cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Flow on Positive Affect in College Students
Creators: name: Rogatko, Thais Piassa
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: Psychology, Social (0451)
Psychology, Experimental (0623)
Flow
Positive Affect
Happiness
Affect
Optimal Experience

description: The purpose of this study was to examine whether engaging in flow promoting activities would lead to increased happiness, enjoyment, and positive affect. Participants in this study consisted of 57 undergraduate university students who participated in order to receive extra credit in a psychology class. The randomly assigned high flow induction group performed a flow activity for one hour, and filled out the PANAS and Flow State Scale 2 before and after the activity. The low flow induction group performed a low flow activity for the same amount of time and filled out both questionnaires as well. Findings indicated that participants in the high flow condition reported higher increases in positive affect and flow than those in the low flow condition, and that change in flow mediated the relationship between group and change in positive affect.
The Relations of Executive Functions to Health Related Quality of Life in Older Adults
Creators: name: Hosey, Megan Marie
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2009
Subjects: aging
executive functions
neurocognition
quality of life

description: It is known that poor performance on tests of executive functions relate to lower ratings  of health related quality of life ( HQoL) in persons with chronic diseases. Older adults are  known to have lower scores on tests of executive function, however it is not known if  these decrements are related to ratings of HQoL. The present study examined how three  measures of executive functions - the Stroop Color- Word Test, Trail Making B, Category  Test - related to HQoL ( as measured by the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form 36;  MOS SF- 36) in 160 older adults ( 54% M; 83 % White) who were free of major medical,  neurological, or psychiatric diseases. Multiple regression analyses adjusted for age, sex,  race, education, BMI, hypertension diagnosis, and BMI were conducted. Each of the  three measures of executive function was entered in separate models, independently  predicting the PCS and the MCS. None of the measures of executive functions  significantly related to HQoL. In conclusion, results of this study do not support the  hypothesis that lower scores on tests of executive function are related to lower levels of  HQoL in either the physical or mental domains in relatively healthy older adults.
Towards population genomics in non-model species with large genomes: a case study of the marine zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus.
Creators: name: Choquet, Marvin
name: Smolina, Irina
name: Dhanasiri, Anusha K. S.
name: Blanco-Bercial, Leocadio
name: Kopp, Martina
name: Jueterbock, Alexander
name: Sundaram, Arvind Y. M.
name: Hoarau, Galice
Publisher: name: UNESCO/IOC
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genome reduced-representation
subject: Sequence capture enrichment
subject: Calanus spp
subject: Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Other biological measurements

description: Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies and the development of genome-reduced representation protocols have opened the way to genome-wide population studies in non-model species. However, species with large genomes remain challenging, hampering the development of genomic resources for a number of taxa including marine arthropods. Here, we developed a genome-reduced representation method for the ecologically important marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus (haploid genome size of 6.34 Gbp). We optimized a capture enrichment-based protocol based on 2656 single-copy genes, yielding a total of 154 087 high-quality SNPs in C. finmarchicus including 62 372 in common among the three locations tested. The set of capture probes was also successfully applied to the congeneric C. glacialis. Preliminary analyses of these markers revealed similar levels of genetic diversity between the two Calanus species, while populations of C. glacialis showed stronger genetic structure compared to C. finmarchicus. Using this powerful set of markers, we did not detect any evidence of hybridization between C. finmarchicus and C. glacialis. Finally, we propose a shortened version of our protocol, offering a promising solution for population genomics studies in non-model species with large genomes.
Intrusion detection in computer systems by using artificial neural networks with Deep Learning approaches
Creators: name: Hidalgo-Espinoza, Sergio
name: Chamorro-Cupueran, Kevin
name: Chang-Tortolero, Oscar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Intrusion detection into computer networks has become one of the most important issues in cybersecurity. Attackers keep on researching and coding to discover new vulnerabilities to penetrate information security system. In consequence computer systems must be daily upgraded using up-to-date techniques to keep hackers at bay. This paper focuses on the design and implementation of an intrusion detection system based on Deep Learning architectures. As a first step, a shallow network is trained with labelled log-in [into a computer network] data taken from the Dataset CICIDS2017. The internal behaviour of this network is carefully tracked and tuned by using plotting and exploring codes until it reaches a functional peak in intrusion prediction accuracy. As a second step, an autoencoder, trained with big unlabelled data, is used as a middle processor which feeds compressed information and abstract representation to the original shallow network. It is proven that the resultant deep architecture has a better performance than any version of the shallow network alone. The resultant functional code scripts, written in MATLAB, represent a re-trainable system which has been proved using real data, producing good precision and fast response.
The Relations between Hostility and Health Behaviors by Self and Proxy Report
Creators: name: Burns, Halina Ochota
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: Psychology, Clinical
Psychology, Psychobiology(0349)
hostility
health behaviors
cardiovascular
proxy informant

