cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
sj-pdf-1-aor-10.1177_00034894211042445 – Supplemental material for Characterizing Medicare Reimbursements and Clinical Activity Among Female Otolaryngologists
Creators: name: Panth, Neelima
name: Torabi, Sina J.
name: Kasle, David A.
name: Savoca, Emily L.
name: Zogg, Cheryl K.
name: O’Brien, Erin K.
name: Manes, R. Peter
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110315 Otorhinolaryngology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-aor-10.1177_00034894211042445 for Characterizing Medicare Reimbursements and Clinical Activity Among Female Otolaryngologists by Neelima Panth, Sina J. Torabi, David A. Kasle, Emily L. Savoca, Cheryl K. Zogg, Erin K. O’Brien and R. Peter Manes in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
Particulate morphology and deformation characteristics in modulation assisted machining
Creators: name: Biswas, Indrani
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Manufacturing processes and technologies (excl. textiles)

description: Studies of mechanics and deformation in metal cutting operations have been largely limited to steady-state processes assuming constant forces and shear strain of cutting. However, ‘transient’ or varying deformation conditions are frequently encountered in manufacturing processes, when one or more processing parameters vary during the progress of the cut. Such conditions impose a lower overall strain on the resulting chip and affect the cutting forces and energies. In this study, the transient deformation characteristics are studied through the analysis of chip attributes (hardness and shape change) in a periodic cutting technique, Modulation Assisted Machining (MAM). In MAM, a sinusoidal modulation is superimposed on the tool feed, resulting in periodic engagement between the tool and workpiece. Deformation is confined to a specific volume of material and is also transient due to varying local conditions, manifesting an inhomogeneous and lower shear strain compared to steady-state cutting. A wide variety of deformation conditions from near steady-state to completely transient was achieved through the control of modulation frequency, which determines the contact length in each cutting cycle. Particles produced at lower frequencies exhibit increased hardness, consistent with the deformation more approaching steady state. Micro-indentation tests performed on each particle tracked the local variations in hardness along the length of cut, which agreed well with the non-uniform shape change observed on the cross-section of the particles. Microstructural examination of the chips made with and without modulation helped further describe the different deformation modes acting under periodic and continuous cutting conditions. MAM is also a valuable technique for metal powder processing. Individual chip particles are produced during each modulation cycle with controllable shape and size, and composition identical to that of the workpiece. Advantages of the process include a significant reduction in the specific energy of production, zero compositional variance and a tight distribution of particle sizes compared to atomization. Implications of scaling up the process for large-scale production and the possible applications of the metal particles made with MAM are highlighted.
Probability and Angelic Nondeterminism with Multiset Semantics
Creators: name: Ong, Shawn
name: Ma, Stephanie
name: Kozen, Dexter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.3.1; F.3.2; F.3.3; D.3.3

description: We introduce a version of probabilistic Kleene algebra with angelic nondeterminism and a corresponding class of automata. Our approach implements semantics via distributions over multisets in order to overcome theoretical barriers arising from the lack of a distributive law between the powerset and Giry monads. We produce a full Kleene theorem and a coalgebraic theory, as well as both operational and denotational semantics and equational reasoning principles.
CLOSET GO: A DATA-DRIVEN DIGITAL CLOSET SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE DRESSING EXPERIENCE
Creators: name: Huang, Weilun
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Interactive media

description: This thesis aims to introduce a system design that supports the user experience of outfit selection, storage, and matching. Clothes are indispensable items in daily human life. Purchasing one's wardrobe has become more affordable. This has allowed people to focus on purchasing more fashionable clothes. Garment shopping has even become a type of social and leisure activity. With the development of internet technology, shopping methods have changed dramatically. However, these seemingly convenient shopping methods also bring unavoidable problems, such as an inability to understand apparel companies' different size standards and the challenge of seeing the details of materials. On the other side, while overemphasizing the convenience of the shopping process, online companies have ignored people's clothes-wearing experience that is the most enjoyable and valuable for customers. This paper introduces an IoT (Internet of Things) design: "Closet Go" including a mobile application and a clip-able camera. "Closet Go" aims to improve customers' daily outfit selection experience by digitalizing their closets and conducting data analysis of customized dressing habits. In this thesis, I present the entire design process: user research, Ideation, UI/UX design, product development, and evaluation. In the research section, potential users were recruited for interviews to discover the current problems in acquiring, selecting, and matching outfits in daily life. The design process section introduces the design development progress and results via user flow, experience map, prototype, and user interface. Finally, the thesis concludes with a heuristics evaluation section that tests the design's usability and experience to refine the project.
COMBINED PHYSICS AND BMP SIGNALING NETWORK DYNAMICS TO MODEL EARLY EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN ZEBRAFISH
Creators: name: Li, Linlin
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biomechanical engineering

