlice, Ziya
name: Svetkey, Laura P.
name: Davis, Gwendolyn
name: Brantley, Phillip J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: OBJECTIVE: To develop and test a family-centered behavioral weight loss intervention for African American adults with type 2 diabetes.

METHODS: In this randomized trial, dyads consisting of an African American adult with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes (index participant) paired with a family partner with overweight or obesity but not diagnosed with diabetes were assigned in a 2:1 ratio to a 20-week special intervention (SI) or delayed intervention (DI) control group. The primary outcome was weight loss among index participants at the 20-week follow-up.

RESULTS: One hundred eight participants (54 dyads-36 (SI) and 18 (DI) dyads) were enrolled: 81% females; mean age, 51 years; mean weight,103 kg; and mean BMI, 37 kg/m2 . At post-intervention, 96 participants (89%) returned for follow-up measures. Among index participants, mean difference in weight loss between groups was -5.0 kg, P <0.0001 (-3.6 kg loss among SI; 1.4 kg gain in DI). SI index participants showed significantly greater improvements in hemoglobin A1c, depressive symptoms, family interactions, and dietary, physical activity, and diabetes self-care behaviors. SI family partners also had significant weight loss (-3.9 kg (SI) vs. -1.0 kg (DI), P = 0.02).

CONCLUSIONS: A family-centered, behavioral weight loss intervention led to clinically significant short-term weight loss among family dyads.
Child and youth participatory interventions for addressing lifestyle-related childhood obesity: a systematic review: Review of child and youth participatory interventions
Creators: name: Ataga,
name: Frerichs,
name: Corbie-Smith,
name: Tessler Lindau,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: A growing number of childhood obesity interventions involve children and youth in participatory roles, but these types of interventions have not been systematically reviewed. We aimed to identify child and youth participatory interventions in the peer-reviewed literature in order to characterize the approaches and examine their impact on obesity and obesity-related lifestyle behaviors. We searched PubMed/Medline, psychINFO, and ERIC for quasi-experimental and randomized trials conducted from date of database initiation through May 2015 that engaged children or youth in implementing healthy eating, physical activity, or weight management strategies. Eighteen studies met our eligibility criteria. Most (n=14) trained youth to implement pre-defined strategies targeting their peers. A few (n=4) assisted youth to plan and implement interventions that addressed environmental changes. Thirteen studies reported at least one statistically significant weight, physical activity, or dietary change outcome. Participatory approaches have potential, but variation in strategies and outcomes leave questions unanswered about the mechanisms through which child and youth engagement impact childhood obesity. Future research should compare child- or youth- to adult-delivered health promotion interventions and more rigorously evaluate natural experiments that engage youth to implement environmental changes. With careful attention to theoretical frameworks, process and outcome measures, these studies could strengthen the effectiveness of child- and youth- participatory approaches.
Quantum measurement-induced antiferromagnetic order and density modulations in ultracold Fermi gases in optical lattices
Creators: name: Mazzucchi, Gabriel
name: Caballero-Benitez, Santiago F.
name: Mekhov, Igor B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultracold atomic systems offer a unique tool for understanding behavior of matter in the quantum degenerate regime, promising studies of a vast range of phenomena covering many disciplines from condensed matter to quantum information and particle physics. Coupling these systems to quantized light fields opens further possibilities of observing delicate effects typical of quantum optics in the context of strongly correlated systems. Measurement backaction is one of the most fundamental manifestations of quantum mechanics and it is at the core of many famous quantum optics experiments. Here we show that quantum backaction of weak measurement can be used for tailoring long-range correlations of ultracold fermions, realizing quantum states with spatial modulations of the density and magnetization, thus overcoming usual requirement for a strong interatomic interactions. We propose detection schemes for implementing antiferromagnetic states and density waves. We demonstrate that such long-range correlations cannot be realized with local addressing, and they are a consequence of the competition between global but spatially structured backaction of weak quantum measurement and unitary dynamics of fermions.
description: Final version
Structure and large scale environment of galaxy pairs in the S-PLUS DR4
Creators: name: Cerdosino, M. C.
name: O'Mill, A. L.
name: Rodriguez, F.
name: Taverna, A.
name: Sodré, L.
name: Telles, E.
name: Méndez-Hernández, H.
name: Schoenell, W.
name: Ribeiro, T.
name: Kanaan, A.
name: de Oliveira, C. Mendez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we use photometric data from the S-PLUS DR4 survey to identify isolated galaxy pairs and analyse their characteristics and properties. Our results align with previous spectroscopic studies, particularly in luminosity function parameters, suggesting a consistent trait among galaxy systems. Our findings reveal a high fraction of red galaxies across all samples, irrespective of projected distance, velocity difference, or luminosity ratio. We found that the proximity of a neighbour to its central galaxy influences its colour due to environmental effects. We also found that central and neighbour have different behaviours: central galaxies maintain a stable red colour regardless of luminosity, while neighbour colours vary based on luminosity ratios. When the central is significantly brighter, the neighbour tends to be less red. According to our division in red, blue and mixed pairs, we found evidence of galactic conformity. Red pair fractions increase in closer pairs and in pairs of similar luminosity, indicating shared environments promoting red galaxy formation. Analysing local density, the expected colour-density relation is of course recovered, but it is strongly determined by the stellar mass of the pair. In denser environments, the red pair fractions increase, blue pairs decrease and for mixed pairs it depends on their stellar mass: more massive mixed pairs decrease their fraction whereas the lower massive ones increase it. These results shed light on the intricate relationship between galaxy pairs, their characteristics, and environmental influences on colour, providing insights into their evolutionary histories.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Plagiogyria pectinata Lellinger, Amer. Fern J.
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Cyatheales
Plagiogyriaceae
Plagiogyria
Plagiogyria pectinata

