cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Understanding Parents' Transition Choices for their Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Creators: name: Dallman, Aaron
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Introduction: • Federal law mandates that all individuals who qualify for special education have transition goals be discussed at their IEP meeting by age 16.1 • Person-centered transitions are one model of transitions which advocates for keeping the individual and their family at the center of care. • For individuals with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities (ID), most have parents who are their primary caregivers. • Research has identified what influences parent’s decisions after the transition. However, it has failed to examine these factors before their child’s post-secondary transition. Research Question: 1. What factors influence parent’s post-secondary transition decisions for their child with intellectual disabilities? 2. When do parents first think about the post-secondary transition?
GC-MS profiling of Vitex pinnata bark lipophilic extract and screening of its anti-TB and cytotoxic activities
Creators: name: Abdelbaset, Safa
name: El-Kersh, Dina M.
name: Ayoub, Iriny M.
name: Eldahshan, Omayma A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 80699
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
classificationCode: 110309
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Tuberculosis is a highly infectious ailment worldwide. The emergence of multi-drug resistance and serious adverse effects of anti-TB drugs have led to the continuous search of natural candidates. This study aimed to analyse the chemical profile of Vitex pinnata (VP) bark lipophilic extract using GC-MS also evaluating its anti-TB and cytotoxic activities. GC-MS revealed a total of 81 compounds which representing 86% identified compounds. In vitro anti-TB of VP lipophilic extract was evaluated using the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay which exhibited MIC value of 62.5 µg/mL. In vitro cytotoxicity was evaluated using Water Soluble formazan assay recording IC50 > 100 and 200 µg/mL using Vero and A-549 cell lines, respectively. In silico docking study was performed on the major identified compounds, n-nonane showed the most favourable binding affinity (ΔG) equals to −33.34 Kcal/mol. The results obtained herein unravelled the potential use of VP n-hexane extract as a natural anti-TB.
Colossolactone J, a highly modified lanostane triterpenoid from a natural fruiting body of Ganoderma colossus
Creators: name: Chinthanom, Panida
name: Sappan, Malipan
name: Srichomthong, Kitlada
name: Boonpratuang, Thitiya
name: Isaka, Masahiko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Colossolactone J (1), an undescribed lanostane triterpenoid was isolated from a natural fruiting body of Ganoderma colossus using silica gel column chromatography and preparative HPLC. Its structure was elucidated on the basis of the spectroscopic method. The absolute configuration was determined by the combination of the modified Mosher’s method and detailed NMR data analysis.
Cytoprotective, antioxidant, and anti-migratory activity of Pistacia lentiscus L. supercritical carbon dioxide extract on primary human endothelial cells
Creators: name: Giordo, Roberta
name: Cossu, Annalisa
name: Porcu, Maria Cristina
name: Cappuccinelli, Roberto
name: Biosa, Grazia
name: Sharifi-Rad, Javad
name: Pretti, Luca
name: Nasrallah, Gheyath K.
name: Pintus, Gianfranco
name: Posadino, Anna Maria
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Green chemistry is a useful tool for producing valuable chemicals from biomass. However, extracted compounds need to be tested for safety and efficacy before their use in humans. Here we investigate the chemical composition and biological effects of a leaves Pistacia lentiscus L. supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) extract. Terpenes represented the main extract fraction, with Germacrene D (11.18%), delta-cadinene (10.54%), and alpha-pinene (8.7%) the most abundant molecules. Challenged with endothelial cells (ECs), increasing extract concentrations failed to affect cell proliferation or promote cell toxicity. ROS assessment in unstressed and H2O2-treated ECs revealed an extract dose-dependent antioxidant activity. Exposition of H2O2-treated ECs to increasing extract concentrations dose-dependently counteracted H2O2-induced cell impairments. The extract significantly counteracted fetal calf serum-induced ECs migration. For the first time, we report that a SCCO2 extract obtained from PL leaves is safe on ECs and may be a useful source of valuable compounds with vasculoprotective properties.