description: Embryonic development is a complicated phenomenon influenced by genetic regulation and biomechanical cellular behaviors. However, the relative influence of these factors on spatiotemporal morphogen distributions is not well understood. Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) are the primary morphogen guiding the dorsal-ventral (DV) patterning of the early zebrafish embryo, and BMP signaling is regulated by a network of extracellular and intracellular factors that impact the range and signaling of BMP ligands. Recent advances in understanding the mechanism of pattern formation support a source-sink mechanism, however, it is not clear how the source-sink mechanism shapes patterns in 3D, nor how sensitive the pattern is to biophysical rates and boundary conditions along both the anteroposterior (AP) and DV axes of the embryo. Throughout blastulation and gastrulation, major cell movement, known as epiboly, happens along with the BMP mediated DV patterning. The layer of epithelial cells begins to thin as it spreads toward the vegetal pole of the embryo until it has completely engulfed the yolk cell. This dynamic domain may influence the distributions of BMP network members. This project aims to investigate the multiscale regulatory network of the BMP signaling dynamics along with the biophysical deformation of the embryo tissue during epiboly. In this study, we present a three-dimensional (3D) growing domain mathematical modeling framework to simulate the BMP patterning and epiboly process during the blastula to gastrula stage zebrafish embryo, with both finite difference and finite element approaching. These models provide a starting point to elucidate how different mechanisms and components work together in 3D to create and maintain the BMP gradient in the zebrafish embryo. We are interested in how the cellular movements impact the formation of gradients by contributing an advective term whereby the morphogens are swept with the moving cells as they move vegetally. Dynamic cell imaging data are used to quantify the cell movement during the epiboly. We evaluated the accuracy of the mesh updating compared to the advection caused by cell movement and its role in embryonic patterning. Quantitative whole-mount RNA scope data of BMP2b, Chordin, Noggin, Sizzled, and phosphorylated-SMAD data are collected and analyzed precisely to test the hypotheses of the gradient formation mechanism in our model. We also present a novel approach of Neuro Network model to accelerate the computationally intensive PDE simulations. Our goal is to develop a complete advection-diffusion-reaction model that incorporates all stages of zebrafish embryonic development data. By combining the biophysics of epiboly with the regulatory dynamics of the BMP network, we can test complex models to investigate the consistent spatiotemporal DV patterning in the early zebrafish embryo.
Additional file 3 of Trajectories of depressive symptom and its association with air pollution: evidence from the Mr. OS and Ms. OS Hong Kong cohort study
Creators: name: Zhao, Yinan
name: Liu, Qingcai
name: Chen, Yifei
name: Kwok, Timothy C. Y.
name: Leung, Jason C. S.
name: Feng, Hui
name: Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 3. Details of the process of convergence path using Lasso regression.
sj-pdf-1-pom-10.1177_03057356211030992 – Supplemental material for Singing lessons as a path to well-being in later life
Creators: name: Smith, Alexandra M
name: Kleinerman, Kay
name: Cohen, Annabel J
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pom-10.1177_03057356211030992 for Singing lessons as a path to well-being in later life by Alexandra M Smith, Kay Kleinerman and Annabel J Cohen in Psychology of Music
Public Perception of Alternative Intersection Designs
Creators: name: Adsit, Sarah E
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Transport engineering
Civil engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Improving intersection safety and efficiency are the primary goals of alternative intersection designs. These designs seek to improve on traditional traffic control methods, often by reducing intersection conflict points, reducing or eliminating time-wasting signal phases, or both. However, public opposition to these new designs can be a large barrier to implementation of alternative intersections despite their known safety and efficiency benefits.

This study evaluated current public perception and factors influencing that perception for four alternative intersection designs - the roundabout, the restricted crossing U-turn (also known as J-turn and reduced conflict intersection), the displaced left turn (also known as the continuous flow intersection), and the diverging diamond interchange (also known as the double crossover diamond interchange).

To achieve this objective, a survey instrument was designed and distributed to a target sample of 1,000 adults residing in the State of Indiana. The survey solicited participant awareness of these designs, acceptance of a potential implementation of the design in their community, and driver confidence using the design along with participant socio-demographic data. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was then conducted.

The survey results indicate that residents of Indiana are not aware of designs not currently widely implemented in the state, that opposition to these rarer designs is prominent, and that drivers were generally less confident in their ability to safely navigate these unfamiliar designs. Younger respondents, male respondents, more highly educated respondents, respondents who travel more often or for farther distances, and respondents who rate their own driving ability highly are more likely to be aware, accepting, and confident using alternative designs.

