cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Luminous Infrared Galaxies With the Submillimeter Array. III. The Dense Kiloparsec Molecular Concentrations of Arp 299
Creators: name: Sliwa, Kazimierz
name: Wilson, Christine D.
name: Petitpas, Glen R.
name: Armus, Lee
name: Juvela, Mika
name: Matsushita, Satoki
name: Peck, Alison B.
name: Yun, Min S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have used high resolution (~2.3") observations of the local (D = 46 Mpc) luminous infrared galaxy Arp 299 to map out the physical properties of the molecular gas which provides the fuel for its extreme star formation activity. The 12CO J=3-2, 12CO J=2-1 and 13CO J=2-1 lines were observed with the Submillimeter Array and the short spacings of the 12CO J=2-1 and J=3-2 observations have been recovered using James Clerk Maxwell Telescope single dish observations. We use the radiative transfer code RADEX to estimate the physical properties (density, column density and temperature) of the different regions in this system. The RADEX solutions of the two galaxy nuclei, IC 694 and NGC 3690, are consistent with a wide range of gas components, from warm moderately dense gas with T_{kin} > 30 K and n(H_{2}) ~ 0.3 - 3 x 10^{3} cm^{-3} to cold dense gas with T_{kin} ~ 10-30 K and n(H_{2}) > 3 x 10^{3} cm^{-3}. The overlap region is shown to have a better constrained solution with T_{\rm{kin}}$ ~ 10-50 K and n(H_{2}) ~ 1-30 x 10^{3} cm^{-3}. We estimate the gas masses and star formation rates of each region in order to derive molecular gas depletion times. The depletion times of all regions (20-60 Myr) are found to be about 2 orders of magnitude lower than those of normal spiral galaxies. This rapid depletion time can probably be explained by a high fraction of dense gas on kiloparsec scales in Arp 299. We estimate the CO-to-H_{2} factor, α_{co} to be 0.4 \pm 0.3 (3 x 10^{-4}/ x_{CO}) M_{sol} (K km s^{-1} pc^{2})^{-1} for the overlap region. This value agrees well with values determined previously for more advanced merger systems.
description: 24 pages, 4 figures, ApJ accepted
Additional file 1 of Assessing the cost-effectiveness of integrated case management of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Liberia
Creators: name: Godwin-Akpan, Tiawanlyn G.
name: Diaconu, Karin
name: Edmiston, Melissa
name: Smith, John Solunta
name: Sosu, Fred
name: Weiland, Stefanie
name: Kollie, Karsor K.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
classificationCode: 110309
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Decision tree.
High-frequency gravitational wave detection via optical frequency modulation
Creators: name: Bringmann, Torsten
name: Domcke, Valerie
name: Fuchs, Elina
name: Kopp, Joachim
Publisher: name: Ridge, NY : American Physical Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::530 | Physik

description: High frequency gravitational waves can be detected by observing the frequency modulation they impart on photons. We discuss fundamental limitations to this method related to the fact that it is impossible to construct a perfectly rigid detector. We then propose several novel methods to search for O(MHz-GHz) gravitational waves based on the frequency modulation induced in the spectrum of an intense laser beam, by applying optical frequency demodulation techniques, or by using optical atomic clock technology. We find promising sensitivities across a broad frequency range.
Evaluation of the Bacterial Transferrin Receptor as a Vaccine Antigen
Creators: name: Fegan, Jamie
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Vaccines
subject: Protein Antigens
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Neisseria meningitidis
subject: Transferrin binding proteins