description: Despite the increased awareness of the problem of cardiovascular disease (CVD), the rates of morbidity and mortality remain staggeringly high. Risk factors for morbidity and mortality from CVD listed by the American Heart Association include: smoking, high cholesterol, overweight and obesity, being less fit and having a less active lifestyle, high blood pressure, diabetes, and a lack of medical adherence. Research has shown mixed results in the relations between hostility and health behaviors. This study examined the data from 115 subjects and their female spouses/partners as proxy informants. Results from this study were mixed in the relations between hostility and health behaviors. Self-reported hostility was positively related to Body Mass Index, and negatively related to the Positive Health Habits Scale of the Multidimensional Health Profile, but unrelated to the Negative Health Habits Scale. Proxy informants' reports of the Negative Health Habits were significantly positively correlated with the participants' hostility scores. Proxy informants' reports of the Positive Health Habits were significantly negatively correlated with the participants' hostility scores. Several of the Health Behaviors and Attitudes Scales were related to hostility, indicating attitudes that could be considered detrimental towards health behaviors. Individual health behaviors' relations with hostility were examined and the implications discussed.
title: Atlantoaxial subluxation
Creators: name: Tomažin, Tjaša
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: Paediatric
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 10-years old girl with 3 months history of neck pain and stiffness experienced sudden worsening of symptoms with severe neck pain, headache, nausea with vomiting and dizziness. A clinical examination revealed torticollis with limited head rotation to the left, multiple reactive lymph nodes and subfebrile (37,5°C) body temperature. 

description: 10 years, female
Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect
Creators: name: Bardarson, J. H.
name: Adagideli, I.
name: Jacquod, Ph.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the spin Hall effect in ballistic chaotic quantum dots with spin-orbit coupling. We show that a longitudinal charge current can generate a pure transverse spin current. While this transverse spin current is generically nonzero for a fixed sample, we show that when the spin-orbit coupling time is large compared to the mean dwell time inside the dot, it fluctuates universally from sample to sample or upon variation of the chemical potential with a vanishing average. For a fixed sample configuration, the transverse spin current has a finite typical value ~e^2 V/h, proportional to the longitudinal bias V on the sample, and corresponding to about one excess open channel for one of the two spin species. Our analytical results are in agreement with numerical results in a diffusive system [W. Ren et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 066603 (2006)] and are further confirmed by numerical simulation in a chaotic cavity.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
Model for predicting net revenue of harvesting operations in coastal second-growth stands
Creators: name: Pavel, Mihai
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: As forest harvesting shifts from old-growth to second-growth stands, profitability is becoming an important issue. In a cooperative project involving Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC), University of British Columbia (UBC) and Canadian Forest Service - Pacific Forestry Center, a model was developed to predict economics of second-growth harvests. The final result that can be obtained with the model is the net revenue produced after logging a second-growth stand. This is computed as a function of stand characteristics, company product requirements and harvest equipment used. Additional results computed by the model are total volume, distribution of volume by species and by sort, and estimate of time to harvest a block. The model is a Windows1 based program, written in Visual Basic 3.0 using some third party Visual Basic Extensions. The final product is a program that makes data input very easy. It ships on two diskettes with a set up kit, making installation simple. The model was tested on two second-growth settings close to Powell River, B.C. In both cases the results were very good, value predicted by the model being within 3% of the actual value obtained. More testing is underway and considering input received from industry, some improvements are being considered. The objective of this project and of the model, which is the final product of the project, is to demonstrate the potential benefits to users of this type of management tool and to serve as a medium term decision support tool that will predict economics of second-growth harvests. 1 Windows and Visual Basic 3.0 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
THE RELATIONS AMONG EXTENDED FAMILY, KINSHIP SUPPORT, AND SUCCESSFUL STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: McDougall Weise, Tatiana Vera
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: extended family
kinship support
minority student development
parenting practices