The results of this study will inform future outreach efforts pertaining to alternative intersections by improving transportation agency understanding of public opinions and primary concerns regarding these designs and provide potential paths for improving public perception.
The Role of Theta Synchrony in Emotion Dysregulation in Internalizing Psychopathologies
Creators: name: McAleer, Jessica
Publisher: name: University of Illinois Chicago
Year: 2025

description: Individuals with Internalizing Psychopathologies (IPs) experience difficulties regulating their emotions to meet contextual demands. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), implicated in emotion regulation (ER), is hypoactive in IP individuals. A potential new target for ER modulation is theta band synchrony, which increases during ER. Importantly, individuals with IPs display hypersynchronous theta bands while at rest. We posit that this hypersynchrony may create a ceiling effect in the theta band, limiting their capacity to synchronize and desynchronize as necessary, leading to emotion dysregulation.
The present study investigated the effects of dlPFC-targeting transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in parallel with individualized offset theta-tACS (transcranial alternating current stimulation) in individuals with IPs in an ER context. Thirty-three IP participants were randomly assigned to receive 4 sessions (2 sham, 2 verum) of either tACS or tDCS and completed 4 iterations of an emotion regulation task (ERT) during or immediately following stimulation. EEG was recorded during tasks without stimulation. Anxiety was assessed before the study and after each Rest+ERT pair, depression was assessed before and after the study, and subjective ratings of valence and emotional arousal were reported throughout the ERTs. Heart rate variability (HRV) – a metric of ER capacity – was calculated for each Rest and ERT.
tACS delivered at participants’ highest-synchrony edge successfully reduced synchrony at the stimulated edge whereas tDCS did not, as expected. Participants in both groups displayed significant decreases in anxiety and depression scores, particularly tACS participants who received verum first. Both groups displayed decreases in valence, but only tACS participants showed decreases in arousal. tACS participants additionally displayed significant increases in HRV over the course of the study. Though synchrony decreases did not correlate with changes in clinical metrics, decreases significantly correlated with increases in HRV, indicating improved ER capacity.
Our results suggest that by targeting theta hypersynchrony, we could improve ER capacity moreso than by targeting dlPFC hypoactivity. Future work will continue investigating the effects of individualized theta-tACS in IP individuals and will extend this investigation to include examination of potential build-up effects of multiple sessions of stimulation and any “real world” lasting effects.
Additional file 4 of Trajectories of depressive symptom and its association with air pollution: evidence from the Mr. OS and Ms. OS Hong Kong cohort study
Creators: name: Zhao, Yinan
name: Liu, Qingcai
name: Chen, Yifei
name: Kwok, Timothy C. Y.
name: Leung, Jason C. S.
name: Feng, Hui
name: Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 4. Details of sensitivity analyses
Enteric Methane Mitigation Strategies with Homoacetogens from Kangaroo
Creators: name: Stefanini Lopes, Renan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Acetic acid
Biochar
Homoacetogens
Kangaroo
Rumen
Methane

description: We examined the microbial population from kangaroo fecal samples that are capable of utilizing hydrogen and carbon dioxide to produce acetic acid, a metabolic process known as homoacetogenesis. Our Next Generation Sequence results showed a homoacetogenic culture comprising mainly of Clostridiales. This study investigates the implementation of this culture in conjunction with methanogenic chemical inhibitor 2-bromoethanesulfonate and almond shell biochar on an in-vitro rumen culture. Through a combination of strategies applied for methane mitigation and rumen bioaugmentation, a 2.5-fold increase in acetic acid was observed in the in vitro rumen cultures with no methane production detected. AS addition also showed a 28% increase in acetic acid production in the homoacetogenic consortia. Our studies demonstrate that homoacetogens from kangaroos can serve as an effective bioaugmentation tool to improve acetic acid production of the rumen system. Such advancements can potentially contribute to the optimization of rumen fermentation processes and may have practical implications for improved livestock feed efficiency and on lowering enteric methane emissions. Almond shell biochar was showed to be a promising tool to be used in combination with homoacetogens to enhance acetic acid yields. Nitrogen-doping almond shell biochar improved its affinity to the homoacetogens and promoted greater biofilm formation. Notably, our study proposes that the homoacetogens identified in kangaroos offer a promising microbial tool for establishing an alternative hydrogen sink to the rumen to lower methane emission while maintaining the robustness of the rumen and increasing its productivity.
Additional file 5 of Trajectories of depressive symptom and its association with air pollution: evidence from the Mr. OS and Ms. OS Hong Kong cohort study
Creators: name: Zhao, Yinan
name: Liu, Qingcai
name: Chen, Yifei
name: Kwok, Timothy C. Y.
name: Leung, Jason C. S.
name: Feng, Hui
name: Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 5. Definition and Measurement Instruments for Covariates.
Additional file 6 of Trajectories of depressive symptom and its association with air pollution: evidence from the Mr. OS and Ms. OS Hong Kong cohort study
Creators: name: Zhao, Yinan
name: Liu, Qingcai
name: Chen, Yifei
name: Kwok, Timothy C. Y.
name: Leung, Jason C. S.
name: Feng, Hui
name: Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 6. Details of linear mixed model analyses.
Erstnachweis von Devonaster Schuchert, 1914 im deutschen Unter-Devon (Asteroidea, Echinodermata)
Creators: name: Müller, Peter
name: Hahn, Gerhard
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 562
subject: Unterdevon
subject: Rheinisches Schiefergebirge
subject: Westerwald
subject: Asteroidea
subject: FID-GEO-DE-7