description: Plagiogyria pectinata (Liebm.) Lellinger, Amer. Fern J. 61: 115. 1971.
 Range: —Greater Antilles; mountains from Mexico to eastern Venezuela, south to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC, TA) and southeastern Brazil.
 Ecology: —Common; terrestrial in humid forests and grasslands above treeline; 2000 – 3450 m, 1200 – 3750 m elsewhere.
 Notes: — Mickel & Smith (2004) discussed the complex and wide variation of this species in Mexico, especially transitional forms in venation and serrulation of the pinna-margins, as well as the reduction (or not) of the proximal pinnae, all characters used by Lellinger (1971) to delineate different species in the Neotropics.
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XIX. Plagiogyriaceae, pp. 97-98 in Phytotaxa 344 (1) on page 98, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.1.17, http://zenodo.org/record/13720635
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the VASI Science Centre AWS station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Vasi
Meteorological
Automatic Weather Station CS
Wind speed
Wind direction
Air temperature
radiation
UV
ground temperature
rainfall
barometer

description: This package contains supporting information for the meteorological data collected at VASI's Science Centre AWS station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Flavour Expedition to the Zeptouniverse
Creators: name: Buras, Andrzej J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: After the completion of the Standard Model (SM) through the Higgs discovery particle physicists are waiting for the discovery of new particles either directly with the help of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) or indirectly through quantum fluctuations causing certain rare processes to occur at different rates than predicted by the SM. While the later route is very challenging, requiring very precise theory and experiment, it allows a much higher resolution of short distance scales than it is possible with the help of the LHC. In fact in the coming flavour precision era, in which the accuracy of the measurements of rare processes and of the relevant lattice QCD calculations will be significantly increased, there is a good chance that we may get an insight into the scales as short as 10^{-21} m (Zeptouniverse) corresponding to energy scale of 200 TeV or even shorter distance scales. We discuss the requirements that have to be met for such a flavour expedition to the Zeptouniverse to be successful. In particular we emphasize the power of correlations between flavour observables in the search for New Physics and identify a number of correlations that could allow to discover NP even if it would appear at the level of 20% of the SM contributions. The correlation between K^+\toπ^+ν\barν, B_s\toμ^+μ^- and γextracted from tree-level decays within the SM is one of them. We address the recent data on B_{s,d}\toμ^+μ^- and the anomalies in B_d\to K(K^*)μ^+μ^-, including breakdown of lepton flavour universality. We emphasize the correlations of B_d\to K(K^*)μ^+μ^- with B_d\to K(K^*)ν\barν. We summarize the recent study of K\toπν\barνand B_{d,s}\toμ^+μ^- decays which demonstrates that these decays play important roles in finding out what happens in the Zeptouniverse.
description: Lecture given at "Flavour Ways to New Physics", Freudenstadt-Lauterbad, Germany, October 2014, 38 pages, 9 Figures
aa-tRNA competition is crucial for the effective translation efficiency
Creators: name: Xia, Wenjun
name: Lei, Jinzhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Translation is a central biological process by which proteins are synthesized from genetic information contained within mRNAs. Here we study the kinetics of translation at molecular level through a stochastic simulation model. The model explicitly include RNA sequences, ribosome dynamics, tRNA pool and biochemical reactions in the translation elongation. The results show that the translation efficiency is mainly limited by the available ribosome number, translation initiation and the translation elongation time. The elongation time is log-normal distribution with mean and variance determined by both the codon saturation and the process of aa-tRNA selection at each codon binding. Moreover, our simulations show that the translation accuracy exponentially decreases with the sequence length. These results suggest that aa-tRNA competition is crucial for both translation elongation, translation efficiency and the accuracy, which in turn determined the effective protein production rate of correct proteins. Our results improve the dynamical equation of protein production with a delay differential equation which is dependent on sequence informations through both the effective production rate and the distribution of elongation time.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures
High-precision evaluation of Wigner's d-matrix by exact diagonalization
Creators: name: Feng, X. M.
name: Wang, P.
name: Yang, W.
name: Jin, G. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The precise calculations of the Wigner's d-matrix are important in various research fields. Due to the presence of large numbers, direct calculations of the matrix using the Wigner's formula suffer from loss of precision. We present a simple method to avoid this problem by expanding the d-matrix into a complex Fourier series and calculate the Fourier coefficients by exactly diagonalizing the angular-momentum operator $J_{y}$ in the eigenbasis of $J_{z}$. This method allows us to compute the d-matrix and its various derivatives for spins up to a few thousand. The precision of the d-matrix from our method is about $10^{-14}$ for spins up to $100$.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures; a Fortran90 code is included; resubmitted to Phys. Rev. E
A research agenda to guide progress on childhood obesity prevention in Latin America: Child obesity research guide Latin Am.
Creators: name: Sallis,
name: Rivera,
name: Jaime Miranda,
name: Jones-Smith,
name: Kline,
name: Popkin,
name: Pratt,
name: Reis,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Childhood obesity rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world. This paper examines and evaluates the many efforts underway in the region to reduce and prevent further increases in obesity, identifies and discusses unique research challenges and opportunities in Latin America, and proposes a research agenda in Latin America for the prevention of childhood obesity and concomitant non‐communicable diseases. Identified research gaps include biological challenges to healthy growth across the life cycle, diet and physical activity dynamics, community interventions promoting healthy child growth, and rigorous evaluation of national food and activity programs and regulatory actions. Addressing these research gaps is critical to advance the evidence‐based policy and practice in childhood obesity tailored to the Latin American context that will be effective in addressing obesity.
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the St. Lucia - EASTERN SHORE BARO_St Lucia EKZNW main office station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
St. Lucia
Hydrological
Pressure transducer
Ground Water level