description: Kinship support and extended family member networks have been linked to positive outcomes for adolescents, particularly for minority students.  This study aims to enhance prior research by focusing on family factors that contribute to positive youth outcomes in a sample of high achieving, predominantly African American youth. The current study examined the relationship between extended family member presence in the home and student outcomes, and the mediating role of parenting practices.  The relation between extended family member presence in the home and perceived kinship support was also examined. The sample was comprised of 590 students who entered the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) from 1991 to 2010.  No relation was found between extended family member presence in the home and perceived kinship support.  Additionally, significant relations were not found between extended family member presence in the home and academic and psychological outcomes.  However, exploratory analyses revealed a significant relation between kinship support and parenting practices.  The findings provide limited support for the relation between extended family involvement and adolescent outcomes in this select sample of minority youth.  The implications of the findings are discussed.
title: Gossypiboma: a diagnosis to be kept in mind
Creators: name: Qureshi, Pir Abdul Ahad Aziz
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Medico-legal issues
subject: Surgery
subject: Foreign bodies
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 28-year-old woman presented with vague lower abdominal pain, discomfort and swelling in the right iliac fossa which has gradually increased. She had a history of cesarean section 3 years ago. On physical examination, she had a rounded palpable mass in right iliac fossa.

description: 28 years, female
Effect of 2-Chloroethanlphosphonic Acid (Ethephon) and Calcium Carbide on Ripening of Mangosteen Fruit after Harvest
Creators: name: Phatchara Piriyavinit
Publisher: name: Department of Agriculture
Year: 2008
Subjects: mangosteen
2-chloroethanlphosphonic acid
Ethephon
calcium carbide
ripening

description: Thai Agricultural Research Journal, 26, 1, 48-60
Effects of High Density Planting in 4 Training Systems on Flowering and Fruit Set of Java Apple cv Thabthimchan in the Frist Two Bearing Years
Creators: name: Kawit Wanichkul
Publisher: name: Department of Agriculture
Year: 2008
Subjects: training system
flowering
fruit set
fruit drop
Java apple
Thabthimchan

description: Thai Agricultural Research Journal, 26, 1, 61-71
Evidance for an Oxygen Diffusion Model for the Electric Pulse Induced Resistance Change Effect in Oxides
Creators: name: Nian, Y. B.
name: Strozier, J.
name: Wu, N. J.
name: Chen, X.
name: Ignatiev, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electric pulse induced resistance (EPIR) switching hysteresis loops for Pr0.7Ca0.7MnO3 (PCMO) perovskite oxide films were found to exhibit an additional sharp "shuttle peak" around the negative pulse maximum for films deposited in an oxygen deficient ambient. The device resistance hysteresis loop consists of stable high resistance and low resistance states, and transition regions between them. The resistance relaxation of the "shuttle peak" and its temperature behavior as well as the resistance relaxation in the transition regions were studied, and indicate that the resistance switching relates to oxygen diffusion with activation energy about 0.4eV. An oxygen diffusion model with the oxygen ions (vacancies) as the active agent is proposed for the non-volatile resistance switching effect in PCMO.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
The Kuiper Belt Luminosity Function from m(R)=21 to 26
Creators: name: Fraser, W. C.
name: Kavelaars, JJ
name: Holman, M. J.
name: Pritchet, C. J.
name: Gladman, B. J
name: Grav, T.
name: Jones, R. L.
name: MacWilliams, J.
name: Petit, J. -M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed an ecliptic imaging survey of the Kuiper belt with our deepest and widest field achieving a limiting flux of m(g') = 26.4, with a sky coverage of 3.0 square-degrees. This is the largest coverage of any other Kuiper belt survey to this depth. We detect 72 objects, two of which have been previously observed. We have improved the Bayesian maximum likelihood fitting technique presented in Gladman et al. (1998) to account for calibration and sky density variations and have used this to determine the luminosity function of the Kuiper belt. Combining our detections with previous surveys, we find the luminosity function is well represented by a single power-law with slope alpha = 0.65 +/- 0.05 and an on ecliptic sky density of 1 object per square-degree brighter than m(R)=23.42 +/- 0.13. Assuming constant albedos, this slope suggests a differential size-distribution slope of 4.25 +/- 0.25, which is steeper than the Dohnanyi slope of 3.5 expected if the belt is in a state of collisional equilibrium. We find no evidence for a roll-over or knee in the luminosity function and reject such models brightward of m(R) ~ 24.6.
description: 50 Pages, 8 Figures
title: Signs of gastric pneumatosis caused by strangulated ventral hernia
Creators: name: Divjak, Eugen
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Emergency
subject: CT
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: An unconscious 95-years-old female was admitted to emergency department from a nursing home. The leading symptom was vomiting which began the same day. The nurses also reported a ventral hernia and shortness of breath. The patient’s status had progressively worsened. Past medical history was not significant.