description: In diesem Beitrag wird Devonaster Schuchert, 1914 erstmals für Deutschland nachgewiesen. Die zu den Xenasteridae Gregory, 1899 gestellte Gattung war bisher nur aus dem Mittel-Devon von Nord-Amerika (New York, Ontario) bekannt. Die Neufunde stammen aus neritischen Ablagerungen des Unter-Emsium (Rheinische Fazies) im Westerwald (Rheinland- Pfalz) und sind somit deutlich älter. Die verhältnismäßig vollständig artikulierten Exemplare werden hier als Devonaster wenndorfi n. sp. und Devonaster daadenensis n. sp. vorgestellt. Sie zeigen enge Beziehungen zur Typusart Devonaster eucharis (Hall, 1868) aus dem Mittel-Devon von New York. Differenzen zu den ebenfalls im deutschen Unter-Devon vorkommenden Gattungen Xenaster Simonowitsch, 1871 und Spaniaster Schöndorf, 1907 werden aufgezeigt.
description: Abstract: First record of Devonaster Schuchert, 1914 in the German Lower Devonian (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). In this paper Devonaster Schuchert, 1914 is recorded for Germany for the first time. The genus, which belongs to the Xenasteridae Gregory, 1899, was previously only known from the Middle Devonian of North America (New York, Ontario). The new finds originate from neritic deposits of the Lower Emsian (Rhenish facies) in the Westerwald (Rhineland- Palatinate) and are thus clearly older. The relatively completely articulated specimens are presented as Devonaster wenndorfi n. sp. and Devonaster daadenensis n. sp. They show close relationships to the type species Devonaster eucharis (Hall, 1868) from the Middle Devonian of New York. The genus is compared with the genera Xenaster Simonowitsch, 1871 and Spaniaster Schöndorf, 1907, which also occur in the German Lower Devonian.
title: DEAL Verträge mit Springer Nature und Wiley – DEAL contracts with Springer Nature and Wiley
title: Handout für die Geowissenschaftlichen Fachgesellschaften
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Hübner, Andreas
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: DEAL
subject: FID-GEO-DE-7

description: Hübner, A. (2020d) DEAL Verträge mit Springer Nature und Wiley – DEAL contracts with Springer Nature and Wiley. Handout für die Geowissenschaftlichen Fachgesellschaften
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal in drinking water with point-of-use water treatment systems
Creators: name: Gupta, Shreya
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Water treatment processes

description: Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have gained much attention recently due to their high persistence and potential health risks. PFAS are often used in the fabrication of various consumer products, such as firefighting foam, non-stick utensils, water-repellent clothes, stain-resistant materials, and food packaging products. PFAS are highly stable and persistent due to their strong carbon-fluorine bonds and have been found to be absorbed in humans and animals for significant amount of time. Studies have shown that drinking water may act as a reservoir of trace level PFAS and contribute to the accumulation of PFAS in human bodies, which may lead to adverse health issues in liver, kidney, and reproductive systems. However, limited studies have been done to remove trace level PFAS in point-of-use (POU) water treatment systems, including reverse osmosis (RO) and activated carbon (AC) systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate PFAS removal in POU systems and factors that may impact PFAS removal efficiencies. Mixtures of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) under two different concentrations (1 μg/l and 10 μg/l) were spiked into tap water and PFAS removal efficiencies in three RO and three AC systems were evaluated. Solid phase extraction coupled with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-LC/MS/MS) was used to quantify trace level PFAS concentrations. The results showed that PFAS were effectively removed in both RO and AC systems with average removal efficiencies greater than 90% in all tested POU systems. Among the three evaluated PFAS with different chain-lengths (PFOS: 8 carbons, PFHxS: 6 carbons, PFBS: 4 carbons), higher removal efficiencies were observed in long-chain perfluoroalkyl sulfonic acids (carbon chain-length ≥ 6), while relatively low removal efficiency and high variability was observed in PFBS removal. These results suggest that POU systems are generally effective to remove PFAS, but short-chain PFBS may not be consistently removed, even though they have been frequently used as alternative PFAS to replace conventional long-chain PFAS. The results from this study may improve the understanding of PFAS removal in POU systems and provide useful information for the design, operation, and maintenance of POU systems to minimize health risks of PFAS in drinking water.
MPEC 2024-O34 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2024 July 20)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Emil Johannes Wiechert (1861-1928) – Initiator der DGG-Gründung und Erster Vorsitzender 1922 sowie Ehrenvorsitzender 1925
Creators: name: Jacobs, F.
name: Börngen, M.
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 550.9
subject: DGG
subject: Erdbebenforschung
subject: FID-GEO-DE-7

