cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Structured Exercise During Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Operable Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus and Gastro-Oesophageal Junction
Creators: name: Zylstra, J
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2020

description: Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) results in physical deconditioning prior to high-risk surgery in patients diagnosed with oesophageal adenocarcinoma but remains the gold standard of care for patients with operable disease. Overall, physical and mental decline has been reported in patients, with a delayed return to baseline health-related quality of life (HRQL) following treatment. Exercise has been shown to improve fitness in patients undergoing non-cancer elective surgery. Furthermore, improved cancer control and immune function has been reported in exercising mice under laboratory conditions. Aim: The aim of this thesis is to examine the feasibility of a structured exercise prehabilitation program commencing prior to chemotherapy and continuing during treatment and the impact on outcomes for cancer patients. Methods: Patients were invited to participate in a clinical trial of exercise prehabilitation concomitant with standard care versus standard care alone. Following informed and written consent, patients were enrolled into the Pre-EMPT study and clinical data collection commenced. Post-operative tumour histopathology assessment was carried out according to Royal College of Pathology guidelines. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was performed during treatment. CT scans were assessed for body composition changes post-NAC. Immunity and Inflammatory bloods were assessed. HRQL was measured using validated patient reported outcomes. Results: A decline in patient fitness following NAC, measured by VO2peak, was blunted by 7% in patients undergoing the structured exercise prehabilitation program (-19% Control vs -12% Intervention). Overall length of hospital stay was lower than the national average in both groups, as were post-operative complications. Improved cancer control was evident in the Intervention group, measured by pathological evidence of disease regression in both primary tumour and lymph nodes. There was reversal of sarcopenic obesity with improved visceral /subcutaneous fat ratios in patients undergoing exercise prehabilitation. In addition, immune function was significantly improved with greater regulation of inflammatory markers (i.e. Interleukin-6). Overall mental wellbeing, measured using the Shortened Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, was less perturbed in the Intervention group, also showing a recovery to baseline at 12 months after surgery. Conclusions: A structured exercise prehabilitation program during neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and prior to surgery is feasible and beneficial to patients with operable oesophageal adenocarcinoma. A structured exercise intervention reduces physical decline and improves cancer control in patients undergoing NAC.
title: Enhancing Physical Activity Engagement through Sensor Technology-driven Musical Systems: A Pathway towards an Active Lifestyle for Health Promotion with "BeatSense"
Creators: name: Coskun, Aydin
name: Unbehaun, David
name: Fritz, Tom
name: Kaiser, Patrick
name: Mall, Christoph
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Promoting physical activity has become a significant global health priority in recent years. Sedentary lifestyles and their associated health risks have become a significant concern, necessitating innovative approaches to encourage individuals to adopt and sustain active habits. Integrating technology with physical activity interventions has shown promising potential in addressing this challenge. In this context, the emergence of musical devices influenced by sensor technology represents a novel avenue for enhancing movement engagement and fostering a more active lifestyle. Within this work ...
Turning Rules into Resources: Worker Enactment of Labor Standards and Why It Matters for Regulatory Federalism
Creators: name: Lowe, N.
name: Iskander, N.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2021

description: Labor standards are not just enforced; they are enacted, and often in ways that are different from their stated intention. This distinction creates an opening to consider the ways that frontline workers extend and repurpose enforcement practices. Drawing on qualitative research in two US cities, the authors focus on Latino immigrant construction workers to identify the strategies they use to rework formal safety mandates to advance technical knowledge, create skill-based alliances across organizational hierarchies, and protect career trajectories. These resourcing strategies were present in both locations, but workers’ ability to affect the quality of their jobs through the collective enactment of labor standards varied significantly by city and depended on the enforcement practices in play. Workers’ attention to these localized resourcing opportunities suggests possibilities for progressive innovation at the multiple levels of government driving emerging research on regulation and federalism.
(502886) Matthew Graham
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Sensor Deployment for Air Pollution Monitoring Using Public Transportation System
Creators: name: Yu, James J. Q.
name: Li, Victor O. K.
name: Lam, Albert Y. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Air pollution monitoring is a very popular research topic and many monitoring systems have been developed. In this paper, we formulate the Bus Sensor Deployment Problem (BSDP) to select the bus routes on which sensors are deployed, and we use Chemical Reaction Optimization (CRO) to solve BSDP. CRO is a recently proposed metaheuristic designed to solve a wide range of optimization problems. Using the real world data, namely Hong Kong Island bus route data, we perform a series of simulations and the results show that CRO is capable of solving this optimization problem efficiently.
