cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
USING CLUSTERING AND NETWORK SCIENCE TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BACTERIA AND AMONG CORONAVIRUSES
Creators: name: Khaledian, Ehdieh
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Bacterial Phylogeny
Coronavirus Study
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Network Science

description: Recently, high-throughput approaches to DNA sequencing, such as massively parallel sequencing, have resulted in the availability of a vast number of whole-genome sequences. This availability has presented scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to gain knowledge by means of data mining and data analysis. It has allowed the investigation of the relationship among organisms by building and analyzing networks of complete genomes, forming sequence similarity networks, and reconstructing and visualizing phylogenetic relationships among living organisms. Building phylogenetic trees is a fundamental challenge because not all organisms share the same genes. As a result, the first phylogenetic visualizations employed a single gene, e.g., rRNA genes, sufficiently conserved to be present in all organisms but divergent enough to provide discrimination between groups. As more genome data became available, researchersbegan concatenating different combinations of genes or proteins to construct phylogenetic trees believed to be more robust because they incorporated more information. However, the genes or proteins chosen were based on ad hoc approaches. Here, we presented a systematic approach for constructing a phylogenetic tree based on simultaneously clustering the complete proteomes of bacterial species. The clusters are also used to create a network from which bacterial species with horizontally transferred genes from other phyla are identified. We built clusters using a fast and accurate software tool, pClust, to group protein sequences into homologous clusters. However, pClust has several parameters with values that must be chosen, and the choice of these values affects the accuracy of the clustering results. We studied the most significant parameters: alignment length, match similarity, and optimal score and explored local and semi-global alignments. The last part of our study provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship among coronavirus organisms at several levels. Mutation and recombination enable coronaviruses to adapt to a new environment, resulting in host range and tissue tropism expansion. Therefore, health threats from coronaviruses are consistent, and there is always the feasibility of crossing the species barrier into humans, causing outbreaks of severe and often fatal respiratory diseases. Understanding the relationship of coronaviruses enables us to study their virology and control their spread, resulting in significant global health and economic stability.
Community-Guided Focus Group Analysis to Examine Cancer Disparities
Creators: name: White, Stephanie Baker
name: Lightfoot, Alexandra F.
name: Cothern, Carol
name: Gilbert, Keon
name: Stein, Kathryn
name: Mouw, Mary Sherwyn
name: Schaal, Jennifer C.
name: Eng, Eugenia
name: Black, Kristin Z.
name: Jeon, Janet Y.
name: Mann, Lilli
name: Hardy, Christina Yongue
name: Robertson, Lyn
name: Yonas, Michael A.
name: Waters, Emily M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Accountability for Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE) is a systems-change intervention addressing disparities in treatment initiation and completion and outcomes for early stage Black and White breast and lung cancer patients. Using a community-based participatory research approach, ACCURE is guided by a diverse partnership involving academic researchers, a non-profit community-based organization, its affiliated broader-based community coalition, and providers and staff from two cancer centers.
Commensurability of automorphism groups
Creators: name: Bartel, Alex
name: Lenstra, Hendrik W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11R29, 16H20, 16K20, 18E35

description: We develop a theory of commensurability of groups, of rings, and of modules. It allows us, in certain cases, to compare sizes of automorphism groups of modules, even when those are infinite. This work is motivated by the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics on class groups. The number theoretic implications will be addressed in a separate paper.
description: 26 pages; improved the introduction and the exposition in the body of the paper. The final version is to appear in Compositio Math
title: Remembering the legacy of Shirley Chan: Saving Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood
Creators: name: Alexander, Don
Publisher: name: Planning Institute of British Columbia
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neighborhood planning--British Columbia--Vancouver
subject: Citizens' associations--British Columbia--Vancouver
subject: Urban renewal--Citizen participation
subject: Chan, Shirley, 1947-

description: A profile of community activist Shirley Chan, and her role in saving Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood from expropriation and demolition during the 1950s and '60s.
On an elliptic equation arising from composite materials
Creators: name: Dong, Hongjie
name: Zhang, Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we derive an interior Schauder estimate for the divergence form elliptic equation \begin{equation*} D_i(a(x)D_iu)=D_if_i \end{equation*} in $\mathbb{R}^2$, where $a(x)$ and $f_i(x)$ are piecewise Hölder continuous in a domain containing two touching balls as subdomains. When $f_i\equiv 0$ and $a$ is piecewise constant, we prove that $u$ is piecewise smooth with bounded derivatives. This completely answers a question raised by Li and Vogelius [7] in dimension 2.
description: 36 pages, 2 figures, submitted
The Comprehensive Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Model
Creators: name: Fok, M
name: Buzulukova, N
name: Chen, S
name: Glocer, A
name: Nagai, T
name: Valek, P
name: Perez, J
Publisher: name: American Geophysical Union
Year: 2014

