cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Cubo-navicular coalition - a rare cause of chronic foot pain
Creators: name: Fee, Charlie
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Bones
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Digital radiography
subject: MR
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 53-year-old man presented to orthopaedic clinic with a 2-year history of severe unilateral heel pain and recent difficulty weight-bearing. Previous treatment for plantar fasciitis with physiotherapy, steroid injections and orthotics had been unsuccessful and prior radiographs and ultrasound had been reported as normal. An MRI was subsequently performed.

description: 53 years, male
Decision Support Framework for Conservation Introductions: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region
Creators: name: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Conservation Introduction
Translocation
Structured decision making

description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)’s Pacific Region decision support framework for conservation introductions aims to foster inclusive, transparent and defensible decision making about when to use this strategy. Conservation introductions can be used for preventing species extirpation or extinction, re-establishing an ecological function lost through extinction, or directing ecosystem change toward a state that better supports conservation goals. The non-regulatory framework was developed by and for the USFWS in the Pacific Region based on input from a wide range of federal, state, territorial, Tribal, Indigenous, and non-governmental representatives in the Pacific Islands and Pacific Northwest. Guided by the tenets of structured decision making, the framework describes discrete steps to ensure an inclusive, transparent, and defensible decision on whether or not to pursue a conservation introduction. The framework recommends the formation of a team comprised of partners, interested parties, and subject-matter specialists, to work through the steps and support mutual learning and creative problem-solving. Both ecological and social objectives, including local and Indigenous community values related to the decision, are key considerations in the decision process. Risk assessment is a central component of the framework, where uncertainty in predicted outcomes of the proposed management strategies is explicitly considered. The framework is designed to be stepwise, forward-thinking, and inclusive to help the team reach a decision that accounts for the needs of the species, their habitats and ecosystems, and human communities in the face of ecological transformation.
Stability of bilirubin and oxyhaemoglobin in cerebrospinal fluid
Creators: name: Clarin, Marcus
name: Hellberg, Alexandra
name: Blennow, Kaj
name: Andreasson, Ulf
name: Zetterberg, Henrik
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is routinely investigated to diagnose subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in cases with unclear neuroimaging findings. Using spectrophotometry, the levels of bilirubin and oxyhaemoglobin are analysed. This study investigates the stability for bilirubin and oxyhaemoglobin in CSF samples for up to 3 weeks measured with a spectrophotometer. The absorbances corresponding to bilirubin (455 nm) and oxyhaemoglobin (415 nm) remained fairly stable for up to 3 weeks when samples were stored at +4 °C with light protection. There was a statistically significant trend of decreased absorbance for both oxyhaemoglobin and bilirubin already after exposure to light within 120 min from sampling. It is therefore advisable to protect CSF from light until spectrophotometric analysis.
Modelling and Optimal Control of Multi Strain Epidemics, with Application to COVID-19
Creators: name: Arruda, Edilson F.
name: Pastore, Dayse H.
name: Dias, Clauda M.
name: Das, Shyam S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 49, 92-10

description: This work introduces a novel epidemiological model that simultaneously considers multiple viral strains, reinfections due to waning immunity response over time and an optimal control formulation. This enables us to derive optimal mitigation strategies over a prescribed time horizon under a more realistic framework that does not imply perennial immunity and a single strain, although these can also be derived as particular cases of our formulation. The model also allows estimation of the number of infections over time in the absence of mitigation strategies under any number of viral strains. We validate our approach in the light of the COVID-19 epidemic and present a number of experiments to shed light on the overall behaviour under one or two strains in the absence of sufficient mitigation measures. We also derive optimal control strategies for distinct mitigation costs and evaluate the effect of these costs on the optimal mitigation measures over a two-year horizon. The results show that relaxations in the mitigation measures cause a rapid increase in the number of cases, which then demand more restrictive measures in the future.
Individual Authentication in a Collaborative Environment
Creators: name: Heckle, Rosa
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: Information Science (0723)

