cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An HST/WFPC2 Snapshot Survey of 2MASS-Selected Red QSOs
Creators: name: Marble, Andrew R.
name: Hines, Dean C.
name: Schmidt, Gary D.
name: Smith, Paul S.
name: Surace, Jason A.
name: Armus, Lee
name: Cutri, Roc M.
name: Nelson, Brant O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using simple infrared color selection, 2MASS has found a large number of red, previously unidentified, radio-quiet QSOs. Although missed by UV/optical surveys, the 2MASS QSOs have K-band luminosities that are comparable to "classical" QSOs. This suggests the possible discovery of a previously predicted large population of dust-obscured radio-quiet QSOs. We present the results of an imaging survey of 29 2MASS QSOs observed with WFPC2 onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. I-band images, which benefit from the relative faintness of the nuclei at optical wavelengths, are used to characterize the host galaxies, measure the nuclear contribution to the total observed I-band emission, and to survey the surrounding environments. The 2MASS QSOs are found to lie in galaxies with a variety of morphologies, luminosities, and dynamical states, not unlike those hosting radio-quiet PG QSOs. Our analysis suggests that the extraordinary red colors of the 2MASS QSOs are caused by extinction of an otherwise typical QSO spectrum due to dust near the nucleus.
description: 23 pages including 9 figures and 7 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ, higher resolution HST images at: http://shapley.as.arizona.edu/~amarble/papers/twomq/
Explicit Analytical Solution for Random Close Packing in d=2 and d=3
Creators: name: Zaccone, Alessio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analytical derivation of the volume fractions for random close packing (RCP) in both $d=3$ and $d=2$, based on the same methodology. Using suitably modified nearest neigbhour statistics for hard spheres, we obtain $ϕ_{\mathrm{RCP}}=0.65896$ in $d=3$ and $ϕ_{\mathrm{RCP}}=0.88648$ in $d=2$. These values are well within the interval of values reported in the literature using different methods (experiments and numerical simulations) and protocols. This order-agnostic derivation suggests some considerations related to the nature of RCP: (i) RCP corresponds to the onset of mechanical rigidity where the finite shear modulus emerges, (ii) the onset of mechanical rigidity marks the maximally random jammmed state and dictates $ϕ_{\mathrm{RCP}}$ via the coordination number $z$, (iii) disordered packings with $ϕ>ϕ_{\mathrm{RCP}}$ are possible at the expense of creating some order, and $z=12$ at the FCC limit acts as a boundary condition.
Fatality rates in published reports of RSV hospitalizations among high-risk and otherwise healthy children
Creators: name: Welliver, Robert C.
name: Checchia, Paul A.
name: Bauman, Jay H.
name: Fernandes, Ancilla W.
name: Parthiv J. Mahadevia
name: Hall, Caroline B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: To review the fatalities among children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, and identify factors leading to a fatal outcome. Review of literature identified from a structured search of PubMed (1966−2009) using the following Medical Subject Headings: respiratory syncytial virus infection; hospitalized; infants; and risk factors. Publications were restricted to: English language; full papers; inclusion of ≥10 subjects; children aged ≤18 years, hospitalization for RSV infection; and deaths reported. Case fatality rates were defined as number of deaths divided by number of children hospitalized for RSV and were calculated for each study. Thirty-six studies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Case fatality rates among children hospitalized for RSV ranged from 0 to 33%. In general, studies showed that subgroups of high-risk children (chronic lung disease [CLD] 3.5–23%, congenital heart disease [CHD] 2–37%, and prematurity 0–6.1%) had higher fatality rates than older or otherwise healthy children (consistently <1%). Presence of severe underlying comorbidities such as neuromuscular disease, immunosuppression, and malignancies was associated with death among term and/or older (>1 year) children. Higher fatality rates were reported for infants receiving intensive unit care (1.1–8.6%), extracorporeal life support (33%) or for those who acquired nosocomial RSV infection (0–12.2%). The majority of studies did not report cause of death and clinical details of the fatal cases were often not provided. Other limitations of this review include our search limits, the possibility of inherent bias in our methodology that could result in an under or over estimation of case-fatality rates, and potential publication bias. Children at high risk for RSV (CLD, CHD and prematurity), those with severe underlying comorbidities, or those with nosocomial RSV appear to be at increased risk for death after RSV hospitalization. More data are needed on cause of death and how much is directly attributable to RSV.