description: Aus Anlass des 100. Jahrestages der Gründung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 1922 in Leipzig erschien im Verlag Edition am Gutenbergplatz Leipzig das Buch „Wiechert, Mintrop & Co. – Die 24 Gründungsväter der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft“ von Franz Jacobs und Michael Börngen (siehe gleichlautenden Archivbeitrag in DGG-Mitteilungen 1/2019: 36-37). Die damalige DGG-Präsidentin Heidrun Kopp hat darin das Geleitwort geschrieben. Das Buch kann über den Buchhandel unter ISBN 978-3-95922-107-8 bestellt werden. Der folgende Artikel ist eine leicht erweiterte Fassung eines Kapitels aus diesem Buch.
Additional file 1 of Creation of a sustainable longitudinal women in Leadership Development (WILD) curriculum focused on graduate medical education trainees
Creators: name: McGourty, Colleen A.
name: Castillo, Francine
name: Donzelli, Grace
name: Keenan, Bridget P.
name: Gilbreth, Margaret
name: Santhosh, Lekshmi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Indirect Optimization of Multi-Phase Trajectories Involving Arbitrary Discrete Logic
Creators: name: Saranathan, Harish
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49M20 (Primary) 49M05 (Secondary)

description: Multi-phase trajectories of aerospace vehicle systems involve multiple flight segments whose transitions may be triggered by boolean logic in continuous state variables, control and time. When the boolean logic is represented using only states and/or time, such systems are termed autonomously switched hybrid systems. The relaxed autonomously switched hybrid system approach (RASHS) was previously introduced to simplify the trajectory optimization process of such systems in the indirect framework when the boolean logic is solely represented using AND operations. This investigation enables cases involving arbitrary discrete logic. The new approach is termed the Generalized Relaxed Autonomously Switched Hybrid System (GRASHS) approach. Similar to the RASHS approach, the outcome of the GRASHS approach is the transformation of the necessary conditions of optimality from a multi-point boundary value problem to a two-point boundary value problem, which is simpler to handle. This is accomplished by converting the arbitrary boolean logic to the disjunctive normal form and applying smoothing using sigmoid and hyperbolic tangent functions. The GRASHS approach is demonstrated by optimizing a Mars entry, descent, and landing trajectory, where the parachute descent segment is active when the velocity is below the parachute deployment velocity or the altitude is below the parachute deployment altitude, and the altitude is above the powered descent initiation altitude. This set of conditions represents a combination of AND and OR logic. The previously introduced RASHS approach is not designed to handle such problems. The proposed GRASHS approach aims to fill this gap.
description: 28 pages, 12 figures
The Experience of Black Adolescent Males in an Out-of-School Program on the West Side of Chicago
Creators: name: Floyd, Wendell Danton
Publisher: name: University of Illinois Chicago
Year: 2025

description: Interwoven with first person accounts, from the author, this study looks to illuminate the contrasting developmental experience of Black Adolescent Males (BAMs) within traditional and non-traditional developmental spaces. For decades developmental practitioners have created and implemented programs and initiatives that aim to promote the academic achievement of Black males. Due to this, most educational research conducted on BAMs aims to discover how to “elevate” Black male’s intellectual and social capacities for them to adjust to the desired norms of traditional school spaces. However, there’s room to examine Black boys’ developmental experiences within “other” spaces that are created with and for them. Using photo elicitation and Photovoice, this research examines the developmental impact an out of school program that promotes creative and technical skill development, cultural competence, and critical race consciousness has on BAMs. This study will utilize the images and voices of research participants to articulate how their experience within a pro Black holistic developmental space contributes to how they see themselves as Black adolescent males within a broader anti-Black paradigm.
Verbesserung Der Chancengleichheit Für Kinder Mit Migrationshintergrund: Welchen Beitrag Kann Die Soziale Arbeit Leisten?
Creators: name: Suter, Caroline
name: Saner, Kathrin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: gnd:4030550-8
subject: gnd:7544915-8
subject: gnd:4055736-4
subject: gnd:4113643-3