description: Healthcare organizations are struggling to meet security best practices, as well as complying with regulatory requirements for individual accountability. Currently emerging as a leading technology for password authentication management is the use of single sign-on technology (SSO). SSO promises to improve usability of authentication for multiple-system users, increase compliance, and help curb system maintenance costs. However, complexities are introduced when SSO is placed within a collaborative environment. In this work I examine the implementation of an SSO technology in a hospital environment in an effort to get a true understanding of the complexities of the technology when placed in context.  In addition, I assess the efficacy of the Security by Consensus model as a framework for guiding authentication security systems implementations.  This 15-month field study resulted in a rich understanding of the socio-technical complexities of an SSO implementation. A key finding is that SSO is problematic in a collaborative environment where momentary changes from individual work to collaborative work creates increased security vulnerabilities and privacy concerns for its users. The implications of these privacy issues for the user exacerbated resistance to SSO adoption. As a result I found that the elements of the social subsystem as identified in the SBC model were not sufficient, as is, for authentication systems.  I posit a revised model that includes the 'individual user' as an element of the social sub-system. Additionally, there has been a body of research around adoption and resistance of information systems. However, the underlying goals and motives of authentication systems differ from other information systems; while information systems provide value-added benefits for the user in their job performance, authentication systems do not enhance or support the user in their job performance. In fact, they are a hurdle that must be cleared before work can even begin. More importantly, authentication systems have personal privacy implications for the user.  Currently no one has looked at the effectiveness of resistance or adoption theories to authentication mechanisms. This research work has looked at resistance theories and their applicability to authentication mechanisms, and has found one theoretical body that is informative for authentication mechanisms.
AR Ser: photometric observations of a Blazhko star
Creators: name: Bonnardeau, Michel
name: Hambsch, Franz-Josef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Photometric observations in 2010-2014 of the RR Lyrae star AR Serpentis are presented and analyzed. Two Blazhko modulations of comparable amplitude are detected, with the periods 89 and 108 days, and with evidence for irregularities.
Improving the Effectiveness of End User-Developed Software as a Medium for Communicating and Reusing Problem-Solving Knowledge
Creators: name: Dinmore, Matthew D.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012
Subjects: End-User
Knowledge
Literate
Problem-Solving
Programming
Spreadsheet

description: End-user development of software is the largest and ever-growing source of software artifacts. What distinguishes end-user programmers from professional programmers is the goal of their work: for end-user programmers, the goal is solving a problem, and the creation of software is incidental to this. In solving the problem, the end user also creates knowledge about how the problem was solved and the context in which the solution may be applied in the future, as well as design rationale about the implementation of the solution itself. Much of this knowledge remains tacit; the only tangible artifact is the software, which may informally expose some of this knowledge. The lack of explicitness in this artifact-associated information decreases comprehensibility and reusability of the solution presented through the software. The problem addressed in this dissertation is that of providing design guidelines for media through which end user-developed software artifacts can more effectively communicate their associated knowledge to users of the software in such a way as to effect an improvement in problem-solving knowledge transfer and reuse. Toward this objective, the literature across end-user programming, software engineering, human-computer interaction and the design of communications is examined and a collection of evidence-based design guidelines around annotation paradigms appropriate to end-user development needs enumerated. Artifacts embodying these features are evaluated through artifact and user studies, and recommendations for further design iterations and research are discussed.
M_A2.COHESIVE.4.9 Availability of the pipelines from the databases to the analysis tools (COHESIVE)
Creators: name: Di Pasquale Adriano,
name: Caldarelli Valentina
name: Mangone Iolanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: OHEJP
COHESIVE
M‐A2.COHESIVE.4.9
Availability of the pipelines from the databases to the analysis tools
M‐A2.COHESIVE.5
IZSAM
WORKPACKAGE4

description: Project JIP2 COHESIVE COHESIVE: One Health Structure In Europe
  Milestone M‐A2.COHESIVE.4.9 Workpackage 4 M_A2.COHESIVE.4.9 Availability of the pipelines from the databases to the analysis tools
HOW TO DESIGN A STANDARDIZED AND USER-FRIENDLY WEBSITE WITH THE RESPECT TO COLOR
Creators: name: Tersisan, Helga
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2009

description: Because of globalization and a significant increase in the use of the World Wide Web, designing an interactive website becomes vital.  Many companies, businesses, and organizations are extending their work scope on the web. Websites are accessible around the world for people who have an internet connection. Therefore, website design has a huge importance in people's everyday and business lives. Since websites are used globally, designers should be respectful to all users' needs and cultural background.   Considerations in respect to mood, feelings, and culture must be considered when making color selections when designing a website.  In this paper, the design of websites which are used globally with the respect of the color is being evaluated.  Thirty-seven users participated in this research to evaluate two websites; American Eagle Network and Ford Motor Company.
ENVISIONING A NEW INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PARADIGM FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
Creators: name: Chika, Adanna Okafor
Publisher: name: noland journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Decrypting, Prospects, New International Information Order, Digital Age