description: The bacterial transferrin receptor has been considered a candidate vaccine antigen for multiple important pathogens, including Neisseria meningitidis. It was previously shown that both components, transferrin binding proteins A (TbpA) and B (TbpB) are required for bacterial survival within the host and both can elicit bactericidal antibodies after immunization. Here, cross reactivity of multiple TbpB variants has been evaluated in a high-throughput ELISA-based assay that was developed to ensure all regions of TbpB are accessible during evaluation. An engineered C-lobe scaffold of TbpB has been used to host surface-exposed regions of TbpA. Antibodies developed against the hybrid antigens were able to bind TbpA on whole bacteria and inhibit TbpA- dependent transferrin-based growth. Serum bactericidal activity was elicited by antisera to these ‘hybrid’ antigens both with and without TbpB present in the targeted strain, indicating individual TbpA loops induce complement-based killing. In N. meningitidis, asymptomatic carriage of the nasopharyngeal mucosa represents the only reservoir of disease. Conjugate capsular vaccines have been shown to reduce the burden of colonization of N. meningitidis, indicating that systemic immunization is able to effect mucosal carriage. The recent development of transgenic mice expressing human CEACAM1, a molecule necessary for bacterial adhesion, has led to the first mucosal colonization model of N. meningitidis. This model has been utilized to evaluate mucosal protection by TbpB and another prominent meningococcal vaccine antigen, factor H binding protein (FHbp). These data suggest that while TbpB is able to elicit protection from both invasive disease and mucosal colonization, FHbp is unable to prevent mucosal colonization while still eliciting systemic protection. TbpB was evaluated as a carrier antigen for the development of conjugate capsular vaccines to target a pathogen by both the polysaccharide capsule and a required protein antigen. TbpB from N. meningitidis was conjugated to the Haemophilus influenzae type B polysaccharide and resultant sera was bactericidal against both N. meningitidis and H. influenzae with no significant decrease in TbpB cross reactivity or meningococcal protection when compared to sera against native TbpB. These data provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the efficacy of transferrin receptor-based vaccines.
Influence of correlated impurities on conductivity of graphene sheets: Time-dependent real-space Kubo approach
Creators: name: Radchenko, T. M.
name: Shylau, A. A.
name: Zozoulenko, I. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact numerical calculations of the conductivity of graphene sheets with random and correlated distributions of disorders have been performed using the time-dependent real-space Kubo formalism. The disorder was modeled by the long-range Gaussian potential describing screened charged impurities and by the short-range potential describing neutral adatoms both in the weak and strong scattering regime. Our central result is that correlation in the spatial distribution for the strong short-range scatterers and for the long-range Gaussian potential do not lead to any enhancement of the conductivity in comparison to the uncorrelated case. Our results strongly indicate that the temperature enhancement of the conductivity reported in the recent study (Yan and Fuhrer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 206601 (2011)) and attributed to the effect of dopant correlations was most likely caused by other factors not related to the correlations in the scattering potential.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures
The effects of reproductive experience on prefrontal cortex dependent learning and memory and pyramidal cell morphology in the rat dam
Creators: name: Crozier, Tamara May
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Pregnancy, parturition, and motherhood, collectively known as reproductive experience, bring about profound and enduring changes in the hormonal, neural, and behavioral profile of the female rat. Much of the research to date investigating the effects of reproductive experience on learning and memory and cellular morphology in the rat dam has focused on the hippocampus. These studies revealed enhancements in spatial working and reference memory as well as alterations in pyramidal cell morphology following reproductive experience. Interestingly, it has long been established that other brain regions undergo persistent changes in response to reproductive experience including the prefrontal cortex, yet there remains a paucity of research investigating this area. Thus, the objective of the following experiments was to determine the effects of reproductive experience on prefrontal cortex-dependent learning and memory as well as pyramidal cell morphology in the prelimbic region in nulliparous, primiparous, and multiparous rats. For Experiment 1, age-matched nulli-, primi- and multiparous rats were tested for seventeen consecutive days using the delayed spatial win-shift task. This experiment revealed that multiparous rats committed fewer within-phase and omission errors than nulli- or primiparous rats on Blocks 2, 3, and 4 as well as committing fewer across-phase errors in Blocks 2 and 4 than either the nulli- or primiparous groups. Furthermore, the total number of within-phase errors significantly and negatively correlated with an increase in the total time engaged in nursing behaviors. Using Golgi impregnation, pyramidal cell morphology in Laminae 2/3 and 5 of the prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex was examined in Experiment 2. The results of Experiment 2 revealed that multiparous rats have more total branch points in the apical region of Lamina 2/3. In addition, arched-back nursing was found to significantly positively correlate with the number of branch points in apical and basal regions of Lamina 5. Passive nursing significantly correlated with the number of basal branch points in Lamina 5 and apical length in Lamina 2/3. The findings from these studies suggest that multiparity may be necessary in realizing the effects of enhanced learning and memory and morphological changes associated with the prefrontal cortex in female rats.
Double Field Theory of Type II Strings
Creators: name: Hohm, Olaf
name: Kwak, Seung Ki
name: Zwiebach, Barton
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use double field theory to give a unified description of the low energy limits of type IIA and type IIB superstrings. The Ramond-Ramond potentials fit into spinor representations of the duality group O(D,D) and field-strengths are obtained by acting with the Dirac operator on the potentials. The action, supplemented by a Spin^+(D,D)-covariant self-duality condition on field strengths, reduces to the IIA and IIB theories in different frames. As usual, the NS-NS gravitational variables are described through the generalized metric. Our work suggests that the fundamental gravitational variable is a hermitian element of the group Spin(D,D) whose natural projection to O(D,D) gives the generalized metric.
description: 63 pages, v2: minor corrections, to appear in JHEP
Algorithmic construction of Chevalley bases
Creators: name: Magaard, Kay
name: Wilson, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G40, 17B45