description: Die Autorinnen behandeln das soziale Problem der Chancenungleichheit von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund im Bildungswesen. Die PISA-Studien zeigen auf, dass ein Zusammenhang zwischen den Schulleistungen und dem Migrationshintergrund sowie dem sozioökonomischen Status dieser Kinder besteht. Es wird dargelegt, welchen Beitrag die Soziale Arbeit leisten kann, um dieser Chancenungleichheit entgegenzuwirken. Ein mögliches Instrument für die Verbesserung der Chancengleichheit ist die frühe Förderung. Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund haben bessere Aussichten auf einen erfolgreichen Schuleintritt und -verlauf, wenn sie an Angeboten der frühen Förderung teilnehmen. Dies sind vorschulische, familienergänzende Betreuungsangebote. Sie dienen als Brücken, welche den Kindern den Übergang vom System Familie in das System Schule erleichtern. Die Autorinnen zeigen auf, dass die Soziale Arbeit in Form der Gemeinwesenarbeit Möglichkeiten hat, solche Übergänge für Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund und deren Eltern mitzugestalten. Die Sozialarbeiterin oder der Sozialarbeiter kann die Eltern für die Thematik sensibilisieren und zu einer Teilnahme ihrer Kinder an Angeboten der frühen Förderung motivieren. Aktuell werden viele Angebote entwickelt, die spezifisch auf Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund ausgerichtet sind. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie sich die Gemeinwesenarbeit bei deren Konzipierung beteiligen kann, um eine sozialarbeiterische Sichtweise einzubringen. Dabei wird vermehrt von den Bedürfnissen und Ressourcen der Betroffenen ausgegangen. In der Zielgruppenerreichung sowie der Vernetzung sowie Koordination hat die Gemeinwesenarbeit weitere wichtige Aufgaben zu übernehmen.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basa 2009 + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern - Soziale Arbeit, Ausbildungsgang Sozialarbeit, 2009
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A DIGITAL SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY BOLT PATTERN TRACEABILITY AND POKA-YOKE
Creators: name: Kozikowski, Eric J
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Manufacturing processes and technologies (excl. textiles)
Manufacturing engineering not elsewhere classified
Flexible manufacturing systems
Knowledge representation and reasoning

description: The manufacturing industry has begun its transition into a digital age, where data-driven decisions aim to improve product quality, output, and efficiency. Decisions made based on manufacturing data can help identify key problem areas in an assembly line and mitigate any defects from progressing through to the next step in the assembly process. But what if the products’ as manufactured data was inaccurate or didn’t exist at all? Decisions based on incorrect data can lead to defective parts being passed as good parts, costing manufacturers millions of dollars in rework or recalls. When specifically referring to mechanically fastened assemblies, products that experience rotation, like an aircraft propeller, or compress to create a seal, like an oil pipe flange, all require specific torque pattern sequences to be followed during assembly. When incorrectly torqued, the parts can have catastrophic failures resulting in consumer injury or ecological contamination. This paper outlines the development and feasibility of a system and its components for tracking and error-proofing the assembly of bolted joints in an industrial environment.Using a machine vision system, the system traces the tool location relative to the mechanical fastener and records which order the fasteners were torqued in, if an error is detected, the system does not allow the user to progress through the assembly process, notifying if an error is detected. The system leverages open source machine learning algorithms from TensorFlow2 and OpenCv, that allow efficient object detection model training. The proposed system was tested using a series of tests and evaluated using the STEP method. The data collected aims to understand the system's feasibility and effectiveness in an industrial setting. The tests aim to understand the effectiveness of the system under standard and variable industrial work conditions. Using the STEP method and other statistical analysis, an evaluation matrix was completed, ranking the system's ability to successfully meet all predetermined benchmarks and successfully record the torque pattern used to assemble apart
title: Prof. Dr. Willy Theodor Stöhr
title: Pionier der Bodenkundlichen Landesaufnahme in Rheinland-Pfalz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Wiesner, Thomas
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 631.49
subject: Rheinland-Pfalz
subject: Bodenkartierung
subject: Biographie
subject: FID-GEO-DE-7

description: Der Beitrag verfolgt die wichtigsten Stationen im Leben von Prof. Dr. Willy Th. Stöhr. Einen Schwerpunkt des Textes bildet Stöhrs Tätigkeit im Geologischen Dienst des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz (1957-1983). Damit lässt die Publikation gleichzeitig einen bedeutenden Teil der frühen Jahre der Bodenkunde beim Geologischen Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz Revue passieren.
description: Abstract: The article traces the most important stages in the life of Prof. Dr. Willy Th. Stöhr. The main focus of the article is on Stöhr's work at the Geological Survey of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (1957-1983). At the same time, the article reviews a significant part of the early years of soil science at the Geological Survey as mentioned before.
Additional file 2 of Creation of a sustainable longitudinal women in Leadership Development (WILD) curriculum focused on graduate medical education trainees
Creators: name: McGourty, Colleen A.
name: Castillo, Francine
name: Donzelli, Grace
name: Keenan, Bridget P.
name: Gilbreth, Margaret
name: Santhosh, Lekshmi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 2
Production of Lutetium-177 via the Indirect Route Using PUR-1
Creators: name: Miller, True W
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nuclear engineering (incl. fuel enrichment and waste processing and storage)