Screening of medicinal plants from El Salvador for anti-viral activity against Herpes simplex 1
Creators: name: Franco-Espínola, José
name: Núñez, Marvin J.
name: Sanabria-Ramírez, Y. Mabel
name: Villar-Duarte, Carlos Fabio
name: Castillo, Ulises G.
name: Cantero-González, Guadalupe
name: Florentín-Pavía, Marcos
name: Langjahr, Patricia
name: Torres, Pablo Hernán Sotelo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
classificationCode: 60506
subject: Virology

description: Herpes simplex virus 1 is one of the most prevalent pathogens worldwide. Resistant strains to current anti-viral treatment have been reported, requiring the search for novel anti-virals. Using a qPCR method to assess anti-herpetic activity from natural products, we analyzed 72 plant extracts from El Salvador and identified eighteen methanolic extracts with anti-viral activity of ≥ 75%. Anti-herpetic activity has not been previously reported in fourteen of the plants (Euphorbia lancifolia, Piper tuberculatum, Cordia alliodora, Tecoma stans, Taraxacum officinale, Hamelia patens, Witheringia solanacea, Emilia fosbergii, Gnaphalium viscosum, Citrus aurantium, Ambrosia peruviana, Carica papaya, Solanum hazenii and Melothria pendula). Four extracts were from species with previously reported anti-herpetic activity (Plantago major, Psidium guajava, Sida acuta and Bursera simaruba). These extracts effective anti-viral concentrations (EC50) were between 203 and 6.31 µg/mL, while the selectivity indexes (SI) were between 55.91 and 2.57. Euphorbia lancifolia showed the most effective anti-viral activity (EC50 = 6.31 µg/mL, SI = 51.82).
Multi-faceted Informationist Support for an Auditory Development Research Team: Preliminary Findings
Creators: name: Renner, Barbara Rochen
name: McGraw, Kathleen A.
name: Hayes, Barrie E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Objectives: A three-member informationist team from the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill is partnering with a principal investigator and her human auditory development research team (RO1, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) on a supplemental grant award from the National Library of Medicine. The goal of this partnership s to explore and to assess the value and impact of providing in-context information services to researchers.
Not a galaxy: IRAS 04186+5143, a new young stellar cluster in the outer Galaxy
Creators: name: Yun, J. L.
name: Elia, D.
name: Djupvik, A. A.
name: Torrelles, J. M.
name: Molinari, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery of a new young stellar cluster in the outer Galaxy located at the position of an IRAS PSC source that has been previously mis-identified as an external galaxy. The cluster is seen in our near-infrared imaging towards IRAS 04186+5143 and in archive Spitzer images confirming the young stellar nature of the sources detected. There is also evidence of sub-clustering seen in the spatial distributions of young stars and of gas and dust. Near- and mid-infrared photometry indicates that the stars exhibit colours compatible with reddening by interstellar and circumstellar dust and are likely to be low- and intermediate-mass YSOs with a large proportion of Class I YSOs. Ammonia and CO lines were detected, with the CO emission well centred near the position of the richest part of the cluster. The velocity of the CO and NH$_3$ lines indicates that the gas is Galactic and located at a distance of about 5.5 kpc, in the outer Galaxy. Herschel data of this region characterise the dust environment of this molecular cloud core where the young cluster is embedded. We derive masses, luminosities and temperatures of the molecular clumps where the young stars reside and discuss their evolutionary stages.
description: 14 pages, 15 figures
Novel Medical Therapy for Refractory Endometriosis Associated Chronic Pelvic Pain: an Open Label Trial of Thalidomide
Creators: name: Liebert, C.
name: Lamvu, G.
name: Zolnoun, Denniz
name: Desai, Kinnari
name: Rohl, J.
name: Steege, J.S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Background: Endometriosis affects 2.5-3.3% of reproductive age women and is a common diagnosis among women with chronic pelvic pain. Treatment for endometriosis ranges from conservative medical therapies to radical surgery. Endometriosis is an indication for 25-35% of laparoscopies and 10-15% of hysterectomies each year . Although the majority of women with endometriosis respond to conservative medical therapy, those with persistent pain often undergo hysterectomy. Based on clinical and experimental data that indicate that thalidomide may be a highly effective immune modulator, we sought to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of this novel therapy for endometriosis associated pain patients who desired fertility-sparing treatment after exhausting all other conservative modalities. Objective: To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of thalidomide as a treatment for endometriosis associated pain patients
ManyBabies 1: Project Admin
Creators: name: Kline Struhl, Melissa
name: Bergmann, Christina
name: Frank, Michael
name: Gonzalez, Nayeli
name: Bergelson, Elika
name: Cristia, Alejandrina
name: Ferguson, Brock
name: Soderstrom, Melanie
name: Yurovsky, Daniel
name: Byers-Heinlein, Krista
name: Panneton, Robin
name: floccia, caroline
name: Lew-Williams, Casey
name: Hamlin, Kiley
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Material for organizing MB1 as a whole
An Analysis of Device-Free and Device-Based WiFi-Localization Systems
Creators: name: Aly, Heba
name: Youssef, Moustafa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: WiFi-based localization became one of the main indoor localization techniques due to the ubiquity of WiFi connectivity. However, indoor environments exhibit complex wireless propagation characteristics. Typically, these characteristics are captured by constructing a fingerprint map for the different locations in the area of interest. This fingerprint requires significant overhead in manual construction, and thus has been one of the major drawbacks of WiFi-based localization. In this paper, we present an automated tool for fingerprint constructions and leverage it to study novel scenarios for device-based and device-free WiFi-based localization that are difficult to evaluate in a real environment. In a particular, we examine the effect of changing the access points (AP) mounting location, AP technology upgrade, crowd effect on calibration and operation, among others; on the accuracy of the localization system. We present the analysis for the two classes of WiFi-based localization: device-based and device-free. Our analysis highlights factors affecting the localization system accuracy, how to tune it for better localization, and provides insights for both researchers and practitioners.
