cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Disparities in physical activity resource availability in six US regions
Creators: name: Brines, Shannon
name: Moore, Kari
name: Jones, Sydney
name: Diez Roux, Ana
name: Evenson, Kelly
name: Zagorski, Melissa
name: Moore, Latetia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: We conducted an ecologic study to determine physical activity resource availability overall and by sociodemographic groups in parts of six states (CA, IL, MD, MN, NC, NY). Data on parks and recreational facilities were collected from 3 sources in 2009–2012. Three measures characterized park and recreational facility availability at the census tract level: presence of ≥1 resource, number of resources, and resource kernel density. Associations between resource availability and census tract characteristics (predominant racial/ethnic group, median income, and proportion of children and older adults) were estimated using linear, binomial, and zero-inflated negative binomial regression in 2014. Pooled and stratified analyses were conducted. The study included 7,139 census tracts, comprising 9.5% of the 2010 US population. Overall the availability of parks and recreational facilities was lower in predominantly minority relative to non-Hispanic white census tracts. Low-income census tracts and those with a higher proportion of children had an equal or greater availability of park resources but fewer recreational facilities. Stratification revealed substantial variation in resource availability by state. The availability of physical activity resources varied by sociodemographic characteristics and across regions. Improved knowledge of resource distribution can inform strategies to provide equitable access to parks and recreational facilities.
Impact of Cost Control Policies for Drug and Medical Supplies Expenditure: Case Study of Wetchakarunrasm Hospital
Creators: name: Khobsoh Hasamoh
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: Cost control policies, Expenditure, Drug, Medical supplies

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 99-111
Lipid Nanoparticles Containing Sesame Oil for Skin Occlusion
Creators: name: Walaiporn Tiaprasit
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: sesame oil, lipid nanoparticles, occlusive effect, lignan

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 112-121
Vascular endothelial growth factor in eye disease
Creators: name: Madan, A.
name: Hartnett, M.E.
name: Caldwell, R.B.
name: Bartoli, M.
name: Penn, J.S.
name: Caldwell, R.W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Collectively, angiogenic ocular conditions represent the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in developed countries. In the U.S., for example, retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration are the principal causes of blindness in the infant, working age and elderly populations, respectively. Evidence suggests that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a 40 kDa dimeric glycoprotein, promotes angiogenesis in each of these conditions, making it a highly significant therapeutic target. However, VEGF is pleiotropic, affecting a broad spectrum of endothelial, neuronal and glial behaviors, and confounding the validity of anti-VEGF strategies, particularly under chronic disease conditions. In fact, among other functions VEGF can influence cell proliferation, cell migration, proteolysis, cell survival and vessel permeability in a wide variety of biological contexts. This article will describe the roles played by VEGF in the pathogenesis of retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The potential disadvantages of inhibiting VEGF will be discussed, as will the rationales for targeting other VEGF-related modulators of angiogenesis.
(131) John Kitchen McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Detection of Periodicity Based on Serial Dependence of Phase-Folded Data
Creators: name: Zucker, Shay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce and test several novel approaches for periodicity detection in unevenly-spaced sparse datasets. Specifically, we examine five different kinds of periodicity metrics, which are based on non-parametric measures of serial dependence of the phase-folded data. We test the metrics through simulations in which we assess their performance in various situations, including various periodic signal shapes, different numbers of data points and different signal to noise ratios. One of the periodicity metrics we introduce seems to perform significantly better than the classical ones in some settings of interest to astronomers. We suggest that this periodicity metric - the Hoeffding-test periodicity metric - should be used in addition to the traditional methods, to increase periodicity detection probability.
description: 11 pages, 21 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Remission, continuation and incidence of eating disorders during early pregnancy: a validation study in a population-based birth cohort
Creators: name: Torgersen, L.
name: Von Holle, A.
name: Stoltenberg, C.
name: Knoph Berg, C.
name: Watson, H. J.
name: Magnus, P.
name: Sullivan, P.
name: Hamer, R. M.
name: Reichborn-Kjennerud, T.