description: Simulation studies of the Earth's radiation belts and ring current are very useful in understanding the acceleration, transport, and loss of energetic particles. Recently, the Comprehensive Ring Current Model (CRCM) and the Radiation Belt Environment (RBE) model were merged to form a Comprehensive Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere (CIMI) model. CIMI solves for many essential quantities in the inner magnetosphere, including ion and electron distributions in the ring current and radiation belts, plasmaspheric density, Region 2 currents, convection potential, and precipitation in the ionosphere. It incorporates whistler mode chorus and hiss wave diffusion of energetic electrons in energy, pitch angle, and cross terms. CIMI thus represents a comprehensive model that considers the effects of the ring current and plasmasphere on the radiation belts. We have performed a CIMI simulation for the storm on 5-9 April 2010 and then compared our results with data from the Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers and Akebono satellites. We identify the dominant energization and loss processes for the ring current and radiation belts. We find that the interactions with the whistler mode chorus waves are the main cause of the flux increase of MeV electrons during the recovery phase of this particular storm. When a self-consistent electric field from the CRCM is used, the enhancement of MeV electrons is higher than when an empirical convection model is applied. We also demonstrate how CIMI can be a powerful tool for analyzing and interpreting data from the new Van Allen Probes mission.
EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR INCREASING ACCUMULATION OF STRUCTURAL CAROTENOID THROUGH SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Creators: name: Xie, Yuxiao
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Carotenoid
carotenoid esterification
Metabolic engineering
Microalgae
Yarrowia lipolytica

description: Enhancing the accumulation of the structural pigment, lutein, in microalgae has been proven challenging. Strategies are needed to address the possible limitations of microalgae as a practical lutein producer. The capacity of lutein sequestration may determine the upper limit of cellular lutein content. The preliminary finding suggests that the light-harvesting complex (LHC) cannot provide enough capacity to sequester 2% dry cell weight (DCW) of lutein in microalgae species. Storing lutein in a lipophilic environment is a mechanism for achieving high lutein content, but several critical barriers must be overcome. However, the sequestration of lutein in an oil environment is attainable due to new developments in synthetic biology. Investigating similar mechanisms using model yeast strains such as Yarrowia lipolytica, with its relatively simple cell structure and more mature genetic engineering toolbox, could accelerate the achievement of this goal. To demonstrate this strategy, a zeaxanthin-producing pathway has been constructed in Yarrowia lipolytica as a platform to investigate the carotenoid sequestration mechanism. Three different kinds of crtZ genes were characterized for zeaxanthin production. The effect of overexpression of the crtZ gene on zeaxanthin production was examined. Through the overexpression of the optimum crtZ gene, the yield of zeaxanthin increased 4 folds, and a 721% increase in the content of zeaxanthin was observed. The optimum zeaxanthin yield and content were achieved 21.98 ± 1.80 mg/L and 3.20 ± 0.11 mg/g after engineering. Carotenoid esterification genes XAT and PYP1 were expressed in the engineered Yarrowia lipolytica described above. However, zeaxanthin esters or other carotenoid esters were not detected in all transformants. Nonetheless, a β-carotene-rich transformant (XAT-2) was isolated. The induction of olive oil on the accumulation of β-carotene in XAT-2 was investigated. Under the induction of olive oil, the β-carotene content was 3.01-fold to 4.77-fold higher than control. The results suggest a possible new function of XAT on the β-carotene production. Exploring the new function of XAT might provide direction to enhance carotenoid accumulation in microorganisms.
Metrioptera fedtschenkoi subsp. minor Nadig 1961
Creators: name: Monnerat, C.
name: Thorens, P.
name: Walter, T.
name: Gonseth, Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Metrioptera
Metrioptera fedtschenkoi
Metrioptera fedtschenkoi minor (nadig, 1961)

description: Metrioptera fedtschenkoi minor (Nadig, 1961) Bachufer-Beissschrecke LC In Ausbreitung
description: Published as part of Monnerat C., Thorens P., Walter T. & Gonseth Y., 2007, Rote Liste der Heuschrecken der Schweiz, pp. 1-62 in Umwelt-Vollzug 7 (19) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270238
Stormwater Utility Fees: A North Carolina Affordability Analysis
Creators: name: Willems, Daniel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2020

