cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cerebellar tDCS modulates neural circuits during semantic prediction : A combined tDCS-fMRI study
Creators: name: D'Mello, Anila M.
name: Turkeltaub, Peter E.
name: Stoodley, Catherine
Publisher: name: The Journal of Neuroscience
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: It has been proposed that the cerebellum acquires internal models of mental processes that enable prediction, allowing for the optimization of behavior. In language, semantic prediction speeds speech production and comprehension. Right cerebellar lobules VI and VII (including Crus I/II) are engaged during a variety of language processes and are functionally connected with cerebral cortical language networks. Further, right posterolateral cerebellar neuromodulation modifies behavior during predictive language processing. These data are consistent with a role for the cerebellum in semantic processing and semantic prediction. We combined transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and fMRI to assess the behavioral and neural consequences of cerebellar tDCS during a sentence completion task. Task-based and resting-state fMRI data were acquired in healthy human adults (n = 32; 𝝁 = 23.1 years) both before and after 20 min of 1.5 mA anodal (n = 18) or sham (n = 14) tDCS applied to the right posterolateral cerebellum. In the sentence completion task, the first four words of the sentence modulated the predictability of the final target word. In some sentences, the preceding context strongly predicted the target word, whereas other sentences were nonpredictive. Completion of predictive sentences increased activation in right Crus I/II of the cerebellum. Relative to sham tDCS, anodal tDCS increased activation in right Crus I/II during semantic prediction and enhanced resting-state functional connectivity between hubs of the reading/language networks. These results are consistent with a role for the right posterolateral cerebellum beyond motor aspects of language, and suggest that cerebellar internal models of linguistic stimuli support semantic prediction.
Learning models of quantum systems from experiments
Creators: name: Gentile, Antonio A.
name: Flynn, Brian
name: Knauer, Sebastian
name: Wiebe, Nathan
name: Paesani, Stefano
name: Granade, Christopher E.
name: Rarity, John G.
name: Santagati, Raffaele
name: Laing, Anthony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An isolated system of interacting quantum particles is described by a Hamiltonian operator. Hamiltonian models underpin the study and analysis of physical and chemical processes throughout science and industry, so it is crucial they are faithful to the system they represent. However, formulating and testing Hamiltonian models of quantum systems from experimental data is difficult because it is impossible to directly observe which interactions the quantum system is subject to. Here, we propose and demonstrate an approach to retrieving a Hamiltonian model from experiments, using unsupervised machine learning. We test our methods experimentally on an electron spin in a nitrogen-vacancy interacting with its spin bath environment, and numerically, finding success rates up to 86%. By building agents capable of learning science, which recover meaningful representations, we can gain further insight on the physics of quantum systems.
description: 27 pages, 8 figures
Full Counting Statistics of a charge shuttle
Creators: name: Pistolesi, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the charge transfer in a small grain oscillating between two leads. Coulomb blockade restricts the charge fluctuations in such a way that only zero or one additional electrons can sit on the grain. The system thus acts as a charge shuttle. We obtain the full counting statistics of charge transfer and discuss its behavior. For large oscillation amplitude the probability of transferring $\tilde n$ electrons per cycle is strongly peaked around one. The peak is asymmetric since its form is controlled by different parameters for $\tilde n>1$ and $\tilde n < 1$. Under certain conditions the systems behaves as if the effective charge is 1/2 of the elementary one. Knowledge of the counting statistics gives a new insight on the mechanism of charge transfer.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures. Minor revisions. Phys. Rev. B (in press)
Numerical Investigation into the effect of various surcharge loadings on propped wall excavations and embankments
Creators: name: O. Ogunyemi
name: A. Ahangar Asr
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Several guidance and formulation have been developed in the literature to account for the analysis of external surcharges adjacent to a propped excavation but less attention has been paid to the presence of sloping ground or embankments. However, CIRIA C760 states that the actual ground profile should be modelled and analysed as a series of surcharge loading over the extent of the active side of the wall. In this research, two braced excavation models were analysed of which one was the actual ground profile and the second with a series of surcharge loading representing the embankment adjacent to the excavation. The accuracy, efficiency, and conservation of the proposed approaches were examined on a propped cantilever wall excavation using a finite element geotechnical analysis software PLAXIS 2D. The models were analysed and examined in terms of the bending moment and deflection of the diaphragm wall and the prop load, the model with the actual ground profile was also investigated for any thrust load on the support system should the embankment or sloping ground fail in shear. The results were presented, and comparisons were made. Merits and advantages of the proposed numerical approach were discussed.