Dicellophilus Cook 1896
Creators: name: Published, First
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Mecistocephalidae
Dicellophilus

description: Dicellophilus Cook, 1896
Mecistocephalids with 41, 43 or 45 leg­bearing segments. An entire clypeal plagula, without a midlongitudinal areolate stripe, extending along the lateral margins of the clypeus, bearing tens of setae. Spiculum absent. Buccae without setae. Posterior alae of the labrum uniformly concave, with longitudinal stripes, without a distinct series of marginal notches and with a marginal fringe. Coxosternum of the first maxillae divided, with a mid­longitudinal suture. Coxosternum of the second maxillae undivided; groove from the metameric pore reaching either the posterior margin or the posterior corner of coxosternum. Telopodites of the second maxillae well developed, overreaching those of the first maxillae; claw present. Forcipular tergum only slightly wider than long, without a distinct mid­longitudinal sulcus. Forcipular articles I–III each with a small tooth or a tubercle; tarsungulum with or without a basal tooth. Sternal sulcus of trunk segments not furcate. Coxopleura of the last leg­bearing segment with a ventral macropore among scattered, smaller pores. Legs of the last pair more swollen in males than in females, with an apical tubercle bearing a few short spines.
Number of known species: 4, of which 1 in the considered area.
description: Published as part of Published, First, 2007, The Mecistocephalidae of the Japanese and Taiwanese islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 1396 on pages 26-27
Multiple stalk formation as a pathway of defect-induced membrane fusion
Creators: name: Lukatsky, D. B.
name: Frenkel, Daan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We propose that the first stage of membrane fusion need not be the formation of a single stalk. Instead, we consider a scenario for defect-induced membrane fusion that proceeds cooperatively via multiple stalk formation. The defects (stalks or pores) attract each other via membrane-mediated capillary interactions that result in a condensation transition of the defects. The resulting dense phase of stalks corresponds to the so-called fusion intermediate.
Un theoreme de la limite locale pour des algorithmes Euclidiens
Creators: name: Hachemi, Aicha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37C30

description: We prove a local limit theorem for the Euclidian algorithms ; standard, centred and odd, with any cost function of moderate growth.
Family of Chiral Two- plus Three-Nucleon Interactions for Accurate Nuclear Structure Studies
Creators: name: Hüther, Thomas
name: Vobig, Klaus
name: Hebeler, Kai
name: Machleidt, Ruprecht
name: Roth, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a family of nucleon-nucleon (NN) plus three-nucleon (3N) interactions up to N3LO in the chiral expansion that provides an accurate ab initio description of ground-state energies and charge radii up to the medium-mass regime with quantified theory uncertainties. Starting from the NN interactions proposed by Entem, Machleidt and Nosyk, we construct 3N interactions with consistent chiral order, non-local regulator, and cutoff value and explore the dependence of nuclear observables over a range of mass numbers on the 3N low-energy constants. By fixing these constants using the 3-H and 16-O ground-state energies, we obtain interactions that robustly reproduce experimental energies and radii for large range from p-shell nuclei to the nickel isotopic chain and resolve many of the deficiencies of previous interactions. Based on the order-by-order convergence and the cutoff dependence of nuclear observables, we assess the uncertainties due the interaction, which yield a significant contribution to the total theory uncertainty.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Patient and physician perceptions of treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic pain with oral opioids
Creators: name: L. Duensing
name: N. Eksterowicz
name: A. Macario
name: M. Brown
name: L. Stern
name: A. Ogbonnaya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To study physician and patient perceptions of moderate-to-severe chronic pain and its management with oral opioids. Two separate surveys were developed and administered to one of two respective study groups: patients and physicians. All study participants recruited from a pool of individuals who had previously agreed to participate in market research. Survey questions addressed the impact of various factors (e.g., quality of life indicators, potential for opioid addiction, side-effects) on pain management decision making, patient satisfaction and compliance. Responses for the first 500 patients and 275 physicians to respond were assessed using descriptive statistics. On average, patients were 53 years of age, white (89%), and female (71%). The majority of patients (80%) had been taking oral opioids longer than 6 months. Physicians reported that 45% of their patients received schedule II opioids, with 27% having severe chronic pain. Patients indicated the most common activities interfered with by chronic pain were exercising (76% of patients), working outside the home (67%), and job responsibilities (60%). When developing a treatment approach physicians considered patients’ sleeping (91%), walking (86%), maintaining an independent lifestyle (84%), and job responsibilities (83%). Patients and physicians both rated the ability to relieve pain and the duration of relief as the most important factors when considering opioid therapy. The majority (63%) of patients reported experiencing opioid side effects. When physicians discontinued opioids due to side effects, the most frequent reason was nausea (78%) for immediate-release opioids, and constipation (64%) for extended-release formulations. The ability to relieve pain and the duration of that pain relief are the most important factors for both patients and physicians when selecting an opioid. A high percentage of patients surveyed experienced side effects related to their treatment, which may impact adherence and overall treatment effectiveness. Study results should be assessed within study limitations including responder and selection biases, physicians responded about their patients, who were not the same patients surveyed, and the fact that the survey instruments were not formally validated. Further research is warranted to address these limitations.