name: Bulik, C. M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Background—The objective of this study was to validate previously published rates of remission, continuation, and incidence of broadly defined eating disorders during pregnancy. The previous rate modeling was done by our group (Bulik et al. 2007) and yielded participants halfway into recruitment of the planned 100,000 pregnancies in the Norwegian Mother and Child (MoBa) Cohort at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. This study aimed to internally validate the findings with the completed cohort. Methods—77267 pregnant women enrolled at 17 weeks gestation between 2001 and 2009 were included. Participants were split into a “training” sample (n=41243) based on participants in the MoBa version 2 dataset of the original study and a “validation” sample (n=36024) comprising individuals in the MoBa version 5 dataset that were not in the original study (Bulik et al. 2007). Internal validation of all original rate models involved fitting a calibration model to compare model parameters between the “training” and “validation” samples as well as bootstrap estimates of bias in the entire version 5 dataset. Results—Remission, continuation, and incidence estimates from the “training” sample remained stable when evaluated via a split sample validation procedure. Pre-pregnancy prevalence estimates in the “validation” sample were 0.1% for anorexia nervosa, 1.0% for bulimia nervosa (BN), 3.3% for binge eating disorder (BED), and 0.1% for purging disorder (EDNOS-P). In early pregnancy, estimates were 0.2% for BN, 4.8% for BED, and <0.01% for EDNOS-P. Consistent with the original study, incident BN and EDNOS-P during pregnancy were rare. For BED, the adjusted incidence rate in the “validation” sample was 1.17 per 1000 person-weeks. The highest rates were for full or partial remission for BN and EDNOS-P, and continuation for BED. Conclusions—This study provides evidence of validity of previously estimated rates of remission, continuation, and incidence of eating disorders during pregnancy. Eating disorders during pregnancy were relatively common, occurring in nearly 1 in every 20 women, although almost all were cases of BED. Pregnancy was a window of remission from BN but a window of vulnerability for onset and continuation of BED. Training to detect the signs and symptoms of eating disorders by obstetricians/gynecologists and interventions to enhance pregnancy and neonatal outcomes warrant attention.
Long-term multicolor photometry of the young stellar objects FHO 26, FHO 27, FHO 28, FHO 29 and V1929 Cygni
Creators: name: Ibryamov, S. I.
name: Semkov, E. H.
name: Peneva, S. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Results from long-term multicolor optical photometric observations of the pre-main sequence stars FHO 26, FHO 27, FHO 28, FHO 29 and V1929 Cyg collected during the period from June 1997 to December 2014 are presented. The objects are located in the dense molecular cloud L935, named "Gulf of Mexico", in the field between the North America and Pelican nebulae. All stars from our study exhibit strong photometric variability in all optical passbands. Using our BVRI observations and data published by other authors, we tried to define the reasons for the observed brightness variations. The presented paper is a part of our long-term photometric study of the young stellar objects in the region of "Gulf of Mexico".
description: 28 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables, accepted for publication in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)
Nucleon-Gold Collisions at 200 AGeV Using Tagged d+Au Interactions in PHOBOS
Creators: name: Back, B. B.
name: Baker, M. D.
name: Ballintijn, M.
name: Barton, D. S.
name: Becker, B.
name: Betts, R. R.
name: Bickley, A. A.
name: Bindel, R.
name: Busza, W.
name: Carroll, A.
name: Decowski, M. P.
name: García, E.
name: Gburek, T.
name: George, N.
name: Gulbrandsen, K.
name: Gushue, S.
name: Halliwell, C.
name: Hamblen, J.
name: Harrington, A. S.
name: Henderson, C.
name: Hofman, D. J.
name: Hollis, R. S.
name: Hołyński, R.
name: Holzman, B.
name: Iordanova, A.
name: Johnson, E.
name: Kane, J. L.
name: Khan, N.
name: Kulinich, P.
name: Kuo, C. M.
name: Lee, J. W.
name: Lin, W. T.
name: Manly, S.
name: Mignerey, A. C.
name: Nouicer, R.
name: Olszewski, A.
name: Pak, R.
name: Park, I. C.
name: Pernegger, H.
name: Reed, C.
name: Roland, C.
name: Roland, G.
name: Sagerer, J.
name: Sarin, P.
name: Sedykh, I.
name: Skulski, W.