Protein sequence alignments for the eight SNTXs clustered within a 50-kb region on Chr02
Creators: name: Huang, Lily
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: This file contains the eight SNTX toxin proteins (3 alpha + 3 beta + 2 likes) encoded from the genes clustered within a 50-kb region on stonefish Chr02, as well as two SNTX reference seqs (Q98989 for alpha, Q91453 for beta).
When Does the Public Get It Right? The Information Environment and the Accuracy of Economic Sentiment
Creators: name: Hellwig, T.
name: Martínez-Gallardo, C.
name: Carlin, R.E.
name: Love, G.J.
name: Singer, M.M.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2021

description: Public evaluations of the economy are key for understanding how citizens develop policy opinions and monitor government performance. But what drives economic evaluations? In this article, we argue the context in which information about the economy is distributed shapes economic perceptions. In high-quality information environments—where policies are transparent, the media is free, and political opposition is robust—mass perceptions closely track economic conditions. In contrast, compromised information environments provide openings for political manipulation, leading perceptions to deviate from business cycle fluctuations. We test our argument with unique data from eight Latin American countries. Results show restrictions on access to information distort the public’s view of economic performance. The ability of voters to sanction governments is stronger when democratic institutions and the media protect citizens’ access to independent, unbiased information. Our findings highlight the importance of accurate evaluations of the economy for government accountability and democratic responsiveness.
title: Fears about Social Robots in Nursing
Creators: name: Carros, Felix
name: Jokisch, Sabine
name: Manavi, Mehrbod
name: Wulf, Volker
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: As the nursing sector's shortcomings remain unchanged, social robots are becoming increasingly relevant. While real-life encounters are uncommon, the media and fiction continue to impact people's perceptions of robots. Capabilities and shortcomings are frequently exaggerated, producing a vision of automated technology that will replace human labor. This article focuses on the topic of worries associated with robot use. Most stakeholders are concerned about disenfranchisement and data protection. They create uncertainties about how the introduction of robots will affect people's lives and ...
Virtual Reality after Surgery—A Method to Decrease Pain After Surgery in Pediatric Patients
Creators: name: Specht, B.J.
name: Poulos, K.E.
name: Phelps, J.R.
name: Lupa, M.C.
name: Li, Q.
name: Buse, C.R.
name: Chiavacci, S.D.
name: Nelson, J.M.
name: Liu, Y.
name: Phillips, M.R.
name: Harrell, L.E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2021

description: Background: Virtual Reality (VR) is used as an effective tool for distraction and as an adjunct for pain management. This study was conducted to compare VR to standard iPad use after surgery and examine its effect on pain score and opioid consumption. Methods: This was a randomized controlled study, with stratification by surgery type, age group (7-12yo, 13-18yo) and gender. Pain and anxiety were assessed with validated scales (STAI, FACES, VAS, FLACC) and outcomes were compared between each group. Results: 50 of the 106 enrolled patients used the VR device. After adjusting for age, gender, and STAI, patients had a decreased FLACC score while using the VR device compared to the iPad group (odds ratio 2.95, P =.021). The younger patients were found to have lower FLACC scores while using the VR device (odds ratio 1.15, p=0.044); this finding was most significant when patients used the VR device for 20-30 minutes (odds ratio 1.67, P =.0003). Additionally, after adjusting for treatment group, gender, and STAI, the younger patients had higher odds of withdrawal or exclusion from the study (odds ratio 1.18, P =.021). No significant difference in opioid consumption between the groups was found. Discussion: Virtual reality was well tolerated and more effective in decreasing pain during the immediate postoperative period than iPad use. Despite a slightly higher withdrawal rate, younger patients benefited more from the intervention.
title: Designing a Vital Data Transmission in Rural Areas with Elderly Persons in Nursing Homes and at Home
Creators: name: Brombach, Nick
name: Keil, Alexander
name: Brück, Rainer
name: Ludwig, Thomas
name: Gaus, Olaf
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: In this paper, we present a vital data transmission system, which aims to support general practitioners (GPs) in the process of digital vital data acquisition. The system consists of (1) an app that displays the GP’s prescribed vital signs and transmits the data recorded via medically certified devices to a medically certified cloud, and (2) a web interface through which the physician can create prescriptions and view vital signs. In addition, it provides further services such as a support functionality for patients and getting feedback from physicians on vital signs. It facilitates the ...