Finite Number of States, de Sitter Space and Quantum Groups at Roots of Unity
Creators: name: Pouliot, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper explores the use of a deformation by a root of unity as a tool to build models with a finite number of states for applications to quantum gravity. The initial motivation for this work was cosmological breaking of supersymmetry. We explain why the project was unsuccessful. What is left are some observations on supersymmetry for q-bosons, an analogy between black holes in de Sitter and properties of quantum groups, and an observation on a noncommutative quantum mechanics model with two degrees of freedom, depending on one parameter. When this parameter is positive, the spectrum has a finite number of states; when it is negative or zero, the spectrum has an infinite number of states. This exhibits a desirable feature of quantum physics in de Sitter space, albeit in a very simple, non-gravitational context.
description: 25 pages, 5 figures
Integral Management of Used Oils. Volume 1 - Diagnosis
Creators: name: Flores, Ramiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401106
subject: Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling
classificationCode: 401105
subject: Life cycle assessment and industrial ecology

description: El proyecto Gestion Integral del Aceitenlo Usado tiene por objeto principal el promover politicas públicas, en cuanto a la producción, generación, recolección, transporte, manejo adecuado y disposición de aceites terminados, re-refinados, usados y contaminados.
Supplementary figure 2: The effect of hyperoxia and CPAP on lung elastin content in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of BPD
Creators: name: Gie, Andre
name: Salaets, Thomas
name: Vignero, Janne
name: Regin, Yannick
name: Vanoirbeek, Jeroen
name: Deprest, Jan
name: Toelen, Jaan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The effect of hyperoxia and CPAP on lung elastin content in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of BPD (normoxia n=13, hyperoxia n=19, H-CPAP n=17). Values expressed as mean ± SD, *p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons (Sidak), *p<0.05, n.s non-significant
Chūya Nakahara jako twórca japońskiego sonetu: perspektywy przekładu
Creators: name: Olszewski, Krzysztof
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200518 Literature in Japanese
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This article offers a reflection – against the historical and literary background of the epoch – on Chūya Nakahara’s work (1907–1937), who was the precursor of the Japanese syllabicaccentual verse (particular of the sonnet). Comparative analysis of his poem Mata kon haru (Spring comes again) and its Polish translation (included in the only Polish anthology of contemporary Japanese poetry entitled Cherries bloomed in winter) aims at shedding light on how difficult was the adaptation of the sonnet to the Japanese language. The OJAD (Online Japanese Accent Dictionary) service seems to offer a new promise for the research practice, proving that the intonation cadence may be treated similarly as feet in the poetry written in European languages.
Entrainment of a van der Pol-type circadian pacemaker to daylight cycle
Creators: name: Tayong, F. L. Tsafack
name: Yamapi, R.
name: Filatrella, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13538-021-00948-x

description: A van der Pol self sustained oscillator with higher order nonlinearity exhibits a rich dynamics, with multiple periodic attractors, and still the model allows analytical approximations. Some of these properties can be conveniently exploited in the framework of circadian oscillations. When interpreted as a biological oscillator that determines the alternation sleep/awake, the dynamic variable exhibits some interesting features that can be related to biological behavior. We analyze in the paper the phenomenon of entrainment of van der Pol-type circadian pacemaker to daylight cycle. We determine the amplitude and frequency of the circadian model without natural forcing light, and find that the agreement of between analytical and numerical results hardly depend on the stiffness coefficient, $ μ$ of circadian oscillations. It is shown that a practical and precise drive which imitates the effects of the conditions of natural light can be introduced in the system and analytically treated. Considering the effects of forcing light on the sleep aware cycle model, we find that a strong drive destroys the circadian oscillations and thus we confirm the importance of darkness for regular circadian oscillations. Moreover, we observe the reverse situation when we take into account the phase in the forcing light. For instance, for $ϕ= π/2$ and the duration of daylight $D_L = 12h$, the phenomenon of quenching of circadian oscillations disappears. The comparison between analytical treatment and numerical simulations of effects of light is discussed.