description: Published in International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI) - Volume 6 Issue 1, January 2014
The Earmarked Funds as a Basic Economic Instrument of Environmental Policy in Poland
Creators: name: Gorka, Kazimierz
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: Earmarked funds – collecting environmental fees and penalties – have played important and specific role in the financing of investment for environmental protection in Poland and in other Central and East European countries. Not so long ago they covered up to 40-50% of all investments in this field, at present this index in Poland is 24- 25%. The Polish system of environmental funds is complicated and divided onto four levels (and four other kinds) as well as other weaknesses. But these funds have a lot of strengths owing to which they can play an essential part in the financing of some environmental programmes, especially connected with foreign assistance etc. In the article there are discussed some necessary improvements in the present system and possibilities of important changes in the future: environmental fees and funds should be replaced by taxes.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 48 (2006)
An Extremal N=2 Superconformal Field Theory
Creators: name: Benjamin, Nathan
name: Dyer, Ethan
name: Fitzpatrick, A. Liam
name: Kachru, Shamit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide an example of an extremal chiral ${\cal N}=2$ superconformal field theory at $c=24$. The construction is based on a ${\mathbb Z}_2$ orbifold of the theory associated to the $A_{1}^{24}$ Niemeier lattice. The statespace is governed by representations of the sporadic group $M_{23}$.
description: 20 pages
Meeting a Mosaic of Research Needs: Constructing a Resource Guide for Qualitative Researchers
Creators: name: Renner, Barbara Rochen
name: Kraus-Friedberg, Chana
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: In response to requests, staff at an academic health sciences library assessed the need for a new online resource for users and librarians. Qualitative research resource needs identified include compilation of local resources and services; resources to understand, evaluate, retrieve, write, and publish qualitative research; resources about integrating qualitative research into systematic reviews; and resources for emerging areas such as implementation science.
A MUSE map of the central Orion Nebula (M 42)
Creators: name: Weilbacher, Peter M.
name: Monreal-Ibero, Ana
name: Kollatschny, Wolfram
name: Ginsburg, Adam
name: McLeod, Anna F.
name: Kamann, Sebastian
name: Sandin, Christer
name: Palsa, Ralf
name: Wisotzki, Lutz
name: Bacon, Roland
name: Selman, Fernando
name: Brinchmann, Jarle
name: Caruana, Joseph
name: Kelz, Andreas
name: Martinsson, Thomas
name: Pécontal-Rousset, Arlette
name: Richard, Johan
name: Wendt, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new integral-field spectroscopic dataset of the central part of the Orion Nebula (M 42), observed with the MUSE instrument at the ESO VLT. We reduced the data with the public MUSE pipeline. The output products are two FITS cubes with a spatial size of ~5.9'x4.9' (corresponding to ~0.76 pc x 0.63 pc) and a contiguous wavelength coverage of 4595...9366 Angstrom, spatially sampled at 0.2". We provide two versions with a sampling of 1.25 Angstrom and 0.85 Angstrom in dispersion direction. Together with variance cubes these files have a size of 75 and 110 GiB on disk. They represent one of the largest integral field mosaics to date in terms of information content. We make them available for use in the community. To validate this dataset, we compare world coordinates, reconstructed magnitudes, velocities, and absolute and relative emission line fluxes to the literature and find excellent agreement. We derive a two-dimensional map of extinction and present de-reddened flux maps of several individual emission lines and of diagnostic line ratios. We estimate physical properties of the Orion Nebula, using the emission line ratios [N II] and [S III] (for the electron temperature $T_e$) and [S II] and [Cl III] (for the electron density $N_e$), and show two-dimensional images of the velocity measured from several bright emission lines.