description: 95 years, female
Spatial distribution of graffiti: A complex network approach
Creators: name: Tokuda, Eric K.
name: de Arruda, Henrique F.
name: Comin, Cesar H.
name: Cesar-Jr., Roberto M.
name: Silva, Claudio T.
name: Costa, Luciano da F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the great differences among cities, they face similar challenges regarding social inequality, politics and criminality. Urban art express these feelings from the citizen point-of-view. In particular, the drawing and painting of public surfaces may carry rich information about the time and region it was made. Existing studies have explored the spatial distribution of graffiti, but most of them considered graffiti as a whole, with no separation among the types. Also, the analyses rarely take into account the city topology. In this work, we propose to categorize the graffiti into three types: simple scribbles, complex scribbles, canvases. We analyze the spatial distribution and identify the spatial bias of each type. To further analyze the spatial distribution of the types, we apply concepts from complex networks. First, regions (communities) defined by the connectivity profiles of the city network are obtained and the prevalence of each type of graffiti over these regions are analyzed. Next, a measure based on the dynamics of the network (accessibility) is calculated and compared to the distribution of the graffiti types. A case study is performed in the analysis of three different categories of graffiti in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results showed that the categories present characteristic spatial distributions. The ratio of each type per community of the network, though, does not pose significant deviations. Finally, a small positive correlation was observed between the locations of each graffiti type and the accessibility.
description: To be submitted to EPL
The Exact String Black-Hole behind the hadronic Rindler horizon?
Creators: name: Castorina, P.
name: Grumiller, D.
name: Iorio, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently suggested interpretation of the universal hadronic freeze-out temperature T_f ~ 170 Mev - found for all high energy scattering processes that produce hadrons: e+ e-, p p, p anti-p, pi p, etc. and N N' (heavy-ion collisions) - as a Unruh temperature triggers here the search for the gravitational black-hole that in its near-horizon approximation better simulates this hadronic phenomenon. To identify such a black-hole we begin our gravity-gauge theory phenomenologies matching by asking the question: which black-hole behind that Rindler horizon could reproduce the experimental behavior of T_f (\sqrt{s}) in N N', where \sqrt{s} is the collision energy. Provided certain natural assumptions hold, we show that the exact string black-hole turns out to be the best candidate (as it fits the available data on T_f (\sqrt{s})) and that its limiting case, the Witten black-hole, is the unique candidate to explain the constant T_f for all elementary scattering processes at large energy. We also are able to propose an effective description of the screening of the hadronic string tension sigma(mu_b) due to the baryon density effects on T_f.
description: 15 pages, 2 eps figures
The E_2-term of the descent spectral sequence for continuous G-spectra
Creators: name: Davis, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55T05

description: Let {X_i} be a tower of discrete G-spectra, each of which is fibrant as a spectrum, so that X=holim_i X_i is a continuous G-spectrum, with homotopy fixed point spectrum X^{hG}. The E_2-term of the descent spectral sequence for π_*(X^{hG}) cannot always be expressed as continuous cohomology. However, we show that the E_2-term is always built out of a certain complex of spectra, that, in the context of abelian groups, is used to compute the continuous cochain cohomology of G with coefficients in lim_i M_i, where {M_i} is a tower of discrete G-modules.
description: 8 pages. Main result simplified. Expository Section 3 added. Error in Definition 2.1 is repaired. Same as published version, except for changes required by journal's style file
The Relation Between Parents' Involvement Beliefs and Behaviors and Teachers' Perceptions of Parents' Beliefs and Behaviors
Creators: name: Katenkamp, Angela Mae
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: parent beliefs
parent involvement
teacher beliefs
teacher practices
Education, Educational Psychology (0525)
Education, Elementary (0524)
Education, General (0515)

description: This study explored two factors related to parents' involvement in their children's educations- - parents' beliefs about their role in their children's educations and teachers' perceptions of those beliefs.  The study extended work on Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's model of parent involvement by examining whether parents' beliefs and life context mediates the relation between their race/ethnicity and income and parents' home-based involvement and, more specifically, involvement with homework.  Parents' beliefs included their self-efficacy and role construction for involvement.  Parents' life context included their knowledge and skills, and time and energy.  The shared understandings parents and teachers establish during their interactions, or intersubjectivity, was examined in two ways.  A model linking parents' race/ethnicity and income to their beliefs, life context, and involvement was compared to a model linking parents' race/ethnicity and income to teachers' perceptions of parents' beliefs, life context and home-based involvement.  Also examined was what factors moderate the relation between parents' reported beliefs, life context, and involvement and teachers' perceptions of these factors.  Data from 750 African American and European American parents and 47 teachers from a Mid-Atlantic school district were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling.  Parents' race/ethnicity was related to their self-efficacy, role construction, and involvement with their children's homework, with African American parents reporting greater levels of these factors.  Parents' race/ethnicity, however, was not related to their general home-based involvement.  Three aspects of teachers' practices, their communication with parents, their knowledge of parents, and their expectations for parents' involvement moderated the relation between parents' reports and teachers' perceptions.  These relations suggest that some aspects of teachers' practices may influence parent-teacher intersubjectivity and that parent involvement programs that target teachers' knowledge of and communications with parents may be beneficial.  The results of this study also suggest that African American parents may view their role in their children's educations differently than European American parents and may be involved in different ways.  The results of this study also support the use of Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's model of parent involvement as a useful research tool.
title: A rare case of upper abdominal pain in a 90-year-old woman
Creators: name: Spindler, Liva Juel
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Colon
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: CT
subject: Abdomen
subject: Colon
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Hernia
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 90-year-old woman without relevant surgical or medical history presented with intermittent upper abdominal pain and one incidence of emesis during the last 48 hours. She was afebrile with no abnormality indications in the laboratory assays. 