description: We present a new algorithm for constructing a Chevalley basis for any Chevalley Lie algebra over a finite field. This is a necessary component for some constructive recognition algorithms of exceptional quasisimple groups of Lie type. When applied to a simple Chevalley Lie algebra in characteristic at least 5, our algorithm has complexity involving the 7th power of the Lie rank, which is likely to be close to best possible.
A Reduced Multiple Gabor Frame for Local Time Adaptation of the Spectrogram
Creators: name: Liuni, M.
name: Röbel, A.
name: Romito, M.
name: Rodet, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we propose a method for automatic local time adap- tation of the spectrogram of an audio signal, based on its decomposition within a Gabor multi-frame. The sparsity of the analyses within each individual frame is evaluated through the Rényi entropies measures. According to the sparsity of the decompositions, an optimal resolution and a reduced multi-frame are determined, defining an adapted spectrogram with variable resolution and hop size. The composition of such a reduced multi-frame allows an immediate definition of a dual frame: re-synthesis techniques for this adapted analysis are easily derived by the traditional phase vocoder scheme.
Additional file 2 of Assessing the cost-effectiveness of integrated case management of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Liberia
Creators: name: Godwin-Akpan, Tiawanlyn G.
name: Diaconu, Karin
name: Edmiston, Melissa
name: Smith, John Solunta
name: Sosu, Fred
name: Weiland, Stefanie
name: Kollie, Karsor K.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
classificationCode: 110309
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Analytic assumptions.
title: Recognition via morphological features of tulip by the algorithms for calculating estimates
Creators: name: Kamilov, M.
name: Hudayberdiev, M.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: The paper discusses two problem, the firth, possibilities of improving the quality of the recognition algorithm based on partial precedent, by the original pre-training procedures. And second finding the optimal procedure for constructing improved results in some sense, the algorithms for calculating estimates. The peculiarity of this algorithm is that as precedents only such «anchor points» of a pattern that ensuring the following conditions are left: the distance from any point on the training set of i-th pattern to their nearest precedent is less than the distance to the nearest precedent of another pattern. This set of precedents provides unmistakable recognition of all samples of the training set. Thus, the probability of correctly separating of classes increases significantly. The set of dedicated training samples gives a chance to improve the level of reliability of data mining. One of species plant of tulip have chosen as object of research. This process is carried out via morphological features of tulip. The information about tulip is obtained from Central herbarium of institute of Botany of the Uzbek Academy of sciences.
On the Self-Similar Appearance of Galaxy Clusters in X-rays
Creators: name: Boehringer, Hans
name: Dolag, Klaus
name: Chon, Gayoung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The largest uncertainty for cosmological studies using clusters of galaxies is introduced by our limited knowledge of the statistics of galaxy cluster structure, and of the scaling relations between observables and cluster mass. A large effort is therefore undertaken to compile global galaxy cluster properties in particular obtained through X-ray observations and to study their scaling relations. However, the scaling schemes used in the literature differ. The present paper aims to clarify this situation by providing a thorough review of the scaling laws within the standard model of large-scale structure growth and to discus various steps of practical approximations. We derive the scaling laws for X-ray observables and cluster mass within the pure gravitational structure growth scenario. Using N-body simulations we test the recent formation approximation used in earlier analytic approaches which involves a redshift dependent overdensity parameter.We find this approximation less precise than the use of a fiducial radius based on a fixed overdensity with respect to critical density. Inspired by the comparison of the predicted scaling relations with observations we propose a first order modification of the scaling scheme to include the observed effects of hydrodynamics in structure formation. This modification involves a cluster mass dependent gas mass fraction. We also discuss the observational results of the reshift evolution of the most important scaling relations and find that also a redshift dependence of the gas mass to total mass relation has to be invoked within our modification scheme. We find that the current observational data are within their uncertainties consistent with the proposed modified scaling laws.
description: Astronomy and Astrophysics (in press) 14 pages, 6 figures
Proceedings of the Second SolACE Stakeholder Event
Creators: name: Pecchioni, Nicola
name: Jones, Glyn
name: Rust, Niki
name: Hinsinger, Philippe
name: Willer, Helga
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The Second Stakeholder Event of SolACE - Solutions for improving Agroecosystem and Crop Efficiency for water and nutrient use - took place on May 16, 2018 in Foggia, Italy. During the second SolACE stakeholder event, SolACE project partners presented innovations that are being tested in the project with the aim to receive feedback and comments.
Slides - European Big Data Research for Industry. 3 projects. 7 sectors. 9 applications. 41 software components. Now what?
Creators: name: BigDataStack.EU
name: I-BiDaaS
name: Track&Know
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: EBDVF 2020 - European Big Data Research for Industry. 3 projects. 7 sectors. 9 applications. 41 software components. Now what? BigData research projects Track and Know (Big Data for Mobility Tracking Knowledge Extraction in Urban Areas), BigDataStack (High-performance data-centric stack for BigData applications and operations) and I-BiDaaS (Industrial-Driven Big Data as a Self-Service Solution) host a session bringing together their research highlights barriers to adoption of BigData research in different sectors as well as the current and future impact of their research. Speakers had also elaborated on the concrete business questions that had been answered in the project pilots.
Proceedings of the  Second SolACE Stakeholder Event
Creators: name: Willer, Helga
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The Second Stakeholder Event of SolACE - Solutions for improving Agroecosystem and Crop Efficiency for water and nutrient use - took place on May 16, 2018 in Foggia, Italy. During the second SolACE stakeholder event, SolACE project partners presented innovations that are being tested in the project with the aim to receive feedback and comments.
Impact of physiotherapy on orofacial manifestations of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Creators: name: Vassis, Stratos
name: Resnick, Cory M.
name: Nørgaard, Mette
name: Strawn, Kathleen M.
name: Grove, Helle
name: Noeldeke, Beatrice
name: Herlin, Troels
name: Pedersen, Thomas Klit
name: Stoustrup, Peter Bangsgaard
Publisher: name: London : BioMed Central
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Home exercises
subject: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
subject: Orofacial symptoms, TMJ arthritis
subject: Physiotherapy
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::610 | Medizin, Gesundheit