description: This study examined the decrypt in prospects of a new international information order in the digital age. The theoretical framework of the study was drawn from the technological determinism theory and development communication theory. The study made use of survey design and the instrument used for data collection was interview guide. The data collected were analysed using Explanation Building Techniques (EBT), which were presented and analysed entirely in themes. Findings from the study revealed that, digital age has encouraged private investments in the communication industry of Nigeria. People have private investors such as Raypower FM, Africa Independent Television, Minaj systems, Cool FM, Rhythm, Channel Television etc. The way digital age has encourage private investments were through the new technology rapid growth, deregulation and cost, infrastructural deficit and the wave of digitalization amongst others. The study recommended among others that, there should be commitment on the part of Nigeria government towards investing in media infrastructures. There should be an inside look approach or a minimal cut-off from dependence on international communication. Finally, the Nigeria government should ensure adequate universal service by revisiting the regulatory frameworks; improve infrastructure and manpower in communication development
Endohedral terthiophene in zigzag carbon nanotubes: Density functional calculations
Creators: name: Orellana, W.
name: Vasquez, S. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The inclusion and encapsulation of terthiophene (T3) molecules inside zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is addressed by density functional calculations. We consider the T3 molecule inside five semiconducting CNTs with diameters ranging from 9.6 to 12.7 Ang. Our results show that the T3 inclusion process is exothermic for CNTs with diameters larger than 9.5 Ang. The highest energy gain is found to be of 2 eV, decreasing as the CNT diameter increases. This notable effect of stabilization is attributed to the positively charged CNT inner space, as induced by its curvature, which is able to accommodate the neutral T3 molecule. The band structure of the T3@CNT system shows that T3 preserves its electronic identity inside the CNTs, superimposing their molecular orbitals onto the empty CNT band structure without hybridization. Our results predict that the electronic states added by the T3 molecules would give rise to optical effects and nonradiative relaxation from excited states.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, accepted in PRB
Functional Assessment for Human-Computer Interaction: A Method for Quantifying Physical Functional Capabilities for Information Technology Users
Creators: name: Price, Kathleen J.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: Accessibility
Functional Assessment
Functional Capabilities
Functional Limitations
Human Computer Interaction
Information Technology

description: The use of information technology is a vital part of everyday life, but for a person with functional impairments, technology interaction may be difficult at best. Information technology is commonly designed to meet the needs of a theoretical normal user. However, there is no such thing as a normal user. A user's capabilities will vary over time for a variety of reasons such as disease, developmental problems, age, injury, surgery, environmental conditions or cognitive status. Human computer interaction designers and researchers are attempting to integrate accessibility into the design of new technologies. A fundamental challenge exists for this endeavor: assessing and describing varying levels of user capabilities to predict how effectively a person can interact with a particular type of information technology. Current practice is to use medical diagnoses or physical limitations as descriptors of functional capabilities. This approach is too imprecise and does not provide enough details about user abilities to be helpful. An alternative is user self-reporting or observation by another person, but these solutions rely on individual interpretations of capabilities and may introduce unwanted bias. This dissertation proposes a new objective, quantifiable, repeatable, and efficient methodology for assessing an individual's physical capabilities to use information technologies. Two functional assessment tools were developed based on a set of information technology oriented functional capabilities: a self-assessment survey and a computer administered performance-based functional assessment tool. In a proof-of-concept study, thirty-one users with a range of physical capabilities were evaluated using the proposed survey and performance-based techniques. Independent assessments served as the gold standard for comparison. Metrics identified through the performance-based assessment were compared to the gold standard and predictive models were generated via regression and correlation analysis. Initial models explained up to 92% of the variance in user capabilities. Through an iterative refinement process, observer focus and the resulting performance-based models were adjusted to produce a hybrid combined model. Of all the predictive models, the hybrid model explained the greatest amount of variance in user capabilities with the lowest error rate.
Large-P_T inclusive photoproduction of J/psi in electron-proton collisions at HERA and the EIC
Creators: name: Flore, Carlo
name: Lansberg, Jean-Philippe
name: Shao, Hua-Sheng
name: Yedelkina, Yelyzaveta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the inclusive J/psi production at large transverse momenta at lepton-hadron colliders in the limit when the exchange photon is quasi real, also referred to as photoproduction. Our computation includes the leading-P_T leading-v next-to-leading alpha_s corrections. In particular, we consider the contribution from J/psi plus another charm quark, by employing for the first time in quarkonium photoproduction the variable-flavour-number scheme. We also include a QED-induced contribution via an off-shell photon which remained ignored in the literature and which we show to be the leading contribution at high P_T within the reach of the EIC. In turn, we use our computation of J/psi+charm to demonstrate its observability at the future EIC and the EIC sensitivity to probe the non-perturbative charm content of the proton at high x.
description: LaTeX, 11 pages; 15 figures
Chaotic Jets
Creators: name: Leoncini, Xavier
name: Zaslavsky, George M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The problem of characterizing the origin of the non-Gaussian properties of transport resulting from Hamiltonian dynamics is addressed. For this purpose the notion of chaotic jet is revisited and leads to the definition of a diagnostic able to capture some singular properties of the dynamics. This diagnostic is applied successfully to the problem of advection of passive tracers in a flow generated by point vortices. We present and discuss this diagnostic as a result of which clues on the origin of anomalous transport in these systems emerge.
description: Proceedings of the workshop Chaotic transport and complexity in classical and quantum dynamics, Carry le rouet France (2002)
Change the coefficients of conditional entropies in extensivity
Creators: name: Takatsu, Asuka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 94A17, 62B10