description: Resubmitted to A&A after incorporating referee comments; access to full dataset via http://muse-vlt.eu/science/data-releases
Clinician Scientist in Rehabilitation and Medicine: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Kaur, Inderjit
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: ABSTRACT Background: Clinician scientists play a role in bridging the gap between research and practice. However, the role of a clinician scientist is less established for healthcare professionals in rehabilitation in comparison to medicine and nursing. Purpose: The purpose of this scoping review is to explore the different roles and models of a clinician scientist in rehabilitation and compare this to medicine and nursing. Methods: This review was structured according to the Arksey and O’Malley framework for scoping reviews. A literature search will be conducted from the following databases: EMBASE, MEDLINE, AMED and Web of Science, as well as a grey literature search from MacSphere, ProQuest, DuckDuckGo and Google. This scoping review will look at all publications that describe the role of a clinician scientist in rehabilitation or in medicine, across all health care settings. Researchers will review titles and abstracts independently, in groups of two, followed by a review of full articles. Data will be extracted from all sources and pooled together in a table with common themes to synthesize the results. The authors will provide a summary of the information in relation to the research question of this scoping review. Conclusion: The results of this scoping review will help identify the current roles and models that exist for a clinician scientist in rehabilitation, in comparison to medicine.
Viscous boundary layers of radiation-dominated, relativistic jets. II. The free-streaming jet model
Creators: name: Coughlin, Eric R.
name: Begelman, Mitchell C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the interaction of a radiation-dominated jet and its surroundings using the equations of radiation hydrodynamics in the viscous limit. In a previous paper we considered the two-stream scenario, which treats the jet and its surroundings as distinct media interacting through radiation viscous forces. Here we present an alternative boundary layer model, known as the free-streaming jet model -- where a narrow stream of fluid is injected into a static medium -- and present solutions where the flow is ultrarelativistic and the boundary layer is dominated by radiation. It is shown that these jets entrain material from their surroundings and that their cores have a lower density of scatterers and a harder spectrum of photons, leading to observational consequences for lines of sight that look "down the barrel of the jet." These jetted outflow models may be applicable to the jets produced during long gamma-ray bursts and super-Eddington phases of tidal disruption events.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
SOFIA Observations of SN 2010jl: Another Non-Detection of the 9.7 $μ$m Silicate Dust Feature
Creators: name: Williams, Brian J.
name: Fox, Ori D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present photometric observations from the {\it Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)} at 11.1 $μ$m of the Type IIn supernova (SN IIn) 2010jl. The SN is undetected by {\it SOFIA}, but the upper limits obtained, combined with new and archival detections from {\it Spitzer} at 3.6 \& 4.5 $μ$m allow us to characterize the composition of the dust present. Dust in other Type IIn SNe has been shown in previous works to reside in a circumstellar shell of material ejected by the progenitor system in the few millenia prior to explosion. Our model fits show that the dust in the system shows no evidence for the strong, ubiquitous 9.7 $μ$m feature from silicate dust, suggesting the presence of carbonaceous grains. The observations are best fit with 0.01-0.05 $\msun$ of carbonaceous dust radiating at a temperature of $\sim 550-620$ K. The dust composition may reveal clues concerning the nature of the progenitor system, which remains ambiguous for this subclass. Most of the single star progenitor systems proposed for SNe IIn, such as luminous blue variables, red supergiants, yellow hypergiants, and B[e] stars, all clearly show silicate dust in their pre-SN outflows. However, this post-SN result is consistent with the small sample of SNe IIn with mid-IR observations, none of which show signs of emission from silicate dust in their IR spectra.
description: Accepted by ApJ Letters. 6 pages, produced using emulateapj
Il sistema socio-economico-ambientale come strumento dello sviluppo sostenibile
Creators: name: Caiati, Gabriele
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: In the past economics ignored the limits of natural resources. In the last few years a new methodological approach comes into economics improving the comprehension of the economic phenomena linked to the satisfaction of the needs of modern man that basic considers the quality of life. The objective of this research is to define the theoretical and methodological aspects of a sustainable economy pointing out the reasons and the grounds on which to build an environmental policy. This one has to consider either the economic matters or the environmental sensitivity of people. This research is divided into three parts. The first one defines the outlines of the sustainable economy and its characteristic features. The second one emphasizes the necessity of replacing the concept of sustainable development instead of development and growth. At last, the third part identifies the basic lines into which the environmental policy has to be realized defining its reasons, its foundations and its valuation systems.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 47 (2005)
Slalom in complex time: emergence of low-energy structures in tunnel ionization via complex time contours
Creators: name: Pisanty, Emilio
name: Ivanov, Misha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ionization of atoms by strong, low-frequency fields can generally be described well by assuming that the photoelectron is, after the ionization step, completely at the mercy of the laser field. However, certain phenomena, like the recent discovery of low-energy structures in the long-wavelength regime, require the inclusion of the Coulomb interaction with the ion once the electron is in the continuum. We explore the first-principles inclusion of this interaction, known as analytical R-matrix theory, and its consequences on the corresponding quantum orbits. We show that the trajectory must have an imaginary component, and that this causes branch cuts in the complex time plane when the real trajectory revisits the neighbourhood of the ionic core. We provide a framework for consistently navigating these branch cuts based on closest-approach times, which satisfy the equation $\mathbf{r}(t) \cdot \mathbf{v}(t) = 0$ in the complex plane. We explore the geometry of these roots and describe the geometrical structures underlying the emergence of LES in both the classical and quantum domains.