name: Smith, C. E.
name: Steinberg, P.
name: Stephans, G. S. F.
name: Sukhanov, A.
name: Tonjes, M. B.
name: Trzupek, A.
name: Vale, C.
name: van Nieuwenhuizen, G. J.
name: Verdier, R.
name: Veres, G. I.
name: Wolfs, F. L. H.
name: Wosiek, B.
name: Woźniak, K.
name: Wysłouch, B.
name: Zhang, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Forward calorimetry in the PHOBOS detector has been used to study charged hadron production in d+Au, p+Au and n+Au collisions at sqrt(s_nn) = 200 GeV. The forward proton calorimeter detectors are described and a procedure for determining collision centrality with these detectors is detailed. The deposition of energy by deuteron spectator nucleons in the forward calorimeters is used to identify p+Au and n+Au collisions in the data. A weighted combination of the yield of p+Au and n+Au is constructed to build a reference for Au+Au collisions that better matches the isospin composition of the gold nucleus. The p_T and centrality dependence of the yield of this improved reference system is found to match that of d+Au. The shape of the charged particle transverse momentum distribution is observed to extrapolate smoothly from pbar+p to central d+Au as a function of the charged particle pseudorapidity density. The asymmetry of positively- and negatively-charged hadron production in p+Au is compared to that of n+Au. No significant asymmetry is observed at mid-rapidity. These studies augment recent results from experiments at the LHC and RHIC facilities to give a more complete description of particle production in p+A and d+A collisions, essential for the understanding the medium produced in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions.
description: 17 pages, 18 figures
(132) Thomas McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine (Mosquirix®): a profile of its use
Creators: name: Syed, Yahiya Y.
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine

description: Declarations Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding. Authorship and Conflict of interest Yahiya Y. Syed is a salaried employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to the review and are responsible for the article content. Ethics approval, Consent to participate, Consent to publish, Availability of data and material, Code availability not applicable Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here Abstract RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix®), the first malaria vaccine, is indicated for the active immunisation of children against malaria caused Plasmodium falciparum. In a phase 3 trial, RTS,S/AS01 showed efficacy against P. falciparum malaria, with an acceptable safety and tolerability profile in children aged 6 weeks to 17 months. The efficacy was greater in children aged 5–17 months than in infants aged 6–12 weeks. In another phase 3 trial, RTS,S/AS01 was noninferior to chemoprevention in preventing seasonal malaria in children. WHO recommends a 4-dose schedule of RTS,S/AS01 for the prevention of P. falciparum malaria in children from 5 months of age living in African regions with moderate to high malaria transmission, with an optional 5-dose schedule for seasonal malaria. Preliminary results from large pilot studies in Africa show that RTS,S/AS01 substantially reduces malaria episodes, increases equity in access to malaria prevention, is highly cost effective and can be delivered through the routine national immunization programmes. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Over-nutrition: Revealing the dark side of food waste
Creators: name: Silvio, Franco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: overeating, food waste, food intake, sustainable consumption, surplus food, malconsumption

description: Food waste and obesity are both undesirable consequences of unsustainable food consumption styles. They represent urgent priorities to be addressed as well as hot topics for public debate. In this paper we argue that over-nutrition – the consumption of food beyond that which is necessary – can be regarded as a form of food waste. As such, it deserves attention as it generates the same economic, social and environmental impact as does food waste along the different stages of the food chain. In this study, the quantity of food waste hidden in over-nutrition to create overweight and obese Italians is estimated. By calculating the total excess calories consumed by overweight and obese people, it is possible to calculate the total quantity of excess food consumed by the Italian populace, corresponding to 2.67 trillion kcal per year. By converting this value into food quantity on the basis of a typical Italian diet, it was possible to estimate that 2.28 million tons of food is wasted annually. This figure is comparable to the quantity of food waste generated at the household level, as estimated by previous research quantifying food waste, thus confirming that policies focused on the promotion of sustainable consumption styles are crucial to address both the challenges of food waste and unhealthy food styles.