description: The Boltzmann--Gibbs entropy is a functional on the space of probability measures. When a state space is countable, one characterization of the Boltzmann--Gibbs entropy is given by the Shannon--Khinchin axioms, which consist of continuity, maximality, expandability and extensivity. Among these four properties, the extensivity is generalized in various ways. The extensivity of a functional is interpreted as the property that, for any random variables $(X,Y)$ taking finitely many values in $\mathbb{N}$, the difference between the value of the functional at the joint law of $(X,Y)$ and that at the law of $X$ coincides with the linear combinations of the values at the conditional laws of $Y$ given $X=n$ with coefficients given by the probabilities of each event $X=n$. A generalization of the extensivity obtained by replacing the coefficients with a power of the probabilities of the events $X=n$ provides a characterization of the Tsallis entropy. In this paper, we first prove the impossibility to replace the coefficients with a non-power function of the probabilities of the events $X=n$. Then we estimate the difference between the value at the joint law of $(X,Y)$ and that at the law of $X$ for a general functional.
description: 8 pages. Comments are welcome!
Extraction, Integration, and Analysis of Software Measurement and Bug Fix Data from Open Source Software Projects
Creators: name: Dash, Anupama
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2009
Subjects: Data Analysis
Data Extraction
Data Integration
Open Source Software
Software Metrics
Source Code Analysis