description: 90 years, female
The Relation between Full-Day Kindergarten and Later Reading:  The Role of Early Reading Skills
Creators: name: Thompson, Joy Alexis
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: full-day kindergarten
kindergarten
reading skills

description: Full-day kindergarten has been implemented in a multitude of school districts nationwide.  The initial benefit is evident with full-day children earning higher reading scores than half-day children.  Beyond the kindergarten year, however, the full-day benefit quickly diminishes.  Previous research compares full- and half-day kindergarten children on reading assessments but fails to consider the role of kindergarten reading skills when examining the relation between full-day attendance and later reading.  The present study examined full- and half-day children's early word reading attainment (a composite consisting of letter knowledge, beginning sounds, ending sounds, and sight words) and its relation to reading scores in the elementary grades for full-day children.  Full-day children were more likely to attain early word reading.  Further, the benefit of full-day kindergarten was sustained in first, third, and fifth grades, via children's early word reading attainment at the end of kindergarten.
Grammatical elicitation: Agreement and -ta
Creators: name: Yegon, Kiplangat
name: Bossi, Madeline
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: sgc

description: One .mp4 file and one .pdf file. Elicitation of agreement patterns in coordinations. Elicitation of -ta alternation on verbs and formation of how questions with these verbs.
Transport dynamics of single ions in segmented microstructured Paul trap arrays
Creators: name: Reichle, R.
name: Leibfried, D.
name: Blakestad, R. B.
name: Britton, J.
name: Jost, J. D.
name: Knill, E.
name: Langer, C.
name: Ozeri, R.
name: Seidelin, S.
name: Wineland, D. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It was recently proposed to use small groups of trapped ions as qubit carriers in miniaturized electrode arrays that comprise a large number of individual trapping zones, between which ions could be moved. This approach might be scalable for quantum information processing with a large numbers of qubits. Processing of quantum information is achieved by transporting ions to and from separate memory and qubit manipulation zones in between quantum logic operations. The transport of ion groups in this scheme plays a major role and requires precise experimental control and fast transport. In this paper we introduce a theoretical framework to study ion transport in external potentials that might be created by typical miniaturized Paul trap electrode arrays. In particular we discuss the relationship between classical and quantum descriptions of the transport and study the energy transfer to the oscillatory motion during near-adiabatic transport. Based on our findings we suggest a numerical method to find electrode potentials as a function of time to optimize the local potential an ion experiences during transport. We demonstrate this method for one specific electrode geometry that should closely represent the situation encountered in realistic trap arrays.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures
Effect of Organic, Chemical and Bio-Fertilizers on Maize (var Nakhon Sawan 2) Production in Wang Saphung Soil Series
Creators: name: Kobkiet Paisancharoen
Publisher: name: Department of Agriculture
Year: 2008
Subjects: maize (var Nakhon Sawan2)
organic fertilizer
chemical fertilizer
bio-fertilizer
Wang Saphung soil series

description: Thai Agricultural Research Journal, 26, 1, 82-90
Development of a Standard Method for the Quantification of Activated Carbon Applied to Sediments
Creators: name: Grossman, Adam Micah
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2009
Subjects: Activated Carbon
Black Carbon
Desorption
PCBs
Remediation
Sediments