description: Stormwater fee affordability is a rarely discussed factor when examining the impacts of stormwater utilities. This study seeks to expand on the understanding of the household level financial impact that stormwater utilities have in a community. Specifically, it evaluates how the affordability of stormwater fees differs across municipalities and US Census block groups in North Carolina. We estimated individual parcel cost-burden by calculating the annual share of a parcel’s stormwater fee to its assessed parcel value. A fixed-factor regression then compared cost-burdens across municipalities and block groups to determine whether the affordability of household level stormwater fees varied by location. We find that cost-burden varies significantly between both municipalities and block groups, with block groups being a much stronger determining factor for high levels of cost-burden.
title: EVI-Pilotprojekt: Evidenzbasierte Entscheidungshilfen für die allgemeinmedizinische Praxis
Creators: name: Loder, Christine
name: Posch, Nicole
name: Wratschko, Kerstin
name: Siebenhofer, Andrea
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Das aktuell laufende Projekt EVI (Evidenzbasierte Informationen zur Unterstützung von gesundheitskompetenten Entscheidungen) hat zum Ziel der steirischen Bevölkerung gesundheitskompetente Entscheidungen zu ermöglichen, indem evidenzbasierte, qualitativ [zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: EbM und Digitale Transformation in der Medizin; 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF STACKED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (BESS) ON THE ELECTRICITY GRID
Creators: name: Chikezie, Ugonna  Nnaemeka
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Battery energy storage systems
Blockchain
Energy trading
Modeling and Simulation
Optimization
Peer to peer

description: Energy storage has been in recent years a game changer in the energy sector since the adoption of renewable energy sources. In the last decade, there has been a surge in the adoption of different forms of energy storage in order to make the already available renewable sources like solar to be more reliable. There has been a lot of studies on improved batteries which can have longer duration, especially batteries that can achieve longer range in electric vehicles (EV) as the world moves towards massive EV adoption in a quest to reduce the carbon footprint. Some scholars have proposed the idea of carbon capture and sequestration, which is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide (CO2), transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere. This research focuses on the various forms of energy storage, both for individuals and for commercial purposes and the impact of battery energy storage system (BESS) to the electricity grid, also considering the effect on the power capacity of a solar power producer. The benet of energy storage is enormous as it gives more flexibility to electricity marketers both in retail and in wholesale markets. Furthermore, BESS gives prosumers (i.e., agents that both consume and produce energy) the ability to store excess energy generated during the periods of high solar radiation and be able to send back to the grid at peak hours or sell it in an open blockchain peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity market powered by the smart contracts. As more people participate in the smart grid, which is largely due to the evolution of energy storage, there is need to improve the security of the grid to avoid unauthorized access and this improved security can be provided by a blockchain. Besides that, integrating BESS in the decision making model of a solar power producer and virtual bidding can be very beneficial to the solar power producer. A short-term decision model was proposed and simulated in MATLAB and results were obtained. It was observed that installation of BESS increased the expected prot of the solar power producer.
Topological Field Theory Amplitudes for $A_{N-1}$ Fibration
Creators: name: Iqbal, Amer
name: Khan, Ahsan Z.
name: Qureshi, Babar A.
name: Shabbir, Khurram
name: Shehper, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the partition function ${\cal N}=1$ 5D $U(N)$ gauge theory with $g$ adjoint hypermultiplets and show that for massless adjoint hypermultiplets it is equal to the partition function of a two dimensional topological field on a genus $g$ Riemann surface. We describe the topological field theory by its amplitudes associated with cap, propagator and pair of pants. These basic amplitudes are open topological string amplitudes associated with certain Calabi-Yau threefolds in the presence of Lagrangian branes.
description: 24 pages, clarifying remarks and references added
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF TESTLET RESPONSE THEORY MODELS
Creators: name: ALPIZAR, DAVID
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Bifactor
Local item dependence
Restricted bifactor
Testlet response theory
Testlets