description: Open source software (OSS) projects are increasingly popular and are competing successfully with proprietary software systems. Studying and analyzing the evolution of the OSS systems can provide interesting insights into the design and development process of such systems that are built by physically distributed developers. In this research, source code data and bug tracking data of KOffice OSS products, extracted from the online version control system and bug tracking system respectively, are integrated and processed. Basic descriptive statistical analysis on the integrated data set has been performed and some interesting insights into the development and evolution of KOffice OSS products have been discovered.
Relativistic quantum information as radiation reaction: entanglement entropy and self-force of a moving mirror analog to the CGHS black hole
Creators: name: Myrzakul, Aizhan
name: Xiong, Chi
name: Good, Michael R. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The CGHS black hole has a spectrum and temperature that corresponds to an accelerated reflecting boundary condition in flat spacetime. The beta coefficients are identical to a moving mirror model where the acceleration is exponential in laboratory time. The center and the event horizon of the black hole are at the same location modeled by the perfectly reflecting regularity condition that red-shifts the field modes. In addition to computing the energy flux, we find the corresponding parameter associated with the black hole mass and the cosmological constant in the gravitational analog system. Generalized to any mirror trajectory we derive the self-force (Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac) and express it and the power (Larmor) in connection with entanglement entropy, inviting an interpretation of acceleration radiation in terms of information flow. The mirror self-force and radiative power are applied to the particular CGHS black hole analog moving mirror which reveals the physics of information at the horizon during asymptotic approach to thermal equilibrium.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Illert, Martin ... (Hrsg.): Ostkirchen und Reformation 2017 ...
Creators: name: Fritsch, Roland
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 68 Nr. 2 (2019): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 68, Heft 2
Some aspects of the distribution and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in the Kitimat fjord system
Creators: name: Simpson, Christopher David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment is of concern because many PAHs are carcinogens, and PAHs are very persistent. In this thesis the distribution of PAHs has been investigated in the Kitimat fjord system, British Columbia, Canada. Total PAHs in the range 1-500 mg/kg were detected in sediments from the fjord system. Sediments with the highest PAH levels were collected from sites in close proximity to the aluminum smelter, and PAH levels in sediments declined with increasing distance from the smelter. The PAH composition in all samples was typical of combustion generated PAH mixtures. PAH composition and distribution as a function of sediment particle size was investigated. Sediments from two sites close to the aluminum smelter (CD2, CD3) showed a differential distribution of PAHs amongst various sediment particle size fractions (PSFs). At all other sites PAHs were uniformly distributed amongst the various sediment PSFs. At one site (CD3), the distribution of perylene and retene amongst PSFs was different from the distribution of the other PAHs examined. Total PAH levels were elevated in the upper sections of a sediment core, but declined to constant low levels (-30 ng/g) in the lower sections of the sediment core. The PAH composition in the upper part of the core was typical of combustion generated PAH mixtures. In contrast, perylene accounted for -70-80% of total (unsubstituted) PAHs in sections from the lower part of the core, pre-dating the operation of the aluminum smelter. The accumulation of PAHs by soft-shelled clams (Mya arenarid) collected from four beaches in the Kitimat fjord system was investigated. PAHs were detected in clams (0.8-5.7 mg/kg) and sediments (0.02-125 mg/kg) from all four beaches. The PAH composition was similar in both clams and sediments at each site. Biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) at Hospital Beach were significantly lower than predicted by the equilibrium partitioning (EP) theory, but BSAFs at the other three sites were within an order of magnitude of the EP predictions. Metabolism of pyrene and 1-hydroxypyrene by two species of bivalve mollusk, Mya arenaria and Protothaca staminea was studied under laboratory conditions. The metabolites identified included an hydroxypyrene isomer, pyrene-1-sulfate, and a sulfate conjugate of dihydroxypyrene. The metabolites formed indicate that the metabolic pathways used by the two mollusk species to metabolize pyrene are similar to the pathways vertebrates use to metabolize PAHs.
Letter from Colin C. MacRae to James Goldie, February 7, 1910
Creators: name: MacRae, Colin C.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Letter from Colin C. MacRae, manager of the Royal Bank in Vernon, B.C., to James Goldie, dated February 7, 1910, regarding notice that a cheque of $600.00 being deposited by J.E. McAllister into the Rainbow Ranche Limited account.
Generalized Fejér-Hermite-Hadamard type via generalized $(h-m)$-convexity on fractal sets and applications
Creators: name: Almutairi, Ohud
name: Kiliçman, Adem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article, we define a new class of convexity called generalized $(h-m)$-convexity, which generalizes $h$-convexity and $m$-convexity on fractal sets $\mathbb{R}^α$ $(0
description: 15 pages
Strahm, Herbert: Dissentertum im Deutschland des 19. Jahrhunderts
Creators: name: Voigt, Karl Heinz
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 68 Nr. 2 (2019): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 68, Heft 2
Growth and characterization of thin oxide films on SiGe
Creators: name: Zheng, Lan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Atomic oxygen from a remote plasma oxidation was used to grow a high quality gate oxide on SiGe at low temperatures. Atomic oxygen from a remote O₂ plasma was also used to form thin oxide films on SiGe₀.₀₂₅ that is capped with 12.5 Ā of Si at ~200°C. The characteristics and thicknesses of the oxide were determined by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). It was observed that the oxidation that resulted from exposure to Oatoms, produced a thin oxide film with both Si and Ge oxidized. The interfacial trap densities were continuously monitored with an RF-probe. The changes in trap density were quite rapid during the process of oxidation and subsequent exposure to hydrogen atoms. However, the disappearance of the carrier traps, when the H-atoms were shut off, was found to be slower and could be followed. This is true at all temperatures ranging from 20°C to 200°C. The kinetic analysis of this trap removal process reveals that, this is either a second order reaction with an activation energy of 0.35 eV, or there are two concurrent first order processes with activation energies of 0.21 eV and 0.16 eV. By comparing the behavior of Si capped SiGe₀.₀₂₅ with SiGe₀.₀₂₅, SiGe₀.₃ and intrinsic Si at ~200°C, it was found that all interfaces except SiGe₀.₃ benefit from exposure to atomic hydrogen after oxidation, and that after such a treatment the interfacial trap density is not significantly different on Si capped SiGe₀.₀₂₅, SiGe₀.₀₂₅ and intrinsic Si. The passivation level achieved by low temperature H-atoms treatment was also compared to a high temperature (~450°C) H₂ annealing process which was conducted according to the standard industrial practice. Similar passivation levels were achieved with both techniques.