description: The use of high flux research reactors, such as the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), to produce a wide variety of both industrial and medical isotopes has been well documented and proven to be economically feasible. However, due to the lack of access to these high flux facilities by most countries, isotope production methods utilizing reactors with low to moderate flux levels are needed, especially for short lived medical isotopes whose production must be relatively close to the location where they will be administered. In recent years medical isotopes that can both be used for treatment and diagnostic uses have become of great interest. One of the most popular of these theragnostic radionuclides is lutetium-177. Production of high-grade Lu-177 can be achieved in both high and low flux reactors through two different production methods. The current work looks to determine the feasibility of producing Lu-177 via the indirect route, using the relatively low flux of PUR-1. This will be accomplished through the use of high-fidelity models and simulations to predict the resulting production rates of the desired products. The results of these models and simulations will then be compared to the results obtained from the experimental irradiation of various samples of ytterbium oxide in PUR-1. Many studies have successfully produced Lu-177 using moderate and high flux reactors and several papers have studied the predicted production rate for low to moderate flux reactors by using the reported thermal flux of various research reactors and the reported cross-section values for ytterbium. A Monte Carlo based model of PUR-1 will be developed to determine the radiative capture reaction rates for the ytterbium targets across all neutron energies. This model in conjunction with a simplified MATLAB model, to solve the series of partial differential equations describing the production and decay of each product isotope, will be used to predict isotope production rates and will be compared to experimentally obtained results.
Analyzing Attitudes Toward Stayover Relationships Among Emerging Adults
Creators: name: Marsh, Keiara A.
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This study bridges the gap in literature in regards to emerging adults ages 18 to 25 and their attitudes toward relationship formation, specifically towards the acceptability of stayover relationships. By using a factorial vignette to manipulate dimensions of number of nights, reason, and gender, the attitudes of emerging adults were indicated to be acceptable. Open responses were obtained to analyze how emerging adults are categorizing the academic term of stayovers. The study found that emerging adults were more likely to find 1-2 nights as acceptable when compared to stayovers that occur every night. Qualitative analysis of results showed that respondents commonly used language such as dating, friends with benefits, or committed relationship to describe stayover relationships.
Additional file 1 of The impact of health insurance on maternal and reproductive health service utilization and financial protection in low- and lower middle-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence
Creators: name: Kazibwe, Joseph
name: Tran, Phuong Bich
name: Kaiser, Andrea Hannah
name: Kasagga, Simon Peter
name: Masiye, Felix
name: Ekman, Björn
name: Sundewall, Jesper
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Enhancing Safety for Autonomous Systems via Reachability and Control Barrier Functions
Creators: name: Lo, Jason King Ching
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: Aerospace engineering not elsewhere classified
Automation engineering
Control engineering
Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified
Autonomous vehicle systems

description: In this thesis, we explore different methods to enhance the safety and robustness for autonomous systems. We achieve this goal using concepts and tools from reachability analysis and control barrier functions. We first take on a multi-player reach-avoid game that involves two teams of players with competing objectives, namely the attackers and the defenders. We analyze the problem and solve the game from the attackers' perspectives via a moving horizon approach. The resulting solution provides a safety guarantee that allows attackers to reach their goals while avoiding all defenders.
Next, we approach the problem of target re-association after long-term occlusion using concepts from reachability as well as Bayesian inference. Here, we set out to find the probability identity matrix that associates the identities of targets before and after an occlusion. The solution of this problem can be used in conjunction with existing state-of-the-art trackers to enhance their robustness.
Finally, we turn our attention to a different method for providing safety guarantees, namely control barrier functions. Since the existence of a control barrier function implies the safety of a control system, we propose a framework to learn such function from a given user-specified safety requirement. The learned CBF can be applied on top of an existing nominal controller to provide safety guarantees for systems.
Pairing in fission: Mean-field and collective inertias study
Creators: name: Zdeb, A.
name: Warda, M.
name: Robledo, L. M.
name: Giuliani, S. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pairing plays a crucial role in the microscopic description of nuclear fission. Microscopic methods provide access to three quantities related to pairing, namely, the pairing gap ($Δ$), the particle number fluctuations ($ Δ\hat{N}^2 $), and the quenching factor (QF). The aim of this work is to analyse the impact of each of these quantities on the static description of the fission process.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures
Die Kernbohrung Moosburg 4 – ein mineralogisch/ tonmineralogisches Richtprofil (Oberjura, Malm von Süd-Deutschland)
Creators: name: Koch, Roman
name: Krumm, Stefan
name: Munnecke, Axel
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ober-Jura
subject: Tonmineral-Stratigraphie
subject: Mineralostratigraphie
subject: FID-GEO-DE-7