description: Testlets are clusters of items that share the same stimuli. International and national assessments are often assembled with testlets. However, the measurement of the examinee’s ability might be influenced by the presence of testlets (Yen, 1993), as responses may be dependent on each other. As a result, testlet data might violate the assumption of conditional independence for item response theory (IRT; DeMars, 2006). When test items meet this assumption, responses that are locally independent are solely explained by the examinees’ ability measured by the test. That is, no additional variables influence the performance of such a test (Lord & Novick, 1968; Yen, 1993). However, this might not be the case for tests containing testlets. When performance is influenced by this additional variable in such a test, it is named the testlet effect. In this situation, traditional IRT models are inaccurate in assessing responses in tests. Conventional statistics (e.g., Yen’s Q3) that are proposed to detect local item dependence might not be useful in identifying this assumption for testlet data. Innovative models are needed to improve the detection of local item dependence for testlet data. Testlet response theory (TRT) models may be able to assist in evaluating interrelated responses, detecting and accounting for local item dependence. However, the TRT models lack (a) a systematic review about simulation studies investigating its performance, and (b) information about its performance on parameter estimation, model selection, and accuracy for detecting local conditional dependence under different conditions (i.e., number of items per testlet, local item dependence, and sample size). The purposes of this work were to review systematically the TRT literature and examine the performance of a TRT model under several simulated conditions. A systematic review and Monte Carlo study were conducted to accomplish these purposes. Collectively, the findings inform the field about the current state of the TRT literature, and situations encountered in practice when a TRT model is useful. Findings, limitations, and implications for future research are discussed.
Subjectivity and its discontents: Theories of subjectivity and contemporary cultural contexts
Creators: name: Goon, Patricia K L
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2022
Subjects: Screen and media culture
Philosophy not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis aims to examine the notion of subjectivity in terms of the theories posed by specific schools of thought, particularly with regard to the notion of resistance within the contexts of contemporary culture. It will be concerned primarily with the theories of Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, Pierre Bourdieu and Michel de Certeau, as well as the contributions made by Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin. The thesis begins with a discussion of theories which consider subjectivity as a narrative of commoditisation that sets up the potential for both violence and resistance. These theories include Lacanian psychoanalysis, Foucault's notion of power as production and prohibition, Bourdieu's theory of habitus and Butler's notion of performativity, all of which highlight the central issues of commoditisation and contingency as subjectivity's inherent anxiety or 'discontents'. The notion of the cyborg, a primary symptom of this anxiety in postcolonial times, is central to the project's argument of a recursive subjectivising process which must necessarily involve violence, if it is to provide any possibility for emancipation. The thesis goes on to examine the processes of contemporary cultural commoditisation in relation to the hegemonies cultivated by technology and the culture industry, using specific texts from the popular culture genres of science-fiction film and manga.
Metrioptera roeselii Hagenbach 1822
Creators: name: Monnerat, C.
name: Thorens, P.
name: Walter, T.
name: Gonseth, Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Metrioptera
Metrioptera roeselii

description: Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822) Roesels Beissschrecke LC
description: Published as part of Monnerat C., Thorens P., Walter T. & Gonseth Y., 2007, Rote Liste der Heuschrecken der Schweiz, pp. 1-62 in Umwelt-Vollzug 7 (19) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270238
Randomness for computable measures and initial segment complexity
Creators: name: Hölzl, Rupert
name: Porter, Christopher P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03D32

description: We study the possible growth rates of the Kolmogorov complexity of initial segments of sequences that are random with respect to some computable measure on $2^ω$, the so-called proper sequences. Our main results are as follows: (1) We show that the initial segment complexity of a proper sequence $X$ is bounded from below by a computable function (that is, $X$ is complex) if and only if $X$ is random with respect to some computable, continuous measure. (2) We prove that a uniform version of the previous result fails to hold: there is a family of complex sequences that are random with respect to a single computable measure such that for every computable, continuous measure $μ$, some sequence in this family fails to be random with respect to $μ$. (3) We show that there are proper sequences with extremely slow-growing initial segment complexity, that is, there is a proper sequence the initial segment complexity of which is infinitely often below every computable function, and even a proper sequence the initial segment complexity of which is dominated by all computable functions. (4) We prove various facts about the Turing degrees of such sequences and show that they are useful in the study of certain classes of pathological measures on $2^ω$, namely diminutive measures and trivial measures.
THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF RECOMBINATION HOTSPOTS
Creators: name: Schwarzkopf Kratzer, Enrique
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: cocoa
evolution
mouse
recombination
simulation