Quantum states of a generalized time-dependent inverted harmonic oscillator
Creators: name: Pedrosa, I. A.
name: Guedes, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the extension of the Lewis and Riesenfeld method of solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation to cases where the invariant has continuous eigenvalues and apply it to the case of a generalized time-dependent inverted harmonic oscillator. As a special case, we consider a generalized inverted oscillator with constant frequency and exponentially increasing mass.
description: 7 pages, Latex file
Quantum sensing with milligram scale optomechanical systems
Creators: name: Michimura, Yuta
name: Komori, Kentaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Probing the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics has been one of the central themes in modern physics. Recently, experiments to precisely measure the force acting on milligram scale oscillators with optical cavities are attracting interest as promising tools to test quantum mechanics, decoherence mechanisms, and gravitational physics. In this paper, we review the present status of experiments using milligram scale optomechanical systems. We compare the feasibility of reaching the quantum regime with a pendulum, torsion pendulum, and optically levitated mirror. Considerations for designing a high $Q$ pendulum, condition for torsion pendulums to have better force sensitivity than pendulums, and constraints in designing optical levitation of a mirror are presented.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
Eat thoughtfully, think sustainability : a campaign proposal to increase education and awareness of UBC sustainable food system
Creators: name: Chau, Janet Kit Wing
name: Cortes, Diana Carolina
name: Grewal, Pamendar
name: Lai, Sandra
name: Panayotof-Schaan, Luba
name: Tam, Sheena Ngar Yee
name: Yang, Kai-Chen Denise
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Worldwide consumption is well beyond ecological means. The University of British Columbia as a microcosm provides a good ground for exploration and study. With this in mind, UBC’s Food System Project (UBCFSP) is a promising project that aims to increase awareness and educate the UBC community of the benefits of making food systems more sustainable. We created part of an educational campaign aimed towards promoting food system sustainability at UBC and the lower mainland through the Sustainability Fair. We propose the use of a booth combining various facets of sustainability utilizing Apples as the main attractive, a booth with local vendors, a calendar and a website that we have designed. A study of the effectiveness of the calendar was conducted and we recommend the same be done for the website next year. Costing for the campaign was also conducted keeping in mind the financial constraints of the fair and trying to make it sustainable for future years. Further recommendations are included for the AGSC 450 teaching team, the AGSC 450 2008 class. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Torotrogla rubeculi Skoracki 2004
Creators: name: Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya.
name: Chernychko, Kateryna J.
name: Kivganov, Dmytro A.
name: Trach, Viacheslav A.
name: Deli, Olga F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Torotrogla
Torotrogla rubeculi

description: Torotrogla rubeculi Skoracki, 2004
 Hosts and distribution – Robin – Erithacus rubecula (type host) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine (first record) (Skoracki 2004c, 2011; Klimovičová and Hromada 2014; Glowska et al. 2015).
 Material examined – From Erithacus rubecula, 10.10.2004, 1 male, 7 females [1]; same host, 14.10.2006, 2 females [1].
 Differential diagnosis – Torotrogla rubeculi differs from all congeners occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: setae h1 1.1–1.3 times longer than f1 or both pairs subequal in length; setae h2 two or more times longer than h1; hysteronotal shields present; bases of setae d1 situated on hysteronotal shields; setae l’ of trochanters III not extending beyond respective genua; total body length less than 1000; hypostomal protuberances short and wide.