Structural Barriers to Receiving Health Care Services for Female Sex Workers in Russia
Creators: name: Maman, Suzanne
name: King, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Female sex workers in Russia have been particularly vulnerable to recent social, political, and economic changes. In this article, we describe the facilitators and barriers for sex workers receiving health care services in St. Petersburg, Russia. We conducted observations at medical institutions and nongovernmental organizations and in-depth interviews with 29 female sex workers. We identified the following barriers: poverty, not having documents, lack of anonymity in testing, and the official registration system. We identified the following facilitators: intervention by family members, social connections within the health care system, and referral services from a nongovernmental organization. Our findings indicate a need for reassessing policies and designing programs that better facilitate the use of health care services for the most vulnerable populations. This should include the expansion of support systems and outreach services designed to help female sex workers navigate the health care system.
Derivation of $\mathbf{F}=\mathbf{F}^e\mathbf{F}^p$ as the continuum limit of crystalline slip
Creators: name: Reina, Celia
name: Schlömerkemper, Anja
name: Conti, Sergio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we provide a proof of the multiplicative kinematic description of crystal elastoplasticity in the setting of large deformations, i.e. $\mathbf{F}=\mathbf{F}^e\mathbf{F}^p$, for a two dimensional single crystal. The proof starts by considering a general configuration at the mesoscopic scale, where the dislocations are discrete line defects (points in the two-dimensional description used here) and the displacement field can be considered continuous everywhere in the domain except at the slip surfaces, over which there is a displacement jump. At such scale, as previously shown by two of the authors, there exists unique physically-based definitions of the total deformation tensor $\mathbf{F}$ and the elastic and plastic tensors $\mathbf{F}^e$ and $\mathbf{F}^p$ that do not require the consideration of any non-realizable intermediate configuration and do not assume any a priori relation between them of the form $\mathbf{F}=\mathbf{F}^e\mathbf{F}^p$. This mesoscopic description is then passed to the continuum limit via homogenization i.e., by increasing the number of slip surfaces to infinity and reducing the lattice parameter to zero. We show for two-dimensional deformations of initially perfect single crystals that the classical continuum formulation is recovered in the limit with $\mathbf{F}=\mathbf{F}^e\mathbf{F}^p$, $\det \mathbf{F}^p= 1$ and $\mathbf{G}=\text{Curl}\ \mathbf{F}^p$ the dislocation density tensor.
Die Modellierung des Milchangebots in der agrarökonomischen Literatur: Ein Überblick
Creators: name: Hoehl, Stephan
Publisher: name: Berichte über Landwirtschaft - Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft
Year: 2020

description: Vor dem Hintergrund volatiler Weltmarktpreise für Milchprodukte und dem Ende der europäischen Milchquote wird ein genaueres Verständnis des Milchangebotsverhaltens von Landwirten immer wichtiger. In der agrarökonomischen Literatur existieren vielfältige methodische Ansätze zur Bestimmung der Milchproduktionsänderung als Folge einer Änderung des Milchpreises. Diese methodischen Ansätze werden im vorliegenden Beitrag systematisiert und anhand exemplarisch ausgewählter Studien verglichen. Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Milchangebot in den meisten Teilen der Welt preis-unelastisch reagiert, d.h. eine Milchpreissenkung führt nur zu einer unterproportionalen Reduktion der Milchproduktion.
description: Berichte über Landwirtschaft - Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft, Aktuelle Beiträge
Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements
Creators: name: Raymer, James
name: Studabaker, William
name: Walmer, David
name: Olsen, Geary
name: Sloan, Carol
name: Michael, Larry
name: Wilcosky, Timothy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: A total of 256 men were studied to evaluate whether serum concentrations of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) impacted semen quality or reproductive hormones. Blood and semen were collected and analyzed for perfluorochemicals and reproductive and thyroid hormones. Semen quality was assessed using standard clinical methods. Linear and logistic modeling was performed with semen profile measurements as outcomes and PFOS and PFOA in semen and plasma as explanatory variables. Adjusting for age, abstinence, and tobacco use, there was no indication that PFOA or PFOS was significantly associated with volume, sperm concentration, percent motility, swim-up motility and concentration, and directional motility (a function of motility and modal progression.) Follicle stimulating hormone was not associated with either PFOA or PFOS. Luteinizing hormone was positively correlated with plasma PFOA and PFOS, but not semen PFOS. Important methodological concerns included the lack of multiple hormonal measurements necessary to address circadian rhythms.