title: Enhancing Smartwatches through Value-Sensitive Design: Fostering Immediate Usefulness and Value Sensitization
Creators: name: Ellefsen, Erlend
name: Foss, Ole Kristoffer
name: Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: This research employs Value-Sensitive Design (VSD) to investigate the user values associated with smartwatch use, with the objective of integrating these values into the design process. The study aims to provide insights that balance technical opportunities with ethical design responsibilities. An empirical investigation was performed collecting data through interviews with smartwatch users, developing a novel smartwatch prototype and organizing iterative feedback sessions. A key finding is that several of the values deemed important by researchers have limited significance for actual users ...
(502723) Mary Ann Woodman
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Introducing the hermes package for RNA-seq data
Creators: name: Bove, Daniel Sabanes
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2022

description: The hermes package published on Bioconductor provides classes and functions for quality control, filtering, normalization and differential expression analysis of pre-processed RNA-seq data. Data can be imported from `SummarizedExperiment` as well as `matrix` objects and can be annotated from BioMart. Filtering for genes without too low expression or containing required annotations, as well as filtering for samples with sufficient correlation to other samples or total number of reads is supported. The standard normalization methods including `cpm`, `rpkm` and `tpm` can be used, and `DESeq2` as well as `voom` differential expression analyses are available.

 We present the package, as well as a open source extension including Shiny modules based on the "teal" framework.
title: Infrastructural Complexity: A Mapping of Medication Management in Norway
Creators: name: Hertzum, Morten
name: Ellingsen, Gunnar
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Medication is key to the effective treatment of diseases but requires careful management to avoid errors that may harm patients. This study maps the Norwegian infrastructure for medication management. This infrastructure interlinks hospitals, nursing homes, home care, general practitioners, and so forth into an increasingly integrated record of each citizen’s medication. In spite of its electronic components, the infrastructure is inherently sociotechnical. Considerable human work goes into bridging the components. While cumbersome, the bridging work also introduces occasions for double ...
(502881) Abbot Newburgh Baker
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Discrimination, Personal Discrimination, and Group Discrimination among Chinese Canadians/immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic – results from an online cross-section survey
Creators: name: Nan, Lei
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04haebc03
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Background: Pre-existing racial discrimination has been exacerbated, particularly among Chinese immigrants in Canada since 2020, during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Data for this cross-section 2021 study were collected via an anonymous online survey in both English and Chinese, with 739 participants aged 16 or older of Chinese origin residing in Canada for at least six months. Voluntary participation was ensured, with informed consent obtained prior to questionnaire access. The study utilized descriptive statistics for sociodemographic and mental health variables, Chi-square analysis for pre- and duringpandemic comparisons, correlation analyses for examining relationships among variables, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on outcome variables. Mediating effects of perceived group discrimination were tested using model analysis and Bootstrap estimation procedure in AMOS. Results: There was a significant increase in reported discrimination experiences, with over half of participants experiencing discrimination, a 16.67-fold increase since the pandemic's onset. Public places were the most common sites for discrimination incidents. Only 7% of victims reported incidents to authorities, citing barriers such as lack of knowledge (30.96%), safety concerns (28.60%), and language barriers (27.41%). Both personal and group discrimination predicted poorer mental health outcomes, with over 80% reporting strong negative emotions, primarily anger (95.33%). Perceived group discrimination partially mediated the relationship between personal discrimination and negative emotions. Covariates revealed that higher education and English proficiency were associated with lower perceived group discrimination, while employment was linked to higher perceived group discrimination. Perceived discrimination positively correlated with perceived group discrimination, and both were associated with negative emotions. Conclusion: The study's findings underscore a concerning trend of escalating and widespread anti-Asian discrimination in Canada. Chinese immigrants lack awareness of available antidiscrimination resources, hindering effective response to incidents. Over 80% of respondents express skepticism about imminent change. Those experiencing discrimination exhibit deteriorating mental health and diminished optimism. Many attribute the surge in discrimination to COVID-19 and suggest ad hoc laws as a solution; however, establishing a reliable reporting system emerges as a top priority from our discussion.