description: This package contains supporting information for the hydrological data collected at St. Lucia - EASTERN SHORE's BARO_St Lucia EKZNW main office station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Nutrition status of children in Latin America: Nutrition status of the Latin American Region
Creators: name: Corvalán,
name: Stein,
name: Miranda,
name: Jones-Smith,
name: Salvo,
name: Pedraza,
name: Garmendia,
name: Lutter,
name: Popkin,
name: Ramirez-Zea,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide range of diseases. To understand the factors contributing to childhood obesity in Latin America, this paper reviews the current nutrition status and physical activity situation, the disparities between and within countries and the potential challenges for ensuring adequate nutrition and physical activity. Across the region, children face a dual burden of undernutrition and excess weight. While efforts to address undernutrition have made marked improvements, childhood obesity is on the rise as a result of diets that favour energy‐dense, nutrient‐poor foods and the adoption of a sedentary lifestyle. Over the last decade, changes in socioeconomic conditions, urbanization, retail foods and public transportation have all contributed to childhood obesity in the region. Additional research and research capacity are needed to address this growing epidemic, particularly with respect to designing, implementing and evaluating the impact of evidence‐based obesity prevention interventions.
Status Attainment and Social Mobility. How can Genetics Contribute to an Understanding of their Causes?
Creators: name: Schulz, Wiebke
name: Diewald, Martin
name: Baier, Tina
name: Schunck, Reinhard
Publisher: name: andere Institution
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Status attainment
subject: Social mobility
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Social Stratification
subject: Inequality
subject: Behavioral Genetics
subject: Heritability
subject: Twin Study
subject: Extended Twin Family Design
subject: 300

description: This paper discusses why and how the consideration of inter-individual genetic variation can enhance the explanatory power of sociological inquiries of status attainment and social stratification. We argue that accounting for genetic variation may help to address longstanding and in some cases overlooked causality problems in explaining the emergence of social inequalities – problems which may interfere with both implicit and explicit interpretations of a society as “open” or “closed,” as meritocratic or non-meritocratic. We discuss the basic methodological tenets of genetically informative research (Sect. 2) and provide empirical examples and theoretical conceptualizations on how genetic variation contributes to status attainment (Sect. 3). This is followed by a discussion of gene-environment interplay in relation to more abstract ideas about social mechanisms that generate inequality, touching on normative implications of these ideas as well as considerations from a social justice perspective (Sect. 4). Finally, we briefly review the potential benefits as well as pitfalls of incorporating genetic influences into sociological explanations of status attainment. As we will argue, understanding how social influences impinge on the individual and how genes influence our lives requires sophisticated research designs based on sound sociological theory and methodology (Sect. 5). ( p. 371)
Cell-Free DNA Screening: Complexities and Challenges of Clinical Implementation
Creators: name: Hardisty, Emily
name: Grace, Matthew R.
name: Dotters-Katz, Sarah K.
name: Kuller, Jeffrey A.
name: Vora, Neeta L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Screening for fetal aneuploidy in pregnant women using cell-free DNA has increased dramatically since the technology became commercially available in 2011. Since that time, numerous trials have demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity to screen for common aneuploidies in high-risk populations. Studies assessing the performance of these tests in low-risk populations have also demonstrated improved detection rates compared with traditional, serum-based screening strategies. Concurrent with the increased use of this technology has been a decrease in invasive procedures (amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling). As the technology becomes more widely understood, available, and utilized, challenges regarding its clinical implementation have become apparent. Some of these challenges include test failures, false-positive and false-negative results, limitations in positive predictive value in low-prevalence populations, and potential maternal health implications of abnormal results. In addition, commercial laboratories are expanding screening beyond common aneuploidies to include microdeletion screening and whole genome screening. This review article is intended to provide the practicing obstetrician with a summary of the complexities of cell-free DNA screening and the challenges of implementing it in the clinical setting.