A longitudinal examination of the psychoeducational, neurocognitive, and psychiatric functioning in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Creators: name: Keshavan, Matcheri
name: Hooper, Stephen
name: Shashi, Vandana
name: Curtiss, Kathleen
name: Allen, Andrew
name: Schoch, Kelly
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: The present study sought to examine the longitudinal psychoeducational, neurocognitive, and psychiatric outcomes of children and adolescents with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), a population with a high incidence of major psychiatric illnesses appearing in late adolescence/early adulthood. Little is known of the developmental changes that occur in the early teen years, prior to the age of highest psychosis risk. Data were collected from 71 participants (42 subjects with 22q11DS and 29 control subjects) at Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2), approximately 3.5 years later. The 22q11DS group was significantly lower functioning than controls on IQ, neurocognition, and academic achievement at both T1 and T2. Children with 22q11DS also showed significantly greater social-behavioral difficulties and psychiatric symptoms, and were more likely to meet criteria for psychiatric disorders at both time points. In evaluating change over time from T1 to T2, the 22q11DS group did not show significant changes in psychoeducational or psychiatric outcomes relative to the controls, however, lack of expected age-related gains in attention regulation were noted. Within the 22q11DS group, an increase in the Attenuated Prodrome for Schizophrenia (number of psychiatric symptoms) was noted from T1 to T2 and four children with 22q11DS met criteria for Psychosis for the first time. Predictors at T1 that uncovered psychopathology symptoms at T2 included full-scale IQ, externalizing symptoms, and problem social behaviors. Overall, younger adolescent and preadolescent children with 22q11DS in this study exhibited slowed growth in attention regulation, with an increase in subclinical symptoms of schizophrenia, suggestive of increasing impairments in domains that are relevant to the high risk of Schizophrenia. Early predictors of later psychopathology included both cognitive and behavioral abnormalities. These findings begin to elucidate the trajectory of changes in psychopathology in children with 22q11DS in the years leading up to the onset of major psychiatric illnesses.
Randomized controlled trial of SPIRIT: An effective approach to preparing African-American dialysis patients and families for end of life
Creators: name: Shields, Anne-Marie
name: Donovan, Heidi
name: Happ, Mary Beth
name: Ward, Sandra
name: Piraino, Beth
name: Connolly, Mary
name: Song, Mi-Kyung
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: This randomized controlled trial tested an intervention, Sharing Patients’ Illness Representations to Increase Trust (SPIRIT), designed to enhance communication regarding end-of-life care between African Americans with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and their chosen surrogate decision makers (N = 58 dyads). We used surveys and semi-structured interviews to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of SPIRIT on patient and surrogate outcomes at 1 week and 3 months post-intervention. We also evaluated patients’ deaths and surrogates’ end-of-life decision making to assess surrogates’ perceptions of benefits and limitations of the SPIRIT while facing end-of-life decisions. We found that SPIRIT promoted communication between patients and their surrogates and was effective and well received by the participants.
(127) Margaret [McEwen]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(128) Daniel McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
On the Harmonic and Hyperharmonic Fibonacci Numbers
Creators: name: Tuglu, Naim
name: Kızılateş, Can
name: Kesim, Seyhun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B39, 05A19. 05A10, 15A60

description: In this paper, we study the theory of the harmonic and the hyperharmonic Fibonacci numbers. Also, we get some combinatoric identities like as harmonic and hyperharmonic numbers and we obtain some useful formulas for $\mathbb{F}_{n}$, which is finite sums of reciprocals of Fibonacci numbers. We obtain spectral and Euclidean norms of circulant matrices involving harmonic and hyperharmonic Fibonacci numbers.