description: Background: Physiotherapy appears as a promising therapy option for patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) [1, 2], but the effects of physiotherapy and jaw exercises on JIA-related orofacial symptoms remain unknown [3]. The aim of this proof-of-concept study was to assess the impact of orofacial physiotherapy and home-exercise programs in patients with JIA and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement. Methods: Twelve patients with JIA and TMJ involvement received a treatment of physiotherapy, complemented by prescribed home exercises spanning over eight weeks. Orofacial symptoms and dysfunction were monitored pre-treatment, during treatment, after treatment, and at a three-months follow-up. Results: Orofacial pain frequency and intensity significantly decreased during the course of the treatment (p = 0.009 and p = 0.006), with further reductions observed at the three-month follow-up (p = 0.007 and p = 0.002). During treatment, the mandibular function improved significantly in terms of maximal mouth opening capacity, laterotrusion, and protrusion. Conclusions: This proof-of-concept study shows favourable effects of physiotherapy and home excercises in the management of JIA-related orofacial symptoms and dysfunctions.
Fabrication of magnetic clusters and rods using electrostatic co-assembly
Creators: name: Yan, M.
name: Chevry, L.
name: Berret, J. -F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a novel protocol for mixing oppositely charged colloids and macromolecules, magnetic clusters and rods are fabricated using 10 nm-iron oxide nanoparticles and polymers. Here, we show that as the dispersions undergo the so-called desalting transition, spherical clusters in the range 100 nm - 1 μm form spontaneously upon dialysis or dilution. With a magnetic field applied during the dialysis, a one-dimensional growth of the aggregates is initiated, resulting in the formation of 1 - 100 μm rods of average diameter 200 nm. In this paper, we demonstrate that the nanostructured rods have inherited the properties of the iron oxide particles, namely to be superparamagnetic. We also discuss the dependence of the magnetic properties as a function of the nanoparticle diameter.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
title: Modeling of the synthesis of pyrroles in chemical production
Creators: name: Shokirov, U.
name: Mukhitdinov, B.
name: Turabdjanov, S.
name: Choriev, R.
name: Kadirov, X.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: This work has studied the reaction of catalytic conversion of butyn-2-diol-1,4 and ammonia in the presence of complex mixed polyfunctional catalysts. It was found that in order to take into account uncertainties of various nature, it was proposed to solve the problem of ensuring the safety of chemical production at a qualitatively new level using new information technologies based on the creation of intelligent decision support systems for managing the safety of chemical technological processes and systems at all stages of occurrence. These systems make it possible to formulate recommendations for various decision-makers on the management of the safety of chemical production, both on the basis of operational observation data and using methods and models based on artificial intelligence embedded in expert systems, including the knowledge of specialists and experience in operating chemically dangerous objects.
Voice of Fire: Sensory Museum Experiences and Digital Reproduction
Creators: name: McDougall, Lauren
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mass Communications
subject: Voice of Fire
subject: Museum Communication
subject: Sensory Ethnography
subject: Netnography
subject: Mass Communication
subject: Digital Reproduction