Controlling Thermal Emission by Parity-symmetric Fano Resonance of Optical Absorbers in Metasurfaces
Creators: name: Zhang, Xia
name: Zhang, Zhen-guo
name: Wang, Qiang
name: Zhu, Shi-ning
name: Liu, Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, we designed a metasurface based on Al/SiN/Al nano-sandwich optical absorbers. Parity-symmetric dark magnetic resonance modes, anti-symmetric bright magnetic resonance modes, and surface lattice modes are established simultaneously in such a meta-surface. By changing the structural parameters, the wavelength of the dark mode can be tuned to overlap with the lattice mode. Fano resonance is introduced by coupling between the dark and lattice modes. Angular-resolved thermal emission experiments showed that the thermal emission induced by Fano resonance exhibited a narrow wavelength spectrum and directional radiation angle. Fano-type thermal emitters proposed in this work can possibly be used as coherent infrared light sources in the future.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures
Galaxy Populations and Evolution in Clusters IV: Deep HI Observations of Dwarf Ellipticals in the Virgo Cluster
Creators: name: Conselice, Christopher J.
name: O'Neil, Karen
name: Gallagher, John S.
name: Wyse, Rosemary F. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present in this paper the deepest Arecibo HI observations of Virgo cluster dwarf ellipticals (dEs) taken to date. Based on this data we argue that a significant fraction of Virgo cluster dEs recently underwent evolution. Our new observations consist of HI 21-cm line observations for 22 classified dE galaxies with optical radial velocities consistent with membership in the Virgo cluster. Cluster members VCC 390 and VCC 1713 are detected with HI masses M(HI) = 6*10^7 M_solar and 8*10^7 M_solar, respectively, while M(HI) in the remaining 20 dE galaxies have upper limits as low as 5*10^5 M_solar. We combine our results with those for 27 other Virgo cluster dEs with HI observations in the literature, 7 of which have HI detection claims. New optical images from the WIYN telescope of 5 of these HI-detected dEs, along with archival data, suggest that seven of the claimed detections are real, yielding a ~ 15% detection rate. These HI-detected classified dEs are preferentially located near the periphery of the Virgo cluster. Three Virgo dEs have observed HI velocity widths > 200 km/s, possibly indicating the presence of a large dark matter content, or transient extended HI. We discuss the possible origins of these objects and argue that they originate from field galaxies accreted onto high angular momentum orbits by Virgo in the last few Gyr. As a result these galaxies are slowly transformed within the cluster by gradual gas stripping processes, associated truncation of star formation, and passive fading of stellar populations. Low-mass early-type cluster galaxies are therefore currently being produced as the product of cluster environmental effects. We utilize our results to estimate the recent (past 1-3 Gyr) average mass accretion rate into the Virgo cluster, finding dM/dt ~ 50 M_solar/year.
description: Accepted to ApJ, 21 pages
Strong Phases in the Decays B to D Pi
Creators: name: D, Lincoln Wolfenstein Ph.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observed strong phase difference of 30^{o} between I=(3/2) and I=(1/2) final states for the decay B to D Pi is analyzed in terms of rescattering like D^{∗}Pi to D Pi, etc. It is concluded that for the decay B^{o}to D^{+} Pi^{-} the strong phase is only about 10^{o}. Implications for the determination of sin(2 Beta + gamma) are discussed.
description: 4 pages (includes 1 reference page)
Non-thermal fluence threshold for femtosecond pulsed x-ray radiation damage in perovskite complex oxide epitaxial heterostructures
Creators: name: Lee, Hyeon Jun
name: Ahn, Youngjun
name: Marks, Samuel D.
name: Landahl, Eric C.
name: Lee, Jun Young
name: Kim, Tae Yeon
name: Unithrattil, Sanjith
name: Jo, Ji Young
name: Chun, Sae Hwan
name: Kim, Sunam
name: Park, Sang-Yeon
name: Eom, Intae
name: Adamo, Carolina
name: Schlom, Darrell G.
name: Wen, Haidan
name: Evans, Paul G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Intense hard x-ray pulses from a free-electron laser induce irreversible structural damage in a perovskite oxide epitaxial heterostructure when pulse fluences exceed a threshold value. The intensity of x-ray diffraction from a 25-nm thick epitaxial BiFeO$_{3}$ layer on a SrTiO$_{3}$ substrate measured using a series of pulses decreases abruptly with a per-pulse fluence of 2.7 x 10$^{6}$ photons $μ$m$^{-2}$ at 9.7 keV photon energy, but remains constant for 1.3 x 10$^{6}$ photons $μ$m$^{-2}$ or less. The damage resulted in the destruction of the BiFeO$_{3}$ thin film within the focal spot area and the formation of a deep cavity penetrating into the STO substrate via the removal of tens of nanometers of material per pulse. The damage threshold occurs at a fluence that is insufficient to heat the absorption volume to the melting point. The morphology of the ablated sample is consistent with fracture rather than melting. Together these results indicate that the damage occurs via a non-thermal process consistent with ultrafast ionization of the absorption volume.