 Remarks – This is the first record of this species in Ukraine.
description: Published as part of Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya., Chernychko, Kateryna J., Kivganov, Dmytro A., Trach, Viacheslav A. & Deli, Olga F., 2020, New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine, pp. 213-223 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 218, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.60299, http://zenodo.org/record/4635212
The cerebellum and neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Stoodley, Catherine
Publisher: name: Springer US; The Cerebellum
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Cerebellar dysfunction is evident in several developmental disorders, including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and developmental dyslexia, and damage to the cerebellum early in development can have long-term effects on movement, cognition, and affective regulation. Early cerebellar damage is often associated with poorer outcomes than cerebellar damage in adulthood, suggesting that the cerebellum is particularly important during development. Differences in cerebellar development and/or early cerebellar damage could impact a wide range of behaviors via the closed-loop circuits connecting the cerebellum with multiple cerebral cortical regions. Based on these anatomical circuits, behavioral outcomes should depend on which cerebro-cerebellar circuits are affected. Here, we briefly review cerebellar structural and functional differences in autism, ADHD, and developmental dyslexia, and discuss clinical outcomes following pediatric cerebellar damage. These data confirm the prediction that abnormalities in different cerebellar subregions produce behavioral symptoms related to the functional disruption of specific cerebro-cerebellar circuits. These circuits might also be crucial to structural brain development, as peri-natal cerebellar lesions have been associated with impaired growth of the contralateral cerebral cortex. The specific contribution of the cerebellum to typical development may therefore involve the optimization of both the structure and function of cerebro-cerebellar circuits underlying skill acquisition in multiple domains; when this process is disrupted, particularly in early development, there could be long-term alterations of these neural circuits, with significant impacts on behavior.
1) Bayesian network modelling, an introduction
Creators: name: Perkins, Oliver
name: Millington, James
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70105 Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences

description: This is an online appendix to provide readers of Perkins and Millington (2020, in submission) more information about Bayesian network modelling in the context of land use change.
The cerebellum and neurodevelopmental disorders
Creators: name: Stoodley, Catherine
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Cerebellar dysfunction is evident in several developmental disorders, including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and developmental dyslexia, and damage to the cerebellum early in development can have long-term effects on movement, cognition, and affective regulation. Early cerebellar damage is often associated with poorer outcomes than cerebellar damage in adulthood, suggesting that the cerebellum is particularly important during development. Differences in cerebellar development and/or early cerebellar damage could impact a wide range of behaviors via the closed-loop circuits connecting the cerebellum with multiple cerebral cortical regions. Based on these anatomical circuits, behavioral outcomes should depend on which cerebro-cerebellar circuits are affected. Here, we briefly review cerebellar structural and functional differences in autism, ADHD, and developmental dyslexia, and discuss clinical outcomes following pediatric cerebellar damage. These data confirm the prediction that abnormalities in different cerebellar subregions produce behavioral symptoms related to the functional disruption of specific cerebro-cerebellar circuits. These circuits might also be crucial to structural brain development, as peri-natal cerebellar lesions have been associated with impaired growth of the contralateral cerebral cortex. The specific contribution of the cerebellum to typical development may therefore involve the optimization of both the structure and function of cerebro-cerebellar circuits underlying skill acquisition in multiple domains; when this process is disrupted, particularly in early development, there could be long-term alterations of these neural circuits, with significant impacts on behavior.
Fermion masses and mixings from heterotic orbifold models
Creators: name: Park, Jae-hyeon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We search for a possibility of getting realistic fermion mass ratios and mixing angles from renormalizable couplings on the Z_6-I heterotic orbifold with one pair of Higgs doublets. In the quark sector, we find cases with reasonable m_c/m_t, m_s/m_b, and V_{cb}, if we ignore the first family. In the lepton sector, we can fit the charged lepton mass ratios, the neutrino mass squared difference ratio, and the lepton mixing angles, considering all three families.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables; talk presented at PASCOS-05, Gyeongju, May 30-Jun 4, 2005; to appear in the proceedings
Cerebellar tDCS as a novel treatment for aphasia? evidence from behavioral and resting-state functional connectivity data in healthy adults
Creators: name: Turkeltaub, Peter E.
name: Swears, Mary K.
name: D'Mello, Anila M.