4PS111.2022.p.koenecke
Creators: name: Könecke, Pia
name: Carlsson, Rickard
name: Kalmendal, André
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is the pre-registration for Assignment 2 and 3.
title: Erinnern Sie sich noch? A Storytelling Game with Pepper for Older Adults' Memory Training
Creators: name: González-Villalobos, Sofía
name: Miao, Yanwei
name: Renardias, Julia
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Providing care for older adults in Germany is becoming increasingly challenging due to current demographic and social trends. To address this issue, technologies, such as robot-based, are being used to develop and test new ideas on how to provide nursing care. Moreover, many older adults can be affected by memory loss problems. Memory training can play a crucial role in helping ameliorate these issues, improve memory performance, and connect with others. This project aims to offer a memory game that provides residents with a meaningful activity, such as memory training, that they can enjoy ...
Small Group Tutorial Curriculum During Third Year Surgical Clerkship and Identification of Surgical Role Models
Creators: name: Sherif, N.
name: Bacon, D.R.
name: Pascarella, L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2021

description: Identification of surgical mentors is associated with medical student interest in surgical careers. Small group learning has been a fundamental component of the surgical clerkship at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine for 14 years. The curriculum was standardized on 2018 and has long been hypothesized to facilitate mentoring relationships. In this brief report, we administered a survey that assessed the relationship between students and surgical faculty serving as small group tutors. Analysis was performed by descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis. The survey yielded an 18.8% response rate. Greater than 50% of students identified their tutor as a surgical role model. Greater than 60% of students affirmed that their tutor at least somewhat influenced their interest in surgery. Larger longitudinal studies with higher response rates are needed to assess relationships over time, and if these relationships ultimately correlate with applications made to surgical residency programs.
title: Preparing for Implementing Commercial Algorithms in Radiology: A Formative Evaluation Study
Creators: name: Silsand, Line
name: Severinsen, Gro-Hilde
name: Kannelønning, Mari Serine
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the practical preparations necessary for adopting and scaling AI solutions in clinical radiology. Based on a longitudinal qualitative case study of a Norwegian health trust’s AI procurement for radiology and the trust’s further implementation preparations, the paper explores the following research questions: How does the healthcare organisation prepare for implementing CE-marked algorithms? How can a healthcare organisation establish acceptance among radiologists when implementing commercially available AI solutions for ...
title: Designing an infrastructure for sharing of data generated by welfare technologies
Creators: name: Kolkowska, Ella
name: Lagsten, Jenny
name: Andersson, Annika
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: The analysis of WT-generated data holds significant potential to enhance care quality, well-being, safety, efficiency, and decision-making in healthcare settings. This ongoing research focuses on investigating the key challenges associated with designing an infrastructure for sharing WT data in Swedish municipalities. Our findings highlight various obstacles, including conflicting stakeholder needs, limited experience in data analysis and visualization, unclear ownership of data and systems, and the complexity of the technical environment. The implemented WT systems consist of alarm ...
title: The Narrative Future of (digital) Care – Envisioning Care Fiction(s) in Education-based and professional Care Settings
Creators: name: Heinemann, Sonja
name: Manavi, Mehrbod
name: Taugerbeck, Sebastian
name: Bräuer, Julia
name: Wolf, Andrea
name: Colak, Cem
name: Müller, Dorothee
name: Sauerwald, Julia
name: Unbehaun, David
name: Wulf, Volker
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: This paper explores future opportunities for care through practice-based inter-ventions in real care settings and the use of design fiction as a method. Based on real innovation spaces within care-schools, we applied a design fiction approach to conceptualize and envision future care scenarios that include prototypical so-lutions for a digital transformation for both, people who in care contexts and people in need of care. We reflect on the content and implications of care fictions developed in collaboration with care-schools for shaping future systems of care and health in rural areas. With ...
(502721) Lillie Frances Woodman Simpson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
"TALABA YOSHLARNING HUQUQIY ONGINI SHAKLLANTIRISHDA KONSTITUTSIYANING TUTGAN O'RNI"
Creators: name: Qodirqulova, Mohichehra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Ushbu maqolada mamlakatimizdagi jami aholining 30foizini tashkil qilgan talabalar qatlamaning huquqiy ongi va savodxonligi, talaba yoshlarning konstitutsiya normalari va qoidalarni qay darajada bilishi va uni hayotga tatbiq qilish salohiyati haqida sòz boradi.