description: The following article has been accepted by Applied Physics Letters
Noncommutative Monopoles and Riemann-Hilbert Problems
Creators: name: Lechtenfeld, Olaf
name: Popov, Alexander D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Bogomolny equations for Yang-Mills-Higgs monopoles follow from a system of linear equations which may be solved through a parametric Riemann-Hilbert problem. We extend this approach to noncommutative R^3 and use it to (re)construct noncommutative Dirac, Wu-Yang, and BPS monopole configurations in a unified manner. In all cases we write down the underlying matrix-valued functions for multi-monopoles and solve the corresponding Riemann-Hilbert problems for charge one.
description: 1+39 pages; v2: typos corrected, refs added, final JHEP version
Supplementart figure 2: The effect of hyperoxia and CPAP on lung elastin content in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of BPD
Creators: name: Gie, Andre
name: Salaets, Thomas
name: Vignero, Janne
name: Regin, Yannick
name: Vanoirbeek, Jeroen
name: Deprest, Jan
name: Toelen, Jaan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The effect of hyperoxia and CPAP on lung elastin content in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of BPD (normoxia n=13, hyperoxia n=19, H-CPAP n=17). Values expressed as mean ± SD, *p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons (Sidak), *p<0.05, n.s non-significant
Skin and subcutaneous adipose layer thickness in adults with diabetes at sites used for insulin injections: implications for needle length recommendations
Creators: name: Gibney, Michael A.
name: Arce, Christina H.
name: Byron, Karen J.
name: Hirsch, Laurence J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: During subcutaneous insulin therapy, inadvertent intramuscular (IM) injections may increase pain and/or adversely affect glucose control. The most appropriate needle length for patients depends on skin thickness (ST) and the distance to muscle fascia. ST and subcutaneous adipose layer thickness (SCT) were measured in adults with diabetes. A total of 388 US adults with diabetes (in three BMI subgroups: <25, 25–29.9, and ≥30 kg/m2) with diverse demographic features were evaluated. Each subject had ultrasound measurements of ST and SCT at four injection sites. Subjects had BMI 19.4–64.5 kg/m2, age 18–85 years; 40% Caucasian, 25% Asian, 16% Black, 14% Hispanic; 28% type 1 diabetes. Mean ST (±95% CI) was: arm 2.2 mm (2.2, 2.3), thigh 1.9 mm (1.8, 1.9), abdomen 2.2 mm (2.1, 2.2) and buttocks 2.4 mm (2.4, 2.5). Multivariate analyses showed body site, gender, BMI, and race are statistically significant factors for ST but effects were small. Thigh ST was <0.6 mm thinner than the buttocks. Differences of 10 kg/m2 account for 0.2 mm ST variation. Mean SCT was: arm 10.8 mm (10.2, 11.3), thigh 10.4 mm (9.8, 10.9), abdomen 13.9 mm (13.2, 17.7) and buttocks 15.4 mm (14.7, 16.2). Females had 5.1 mm greater SCT. Differences of 10 kg/m2 account for 4 mm SCT variation. A few mild hypo- or hyperglycemia events, unrelated to study procedure, were detected and treated before subject discharge from study visits. Only adults in the US were studied; some measurements could not be obtained on every subject, at every injection site. Injection site ST does not differ by clinically significant degrees in demographically diverse adults with diabetes; SCT has a wider range. Needles ≥8 mm, inserted perpendicularly, may frequently enter muscle in limbs of males and those with BMI <25 kg/m2. With 90° insertion, needles 4–5 mm enter the subcutaneous tissue with minimal risk of IM injection in virtually all adults. These data will assist recommending appropriate length needles for subcutaneous insulin injections in adults.
Knee-attributable medical costs and risk of re-surgery among patients utilizing non-surgical treatment options for knee arthrofibrosis in a managed care population
Creators: name: Stephenson, Judith J.