name: Stoodley, Catherine
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Background— Aphasia is an acquired deficit in the ability to communicate through language. Noninvasive neuromodulation offers the potential to boost neural function and recovery, yet the optimal site of neuromodulation for aphasia has yet to be established. The right posterolateral cerebellum is involved in multiple language functions, interconnects with left-hemisphere language cortices, and is crucial for optimization of function and skill acquisition, suggesting that cerebellar neuromodulation could enhance aphasia rehabilitation. Objective— To provide preliminary behavioral and functional connectivity evidence from healthy participants that cerebellar neuromodulation may be useful for rehabilitation of aphasia. Methods— In Experiment 1, 76 healthy adults performed articulation and verbal fluency tasks before and after anodal, cathodal or sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was applied over two cerebellar locations (anterior, right posterolateral). In Experiment 2, we examined whether anodal tDCS over the right posterolateral cerebellum modulated resting-state functional connectivity in language networks in 27 healthy adults. Results— TDCS over the right posterolateral cerebellum significantly improved phonemic fluency. Cerebellar neuromodulation increased functional connectivity between the cerebellum and areas involved in the motor control of speech, and enhanced the correlations between left-hemisphere language and speech-motor regions. Conclusions— We provide proof-of-principle evidence that cerebellar neuromodulation improves verbal fluency and impacts resting-state connectivity in language circuits. These findings suggest that the cerebellum is a viable candidate for neuromodulation in people with aphasia.
Additional file 1 of Application of quantile mixed-effects model in modeling CD4 count from HIV-infected patients in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Creators: name: Yirga, Ashenafi A.
name: Melesse, Sileshi F.
name: Mwambi, Henry G.
name: Ayele, Dawit G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. R package qrLMM() sample output using CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study data across fitted quantile levels.
The Coulomb Dissociation of 8B and a Critical Assessment of the Seattle S17(0) Result
Creators: name: Gai, Moshe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Coulomb dissociation of 8B, measured with high precision by the GSI group, is in excellent agreement with the astrophysical cross section factor (S17) measured by the Weizmann group with a 7Be target. The GSI and Weizmann data are in good agreement with the Seattle data at high energies, but at low energies we observe a slight systematic (up to 2sigma) deviation, yet the Seattle group repeatedly rejects the CD method. We show that when plotting the slopes, they mis plotted one CD data point and exclude measured slopes that contradict their claim. Indeed the measured slope is essential to elucidate the d-wave correction to S17(0) that could be as large as 15%, and is the last open question that needs to be resolved before S17(0) can be quoted with an accuracy of 5% or better. We show that this goal has not been achieved (in spite of the strong claim of the Seattle group), since currently there is no agreement among experiments as well as among theoretical models on the value of the slope. In addition, currently there is no theoretical framework within which (for example the Seattle) data can be analyzed and S17(0) extrapolated with the claimed high precision of 2.5%. This (last) issue of the slope and the d-wave correction must be resolved (by future measurements) so as to allow quoting S17(0) with an accuracy of 5% or better.
description: Invited Talk, 20th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jamaica, March 15-20, 2004. Work Supported by USDOE Grant No. DE-FG02-94ER40870
Cerebellar tDCS as a novel treatment for aphasia? evidence from behavioral and resting-state functional connectivity data in healthy adults
Creators: name: Turkeltaub, Peter E.
name: Swears, Mary K.
name: D'Mello, Anila M.
name: Stoodley, Catherine
Publisher: name: IOS Press; Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background— Aphasia is an acquired deficit in the ability to communicate through language. Noninvasive neuromodulation offers the potential to boost neural function and recovery, yet the optimal site of neuromodulation for aphasia has yet to be established. The right posterolateral cerebellum is involved in multiple language functions, interconnects with left-hemisphere language cortices, and is crucial for optimization of function and skill acquisition, suggesting that cerebellar neuromodulation could enhance aphasia rehabilitation. Objective— To provide preliminary behavioral and functional connectivity evidence from healthy participants that cerebellar neuromodulation may be useful for rehabilitation of aphasia. Methods— In Experiment 1, 76 healthy adults performed articulation and verbal fluency tasks before and after anodal, cathodal or sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was applied over two cerebellar locations (anterior, right posterolateral). In Experiment 2, we examined whether anodal tDCS over the right posterolateral cerebellum modulated resting-state functional connectivity in language networks in 27 healthy adults. Results— TDCS over the right posterolateral cerebellum significantly improved phonemic fluency. Cerebellar neuromodulation increased functional connectivity between the cerebellum and areas involved in the motor control of speech, and enhanced the correlations between left-hemisphere language and speech-motor regions. Conclusions— We provide proof-of-principle evidence that cerebellar neuromodulation improves verbal fluency and impacts resting-state connectivity in language circuits. These findings suggest that the cerebellum is a viable candidate for neuromodulation in people with aphasia.