description: Supplementary information at http://episanty.github.io/Slalom-in-complex-time/
AdS/CFT and the geometry of an energy gap
Creators: name: Hickling, Andrew
name: Wiseman, Toby
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a CFT defined on a static metric that is the product of time with a smooth closed space of positive scalar curvature. We expect the theory to exhibit an energy gap and our aim is to investigate how that gap depends on the geometry of the space. For a free conformal scalar it is straightforward to show the gap normalised by the minimum value of the Ricci scalar of the space is minimised when the space is a sphere. Our main result is then to show using geometric arguments that precisely the same result holds for fluctuations of a scalar operator in any holographic CFT. We prove this under the assumption that the dual vacuum geometry is a smooth Einstein metric ending only on the conformal boundary, and then consider fluctuations of a minimally coupled massive scalar field about this. We also argue the holographic CFT will have states dual to small bulk black holes whose existence is related to the energy gap. We show the thermodynamic properties of these black holes obey a bound of a similar nature to that of the scalar fluctuations - the ratio of CFT energy to a power of entropy for the states dual to black holes in the 'small' limit is bounded from below when appropriately normalised by the minimum Ricci scalar of the boundary space. Again the bound is saturated for a sphere.
description: 15 pages
In vivo evaluation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of hydroalcoholic extracts from Handroanthus impetiginosus and their chemical composition by UPLC/MS analysis
Creators: name: Da Silva, Ìcaro E. F.
name: Zoca, Daniela G.
name: Andrade e Silva, Gabriela N.
name: Katchborian-Neto, Albert
name: dos S. R. Cavallari, Pedro S.
name: de Almeida, Samarah G.
name: Januário, Ana H.
name: Pauletti, Patricia M.
name: Andrade, João Victor
name: Morais-Urano, Raquel P.
name: Cunha, Wilson Roberto
name: Santos, Mario F. C.
name: Silva, Márcio L. A. e
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This study demonstrates in vivo analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of hydroalcoholic extracts of leaves, bark and flowers from the Handroanthus impetiginosus (Bignoniaceae) plant, recognized as ‘Ipê roxo’ in Brazil. The extracts were evaluated in male Swiss albino mice via oral administration. Moreover, results of the in vivo paw oedema test induced by carrageenan revealed that extracts of leaves and bark displayed relevant anti-inflammatory activity potential at the dosage of 100 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg, and 500 mg/kg. Likewise, the results obtained for leaves and flowers extracts suggested potent analgesic action in the conventional hot plate test. UPLC/MS analysis of the hydroalcoholic extracts samples identified metabolites belonging to several classes, mainly naphthoquinones and iridoids derivatives as well as flavonoids. Thus, the obtained results indicate that the extracts of H. impetiginosus plant parts could be considered as a complementary herbal medicine for the treatment of pain and inflammation disorders.