OPE for all Helicity Amplitudes II. Form Factors and Data Analysis
Creators: name: Basso, Benjamin
name: Caetano, Joao
name: Cordova, Lucia
name: Sever, Amit
name: Vieira, Pedro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the general flux tube integrand for MHV and non-MHV amplitudes, in planar N = 4 SYM theory, up to a group theoretical rational factor. We find that the MHV and non-MHV cases only differ by simple form factors which we derive. This information allows us to run the operator product expansion program for all sorts of non-MHV amplitudes and to test the recently proposed map with the so called charged pentagons transitions. Perfect agreement is found, on a large sample of non-MHV amplitudes, with the perturbative data available in the literature.
description: 42 pages. v2 : minor correction to Section 2.3, typos corrected
Effect of training characteristics on object classification: an application using Boosted Decision Trees
Creators: name: Sevilla-Noarbe, Ignacio
name: Etayo-Sotos, Penélope
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an application of a particular machine-learning method (Boosted Decision Trees, BDTs using AdaBoost) to separate stars and galaxies in photometric images using their catalog characteristics. BDTs are a well established machine learning technique used for classification purposes. They have been widely used specially in the field of particle and astroparticle physics, and we use them here in an optical astronomy application. This algorithm is able to improve from simple thresholding cuts on standard separation variables that may be affected by local effects such as blending, badly calculated background levels or which do not include information in other bands. The improvements are shown using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 9, with respect to the type photometric classifier. We obtain an improvement in the impurity of the galaxy sample of a factor 2-4 for this particular dataset, adjusting for the same efficiency of the selection. Another main goal of this study is to verify the effects that different input vectors and training sets have on the classification performance, the results being of wider use to other machine learning techniques.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Computing
Development of Sesame Oil Loaded Bigels for Dry Skin Relief
Creators: name: Vanchalerm Sihabud
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: Bigels, Organogels, Hygrogels, Dry skin, Sesame oil

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 122-131
Risk of Uterine Rupture and Placenta Accreta With Prior Uterine Surgery Outside of the Lower Segment
Creators: name: Wapner, Ronald
name: Meis, Paul
name: Sorokin, Yoram
name: Rouse, Dwight
name: Caritis, Steve
name: Mercer, Brian
name: Spong, Catherine
name: Peaceman, Alan
name: Gilbert, Sharon
name: Gyamfi-Bannerman, Cynthia
name: Carpenter, Marshall
name: Sibai, Baha
name: Ramin, Susan
name: Thorp, John
name: Varner, Michael
name: Landon, Mark
name: O'Sullivan, Mary
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Objective—Women with a prior myomectomy or prior classical cesarean delivery are often delivered early by cesarean due to concern for uterine rupture. Although theoretically at increased risk for placenta accreta, this risk has not been well quantified. Our objective was to estimate and compare the risks of uterine rupture and placenta accreta in women with prior uterine surgery. Methods—Women with prior myomectomy or prior classical cesarean delivery were compared to women with a prior low transverse cesarean to estimate rates of both uterine rupture and placenta accreta. Results—One hundred seventy-six women with a prior myomectomy, 455 with a prior classical cesarean delivery, and 13,273 women with a prior low transverse cesarean were evaluated. Mean gestational age at delivery differed by group (p<0.001), prior myomectomy (37.3 weeks), prior classical cesarean delivery (35.8 weeks), and low transverse cesarean (38.6 weeks). The frequency of uterine rupture in the prior myomectomy group was 0% (95% CI 0-1.98%). The frequency of uterine rupture in the low transverse cesarean group (0.41%) was not statistically different from the risk in the prior myomectomy group (p>0.99) or in the prior classical cesarean delivery group (0.88%, p=0.13). Placenta accreta occurred in 0% (95% CI 0-1.98%) of prior myomectomy compared with 0.19% in the low transverse cesarean group (p>0.99) and 0.88% in the prior classical cesarean delivery group (p=0.01 relative to low transverse cesarean). The adjusted OR for the prior classical cesarean delivery group (relative to low transverse cesarean) was 3.23 (1.11-9.39) for uterine rupture and 2.09 (0.69-6.33) for accreta. The frequency of accreta for those with previa was 11.1% for the prior classical cesarean delivery and 13.6% for low transverse cesarean groups (p>0.99=1.0). Conclusion—A prior myomectomy is not associated with higher risks of either uterine rupture or placenta accreta. The absolute risks of uterine rupture and accreta after prior myomectomy are low.