Molecule Identification with Rotational Spectroscopy and Probabilistic Deep Learning
Creators: name: McCarthy, Michael C.
name: Lee, Kin Long Kelvin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A proof-of-concept framework for identifying molecules of unknown elemental composition and structure using experimental rotational data and probabilistic deep learning is presented. Using a minimal set of input data determined experimentally, we describe four neural network architectures that yield information to assist in the identification of an unknown molecule. The first architecture translates spectroscopic parameters into Coulomb matrix eigenspectra, as a method of recovering chemical and structural information encoded in the rotational spectrum. The eigenspectrum is subsequently used by three deep learning networks to constrain the range of stoichiometries, generate SMILES strings, and predict the most likely functional groups present in the molecule. In each model, we utilize dropout layers as an approximation to Bayesian sampling, which subsequently generates probabilistic predictions from otherwise deterministic models. These models are trained on a modestly sized theoretical dataset comprising ${\sim}$83,000 unique organic molecules (between 18 and 180 amu) optimized at the $ω$B97X-D/6-31+G(d) level of theory where the theoretical uncertainty of the spectroscopic constants are well understood and used to further augment training. Since chemical and structural properties depend highly on molecular composition, we divided the dataset into four groups corresponding to pure hydrocarbons, oxygen-bearing, nitrogen-bearing, and both oxygen- and nitrogen-bearing species, training each type of network with one of these categories thus creating "experts" within each domain of molecules. We demonstrate how these models can then be used for practical inference on four molecules, and discuss both the strengths and shortcomings of our approach, and the future directions these architectures can take.
description: 48 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables. Accepted for publication in JPCA Special Issue: Machine Learning in Physical Chemistry. Code for models available at https://github.com/laserkelvin/rotconml. Corrected details about the optimizer and weight decay
Partner-Language Learning Trajectories in Dual-Language Immersion : Evidence From an Urban District
Creators: name: Burkhauser, Susan
name: Steele, Jennifer
name: Li, Jennifer
name: Slater, Robert O.
name: Bacon, Michael
name: Miller, Trey
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Research has demonstrated that students in dual-language immersion programs perform as well as, or better than, their peers in core academic content areas by late elementary school. However, the extent to which immersion education fosters bilingualism has received less attention in the literature. Using data from a four-year efficacy study of dual-language immersion education in the Portland Public Schools in Oregon, this study reports the skill levels that 1,284 dual-language immersion students achieved in their classroom partner languages (Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese) between third and eighth grades. The authors found that by eighth grade, the average dual-language immersion student, regardless of language, performed at least at the Intermediate Low sublevel, and often higher, on Standards-Based Measurement of Proficiency assessments of nearly all language skills tested (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). In comparison, eighth graders in the Portland Public Schools who began taking Spanish as an elective in upper elementary or middle school scored only at about the Novice Mid sublevel. After four years of immersion learning (grades K–3), fourth-grade students whose home language was Spanish scored similarly in reading and speaking to their immersion peers whose home language was not Spanish; however, they outperformed their immersion peers in listening and writing.
3) Data Pre-processing
Creators: name: Perkins, Oliver
name: Millington, James
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70105 Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences

description: This document supports Perkins and Millington (2020, in submission). It details the data processing steps taken to produce data sets in the study (available here is appendix 2).
Partner-Language Learning Trajectories in Dual-Language Immersion : Evidence From an Urban District
Creators: name: Burkhauser, Susan
name: Steele, Jennifer
name: Li, Jennifer
name: Slater, Robert O.
name: Bacon, Michael
name: Miller, Trey
Publisher: name: the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages; Foreign Language Annals
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture
classificationCode: 4703
subject: Language studies

description: Research has demonstrated that students in dual-language immersion programs perform as well as, or better than, their peers in core academic content areas by late elementary school. However, the extent to which immersion education fosters bilingualism has received less attention in the literature. Using data from a four-year efficacy study of dual-language immersion education in the Portland Public Schools in Oregon, this study reports the skill levels that 1,284 dual-language immersion students achieved in their classroom partner languages (Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese) between third and eighth grades. The authors found that by eighth grade, the average dual-language immersion student, regardless of language, performed at least at the Intermediate Low sublevel, and often higher, on Standards-Based Measurement of Proficiency assessments of nearly all language skills tested (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). In comparison, eighth graders in the Portland Public Schools who began taking Spanish as an elective in upper elementary or middle school scored only at about the Novice Mid sublevel. After four years of immersion learning (grades K–3), fourth-grade students whose home language was Spanish scored similarly in reading and speaking to their immersion peers whose home language was not Spanish; however, they outperformed their immersion peers in listening and writing.