description: The purchase of the painting Voice of Fire by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) ignited one of Canada’s most heated artistic debates. Focusing on Voice of Fire and the NGC website, this study analyzed how digital reproduction of art on a museum website contributes to a sensory understanding of museum experience. Communicative technologies in the form of websites, social media and high-resolution images have changed spectatorship but continue to be problematic when essential features of the painting are dependent on physical and sensory museum ‘experience’. Interviews were conducted with National Gallery of Canada staff about the redevelopment of the NGC website, their communicative goals as well as their sensory museum experiences using netnography and sensory ethnography. Rather than reproducing the sensory museum experience online, websites and social media can present a ‘story’ of the painting to Canadians and offer valuable opportunities for curating communication strategies for art specific spectators.
Stability and certain Pn-functors
Creators: name: Reede, Fabian
Publisher: name: New York, NY [u.a.] : Springer
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Hilbert schemes
subject: Integral functors
subject: Stable sheaves
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: Let X be a K3 surface. We prove that Addington’s Pn -functor between the derived categories of X and the Hilbert scheme of points X[k] maps stable vector bundles on X to stable vector bundles on X[k] , given some numerical conditions are satisfied.
Thin-shell wormholes from black holes with dilaton and monopole fields
Creators: name: Rahaman, F.
name: Banerjee, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a new type of thin-shell wormhole from the black holes with dilaton and monopole fields. The dilaton and monopole that built the black holes may supply fuel to construct the wormholes. Several characteristics of this thin-shell wormhole have been discussed. Finally, we discuss the stability of the thin-shell wormholes with a "phantom-like" equation of state for the exotic matter at the throat.
description: 6 pages and 3 figures, some typos are corrected and accepted in Int.J.Theor.Phys
Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: A Longitudinal Study using Eye-gaze Tracking to Study Attentional Biases in Never Depressed, Non-Relapsed, and Relapsed Individuals
Creators: name: Newman, Kristin
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Psychology--Clinical
subject: Clinical

description: Cognitive models of depression propose that attentional biases are an important cognitive vulnerability in those with a history of depression (e.g., Gotlib & Joormann, 2010; Yiend, 2010; Beck & Haigh, 2014). This study prospectively examined attentional biases in never and previously depressed individuals, who were separated into relapsed and non-relapsed groups. Analyses examined total fixation times, temporal profiles of attention, and prediction of relapse. The evidence from all analyses suggested that attention to positive information is a key vulnerability or resiliency factor related to depression relapse. Specifically, relapsed participants attended to positive images less overall, decreased attention to positive images over the study period, and exhibited significant differences in their temporal profiles of attention for positive images relative to those non-relapsed and never depressed. Less time attending to positive images at the initial visit was predictive of depression relapse, although limited by a small sample size. The attentional biases of the non-relapsed participants reflected both resiliency against and vulnerability to relapse, as they exhibited attentional biases to positive information similar to never depressed participants, but attended to depression-related information more than never depressed participants. Attention to depression-related information was not predictive of depression relapse. Overall, findings indicated that attentional biases to positive information may be most relevant to relapse vulnerability, whereas attentional biases to depression-related information may be more relevant to the maintenance of depressive episodes. The differences observed between relapsed and non-relapsed participants indicate that groups of previously depressed individuals are heterogeneous, which should be taken into account in future research that examines vulnerability to depression. The implications of the study findings are discussed as related to cognitive models of depression and the limitations that may contribute to inconsistent findings in the literature on attentional biases and cognitive vulnerability to depression.
title: Application of the device for measuring the composition of binary gas systems
Creators: name: Ibragimov, R.A.
name: Ahmedov, B.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: The methodology and results of measuring the density of natural gas using precision measurement of the composition of binary systems have been defaced. The application of the device for measuring the composition of binary gas systems is presented. Selected for the analysis methodology is weighing the cells and vessels after they have accumulated a sufficient amount of each component. The design of the sorption cell is substantiated under the conditions of ensuring the maximum value of the relative useful mass. For measuring the density of natural gas is determined by the needs of the development of measuring technology, the problems of the development of measuring instruments, the development of the socio-economic country. A large park of measuring instruments, a large number of various devices and elements, both domestic and foreign, require a careful approach to the tasks of ensuring the uniformity of measurements.
NEOWISE Studies of Asteroids with Sloan Photometry: Preliminary Results
Creators: name: Mainzer, A.
name: Masiero, J.
name: Grav, T.
name: Bauer, J.
name: Tholen, D. J.
name: McMillan, R. S.
name: Wright, E.
name: Spahr, T.
name: Cutri, R. M.
name: Walker, R.
name: Mo, W.
name: Watkins, J.
name: Hand, E.
name: Maleszewski, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have combined the NEOWISE and Sloan Digital Sky Survey data to study the albedos of 24,353 asteroids with candidate taxonomic classifications derived using Sloan photometry. We find a wide range of moderate to high albedos for candidate S-type asteroids that are analogous to the S-complex defined by previous spectrophotometrically-based taxonomic systems. The candidate C-type asteroids, while generally very dark, have a tail of higher albedos that overlaps the S types. The albedo distribution for asteroids with a photometrically derived Q classification is extremely similar to those of the S types. Asteroids with similar colors to (4) Vesta have higher albedos than the S types, and most have orbital elements similar to known Vesta family members. Finally, we show that the relative reflectance at 3.4 and 4.6 $μ$m is higher for D-type asteroids and suggest that their red visible and near-infrared spectral slope extends out to these wavelengths. Understanding the relationship between size, albedo, and taxonomic classification is complicated by the fact that the objects with classifications were selected from the visible/near-infrared Sloan Moving Object Catalog, which is biased against fainter asteroids, including those with lower albedos.
description: ApJ accepted
title: Mathematical modeling of operational-dispatching processes of complex technological objects
Creators: name: Gulyamov, Sh.M.
name: Avazov, Yu.Sh.
name: Doshchanova, M.Yu.
name: Samadov, E.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: Mathematical modeling of the processes of operational dispatch control of complex technological objects was carried out using the example of catalytic cracking of oil. It is shown that further progress in the catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock is associated with the involvement of heavy vacuum distillates, fuel oils and other oil residues as feedstock for the production of high-octane gasoline fractions, as well as with the implementation of improved or advanced control systems and development of adaptive algorithms for operational dispatching predictive control that allow control systems to track the current technological situation and form control actions that are adequate to it, compensating for uncontrollable disturbances.
Relationship of Dispositional Mindfulness, Self-destruction and Self-criticism in Academic Performance of Boy Students
Creators: name: Heshmati, Rasoul
name: Pellerone, Monica
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2018