Role of mechanical stress in regulating airway surface hydration and mucus clearance rates
Creators: name: Button, Brian
name: Boucher, Richard
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Effective clearance of mucus is a critical innate airway defense mechanism, and under appropriate conditions, can be stimulated to enhance clearance of inhaled pathogens. It has become increasingly clear that extracellular nucleotides (ATP and UTP) and nucleosides (adenosine) are important regulators of mucus clearance in the airways as a result of their ability to stimulate fluid secretion, mucus hydration, and cilia beat frequency (CBF). One ubiquitous mechanism to stimulate ATP release is through external mechanical stress. This article addresses the role of physiologically-relevant mechanical forces in the lung and their effects on regulating mucociliary clearance (MCC). The effects of mechanical forces on the stimulating ATP release, fluid secretion, CBF, and MCC are discussed. Also discussed is evidence suggesting that airway hydration and stimulation of MCC by stress-mediated ATP release may play a role in several therapeutic strategies directed at improving mucus clearance in patients with obstructive lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Computational Study of Trimer Self-Assembly and Fluid Phase Behavior
Creators: name: Hatch, Harold W.
name: Mittal, Jeetain
name: Shen, Vincent K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fluid phase diagram of trimer particles composed of one central attractive bead and two repulsive beads was determined as a function of simple geometric parameters using flat-histogram Monte Carlo methods. A variety of self-assembled structures were obtained including spherical micelle-like clusters, elongated clusters and densely packed cylinders, depending on both the state conditions and shape of the trimer. Advanced simulation techniques were employed to determine transitions between self-assembled structures and macro- scopic phases using thermodynamic and structural definitions. Simple changes in particle geometry yield dramatic changes in phase behavior, ranging from macroscopic fluid phase separation to molecular-scale self- assembly. In special cases, both self-assembled, elongated clusters and bulk fluid phase separation occur simultaneously. Our work suggests that tuning particle shape and interactions can yield superstructures with controlled architecture.
description: 11 Figures, 2 Tables
Results of phase 3 of the CATIE schizophrenia trial
Creators: name: Lieberman, Jeffrey
name: Davis, Sonia
name: Miller, Alexander
name: Swartz, Marvin
name: Keefe, Richard
name: McEvoy, Joseph
name: Hsiao, John
name: Stroup, T. Scott
name: Rosenheck, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Objective—The Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study examined the comparative effectiveness of antipsychotic treatments for individuals with chronic schizophrenia. Patients who had discontinued antipsychotic treatment in phases 1 and 2 were eligible for phase 3, in which they selected one of nine antipsychotic regimens with the help of their study doctor. We describe the characteristics of the patients who selected each treatment option and their outcomes. Method—Two hundred and seventy patients entered phase 3. The open-label treatment options were monotherapy with oral aripiprazole, clozapine, olanzapine, perphenazine, quetiapine, risperidone, ziprasidone, long-acting injectable fluphenazine decanoate, or a combination of any two of these treatments. Results—Few patients selected fluphenazine decanoate (n=9) or perphenazine (n=4). Similar numbers selected each of the other options (range 33–41). Of the seven common choices, those who selected clozapine and combination antipsychotic treatment were the most symptomatic, and those who selected aripiprazole and ziprasidone had the highest body mass index. Symptoms improved for all groups, although the improvements were modest for the groups starting with relatively mild levels of symptoms. Side effect profiles of the medications varied considerably but medication discontinuations due to intolerability were rare (7% overall). Conclusions—Patients and their doctors made treatment selections based on clinical factors, including severity of symptoms, response to prior treatments, and physical health status. Fluphenazine decanoate was rarely used among those with evidence of treatment non-adherence and clozapine was underutilized for those with poor previous response. Combination antipsychotic treatment warrants further study.
Higher dimensional Automorphic Lie Algebras
Creators: name: Knibbeler, Vincent
name: Lombardo, Sara
name: Sanders, Jan A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The paper presents the complete classification of Automorphic Lie Algebras based on $\mathfrak{sl}_n (\mathbb{C})$, where the symmetry group $G$ is finite and the orbit is any of the exceptional $G$-orbits in $\overline{\mathbb{C}}$. A key feature of the classification is the study of the algebras in the context of classical invariant theory. This provides on one hand a powerful tool from the computational point of view, on the other it opens new questions from an algebraic perspective, which suggest further applications of these algebras, beyond the context of integrable systems. In particular, the research shows that Automorphic Lie Algebras associated to the $\mathbb{T}\mathbb{O}\mathbb{Y}$ groups (tetrahedral, octahedral and icosahedral groups) depend on the group through the automorphic functions only, thus they are group independent as Lie algebras. This can be established by defining a Chevalley normal form for these algebras, generalising this classical notion to the case of Lie algebras over a polynomial ring.
description: 43 pages, standard LaTeX2e
Method Validation for Vancomycin Analysis in Extemporaneous Suspensions via HPLC
Creators: name: Kornkanok Suwannarat
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: Method validation, Extemporaneous preparation, Stability, Suspensions, Vancomycin

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 132-141
Medical Schools’ Efforts to Build Social Accountability Indicators and Determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: ABDALLA, MOHAMED
name: Khalafalla, Husameldin Elsawi
name: Wadi, Majed
name: Taha, Mohamed H.
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This review summarises medical schools’ efforts to develop social accountability (SA) determinants and indicators in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). The review used the Arksey and O’Malley framework to examine the literature on indicators and/or determinants of SA published in 1995–2021. As part of a broader project on SA, a first screening of various databases yielded 162 articles on SA in the region, and further filtering identified six articles specifically addressing the determinants/indicators of SA in two countries in the region. The Global Consensus for Social Accountability (GCSA) of Medical Schools was used to analyse the quality and content of the articles, which were assigned scores according to specific criteria of how comprehensively the medical schools addressed the 10 areas of the GCSA. The six identified publications describe the development of SA determinants and indicators in a country-specific context, but, while they make a positive contribution to measuring SA, they do not satisfactorily address some matters, including measuring impacts on local populations, the social determinants of health, primary health care approaches, policies for recruiting students, and indicating the quality of graduates in relation to community needs. This review makes recommendations on how to address these shortcomings. While SA is gaining momentum in the EMR, only a handful of countries have shared their experiences. Researchers are making efforts to turn SA guidelines into standards, but more focus and elaboration are required.
(129) Hannah McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(125) Dugald Blue
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
The supply of choline is important for fetal progenitor cells
Creators: name: Zeisel, Steven
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Fetal progenitor cells proliferate, migrate, differentiate and undergo apoptosis at specific times during fetal development. Choline is needed by these cells for membrane synthesis and for methylation. There is growing evidence that this nutrient also modulates epigenetic regulation of gene expression in both neuronal and endothelial progenitor cells, thereby modifying brain development. It is likely that these mechanisms explain why, in rodent models, maternal dietary intake of choline influences both angiogenesis and neurogenesis in fetal hippocampus, and results in life-long changes in memory function. This also may explain why women eating diets low in choline have a greater risk of having a baby with a birth defect. Choline is mainly found in foods that contain fat and cholesterol, and intake of such foods has diminished in response dietary advice from nutritionists and physicians. Forty years ago, diets commonly contained choline-rich foods but now women in the USA tend to eat diets low in choline content. Premenopausal women normally may require less choline in their diet than do men and postmenopausal women, because estrogen induces the gene for the enzyme catalyzing endogenous biosynthesis of the choline-containing phospholipid phosphatidylcholine. However, many women have a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that blocks the induction of endogenous biosynthesis, thereby making them require more dietary choline. When these women eat diets low in choline, the supply of this nutrient to the fetus is likely to be inadequate, and may perturb progenitor cell proliferation, migration, differentiation and apoptosis.
(122) George Craig Lamont
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Ladder operators and coherent states for the trigonometric Pöschl-Teller potential
Creators: name: Román-Ancheyta, R.
name: Santos-Sánchez, O de los
name: Récamier, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we make use of deformed operators to construct the coherent states of some nonlinear systems by generalization of two definitions: i) As eigenstates of a deformed annihilation operator and ii) by application of a deformed displacement operator to the vacuum state. We also construct the coherent states for the same systems using the ladder operators obtained by traditional methods with the knowledge of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the corresponding Schrödinger equation. We show that both methods yield coherent states with identical algebraic structure.
description: 13 pages