Additional file 2 of Application of quantile mixed-effects model in modeling CD4 count from HIV-infected patients in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Creators: name: Yirga, Ashenafi A.
name: Melesse, Sileshi F.
name: Mwambi, Henry G.
name: Ayele, Dawit G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Graphic overview of convergence for model parameters across all fitted quantiles, produced from the qrLMM package using the CAPRISA 002 AI Study data.
Before I wake
Creators: name: Silvernail, Carolyn
name: Llerena, Kim
name: Jayaswal, Leena
name: Douglass, John
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: A well known psychologist in denial over the death of her sister begins to take on the mental issues of her patients. This film is about what happens when the relationship between two people who were as close as two human beings can get, falls apart. It’s about what happens when people you love the most turn away from you. And then what happens when, before anything can be repaired, one of them dies. This leads to the film’s theme, which is guilt and ultimately denial.
Nuclear exclusive vector meson photoproduction
Creators: name: Goncalves, V. P.
name: Machado, M. V. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the nuclear cross section for vector meson exclusive photoproduction within the QCD color dipole picture and in the Regge approach. For the former approach, we have considered the phenomenological saturation model, whereas for the latter we use a model based on the dipole Pomeron framework. Theoretical estimates for scattering on both light and heavy nuclei are given for a large range on energy.
description: 18 pages, 3 figures. Includes additional discussions, references and a comparison with the GLLMN model. Extended version to be published in Eur. Phys. J. C
Before I wake
Creators: name: Silvernail, Carolyn
name: Llerena, Kim
name: Jayaswal, Leena
name: Douglass, John
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3605
subject: Screen and digital media

description: A well known psychologist in denial over the death of her sister begins to take on the mental issues of her patients. This film is about what happens when the relationship between two people who were as close as two human beings can get, falls apart. It’s about what happens when people you love the most turn away from you. And then what happens when, before anything can be repaired, one of them dies. This leads to the film’s theme, which is guilt and ultimately denial.
Role of histone modifications in the recruitment of remodeling complex RSC and lysine deacetylase Hst2 to chromatin
Creators: name: Jain, Neha
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemie
subject: Histon
subject: DNA
subject: 570
subject: 540
subject: Biochemie
subject: Histone
subject: DNS

description: Long DNA molecule must not just be somehow stored within a tiny cell but also be accessible by protein machineries to allow for timely execution of key cellular events such as chromatin compaction, cell division, transcription, etc. My PhD aimed at identifying the Histone protein modifications that recruit proteins to DNA using genetically encoded unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. For example, using pBPA as a crosslinker in budding yeast, I identified a novel preference of the RSC Chromatin Remodeler to H2B SUMOylated nucleosomes. This paves way for a better understanding into the intricate recruitment mechanisms of RSC to its substrate. In another project, I investigated the molecular mechanism behind the histone modification H3 S10 phosphorylation mediated chromosome compaction in mitosis. I showed that the interaction of Lysine Deacetylase, Hst2 with H3 S10ph is dependent on the 14-3-3 protein Bmh1. This phosphorylated Hst2-Bmh1 interaction is attuned with the cell cycle reaching its maximum in M phase. I could recapitulate the binding event in vitro by purifying genetically encoded phosphorylated Hst2. Furthermore, I also demonstrated that phosphorylation at C-terminal residues of Hst2 enhances its deacetylase activity releasing a previously identified autoinhibition of the enzyme. Hence, the data presented here address key mechanisms of chromosome compaction in mitosis.