description: Recombination, or the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes during meiosis, generates genomic variation and can allow selection to act more efficiently. The rate of recombination varies between species, populations, sexes, chromosomes, and along chromosomes. One common form of recombination rate along chromosomes is the concentration of recombination events in small regions know as recombination hotspots. Recombination hotspots reduce the probability that alleles at loci on either side of them will be inherited together, thereby guiding which genetic variants will tend to be inherited together. The location of recombination hotspots also varies between species and populations, as do the features that correlate with them. In most taxa, recombination hotspots tend to be found near functional genomic elements, but in some vertebrates, including humans and mice, the DNA-binding protein PRDM9 directs hotspot location. Here we study the population-level dynamics of recombination hotspots by constructing fine-scale maps of recombination and identifying hotspots for ten populations of the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao). We also explore the genomic interactions between recombination and meiotic transcription in the presence of PRDM9 by leveraging existing genomic data from lab mice (Mus musculus). Finally, we analyze how the evolutionary history of a population can affect fine-scale estimates of recombination using mathematical and evolutionary models of fluctuating selection at two loci.
Characterization of the Cytochrome P450 epoxyeicosanoid pathway in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Creators: name: Edin, Matthew L.
name: Lih, Fred B.
name: Barritt, A. Sidney
name: Zha, Weibin
name: Zeldin, Darryl C.
name: Lee, Craig R.
name: Church, Rachel J.
name: Brouwer, Kim L.R.
name: Wells, Michael A.
name: Nguyen, Bobbie K.H.
name: Ferslew, Brian C.
name: Vendrov, Kimberly C.
name: DeGraff, Laura M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an emerging public health problem without effective therapies. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases metabolize arachidonic acid into bioactive epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which have potent anti-inflammatory and protective effects. However, the functional relevance of the CYP epoxyeicosanoid metabolism pathway in the pathogenesis of NASH remains poorly understood. Our studies demonstrate that both mice with methionine-choline deficient (MCD) diet-induced NASH and humans with biopsy-confirmed NASH exhibited significantly higher free EET concentrations compared to healthy controls. Targeted disruption of Ephx2 (the gene encoding for soluble epoxide hydrolase) in mice further increased EET levels and significantly attenuated MCD diet-induced hepatic steatosis, inflammation and injury, as well as high fat diet-induced adipose tissue inflammation, systemic glucose intolerance and hepatic steatosis. Collectively, these findings suggest that dysregulation of the CYP epoxyeicosanoid pathway is a key pathological consequence of NASH in vivo, and promoting the anti-inflammatory and protective effects of EETs warrants further investigation as a novel therapeutic strategy for NASH.
title: Auf welcher methodischen Qualität basieren unsere medizinischen Empfehlungen für ältere Menschen? Eine Analyse am Beispiel einer Serie von Systematischen Übersichtsarbeiten im Rahmen des PRIMA-eDS Projekts
Creators: name: Lechterbeck, Lisa
name: Sönnichsen, Andreas Christian
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die methodische Überprüfung der Qualität aller eingeschlossenen Studien einer publizierten Reihe von sechs systematische Übersichtsarbeiten (SRs) mit insgesamt 48 eingeschlossenen Systematischen Übersichtsarbeiten, 51 Interventions-[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: EbM und Digitale Transformation in der Medizin; 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin
Metrioptera saussuriana Frey-Gessner 1872
Creators: name: Monnerat, C.
name: Thorens, P.
name: Walter, T.
name: Gonseth, Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Metrioptera
Metrioptera saussuriana

description: Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872) Gebirgs-Beissschrecke LC
description: Published as part of Monnerat C., Thorens P., Walter T. & Gonseth Y., 2007, Rote Liste der Heuschrecken der Schweiz, pp. 1-62 in Umwelt-Vollzug 7 (19) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270238
MAGNETIC GLASS CERAMICS: A STUDY OF HEXAFERRITES IN THE STRONTIUM BORATE GLASS SYSTEM
Creators: name: Lere-Adams, Arumala Josiah
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Glass-Ceramics
subject: Hexaferrites
subject: in-situ crystallization
subject: Strontium Borate Glass system
subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Typical glass formers are amorphous in their underlying structure and do not exhibit any form of detectable magnetism. However, the compositional flexibility of such non-crystalline systems enhances the potential for the nucleation and growth of highly magnetic phases producing what is referred to as glass ceramics. Such Magnetic Glass Ceramic (MGC) materials find applications in magnetic storage in recording media, permanent magnets, and dielectric materials. Cancer therapy stands to benefit from non-volatility of crystallized magnetic phases in MGCs as compared to their nanoparticle counterparts. The principal goals of this thesis were to: 1.) Identify and optimize the selection procedure for favorable glass systems by systematic increments in composition. 2.) Characterize glasses based on a down-selection criterion of amorphousness-upon-quench using x-ray diffraction (XRD). 3.) Prepare MGCs via varied heat treatment techniques in the range of 700-900°C and further characterize them for crystallization by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), magnetic behavior via vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), and microstructural signatures from scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
ELUCIDATING THE NATURE OF THE LINKS BETWEEN CANNABIS USE AND ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Creators: name: Stueber, Amanda M
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: ADHD
Cannabis