Photoconduction in the Peierls conductor monoclinic TaS$_3$
Creators: name: Minakova, V. E.
name: Nasretdinova, V. F.
name: Zaitsev-Zotov, S. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Photoconduction in the monoclinic phase of quasi-one-dimensional conductor TaS$_3$ has been observed at $T < 70$~K. It was studied jointly with low-temperature ohmic and non-linear dark conduction. The strong sample quality dependence of both photoconduction and dark conduction at this temperature region has been observed. Together with a similarity of the main features of the photoconduction characteristic of both monoclinic ({\it m-}TaS$_3$) and orthorhombic ({\it o-}TaS$_3$) samples the following new peculiarities of photoconduction in {\it m-}TaS$_3$ were found: 1) the dependence of the activation energy of photoconduction on temperature, $T$, 2) the change of the recombination mechanism from the linear type to the collisional one at low $T$ with a sample quality growth, 3) the existence of a fine structure of the electric-field dependence of photoconduction. Spectral study gives the Peierls energy gap value $2Δ^*= 0.18$~eV.
description: To be published in Physica B
title: Robotic-Based Prevention and Health Promotion in Care Facilities – Interactive Design for Group Sessions
Creators: name: Raß, Elisabeth
name: Unbehaun, David
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Robotic-based technologies may support older adults, people in need of care and relief professional actors in the health system. In this demonstration paper, the authors present a robotic-based system designed for individual and joint activities in care-facilities. Empirical insights and results from a 14-month participatory design study focusing on ideation, participation and evaluation of Socially-Assistive Robots for both, older adults in need of care and professional caregivers in different care and medical settings were considered. This work aims to be an inspiration and orientation for ...
Measurement of the muon beam direction and muon flux for the T2K neutrino experiment
Creators: name: Suzuki, K.
name: Aoki, S.
name: Ariga, A.
name: Ariga, T.
name: Bay, F.
name: Bronner, C.
name: Ereditato, A.
name: Friend, M.
name: Hartz, M.
name: Hiraki, T.
name: Ichikawa, A. K.
name: Ishida, T.
name: Ishii, T.
name: Juget, F.
name: Kikawa, T.
name: Kobayashi, T.
name: Kubo, H.
name: Matsuoka, K.
name: Maruyama, T.
name: Minamino, A.
name: Murakami, A.
name: Nakadaira, T.
name: Nakaya, T.
name: Nakayoshi, K.
name: Oyama, Y.
name: Pistillo, C.
name: Sakashita, K.
name: Sekiguchi, T.
name: Suzuki, S. Y.
name: Tada, S.
name: Yamada, Y.
name: Yamamoto, K.
name: Yokoyama, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) neutrino experiment measures neutrino oscillations by using an almost pure muon neutrino beam produced at the J-PARC accelerator facility. The T2K muon monitor was installed to measure the direction and stability of the muon beam which is produced together with the muon neutrino beam. The systematic error in the muon beam direction measurement was estimated, using data and MC simulation, to be 0.28 mrad. During beam operation, the proton beam has been controlled using measurements from the muon monitor and the direction of the neutrino beam has been tuned to within 0.3 mrad with respect to the designed beam-axis. In order to understand the muon beam properties,measurement of the absolute muon yield at the muon monitor was conducted with an emulsion detector. The number of muon tracks was measured to be $(4.06\pm0.05)\times10^4$ cm$^{-2}$ normalized with $4\times10^{11}$ protons on target with 250 kA horn operation. The result is in agreement with the prediction which is corrected based on hadron production data.
title: Facilitating Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector Through Guidelines for Human- AI Interaction
Creators: name: Sterkenburg, Jarl
name: Ellingsen, Mats
name: Arnarsson, Robert Thor
name: Pham, Anh Nguyen
name: Cappelen, Gard
name: Hochwarter, Stefan
name: Schmager, Stefan
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: When developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and implementing them in public services, guidelines for human-AI interaction can be instrumental in ensuring responsible use of these systems and AI intelligibility and responsibility, protecting the citizens’ rights and interests. Although there are as of yet no such guidelines established that are directed at the public sector, tech companies like Microsoft have established guidelines for the commercial sector. To investigate how commercial guidelines may help guide the development of public services that utilize AI, we have explored ...