Entanglement of Formation for a Class of Quantum States
Creators: name: Fei, Shao-Ming
name: Jost, Juergen
name: Li-Jost, Xianqing
name: Wang, Guo-Fang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Entanglement of formation for a class of higher dimensional quantum mixed states is studied in terms of a generalized formula of concurrence for $N$-dimensional quantum systems. As applications, the entanglement of formation for a class of $16\times 16$ density matrices are calculated.
description: 11 pages
Effects of various surcharge loading conditions on the stability of soil slopes
Creators: name: T. Leeworthy
name: A. Ahangar Asr
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The stability of soil slopes is a theme which has great significance within the field of civil engineering, this paper will focus on the analysis of soil slopes under varying surcharge loads. There are two main methods used in the analysis of soil slopes the first is the most commonly used method, the limit equilibrium method (LEM) and the second is a finite element method (FEM) which is becoming more commonly used due to three-dimensional analysis aspect. It is suggested that the factor of safety is greater for three-dimensional analysis compared to that of two-dimensional analysis. As the accuracy of software packages continues to improve (FEM) will be more commonly used by civil engineers. In this study both analysis methods are used to analyse the effects on various surcharge loading conditions on the stability of soil slopes. By using two different approaches to the analysis of different surcharge conditions, two sets of data are produced both of which can be compared to validate the work. As this topic is widely studied previous papers with a similar research question where used as reference to compare results. The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of understanding the effects of surcharge loading, it can be seen from previous studies that the focus is generally based on other factors such as the cohesion of the soil, the slope angle, the friction angle and the soil parameters. Whilst they are all individually important, the surcharge loading conditions are often neglected never investing the effects different loads would have on the stability of the soil slope. This shows a gap in the current field of study which this paper will investigate.
Self-reported health and health behaviours of women students in an English and an American University : An explorative study
Creators: name: Gage, Heather
name: Snelling, Anastasia
name: Williams, Peter
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Although late teens and early twenties are generally perceived as healthy times of life, young adults are affected by serious health and safety concerns, including substance abuse, sexual health issues, road traffic accidents and suicides (Kleinert, 2007). During these years, young people are becoming independent of their parents and making life-changing decisions about their careers. Increasing numbers enter higher education, with participation rates approaching 50% in both the United States of America (USA) (National Center for Education Statistics) and United Kingdom (UK) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills). Many students, however, face financial pressures and concerns about succeeding in a competitive job market, and struggle to follow health-enhancing behaviours, (such as engaging in physical activity, maintaining a nutritious diet, and choosing not to smoke), that affect their risk of chronic conditions in adulthood. Values and lifestyles established at this time may set future patterns, and the adoption of poor health behaviours has the potential to shorten lives (Harris et al, 2006). The transition to adulthood is likely to present similar challenges to young people in most societies, but reactions may vary depending on local cultural norms and institutional structures. Although complicated by differing contextual factors, international comparative studies have the potential to enable societies to learn from each other (Feacham et al., 2002; Quan and Smith, 2005). We conducted an explorative study to compare the self-reported health and health-related behaviours of university students in the USA and England. We present our methods and results, and discuss our findings with reference to systemic factors in each country.
Self-reported health and health behaviours of women students in an English and an American University : An explorative study
Creators: name: Gage, Heather
name: Snelling, Anastasia
name: Williams, Peter
Publisher: name: the Schools and Students Health Education Unit; Education and Health journal
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Although late teens and early twenties are generally perceived as healthy times of life, young adults are affected by serious health and safety concerns, including substance abuse, sexual health issues, road traffic accidents and suicides (Kleinert, 2007). During these years, young people are becoming independent of their parents and making life-changing decisions about their careers. Increasing numbers enter higher education, with participation rates approaching 50% in both the United States of America (USA) (National Center for Education Statistics) and United Kingdom (UK) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills). Many students, however, face financial pressures and concerns about succeeding in a competitive job market, and struggle to follow health-enhancing behaviours, (such as engaging in physical activity, maintaining a nutritious diet, and choosing not to smoke), that affect their risk of chronic conditions in adulthood. Values and lifestyles established at this time may set future patterns, and the adoption of poor health behaviours has the potential to shorten lives (Harris et al, 2006). The transition to adulthood is likely to present similar challenges to young people in most societies, but reactions may vary depending on local cultural norms and institutional structures. Although complicated by differing contextual factors, international comparative studies have the potential to enable societies to learn from each other (Feacham et al., 2002; Quan and Smith, 2005). We conducted an explorative study to compare the self-reported health and health-related behaviours of university students in the USA and England. We present our methods and results, and discuss our findings with reference to systemic factors in each country.