Letter from Colin C. MacRae to Rainbow Ranche, February 9, 1910
Creators: name: MacRae, Colin C.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Letter to Rainbow Ranche Limited from Colin C. MacRae, manager of the Royal Bank of Canada in Vernon, B.C., dated February 9, 1910, regarding notification of a deposit of $3.13 into the Ranche's account by themselves.
A universal method for depositing patterned materials in-situ
Creators: name: Chen, Yifan
name: Hung, Siu Fai
name: Lo, Wing Ki
name: Chen, Yang
name: Shen, Yang
name: Kafenda, Kim
name: Su, Jia
name: Xia, Kangwei
name: Yang, Sen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Current techniques of patterned material deposition require separate steps for patterning and material deposition. The complexity and harsh working conditions post serious limitations for fabrication. Here, we introduce a novel single-step and easy-to-adapt method that can deposit materials in-situ. Its unique methodology is based on the semiconductor nanoparticle assisted photon-induced chemical reduction and optical trapping. This universal mechanism can be used for depositing a large selection of materials including metals, insulators and magnets, with quality on par with current technologies. Patterning with several materials together with optical-diffraction-limited resolution accuracy can be achieved from macroscopic to microscopic scale. Furthermore, the setup is naturally compatible with optical microscopy based measurements, thus sample characterisation and material deposition can be realised in-situ. Various devices fabricated with this method in 2D or 3D show it is ready for deployment in practical applications. This revolutionary method will provide a distinct tool in material technology.
Prevalence of monoclonal proteins in patients with isolated hypogammaglobulinemia on serum protein electrophoresis
Creators: name: Godelaine, Joris
name: Schiemsky, Toon
name: Persy, Ben
name: Penders, Joris
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Isolated hypogammaglobulinemia (IH) is an electrophoretic pattern that can be encountered on serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) and is defined as a decreased but morphologically normal γ-globulin fraction with normal α- and β-globulin fractions. SPEP is mainly used to detect monoclonal proteins which are usually observed as additional peaks in the electropherogram. However, they may also be more discretely present in a significant proportion of patients presenting with IH. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate i) via both retrospective and prospective analysis to what extent paraproteins as identified by immunofixation are present in patients demonstrating IH on SPEP and ii) whether other parameters may predict their presence in IH-patients. For this purpose, we first reviewed historic SPEP- and immunofixation results in our tertiary hospital and determined paraprotein prevalence in this retrospective cohort. This analysis showed immunofixation was requested in only 519/3938 (13.2%) historic IH-results with 52/519 (10%) patients demonstrating paraproteins. Next, various laboratory parameters were compared between paraprotein-positive and -negative patients and subjected to logistic regression models but regrettably, no parameter could be retained as promising predictor of paraproteins. Lastly, to confirm paraprotein prevalence seen in the historical query, we conducted a six-month prospective analysis during which immunofixation was requested more frequently in IH-cases during routine diagnostics and which showed paraproteins to be present in 20/83 (24.1%) of IH-patients. Hence, as up to 24% of patients with IH may harbour paraproteins, one should consider performing follow-up analyses (e.g. immunofixation, urine electrophoresis and/or free light chain analysis) for all IH-cases identified via SPEP.
Twin-field quantum key distribution with passive-decoy state
Creators: name: Teng, Jun
name: Lu, Feng-Yu
name: Yin, Zhen-Qiang
name: Fan-Yuan, Guan-Jie
name: Wang, Rong
name: Wang, Shuang
name: Chen, Wei
name: Huang, Wei
name: Xu, Bing-Jie
name: Guo, Guang-Can
name: Han, Zheng-Fu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Twin-Field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) and its variants, e.g. Phase-Matching QKD, Sending-or-not-sending QKD, and No Phase Post-Selection TFQKD promise high key rates at long distance to beat the rate distance limit without a repeater. The security proof of these protocols are based on decoy-state method, which is usually performed by actively modulating a variable optical attenuator together with a random number generator in practical experiments, however, active-decoy schemes like this may lead to side channel and could open a security loophole. To enhance the source security of TF-QKD, in this paper, we propose passive-decoy based TF-QKD, in which we combine TF-QKD with the passive-decoy method. And we present a simulation comparing the key generation rate with that in active-decoy, the result shows our scheme performs as good as active decoy TF-QKD, and our scheme could reach satisfactory secret key rates with just a few photon detectors. This shows our work is meaningful in practice.
FlowDiff: a simple, flow cytometry-based approach for performing a leukocyte differential count
Creators: name: Dimopoulos, Konstantinos
name: Bonneau, Delphine
name: Hannibal, Jens
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: To overcome the challenges of a manual leukocyte differential count, we have developed FlowDiff, an 8-colour, single tube flow cytometry panel, and investigated whether it could potentially replace the manual differential in our laboratory. The instrument was set up in accordance with the EuroFlow settings, and the protocol comprised a stain-lyse no wash process, taking approximately 30 min of working time, without the addition of a toxic lysis reagent. We found a very good correlation for all leukocyte populations between FlowDiff and the Sysmex XN analyzer in 80 normal, non-flagged samples. In addition, FlowDiff showed a very good correlation with manual differential in 168 abnormal samples, as well as a high diagnostic accuracy. FlowDiff correctly identified all samples with acute leukemia (N = 13) and differentiated all B-lymphomas (N = 49) in samples with lymphocytosis. Moreover, FlowDiff detected an additional five samples with B-lymphocytosis without any prior hematological malignancy, which turned out to be a B-lymphoma. Our data suggest that FlowDiff, our 8-colour flow cytometry-based differential, is comparable to, and can successfully substitute the manual differential.
Presenting a conceptual model for systems development life cycle
Creators: name: Crabtree, Carlton Andrew
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2007
Subjects: Information Science (0723)
Computer Science (0984)