title: Περιγεννητικά αποτελέσματα με την χρήση συμβατικής ανάλυσης του καρδιοτοκογραφήματος έναντι της αυτοματοποιημένης ανάλυσης του
title: Conventional cardiotocography versus computerized CTG analysis and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Τσιπούρα, Αικατερίνη
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2024
Subjects: Εμβρυική παρακολούθηση
CTG

description: Εισαγωγή: Το καρδιοτοκογράφημα (ΚΤΓ) αποτελεί ένα βασικό και ευρέως χρησιμοποιούμενο εργαλείο για την αξιολόγηση του ‘’καλώς έχειν’’ του εμβρύου. Η κύρια δυσκολία στην ερμηνεία του ΚΤΓ είναι η υποκειμενικότητα των παρατηρητών. Η μεταβλητότητα μεταξύ τους είναι χαρακτηριστική για την ερμηνεία του ΚΤΓ. Μια πολλά υποσχόμενη απάντηση για τη μείωση αυτής της μεταβλητότητας μεταξύ των παρατηρητών είναι η αυτοματοποιημένη ανάλυση του Εμβρυϊκού Καρδιακού Ρυθμού (ΕΚΡ) με την χρήση λογισμικών προγραμμάτων. Επιπροσθέτως, η αυτοματοποιημένη ανάλυση συμβάλλει στη μείωση των δυσμενών περιγεννητικών αποτελεσμάτων σε μητέρα και έμβρυο. Σκοπός: Ο στόχος αυτής της συστηματικής ανασκόπησης ήταν η σύγκριση της συμβατικής και της αυτοματοποιημένης ανάλυσης του ΚΤΓ, για να διαπιστωθεί εάν η αυτοματοποιημένη ανάλυση του ΚΤΓ σχετίζεται με καλύτερα περιγεννητικά αποτελέσματα. Μέθοδοι: Από τον Μάιο έως τον Ιούνιο του 2023 πραγματοποιήθηκε αναζήτηση σε τρεις ηλεκτρονικές βάσεις δεδομένων που σχετίζονται με την ιατρική (PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane), προκειμένου να βρεθούν τυχαιοποιημένες ελεγχόμενες δοκιμές (RCT) στην αγγλική γλώσσα. Οι μελέτες αξιολογήθηκαν για την μεθοδολογική τους ποιότητα με την χρήση της λίστας ελέγχου CONSORT. Ο πληθυσμός-στόχος ήταν έγκυες γυναίκες ή γυναίκες σε τοκετό υπό καρδιοτοκογραφική παρακολούθηση. Η παρέμβαση ήταν η οπτική ανάλυση του ΚΤΓ και η παρέμβαση σύγκρισης ήταν η αυτοματοποιημένη ανάλυση του ΚΤΓ. Στις εκβάσεις συμπεριλαμβάνονται δυσμενή περιγεννητικά αποτελέσματα όπως ποσοστά καισαρικών τομών, επεμβατικών κολπικών τοκετών, εμβρυϊκής υποξίας, εισαγωγές σε νεογνική μονάδα και χαμηλής βαθμολογίας Apgar των νεογνών. Αποτελέσματα: Εξετάστηκαν συνολικά 47 μελέτες σχετικές με το θέμα, ωστόσο μόνο πέντε πληρούσαν όλα τα κριτήρια ένταξης. Τέσσερις από αυτές τις μελέτες έδειξαν ότι η αυτοματοποιημένη ανάλυση δεν φάνηκε να συμβάλλει σε σημαντική μείωση του ποσοστού μεταβολικής οξέωσης ή μαιευτικών παρεμβάσεων, εκτός από μια μελέτη που φάνηκε να έχει χαμηλότερο ποσοστό ανεπιθύμητων περιγεννητικών εκβάσεων σε σχέση με την συμβατική ΚΤΓ (με λήψη εμβρυϊκού αίματος). Ωστόσο, όλες οι ανασκοπήσεις προτείνουν περαιτέρω ανάπτυξη λογισμικών προγραμμάτων που θα βοηθούν τους ειδικούς στην λήψη σωστών αποφάσεων και περισσότερων μελετών (RCTs) μεγαλύτερης κλίμακας στο μέλλον. Συμπεράσματα: Η αυτοματοποιημένη ανάλυση του ΕΚΡ είναι μια πολλά υποσχόμενη λύση για τη μείωση των δυσμενών περιγεννητικών εκβάσεων και την εξάλειψη της μεταβλητότητας μεταξύ παρατηρητών.