Correlations, spectral gap, and entanglement in harmonic quantum systems on generic lattices
Creators: name: Cramer, M.
name: Eisert, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the relationship between the gap between the energy of the ground state and the first excited state and the decay of correlation functions in harmonic lattice systems. We prove that in gapped systems, the exponential decay of correlations follows for both the ground state and thermal states. Considering the converse direction, we show that an energy gap can follow from algebraic decay and always does for exponential decay. The underlying lattices are described as general graphs of not necessarily integer dimension, including translationally invariant instances of cubic lattices as special cases. Any local quadratic couplings in position and momentum coordinates are allowed for, leading to quasi-free (Gaussian) ground states. We make use of methods of deriving bounds to matrix functions of banded matrices corresponding to local interactions on general graphs. Finally, we give an explicit entanglement-area relationship in terms of the energy gap for arbitrary, not necessarily contiguous regions on lattices characterized by general graphs.
description: 26 pages, LaTeX, published version (figure added)
Mapping the Dark Energy with Varying Alpha
Creators: name: Parkinson, David
name: Bassett, Bruce A.
name: Barrow, John D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmological dark energy is a natural source of variation of the fine structure constant. Using a model-independent approach we show that once general assumptions about the alpha-varying interactions are made, astronomical probes of its variation constrain the dark energy equation of state today to satisfy -1 < w_f < -0.96 at 3-sigma and significantly disfavour late-time changes in the equation of state. We show how dark-energy-induced spatial perturbations of alpha are linked to violations of the Equivalence Principle and are thus negligible at low-redshift, in stark contrast to the BSBM theories. This provides a new test of dark energy as the source of alpha variation.
description: 5 pages, 4 colour eps figures
TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE: BRIDGING LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Creators: name: Qalandarova Shakhzodaxon Qurbonboy qizi Teacher, Department of English Translation Theory Uzbekistan State World Language University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Translation is more than just converting words from one language to another; it is a complex interplay of language, culture, and context. As globalization increases, the demand for effective translation continues to grow. Understanding translation theory is essential for practitioners to navigate the challenges of conveying meaning, tone, and cultural nuances. This article explores the key concepts in translation theory and their practical applications.

Key terms: translation, globalization, translation theory, culture, formal equivalence, dynamic equivalence
Creagonycha Kethley 1970
Creators: name: Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya.
name: Chernychko, Kateryna J.
name: Kivganov, Dmytro A.
name: Trach, Viacheslav A.
name: Deli, Olga F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Creagonycha

description: Key to females of the genus Creagonycha occurring in Ukraine [based on Skoracki (2011)]
 1. Length ratio of setae vi: ve 1:1.2. Fan-like setae p’ and p” of legs III and IV with 16–18 tines ……... ………………………………………………………………………… C. sternae Kivganov, 1995
 – Length ratio of setae vi: ve 1:1.7, Fan-like setae p’ and p” of legs III and IV with 10–11 tines ……... ……………………………………………...………………………… C. totani (Oudemans, 1904)
description: Published as part of Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya., Chernychko, Kateryna J., Kivganov, Dmytro A., Trach, Viacheslav A. & Deli, Olga F., 2020, New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine, pp. 213-223 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 220, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.60299, http://zenodo.org/record/4635212
Reaching the Gobi
Creators: name: Stone, Marilyn Leigh
name: Douglass, John
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Reaching the Gobi is a short, natural history documentary about undergraduates from Texas A&M University experiencing a faculty-led study abroad program. The program focused on scientific methods of snow leopard conservation and was co-led in partnership with Snow Leopard Conservancy and Irbis Mongolia in the Gobi-Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Since graduating, their young professional careers have been directly influenced by the same passion for fieldwork and genetic research of the wildlife biologists who once led them.
Singlet-triplet transition in a lateral quantum dot
Creators: name: Pustilnik, M.
name: Glazman, L. I.
name: Hofstetter, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study transport through a lateral quantum dot in the vicinity of the singlet-triplet transition in its ground state. This transition, being sharp in an isolated dot, is broadened to a crossover by the exchange interaction of the dot electrons with the conduction electrons in the leads. For a generic set of system's parameters, the linear conductance has a maximum in the crossover region. At zero temperature and magnetic field, the maximum is the strongest. It becomes less pronounced at finite Zeeman splitting, which leads to an increase of the background conductance and a decrease of the conductance in the maximum.