description: The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is generally interpreted as the set of procedures that transform inputs into outputs and as the method by which information systems are built.   In the software development industry, the SDLC not only produces information systems but also is itself a type of information system tied to the underlying fabric of a company's business model.  Integration of the SDLC with business process is essential for effective software solutions and compliance with industry regulations.  ; ; ; This thesis proposes a conceptual model for building the SDLC that holistically incorporates the rules of contemporary and non-contemporary industry practitioners into a strategy that addresses these current industry constraints.  Preliminary conclusions indicate that this methodology warrants further research to determine if it can be considered as the standard for SDLC process creation.
title: Pompe disease
Creators: name: Nieto Morales, Maria Luisa
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: MR
subject: Genetic defects
subject: Metabolic disorders
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 43-year-old woman with several years’ history of easy muscle fatigue.
Physical examination revealed amyotrophy and weakness of the cervical, inferior limbs and paraspinal muscles. No cardiological alterations were detected.
Blood test results showed slightly elevated serum creatin kinase (CK) and myoglobin.
MRI brain showed two periventricular lesions, without criteria for multiple sclerosis.
The gastrocnemius muscle biopsy was normal. The diagnosis was made by genetic study.

description: 43 years, female
Development of Large-Format Camera Systems Based on the Latest Generation Sensors for the 6-m Telescope
Creators: name: Ardilanov, V. I.
name: Murzin, V. A.
name: Afanasieva, I. V.
name: Ivaschenko, N. G.
name: Pritychenko, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The design and implementation of astronomical cameras based on the large-format CCD and CMOS detectors is described in this paper. The Dinacon-5 controller is used for work with the CCDs and to achieve high performance and low noise. A new controller is designed for CMOS sensors. The main characteristics of the provided systems are estimated on the basis of experimental data. The spatial autocorrelation analysis is applied for PSF estimation. The obtained test results are presented.
description: To be published in: I.I. Romanyuk, I.A. Yakunin, A.F. Valeev, and D.O. Kudryavtsev (eds), Ground-Based Astronomy in Russia. 21st Century, Proceedings of the All-Russian Conference, ISBN: 978-5-6045062-0-2
Self-similarity in Laplacian Growth
Creators: name: Abanov, Ar.
name: Mineev-Weinstein, M.
name: Zabrodin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider Laplacian Growth of self-similar domains in different geometries. Self-similarity determines the analytic structure of the Schwarz function of the moving boundary. The knowledge of this analytic structure allows us to derive the integral equation for the conformal map. It is shown that solutions to the integral equation obey also a second order differential equation which is the one dimensional Schroedinger equation with the sinh inverse square potential. The solutions, which are expressed through the Gauss hypergeometric function, characterize the geometry of self-similar patterns in a wedge. We also find the potential for the Coulomb gas representation of the self-similar Laplacian growth in a wedge and calculate the corresponding free energy.
description: 16 pages, 9 figures
Comparisons of Statistical Multifragmentation and Evaporation Models for Heavy Ion Collisions
Creators: name: Tsang, M. B.
name: Bougault, R.
name: Charity, R.
name: Durand, D.
name: Friedman, W. A.
name: Gulminelli, F.
name: Fevre, A. Le
name: Raduta, Al. H.
name: Raduta, Ad. R.
name: Souza, S.
name: Trautmann, W.
name: Wada, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The results from ten statistical multifragmentation models have been compared with each other using selected experimental observables. Even though details in any single observable may differ, the general trends among models are similar. Thus these models and similar ones are very good in providing important physics insights especially for general properties of the primary fragments and the multifragmentation process. Mean values and ratios of observables are also less sensitive to individual differences in the models. In addition to multifragmentation models, we have compared results from five commonly used evaporation codes. The fluctuations in isotope yield ratios are found to be a good indicator to evaluate the sequential decay implementation in the code. The systems and the observables studied here can be used as benchmarks for the development of statistical multifragmentation models and evaporation codes.
description: To appear on Euorpean Physics Journal A as part of the Topical Volume "Dynamics and Thermodynamics with Nuclear Degrees of Freedom
Edible Mushrooms: The Green revolution in Agriculture - Cultivation for a Sustainable future
Creators: name: Digna A. Patel
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2024