description: In der Bohrung Moosburg 4 wurden die Nichtkarbonate (HCl-Unlösliches; 45 Proben) der Karbonatgesteine vom Malm Alpha (Unteres Oxfordium) bis zum Malm Zeta (Oberes Tithonium) röntgendiffraktometrisch untersucht. Ziel war es, die bestehende lithostratigraphische Untergliederung genauer mineralogisch und tonmineralogisch zu untermauern, um diese in Malm-Bohrungen des Molasse-Untergrundes besser belegen zu können. Die Kombination von mineralogischen und tonmineralogischen röntgenographischen Untersuchungen der Nichtkarbonate ermöglichen es, unter Bezug zum Gamma-Log der Bohrung Moosburg SC4 eine Untergliederung in neun Einheiten (I – IX) zu definieren. Diese entspricht vom Malm Alpha bis Malm Zeta 3 weitgehend der lithostratigraphischen Unterteilung, wie sie von Meyer (1994) dokumentiert wird. Die von Meyer (1994) vorgenommene Positionierung des Malm Zeta 4-5 und die der als Purbeck definierten Schichtfolge müssen dagegen revidiert werden. Die Malm/ Purbeck-Grenze ist um 99 m ins Hangende zu legen. Damit entspricht der dort im Malm analysierte Bereich dem Untertithon und dem Obertithon. Karbonatgesteine des Purbeck wurden in der vorliegenden Studie nicht untersucht. Die Zuordnung der Einheiten I-VI zu den lithostratigraphischen Einheiten von Meyer (1994) ist gut. Es ist nur der obere Teil der Bohrung Moosburg 4 als Unteres und als Oberes Tithon neu zu definieren. Allgemein kann festgestellt werden, dass eine lithostratigraphische Untergliederung des Malm auf der Basis mineralogisch/tonmineralogischer Analysen der Nichtkarbonate erstellt werden kann. Diese Methode kann daher auch in neuen Bohrungen im Molassebecken zur Untergliederung der oberjurassischen Schichtfolge erfolgreich angewendet werden.
UAV DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION SYSTEM USING AN INTERCONNECTED ARRAY OF ACOUSTIC SENSORS AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
Creators: name: Fagiani, Facundo Ramiro Esquivel
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2021
Subjects: System and network security
Applied computing not elsewhere classified
Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) technology has evolved exponentially in recent years. Smaller and less expensive devices allow a world of new applications in different areas, but as this progress can be beneficial, the use of UAVs with malicious intentions also poses a threat. UAVs can carry weapons or explosives and access restricted zones passing undetected, representing a real threat for civilians and institutions. Acoustic detection in combination with machine learning models emerges as a viable solution since, despite its limitations related with environmental noise, it has provided promising results on classifying UAV sounds, it is adaptable to multiple environments, and especially, it can be a cost-effective solution, something much needed in the counter UAV market with high projections for the coming years. The problem addressed by this project is the need for a real-world adaptable solution which can show that an array of acoustic sensors can be implemented for the detection and localization of UAVs with minimal cost and competitive performance.

 In this research, a low-cost acoustic detection system that can detect, in real time, about the presence and direction of arrival of a UAV approaching a target was engineered and validated. The model developed includes an array of acoustic sensors remotely connected to a central server, which uses the sound signals to estimate the direction of arrival of the UAV. This model works with a single microphone per node which calculates the position based on the acoustic intensity change produced by the UAV, reducing the implementation costs and being able to work asynchronously. The development of the project included collecting data from UAVs flying both indoors and outdoors, and a performance analysis under realistic conditions.

 The results demonstrated that the solution provides real time UAV detection and localization information to protect a target from an attacking UAV, and that it can be applied in real world scenarios.
sj-pdf-1soc-10.1177_00380385211033729 – Supplemental material for COVID-19, Nation-States and Fragile Transnationalism
Creators: name: Nehring, Daniel
name: Hu, Yang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1soc-10.1177_00380385211033729 for COVID-19, Nation-States and Fragile Transnationalism by Daniel Nehring and Yang Hu in Sociology
sj-pdf-1-ejo-10.1177_11206721211044634 – Supplemental material for Ophthalmologists perceived usefulness of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) for evaluating the mental health of patients with chronic eye diseases
Creators: name: Swaillam, Samar
name: Fortini, Stefania
name: Ahmed, Anwar
name: Mariotti, Silvio P
name: Shahwan, Sami
name: Khandekar, Rajiv
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-ejo-10.1177_11206721211044634 for Ophthalmologists perceived usefulness of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) for evaluating the mental health of patients with chronic eye diseases by Samar Swaillam, Stefania Fortini, Anwar Ahmed, Silvio P Mariotti, Sami Shahwan and Rajiv Khandekar in European Journal of Ophthalmology