Elementi critici e «casi-studio» della VIA delle infrastrutture viarie
Creators: name: Napoli, Grazia
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: The infrastructures in-form (or de-form) territorial systems, since they produce the structure which multiple interrelations are plotted on. The foundation of a consensual language dominion, which the social integration of environmental values is based on, can be obtained by going on with the epistemological renewal of the Science of evaluation (Rizzo 1972 e 1999). The EIA can harmonize environmental values with economic, ethic, aestetic, political and cultural values. The EIA analysis of two road-infrastructures (the Bridge on the straits of Messina and the railway Siracusa-Gela) pointed out that there is a communicative gap among political, juridical, administrative and estimative areas, and that there are also methodogical distortions, procedurals incohereance, epistemological incongruities and absence of rules.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 46 (2005)
Factors Affecting Successful Adoption of Connectivity Devices by Hearing Aid Users
Creators: name: McKenna, Nancy
name: Frey, Megan
name: Thakkar, Anish
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Purpose or Research Questions * To investigate factors that affect the choice to purchase the HACD and the successful adoption of the device. * To evaluate patients’ views regarding use, benefit, and satisfaction with connectivity devices. Background Hearing aid connectivity devices - referred to as HACDs in this poster - are widely marketed to both consumers and professionals in the field of Audiology as devices that can be used to improve communication. However, studies have shown that sales and acceptance of assistive devices is variable (Cranmer, 1991). Becoming informed about device capabilities, and properly learning - and retaining - such information can be difficult for older adults (Hartley, 2010). While major manufacturers advertise multiple capabilities for such devices, there is limited literature regarding patients’ perceived benefit of the devices, and whether patients’ needs are met (Lesner, 2003). Methods/Proposed Methods Adult patients who had purchased a connectivity device within the past 5 years (from 5 major manufacturers), excluding patients with known cognitive impairment. All participants had followed the UNC Hearing and Communication Center (UNC-HCC) fitting protocol for HACDs. Subjects were contacted via telephone or in person in conjunction with a previously scheduled appointment. Once the subjects had given consent to participate, they verbally answered survey questions related to the HACDs. Surveys were completed by 30 (15 male, 15 female) out of 95 possible participants. The study was approved by the UNC Office of Human Research Ethics and was not funded. Results/Anticipated Results * No age effect was found in the study cohort: some older users use the device as frequently as younger users. * Outside recommendations for the device and personal research may be indicators of HACD success. * Subjects who reported using their HACDs 7 out of the last 7 days were more likely to use their device in a variety of ways compared to subjects who reported less than 7 days/week use. * Common complaints/reasons for limited use included: not liking the HACD design, poor quality of connectivity, and lack of benefit. * Overall, subjects, even those who use HACDs daily, were critical of aspects of their devices. Discussion (e.g., interpretation of results; potential contribution of anticipated results) * Additional scheduled support after the initial fitting may be essential for some users. * Identification of possible predictors of successful use of HACDs such as: personal research before device purchase, spousal support, comfort with technology, may improve fitting success. * The rise of tech savvy older adults, and increase in direct Bluetooth capability, may alter HACD fitting in the near future.
Adjacency relationships forced by a degree sequence
Creators: name: Barrus, Michael D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C07

description: There are typically several nonisomorphic graphs having a given degree sequence, and for any two degree sequence terms it is often possible to find a realization in which the corresponding vertices are adjacent and one in which they are not. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for two vertices to be adjacent (or nonadjacent) in every realization of the degree sequence. These conditions generalize degree sequence and structural characterizations of the threshold graphs, in which every adjacency relationship is forcibly determined by the degree sequence. We further show that degree sequences for which adjacency relationships are forced form an upward-closed set in the dominance order on graphic partitions of an even integer.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures
GHRSST Task Team 2025: SST Climatology and L4 Intercomparison
Creators: name: Yang, Chunxue
name: Vazquez, Jorge
name: Ciani, Daniele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This  task team report for the Climatology and L4 Intercomparison Task Team was given at the 25th International SST Users' Symposium taking place from 14 - 20 June 2024 in Montreal, Canada. The task team report was presented in plenary during the Task Team reporting session for the GHRSST Science Team Meeting. Chunxue Yang (CNR-ISMAR) and Jorge Vazquez (NASA JPL) presented on behalf the IC Task Team. 

Read more about the task team objectives, members, activities, and past reports on the GHRSST webpage here.
Star Formation Across the W3 Complex
Creators: name: Román-Zúñiga, C. G.
name: Ybarra, J.
name: Megias, G.
name: Tapia, M.
name: Lada, E. A.
name: Alves, J. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the history of star formation in the W3 complex. Using deep, near-infrared ground-based images, combined with images obtained with Spitzer and Chandra observatories, we identified and classified young embedded sources. We identified the principal clusters in the complex, and determined their structure and extension. We constructed extinction-limited samples for five principal clusters, and constructed K-band luminosity functions (KLF) that we compare with those of artificial clusters with varying ages. This analysis provided mean ages and possible age spreads for the clusters. We found that IC 1795, the centermost cluster of the complex, still hosts a large fraction of young sources with circumstellar disks. This indicates that star formation was active in IC 1795 as recently as 2 Myr ago, simultaneous to the star forming activity in the flanking embedded clusters, W3-Main and W3(OH). A comparison with carbon monoxide emission maps indicates strong velocity gradients in the gas clumps hosting W3-Main and W3(OH) and show small receding clumps of gas at IC 1795, suggestive of rapid gas removal (faster than the T Tauri timescale) in the cluster forming regions. We discuss one possible scenario for the progression of cluster formation in the W3 complex. We propose that early processes of gas collapse in the main structure of the complex could have defined the progression of cluster formation across the complex with relatively small age differences from one group to another. However, triggering effects could act as catalysts for enhanced efficiency of formation at a local level, in agreement with previous studies.