description: The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship among dispositional mindfulness, self-destruction and self-criticism in academic performance of boy students. In a descriptive-correlation study, 205 high school students from schools of Ahar city were selected by cluster sampling method. The GPA, Freiburg mindfulness inventory, The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale and Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ) were used for data collecting. The results showed that the self-criticism and self-destruction are negatively significant predictors of academic performance, and dispositional mindfulness is positively significant predictor of academic performance. As well as, the comparative self-criticism and internalized self-criticism are negatively significant predictors of academic performance. According to these results, it can be concluded that dispositional mindfulness, self-destruction and self-criticism are important determinants of academic performance. Therefore, it is recommended to use MBSR and MBCT programs to improve the academic performance of students.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 6, No 3 (2018)
Quantifying The Asymmetry Properties Of Quantum Mechanical Systems Using Entanglement Monotones
Creators: name: Toloui Semnani, Borzumehr
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Physics--Theory
subject: Physics--Atomic
subject: Asymmetry
subject: Entanglement
subject: Reference Frames
subject: Monotones
subject: G-covariant
subject: LOCC
subject: Bipartite Embedding

description: Dynamical symmetries in closed systems lead to conservation laws and to selection rules that are based on those conservation laws. However, conservation laws are not applica- ble to open systems that undergo irreversible transformations. More general selection rules are needed to determine whether, given two states, the transition from one state to the other is possible. Characterizing the asymmetry properties of quantum states using quantum information theoretical tools and methods is particularly fruitful for this purpose. This thesis is concerned with the problem of finding new general selection rules that hold for both open and closed systems. The usual approach to this problem relies heavily on group theory and involves a detailed study of the structure of the symmetry group. In this thesis, we approach the problem in a completely new way. Our approach is to use entanglement to investigate the asymmetry properties of quantum states. In order to do that, we embed the system’s Hilbert space in a larger tensor product Hilbert space, whereby all symmetric states are mapped to separable states, asymmetric states are mapped to entangled states, and the symmetric transformations between two states are replaced by local operations on their bipartite images. Our method is not restricted to only a specific group but applies, in general, to all symmetries that are associated with semi-simple compact Lie groups and their associated Lie algebras. The mapping of the original states to bipartite states that act on the larger Hilbert space enables us to use the well studied theory of entanglement to investigate the consequences of dynamic symmetries. For example, the monotonicity condition on measures of entanglement provide us with new selection rules. Under reversible transfor- mations, the entanglement of the bipartite image states becomes a conserved quantity. These entanglement-based conserved quantities are new and different from the conserved quantities based on expectation values of the Hamiltonian symmetry generators.
A school educational intervention based on a serious game to promote a healthy lifestyle
Creators: name: Marchetti§, Daniela
name: Fraticelli§, Federica
name: Polcini, Francesco
name: Fulcheri, Mario
name: Mohn, Angelika Anna
name: Vitacolonna, Ester
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2018

description: Background: Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a basic aspect of well-being. Since public health surveillance systems underlie high prevalence of obesity and diet-related ill health, efforts to provide effective intervention to prevent these conditions are of primary importance. The present study aims to test and validate a school intervention based on a serious game (SG) directed to empower a healthy lifestyle in children, actively involving their parents and teachers.