description: Many people with mental health disorders use cannabis to self-medicate for their symptoms. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder associated with increased cannabis use but far less attention has been paid to examining cannabis use by people with ADHD relative to other mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder). Nevertheless, there is some limited evidence to suggest that people with ADHD might use cannabis to self-medicate for their symptoms and that they perceive it as beneficial for this purpose. The goal of this study was to better understand the nature of the relationships between cannabis use and ADHD symptoms and to explore evidence that people with ADHD are self-medicating with cannabis. A total of 1,382 undergraduate students self-reported their ADHD symptoms, cannabis use patterns, and everyday life executive dysfunction. Participants who reported they have used cannabis to manage their ADHD were further asked to report their perceptions of the effects of cannabis on their ADHD symptoms, ADHD medication effectiveness, and ADHD medication side effects. Evidence from this study revealed that ADHD symptom severity is associated with consuming cannabis more frequently and with more severe symptoms of cannabis use disorder (CUD). Participants with ADHD reported that cannabis has acute detrimental effects on memory but beneficial effects on many of their other core symptoms of ADHD, including hyperactivity, impulsivity, restlessness, and mental frustration. While most participants on ADHD medications reported that cannabis does not influence their medication effectiveness, they did report that cannabis helps with many of the side effects associated with their ADHD medications including headaches, loss of appetite, sleep disturbances, moodiness/irritability, and anxiety. Finally, frequency of cannabis use was a significant moderator of the associations between adult ADHD symptom severity and executive dysfunction, suggesting that more frequent use may help protect against ADHD-related executive dysfunction. The knowledge gained from this study will help people with ADHD and their healthcare providers by providing them with a better understanding of the use of cannabis by individuals with ADHD including the possible risks and benefits of such use on cannabis use disorder, ADHD symptoms, medication side effects, and executive dysfunction.
INSIGHTS INTO THE GENETIC DIVERSITY, POPULATION STRUCTURE, AND FUNGICIDE SENSITIVITY OF THE APPLE POWDERY MILDEW PATHOGEN PODOSPHAERA LEUCOTRICHA IN THE UNITED STATES
Creators: name: Ganan Betancur, Lederson
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: apple
biotrophic
epidemiology
fungicide sensitivity
mildew
population biology

description: Apple powdery mildew, caused by Podosphaera leucotricha, is a constant threat to apple production worldwide. In this study, a first whole genome (43.8 Mb) of P. leucotricha was obtained and used to study the genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure in 253 isolates hierarchically sampled in 2018 and 2019 from 10 apple orchards in Washington, Virginia, and New York. Microsatellite genotyping, based on 15 novel simple sequence repeat loci, revealed a total of 83 multilocus genotypes (MLGs), most of which were unique to specific orchard populations. Differentiations among P. leucotricha isolates grouped either by State of origin and orchards in Washington were significant (P <0.001) and accounted for 83% and 12% of the total variation observed, respectively. A Bayesian cluster analysis showed heterogeneity between orchards and grouped Washington P. leucotricha isolates into four different genetic groups, each represented by different groups of MLGs. Random mating analyses indicated that U.S. P. leucotricha populations are clonal during the growing season, although evidence of sexual reproduction is presented. None of the most frequent P. leucotricha MLGs found in surveyed U.S. orchards were virulent on a resistant apple genotype carrying the major mildew resistance gene Pl-1. Furthermore, 232, 217, and 240 P. leucotricha isolates, collected from organic and conventional orchards, were tested for their sensitivity to the fungicides trifloxystrobin, triflumizole, and boscalid, respectively. Effective concentrations inhibiting 50% growth (EC50) were not significantly different (P > 0.05) between baseline (organic) and exposed (conventional) populations, although some isolates showed higher EC50 values. This reduced sensitivity in P. leucotricha was not associated with specific mutations known to confer resistance in other plant-pathogenic fungi, providing another evidence that actual resistance has not emerged in U.S. commercial orchards. Findings from this study will facilitate future research in this biotrophic pathogen, as well as the monitoring of fungicide resistance and the distribution and spread of pathogen genotypes to achieve a sustainable control of apple powdery mildew in the Pacific Northwest and other apple-growing regions.
Pachytrachis striolatus Fieber 1853
Creators: name: Monnerat, C.
name: Thorens, P.
name: Walter, T.
name: Gonseth, Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Pachytrachis
Pachytrachis striolatus