description: Past research has shown that the addition of activated carbon ( AC) into contaminated river sediments can significantly lower the bioavailability of organic pollutants. Currently, there are two ongoing pilot studies being conducted at the Grasse River in Massena, NY and at Hunter’s Point in San Francisco Bay, CA that are evaluating the effectiveness of treating sediments with AC in the field. As part of the successful evaluation of these pilot studies, quantification of the amount and distribution of AC applied to sediment is required. In this research a wet chemical oxidation method was developed to isolate and measure the amount of AC applied to sediments. This method used a solution of concentrated sulfuric acid and potassium dichromate to oxidize most of the naturally occurring organic carbon while preserving the AC.  Analysis of sediment samples from the Grasse River and Hunter’s Point demonstrated that the AC was successfully applied in the field trials. Long term post application field samples from both sites confirmed that the AC was stable in the sediment. AC levels at the Grasse River exceeded the target dose of 2.5% dry weight of the sediment and AC was primarily confined to the top 3 inches of sediment. Results from the Grasse River also showed high spatial variability in its application. AC levels at Hunter’s Point were slightly lower than the target dose of 3% dry weight of the sediment and AC was primarily confined to the top 6 inches of sediment. Optical microscopy analysis was used to confirm the measurement of AC in sediments. Desorption tests of sediment samples obtained from the field sites showed strong correlation between AC dose and reduction in easily desorbed fraction of contaminants in sediments. The chemical oxidation method of isolation and measurement of AC in sediments provides a useful tool for the assessment of field application of AC in sediments.
Noise-induced cooperative dynamics and its control in coupled neuron models
Creators: name: Hauschildt, B.
name: Janson, N. B.
name: Balanov, A.
name: Schoell, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate feedback control of the cooperative dynamics of two coupled neural oscillators that is induced merely by external noise. The interacting neurons are modelled as FitzHugh-Nagumo systems with parameter values at which no autonomous oscillations occur, and each unit is forced by its own source of random fluctuations. Application of delayed feedback to only one of two subsystems is shown to be able to change coherence and timescales of noise induced oscillations either in the given subsystem, or globally. It is also able to induce or to suppress stochastic synchronization under certain conditions.
description: 12 pages, 17 figures, Phys. Rev. E accepted
title: Prolapsed sigmoid lipoma: a rare cause of adult intussusception
Creators: name: Saldanha, Gonçalo
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Pelvis
subject: CT
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 70-year-old man, with no significant medical or surgical history, presented to the emergency department with a history of rectal tenesmus, bleeding and anal tumefaction. Physical examination revealed a soft, smooth and erythematous mass that protruded through the anal canal.

description: 70 years, male
The Jones polynomial of ribbon links
Creators: name: Eisermann, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25, 57M27

description: For every n-component ribbon link L we prove that the Jones polynomial V(L) is divisible by the polynomial V(O^n) of the trivial link. This integrality property allows us to define a generalized determinant det V(L) := [V(L)/V(O^n)]_(t=-1), for which we derive congruences reminiscent of the Arf invariant: every ribbon link L = (K_1,...,K_n) satisfies det V(L) = det(K_1) >... det(K_n) modulo 32, whence in particular det V(L) = 1 modulo 8. These results motivate to study the power series expansion V(L) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty d_k(L) h^k at t=-1, instead of t=1 as usual. We obtain a family of link invariants d_k(L), starting with the link determinant d_0(L) = det(L) obtained from a Seifert surface S spanning L. The invariants d_k(L) are not of finite type with respect to crossing changes of L, but they turn out to be of finite type with respect to band crossing changes of S. This discovery is the starting point of a theory of surface invariants of finite type, which promises to reconcile quantum invariants with the theory of Seifert surfaces, or more generally ribbon surfaces.
description: 38 pages, reformatted in G&T style; minor changes suggested by the referee
title: Acute Meckel Diverticulitis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis
Creators: name: Mohsin, Farwa
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: CNS
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: CT
subject: Arterial access
subject: Barium enema
subject: Abscess
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 25-year-old male presented in ER with RLQ pain, burning micturition, vomiting and fever for the past 3 days. On examination, patient had temperature of 98.6 F, pulse and respiratory rate of 82 and 18 per minute respectively with BP of 125/87 mmHg. All haematological parameters were within normal range except WBC count of 17,400. On physical examination, the abdomen was tender on palpation specifically in the RLQ.

description: 25 years, male
title: Severe infection in ANCA-associated vasculitis: Incidence, prognostic factors and prediction
Creators: name: Rutherford, Matthew Alexander
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2025

description: Introduction 
Individuals with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) are at high risk of severe infections. Using prognosis research methodology, this thesis will explore the incidence of severe infection, examine glucocorticoid exposure as a prognostic marker for severe infection and will develop prognostic models to predict severe infection events: the occurrence of first severe infection after diagnosis and early mortality following a severe infection event. Subsequent chapters will examine Covid-19 in AAV patients including prognostic factors for severe disease and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in AAV patients treated with rituximab.