name: Quimbo, Ralph A
name: Gu, Tao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: To determine if differences in costs and risks of re-hospitalization and/or re-operation exist between arthrofibrosis patients treated with low intensity stretch (LIS) or high intensity stretch (HIS) mechanical therapies, or physical therapy alone (No Device). This observational cohort study utilized administrative claims data to identify arthrofibrosis patients, age <65 years, with continuous enrollment for the 6 months prior to and following the index knee event date. The index knee event was defined as the knee injury/surgery preceding device use for the LIS and HIS groups and the knee injury/surgery prior to the diagnosis of arthrofibrosis for the No Device group. Knee-attributable medical costs (KAMC), accrued over 6-month pre- and post-index periods, as well as risks of re-operation, re-injury, and re-hospitalization were compared between groups. Multivariate models were used to evaluate group differences in utilization and costs when controlling for age, sex, and comorbidities. A total of 60 359 patients (143 HIS; 607 LIS; 59 609 No Device) met the inclusion criteria. Unadjusted post-index KAMC were significantly less (p p = 0.025) and No Device (9%, p = 0.323) relative to HIS patients. No Device patients were 71% (p p Patients treated with HIS mechanical therapy demonstrated significantly reduced rates of re-hospitalization which corresponded to reduced knee-attributable medical costs. Limitations of this study include those inherent in the use of retrospective claims data to identify the cohorts and for analytic purposes. The authors attempted to control for these as much as possible with the multivariate analyses, and inclusion of the model covariates specified above demonstrated a scaled deviance of 1.16 indicating a reasonable goodness-of-fit for the selected model covariates.
Disasterina abnormalis Perrier 1875
Creators: name: Jangoux, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Valvatida
Asterinidae
Disasterina
Disasterina abnormalis

description: abnormalis Perrier, 1875, Disasterina
Disasterina abnormalis Perrier, 1875: 289. — Clark 1993: 218.
CURRENT STATUS. — Disasterina abnormalis Perrier, 1875.
TYPE MATERIAL. — New Caledonia • 2 syntypes; Balansa leg.; 1872; MNHN-IE-2014-401.
description: Published as part of Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, pp. 259-334 in Zoosystema 44 (11) on page 262, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817
Communicating continuous quantum variables between different Lorentz frames
Creators: name: Kok, Pieter
name: Ralph, Timothy C.
name: Milburn, Gerard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how to communicate Heisenberg-limited continuous (quantum) variables between Alice and Bob in the case where they occupy two inertial reference frames that differ by an unknown Lorentz boost. There are two effects that need to be overcome: the Doppler shift and the absence of synchronized clocks. Furthermore, we show how Alice and Bob can share Doppler-invariant entanglement, and we demonstrate that the protocol is robust under photon loss.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
Volatile-Rich Earth-Mass Planets in the Habitable Zone
Creators: name: Kuchner, Marc J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A small planet is not necessarily a terrestrial planet. Planets that form beyond the snow line with too little mass to seed rapid gas accretion (
description: 12 pages, including 1 figure. To appear in ApJ letters October 10, 2003
Generation of Magnetic Fields in the Multi-phase ISM with Supernova-Driven Turbulence
Creators: name: Balsara, D. S.
name: Kim, J. S.
name: Mac Low, M. M.
name: Mathews, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several lines of evidence suggest that protogalactic and galactic environments manage to grow magnetic field very rapidly. This makes the theoretical problem of achieving rapid growth of magnetic fields in such environments difficult. Following Balsara, Benjamin and Cox (2001), we show that a multiphase ISM that is dominated by realistic energy inputs via supernova explosions will naturally become a strongly turbulent medium with large positive and negative values of the fluid helicity. The resultant interstellar turbulence seems to have some of the essential characteristics of a fast dynamo. Magnetic field growth in such a turbulent dynamo is studied in this paper. It is shown that the field undergoes a linear phase of evolution where it has a time of growth that is comparable to the eddy turn-over time. Energetics, power spectra, statistics and structures of the turbulent dynamo are studied here. It is shown that despite the fact that the ISM is driven by compressive motions, the kinetic energy in this high Mach number flow is mainly concentrated in solenoidal motions rather than compressive motions.