description: Pachytrachis striolatus (Fieber, 1853) Gestreifte Südschrecke CR B2a, B 2b(i,ii,iii,iv) § CH Grünlandart
description: Published as part of Monnerat C., Thorens P., Walter T. & Gonseth Y., 2007, Rote Liste der Heuschrecken der Schweiz, pp. 1-62 in Umwelt-Vollzug 7 (19) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270238
title: Diagnostik der COPD: Von der Evidenz zur Empfehlung – oder?
Creators: name: Schüler, Sabine
name: Vader, Isabell
name: Härter, Martin
name: Schaefer, Corinna
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Im Rahmen der Aktualisierung des Kapitels Diagnostik der Nationalen VersorgungsLeitlinie (NVL) COPD (chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung) wurden nationale und internationale Leitlinien zum Thema COPD systematisch recherchiert und dann u.a. hinsichtlich ihrer Empfehlungen[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: EbM und Digitale Transformation in der Medizin; 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin
Reducing the burden of obesity-associated cancers with anti-inflammatory long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Creators: name: Rossi, Emily L.
name: Khatib, Subreen A.
name: Bowers, Laura W.
name: Hursting, Stephen D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Today’s world population has an unprecedented risk of dying from the consequences of being overweight and obese. Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer are often accelerated because of excessive adiposity. Various biological mechanisms are implicated in the obesity-cancer link, particularly local and systemic inflammation as well as altered growth factor signaling pathways. In order to combat obesity-induced inflammation and the resulting increases in cancer risk and progression, the identification of safe and effective mechanism-based interventions is imperative. Notably, long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) modulate the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, prostaglandins and other inflammatory mediators, restore insulin sensitivity, and can prevent or delay tumorigenesis. Delineating the precise mechanisms by which omega-3 PUFAs suppress obesity-induced inflammation will help identify promising key mechanistic targets and intervention strategies to break the obesity-cancer link.
(Democratization) Kraitzman & Genauer 2023, "Online Appendix for: "The Impact of Security Issues on Government Evaluation: Evidence from the Arab World"
Creators: name: Kraitzman, Alon
name: Genauer, Jessica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Political science not elsewhere classified

description: Democratization - The Impact of Security Issues on Government Evaluation: Evidence from the Arab World
title: Die Sigmoidoskopie als evidenzbasierte Screeningverfahren für Darmkrebs – eine mögliche Option (SIGMO)
Creators: name: Dreier, Maren
name: Stahmeyer, Jona Theodor
name: Kraywinkel, Klaus
name: Seidel, Gabriele
name: Seidler, Ursula
name: Krauth, Christian
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Die Sigmoidoskopie (partielle Darmspiegelung) senkt die Darmkrebs-Inzidenz relativ um 18% (95%-KI 11-25%) und die -Mortalität um 28% (20-35%) [ref:1]. Sie ist weniger aufwändig und risikoärmer als die Screening-Koloskopie.[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: EbM und Digitale Transformation in der Medizin; 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin
Phaneroptera falcata Poda 1761
Creators: name: Monnerat, C.
name: Thorens, P.
name: Walter, T.
name: Gonseth, Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Phaneroptera
Phaneroptera falcata

description: Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) Gemeine Sichelschrecke VU B2b(iii,iv) Grünlandart
description: Published as part of Monnerat C., Thorens P., Walter T. & Gonseth Y., 2007, Rote Liste der Heuschrecken der Schweiz, pp. 1-62 in Umwelt-Vollzug 7 (19) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270238
DATA-DRIVEN ALGORITHMS FOR POWER SYSTEM LOAD MODELPARAMETER ESTIMATION AND VOLTAGE STABILITY ASSESSMENT
Creators: name: Rizvi, Syed Muhammad Hur
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Load Modeling
Voltage Stability

description: Voltage-dependent behavior of power system load greatly influences the power system's operational characteristics, and thus appropriate load modeling is vital for accurate power system studies. The availability of fast and accurate PMU measurements at substations encourages researchers to develop aggregate load models that can be utilized in transmission voltage stability assessment. The power system's voltage stability is immensely important for secure and optimal operation and is directly impacted by load behavior. The power system's long-term voltage stability status is affected by the steady-state behavior of the power system load. It is crucial to consider the composite (dynamic + static) behavior of load for determining short-term voltage stability status. The development of accurate voltage stability assessment tools for different timing paradigms is paramount for the secure and reliable operation of the power grid. \parThe first part of this thesis considers the development of robust load parameter estimation algorithms. This thesis develops several algorithms for accurate steady-state load parameter estimation. Firstly the regression-based load parameter estimation approaches normally considered in the literature are enhanced by leveraging more information about the numerical characteristics of PMU data. Secondly, a framework is developed to use powerful machine-learning tools for steady-state load parameter estimation. A composite load parameter estimation algorithm is developed to consider electronic load behavior in aggregate load parameter estimation. The developed load parameter estimation algorithms contribute to state of the art by improving load parameter tracking accuracy. The second part of this thesis considers the development of novel voltage stability assessment tools considering the evolving behavior of power systems. A hybrid voltage stability assessment tool is developed that appropriately considers generators' reactive power reserve status while computing the voltage stability index. Secondly, a continuation power flow tool is developed to consider the impact of the distribution system infrastructure on voltage stability status in detail. Such kind of a tool is needed to accommodate the active behavior of distribution for voltage stability assessment. Thirdly a short-term voltage stability assessment framework is developed using a 1D-convolutional neural network for early voltage collapse detection and severity quantification of short-term voltage stability events.
title: Wirksamkeit von Neuroleptika auf psychische und Verhaltenssymptome dementer Menschen
Creators: name: Butz, Stefanie
name: Dubben, Hans-Hermann
name: Lühmann, Dagmar
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund/Fragestellung: In Deutschland leben ca. 1.650.000 Demenz-Erkrankte. Eine Verdopplung bis 2050 wird prognostiziert. Neben den kognitiven Einschränkungen zeigen fast 80% der Dementen mindestens einmal im Krankheitsverlauf psychische- oder Verhaltenssymptome wie Unruhe, Reizbarkeit,[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: EbM und Digitale Transformation in der Medizin; 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin
Phaneroptera nana Fieber 1853
Creators: name: Monnerat, C.
name: Thorens, P.
name: Walter, T.
name: Gonseth, Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Phaneroptera
Phaneroptera nana