description: Manuscript Version. 44 pages, 14 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal
Non-simultaneous Masking of Speech in Noise: Normal-hearing Children and Adults
Creators: name: Buss, Emily
name: Spitzer, Emily
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Previous psychophysical experiments have demonstrated that children have immature temporal processing when compared to adults for forward and backward masking tasks. Forward masking occurs when a noise precedes a signal. Thresholds in this condition are influenced by both peripheral (e.g., "ringing" of the basilar membrane) and central effects (e.g. difficulties differentiating the signal from the masker). Backward masking occurs when a signal precedes a noise. The mechanisms of backward masking are unclear but thought to be entirely central, not peripheral. Children perform poorly in measures of forward masking and even more poorly in measures of backward masking when compared to adults. Previous studies have used unnatural stimuli, typically tones or noise. The purpose of this study was to quantify the amount of forward and backward masking children experience as compared to adults for speech, an ecologically valid stimulus.
The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics system: enabling high-contrast imaging on solar-system scales
Creators: name: Jovanovic, N.
name: Martinache, F.
name: Guyon, O.
name: Clergeon, C.
name: Singh, G.
name: Kudo, T.
name: Garrel, V.
name: Newman, K.
name: Doughty, D.
name: Lozi, J.
name: Males, J.
name: Minowa, Y.
name: Hayano, Y.
name: Takato, N.
name: Morino, J.
name: Kuhn, J.
name: Serabyn, E.
name: Norris, B.
name: Tuthill, P.
name: Schworer, G.
name: Stewart, P.
name: Close, L.
name: Huby, E.
name: Perrin, G.
name: Lacour, S.
name: Gauchet, L.
name: Vievard, S.
name: Murakami, N.
name: Oshiyama, F.
name: Baba, N.
name: Matsuo, T.
name: Nishikawa, J.
name: Tamura, M.
name: Lai, O.
name: Marchis, F.
name: Duchene, G.
name: Kotani, T.
name: Woillez, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrument is a multipurpose high-contrast imaging platform designed for the discovery and detailed characterization of exoplanetary systems and serves as a testbed for high-contrast imaging technologies for ELTs. It is a multi-band instrument which makes use of light from 600 to 2500nm allowing for coronagraphic direct exoplanet imaging of the inner 3 lambda/D from the stellar host. Wavefront sensing and control are key to the operation of SCExAO. A partial correction of low-order modes is provided by Subaru's facility adaptive optics system with the final correction, including high-order modes, implemented downstream by a combination of a visible pyramid wavefront sensor and a 2000-element deformable mirror. The well corrected NIR (y-K bands) wavefronts can then be injected into any of the available coronagraphs, including but not limited to the phase induced amplitude apodization and the vector vortex coronagraphs, both of which offer an inner working angle as low as 1 lambda/D. Non-common path, low-order aberrations are sensed with a coronagraphic low-order wavefront sensor in the infrared (IR). Low noise, high frame rate, NIR detectors allow for active speckle nulling and coherent differential imaging, while the HAWAII 2RG detector in the HiCIAO imager and/or the CHARIS integral field spectrograph (from mid 2016) can take deeper exposures and/or perform angular, spectral and polarimetric differential imaging. Science in the visible is provided by two interferometric modules: VAMPIRES and FIRST, which enable sub-diffraction limited imaging in the visible region with polarimetric and spectroscopic capabilities respectively. We describe the instrument in detail and present preliminary results both on-sky and in the laboratory.
description: Accepted for publication, 20 pages, 10 figures
Effect of fluid-colloid interactions on the mobility of a thermophoretic microswimmer in non-ideal fluids
Creators: name: Fedosov, Dmitry A.
name: Sengupta, Ankush
name: Gompper, Gerhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Janus colloids propelled by light, e.g., thermophoretic particles, offer promising prospects as artificial microswimmers. However, their swimming behavior and its dependence on fluid properties and fluid-colloid interactions remain poorly understood. Here, we investigate the behavior of a thermophoretic Janus colloid in its own temperature gradient using numerical simulations. The dissipative particle dynamics method with energy conservation is used to investigate the behavior in non-ideal and ideal-gas like fluids for different fluid-colloid interactions, boundary conditions, and temperature-controlling strategies. The fluid-colloid interactions appear to have a strong effect on the colloid behavior, since they directly affect heat exchange between the colloid surface and the fluid. The simulation results show that a reduction of the heat exchange at the fluid-colloid interface leads to an enhancement of colloid's thermophoretic mobility. The colloid behavior is found to be different in non-ideal and ideal fluids, suggesting that fluid compressibility plays a significant role. The flow field around the colloid surface is found to be dominated by a source-dipole, in agreement with the recent theoretical and simulation predictions. Finally, different temperature-control strategies do not appear to have a strong effect on the colloid's swimming velocity.