Methods: A quantitative, pre/post-test study design assessed effects of a healthy lifestyle intervention on healthy food knowledge, food consumption frequency and level of interest. Participants were 79 children attending primary school and lower secondary school in the Chieti-Pescara urban and rural areas of Italy. Measures were collected during two supervised steps of assessment (T1 and T2).

Results: Sixty-seven children completed the intervention. After playing the SG, participants reported higher levels of knowledge on healthy diet. Children also showed significant improvement in healthy eating habits. Moreover, high rates of endorsement about fun, playability, learning perception and goodness of characteristics emerged.

Conclusion: This study, targeted children, but directly involving families, shows the effectiveness of a school educational intervention based on a SG, an innovative tool with potential benefits for preventive purposes, despite the short term of intervention.  Issues related to the implementation of a method for prevention tailored for children are discussed.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 6, No 3 (2018)
Relationships between Didymosphenia geminata occurrence, blooms and environmental conditions
Creators: name: Corbett, Lisa Maureen
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Fisheries and Aquaculture
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Limnology
subject: Didymosphenia geminata
subject: algae
subject: invasive species
subject: River
subject: diatom
subject: nuisance bloom
subject: low phosphorus
subject: nutrient diffusing substrata

description: Algal blooms have often been attributed to an increase of nutrients that results in increases in maximum algal biomass. However, Didymosphenia geminata, a diatom blooming in Canadian streams for the past 30 years, blooms in oligotrophic streams. I examined the environmental conditions and algal nutrient use of low nutrient Rocky Mountain streams where D. geminata experiences significant blooms. I determined that the local variables of low water velocity, low water temperature and low concentrations of total phosphorus were important predictors of D. geminata cell abundance. The conditions that promote algal blooms were not clearly established, as occurrence of blooms was not strongly related to an increase or decrease in phosphorus concentration. These results suggest there may be a complex combination of nutrients and environmental conditions that promote blooms that were not identified within the scope of this study. However, as I had no consistent conditions that related to the presence of D. geminata blooms, an alternative hypothesis is that there may be multiple strains of D. geminata. There may be strains that are able to bloom and others that cannot. This study has opened many doors into further work that needs to be conducted on D. geminata before we can fully understand the factors that cause this diatom to create noxious algal blooms.
Probing the nuclide 180W for neutrinoless double-electron capture exploration
Creators: name: Droese, C.
name: Blaum, K.
name: Block, M.
name: Eliseev, S.
name: Herfurth, F.
name: Ramirez, E. Minaya
name: Novikov, Yu. N.
name: Schweikhard, L.
name: Shabaev, V. M.
name: Tupitsyn, I. I.
name: Wycech, S.
name: Zuber, K.
name: Zubova, N. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mass difference of the nuclides 180W and 180Hf has been measured with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer SHIPTRAP to investigate 180W as a possible candidate for the search for neutrinoless doubleelectron capture. The Q-value was measured to 143.20(27)keV. This value in combination with the calculations of the atomic electron wave functions and other parameters results in a half-life of the 0+ \rightarrow 0+ ground-state to ground-state double-electron capture transition of approximately 5\cdot10E27 years/^2.
Matrix Product States, Random Matrix Theory and the Principle of Maximum Entropy
Creators: name: Collins, Benoit
name: Gonzalez-Guillen, Carlos E.
name: Perez-Garcia, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using random matrix techniques and the theory of Matrix Product States we show that reduced density matrices of quantum spin chains have generically maximum entropy.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Effect of Biotene® Oralbalance moisturizing liquid and MouthKote® oral moisturizer spray on human enamel measured by quantitative light-induced fluorescence method
Creators: name: Gorovenko, Mariana R.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Objectives: The purpose of this randomized controlled experimental study was to examine how the xerostomia products Biotene® Oralbalance moisturizing liquid and MouthKote® oral moisturizer spray influence mineral content of human enamel in vitro. Methods: 104 caries free extracted human teeth were selected and prepared, followed by baseline QLF imaging and exposure to an erosive solution of lactic acid (pH of 4.5) and/or Biotene®, MouthKote®, as well as Oral-B fluoridated rinse. Mineral loss was determined with respect to mean fluorescence loss (ΔF, %), maximum fluorescence loss (ΔQ, %), and lesion area (WS, %/mm²). Within-group and among-group comparisons were made employing independent sample t-tests, paired sample t-tests, and ANOVA for multiple comparisons with Bonferroni post hoc adjustment, or their non-parametric equivalents. For all tests, the threshold for the statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. The statistical software SPSS 17.0 was used for data analyses. Results: The xerostomia products induced significant demineralization in extracted human teeth with prior demineralization (P=0.000) and without previous pre-demineralization (P = 0.000). There were substantial and statistically significant differences in mineral loss among all groups. The amount of demineralization (Mean ± SD) was higher in MouthKote® group 2 (-27.19 ± 6.70) and group 4 (-11.45 ± 2.94) than in Biotene group 1 (-11.15 ± 3.05) and group 3 (-7.38 ± 0.44) respectively. Oral-B fluoridated rinse aided in re-mineralization, albeit not to baseline levels. Conclusions: Biotene® and MouthKote® induced substantial mineral loss in pre-demineralized and unaltered enamel of extracted human teeth. MouthKote® induced greater demineralization than Biotene®. Oral-B rinse induced re-mineralization in all experimental groups except for group 2 (lactic acid/MouthKote®) where further dissolution of enamel was observed.
Optimization in Radiation Therapy: Applications in Brachytherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
Creators: name: McGeachy, Philip
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics--Radiation
subject: Medical Physics
subject: Optimization
subject: Brachytherapy
subject: IMRT
subject: XMRT