description: Phaneroptera nana Fieber, 1853 Vierpunktige Sichelschrecke LC In Ausbreitung
description: Published as part of Monnerat C., Thorens P., Walter T. & Gonseth Y., 2007, Rote Liste der Heuschrecken der Schweiz, pp. 1-62 in Umwelt-Vollzug 7 (19) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270238
ARDC IU Federation University RDM interview questions 2022
Creators: name: Germaine, Sae Ra
name: Pyers, Emily
Publisher: name: Federation University Australia
Year: 2022
Subjects: Data management and data science not elsewhere classified

description: The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) in 2021 commenced the Institutional Underpinnings (IU) project, a collaborative project between 25 of Australia’s universities to develop a shared approach to university research data management in the form of a nationally-agreed framework. During 2021, participating institutions, including Federation University Australia, prioritised and developed an initial series of eight ‘elements’ of such a framework. Phase Two of the IU project (until August 2022) involved the testing of one of more of these elements by each participating University , with Phase Three (August until November 2022) using data from the testing phase to finalise the national framework. Federation University Australia nominated a Phase Two project which would test the Culture Change element through undertaking a Scoping Study to identify current University practices, resources and infrastructure related to research data management, together with developing a plan to implement, achieve and monitor sustainable best practice RDM. This project was undertaken on the University’s behalf by Sae Ra Germaine (Manager of Member and Academic Services) and Emily Pyers (Business Analyst (Metadata & Repositories)) from CAVAL Ltd. One component of this Phase Two Project was a survey of University researchers, with plans for follow up interviews with interested respondents to the Survey. The proposed interview questions above, as well as the survey questions, have been made available for reuse under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
Impact of carbohydrate restriction in the context of obesity on prostate tumor growth in the Hi-Myc transgenic mouse model
Creators: name: Knudsen,
name: Hursting,
name: Thomas,
name: Sanders,
name: Allott,
name: Freedland,
name: Macias,
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Previously, we showed that carbohydrate restriction with calorie restriction slowed tumor growth in xenograft mouse prostate cancer models. Herein, we examined the impact of carbohydrate restriction without calorie restriction on tumor development within the context of diet-induced obesity in the Hi-Myc transgenic mouse model of prostate cancer.
A two-dimensional nematic phase of magnetic nanorods
Creators: name: Slyusarenko, Kostyantyn
name: Constantin, Doru
name: Davidson, Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a hybrid mesophase consisting of magnetic nanorods confined between the non-ionic surfactant bilayers of a lamellar phase. The magnetic field-induced ordering of the nanorods was measured experimentally and modeled by a two-dimensional Onsager theory including the third virial coefficient. The nanorods are strongly confined in layers, with no orientational coupling from one layer to the next. At high volume concentration they exhibit spontaneous in-plane orientational ordering and form a stack of independent two-dimensional nematic systems. This isotropic-nematic transition is first-order.
title: Wie viel Evidenz steckt in den PIM-Listen?
Creators: name: Sönnichsen, Andreas Christian
name: Hofbauer, Theresa
name: Krumpschmid, Anna
name: Scharner, Vinzenz
name: Lausberger, Katharina
name: Treutner, Maximilan
name: Hoffmann, Kathryn
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund/Fragestellung: Die Beobachtung, dass bestimmte Medikamente bei älteren Menschen gehäuft unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkungen verursachen, führte zur Entwicklung von Listen „potentiell inadäquater Medikamente“ (PIM). Bekannt sind vor allem die Beers-Liste[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: EbM und Digitale Transformation in der Medizin; 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin