cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effect of three-nucleon interaction in p-3He elastic scattering
Creators: name: Viviani, M.
name: Girlanda, L.
name: Kievsky, A.
name: Marcucci, L. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed study of the effect of different three-nucleon interaction models in p-3He elastic scattering at low energies. In particular, two models have been considered: one derived from effective field theory at next-to-next-to-leading order and one derived from a more phenomenological point of view -- the so-called Illinois model. The four-nucleon scattering observables are calculated using the Kohn variational principle and the hyperspherical harmonics technique and the results are compared with available experimental data. We have found that the inclusion of either one of the other force model improves the agreement with the experimental data, in particular for the proton vector analyzing power.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Generalised Fermat equation: a survey of solved cases
Creators: name: Ratcliffe, Ashleigh
name: Grechuk, Bogdan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11D41

description: Generalised Fermat equation (GFE) is the equation of the form $ax^p+by^q=cz^r$, where $a,b,c,p,q,r$ are positive integers. If $1/p+1/q+1/r<1$, GFE is known to have at most finitely many primitive integer solutions $(x,y,z)$. A large body of the literature is devoted to finding such solutions explicitly for various six-tuples $(a,b,c,p,q,r)$, as well as for infinite families of such six-tuples. This paper surveys the families of parameters for which GFE has been solved. Although the proofs are not discussed here, collecting these references in one place will make it easier for the readers to find the relevant proof techniques in the original papers. Also, this survey will help the readers to avoid duplicate work by solving the already solved cases.
Characterisation of the Galactic thick disk
Creators: name: Bensby, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thick disks appear to be common in external large spiral galaxies and our own Milky Way also hosts one. The existence of a thick disk is possibly directly linked to the formation history of the host galaxy and if its properties is known it can constrain models of galaxy formation and help us to better understand galaxy formation and evolution. This brief review attempts to highlight some of the characteristics of the Galactic thick disk and how it relates to other stellar populations such as the thin disk and the Galactic bulge. Focus has been put on results from high-resolution spectroscopic data obtained during the last 10 to 15 years.
description: Invited review at IAUS 298, Setting the scene for Gaia and LAMOST - the current and next generations of surveys and models, held in Lijiang, China, May 17-21, 2013. Will appear in IAU Symposium, vol 298, S. Feltzing, G. Zhao, N. Walton and P. Whitelock, eds
Probing the high-density behavior of symmetry energy with gravitational waves
Creators: name: Fattoyev, F. J.
name: Newton, W. G.
name: Li, Bao-An
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy opens up an entirely new window on the Universe to probe the equations of state (EOS) of neutron-rich matter. With the advent of next generation GW detectors, measuring the gravitational radiation from coalescing binary neutron star systems, mountains on rotating neutron stars, and stellar oscillation modes may become possible in the near future. Using a set of model EOSs satisfying the latest constraints from terrestrial nuclear experiments, state of the art nuclear many-body calculations of the pure neutron matter EOS, and astrophysical observations consistently, we study various GW signatures of the high-density behavior of the nuclear symmetry energy, which is considered among the most uncertain properties of dense neutron-rich nucleonic matter. In particular, we find the tidal polarizability of neutron stars, potentially measurable in binary systems just prior to merger, is more sensitive to the high density component of the nuclear symmetry energy than the symmetry energy at nuclear saturation density. We also find that the upper limit on the GW strain amplitude from elliptically deformed stars is very sensitive to the density dependence of the symmetry energy. This suggests that future developments in modeling of the neutron star crust, and direct gravitational wave signals from accreting binaries will provide a wealth of information on the EOS of neutron-rich matter. We also review the sensitivity of the $r$-mode instability window to the density dependence of the symmetry energy. Whereas models with larger values of the density slope of the symmetry energy at saturation seem to be disfavored by the current observational data, within a simple $r$-mode model, we point out that a subsequent softer behavior of the symmetry energy at high densities (hinted at by recent observational interpretations) could rule them in.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables; submitted to EPJA Special Volume on Nuclear Symmetry Energy
British Columbia Legislative Assembly sessional clipping book (1899-01)
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/600765
subject: Law
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/993678
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Politics and government
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741

description: These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard) were not published in B.C. until 1970; hence these "Sessional Clipping Books" augment the "Journals", the record of daily proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Selected clippings from various newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Colonist, and the Times newspapers, relating to the newspaper reports concerning activities of the Legislature. The original sessional clippings books comprise 351 ledger size print volumes, held at the Legislative Library in Victoria BC. The print volumes were microfilmed onto 26 reels in 1977 under a Tri University Libraries (TRIUL) project by Precision Micrographic Services (Vancouver, B.C.), with the permission of the Legislative Library, Victoria, British Columbia. This digital collection was created by scanning the 26 microfilm reels.
Muscular Dystrophy-Associated SUN1 and SUN2 Variants Disrupt Nuclear-Cytoskeletal Connections and Myonuclear Organization
Creators: name: Meinke, Peter
name: Mattioli, Elisabetta
name: Haque, Farhana
name: Antoku, Susumu
name: Columbaro, Marta
name: Straatman, Kees R.
name: Worman, Howard J.
name: Gundersen, Gregg G.
name: Lattanzi, Giovanna
name: Wehnert, Manfred
name: Shackleton, Sue
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Muscular dystrophy--Genetic aspects
subject: Myoblasts
subject: Cytoskeleton
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular biology

description: Proteins of the nuclear envelope (NE) are associated with a range of inherited disorders, most commonly involving muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy, as exemplified by Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD). EDMD is both genetically and phenotypically variable, and some evidence of modifier genes has been reported. Six genes have so far been linked to EDMD, four encoding proteins associated with the LINC complex that connects the nucleus to the cytoskeleton. However, 50% of patients have no identifiable mutations in these genes. Using a candidate approach, we have identified putative disease-causing variants in the SUN1 and SUN2 genes, also encoding LINC complex components, in patients with EDMD and related myopathies. Our data also suggest that SUN1 and SUN2 can act as disease modifier genes in individuals with co-segregating mutations in other EDMD genes. Five SUN1/SUN2 variants examined impaired rearward nuclear repositioning in fibroblasts, confirming defective LINC complex function in nuclear-cytoskeletal coupling. Furthermore, myotubes from a patient carrying compound heterozygous SUN1 mutations displayed gross defects in myonuclear organization. This was accompanied by loss of recruitment of centrosomal marker, pericentrin, to the NE and impaired microtubule nucleation at the NE, events that are required for correct myonuclear arrangement. These defects were recapitulated in C2C12 myotubes expressing exogenous SUN1 variants, demonstrating a direct link between SUN1 mutation and impairment of nuclear-microtubule coupling and myonuclear positioning. Our findings strongly support an important role for SUN1 and SUN2 in muscle disease pathogenesis and support the hypothesis that defects in the LINC complex contribute to disease pathology through disruption of nuclear-microtubule association, resulting in defective myonuclear positioning.
Plagiodontia F. Cuvier 1836
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Capromyidae
Plagiodontia

description: Plagiodontia F. Cuvier, 1836. Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris Zool., ser. 2, 6:347. COMMENT: Reviewed by Mohr, 1939, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, 48:81-87, Johnson, 1948, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 61:69-76, and Anderson, 1965, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 78:95-98. See Hall, 1981:867-869, for recently extinct species, ipnaeum, spelaeum, araeum, calatensis, and velozi. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024003000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 580, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
description: {"references": ["Mohr, E. 1939. Die Baum- und Ferkelratten- Gattungen Capromys Desmarest (sens. ampl.) und Plagiodontia Cuvier. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Museum und Institut (Hamburg), 48: 48 - 118.", "Johnson, D. H. 1948. A rediscovered Haitian rodent, Plagiodontia aedium, with a synopsis of related species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 61: 69 - 76.", "Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90."]}
Constraining multi-Higgs flavour models
Creators: name: Felipe, R. Gonzalez
name: Ivanov, I. P.
name: Nishi, C. C.
name: Serodio, Hugo
name: Silva, Joao P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To study a flavour model with a non-minimal Higgs sector one must first define the symmetries of the fields; then identify what types of vacua exist and how they may break the symmetries; and finally determine whether the remnant symmetries are compatible with the experimental data. Here we address all these issues in the context of flavour models with any number of Higgs doublets. We stress the importance of analysing the Higgs vacuum expectation values that are pseudo-invariant under the generators of all subgroups. It is shown that the only way of obtaining a physical CKM mixing matrix and, simultaneously, non-degenerate and non-zero quark masses is requiring the vacuum expectation values of the Higgs fields to break completely the full flavour group, except possibly for some symmetry belonging to baryon number. The application of this technique to some illustrative examples, such as the flavour groups Delta(27), A4 and S3, is also presented.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, title and abstract changed, comments and references added; matches version to appear in The European Physical Journal C
Kleiner Trichter der lateinischen Grammatik oder Schulübungen welche sowohl nach der Langischen als kleinen Märkischen Grammatik eingerichtet sind, wodurch dieselbe auf eine leichte Weise in kurzer Zeit der Jugend kan beygebracht werden; 1784
Creators: name: Muzel, Friedrich
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2015

description: Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Frankfurt und Leipzig, 1784.
British Columbia Legislative Assembly sessional clipping book (1900-03)
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Law
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/993678
subject: FOS: Law
subject: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/600765
subject: Politics and government
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741

description: These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard) were not published in B.C. until 1970; hence these "Sessional Clipping Books" augment the "Journals", the record of daily proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Selected clippings from various newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Colonist, and the Times newspapers, relating to the newspaper reports concerning activities of the Legislature. The original sessional clippings books comprise 351 ledger size print volumes, held at the Legislative Library in Victoria BC. The print volumes were microfilmed onto 26 reels in 1977 under a Tri University Libraries (TRIUL) project by Precision Micrographic Services (Vancouver, B.C.), with the permission of the Legislative Library, Victoria, British Columbia. This digital collection was created by scanning the 26 microfilm reels.
H2020 European FET-Open project DROP-IT
Creators: name: PEDESSEAU, Laurent
name: Kepenekian, Mickaël
name: Katan, Claudine
name: EVEN, Jacky
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: DROP-IT proposes the development of novel lead-free and stable perovskites (LFPs). Specifically, crystalline structures beyond
 conventional ABX3 compounds, double-perovskites and rudorffites, will be computationally screened and chemically synthesized with superior properties. DROP-IT will develop highly pioneering lead free perovskites (in bulk and nanoscale) by low-cost, high
 throughput, sustainable, large-scale fabrication techniques on flexible substrates to revolutionize future power, lighting and
 communication systems. DROP-IT technology will be based on: (1) Theoretical screening of different LFP compound families and
 chemical synthesis of most suitable ones in the form of nanocrystals and polycrystalline thin films, (2) Formulation of specific and
 suitable inks of these materials for (3) Inkjet printing of thin films on flexible substrates and (4) Development of stable optoelectronic
 and photonic devices as proofs-of-concept.
Co-regulated Transcripts Associated to Cooperating eSNPs Define Bi-fan Motifs in Human Gene Networks
Creators: name: Kreimer, Anat
name: Pe'er, Itsik G.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Single nucleotide polymorphisms
subject: Gene expression
subject: Gene regulatory networks
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biology--Classification

description: Associations between the level of single transcripts and single corresponding genetic variants, expression single nucleotide polymorphisms (eSNPs), have been extensively studied and reported. However, most expression traits are complex, involving the cooperative action of multiple SNPs at different loci affecting multiple genes. Finding these cooperating eSNPs by exhaustive search has proven to be statistically challenging. In this paper we utilized availability of sequencing data with transcriptional profiles in the same cohorts to identify two kinds of usual suspects: eSNPs that alter coding sequences or eSNPs within the span of transcription factors (TFs). We utilize a computational framework for considering triplets, each comprised of a SNP and two associated genes. We examine pairs of triplets with such cooperating source eSNPs that are both associated with the same pair of target genes. We characterize such quartets through their genomic, topological and functional properties. We establish that this regulatory structure of cooperating quartets is frequent in real data, but is rarely observed in permutations. eSNP sources are mostly located on different chromosomes and away from their targets. In the majority of quartets, SNPs affect the expression of the two gene targets independently of one another, suggesting a mutually independent rather than a directionally dependent effect. Furthermore, the directions in which the minor allele count of the SNP affects gene expression within quartets are consistent, so that the two source eSNPs either both have the same effect on the target genes or both affect one gene in the opposite direction to the other. Same-effect eSNPs are observed more often than expected by chance. Cooperating quartets reported here in a human system might correspond to bi-fans, a known network motif of four nodes previously described in model organisms. Overall, our analysis offers insights regarding the fine motif structure of human regulatory networks.
Population Connectivity Measures of Fishery-Targeted Coral Reef Species to Inform Marine Reserve Network Design in Fiji
Creators: name: Eastwood, Erin K.
name: Lopez, Elora H.
name: Drew, Joshua Adam
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Coral reef fishes
Population genetics
Marine parks and reserves--Planning
Conservation biology
Wildlife conservation
Natural resources—Management

description: Coral reef fish serve as food sources to coastal communities worldwide, yet are vulnerable to mounting anthropogenic pressures like overfishing and climate change. Marine reserve networks have become important tools for mitigating these pressures, and one of the most critical factors in determining their spatial design is the degree of connectivity among different populations of species prioritized for protection. To help inform the spatial design of an expanded reserve network in Fiji, we used rapidly evolving mitochondrial genes to investigate connectivity patterns of three coral reef species targeted by fisheries in Fiji: Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), Halichoeres trimaculatus (Labridae), and Holothuria atra (Holothuriidae). The two fish species, E. merra and Ha. trimaculatus, exhibited low genetic structuring and high amounts of gene flow, whereas the sea cucumber Ho. atra displayed high genetic partitioning and predominantly westward gene flow. The idiosyncratic patterns observed among these species indicate that patterns of connectivity in Fiji are likely determined by a combination of oceanographic and ecological characteristics. Our data indicate that in the cases of species with high connectivity, other factors such as representation or political availability may dictate where reserves are placed. In low connectivity species, ensuring upstream and downstream connections is critical.
Engagement with online resources and widening participation status: observations from a large, diverse Foundation Year science cohort
Creators: name: Edmunds, Kelly
name: Harrington, Carl
name: , Jean-Charles
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: widening participation, biology, attainment gap, POLAR4, SoTL

description: These slides were used at talk given by Kelly Edmunds at a hybrid conference on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning hosted by the Society for Natural Sciences in April 2023. In this presentation, we present our observations from exploring data on student engagement with resources hosted on a virtual learning environment (VLE) and compare this with a student's POLAR4 quintile. POLAR4 classifies local areas across the UK according to the young participation rate in higher education within that area. POLAR4 quintile 1 (POLAR4q1) represents neighbourhoods which shows the lowest participation rates in Higher Education. The data presented are taken from the academic year 2021/22 for students (n=168) studying on two Foundation Year biology modules. We have found that engagement with VLE-hosted resources varies between semesters and POLAR4 quintiles with students from POLAR4q1 neighbourhoods generally achieving a lower average mark in their FY biology modules and this gap widening in the second semester. We propose that students from POLAR4q1 neighbourhoods would benefit from additional interventions to enable them to reach the same attainment levels as their counterparts.
British Columbia Legislative Assembly sessional clipping book (1900-08)
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/600765
subject: Politics and government
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741
subject: Law
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/993678
subject: FOS: Law

description: These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard) were not published in B.C. until 1970; hence these "Sessional Clipping Books" augment the "Journals", the record of daily proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Selected clippings from various newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Colonist, and the Times newspapers, relating to the newspaper reports concerning activities of the Legislature. The original sessional clippings books comprise 351 ledger size print volumes, held at the Legislative Library in Victoria BC. The print volumes were microfilmed onto 26 reels in 1977 under a Tri University Libraries (TRIUL) project by Precision Micrographic Services (Vancouver, B.C.), with the permission of the Legislative Library, Victoria, British Columbia. This digital collection was created by scanning the 26 microfilm reels.
Novel Experimentally Observed Phenomena in Soft Matter
Creators: name: Bandyopadhyay, Ranjini
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Soft materials such as colloidal suspensions, polymer solutions and liquid crystals are constituted by mesoscopic entities held together by weak forces. Their mechanical moduli are several orders of magnitude lower than those of atomic solids. The application of small to moderate stresses to these materials results in the disruption of their microstructures. The resulting flow is non-Newtonian and is characterised by features such as shear rate-dependent viscosities and non-zero normal stresses. This article begins with an introduction to some unusual flow properties displayed by soft matter. Experiments that report a spectrum of novel phenomena exhibited by these materials, such as turbulent drag reduction, elastic turbulence, the formation of shear bands and the existence of rheological chaos, flow-induced birefringence and the unusual rheology of soft glassy materials, are reviewed. The focus then shifts to observations of the liquid-like response of granular media that have been subjected to external forces. The article concludes with examples of the patterns that emerge when certain soft materials are vibrated, or when they are displaced with Newtonian fluids of lower viscosities.
description: 30 pages, 11 figures, invited review article, supplementary videos may be obtained from the journal website
Managing menstruation in the workplace: an overlooked issue in low- and middle-income countries
Creators: name: Sommer, Marni
name: Chandraratna, Sahani
name: Cavill, Sue
name: Mahon, Therese
name: Phillips-Howard, Penelope A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Feminine hygiene products
Women--Health and hygiene
Work environment
Menstruation
Public health
Health services administration
Medical care

description: The potential menstrual hygiene management barriers faced by adolescent girls and women in workplace environments in low- and middle-income countries has been under addressed in research, programming and policy. Despite global efforts to reduce poverty among women in such contexts, there has been insufficient attention to the water and sanitation related barriers, specifically in relation to managing monthly menstruation, that may hinder girls’ and women’s contributions to the workplace, and their health and wellbeing. There is an urgent need to document the specific social and environmental barriers they may be facing in relation to menstrual management, to conduct a costing of the implications of inadequate supportive workplace environments for menstrual hygiene management, and to understand the implications for girls’ and women’s health and wellbeing. This will provide essential evidence for guiding national policy makers, the private sector, donors and activists focused on advancing girls’ and women’s rights.
Bolstering the pipeline for primary care: a proposal from stakeholders in medical education
Creators: name: Shi, Hanyuan
name: Lee, Kevin Chung-En
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Family medicine--Study and teaching
Medical students
Medical education
Curriculum planning
Curriculum evaluation

description: The Association of American Medical Colleges reports an impending shortage of over 90,000 primary care physicians by the year 2025. An aging and increasingly insured population demands a larger provider workforce. Unfortunately, the supply of US-trained medical students entering primary care residencies is also dwindling, and without a redesign in this country’s undergraduate and graduate medical education structure, there will be significant problems in the coming decades. As an institution producing fewer and fewer trainees in primary care for one of the poorest states in the United States, we propose this curriculum to tackle the issue of the national primary care physician shortage. The aim is to promote more recruitment of medical students into family medicine through an integrated 3-year medical school education and a direct entry into a local or state primary care residency without compromising clinical experience. Using the national primary care deficit figures, we calculated that each state medical school should reserve 20–30 primary care (family medicine) residency spots, allowing students to bypass the traditional match after successfully completing a series of rigorous externships, pre-internships, core clerkships, and board exams. Robust support, advising, and personal mentoring are also incorporated to ensure adequate preparation of students. The nation’s health is at risk. With full implementation in allopathic medical schools in 50 states, we propose a long-term solution that will serve to provide more than 1,000–2,700 new primary care providers annually. Ultimately, we will produce happy, experienced, and empathetic doctors to advance our nation’s primary care system.
Asthma among Staten Island fresh kills landfill and barge workers following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks
Creators: name: Cone, James E.
name: Osahan, Sukhminder
name: Ekenga, Christine C.
name: Miller-Archie, Sara A.
name: Stellman, Steven D.
name: Fairclough, Monique
name: Friedman, Stephen M.
name: Farfel, Mark R.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Asthma
Waste disposal sites--Health aspects
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Epidemiology

description: Background:

Although airborne respiratory irritants at the World Trade Center (WTC) site have been associated with asthma among WTC Ground Zero workers, little is known about asthma associated with work at the Staten Island landfill or barges.
Methods:

To evaluate the risk of asthma first diagnosed among Staten Island landfill and barge workers, we conducted a survey and multivariable logistic regression analysis regarding the association between Staten Island landfill and barge-related work exposures and the onset of post-9/11 asthma.
Results:

Asthma newly diagnosed between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2004 was reported by 100/1,836 (5.4%) enrollees. Jobs involving sifting, digging, welding, and steel cutting, enrollees with high landfill/barge exposure index scores or who were police and sanitation workers, and enrollees with probable posttraumatic stress disorder all had increased odds ratios for new-onset asthma.
Conclusions:

Post-9/11 asthma cumulative incidence among Staten Island landfill/barge workers was similar to that of other WTC disaster rescue and recovery workers.
Dynamics of H II regions around exiled O stars
Creators: name: Mackey, Jonathan
name: Langer, Norbert
name: Gvaramadze, Vasilii V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At least 25 per cent of massive stars are ejected from their parent cluster, becoming runaways or exiles, travelling with often-supersonic space velocities through the interstellar medium (ISM). Their overpressurised H II regions impart kinetic energy and momentum to the ISM, compress and/or evaporate dense clouds, and can constrain properties of both the star and the ISM. Here we present one-, two-, and (the first) three-dimensional simulations of the H II region around a massive star moving supersonically through a uniform, magnetised ISM, with properties appropriate for the nearby O star Zeta Oph. The H II region leaves an expanding overdense shell behind the star and, inside this, an underdense wake that should be filled with hot gas from the shocked stellar wind. The gas column density in the shell is strongly influenced by the ISM magnetic field strength and orientation. H-alpha emission maps show the H II region remains roughly circular, although the star is displaced somewhat from the centre of emission. For our model parameters, the kinetic energy feedback from the H II region is comparable to the mechanical luminosity of the stellar wind, and the momentum feedback rate is >100X larger than that from the wind and about 10X larger than the total momentum input rate available from radiation pressure. Compared to the star's eventual supernova explosion, the kinetic energy feedback from the H II region over the star's main sequence lifetime is >100X less, but the momentum feedback is up to 4X larger. H II region dynamics are found to have only a small effect on the ISM conditions that a bow shock close to the star would encounter.
description: 23 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Effect of asthma and PTSD on persistence and onset of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms among adults exposed to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
Creators: name: Li, Jiehui
name: Brackbill, Robert M.
name: Jordan, Hannah T.
name: Cone, James E.
name: Farfel, Mark R.
name: Stellman, Steven D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Gastroesophageal reflux
Asthma
Post-traumatic stress disorder
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Epidemiology
Mental health

description: Background:

Little is known about the direction of causality among asthma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and onset of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms (GERS) after exposure to the 9/11/2001 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster.
Methods:

Using data from the WTC Health Registry, we investigated the effects of early diagnosed post-9/11 asthma and PTSD on the late onset and persistence of GERS using log-binomial regression, and examined whether PTSD mediated the asthma-GERS association using structural equation modeling.
Results:

Of 29,406 enrollees, 23% reported GERS at follow-up in 2011–2012. Early post-9/11 asthma and PTSD were each independently associated with both the persistence of GERS that was present at baseline and the development of GERS in persons without a prior history. PTSD mediated the association between early post-9/11 asthma and late-onset GERS.
Conclusions:

Clinicians should assess patients with post-9/11 GERS for comorbid asthma and PTSD, and plan medical care for these conditions in an integrated fashion.
Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier 1836
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Capromyidae
Plagiodontia
Plagiodontia aedium

description: Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier, 1836. Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris Zool., ser. 2, 6:347. TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic. DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). COMMENT: Includes hylaeum; see Varona, 1974:70. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024003001001 as P. aedium. 5301410024003002001 as P. hylaeum.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 580, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
description: {"references": ["Varona, L. S. 1974. Catalogo de los mamiferos vivientes y extinguidos de las Antillas. Instituto de Zoologia, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Havana), 139 pp."]}
Multi-Peaked Non-Thermal Light Curves from Magnetar-Powered Gamma-Ray Bursts
Creators: name: Omand, Conor M. B.
name: Sarin, Nikhil
name: Lamb, Gavin P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Binary neutron star mergers and collapsing massive stars can both create millisecond magnetars. Such magnetars are candidate engines to power gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The non-thermal light curve of the resulting transients can exhibit multiple components, including: the GRB afterglow, pulsar wind nebula (PWN), and ejecta afterglow. We derive the timescales for the peak of each component and show that the PWN is detectable at radio frequencies, dominating the emission for $\sim$ 6 years for supernova/long GRBs (SN/LGRBs) and $\sim$ 100 days for kilonova/short GRBs (KN/SGRBs) at 1 GHz, and $\sim$ 1 year for SN/LGRBs and $\sim$ 15 days for KN/SGRBs at 100 GHz. The PWN emission has an exponential, frequency-dependent rise to peak that cannot be replicated by an ejecta afterglow. We show that PWNe in SN/LGRBs can be detected out to $z \sim 0.06$ with current instruments and $z \sim 0.3$ with next-generation instruments and PWNe in KN/SGRBs can be detected out to $z \sim 0.3$ with current instruments and $z \sim 1.5$ with next-generation instruments. We find that the optimal strategy for detecting PWNe in these systems is a multi-band, high cadence radio follow-up of nearby KN/SGRBs with an x-ray plateau or extended prompt emission from 10 - 100 days post-burst.
description: Accepted to MNRAS
British Columbia Legislative Assembly sessional clipping book (1903-07)
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Politics and government
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741
subject: Law
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/993678
subject: FOS: Law
subject: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/600765

description: These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard) were not published in B.C. until 1970; hence these "Sessional Clipping Books" augment the "Journals", the record of daily proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Selected clippings from various newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Colonist, and the Times newspapers, relating to the newspaper reports concerning activities of the Legislature. The original sessional clippings books comprise 351 ledger size print volumes, held at the Legislative Library in Victoria BC. The print volumes were microfilmed onto 26 reels in 1977 under a Tri University Libraries (TRIUL) project by Precision Micrographic Services (Vancouver, B.C.), with the permission of the Legislative Library, Victoria, British Columbia. This digital collection was created by scanning the 26 microfilm reels.
Perturbation Biology: inferring signaling networks in cellular systems
Creators: name: Molinelli, Evan J.
name: Korkut, Anil
name: Wang, Weiqing
name: Miller, Martin L.
name: Gauthier, Nicholas P.
name: Jing, Xiaohong
name: Kaushik, Poorvi
name: He, Qin
name: Mills, Gordon
name: Solit, David B.
name: Pratilas, Christine A.
name: Weigt, Martin
name: Braunstein, Alfredo
name: Pagnani, Andrea
name: Zecchina, Riccardo
name: Sander, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 92C42

description: We present a new experimental-computational technology of inferring network models that predict the response of cells to perturbations and that may be useful in the design of combinatorial therapy against cancer. The experiments are systematic series of perturbations of cancer cell lines by targeted drugs, singly or in combination. The response to perturbation is measured in terms of levels of proteins and phospho-proteins and of cellular phenotype such as viability. Computational network models are derived de novo, i.e., without prior knowledge of signaling pathways, and are based on simple non-linear differential equations. The prohibitively large solution space of all possible network models is explored efficiently using a probabilistic algorithm, belief propagation, which is three orders of magnitude more efficient than Monte Carlo methods. Explicit executable models are derived for a set of perturbation experiments in Skmel-133 melanoma cell lines, which are resistant to the therapeutically important inhibition of Raf kinase. The resulting network models reproduce and extend known pathway biology. They can be applied to discover new molecular interactions and to predict the effect of novel drug perturbations, one of which is verified experimentally. The technology is suitable for application to larger systems in diverse areas of molecular biology.
Myocastoridae Ameghino 1904
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Myocastoridae

description: Family Myocastoridae REVIEWED BY: G. C. Clough (GCC); M. A. Mares (MAM); G. S. Morgan (GSM); C. A. Woods (CAW). COMMENT: Included in Capromyidae by Vaughan, 1978:40, Hall, 1981:871, Corbet and Hill, 1980:192, and others, but see Woods and Howland, 1979, J. Mammal., 60:95-116. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410025000000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 581, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
description: {"references": ["Vaughan, T. A. 1978. Mammalogy. Second ed. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 522 pp.", "Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.", "Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1980. A world list of mammalian species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.", "Woods, C. A., and E. B. Howland. 1979. Adaptive radiation of capromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 60: 95 - 116."]}
Ten-year cancer incidence in rescue/recovery workers and civilians exposed to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
Creators: name: Li, Jiehui
name: Brackbill, Robert M.
name: Liao, Tim S.
name: Qiao, Baozhen
name: Cone, James E.
name: Farfel, Mark R.
name: Hadler, James L.
name: Kahn, Amy R.
name: Konty, Kevin J.
name: Strayner, Leslie T.
name: Stellman, Steven D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Cancer
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Epidemiology

description: Background:

Cancer incidence in exposed rescue/recovery workers (RRWs) and civilians (non-RRWs) was previously reported through 2008.
Methods:

We studied occurrence of first primary cancer among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees through 2011 using adjusted standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), and the WTC-exposure-cancer association, using Cox proportional hazards models.
Results:

All-cancer SIR was 1.11 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03–1.20) in RRWs, and 1.08 (95% CI 1.02–1.15) in non-RRWs. Prostate cancer and skin melanoma were significantly elevated in both populations. Thyroid cancer was significantly elevated only in RRWs while breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were significantly elevated only in non-RRWs. There was a significant exposure dose-response for bladder cancer among RRWs, and for skin melanoma among non-RRWs.
Conclusions:

We observed excesses of total and specific cancers in both populations, although the strength of the evidence for causal relationships to WTC exposures is somewhat limited. Continued monitoring of this population is indicated.
Quantum state tomography as a numerical optimization problem – Supplemental Material
Creators: name: Ivanova-Rohling, Violeta N.
name: Burkard, Guido
name: Rohling, Niklas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The files provided here contain the numerical solution to the optimization problem of finding the most efficient quantum state tomography measurement scheme in a six-dimensional Hilbert space with measurement operators which are projectors of rank 3. These files are intended as supplemental material to the paper "Quantum state tomography as a numerical optimization problem" by V. N. Ivanova-Rohling, G. Burkard, and N. Rohling. supplmat.pdf: We describe the parametrization of the rank-3 projectors and provide the values of the numerically optimized solution. parameters_for_num_optimized_quorum.csv: The file contains the values of all 612 parameters of the optimization problem as comma-separated values. For the parametrization and the order of parameters please read supplmat.pdf and for a python implementation of the computation of the quality measure from the parameters, see compute_quality_measure.py. compute_quality_measure.py: python2 program which computes the rank-3 projectors forming the state tomography measurement set and the quality measure of this set.
POWERING THE FUTURE - A LOOK AT THE LATEST ADVANCES IN BATTERY MATERIALS
Creators: name: Brandl, Edenilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Nanotechnology
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: Energy storage
subject: Battery materials
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Sustainability
subject: Nanomaterials
subject: Machine learning algorithms
subject: Eco-conscious materials
subject: Energy density
subject: Precision instruments

description: This systematic review delves into the transformative potential of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI), and sustainability in reshaping the realm of energy storage. The review, based on a meticulous examination of authoritative texts in materials science, chemistry, and engineering, uncovers groundbreaking advancements in battery materials. Nanomaterials, particularly nanowires and nanocomposites, offer precise control over energy storage processes, leading to smaller, lighter, and more efficient batteries. AI, through machine learning algorithms, transforms batteries into intelligent assets, anticipating and meeting energy needs with unparalleled efficiency. Additionally, there is a notable shift towards eco-conscious materials, emphasizing sustainability in the battery industry. These innovations not only revolutionize portable electronics, electric transportation, and grid-scale storage but also hold promise for integration in various living environments and biomedical systems. As we progress towards an electrified, sustainable future, harnessing the power of nanotechnology, AI, and sustainable materials is pivotal, offering the potential to create a harmonious relationship between technology and the environment.
 
Diese systematische Übersicht befasst sich mit dem transformativen Potenzial von Nanotechnologie, künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) und Nachhaltigkeit bei der Neugestaltung des Bereichs der Energiespeicherung. Die Rezension, die auf einer sorgfältigen Untersuchung maßgeblicher Texte aus den Bereichen Materialwissenschaft, Chemie und Ingenieurwesen basiert, deckt bahnbrechende Fortschritte bei Batteriematerialien auf. Nanomaterialien, insbesondere Nanodrähte und Nanokomposite, ermöglichen eine präzise Steuerung von Energiespeicherprozessen und führen zu kleineren, leichteren und effizienteren Batterien. Durch maschinelle Lernalgorithmen verwandelt KI Batterien in intelligente Anlagen, die den Energiebedarf vorhersehen und mit beispielloser Effizienz decken. Darüber hinaus gibt es einen deutlichen Wandel hin zu umweltbewussten Materialien, der die Nachhaltigkeit in der Batterieindustrie betont. Diese Innovationen revolutionieren nicht nur tragbare Elektronik, elektrische Transportmittel und netzgroße Speicher, sondern versprechen auch eine Integration in verschiedene Lebensumgebungen und biomedizinische Systeme. Auf dem Weg zu einer elektrifizierten, nachhaltigen Zukunft ist die Nutzung der Kraft von Nanotechnologie, KI und nachhaltigen Materialien von entscheidender Bedeutung und bietet das Potenzial, eine harmonische Beziehung zwischen Technologie und Umwelt zu schaffen.
Impact of 9/11-related chronic conditions and PTSD comorbidity on early retirement and job loss among World Trade Center disaster rescue and recovery workers
Creators: name: Yu, Shengchao
name: Brackbill, Robert M.
name: Locke, Sean
name: Stellman, Steven D.
name: Gargano, Lisa M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Comorbidity
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Early retirement
Unemployment
Rescue work
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Epidemiology
Public health

description: Background:

The economic impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks has rarely been studied. We examined the association between 9/11-related chronic health conditions with or without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and one important aspect of the economic impact, retirement, and job loss before age 60.
Methods:

A total of 7,662 workers who participated in the World Trade Center Health Registry surveys were studied. Logistic regression models examined the association of 9/11-related health and labor force exit.
Results:

Workers with chronic conditions were more likely to experience early retirement and job loss, and the association was stronger in the presence of PTSD comorbidity: the odds ratios for reporting early retirement or job loss were increased considerably when chronic conditions were comorbid with PTSD.
Conclusions:

Disaster-related health burden directly impacts premature labor force exit and income. Future evaluation of disaster outcome should include its long-term impact on labor force.