Methods 
Diverse datasets were utilised to address the thesis aims. Novel semantic web technology was deployed to federate multiple European AAV registries to determine severe infection incidence. Data linkage was used to develop a large AAV dataset using national Scottish routinely-collected health data for the severe infection prognostic marker and prognostic modelling studies. A binational cohort of AAV patients with Covid-19 was developed through the contribution of vasculitis clinicians throughout the UK and Ireland. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination data was derived from the AAV sub-group of the UK-wide multicentre multi-disease OCTAVE study of immunosuppressed individuals. For the prognostic modelling studies, modern prediction methodologies were applied.

Results 
Severe infection incidence was high, especially in the first year after diagnosis. Glucocorticoid exposure thresholds above 10 mg daily all had a substantial positive association with severe infection. Multivariable models were developed with good predictive ability for both severe infection events and early mortality following severe infection. Prognostic factors for severe Covid-19 included immunosuppressive agents. The humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was severely attenuated in AAV patients compared to controls.

Discussion 
Through applying prognosis research methodology, this thesis quantified the incidence of severe infection, identified prognostic factors and developed prognostic models for severe infection in individuals with AAV. Prognostic factors relating to Covid-19 were determined.
Spatial Relationship Criterion #5: Points On Polylines
Creators: name: Gjorgjieva, Elena
name: Gjorgjiev, Kiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: GIS
Green Software Development
Spatial Selections
Spatial Analysis
Telecommunications
Telecommunications Network
Geographic Information System
Software
Software Development
Sustainability
New Algorithms
Green IT
Technology Development
Technology
Engineering Software
Telecom

description: This criterion is particularly useful for analyzing the spatial relationship between point features and polylines, helping to determine whether specific points are directly on or along a polyline feature.

 

In this practical example, we’ll work with point data gathered through field measurements for the maintenance of a telecommunications network, specifically focusing on underground optical cable pipelines. The scenario involves an optical cable network, where each shapefile represents a different cable segment. The point coordinates represent the actual field data collected for maintenance purposes.

 

Our task is to overlay these points onto the network and identify which points align with specific cable segments. Let’s explore how this process is carried out using SGIS Desktop.
The Relation between Blood Pressure and Depressive Symptoms in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Creators: name: Shah, Mauli
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012
Subjects: Blood Pressure
Depressive Symptoms
Older Adults
Women

description: Prior studies have identified inconsistent cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and blood pressure (BP).  The present study examined whether the coincident relation between BP and depressive symptoms is curvilinear, where depressive symptoms predict both higher and lower BP.  A total of 2,087 participants from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (aged 19 to 97, 53% men, 74% white) underwent clinical BP measurement and completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale on up to 14 occasions (Mean=3.8, SD=2.6) over up to 29 years (Mean=7.8, SD=6.4) of follow-up.  Both cross-sectional (linear regression) and longitudinal (mixed-effects regression) analyses were performed to identify whether depressive symptomatology significantly predicted coincident BP, following statistical adjustment for common risk factors for depression and cardiovascular disease.  Also, exploratory analyses were conducted to whether the relation between depressive symptoms and BP was modified by age and/or sex.  Data analyses revealed that the main hypothesis was not supported either cross-sectionally or longitudinally.  Instead, there was evidence that greater depressive symptoms were associated with greater BP levels.  Exploratory analyses revealed sex and age differences in the relation between depressive symptoms and BP, where greater levels of depressive symptoms may confer risk for increased BP levels particularly for women and older adults, even with very few depressive symptoms.  These results point to the importance of preventing, detecting, and lowering depressive symptoms as a way to prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease, particularly for women and older adults.
Physical Explanation for the Galaxy Distribution on the $(λ_{\rm R}, \varepsilon)$ and $(V/σ, \varepsilon)$ Diagrams or for the Limit on Orbital Anisotropy
Creators: name: Wang, Bitao
name: Cappellari, Michele
name: Peng, Yingjie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the $(λ_{\rm R}, \varepsilon)$ and $(V/σ, \varepsilon)$ diagrams for characterizing dynamical states, the fast-rotator galaxies (both early-type and spirals) are distributed within a well-defined leaf-shaped envelope. This was explained as due to an upper limit to the orbital anisotropy increasing with galaxy intrinsic flattening. However, a physical explanation for this empirical trend was missing. Here we construct Jeans Anisotropic Models (JAM), with either cylindrically or spherically aligned velocity ellipsoid (two extreme assumptions), and each with either spatially-constant or -variable anisotropy. We use JAM to build mock samples of axisymmetric galaxies, assuming on average an oblate shape for the velocity ellipsoid (as required to reproduce the rotation of real galaxies), and limiting the radial anisotropy $β$ to the range allowed by physical solutions. We find that all four mock samples naturally predict the observed galaxy distribution on the $(λ_{\rm R}, \varepsilon)$ and $(V/σ, \varepsilon)$ diagrams, without further assumptions. Given the similarity of the results from quite different models, we conclude that the empirical anisotropy upper limit in real galaxies, and the corresponding observed distributions in the $(λ_{\rm R}, \varepsilon)$ and $(V/σ, \varepsilon)$ diagrams, are due to the lack of physical axisymmetric equilibrium solutions at high $β$ anisotropy when the velocity ellipsoid is close to oblate.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication on MNRAS Letters
Crossover from weak to strong coupling regime in dispersive circuit QED
Creators: name: Serban, I.
name: Solano, E.
name: Wilhelm, F. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the decoherence of a superconducting qubit due to the dispersive coupling to a damped harmonic oscillator. We go beyond the weak qubit-oscillator coupling, which we associate with a phase Purcell effect, and enter into a strong coupling regime, with qualitatively different behavior of the dephasing rate. We identify and give a physicaly intuitive discussion of both decoherence mechanisms. Our results can be applied, with small adaptations, to a large variety of other physical systems, e. g. trapped ions and cavity QED, boosting theoretical and experimental decoherence studies.
description: Published version
title: Spontaneous mediastinal hematoma.
Creators: name: Berral Santana, Alicia
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chest imaging
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Emergency
subject: Mediastinum
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Angioplasty
subject: Stents
subject: Acute
subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 46-year-old male presents to the emergency department with an episode of oppressive, precordial pain radiating to the neck- He is diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction and treated with angioplasty and 3 farmacoactive stents. 24 hours later the patient has fever and thoracic pain that increases with deep inspiration.