description: 26 pages, 10 figures. To appear, Astrophysical Journal (2004)
THE ROLE OF CEO DEMOGRAPHICS IN SHAPING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AMONG NIGERIAN FIRMS
Creators: name: Emeka, Chinedu Okafor
Publisher: name: NOLAND JOURNALS
Year: 2024
Subjects: CEO Demographics; CEO Nationality; CEO Tenure; Return on Sales

description: This study empirically investigated the relationship between CEO demographics and financial performance of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. In order to determine the relationship between CEO demographics and firms’ financial performance, CEO demographics were proxy using CEO nationality and CEO tenure while firm financial performance on the other hand was measured using return on sales (ROS). Two hypotheses were formulated to guide the investigation and the statistical test of parameter estimates was conducted using panel least squares regression model operated with E-Views.12. Ex Post Facto design was adopted and data for the study were obtained from the Nigerian Exchange Group Factbook and published annual financial reports of listed consumer goods firms on Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) spanning from 2015-2023. The findings of the study indicate that CEO nationality and CEO tenure have positive and significant influence on firm financial performance (ROS) at 1% significant level. Based on this, the study concludes that CEO demographics ensure corporate financial performance in Nigeria. The study therefore suggests above all that shareholder should consider appointing foreign CEO to their organizations, who have empirically proved to have less flair for fraudulent financial reporting and assets mismanagement, because of their orientations. Also, there is a need for increasing the tenure of executives as it is capable of improving financial performance and on the other hand reduce agency issues
ANÁLISE DA PERCEPÇÃO DE USUÁRIOS SOBRE O COMÉRCIO ELETRÔNICO MÓVEL DE ARTIGOS DE MODA
Creators: name: De Borba, Eduardo Henrique
name: RAFAEL TEZZA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: RESUMO: This study explores the dimensions of users’ perceptions on mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) of fashion items. This type of digital commerce leads the ranking when it comes to the volume of online sales in Brazil, and identifying the factors that impact on user’s purchase intent is crucial for service providers in the area. The development of digital platforms is also essential. Due to the quantitative nature of this study, a questionnaire with 15 items was developed, and applied to a sample of 110 users. The results showed adapted dimensions of the UTAUT model and related to the area of fashion: Effort Expectancy, Performance Expectancy, and Perceived Satisfaction. This research adds an empirical work that uses UTAUT theory applied to fashion m-commerce. The managerial contribution is to identify the perceptual profile of its users, which is crucial for managing companies' marketing strategies. In the academic context, it contributes to the investigation of a theme that has been little explored, but that has great potential in the area of information and communication technology. Keywords: M-commerce; mobile electronic commerce; UTAUT; fashion; satisfaction
Induced Maxwell-Chern-Simons Effective Action in Very Special Relativity
Creators: name: Bufalo, R.
name: Ghasemkhani, M.
name: Haghgouyan, Z.
name: Soto, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we study the one-loop induced photon's effective action in the very special relativity electrodynamics in $(2+1)$ spacetime (VSR-QED$_{3}$). Due to the presence of new nonlocal couplings resulting from the VSR gauge symmetry, we have additional graphs contributing to the $\langle AA\rangle$ and $\langle AAA \rangle$ amplitudes. From these contributions, we discuss the VSR generalization of the Abelian Maxwell-Chern-Simons Lagrangian, consisting in the dynamical part and the Chern-Simons-like self-couplings, respectively. We use the VSR-Chern-Simons electrodynamics to discuss some non-Ohmic behavior on topological materials, in particular VSR effects on Hall's conductivity. In the dynamical part of the effective action, we observe the presence of a UV/IR mixing, due to the entanglement of the VSR nonlocal effects to the quantum higher-derivative terms. Furthermore, in the self-coupling aspect, we verify the validity of the Furry's theorem in the VSR-QED$_{3}$ explicitly.
description: 19 pages, 3 figures
Henricia cylindrella
Creators: name: Jangoux, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Spinulosida
Echinasteridae
Henricia
Henricia cylindrella

description: abyssalis Perrier, 1894, Cribrella
Cribrella abyssalis Perrier, 1894: 144, pl. 11, fig. 1.
Henricia cylindrella – Clark & Downey 1992: 390.
CURRENT STATUS. — Henricia cylindrella (Sladen, 1883).
TYPE MATERIAL. — Morocco • 1 syntype; off Moroccan coast; Talisman expedition; 1883; 600 m; MNHN-IE-2014-256 • 5 syntypes; same as for preceding; MNHN-IE-2014-283.
Sahara • 2 syntypes; station 33; off Saharan coast; Talisman expedition; 1883; 32°31’N, 12°08’E; depth 1350 m; MNHN-IE-2014-402 • 2 syntypes; same as for preceding; station 32; 32°34’N, 12°09’E; depth 1590 m; MNHN-IE-2014-2247.
REMARKS
The name abyssicola proposed by Perrier (1885: 24) was changed in abyssalis by him in 1894 without explanation. The name abyssalis was then adopted by subsequent authors. It should be noted that Perrier still uses the name abyssicola in some tables in his 1894 work (see p. 30, 33 and 34).
Some of the Talisman stations reported on museum labels differ from those in Perrier’s (1894) publication. This concerns either the locality or the number of individuals.