Tomo I - Prima sessione - La base giuridica dell'espropriazioni: il vincolo preordinato all'sproprio, la dichiarazione di pubblica utilità e l'occupazione acquisitiva
Creators: name: Sciullo, Girolamo
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: Aestimum, Atti del XXXIII Incontro di Studio (2003)
Trypanosyllis Claparede 1864
Creators: name: Álvarez-Campos, Patricia
name: Giribet, Gonzalo
name: San Martín, Guillermo
name: Rouse, Greg W.
name: Riesgo, Ana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Syllidae
Trypanosyllis

description: TRYPANOSYLLIS CLAPAREDE, 1864
Trypanosyllis Claparede, 1864: 558.
Parautolytus Pillai, 1965: 123.
Type species: Trypanosyllis krohnii Claparede, 1864.
Diagnosis
As in San Martın et al. (2008).
Remarks
Although Imajima & Hartman (1964) divided the genus into four subgenera, based on body shape, type of chaetae, and the presence of a pharyngeal tooth, most authors did not follow this classification, arguing that these features depended on the ontogeny (e.g., San Martın, 2003; Cinar, 2007; Nogueira & Fukuda, 2008; San Martın et al., 2008). Our results show that Trypanosyllis s.l. contains at least two clades, which we have designated as genera: Trypanedenta Imajima & Hartman, 1964 and Pseudosyllis Grube, 1863. These genera differ from Trypanosyllis s.s. in the type of chaetae, body size, length of cirri, and reproductive mode (see remarks above).
description: Published as part of Álvarez-Campos, Patricia, Giribet, Gonzalo, San Martín, Guillermo, Rouse, Greg W. & Riesgo, Ana, 2017, Straightening the striped chaos: systematics and evolution of Trypanosyllis and the case of its pseudocryptic type species Trypanosyllis krohnii (Annelida, Syllidae), pp. 492-540 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (3) on page 520, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12443, http://zenodo.org/record/14806083
A Systematic Review of The Impact of Hearing Aid Use on Depression in Adults
Creators: name: Roy, Kelsey
name: Elmore, Hollis
name: Allison, Kelly
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Purpose or Research Questions: In adults with hearing loss, how does hearing aid use influence depression? Background Previous research has shown that hearing loss impacts a person’s quality of life and that the use of hearing aids can help to improve their quality of life. For this project, we conducted a systematic review to specifically look at how hearing aid use influences depression in order to determine if the results would have clinical significance for hearing aid recommendations and counseling patients. Methods/Proposed Methods: The systematic review was performed by searching the databases Embase, PubMed, and CINAHL for key terms associated with hearing loss and depression. The initial search returned 189 articles. The articles were reviewed based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Quality appraisals and data extraction are being completed on 8 articles that met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results/Anticipated Results: The 8 articles included 3 longitudinal studies, 3 cohort studies, 1 cross sectional study, and 1 randomized control trial. Based on preliminary data, it appears that the use of hearing aids helps to improve the patient’s feelings of depression. Discussion (e.g., interpretation of results; potential contribution of anticipated results): The results of the systematic review have clinical implications regarding potential benefits of hearing aid use in adults in relation to quality of life.
Modelli di valutazione ed analisi estimativa di beni complessi
Creators: name: Abbozzo, Paolo
name: Martino, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: The paper would propose a tentative analytical framework concerning asymmetric information in appraisal process. The complexity of resource, goods or services play a relevant role in structuring the appraisal process and influences the methodological approach to be chosen. Thus the paper focuses the reduced informational role of market prices in the case of high complexity degree. The idea of appraisal models is discussed in the context of the institutional analysis of the market and a simple example is proposed. Some suggestions from game theory give the opportunity to simulate data and to develop the usual appraisal comparison.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 40 (2002)
Disturbance-mediated invasions are dependent on community resource abundance: code
Creators: name: Lear, Luke
name: Padfield, Daniel
name: Inamine, Hidetoshiiii
name: Shea, Katriona
name: Buckling, Angus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Disturbance frequency, resource abundance, invasion, biodiversity, invader life-history.

description: Code to analyse the data for Disturbance-mediated invasions are dependent on community resource abundance, which can be found in the zenodo repository 10.5281/zenodo.5057319. All analysis is done in R version 4.0.3.