description: Over 50% of cancer patients require radiation therapy (RT). RT is an optimization problem requiring maximization of the radiation damage to the tumor while minimizing the harm to the healthy tissues. This dissertation focuses on two main RT optimization problems: 1) brachytherapy and 2) intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The brachytherapy research involved solving a non-convex optimization problem by creating an open-source genetic algorithm optimizer to determine the optimal radioactive seed distribution for a given set of patient volumes and constraints, both dosimetric- and implant-based. The optimizer was tested for a set of 45 prostate brachytherapy patients. While all solutions met the clinical standards, they also benchmarked favorably with those generated by a standard commercial solver. Compared to its compatriot, the salient features of the generated solutions were: slightly reduced prostate coverage, lower dose to the urethra and rectum, and a smaller number of needles required for an implant. Historically, IMRT requires modulation of fluence while keeping the photon beam energy fixed. The IMRT-related investigation in this thesis aimed at broadening the solution space by varying photon energy. The problem therefore involved simultaneous optimization of photon beamlet energy and fluence, denoted by XMRT. Formulating the problem as convex, linear programming was applied to obtain solutions for optimal energy-dependent fluences, while achieving all clinical objectives and constraints imposed. Dosimetric advantages of XMRT over single-energy IMRT in the improved sparing of organs at risk (OARs) was demonstrated in simplified phantom studies. The XMRT algorithm was improved to include clinical dose-volume constraints and clinical studies for prostate and head and neck cancer patients were investigated. Compared to IMRT, XMRT provided improved dosimetric benefit in the prostate case, particularly within intermediate- to low-dose regions (≤ 40 Gy) for OARs. For head and neck cases, XMRT solutions showed no significant disadvantage or advantage over IMRT. The deliverability concerns for the fluence maps generated from XMRT were addressed by incorporating smoothing constraints during the optimization and through successful generation of treatment machine files. Further research is needed to explore the full potential of the XMRT approach to RT.
Calming the Tide: Emotional Regulation in Young Adults with ADHD
Creators: name: Nicholson, Andrew
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: Educational Psychology

description: The present study examines how young adults diagnosed with ADHD experience and perceive emotional regulation. Six post-secondary students were interviewed using the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique to elicit rich, nuanced responses. Participants were asked to describe situations in which they experienced intense emotions, and to contextualize examples in the form of events or stories (what led up to the situation, what actually happened, and what was the outcome). Data analysis identified 205 critical incidents comprised of 109 helping incidents, 79 hindering incidents, and 17 wish list items. These incidents informed the development of the following 7 categories: (a) Appraise & Process, (b) Social Interaction, (c) Distancing, (d) Physical Response, (e) Emotional Engagement, (f) Taking Medication, and (g) Active Problem-Solving. Further contextual themes were identified using a secondary thematic analysis. Results are discussed in light of relevant literature, and implications for researchers, therapists, and young adults living with ADHD are highlighted.