To avoid confusion, note that Cribrella abyssicola Norman, 1869 is synonym of Henricia pertusa (O. F. Müller, 1776) according to Madsen (1987).
description: Published as part of Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, pp. 259-334 in Zoosystema 44 (11) on page 262, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817
Supplementary data 3: Inflammatory cytokine expression in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Creators: name: Gie, Andre
name: Salets, Thomas
name: Vignero, Janne
name: Regin, Yannick
name: Vanoirbeek, Jeroen
name: Deprest, Jan
name: Toelen, Jaan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The effect of hyperoxia and CPAP on inflammatory cytokine gene expression in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Supplementary table 2: primer sequences used to evaluate inflammatory cytokine gene expression in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Supplementary data figure 3: The effect of hyperoxia and CPAP on inflammatory cytokine gene expression in the hyperoxia preterm rabbit model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Statistical analysis performed on delta-delta CT values using one-way ANOVA and p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons (Sidak’s multiple comparison). Fold change used for visual representation. n.s= non-significant, ****p<0.0001
Classical issues in electroweak baryogenesis
Creators: name: Smit, Jan
name: Tranberg, Anders
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In one scenario of baryogenesis, the matter-antimatter asymmetry was generated in the early universe during a cold electroweak transition. We model this transition by changing the sign of the effective mass-squared parameter of the Higgs field from positive to negative. The resulting `tachyonic' instability leads to a rapid growth of occupation numbers, such that a classical approximation can be made in computing subsequent developments in real time. We solve the classical equations of motion in the SU(2)-Higgs model under the influence of effective CP-violation. The resulting baryon asymmetry follows from the generated Chern-Simons number using the anomaly equation. The `classical' difficulties with lattice implementations of these observables are avoided here because the fields are smooth on the lattice scale.
description: Proceedings Lattice 2003 (Higgs), 3 pages; added references
Topology of Quantum Modified Moduli Spaces
Creators: name: Dotti, Gustavo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We prove that all SYM theories that have a quantum modified moduli space $\m$ defined by a single constraint equation have trivial homotopy groups $π_j(\m)$ for $j=0,1,2,3$ and 4. This implies that none of these theories admit skyrmions or vortexes, a fact that had only been proved for supersymmetric QCD with $N_f=N_c$ and $Sp(2n)$ with $2n+2$ fundamentals, whereas those of them with a nontrivial $H^5 (\m)$ admit Wess-Zumino-Witten terms in their effective actions. Contrary to expectations, examples of quantum modified moduli spaces with a trivial $H^5 (\m)$ are found in the literature.
description: 16 pages,jhep class, minor misprints corrected
Theory of exciton-electron scattering in atomically thin semiconductors
Creators: name: Fey, Christian
name: Schmelcher, Peter
name: Imamoglu, Atac
name: Schmidt, Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The realization of mixtures of excitons and charge carriers in van-der-Waals materials presents a new frontier for the study of the many-body physics of strongly interacting Bose-Fermi mixtures. In order to derive an effective low-energy model for such systems, we develop an exact diagonalization approach based on a discrete variable representation that predicts the scattering and bound state properties of three charges in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. From the solution of the quantum mechanical three-body problem we thus obtain the bound state energies of excitons and trions within an effective mass model which are in excellent agreement with Quantum Monte Carlo predictions. The diagonalization approach also gives access to excited states of the three-body system. This allows us to predict the scattering phase shifts of electrons and excitons that serve as input for a low-energy theory of interacting mixtures of excitons and charge carriers at finite density. To this end we derive an effective exciton-electron scattering potential that is directly applicable for Quantum Monte-Carlo or diagrammatic many-body techniques. As an example, we demonstrate the approach by studying the many-body physics of exciton Fermi polarons in transition-metal dichalcogenides, and we show that finite-range corrections have a substantial impact on the optical absorption spectrum. Our approach can be applied to a plethora of many-body phenomena realizable in atomically thin semiconductors ranging from exciton localization to induced superconductivity.
Elicitation of health state utilities in metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Creators: name: Swinburn, Paul
name: Lloyd, Andrew
name: Nathan, Paul
name: Choueiri, Toni K.
name: Cella, David
name: Neary, Maureen P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: The aim of the study was to obtain United Kingdom societal preferences for receiving newly developed treatments for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Health states were developed based on a literature review and in-depth interviews with clinical experts. These states described the burden of both stable and progressive disease, and a variety of commonly encountered toxicities associated with first-line therapies (fatigue, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, mucositis, hand/foot syndrome, hypertension and anaemia). These states were further reviewed by additional clinicians and patients to ensure their validity. One hundred members of the general public rated the states using the time trade-off (TTO) methodology to determine health state utility. Stable disease had a utility value of 0.795 whilst progressive disease demonstrated a significant decline with a value of 0.355. The range of toxicities showed a variable impact in line with their toxicity grading from fatigue grade I/II (0.751) to hand/foot syndrome grade III (0.469). This study highlights the burden associated with a number of common toxicities encountered with current first-line mRCC treatments. Practical constraints coupled with the societal nature of the valuation exercise limited the amount of direct involvement by patients. However, these utility values should better permit the consideration of toxicity profiles in establishing the cost-effectiveness of future treatments.