(502722) John George Chirney
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Optimal V2G Scheduling of Electric Vehicles and Unit Commitment using Chemical Reaction Optimization
Creators: name: Yu, James J. Q.
name: Li, Victor O. K.
name: Lam, Albert Y. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An electric vehicle (EV) may be used as energy storage which allows the bi-directional electricity flow between the vehicle's battery and the electric power grid. In order to flatten the load profile of the electricity system, EV scheduling has become a hot research topic in recent years. In this paper, we propose a new formulation of the joint scheduling of EV and Unit Commitment (UC), called EVUC. Our formulation considers the characteristics of EVs while optimizing the system total running cost. We employ Chemical Reaction Optimization (CRO), a general-purpose optimization algorithm to solve this problem and the simulation results on a widely used set of instances indicate that CRO can effectively optimize this problem.
H2 formation on PAHs in photodissociation regions: a high-temperature pathway to molecular hydrogen
Creators: name: Boschman, Leon
name: Cazaux, Stéphanie
name: Spaans, Marco
name: Hoekstra, Ronnie
name: Schlathölter, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecule in the Universe. It is thought that a large portion of H2 forms by association of hydrogen atoms to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We model the influence of PAHs on total H2 formation rates in photodissociation regions (PDRs) and assess the effect of these formation rates on the total cloud structure. We set up a chemical kinetic model at steady state in a PDR environment and included adiative transfer to calculate the chemistry at different depths in the PDR. This model includes known dust grain chemistry for the formation of H2 and a H2 formation mechanism on PAHs. Since H2 formation on PAHs is impeded by thermal barriers, this pathway is only efficient at higher temperatures (T > 200 K). At these temperatures the conventional route of H2 formation via H atoms physisorbed on dust grains is no longer feasible, so the PAH mechanism enlarges the region where H2 formation is possible. We find that PAHs have a significant influence on the structure of PDRs. The extinction at which the transition from atomic to molecular hydrogen occurs strongly depends on the presence of PAHs, especially for PDRs with a strong external radiation field. A sharp spatial transition between fully dehydrogenated PAHs on the outside of the cloud and normally hydrogenated PAHs on the inside is found. As a proof of concept, we use coronene to show that H2 forms very efficiently on PAHs, and that this process can reproduce the high H2 formation rates derived in several PDRs.
Gastrostomy Tube Outcomes Among Surgical and Non-Surgical Services: A Retrospective Review
Creators: name: Cunningham, C.
name: Charles, A.
name: Jadi, J.
name: Reid, T.
name: Herb, J.
name: Rodriguez-Ormaza, N.
name: Bartl, N.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2021

description: Background: Our objective was to evaluate differences in baseline characteristics, complications, and mortality among patients receiving a gastrostomy tube (GT) by surgical or non-surgical services. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of adult patients who underwent GT placement from 2014 to 2017 at a single institution. Using bivariate and multivariable analyses, we compared baseline characteristics, complications, and overall 30-day mortality of patients undergoing GT placement with surgical or non-surgical services. Results: Of the 1339 adults who underwent GT placement, surgical and non-surgical services performed 45% (n = 609) and 55% (n = 730) procedures, respectively. Gastrostomy tube-related complications were similar (29.6% surgical vs 28.8% non-surgical, P =.76). Thirty-day mortality was higher among non-surgical services (23.7% vs 16.5%, P =.004). On multivariable analysis, this was not significant (OR 1.21, 95% CI 0.83; 1.77). Conclusion: Surgical and non-surgical service placement of GTs had equivalent GT-related mortality and complication rates.
(502717) Walter Simpson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Social Robots in Care and Data Privacy - A European Perspective
Creators: name: Carros, Felix
name: Wierling, Anne
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Social Robots increasingly become a challenge for data privacy regulations within care facilities, as they are not prepared for robots that can scan their surroundings and possibly share this data in real-time. The needs of stakeholders to these emerging challenges must be analyzed to apply existing data privacy rules. We collected data from stakeholders through interviews (n=66), surveys (n=271) and workshops (n=39). The data was analyzed towards opinions of data privacy concerning robots in care facilities. Our findings have then been contrasted to existing data privacy regulations (GDPR) ...