description: Belonging to the fungal phylum Basidiomycota, mushrooms are valuable macrofungi with both medicinal and nutritional properties. Nevertheless, only 200 of the 2000 known kinds of mushrooms are edible. Worldwide, it is customary to cultivate and eat button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus), oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus), and paddy straw mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea L.). Because of their high protein content, low fat content, and low-calorie count, mushrooms are essential for diets and provide promise as a vegan protein source. To improve the food items' richness with proteins, vitamins, minerals, and fibers, powdered mushrooms can be added. In addition, it contains a wide range of nutrients like iron, magnesium, selenium, phosphorus, and vitamins like folate, Ascorbic Acid, niacin, thiamine, Pantothenic Acid, Ergosterol, and others. Researchers have also been drawn to its many bioactive compounds like alkaloids, Carotenoids, Enzymes, Lipids, Phenolics, Terpenes, Tocopherol, β-Glucans, and others.
title: Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) on 18F-NaF PET/CT
Creators: name: Kalshetty, Ashwini
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Hybrid Imaging
subject: PET-CT
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 65-year-old postmenopausal woman; treated case of recurrent right-breast carcinoma was referred for 18F-NaF PET/CT in view of right sterno-clavicular joint swelling to rule out skeletal metastasis.  She was on hormonal treatment until 2012. Her sr alkaline phosphatase levels were within normal limits. 

description: 65 years, female
Impact of direct oral anticoagulants on ROTEM® variables; a sample size-calculated experimental study
Creators: name: Sunnersjö, Lotta
name: Lindquist, Lukas
name: Schött, Ulf
name: Hillarp, Andreas
name: Undén, Johan
name: Kander, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) are increasingly common, with bleeding events associated with elevated plasma concentrations. Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), a point-of-care tool for assessing secondary hemostasis, has demonstrated a correlation with increasing concentrations of DOAC. However, previous studies have only partially explored this relationship. The primary aim in the current study was to investigate the impact of increasing rivaroxaban concentrations on clotting time (CT) in the EXTEM assay. The secondary aims were to investigate the impact of increasing rivaroxaban concentrations on clot formation time (CFT) and α-angle (AA) and to investigate the impact of increasing concentrations of dabigatran and apixaban on CT, CFT and AA. Blood from 12 healthy volunteers was spiked to anticipated concentrations of rivaroxaban, dabigatran and apixaban at 0, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 µg/L each. Blood with these varying concentrations was analyzed in four different ROTEM assays and CT, CFT and AA were extracted. CT increased linearly with increasing concentrations of all three DOACs. Rivaroxaban and dabigatran spiked blood showed an increase in CT-EXTEM for the 200–1000µg/L concentrations, compared to baseline, and apixaban for the 500–1000 µg/L concentrations. CFT and AA were affected only in supratherapeutic concentrations for all tested DOACs and primarily in the INTEM assay. Among the tested DOACs, apixaban demonstrated the least impact on CT across all assays. In conclusion, ROTEM-derived CT measurements can serve as surrogate markers for DOAC concentrations.
title: The obturator hernia – the forgotten entity
Creators: name: El Khatib Ghzal, Yasmin
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: CT
subject: Hernia
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: We present the case of an 86-year-old female patient who presented with nausea, vomiting and left medial thigh pain. The patient had no history of surgery, abdominal trauma or intra-abdominal infection.

On examination, her abdomen was soft, mildly distended, with tenderness on palpation of the right iliac fossa and inability to pass gas, but clinically she exhibited no masses. She didn´t have high temperature or clinical sign of peritoneal irritation, except hyperactive bowel sounds.

No palpable hernia was located. 

description: 86 years, female