description: 46 years, male
Free-Energy Functional Approach to Inverse Problems for Self-Assembly of Three-Dimensional Crystals
Creators: name: Torikai, Masashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, a variational method for the inverse problem of self-assembly, i.e., a reconstruction of the interparticle interaction potential of a given structure, is applied to three-dimensional crystals. According to the method, the interaction potential is derived as a function that maximizes the free-energy functional of the one- and two-particle density distribution functions. The interaction potentials of the target crystals, including those with face-centered cubic (fcc), body-centered cubic (bcc), and simple hexagonal (shx) lattices, are obtained by numerical maximization of the functional. Monte Carlo simulations for the systems of particles with these interactions were carried out, and the self-assembly of the target crystals was confirmed for the bcc and shx cases. However, in the many-particle system with the predicted interaction for the fcc lattice, the fcc lattice did not spontaneously form and was metastable.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
title: Myocardial Bridging of LAD and RCA: An Extremely Rare Differential of Cardiac Chest Pain
Creators: name: Arain, Salman Javed
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cardiovascular
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Anatomy and Functional Imaging

description: Clinical History: A 74-year-old man presented to the A&E with two-hours history of non-radiating chest pain. Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed left bundle branch block and troponin-I was negative. Cardiovascular risk factors include age, gender and smoking. Considering ECG findings and risk factors, an echocardiogram and CT coronary angiogram were performed.

description: 74 years, male
title: Cardiac MRI in double outlet right ventricle with situs inversus – A rare association
Creators: name: Nandhan, V. Raghu
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cardiovascular
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: MR
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 27-year-old female presented with complaints of on and off breathlessness since 10 years of age, (NYHA class -II) with occasional palpitations and multiple syncopal attacks since childhood. She was diagnosed previously as Congenital Heart Disease possibly Tetralogy of Fallot with Hypoplastic Pulmonary artery. She was referred to our hospital for detailed workup of the congenital heart disease. 

Morphologic images revealed  Situs Inversus and Dextrocardia (Fig 2) with liver on  left side and Right sided Aortic Arch [Fig 1B]. Morphologic right ventricle gave  rise to  the Aorta & Main Pulmonary artery suggestive of Double outlet  right ventricle (DORV) (Fig 2). Both Aortic and Pulmonary valve are at the same level in anterior location with D- Malposition (Aortic valve located on left side to Pulmonary artery) (Fig 1A). Subaortic Ventricular septal defect (VSD)  noted measuring approximately 11.7 mm (Fig 3). Pulmonary Infundibular stenosis (Fig 7) with turbulent flow noted (Fig 5). 

description: 27 years, female