Never Judge a Black Hole by Its Area
Creators: name: Ong, Yen Chin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Christodoulou and Rovelli have shown that black holes have large interiors that grow asymptotically linearly in advanced time, and speculated that this may be relevant to the information loss paradox. We show that there is no simple relation between the interior volume of an arbitrary black hole and its horizon area. That is, the volume enclosed is not necessarily a monotonically increasing function of the surface area.
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Evaluation of Complications and Weight Outcomes in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Patients With Gastrostomy Tubes
Creators: name: Phillips, M.
name: Jadi, J.
name: Twer, E.
name: Rodriguez Ormaza, N.P.
name: Hyder, S.
name: Akinkuotu, A.
name: Reid, T.D.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2021

description: Background: Feeding difficulties are common in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The goal of this study was to examine pediatric CP patients undergoing gastrostomy tube (G tube) placement and assess the association between patient characteristics and weight after 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. Methods: This was a retrospective study of all pediatric patients with CP who received a G tube placement between April 2014 and December 2017 at a single institution. Bivariate analysis was used to examine association between patient characteristics and the primary outcome of improvement in weight Z score at 3, 6, and 12 months. Results: Of 63 patients who received a G tube, 81% had an increase in Z score at 3 months, 44% at 6 months, and 64% at 12 months. By 12 months, factors associated with a positive Z score change included moderate and severe malnutrition, lack of prior G tube, and fewer comorbidities. The majority (69.8%) of patients experienced complications. Seven (11%) patients died, with only 1 death related to G tube placement. Discussion: The use of G tubes in CP patients resulted in an increase in an improvement in nutritional status for the majority of patients over the course of a year. Although most complications were minor, patients had a high complication rate and frequently visited the emergency department, highlighting the need for standardized education and follow-up among this patient population.
(502719) Arthur William Woodman Simpson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Fostering shared responsibility – A socio-technical system to relieve caring relatives in rural areas
Creators: name: Renyi, Madeleine
name: Deisenhofer, Kathrin
name: Gaugisch, Petra
name: Wörle, Tobias
name: Kunze, Christophe
name: Haas, Nathalie
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Local caring communities consist of professional providers, such as outpatient services, semi-professional providers, such as neighborhood assistance, and informal actors, such as active individuals who volunteer as caregivers. Until now, such local caring communities have often been left alone to organize and coordinate their services. In many cases, they are dependent on the commitment of individuals. This makes it difficult to take advantage of the opportunities offered by digital technologies to further develop their services, especially in rural areas. In this paper we present results ...
title: A Mixed Reality Approach for Enhanced Understanding and Empathy: Simulating Auditory and Visual Phenomena in Schizophrenia
Creators: name: Weiß, Eva-Maria
name: Schüpfer, Emma
name: Müller, Nicholas
name: Unz, Dagmar
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2023

description: Simulation-based learning using virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) provides an immersive experience for teaching practical skills. While widely used in healthcare and workforce training, AR/VR simulation in mental health is still emerging. Research suggests that these simulations can offer a unique perspective on mental illness and reduce stigma. However, the results are mixed, and further research is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms. Factors such as empathy, knowledge, and visual design play a crucial role in successful interventions. Augmented reality allows for a ...
Fundamental investigations on interrupted machining of challenging materials with MQL
Creators: name: Alammari, Youssef
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Interrupted machining
subject: Minimum quantity lubrication
subject: Initial period of chip formation
subject: Vibration assisted drilling
subject: 620
subject: 670
subject: Fertigung
subject: Minimalmengenschmierung
subject: Spanbildung
subject: Tribosystem
subject: Spanende Bearbeitung

description: Challenges associated with sustainable manufacturing are investigated by exploring new approaches to optimize resources utilization during machining. The focus is on understanding fundamental tribological aspects, particularly during chip formation, with an emphasis on interrupted machining using minimum quantity lubrication (MQL). Investigations into difficult-to-cut materials, such as austenitic stainless steel and Inconel 718, reveal significant reductions in chip-tool contact during initial period of chip formation (IPCF). Thermal modeling establishes correlations between a finite cutting distance of IPCF and a transition temperatures contributing to a better understanding of the process. Practical case studies employing peck drilling and vibration-assisted drilling demonstrate both the potentials and challenges associated with introducing interruptions in continuous machining operations.
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(502720) Charles Christopher Woodman Simpson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.